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12 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
"So Tim, what was it about British Asian satirist Nish Kumar that made you cancel his show?"
Welcome to all the trolls taking time out of their busy day to reply. I have no problem with you not finding Nish funny, as sense of humour is entirely subjective.

"What is it about British Asian satirist Nish Kumar that inspired you to share with us how much you dislike him?"
FAO dimwits: I'm parodying Mrs Merton's interview with Paul Daniels' wife Debee McGee “So what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” It was funny NOT because McGee is or isn't a 'gold-digger' (she may or may not be) but because of the construction of the question.
And if you're STILL a moaning snowflake...

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Labour voters tend to feel more strongly about fairness, public services, & the need for collective action to tackle Britain’s problems.

They tend to be more liberal on gender & race equality & gay rights, are less hostile to Europe & to immigrants, & want a more equal society.
Tory voters tend to feel more strongly about the private sector, entrepreneurialism, crime & punishment, and taking individual rather than collective responsibility.

They tend to be less liberal on gender & race equality & gay rights & are more hostile to Europe & to immigrants.
In 2011, asked to pick the proudest year in Britain’s history, most @UKLabour voters’ chose 1948, the year the #NHS was founded; among @Conservatives it was 1940, the year when Britain stood alone against Hitler.

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12 Mar
THREAD on Cory Wimberly's book, 'How #Propaganda Became Public Relations'.

Imho, his book contains new & useful insights into why progressives have failed to progress democracy in meaningful ways, & reconceptualizes 'corporate propaganda' to help us forge new approaches.
To start, a few quotes from two of the 'founding fathers' of public relations:

“The significant revolution of modern times is not industrial or economic or political, but the revolution which is taking place in the art of creating consent among the governed".

- Walter Lippmann
“The basic elements of human nature are fixed as to desires and instincts and innate tendencies. The directions, however, in which these basic elements may be turned by skillful handling are infinite.”

- Edward Bernays
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The vast majority of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by men (92%), with just 30% by strangers.

Yet the Government, journalists, & the police all seem reluctant to mention these facts.

Why?

Could it be to do with the fact that these institutions are all overwhelmingly male?
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76% of UK Government MPs are men.

77.5% of UK Chief Superintendents are men.

71% % of Senior news media Editors are men. ImageImageImage
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- 73,260 sexual offences recorded against children

- 80% of victims of sexual offences against children are female

- 92% of perpetrators of sexual abuse of people aged under 16 years were men

- 4% experienced sexual abuse by females only.

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11 Mar
ESSENTIAL READING:

“News feeds on @Facebook or @Twitter operate on a business model of commodifying the attention of billions of people per day. They have led to narrower and crazier views of the world.”

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The "war on woke" is just a re-run of the "war on PC" from the 80s/90s, when people realised society would be improved if we reduced or stopped the use of grotesquely offensive terms to describe women & minorities - & Britain IS infinitely better off without those words.
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1970s National Front:
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It costs the powerful nothing, & it pays frightful dividends.
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