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30 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Boreus Johnsonanus
What tedious nonsense will they drag up from the empty chest of ideas next week? The threes Rs... a return to chalk... such dullards such predictable nonsense
Only realised today that Johnson's chain gang thing was basically an update on his water cannon thing when he was mayor. Eye catching. Headline grabbing. Never gonna happening.

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31 Jul
Lord Digby Jones of Wrongabouteverything, product of privilege, picking holes in @AlexScott way of speaking. The self appointed ruling classes ghastly judgemental attitude to people like Alex and my mother who got on through graft remains firmly in place

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What is it with bilious, pompous, failed old men forever picking on hugely successful women and trying to drag them down... oh sorry, yes of course, that's it isn't it.
People telling me thay Lord Digby Jones isn't upper class. You're absolutely right. Because there's no such thing as "upper class" - it's a notion perpetuated by people who have inherited power and inherited money and inherited privilege. It's a lid to keep other people down.
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26 Jul
The very greatest joy of writing a book is people enjoying and engaging with what you've written. It's the most humbling and wonderful experience and I'm so lucky and grateful to be able to live it.
Anyway I'm slightly tipsy so sorry for the off brand gushing shall now return to the task of getting home
Delighted to add that this has triggered my serial troll
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26 Jul
This is the problem. Fake History of the Battle of Britain being spun by a mainstream TV historian like it simply doesn't matter.

"A legend on a par with anything Homer wrote about." Yes ... in other words myth
People make bullshit up.... other people repeat the bullshit... then the bullshit is given credibility by TV shows, politicians and even supposedly credible historians...and soon you've got a lot of people believing nonsense
If only someone had written a book about this stuff
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25 Jul
My hot Cummings take was always that he didn't have an overarching super objective. Eternal student anarchist who claimed he wanted to tear everything down but had no idea of what to put up in its place. Millions of people like that. Difference is - he got the chance to do it.
This was me on Cummings in January 2020. Jim Stark is James Dean's character in Rebel without a cause and I reckon I nailed it frankly. For once.
Anyway the answer lies in a single blog apparently. So I'll be diving back into that one tomorrow. Watch this space.
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24 Jul
Want something to read on this rainy day and live in #Lewisham then @CroftonBooks is your friend.
With thanks to my daughter who took the picture.
If Martyn is this cross with my Audible version I'm clearly doing something right.
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21 Jul
NHS Nurses currently earn, on average, £2750 a month. Around £620 less than Boris and Carrie spent each month on luxury takeaway meals.
A 3% pay rise would give nurses an extra £2.70 a day. Before tax.
People asking me how much I think nurses should earn. Well it's not up to me to decide but "more than the cost price of Carrie and Boris's takeaway meals" might be a good metric
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