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17 Jun, 8 tweets, 5 min read
The most absurd thing about this Alex Belfield & Jeremy Vine thing is not that anyone claiming to be "THE VOICE OF REASON" almost certainly isn't, but that Belfield is labouring under the mistaken belief that Vine, who RTd notorious far-right crank "Peter Snowden", is "a lefty".
Alex Belfield has form. Plenty of form.

The right-wing YouTuber once called a mother of triplets a "slapper" live on air, & recently referred to the women who escaped fines for walking by a reservoir during lockdown as “hotties”.

yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-…
In 2010, when he was a @BBC local radio dj, he was forced to apologise after he was suspended for making "totally inappropriate" on-air remarks to Look North weather presenter Keeley Donovan.

Can't imagine why the #GBeebies superfans love him.

yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/radio-dj-…
In 2011, he walked from his job with the @BBC saying his bosses wanted "a more serious & sensible journalists, & that doesn't play to my strengths", adding "in truth I simply wasn't up to the job, I'm not a journalist, never have been & never want to be".
In 2004 at Scarlet FM Belfield regularly made the local newspapers after various stunts & controversial statements.

At Mansfield 103.2, he made a series of 'fake sackings': he'd pretend to be fired on air & then magically reappear the following day.

celebrityradio.biz/alex-belfield-…
Since 2013 Belfield has worked as a freelance writer for The Sun, Sun on Sunday, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Sunday People & Daily Star.

In 2017 he has had three front pages exclusive stories & over 100 page lead stories in the national press.
Jim Davidson is one of Belfield's favourite comics.

This tweet has a video of Davidson & Belfield being utterly OUTRAGED about a BAME only comedy show on @BBCRadio4, which Davidson says "is RACIST!" & Belfield says it's the @BBC being RACIST! 🤪

Toward the end of the video above, Belfield - who HATES the @BBC - says "we need a WHITE PROTEST to get more WHITE PEOPLE on TV"

Anyway, in short, it's completely understandable why Alex Belfield is absolutely adored by so many #GBeebies fans.

Can you see what it is yet? 👍

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A Guide to Right-Wing Discourse*

#THREAD

*As used EVERY DAY FOR YEARS by politicians, the press, Spiked, the Spectator, think-tanks, LBC, talkRADIO, & now, #GBeebies:

Unemployed: "work-shy"

Challenging bigotry: "woke“

Researching the legacy of colonialism: "cultural Marxism“
Health & safety: “bureaucracy”

Homeless: "lacking self-discipline"

Supporting Palestine: "antisemitic“

Helping asylum seekers: “Lefty activism“

Questioning injustice: “virtue-signalling”

Refusing to help people: "common sense“

Seeking truth: “Undermining our way of life”
Greed: "good"

Public sector: “bad”

Profiteering: "outsourcing"

Being polite: "political correctness"

Concern about populist nationalism: “anti-British”

Consumer, worker & environmental protections: “red tape”

Impoverishing people in Labour constituencies: "Leveling up“
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Boris Johnson’s former race adviser has warned of another Stephen Lawrence or Jo Cox tragedy if members of the government continue to inflame the culture wars gripping parts of the nation.

Reminds me of a certain TV opinion channel masquerading as news.

theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
Speaking publicly for the first time since he resigned two months ago, Samuel Kasumu said he feared there were some in government pursuing a strategy of exploiting division for electoral gain that could result in severe consequences for the country.

It's Steve Bannon's strategy.
“There are some people in the government who feel like the right way to win is to pick a fight on the culture war & to exploit division. I worry about that. It seems like people have very short memories, & they’ve already forgotten #JoCox.”
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A short #THREAD on RIGHT-WING BOYCOTTS OF TV CHANNELS & other media, companies & brands in the US.

It's based on Terrence Witkowski's 'Broadening Anti-Consumption Research: A History of Right-Wing Prohibitions, Boycotts, & Resistance to Sustainability'.

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The wider article seeks to broaden the scholarship field of anti-consumption research through a historical counternarrative illustrating right-wing prohibitions, boycotts of media content, brands, and companies, and, most recently, resistance to sustainable consumption.
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Five years ago today, Jo Cox MP was murdered by a racist shouting "Britain First".

Yesterday, @BBC journalist Nick Watt was harassed & abused.

Politicians, the press & TV & radio presenters MUST #STOP using divisive, provocative & inflammatory populist nationalist rhetoric.
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