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Gavin G Smith
@gavingsmith
SFFAuthor of Age of Scorpio & A Quantum Mythology, co-author of the Empire books with @stephendeas. https://t.co/dDRlrQGxsp
Dec 10, 2019 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
(Long thread I'm afraid.)

So you may have seen this story recently: theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

And you may well be thinking that it's election time, and it's the Guardian, exaggeration, crazy leftwing conspiracy theory etc. etc. Except this has been going on for a while now:

ox.ac.uk/news/2017-02-2…