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@fleetstreetfox
Sep 18, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
About a million years ago I got into journalism without family ties, money, private schooling or degree. I just sort of nagged people. /thread
I nagged @MartinOxley2, editor of my local paper. I nagged the MD, who had the misfortune of moving to a house that I walked past on the way to school. I nagged the chief reporter, and everyone I met on work experience. /2
Anyway, I did a NCTJ course via that local paper, and then moved on to other papers. In 25 years, the number of journos I've met who got into Fleet St the same way can be counted on the fingers of one foot. /3
Lots of people say journalism is white, wealthy, privileged. The stats make it true. But I'd add that, while that stuff (and nagging) can get you in, it won't keep you in. For that you need charm, ruthlessness, and a nose for news combined with dogged persistence. /4
Anyway, long story short - Reach are running a scheme whereby entry-level journo jobs are ring-fenced for people who don't normally get the chance to enter the trade. This is YOUR chance to get that toehold, then make what you can of it. One in London: jobs.reachplc.com/job-descriptio…
One in Essex
jobs.reachplc.com/job-descriptio… and one in Kent, which is my stomping ground so BEHAVE:
jobs.reachplc.com/job-descriptio…
Best of all: they PAY YOU TO TRAIN.

I did it, and never regretted it. I can recommend. Please RT and send on to any wannabes or journo students you know. /ends

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Apr 5
EXC: MoD releases 4,000 pages of secret #nukledblood files as scandal bursts open

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The govt has announced imminent release of 150 top secret documents in a data dump, 7 mo after @DailyMirror revealed the existence of records at @AWE_plc about blood and urine testing of troops during the Cold War.
@DailyMirror @AWE_plc It also comes just two weeks after veterans served legal papers on @defenceHQ demanding access to their missing medical records.

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Feb 27
An amazing win against the MoD! A judge has ordered them to hand over the records it’s withholding of Sqn Leader Terry Gledhill, whose blood tests blew open the #nukedblood scandal in 2022.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Withholding records has been ruled unlawful. Jane’s amazing strength and persistence has set a precedent for every other veteran family - not just of nuclear testing but ANY service.

Donate to help the cause: .crowdjustice.com/case/nuclear-v…
This decision came after a one-day hearing into the MoD’s refusal to meet Jane’s request for her father’s medical records under Freedom of Information laws. And it’s exposed a problem which for once is not the MoD’s fault.
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Jan 29
Due to boundary changes, the very safe Tory seat in Kent where I live has been split. Today I received a letter from the new Tory candidate, who said: "I am delighted to introduce myself."

Let's meet her, shall we? Image
Well we'll be starting this again, this time without my home address on it. Here is Katie's pamphlet.

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Let's leave aside for a moment how delighted she is about herself. And the fact I am welcomed to my constituency as though I've just moved in and she's the welcoming committee.

Her name is Katie. But there are pictures. Katie can straddle a stile! Image
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Nov 12, 2023
Some of those watching or taking part in the #RemembranceDay2023 parade may have noticed it slowed down in the last half. Here’s why. /🧵
For the first time the nuclear veterans were able to march with a medal commemorating the fact that they alone, of all veterans, had kept every other serviceman, UK civilian and overseas ally safe for 70 years.

As they formed up wearing their #medalforheroes they were beaming. Image
In the back right of that pic you’ll see a shorter chap. His name is John Williams. This was his first time at the Cenotaph, having always wanted to come and always watching it on telly.
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Oct 22, 2023
EXC: The MoD admits it may hold nearly 5,000 #nukedblood files which it previously denied having.



cc @grantshapps @RishiSunak @JohnnyMercerUK mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m…
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In 2018, when I found the first doc discussing blood counts of servicemen at Maralinga, the MoD said it was "unable to locate any information that suggests... staff took blood samples for radiological monitoring at the [weapons] tests".

Now it says there may be 4,711 files.
The AWE - and arm's length agency of the MoD - said it could not be certain what was in the files it holds, because checking them would be too expensive.

If blood tests exist, they could prove whether troops were irradiated - leading to multi-million pound compensation payouts.
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Jun 18, 2023
Nuclear test veterans are threatening a Cenotaph protest over fears they will not get their long-awaited medal before Remembrance Sunday.

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PM @RishiSunak promised the medal in November. More than 1,000 veterans, and 500 families, have applied for one, and were told they'd have it by 'late summer'. Now they're told it won't even be in production by then.

Is there *any* part of the British state that isn't knackered?
The impact of even a short delay, after a wait of 70 years, is unconscionable. Within the article is the sad story of Donald Baker, who served at Op Grapple aged just 21. He wore a boiler suit to watch a series of massive H-bombs. He drank desalinated seawater, coconuts, & fish. Image
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