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FFS Labour.
No political party has ever been given permission by voters to privatise our NHS.
I am deeply, deeply worried by Wes Streeting and Labour.
Retweet if you are too.
Replying to @wesstreeting
Hi Wes! You forgot a big part of the team - your advisors! I’m sure that was inadvertent, so let me fill it in for you! First, there’s Paul Corrigan, who advocated private companies taking over NHS hospitals…
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Honestly - a few of the replies to this little tribute to engineering excellence exhibit a level of stupidity that suggests to me that it won’t be long before our spacecraft are the only thing that remains of our increasingly dim-witted civilisation. Until recently my guess has been that the answer to the Fermi Paradox might be found in biology - complex biological systems are rare. I’m increasingly of the view that the reason for The Great Silence is that civilisations are inevitably crushed by the weight of nobheads shortly after inventing the internet.
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I've got some original works on paper to show you for sale, if you'd like one just message me ❤️ #art
Oh my! It’s actually ssss… ssssss…. sssuuuuu… suuhhhh… sunnnnn… ummm… sunny? Is that the right word? I forget it’s been so long.
After lamenting with some other local creatives the loss of @glug (RIP), I'm considering starting a similar event in Reading. Who would be interested in attending/speaking. Anyone got any tips for setting something like this up? @nickclement @luketonge
Absolutely in love with this.
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Attacked by an ice-cream scoop? The story of London’s ‘gouged’ building theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Rob Bootle retweeted
I asked Amor Towles, author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway, to make up a novel worthy scene on-the-fly.
He tells the story of a seven-year-old girl in 1964 who walks into the kitchen to pull out frozen peas from the freezer on the day that her mother has discovered that her husband is cheating on her.
What stands out is the texture of the language, and what it takes to go beyond cliche when you're crafting a story.
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I put Wallace and Gromit in Aliens so you could see what would happen if they went to LV-426 instead of the moon. Pretty happy with it to be fair.
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Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
Rob Bootle retweeted
Know someone who’s attending a Boxing Day hunt parade tomorrow?
Show them this. The true face of ‘trail hunting’
It must end.
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If you're on your own tomorrow, (loads are, it's not your fault) come to the Alex. We'll give you free Christmas dinner, some beer/wine & great company. It's not a misprint, there's no catch. You don't book, you just come. Between 12-3pm. Do it, I promise you'll love it ❤️❤️
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Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.
Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike.
This was the last poem he published.
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How about all my music writer friends and a bunch of artists get together and make a zine. How about it.
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23 things I liked in 2023
(in no particular order)
1. @McDonalds ‘We speak late night’ campaign by @DDBGroupNZ
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