Matthew Syed
@matthewsyed
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Author of Rebel Ideas, Black Box Thinking, Bounce and You Are Awesome. Columnist for @TheTimes and The Sunday Times. Presenter of Sideways on @BBCRadio4
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Joined May 2010
Debate with @piersmorgan: is.the UK a racist society? Absolutely not. But we need to ban cousin marriage, as proposed by @RicHolden. Cousin marriage keeps some immigrant communities separate from wider society - and incubates block voting and other scourges
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Huge admiration for @RachelReevesMP for having the guts to go into politics. A 100x braver than the armchair cowards on here. Crying doesn’t show “weakness”. Don’t agree with her policies but salute her courage, not least for going into the chamber while feeling miserable.
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RT @afneil: Superb obituary of the wonderful Sandy Gall, old school journalist and ITN presenter of the best kind.
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RT @matthewsyed: The answer is staring us in the face. Why are democracies in crisis? Because voters have lost the plot. We only elect lead….
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Fair minded analysis from @Jeremy_Hunt on the future of healthcare, particularly on patient safety. I’d go further (much further) but Hunt argues that the British public is not yet ready for major reform of the NHS .
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The answer is staring us in the face. Why are democracies in crisis? Because voters have lost the plot. We only elect leaders who make impossible (and utterly unaffordable) promises, then howl when the inevitable betrayal plays out .
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Fascinating interview by @cazjwheeler - Farage wants fracking, a second chamber that recruits from the regions, and cabinet ministers who are not MPs.
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Fascinating and utterly damning by @rcolvile - risk averse regulation and crazy red tape is killing house building. I felt nauseous reading this! .
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RT @Durmanator: Brilliant column by @matthewsyed on the crisis in democracy and believing in fairies at the bottom of the garden,. Our lead….
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‘It’s not an excuse but I was distracted’: Keir Starmer on the benefits U-turn and his toughest week yet. Big exclusive by @joshglancy.
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RT @FraserNelson: Superb from Patrick Maguire: the most revealing piece yet on why Starmer’s new MPs are blowing up the government’s credib….
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Love the body language 👇.
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RT @fletcher_rt: Love this from @matthewsyed on how test cricket thrives despite the allure of so-called attention economy. ‘How I wish f….
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RT @RicHolden: 🧵 Why I’m campaigning to ban cousin marriage. This is not about faith or race. It’s about integration, fundamental liberty,….
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Important intervention by @KemiBadenoch - interview by @CDP1882 who has been fearlessly investigating the rape gangs scandal.
EXCL: Badenoch tells @GBNEWS the grooming gangs inquiry must probe ‘insidious’ cousin marriage links.
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RT @michaelgove: It is *always* worth listening to Douglas Alexander - while we disagree on much he is a deeply thoughtful politician and t….
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RT @piersmorgan: It’s also perfectly reasonable to think, as I do, that Israel was justified in attacking Iran to neutralise the regime’s n….
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RT @MrWinMarshall: The missing link in the Pakistani rape gangs report: cousin marriage @matthewsyed
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RT @triggerpod: Israel vs Iran - Matthew Syed. Watch the full interview with @matthewsyed now, right here on X.
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