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Nick Longson retweeted
Since Nigel Farage is seeking high office as a leader of Reform, and the media is happy to give him a platform but rarely challenges his track record, let me put in a 🧵
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia 1/6 ⤵️
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Closure of 4G at St Thomas More due to proposed fines by Tameside Council - Sign the Petition! c.org/HkBHpfPJvj via @UKChange
Nick Longson retweeted
OK, strap in….
Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims!
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TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look.
And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting.
Here is just 7 day’s worth of @DailyMail Christmas Rage bait
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Nick Longson retweeted
Last week, @Policy_Exchange released yet another report opposing high speed rail projects authored by @mragilligan and - tellingly - foreworded by Reform's @TiceRichard.
Without context or permission, they quote me in it. So I've a few things to add.
Nick Longson retweeted
If one thing sums up the 21st century it's got to be all these default profile pictures.
You've seen them literally thousands of times, but they're completely generic and interchangeable.
Future historians will use them to symbolise our current era, and here's why...
Five things you need to know about student finance 2025/26 blog.moneysavingexpert.com/m…
Nick Longson retweeted
I’m a bit late to the party, but I have no doubt the Motability furore ain’t going anywhere…🫣
So here’s a handy FAQ🧵debunking the myths and headlines
You've probably seen the outrage:
"Free cars!"
"Scroungers!"
"Gaming the system!"
But what’s actually true?
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Nick Longson retweeted
What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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1/13
Nick Longson retweeted
Nigel Farage has been making some big populist promises.
But behind the soundbites lies not only a financial black hole, but tells us a lot about the future he sees for Britain:
Let’s take a closer look
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1/23
Nick Longson retweeted
Retweet for a chance to win this @hikerdelic @shedseven collaborative jacket.
On pre-sale now at hikerdelic.com, but only until Sunday night.
We'll choose a winner 48 hours from now.
Nick Longson retweeted
No sooner have I debunked one set of headlines about refugees, along comes another one….🙄
Let’s do a quick fact check on this one so you can choose to be angry (if that’s your thing!) from a place of knowledge rather than media-driven emotional outrage👍🏼
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Nick Longson retweeted
Retweet for a chance to win 2 passes for The Charlatans, Embrace & The Coral at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester on July 3rd
Tickets on sale general Friday 10am
Pre-sale tomorrow from 10am
WINNER PICKED AT RANDOM TOMORROW (Thursday) at 9:30am
Nick Longson retweeted
Sigh…..😞
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
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Nick Longson retweeted
Kurt Vonnegut, go into the arts
ALT "Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy one. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." (Kurt Vonnegut)
Nick Longson retweeted
The Papua New Guinea Courier's take on the start to 2025.
As seen first on my new Substack.
Nick Longson retweeted
"But why study Latin? How is it useful compared to modern languages?" is a typical sort of HR manager scold where everything must be quantified as being Productive To Society. What about ars gratia artis? Learning for its own sake? But that can't be processed into career streams
Nick Longson retweeted
#THREAD
I've spent 28 years researching & teaching about propaganda, capitalism, & news media.
I'm telling you that if "Christian" billionaire GB "News" owner, Paul Marshall, is allowed to buy the #Spectator, it will be a catastrophe for Britain, the environment, & democracy.
