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NEW: last week we got the latest UK census data, on ethnicity, religion & identity.
It was met with toxic responses from the usual suspects seeking to weaponise the stats.
Almost every word of what they claimed was false.
My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
And a thread 🧵
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A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay theguardian.com/business/202…
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How to do a media interview while being carried away by police for protest. 10/10, no notes.
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A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji".
Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days.
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NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef265420-45e8…
Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.
A thread:
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“It is fair” that the richest people will benefit the most from tax cuts, says Liz Truss.
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David Cameron infamously told his aides to “get rid of all that green crap” from UK energy policy. That included a successful policy to subsidize home insulation. Here’s what happened.
If there’s a Russian word for schadenfreude, the Brits will learn it this winter. 🥶
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My apologies for the flippancy in tone in how this is written, but this story has been playing in my head for a while. I don't know how you fix this.
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A Palestinian family vacate the premises of their own home in Silwan as it is demolished by city authorities. Cruelty with no just purpose.
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At Wembley - Nigel Farage just arrived to loud boos and people throwing bottles at him.
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Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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The fetishisation of hard work and bootstraps and heroes against the odds means everyone is very reticent to admit they are where they are bcos of a combination of lucky breaks, being decent at what they do, and structural advantages
