David Swift
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SCOUSE REPUBLIC out now https://t.co/BfkmT3083b Writing @newstatesman @unherd @spectator @tribunemagazine @independent @thetimes
Joined July 2009
For anyone in the North West, I will be speaking with Anthony Quinn (the novelist not the child actor) about Scouse Republic, the history of Liverpool and much else at @WaterstonesLPL on 20 May
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RT @NewStatesman: Cutting Angela Rayner loose would be a disaster for Labour. She is one of the only charismatic working class politicians….
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She is one of the only charismatic working class politicians left in the party.
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RT @unherd: The Liverpudlian folk anti-hero known universally as ‘Purple Aki’ has died. The strange obsession with him tells us a lot abo….
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Yesterday’s news that a 64-year-old man, Akinwale Arobieke, was found dead in a Liverpool flat sent Scouse Twitter into meltdown. Thousands paid humorous and ironic tributes to the infamous oddball...
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RT @Jess_Molyneux1: Liverpool's Old Dock that's still hidden beneath the city centre @LivEchonews.
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It’s an extraordinary piece of heritage that most people walk over every day
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RT @RealTimeWWII: German soldier Eric Stahl's division is now shooting 4000 prisoners: "They scarcely looked up when our interpreter told t….
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RT @DanNeidle: Over half of council tax goes on social care. What's the principled case for social care being paid from local taxation? h….
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How you know you're in a Zone 2 pub: 'Who Gives a Crap' toilet paper; tampons in the men's bogs; and 40 year olds with todlers. In fairness I love it.
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RT @AdiSneakerFreak: @_footyheritage Half Man, Half Biscuit… at Prenton Park (Tranmere Rovers of course).
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I spoke to @AyOdeh about the attempts to remove him from the Knesset, and wrote in the @NewStatesman about the deteriorating situation for Palestinian citizens of Israel
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RT @NewStatesman: Netanyahu’s government is moving against Arab Israel. Amid anti-war protests and pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza, Netany….
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Amid anti-war protests and pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli prime minister is looking ahead to the next election.
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RT @MENnewsdesk: The figure is not well known but had a significant impact on British politics
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The figure is not well known but had a significant impact on British politics
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RT @DespoticInroad: This is excellent. When people refer to Liverpool’s “Rebel City”/progressive/Left-wing political culture, you have to….
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Interesting read on Liverpool in @unherd by @LedgerLomasM . Pleased to see 'Scouse Republic' get a name check!.
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RT @jordanbhx: Spent a wonderful wedding weekend in a city that celebrates its musical heritage, preserves its modernist icons, doesn’t let….
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RT @maxshanly: I am informed that there has been a coup of sorts in the working group responsible for the #YourParty Founding Conference, w….
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Similarly I'm convinced many accounts like @crimeldn etc are Russian pysch ops.
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