Gill Cookson
@gillint.bsky.social
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Historian of 18th/19th-c. industrialisation. Northerner, lefty, deluded optimist. No racists, genocide apologists etc. Book now out: https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651412/making-an-industrial-revolution and here's the blog post: buff.ly/3W1JJgH
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Move to a country that doesn't accept immigrants.

Can you see a problem with this plan?
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arianehsajadi.bsky.social
A British academic is tracking the Dictator in the WH’s authoritarian acts since taking office in Jan.

It tracks illegalities, unconst’l acts, abuses of power - anything undermining democracy & propping up authoritarianism.

Tally is at 1466 authoritarian acts.

🆘🇺🇸

www.trumpactiontracker.info?
www.trumpactiontracker.info
gillint.bsky.social
Then you are perfectly equipped. Please pontificate.
gillint.bsky.social
No one from the land of Costa is qualified to comment on continental coffee.
gillint.bsky.social
Wonderful! Some people have the power to cut through all the crap, and give faith to the rest of us.
thebossross.bsky.social
Love this man. #Hero

#Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:
gillint.bsky.social
#NHS is still a model for the world. Created because it makes sense, in human terms and also economics.
Irony that it’s now seen as radical to fight for that principle, against a Labour government.
thetnholler.bsky.social
Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
The Daily Mail owner, the Grandfather of the current owner, posing with Adolf Hitler.

The Daily Mail has always been Far Right trash.
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!

Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
gillint.bsky.social
Happy birthday, Gary!
gillint.bsky.social
Also - as I just learned from your post - Newsom is markedly taller, and nothing irritates Trump more.
gillint.bsky.social
And he actually *answers the question*. Can’t recall when I last saw a politician do that.
gillint.bsky.social
If there’s a strange woman scratching at a window frame, best not open it.
gillint.bsky.social
I seem to have woken up in the 1970s.
katie0martin.ft.com
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Hahahaha, the Police are asking Palestine Action supporters to suspend their peaceful protest because it takes too many Police to arrest them.

Just stop arresting them then.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Tony Blair has been put in charge of Gaza because he is a corrupt man linked to billionaire US tech firms, Saudi Oil and Blackrock.

He is the perfect man to carve up the real estate, oil and gas in Gaza and get the tech in to do it.

All while making billions for himself.
gillint.bsky.social
I’ve just woken up in the 1970s.

(Younger people: a decade not to be recommended.)
gillint.bsky.social
‘Reformoron’ is my word of the day.

Just when you think they can go no lower.
politicsintheuk.bsky.social
🖕 Jenkyns, Reform UK’s clown mayor, says Trump might be right about paracetamol ‘cos “we don’t know what he’s seen.” Classic Reformoron ex-Tory scum: worship a washed-up conman, sneer at science, spit on Covid victims’ graves. Bottom-of-the-barrel politics. #ukpolitics
gillint.bsky.social
Love it. Smiling, and with a little dimple.
gillint.bsky.social
Oh no! Not the return of the prince…
gillint.bsky.social
Until 29 Sept: Boydell offer 40% discount on my book
Making an Industrial Revolution

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