Thread by @TrialByTruth

Came across this chap thanks to an Oxford Uni debate he did on the damage done by wokeness

Then he showed up on #BBCQT

https://twitter.com/TTarkkailija/status/1619865170943033348

This may be adjacently related on the comms techniques that Russia uses, compared and then contrasted in replies to Bannon "Flooding the zone (media) with shit"

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1603407379902742530?s=20

Here he is in case interested. He hosts 'Triggernometry' podcast

Very much a gleeful contrarian. As for any other motivation, not fussed about it. Just adding context

https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1618717018705862666?s=20

As illustration of the quality of the 'wokeness' debate I very much recommend reading the thread quoted. 'Research' into wokeness in Higher Ed by Civitas

It is all about discrediting our teachers and state education. Mostly to ease privatisation

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1615035332642185216?s=20

Maybe my favourite bit of that

https://twitter.com/DurhamSUOpps/status/1615020857767907329?s=20

Which then brought to mind this quote from Jingo, by Pratchett

Other notable 'research' from Civitas

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1550996558224756738?s=20

Another outing for the researchers

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1618901864313126913?s=20

It is good to keep a sense of humour, but at base we are in a debate about the role of the state

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1609922335842394114?s=20

One characterised by lots of bad faith or misleading claims about public sector workers and civil servants, to brew up support for spending cuts. No matter what your views are on that, it feels worth having additional context

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1610582869788835847?s=20

Basic bottom line for me here /END

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1610597860894015488?s=20

Sorry, I said I was done, but the whole thing is starting to look a wee bit familiar, not in a super good way

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1609871259499696130?s=20

Adding a bit of weight to that claim

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1543609162223042562?s=20

Here on the civil service and media

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1538840293847465984?s=20

Anyway, just musing. Source for the screenshots about Hungary vox.com/policy-and-pol…

@zackbeauchamp prior long read vox.com/policy-and-pol…

@zackbeauchamp Perhaps all supports this claim on Net Zero, one topic Mr Kisin was talking about in that clip of the @bbcquestiontime panel?

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1614545814956695553?s=20

There do seem to be coinciding interests bylinetimes.com/2022/06/08/cha…

Quite a few actually. Over some time theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

To close a couple of final things

#GodwinsSecondLaw of woke (if not aware his first law was that any political debate would end up with someone talking about Hitler)

https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/1504687870006620163?s=20

Always keen not to disappoint him

The quoted speech excerpt does sound a bit too much like a press release from contemporary politicians

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1527946742297247745?s=20

Perhaps there would be far fewer such comparisons if government made it a bit less easy to make them

Source for screenshot: britannica.com/place/Germany/…

https://twitter.com/M_Star_Online/status/1599795183662473216?s=20

Finally (I promise) Grieve on the ECHR

https://twitter.com/TrialByTruth/status/1602990510028853248?s=20

Not a single person pulled me up on this. It's actually Lords and Ladies, but perhaps not the most important detail