1/. A few weeks after the #Brexit referendum, I tweeted that it felt as if Britain had cut itself adrift & that we were floating, rudderless, on a raft with a donkey (our leaders), a monkey (our future leaders), a hyena (the scavengers) mayhem) & a vicious tiger (the far right).
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/753579984644628480
2/. Brexit, if felt, had unleashed a dark genie from a bottle & would not go back in...and looking back, perhaps - like Trump in the US - that was the intention
Democracy, which depends on shared truths, was in retreat, & autocracy, which depends on shared lies, was on the march
Democracy, which depends on shared truths, was in retreat, & autocracy, which depends on shared lies, was on the march
3/. We’d had enough of experts
Facts were bundled aside by opinion & national pride was whipped into patriotic fervor with rampant slogans about sovereignty & taking back control
Reasoned argument & gentle humour could do nothing against this onslaught.
Facts were bundled aside by opinion & national pride was whipped into patriotic fervor with rampant slogans about sovereignty & taking back control
Reasoned argument & gentle humour could do nothing against this onslaught.
4/. In this 2019 interview, @krishgm asked @SuellaBraverman her which MP’s are in the ERG
In 2017, it emerged the ERG received £250K+ from MPs who claimed the public cash through their official expenses - incldg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
@LiamFox & @andrealeadsom
In 2017, it emerged the ERG received £250K+ from MPs who claimed the public cash through their official expenses - incldg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
@LiamFox & @andrealeadsom
5/. According whistleblower, @chrisinsilico, he was tasked by Bannon to build a “psychological warfare tool” to use big data & social media to drive open cracks in societies & hollow out democracies
Vote Leave, funnelled money to AIQ in Canada, an offshoot of #CambridgeAnalytica
Vote Leave, funnelled money to AIQ in Canada, an offshoot of #CambridgeAnalytica
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1330489040387366914
“If you’re surprised by the rise of the right, then you haven’t been paying attention.” @garyyounge
Robert Mercer funded #CambridgeAnalytica which was overseen by Bannon. He also funds #Parler
Reports suggest Palantir, which runs the NHS data store, taught CA how to scrape data
Robert Mercer funded #CambridgeAnalytica which was overseen by Bannon. He also funds #Parler
Reports suggest Palantir, which runs the NHS data store, taught CA how to scrape data
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1125022414860095490
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