My 'quieter' twitter account, with the occasional digression thrown in for consistency.
Sheffield, England
Joined November 2015
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Northern Ireland semi-detatched from the UK. Scotland demanding the same deal as Northern Ireland. Now Spain half way to getting Gibraltar.
England Alone - destroying both of the democratic unions of which it is a part, the UK and the EU. And for what?
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In 2010 I moved into my new home. There were no street sleepers on the High Street. The buses weren’t full of people who couldn’t look after themselves. We were civilised. No longer, after 8 years of this cruel lot.
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"The bag itself goes directly in the bin"
James Acaster's #Brexit teabag metaphor still the original and best 👏
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THE most brutal assessment of #BrexitShambles by the US embassy in London
- the economy is gonna tank
- the British Government isn't interested in telling people they got it wrong
- worst kind of inflation
- Brexit ends up not helping people
- leavers are absolutely terrified
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The antidote to government by a powerful few is government by the organized, energized many. This National Voter Registration Day, make sure you're registered, vote early if you can, or show up on November 6. This moment is too important to sit out.
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The first class of Obama Fellows is full of leaders like Keith—hardworking, innovative, and dedicated to partnering with their communities to drive transformational change.
Keith Wattley founded @UnCommLaw to transform the lives of people overlooked by society. Take a look at Keith’s story, and learn more about the current opportunity to apply to the next class of #ObamaFellows. obama.org/fellowship/keith-w…
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Today I’m at the University of Illinois to deliver a simple message to young people all over the country: You need to vote, because our democracy depends on it. I hope you'll tune in at 11am CT: go.illinois.edu/live
Still a breath of fresh air.
If you still don't think the midterms will affect you, @BarackObama is back to spell out just how important they are
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Yesterday I met with high school students on Chicago’s Southwest side who spent the summer learning to code some pretty cool apps. Michelle and I are proud to support programs that invest in local youth and we’re proud of these young people.
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Boris Johnson's burka comments has "fanned the flames of Islamophobia" says the chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board.
l-bc.co/GHtxzAO
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As polls suggest people are changing their minds over Brexit, @clivebull asks, what are you hoping for?
35%Hard Brexit
3%Soft Brexit
55%Remain
7%Don't care anymore
37,320 votes • Final results Richard Ward retweeted
This caller discarded a report that suggested more than 100 constituencies would change their vote to Remain as "a load of rubbish." l-bc.co/6QDpToA
Actually more a case of a council that is environmentally illiterate.
'The city that hates trees'
standing up to the Sheffield street-tree slaughter.
#SaveSheffTrees
Prof Ian Rotherham writes in the British Assoc. of Nature... banc.org.uk/ecos-39-3-the-ci…
Great women's softball cricket event this Sunday, 12th August. m.facebook.com/story.php?sto…
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Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent:
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What on earth?? No more psychotropic drugs to migrant children without consent, US judge rules theguardian.com/us-news/2018…