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May 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Hello #Glasgow - will be coming to visit this coming Saturday as part of the festival. We have much to discuss about truth and lies and it would be lovely to see you there - Mitchell library 1 pm.
whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/103637-o…
Oh and it's not just me you get @kathleenwyatt too
Anyway grab em while you can and see you there
Also some tips. Am planning to try Glasgow's famous Tikka Masala the night before but would love some ideas as to what I should see and do.

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May 17
The Enoch Powell Desert Island discs from 1989 is fascinating. He comes across as a man totally devoid of humour but desperate to be deemed of high intellect. Mostly chooses Wagner. When Sue Lawley brings up "that speech" he becomes audibly agitated and tries to deny what he said
But it's the complete absence of wit or levity that sticks. No laughter at all. Not one moment of humour. And that desperation - and it really sounds like he's working very, very hard at it - to be deemed a man of high intellect in the classical tradition.
Link here if you're interested
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00…
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May 15
Britain's strictest Head teacher @Miss_Snuffy has a fake Churchill quote on her school wall.

Nowhere in the canon of Churchill's writing or speeches did he say this. Suggest you get some paint.
Dreadful, dreadful look. Basic stuff that can be checked in minutes
From the International Churchill Society
winstonchurchill.org/publications/f…
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May 14
Just "entertaining" my son by flicking through books in a shop and pointing out all the things that Churchill didn't say.... wait come back Image
Don't know about the first two but no evidence he ever said the third
Ah first two are genuine. So 1/3
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May 13
Millions of ordinary people smoke cannabis across all sections of society and 90 years of prohibition haven't stopped them doing it. The result is a massive illegal, unregulated trade that makes criminals out of ordinary people and feeds gangsters. Time to end this ridiculous law
To his credit even our PM once used to admit this. Image
Even Andrea Leadsom admitted it. Image
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May 11
Sorry but I'm as certain as I can be that this isn't true - and worse that the myth was started by none other than David Irving
Yes it's Fake History - which cuts in all directions and the one source for the Pooh thing was David Irving. The confusion may stem from the fact that a newsreader read out the Churchill speeches at the time and Winston recorded the versions we all know a decade later.
winstonchurchill.org/resources/myth…
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May 10
If Britain became a Republic who would your dream non-Executive President be? And yes - feel free to include members of the Royal family.
Nigella would be a fabulous President
So many fabulous choices
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