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10 Jan, 8 tweets, 4 min read
We're watching you Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, & anyone else who scapegoats & demonizes minorities with their faux patriotic populist nationalist bullshit - you should NEVER have listened to a word Steve Bannon said, let alone adopted his playbook.
In 2018, Steve Bannon bragged about being in contact with @BorisJohnson, @michaelgove & @Jacob_Rees_Mogg.

His close working relationship with Nigel Farage is well documented.

mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…
And here's the little-reported news of Boris Johnson facing growing condemnation for an “appalling” Tory alliance with neo-Nazi and anti-Muslim parties across Europe.

The @Conservatives' peer Lord Balfe revealed how Johnson had simply refused to act.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
What's that? 'Free speech' you say?
In this THREAD, I attempt to summarise the disturbing similarities between the contemporary British Right's push for its own version of 'Libertarian populist nationalism', and historic instances of fascism.

More on the 'interesting' parallels between Nazi political strategy and that of the contemporary UK/US 'Libertarian/neoliberal populist nationalist Right:

A THREAD on British politicians on #Parler, who all *completely coincidentally* tend to push populist nationalism & use the phrase "white working class" at every opportunity - a phrase popularised by the National Front, the BNP, the EDL & Britain First.

NEW THREAD presenting an argument about why we should NOT call gaslighting populist nationalists 'Nazis or racists' - even if they are. 🧐

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12 Jan
New research into anti-immigration rhetoric, which I'll try to summarise in this THREAD.

It basically suggests that the emotive use of metaphor & hyperbole in anti-immigration rhetoric drives base support & INCREASES their likelihood of political action.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Typical anti-immigration rhetoric used by right-wing populist nationalist parties presents immigrants as outsiders, who are framed as a threat to the populist nationalists idealized nation. Image
In their anti-immigration rhetoric, politicians typically use strong, vivid, & negative metaphors & hyperboles to frame their political statements.

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11 Jan
Well it doesn't happen very often, but this has blown my mind.

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*ESSENTIAL READING*

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While many politicians, pundits, & 'influencers' on the Right have been busy deleting their sycophantic or supportive tweets about Trump - particularly those which downplayed/denied the very real dangers he has ALWAYS posed to the #USA & democracy - I'm retweeting some of mine.👍
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11 Jan
Seeing titles of articles sympathetic to Trump in right-wing propaganda outlets being changed, and watching all the high-profile right-wing grifting cranks furiously deleting their tweets about how Trump 'really isn't that bad' is hilarious!

TOO LATE SUCKERS! WE SEE YOU! 🧐
Douglas Murray article in the @spectator:
Matt Goodwin - on the advisory panel of Toby Young's "Free Speech Union" - has been particularly busy!
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'Free Speech Youth Advisory Board were censured if they disagreed with the group’s right-of-centre orthodoxy.'

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Shocked I tell you.

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Toby Young now describes facemasks as "face nappies".

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