Ian Dunt
Editor of Politics.co.uk. Author of Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now? Host on @RemainiacsCast. Says stuff on TV & radio.
Last synced from Twitter 1199d ago
Forget about masks: the real covid culture war has only just begun
Beyond the superficial divisions, a more deep-seated fracture in our response to covid is starting to emerge.
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People with health risks or anxiety are now facing two unenviable outcomes: a situation where they cannot return to economic activity while their colleagues are, or where they are in fact dismissed from work altogether - @jonlis1 on the new covid divide
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Britain's reputation declines as Johnson stuffs Lords with appointments
The country's ability to speak up for democracy abroad has taken a major self-inflicted hit.
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'Any claim to the Lords' independence is being shattered, after the government over-rode a decision of the Lords themselves to reduce their numbers to 600' - @electoralreform on Johnson's latest appointments
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We Need to Talk About Ventilation
How is it that six months into a respiratory pandemic, we are still doing so little to mitigate airborne transmission?
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Everyone's got their own rules about how they're approaching life right now, but I think this helps inform you in making those choices
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The road to independence: How Covid and Brexit pushed Scotland from the Union
The recent turn in the polls towards independence is much more dangerous for unionists than the Yes campaign surge in 2014.
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This is fascinating from @cjayanetti on the dynamic between Brexit, covid and Scottish independence politics.co.uk/comment-analys… pic.twitter.com/0Vxw4zTOpZ
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Faith groups, businesses & activists unite to demand asylum rights
Broad alliance demands change from the Home Office on working during asylum process.
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Really impressed and heartened to see such a wide range of groups demanding the government let asylum seekers work during their application process - from the Adam Smith Institute, to the CBI, to trade unions, to activist groups
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The hidden shame of Priti Patel's asylum policy
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron on the catastrophic failure of Home Office policy during the covid emergency.
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'Do we really want this grubby small-mindedness to paint the picture of who we are?' - @timfarron on Priti Patel's asylum policy during coronavirus
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Britain's new ethical foreign policy: A bad time to discover a conscience
A genuinely ethical foreign policy requires a degree of international cooperation and hard work Britain does not currently seem capable of.
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"A bit less rhetoric and a bit more hard work" - Nick Witney on the contradictions and hypocrisies of the government's new approach to foreign policy
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Hungarian journalists resign en masse after claims of political interference
Firing of editor-in-chief at Hungary’s biggest independent news outlet sparks protest
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This is a disaster. Index is one of the last bastions of independent journalism in Hungary, staffed by some of the bravest and most diligent journalists I've ever had the privilege of talking to.
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Week in Review: A year under a post-truth prime minister
Under Boris Johnson, the entire notion of objective truth threatens to drift away from politics altogether.
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Boris Johnson after one year: Britain has its first undiluted, triple-distilled post-truth prime minister.
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Survey reveals betrayal of migrant women during covid
Damning assessments shows most vulnerable let down by a system the home secretary insisted was "working".
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Priti Patel said measures to protect asylum-seeking women during covid were "working". In fact, three quarters of women surveyed went hungry - @4refugeewomen on Home Office failure during coronavirus
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Phase one of the Starmer leadership is a resounding success
As the Labour leader goes into summer recess, he has good reason to be cheerful.
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Starmer at the end of the first phase of his leadership: He has not proved that he will turn Labour around. But he has proved that he can.
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‘No One’ Protected British Democracy From Russia, U.K. Report Concludes
Russian efforts to interfere in the British political system were widely ignored by successive governments, according to a long-awaited report by Parliament.
Russia report: The government left us completely exposed to Kremlin interference
There is no smoking gun for a reason: They didn't even bother tasking anyone with looking for it.
Chronic Conservative indecision over Huawei has hurt us all
The UK is tumbling headfirst towards a Brexit where it has no deal with the EU, no deal with the US, and poor relations with the world's largest manufacturing economy.
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'The UK is tumbling headfirst towards a Brexit where it has no deal with the EU, no deal with the US, and poor relations with the world's largest manufacturing economy' - Ray Walsh on the Huawei decision
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Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester
Artist Marc Quinn leads secret mission to install resin-and-steel figure of Jen Reid at site of toppled Bristol slave trader
The historical narcissism of culture warriors - UnHerd
Work that's cancelled for being 'of its time' was probably objected to, at the time
Killing the retweet, and other ways to fix Twitter
Twitter is caught between two product visions. Which should it choose?
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I've been thinking about this quite a lot since I read it. Was instinctively against it. Retweeting things is a good way for me to bring attention to stuff which I feel doesn't get much elsewhere, particularly on immigration.
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Brexit ad campaign's 'new start' is a trip to the past
Customs checks, bureaucracy and pointless infrastructure spend : This is what happens when the Brexit campaign is translated into reality.
We can't fight covid and Brexit at the same time
It's time to take back control of the timescale and focus on winning one fight at a time.
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'No amount of pluck and flag-waving will save us from the damage that could be mitigated by ensuring we are fighting only one bout at a time' - @rosaltmann on taking on covid & Brexit
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