Shy Society🇬🇧 Profile picture
Political news and opinion for you: the silent majority🇬🇧 | Partial to a good thread
Sep 26, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
*A REMAINER GUIDE TO ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR*

Not acceptable: Calling an Act of Parliament designed to render the UK Government impotent in EU negotiations a “surrender bill” is dangerous.❌

Acceptable: Glorifying political beheadings (if you disagree with opponent) is fine.âś…

1/ Not acceptable: Wanting to deliver Brexit to bring the country together and move on in response to a question about Jo Cox murder. ❌

Acceptable: Exploiting the Jo Cox murder during a referendum campaign for political gain. âś…

2/
Sep 7, 2019 • 21 tweets • 7 min read
* A THREAD *

The @KayBurley / @Lugey6 showdown this week was a superb illustration of the deterioration of the mainstream media in this country and how social media is playing such a huge part in its decline.

If you’ve not watched it yet, case in point: The fundamental issue here is that quality, independent and impartial journalism has eroded and broken down. It is why @afneil - a rare breed - is still so popular because he is living proof that it is possible to balance quality journalism with the demands of social media.

2
Aug 17, 2019 • 23 tweets • 6 min read
* A THREAD *

1. As Brexiteers, we are sick to death of the daily lies and manipulation from politicians, the media, large parts of the public sector, educational institutions en masse, and of course this new, weird breed of celebrity luvvie.

THIS PERVERSION MUST STOP.

#Brexit 2. From the very moment 24th June 2016 came, Remainers have tried every trick in the book to reverse the result of the referendum. They now tell us, every day, “nobody voted for no deal. It wasn’t on the table.” This is merely the latest perversion, the latest Remain lie.
May 3, 2019 • 24 tweets • 9 min read
How about this for a sense of proportion, @JohnnyMercerUK?

A THREAD.

Yesterday Twitter literally erupted in jubilation after a video of Tommy Robinson being covered in milkshake went viral. The left, mainstream media journalists like @RupertMyers and @IanDunt, politicians like @JohnnyMercerUK and celebrities like @DeborahMeaden celebrated it.