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Freelance editor, writer & communicator (inc. @lonelyplanet. @ItalyMagazine). Englishman desperate for acceptance in Italy.

Milan, Italy
Joined August 2009
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James Appleton retweeted
This is better than any speech from a politician we’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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James Appleton retweeted
GREAT JOB ALERT at @RekindleSchool We need a Youth Team Manager £36K, to support our ace youth team and young critical thinkers in Hulme, Manchester. Applications open now: CV & 1 page cover letter. rekindleschool.org/jobs/yout… #TakesAVillage
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Do you remember those fairy tales about Meloni, the first woman PM in Italy, the far-right that was not so much far-right, the fact that the new government would not have infringed on people's rights....yes? Fairy tales indeed.
Italy passes measures to allow anti-abortion activists to enter abortion clinics dlvr.it/T5bBR5
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L'inquinamento in Pianura Padana in questi giorni è a livelli pericolosi per la salute umana. A Milano non si dovrebbe fare esercizio all'aperto, si dovrebbero tenere chiuse le finestre, indossare una mascherina. Uno dei problemi cognitivi di affrontare politicamente questa catastrofe è rispondere a chi (come spesso fa il sindaco di Milano) risponde: però, oh, i livelli di polveri sottili oggi sono più bassi di venti o trent'anni fa. È vero, ed è un modo conservatore ma legittimo di stare nella società. In questi giorni però tante persone si ammaleranno e a un certo punto moriranno prematuramente per l'aria che stanno respirando in questi giorni. Sono stati il conflitto, il monitoraggio, l'attivismo e mettere un prezzo politico all'inquinamento e a migliorare la situazione sull'arco dei tempi lunghi. Ed è stato non avere avuto abbastanza conflitto e non abbastanza attivismo, non essere riusciti a mettere un prezzo politico abbastanza alto all'inquinamento, a costringerci a dover ancora respirare un'aria che nella maggior parte dei giorni ci uccide lentamente. Il fatto che ci siano stati alcuni miglioramenti deve essere un incentivo alla rabbia che proviamo in questi giorni quando respiriamo, non un modo per placarla e dire state calmi e non fate gli ingrati, deve essere un spinta ad allargare lo sguardo, ad avere un'idea più sistemica e politica di cos'è l'aria di una città, di chi ci sta costringendo a pagare con i nostri corpi e la nostra salute questo prezzo insostenibile di vivere a Milano.
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James Appleton retweeted
I find it utterly disgusting that the state can split up families and force kids to grow up away from their parents. The minimum income requirement for Brits to live with spouses & children should be scrapped entirely. Good thread here👇
Today, together with @MigrantVoiceUK @Praxis_Projects and @BritishInEurope, we publish a joint parliamentary briefing on the increase to the Minimum Income Requirement. 🧵 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/join…
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James Appleton retweeted
A week after the Women’s World Cup and there’s a row about public sexual assault at the very top of the victorious football association. Just sit with that for a bit.
Replying to @Millar_Colin
Rubiales speech - "did you really think I was going to resign over a peck" - is one of the most surreal moments in the history of football. Everything about this is quite mad and has brought immense shame upon Spanish football.
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James Appleton retweeted
Lots of discussion lately about how to talk to/about men, & one thing I would BEG everyone to understand is that it is categorically NOT like this. One of the most damaging constructions of masculinity is that it is a test & if you fail you're not a "real" man. >
Real men struggle. Real men talk about their feelings. Real men ask for help.
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Replying to @Ankaman616
😳🤣🤣 as long as he’s more Steph and Klay and less Ice Trey
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Every so often in the UK, we ask a Baroness to investigate whether the police should be reformed, or whether drugs should be decriminalised. And they say, "Yes." And we say, "We're not doing that."
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Worth bearing in mind, this is what the BBC said to me in 2020 when Andrew Neil was being a shouty, right-wing pile on orchestrator on Twitter. Compare and contrast.
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James Appleton retweeted
Gary Lineker has no need to apologise. As a youth movement for refugees, founded by Jews, we know all too well the devastating effects of hate speech and propaganda. We're often sceptical of comparisons to the Holocaust or Nazi Germany. Is it not a singular event? 1/7
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James Appleton retweeted
A lot of cancelling being done by those comparing about cancelling
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As the @Conservatives move to the right of UKIP, good old @matteosalvinimi has found a new hero.
Parole del Primo Ministro del Regno Unito.
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James Appleton retweeted
So there's been a series of PMQs questions complaining about 'extreme' sex education in schools. These seem to have been kicked off a think tank founded by Tories Miriam Cates and Danny Kruger. You will be STUNNED to learn they're not quite as advertised. Thread:
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James Appleton retweeted
“Activist blob”
The actual Home Secretary here blaming her own civil servants for her failure to deal with small boats.
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James Appleton retweeted
"These people travelled 1,078km by sea only to die three metres from the shore – it’s a tragedy within a tragedy for people who were already unfortunate."
At least 62 people died in the tragic shipwreck off #Crotone. They are not numbers but children, men & women with stories & dreams. We stand in solidarity with the victims & demand that the EU applies her responsability in Search & Rescue operations at sea theguardian.com/world/2023/f…
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James Appleton retweeted
I can't believe that I'm writing this but I agree with Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Someone. Please. Ask the dinosaur question. We deserve it. Twitter will implode. We need this.
NEW: SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said having children outside of marriage is wrong according to her faith.
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James Appleton retweeted
Lots of journalists and presenters today throwing their hands in the air at the idea of free school meals as a universal provision. Britain’s obsession with “people getting something for nothing” is a brain disease that even evidence that universality is a positive cannot defeat.
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