Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Owen Jones Profile picture
@owenjonesjourno
Dec 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Scrolly
If Allegra Stratton was such a good journalist why did she rip off my undergraduate thesis lol
I guess I should be flattered!

Allegra Stratton's piece: theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/23…

My thesis: whatnextjournal.org.uk/Pages/Latest/P…

(Very interesting period of history by the way, do look it up)

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Owen Jones

Owen Jones Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @owenjonesjourno

Owen Jones Profile picture
Jan 18
"Pretending Israel is committing genocide."

The world's pre-eminent scholars of genocide have concluded Israel has committed genocide.

Including Israeli scholars, like Prof. Omer Bartov, the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. Image
Gaza genocide deniers like @DavidHirsh should explain, clearly and plainly:

Why have pre-eminent scholars - including in Israel - who dedicate their lives to studying genocide and indeed the Holocaust independently concluded that Israel has committed genocide?
How could academics specialising in the study of genocide get such an unbelievably extreme conclusion so wrong?

If indeed all these genocide scholars have somehow got this wrong, would they not have arrived at this conclusion on the basis of unbelievably damning evidence?
Read 6 tweets
Owen Jones Profile picture
Nov 11, 2025
The claim that the BBC has a pro-trans bias is absolutely and completely insane.

Let's start with this case study.

The BBC published a piece claiming trans women were preying on lesbians.

It was based on an anti-trans group, a bogus study, and someone with hateful views.Image
The BBC Today programme Justin Webb makes ZERO effort to disguise his views on trans rights.

Name a prominent BBC presenter who goes on air making clear their pro-trans views in the same way.

Clue: You will not find them! Image
In actual fact, LGBTQ+ staff at the BBC report being prevented on reporting on the actual lived experience of trans people.

Many simply left the Corporation as a result.

And those with so-called "gender critical" views are in prominent leadership positions.
Read 7 tweets
Owen Jones Profile picture
Nov 6, 2025
We said - all along - that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned because of THEIR hooliganism.

And we were right.

You have been lied to your government.

You have been lied to by your media.

This should be a national scandal. Image
The government and media spread the disgusting lie that Maccabi fans were banned for being Jewish.

In doing so, they:

- Smeared Birmingham

- Whipped up anti-Muslim bile

All to protect some racist football hooligans from a foreign genocidal state!
In a rational world, both @Keir_Starmer and @lisanandy should resign.

They whipped up a national firestorm to protect some racist football hooligans from a genocidal state.

They smeared those who told the froth as antisemites.

Utterly disgusting.
Read 4 tweets
Owen Jones Profile picture
Nov 3, 2025
Where is the Western media outrage?

A Palestinian man was gang raped by Israeli soldiers.

That triggered PRO-RAPE riots in Tel Aviv (not an exaggeration!)

While the IDF's chief lawyer is under arrest for leaking the video OF THE RAPE.
The original BBC headline framed the scandal as being over the video of the rape being leaked.

Rather than the ACTUAL GANG RAPE. Image
After uproar, the BBC updated the headline.

But it still doesn't include the word 'rape'.

In fact nowhere in the article does it refer to the detainee being raped. Allegedly or otherwise.

Why? For what reason?

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…Image
Read 7 tweets
Owen Jones Profile picture
Oct 28, 2025
Because British political journalists and columnists

a) are politically hostile to the left

b) don’t see the left as legitimate political actors

c) think “legitimate concerns” includes backlash at migrants, but not economic injustice

d) don’t understand the left
Political journalism isn’t about allowing voters to make informed decisions, thus enhancing democracy.

It’s about setting and policing the parameters of political debate - determining everything from what’s considered extreme, to what’s considered scandalous.
In practise, most British political journalism reduces politics to a character driven Westminster soap opera, based on who is up or down.

But this is itself highly ideological, because it’s based on embedding what’s seen as “serious” and politically acceptable.
Read 8 tweets
Owen Jones Profile picture
Aug 5, 2025
55.6% of Jewish Israelis say they are "not at all troubled" by the "reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza".

Another 23.4% are "not so troubled".

Only 13.5% say "somewhat troubled".

Just 6.7% say "very troubled".

This is genocidal mania.
Genocidal mania has three components:

1) Ethnic chauvinism

2) Victimhood

3) Impunity

Mix those three factors together and you will have catastrophic consequences, as we can all see.
Serb nationalism in the 1990s had ethnic chauvinism and victimhood.

The Serbs were victims of genocide at the hands of Croatian Nazi collaborators in World War II, and suffered atrocities in the Balkans wars.

Serb nationalism simultaneously preached ethnic superiority.
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(