Sam Wetherell
@samwetherell
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Historian of Britain and the World at the University of York. Interested in cities, art-making and the future. Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain out now.
Joined January 2011
Now it has a website and is available to pre-order I'm so excited to announce that my second book — Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain — will be out next spring with Bloomsbury/@HoZ_Books!
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RT @I_amMukhtar: Big up, the actor who unfolded a Palestinian flag on stage at the Royal Opera House.
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Totally incredible how the right wing of the Labour Party, crushed the left, sleptwalked into winning the biggest majority in modern history and in less than a year managed to shit itself, then blow its brains out with a revolver.
I'm told a potential Labour leadership bid from Wes Streeting is currently shaping up, with Shabana Mahmood broached as campaign chair.
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RT @SaulStaniforth: I havn't forgotten that in 2014 only 6 Labour MPs opposed the Tories Immigration Act, part of their hostile enviroment.….
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RT @mamoun_linda: This is insane. No baby formula. For newborn babies. In 2025. Not because of a natural disaster. Because Israel is intent….
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RT @Taj_Ali1: This is @RachaelMaskell close to tears as she describes the devastating impact of cuts on her disabled constituents. One tol….
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RT @abioconnor_: There are not the words to describe how callous this current government is. Their betrayal of the Hillsborough families, t….
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I’m sorry but “10 out 380 premier league matches should be free to watch each year” is the most Lib Dem thing I’ve ever heard.
🚨 NEW: MPs will tomorrow vote on a Lib Dem amendment to ensure that at least 10 Premier League matches are broadcast for free each season.
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RT @tristandross: been an absolutely insanity inducing last 3 years. everyone has known about this and not been able to say anything, meanw….
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RT @daniel_dsj2110: 1300 page history of capitalism from 1450 to the present—forthcoming from Sven Beckert: https:/….
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I am very lucky to be represented by @RachaelMaskell - seen here outlining the full meaning of Labour’s planned PIP cuts which she describes as Dickensian and cruelly immiserating the community she had sworn to protect.
'It would be better if I wasn't here'. Incredibly moving speech from @RachaelMaskell on the real impact these proposed cuts to disability benefits are having on disabled people.
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We are in new uncharted levels of insanity here folks.
"I was going to say that they sometimes seem to have more in common with the Nuremburg rally, but even the Nazis didn’t say 'death to the Jews.'". Andrew Neil rips into Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set. #TimesRadio | @afneil
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RT @dee_of_e: belaboring the obvious but it feels historically significant that an entire generation has been witnessing the worst human ac….
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The unrelated second story on the BBC midday news bulletin sandwiched between the headline (Glastonbury outrage) and the third story (Israel’s daily massacre of dozens of starving people at an aid site) is doing some important buffer work today.
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Sure would suck to be associated with a government that massacred civilians on dubious pretences.
Around 400 Palestinians, including dozens of children, have been killed while trying to get humanitarian assistance. I don’t recall these incidents (including this weekend) leading many papers or news bulletins. Are we really saying a few chants from a couple of musicians is more.
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RT @HKesvani: Is the average PIP recipient a landlord who also 'heads' a think tank and works as an accountant one day a week (presumably t….
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