Ed West
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Writer, the Wrong Side of History substack
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Joined January 2009
Probably Britain's most powerful cultural export at the current time
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Very plausible
@lefineder Convicts also had generally very low reproduction due to lack of female convicts. This probably resulted in the cream of the crop of male convicts marrying those women. https://t.co/2dQCFeRzWC
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I was really struck by this chart showing drop off in newspaper circulation just since 2019. Obviously no surprise it's happening but it's stark seeing it visually.
New post just out: Six lessons from the 2024 election. And what they mean for the next one. Covering: Labour's fatal misunderstanding about why they won; effects of a more fragmented system; changes in media/polling. (£/free trial) https://t.co/3rj1q8n0vz
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For over a century, material breakthroughs have defined industrial leadership, with America at the forefront. Companies like U.S Steel, Alcoa, and 3M have anchored U.S. strength in the chemical and advanced materials sectors. @radicalai_inc is continuing this legacy in materials
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Magwitch’s children 🇦🇺
Are the descendants of convicts sent to Australia lower in status today? Nope, the opposite, people with convict surnames are more likely to go to university. "Surprisingly, the rare surnames of the Tasmanian convicts are actually modestly overrepresented at Melbourne and Sydney
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This is the indelible sin of the modern British state and it is hard to think its authority can be considered legitimate until full accountability is delivered for this atrocity, which appears to still be continuing.
Sentencing remarks in Rotherham grooming gangs case read like war time atrocities
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There are currently (or were recently) three parodies in the West end, all of them parodies of films over 20 years old. Feels bery Douthatian
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Increase numbers also come from backgrounds in political activism
People are worried about losing the principle of trial by jury, but the immediate issue with judge-only trials is the judiciary is going through a crisis of quality. For example; last year less than half of civil district judge candidates were graded strong or outstanding.
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This is horrifying and extreme
bbc.co.uk
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
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In the Needs-Based society, you can literally be a notorious hate preacher and supporter of Britain's enemies and be rewarded with a discounted house in West London. In the extremely rare case you are successfully deported, your family can squat in it forever.
If you want to know what type of person benefits from this, Abu Hamza’s old council house is estimated to be worth over £2M.
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The aristocratic parallels are very apt: like a peerage, social housing can be inherited, but can’t be taxed or sold.
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The new aristocracy https://t.co/4v7P1CKyPW
🏠 Reeves spares 110 council houses worth over £2m from mansion tax https://t.co/Ii40POy80p
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Today's post, on the damage down to Britain's reputation by short-form videos
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Huge from the PM. Starmer accepts the Fingleton Review *and* pledges to extend it to other infrastructure: data centres, railways, tramways, towns, labs, and more. Massive, and a big shift from the Treasury's equivocation. Implementation will be a big battle, but we can win.
The BIGGEST change to nuclear regulation in the history of this country. Government was set to bottle it. YOU pushed for it, you tweeted, you shared videos, you signed letters and you didn't let up. Govt gave in. They accepted these RADICAL CHANGES. Now we hold them to it.
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The electorate is voting for a party with a grand total of one (1) policy. What do they want? What could we offer them to persuade them to vote for us instead? We cannot know. It is literally impossible to know.
There's only one question for Germany: what policies will stop the inexorable rise of the AfD, which is heading for 30% in the polls. This will literally tip Europe if it continues. Germany with AfD in government won't stand up to Russia. And it also won't stick with the Euro...
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I love this story about how a worker at a British cotton spinning factory figured out a way to make the machines work more efficiently, which probably saved the firm millions of pounds, but agreed to disclose his secret in return for a promise he'd get one beer a day for the rest
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I just experienced a beautiful moment here in Beirut, Lebanon. I was sitting in a coffee shop in the city, watching live coverage of the Pope’s arrival on my laptop. Across the room, I noticed two young men huddled over a phone. Curious, I walked over and realised they were also
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Thanks to all who came to our show this evening in Melbourne - and especially this gentleman for his Top Teeshirt
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