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France, Britain, and Canada have recently declared support for recognising a Palestinian state. Our editorial stance is firmly against it. Here's why: 🧵
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5/ Rent freezes are another gentrified socialist favourite. They sound great. But they discourage building and maintenance, decay housing stock, and make life harder for newcomers and the poor.
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It's great to be back in @Quillette (the first magazine I was ever published in) exploring how an anxious and dysfunctional Britain has to be more honest with itself https://t.co/ZUXUSHv8C1
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In a country struggling to come to terms with violent acts by recent immigrants, the dark mistruths of bigots have been replaced with the cheerful mistruths of multiculturalists.
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Thoughtful & nuanced piece from @BDSixsmith on a difficult topic. Kudos to Ben and to @Quillette for such intelligent analysis.
In a country struggling to come to terms with violent acts by recent immigrants, the dark mistruths of bigots have been replaced with the cheerful mistruths of multiculturalists, writes @BDSixsmith. https://t.co/9dkBm4tSut
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In a country struggling to come to terms with violent acts by recent immigrants, the dark mistruths of bigots have been replaced with the cheerful mistruths of multiculturalists, writes @BDSixsmith. https://t.co/9dkBm4tSut
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In a country struggling to come to terms with violent acts by recent immigrants, the dark mistruths of bigots have been replaced with the cheerful mistruths of multiculturalists.
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Managing Editor @IonaItalia talks to @markhamharrygo1 about the increasingly acute threat of Islamism in the UK and the normalisation of virulent antisemitism among British Muslims. 🎧 https://t.co/PyTANUcvab
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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Harry Saul Markham about the increasingly acute threat of Islamism in the UK and the normalisation of virulent antisemitism among British Muslims.
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"To friends in Australia, do not allow what has happened in the UK to happen to your country." - Harry Saul Markham @markhamharrygo1
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Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted, writes @aziz0nomics. https://t.co/cgRGnitsXl
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Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most...
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Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust, writes @aziz0nomics. https://t.co/EU8QycR18f
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Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust.
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What would Zohran Mamdani’s gentrified socialism actually mean for poor New Yorkers? @aziz0nomics broke down the real-world impact of his headline policies—starting with police reform, rent freezes, and a $30 minimum wage. 🧵
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"Socialism was once the battle cry of factory workers and coal miners. Today, it’s the pet ideology of upper-middle-class urbanites sipping soy lattes and wishing to globalise an intifada that they know little about." @aziz0nomics for @Quillette
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Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most...
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Israelis repeatedly warned the Bush administration that invading Iraq would be a disaster, writes @DavidKBrog. https://t.co/7tpe2wucWs
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Israelis repeatedly warned the Bush administration that invading Iraq would be a disaster.
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6/6 The 2021 Kate Clanchy pile-on was nailed early by John Lloyd in Quillette: "The fear of being branded with one of the most deadly contemporary sins has generally ensured a pusillanimous collapse by corporations, institutions, and individuals."
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The fear of being branded with one of the most deadly contemporary sins has generally ensured a pusillanimous collapse by corporations, institutions, and individuals.
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5/6 The apology coincides with BBC R4’s Anatomy of a Cancellation (starts 12 Nov). Host Katie Razzall interviews Clanchy, critics, pupils, sensitivity readers & execs. Early clips suggest the publisher drafted a supportive statement—then buried it.
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4/6 Fast-forward to 4 Nov 2025: CEO Joanna Prior (who wasn’t there in 2021) says sorry “to Kate and many others” for the “regrettable series of events” & “hurt caused.” Internal emails show execs hadn’t even read the book before panicking.
Publisher apologises to author Kate Clanchy four years after book controversy
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3/6 Clanchy apologised, rewrote passages, lost her editor, her anthology of student poems, & nearly her life—she told The Times she “wanted to die for a very long time.” 20 former pupils wrote in her defence; publisher flagged it as a “safeguarding issue.” https://t.co/sOtmEo7lPf
I've been given the chance to do some re-writing on Some Kids. I'm grateful: I know I got many things wrong, and welcome the chance to write better, more lovingly. To people saying I shouldn't centre myself in the kids lives: I agree. I've been worrying about this for years.
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2/6 The book—Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me—celebrated 30 yrs teaching refugee & autistic pupils. It won praise… until 2021 Twitter storm over phrases like “chocolate-coloured skin” & “almond eyes.” Critics demanded cancellation and the publisher caved.
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1/6 🚨 Kate Clanchy update: After 4 years of silence, Pan Macmillan’s CEO has finally apologised to the Orwell Prize-winning author for dropping her over “racist tropes” in her 2019 memoir. A BBC Radio 4 series next week will air the full inside story. Thread 👇
This is a surprising turn of events for me.
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Read more from @CMechtaly here
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Doha can change when it is forced to, and it must be forced to choose moderation.
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