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27 Oct, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Today marked a significant milestone: @JesusCollegeCam handed over the Benin Bronze in its possession to representatives from #Nigeria. Well done to Jesus College. There is simply no excuse for anyone else keeping stolen property. 🙏🇳🇬 #BeninBronzes

reuters.com/world/uk/cambr…
I’ve just written an account of the brutal 1897 British Invasion of the Kingdom of Benin, based largely on new archive research:

@HurstPublishers #BeninBronzes 🇳🇬

hurstpublishers.com/book/blood-and…
Happily, @OUPAcademic will distribute #BloodAndBronze in North America:

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If you might be interested in the full details of how the #BeninBronzes were plundered, please consider placing an advance order, it makes such a difference to independent authors! You could order direct from the publishers above ⬆️🤓 @HurstPublishers
Or you could buy from your local bookshop via the nice people at @hivestores 🙂⬇️

hive.co.uk/Product/Paddy-…
And of course there’s always Amazon… Thanks for reading! 🇳🇬📚

Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin amazon.co.uk/dp/178738456X/…

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12 Oct
Twitter pronouncements by @JimMFelton are incorporated directly into English common law, right? ⬇️😋 In that case, I’m legally obliged to plug the bejeesus out of my forthcoming book… 🤪👩🏼‍⚖️📔 #history #books @HurstPublishers #BeninBronzes
It’s called “Blood and Bronze” and tells the true story of the 1897 British invasion and destruction of the Kingdom of Benin, when the famous Bronzes were plundered… Empire loons like @NigelBiggar will absolutely *hate* it… 😃 #history #BritishEmpire

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Blood and Bronze will be out on December 9th, and please sign up with my publisher @HurstPublishers for their New Book Alerts… 🤓👍📚 #books #history #BlackHistoryMonth

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11 Oct
@PriyamvadaGopal Hello Professor, thanks for your kind words about my forthcoming book, much appreciated! ☺️👍📔 #history #BeninBronzes #repatriation #reparations @HurstPublishers #books 🌳🍁🍂

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If anyone would like to know more, please sign up with @HurstPublishers for their New Book Alerts… ⬇️🤓📚 #books #history #BookTwitter

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All pre-orders make a *massive* difference to independent authors, so please consider using @hivestores to place an advance order… 🙂⬇️ #books #history #BookTwitter 🌳📚🍂🍁

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1 Sep 20
One month ago today I posted this modest call for peaceful action against the kleptofascist crooks in Downing Street... ⬇️☺️ In that time, their attacks on democracy have only got worse. 😠✊🌹🇪🇺 #3Point5Percent #ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #resist
Some regime apologists try to rubbish the possibility, but the capacity of the country to resist this Tory cabal through peaceful protest is clear. ⬇️🙂✊🌹🇪🇺 #3Point5Percent #ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #RussiaReport #crooks
Will you do what you can to protest this corrupt “government” and oppose the kleptofascist takeover? 🧐✊🌹🇪🇺 #3Point5Percent #ToryCorruption
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22 Aug 20
A thread about the power of protest, the meaning of 3.5%, and why the corrupt Cummings/Johnson cabal must be removed from No 10… 🤨✊🌹🇪🇺 #3Point5Percent #resist #ToriesOut
Three weeks ago, I posted this humble proposal ⬇️ for a peaceful revolution to remove the crooked squatters in Downing Street… Our systems of accountability are largely failing, so we need to take action ourselves, inspired by the 3.5% rule… 🧐✊🌹🇪🇺 #resist #3Point5Percent
Since then, a wide variety of reply guys & Tory apologists (as well as a handful of despair trolls) have popped up in my mentions with some typically unoriginal arguments for why the beshitted Johnson is untouchable. 🙄✊🌹🇪🇺 #3Point5Percent #JohnsonMustGo
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1 Aug 20
Peaceful revolution in the UK: some personal thoughts on the need for #SystemChange and the potential for making it happen. [thread] 🤨✊🌹🇪🇺#ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #resist #revolt #remove #JohnsonMustGo
In the wake of the #RussiaReport ⬇️ & the ongoing #COVID19 & #ToryCorruption scandals, there has been a noticeable increase in talk about protest against this obviously compromised “government”… 😠✊🌹🇪🇺 #resist #revolt #remove
For many, the flagrant corruption of the new “honours” list feels like the last straw. We can let this anger & stress gnaw at us, or we can harness it against these disgraceful crooks… 😖✊🌹🇪🇺#ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #resist #revolt #remove

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21 Jul 20
While we’re waiting for the #RussiaReport, a reminder that even *without* it, we know that the Tories are awash with Russian money... Ruthless oligarchs don’t give away millions out of the goodness of their hearts... What did they expect in return? 🧐🇷🇺

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On the @ElectoralCommUK website, the filings for donations made to the Tory party by Lubov Chernukhin *alone* run to 5 pages... 🤨🇷🇺 #RussiaReport #ToryCorruption #LubovChernukhin
Lubov Chernukhin is married to Vladimir Putin’s former deputy finance minister, who is now London-based and has masses of unexplained cash. 😷🇷🇺 #ToryCorruption #RussiaReport
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