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9 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
So unhinged shit-stirring free-market culture wars plank Matthew Goodwin is now on #bbcanyquestions spouting his one-sided divisive rhetoric.

Follow the money.

#bbcaq
Matt Goodwin is a lobbyist for the libertarian tax-dodgers of the Legatum Institute. They love doing culture war BS.

Legatum represent US Libertarian billionaires, fund GB News, & downplay climate change.

I do wish #bbcaq would let their listeners know.

li.com/bio/professor-…
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/goodwins-bor…
What is Legatum for?

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9 Oct
Free speech hypocrisy #THREAD

The Right on:

Critical Race Theory: 'Has NO place in Universities!'

Anti-Capitalism - 'Has NO place in schools!'

Pro-Palestine - 'Has NO place in Universities!'

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Free speech is obviously extremely important. But it requires intelligence, context & nuance - not culture war rhetoric.

Would *anyone* support giving a public platform to paedophiles promoting child rape? Or terrorists promoting murder? Or neo-Nazis promoting another holocaust?
Please don't assume that I'm saying there isn't a problem with discussion of some issues. The debate around Kathleen Stock makes it crystal clear that there is: some claim she's transphobic & should be sacked, while others passionately disagree & insist her views should be heard.
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Matt Goodwin is a lobbyist for the libertarian tax-dodgers of the Legatum Institute. They love doing culture war BS.

Legatum represent US Libertarian billionaires, fund GB News, & downplay climate change.

I do wish #bbcaq would let their listeners know.

li.com/bio/professor-…
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/goodwins-bor…
What is Legatum for?

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I do wish #bbcaq would let their listeners know what an outsider shit-stirring culture wars crank Matthew Goodwin is before unleasheing his divisive rhetoric on us.
Matt Goodwin is a lobbyist for the libertarian tax-dodgers of the Legatum Institute. They love doing culture war BS.

Legatum represent US Libertarian billionaires, fund GB News, & downplay climate change.

I do wish #bbcaq would let their listeners know.

li.com/bio/professor-…
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/goodwins-bor…
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9 Oct
The unhinged grifting anti-expert, anti-animal, anti-protest, anti-Left anti-everything COVID-sceptic Libertarian cranks at #Spiked - who have received funding from Koch & other climate-change deniers - continue to pump out climate-change denial from fellow discredited cranks. 🥱
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We all want to get rid of the Tories.

@UKLabour has selfishly & imho mindlessly rejected essential electoral reform to our antiquated FPTP electoral system.

Given this, & like it or not, Labour (almost certainly in coalition) is the only realistic alternative to the Tories.
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