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Max Mitchell retweeted
Tax. They pay much less income tax if they live in England. That's how it works. ##incentives. "Half of GB Energy’s leaders decline to move to Scotland"
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I checked this and - almost unbelievably- it is true.
Our problems in the west are so much more extreme and profound than most people acknowledge.
I don’t believe all those bovine students genuinely celebrate something so categorically monstrous, but that is almost more frightening. It means they think the acceptable position is to celebrate the murder of a terrified little girl, and so they meekly do.
Myriam was a 7-year-old French Jewish girl. She witnessed a terrorist break into her school and kill two of her classmates.
She tried to run but tripped while grabbing her schoolbag, causing her ballet slippers to fall out. She stopped to pick them up. He chased her and grabbed her by the hair, shooting her in the head at point-blank range.
The man was Mohamed Merah, and a rap song honoring him and other Muslim terrorists has become the unofficial anthem of the ‘student protests’ in France.
Max Mitchell retweeted
Islamist terrorists tried to murder Salman Rushdie and everyone associated with The Satanic Verses. Who precisely is threatening to murder Sally Rooney and the staff at Faber & Faber? Yvette Cooper?
If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was still possible – you’d know they sit in the fiction stacks adjacent to the novels of another SR whose books have been withdrawn in dastardly political circumstances. Until last week, “Rooney” and “Rushdie” had little in common beyond being shelfmates; now they have more than just a physical proximity.
@tanjil_rashid_: This is censorship by other means newstatesman.com/comment/202…
Max Mitchell retweeted
Regardless of your view on Sally Rooney, her opinions are shared by lots of institutions, public figures, etc. She's not at risk of death. She's not in any actual danger.
Comparing her to Salman Rushdie is obscene & shows that there's no need to read the whole of that piece.
If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was still possible – you’d know they sit in the fiction stacks adjacent to the novels of another SR whose books have been withdrawn in dastardly political circumstances. Until last week, “Rooney” and “Rushdie” had little in common beyond being shelfmates; now they have more than just a physical proximity.
@tanjil_rashid_: This is censorship by other means newstatesman.com/comment/202…
Max Mitchell retweeted
Oh for heaven’s sake. Jolyon Maugham is among the signatories. These are not serious people.
OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
So tiresome
OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
Max Mitchell retweeted
Paul Josephson traces the historical roots of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive Russification policies.
🎧The EI Podcast: Russia’s war on Ukrainian science
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Max Mitchell retweeted
🎧The EI Podcast: Space and the new clash of civilisations
Earlier this month, the US confirmed for the first time that it had deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit. @JohnBSheldon and @jackfdickens discuss the fight for extraterrestrial supremacy.
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Max Mitchell retweeted
John Coltrane was a spiritual searcher whose shimmering, joyful music pushed jazz to its limits.
Coltrane, the acceptable face of the avant-garde | @MaxJMitchell1
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Today marks 100 years since John Coltrane’s birth. He is widely regarded as one of the most important musical geniuses of the 20th century, but it wasn’t always this way. My latest @EngelsbergIdeas
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Max Mitchell retweeted
One of the biggest scandals of modern British history xitter.cf/DailyMail/status/21021…
The Afghans who snuck into Britain by pretending to have helped the Armed Forces... before being given homes and thousands in benefits: SUE REID lifts lid on the scandal - and sickening behaviour of 'refugees' after they arrived trib.al/ACKmdxT
Max Mitchell retweeted
Goosebumps.
For all its faults, Western Christian culture is still worth defending
Max Mitchell retweeted
Who ruled the Middle East in 1900? @simonmontefiore narrates the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Saudi Arabia.
🎧The EI Podcast: The scramble for the Middle East
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🎧The EI Podcast: The scramble for the Middle East
@simonmontefiore speaks to @jackfdickens about the struggle for power in the world’s most volatile region.
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Max Mitchell retweeted
Unfortunate truths about Scottish education:
The number of high-achieving kids has collapsed by 40% in the past 20 years.
PE is now the third most popular subject at Higher.
Just 40% percent of kids pass English and Maths at National 5 (ie, GCSE).
Scottish 15 year olds are more than a year behind English 15 year olds in Maths and Science.
"Knowledge" is a contested idea in Scottish education.
And the SNP government's response? The situation is "essentially stable".
Column on a great national disgrace. 👇
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
The great @hannahluci on why the Syrian Civil War still plagues Europe.
‘This was not just a civil war. This was a proxy war.’ @hannahluci explains how many of Europe’s most severe crises have their roots in the Syrian Civil War.
🎧The EI Podcast: Journeys in Europe’s grey zone
audioboom.com/posts/8945086-…
