@LukeGartside
Joined July 2009
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Zoe Gardner@ZoeJardiniere22 Feb 2023
“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?” “Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?” Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered. #RefugeesWelcome
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Replying to @LeeAndersonMP_
Less than 30k in London is a terrible salary whatever the gig, let alone one where you are doxxed by your attention-seeking oaf of a boss.
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For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
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Matthew Hahn@hahnscratch30 Dec 2022
I once had an illicit vegetable garden in prison. We smuggled fresh veggies into the cell blocks. A thread...
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Can we all agree Darlene Love, not Buble, is the definitive VOC (voice of Christmas)…
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AKA GOAT VOC
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Luke Gartside retweeted
Pippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar23 Nov 2022
Striking fr Tory MP @timloughton on lack of legal asylum routes. “I’m a 16yo orphan from an African country escaping a war zone & religious persecution. I have a sibling legally in UK at moment. What is the safe & legal route for me to come to the UK?" xitter.cf/BestForBritain/status/…
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Replying to @ShelaghFogarty
@ShelaghFogarty - On one hand, thousands of bright, skilled, eager-to-work asylum seekers stuck in hotels while they await processing by the home office, prevented from working and forced to live on a taxpayer-provided pittance...
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On the other, vast staff shortages across the country, putting massive pressure on small businesses and the economy at large. If only there was an obvious solution.
Luke Gartside retweeted
Tory Fibs
@ToryFibs13 Oct 2022
Daily Telegraph: • 24th Sept. 2013: Vote Ed Miliband & you’ll suffer energy blackouts. • 12th Oct. 2022: Blackouts would be a really good way to punish our youth. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Led By Donkeys@ByDonkeys29 Sep 2022
We've done our own mini-budget (check out kamikwasi.tax)
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Luke Gartside retweeted
memes.xlsx
@ExcelHumor14 Aug 2022
artificial intelligence is taking over
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obsessed with this liz truss photoshoot where they've styled her as if the joker started shopping in LK bennett
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Paul Fairie@paulisci19 Jul 2022
A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵
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I just called up by someone who's worked on previous UK cases against oligarchs, who is looking in horror at what's (not) happening. "The issue is that we have a whole service industry that constructs complexity. They are people who exist to make sure assets are impenetrable."
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Luke Gartside retweeted
swinhoe@swinhoe14 Dec 2021
Enjoying these @wavelengthmag throw-back articles very much indeed !! - ah the good old days !! wavelengthmag.com/deep-cuts-…

Deep Cuts From The Wavelength Archive – Part III – The Trailblazers - Wavelength Surf Magazine -...

Twenty-twenty-one marks Wavelength’s 40th year in print. To celebrate the occasion, we’re diving deep into the Wavelength archive to bring you a series of short stories featuring key cultural...

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Just finished @praddenkeefe's incredible new pod 'Wind Of Change' - up there with my favourites @replyall , @Gladwell's Revisionist History & @thememorypalace
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Part one of a story I wrote about a surfer's experience during the 2009 tsunami in Samoa...
Wavelength Surf Mag@wavelengthmag30 Apr 2020
Ever wondered what happens if you're out surfing when a tsunami hits? Here's the story of one surfer's experience from Samoa.... wavelengthmag.com/surfing-th…

Surfing Through A Tsunami In Samoa - Wavelength Surf Magazine - since 1981

Earlier this month we brought you a potted history of pop-culture’s obsession with the concept of tsunami surfing; spanning appearances in old Hawaiian folklore, through TV ads and Hollywood cult...

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Today it's the surfers, the sunbathers and the cyclists, but tomorrow, could it be you the mob turns on? #COVIDIOT wavelengthmag.com/corona-pub…

The Corona Court Of Public Shaming Is In Session; Careful - You Could Be Next - Wavelength Surf...

There was a time when it looked like the Coronavirus crisis might actually bring us together. Commentators predicted that a shared traumatic experience could be just the ticket for beginning to heal...

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Super interesting podcast from @nytimes about an unexpected fallout from #coronavirus nytimes.com/2020/04/27/podca…
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