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May 19 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
So why have the @BBC invited yet another unhinged hard-right crank - Emily Carver - from the divisive, opaquely funded libertarian-right free-market fundamentalist think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs #IEA - YET AGAIN - to spout their reactionary nonsense?
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Most Americans are decent, honest people, who abhor racism, think that workers have the right to be in a union, & that the failure to adequately address safety & #racism concerns at #TESLA simply isn't good enough.

Only an immature spoilt baby would react the way @elonmusk has.
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Maybe Culture War crank & Govt Social Mobility Tsar Katharine Birbalsingh would prefer this REAL quote from her hero Winston Churchill in her school - it's much more in keeping with her nationalist values & her reactionary view that there is too much emphasis on ‘diversity’.
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