MichaelLedgerLomas
@LedgerLomasM
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Writer and historian in but not from Vancouver, BC. Locked out of my old X account so now using this one instead.
Joined March 2025
I wrote about the Irish Famine https://t.co/lCudXhJqWp
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This is the strangest thing I've ever seen Adrian Vermeule write (and I'm a connoisseur)
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Jenrick and James Orr's paladin
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It looks like Andy B would be only the second Roman Catholic to serve as PM (for we must count Johnson).
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(Niche) nominative determinism: a Gillian Rose scholar called Will Spendlove.
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What a time the excellent Rob Priest has picked to pose this question Culture War: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis?
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Abstract. Now ubiquitous in public debate, the term ‘culture war’ has become increasingly unmoored from models that were developed when the concept first s
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Curious that while Canada excels at producing and exporting online ranters, they can't do IRL rallies on this scale. Perhaps our low pop density is a moderating force.
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In a cafe at Oxford. Next table seems like a first date. He is telling her about the archaeological evidence for Aztec human sacrifice.
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A certain kind of person knows so much about who should or shouldn't go to Oxford (less so Cambridge).
And for the middle aged people out there wondering how just good ABB is in modern A Levels here are the stats. Not very good at all. You shouldn't given be considered for Oxbridge without straight A*s.
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The blazer
Thank you UK Opposition Leader @KemiBadenoch for your warm welcome and, above all, your moral clarity. Israel is indeed defending the values of the free world, and I welcome your remarks that the war can’t end while the hostages are still held in brutal captivity in Gaza. This
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Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get
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Refreshingly blunt response to historians doing genealogy of A Thing: 'so what?'
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Not much to report on that front I imagine
In the green room of the studios of @GBNews yesterday, I was pleased to see @Nigel_Farage, and speak with him about all we are doing to bring our hostages home!
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I made three A’s for my offer at Cambridge. And that was in the 80s, when we had real exams. I don’t have an opinion otherwise on the controversy. Just wanted to share that.
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Mark Carney: as a devout admirer of the late Pope Francis, I'm doubling down on methane exports (in the spirit of Laudato Si')
Carney’s first five major projects include LNG, span across the country
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Three pictures which won't age well. There's diplomacy, then there's cowardice. We know which this is.
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Excellent letter
The Prime Minister needs to clarify what legal advice has been received about the visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog to the UK, and whether his entry is compatible with our obligations under the Genocide Convention.
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