John Steele
@JohnSte_author
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Crime writer from Belfast, author of Ravenhill, Dry River, Rat Island and more.
Joined April 2017
That wee lad knows nothing of the sort. He's grown up in relative peace and prosperity, glorifying the single most murderous killing machine of the entire Troubles through social conditioning and the easy route of hating "the other side" for his circumstances.
“As people from Ireland we know oppression colonialism famine & genocide. As people from the north of Ireland we know it even more. As people from West Belfast it still affects our communities & our families. Free Palestine, free the 6 counties. Tiocfaidh ár lá!.” - Mo Chara
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Prime whataboutery from Police Scotland here.
Celtic and Rangers have failed to condemn Old Firm violence, says chief constable. https://t.co/6YMTiBCYcT
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You think?
A former British Army colonel, who was an intelligence officer during the Troubles, has alleged Gerry Adams was on the IRA army council when it sanctioned bomb attacks in Great Britain. https://t.co/wrJwmWr9xo
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A new book on the way this year, The Devil gave Them Voices, but this is a wee reminder of my first. #Fiction #Books #Belfast #NorthernIreland
https://t.co/M5FI2Yc1hd
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"Six-packs’ – shots to ankles, knees and elbows – gave way to innovative horrors, as doctors and surgeons got better at treating such injuries. This forced the Provos into a twisted race against hospitals to keep the terrifying threat of punishment ... 1/2 https://t.co/6eWHc5nNfu
spectator.com
As Dr. Strangelove juggled personas to avert nuclear doom, Adams juggles his: peacemaker one minute, denier the next.
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Jane Austen's a novelist; Shakespeare's a dramatic poet. You don't have to speak English to do Austen, as you could read her novels in translation; but if you make an English-language film featuring Shakespeare, it's important to understand the lines because every word matters,
Ang Lee made what many consider *the* best Jane Austen adaptation (with Emma Thompson’s help) without fully understanding the language. Zhao collaborated with O’Farrell, Mescal, and Buckley to craft a story that’s not even primarily about Shakespeare/Hamlet. Please be serious.
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So basically, companies pay Youtube to show ads and we pay Youtube to not show ads
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"That number of away fans is not workable currently." Why didn't they inform the SFA of that minor detail in advance?
🗣️ "That number of away fans is not workable currently." 🗣️ "I am satisfied with the policing operation." 🗣️ "There were enough police officers." Police Scotland's Greater Glasgow Chief Superintendent Emma Croft on post-match scenes at Ibrox after Celtic beat Rangers ⤵️
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Let's get something crystal clear: Old Firm pitch invasions have a rich history of goading opposition fans into open confrontation on the park and everyone, on both sides, who were on the pitch yesterday were well aware of the consequences of their actions. #Celtic #Rangers
Let’s get something absolutely crystal clear with zero bias whatsoever. Football fans have been running onto the pitch after last-minute winners or huge moments for generations. It happens because of pure excitement and emotion. The key thing is always how people conduct
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Yesterday I had a go at @TEnglishSport for his selective condemnation of the fans' behaviour at the beginning of the cup tie at Ibrox. Today I read this and have to say, it's a pretty fair summary of the day. #Rangers #Celtic
https://t.co/u5d3HKvla9
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As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough there was disgrace as Rangers and Celtic fans invade pitch at Ibrox, writes Tom English.
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Well done Celtic fans. This is why we’re not getting alcohol back in grounds.
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It is honestly incredible how myopic the Scottish media's take on this afternoon's shitshow has been. The lot of them really are agenda-driven fucking parasites.
Appalling scenes at Ibrox. Celtic players have been attacked by Rangers fans who have invaded the pitch. Mercifully, police and stewards have restored order.
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You are a young person interested in politics. You look at all the local parties and out of all of them pick *Sinn Fein*. You get elected and then say this live with a camera running. After the IRA murdered 1,800 people and let off the vast majority of the 16,000 bombs during
🗣️ “I can't think of an instance where bombing a country ended up resulting in a better situation,” says @mattcarthy. #TonightVMTV
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To be clear, I think you *can* joke about Tourette syndrome. I've laughed at Tourettes jokes before. Even the initial premise of this sketch, where celebrities lie about having Tourettes in order to excuse their bad behavior can be funny if done well. But the line "Since it’s
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"We shall negotiate on the beaches, we shall negotiate on the landing grounds, we shall negotiate in the fields and in the streets, we shall negotiate in the hills; we shall never stop negotiating."
Wars are only ever resolved through negotiation. It’s tragic that calm heads did not prevail in the US when the Omani Foreign Minister said, just hours before the bombing started, that a peace deal was within reach. And now hotheads in Iran think it’s a good idea to bomb Oman.
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This is really causing a cultural schism between the US and UK. To them, the Bad Word is just such an unforgivable sin. To us, a bunch of rich and famous people being a dick to a disabled man is actually far worse.
Deon Cole: "If there are any white men in the room with Tourette's, I advise you to tell them to read the room, lord. It might not go the way they thinketh."
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