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Aug 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"Grassroots" my arse.

#Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (eg political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from & is supported by grassroots participants, when it is anything but.
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This #THREAD comprises a keynote address (later published in the linked edited collection below) by @NancyMacLean5, about her brilliant & terrifying 2017 book, 'Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America'.

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After 12 shit years of Tory misrule, according to these toxic, divisive, Britain-hating extremists, the parlous state of our divided broken country, the #CostOfLivingCrisis, our collapsing public services & decaying environment is the fault of Unions, experts, lawyers & the woke. Image
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So who else besides Liz Truss is explicitly against diversity & inclusion? 🇬🇧😬🙋🙋
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Not forgetting...
And of course...

(Credit: @coldwarsteve 🙏)
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Aug 17
#THREAD about Jacob Rees-Mogg appointing Tory Lord Francis Maude to run an "independent (lol) review recommending ways to make Govt more efficient", which is likely to hand more of the civil service to consultants & businessmen on temporary contracts.

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"There is nothing independent here. Not only is Francis Maude a former Tory Cabinet minister, but since leaving government he has run Francis Maude Associates (FMA) which he co-owns with Baroness Finn, the PM's deputy chief of staff since February 2021."

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Tell me you're a damaged radicalised ignoramus who is being used by the divisive Dubai-based multimillionaires who fund GB "News" without telling me you're a damaged radicalised ignoramus being used by the divisive Dubai-based multimillionaires who fund GB "News". 🇬🇧 🙋
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