Tag / Brexit
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to Brexiters About Brexit
I did something unusual this week. I saw something wrong, stupid and annoying online and didn’t get into a fight with the person who said it. It’s something I’ve found myself doing more and more lately, and it becomes a little easier each time, although it never feels completely natural. Wanting to correct misinformation or…
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The sting
MOST of what’s gone wrong in British social and political life can be summed up with a fairly simple example using Jameela Jamil, a fruit-filled banquet and some bees. It’s about belief, fact-picking, tribalism and self-deception. But first, the bees. The story is fairly simple. The activist, actress, presenter and occasional model Jameela Jamil ran…
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A Name For What You Lose
‘Vote Corbyn, lose Scotland.’ That was the big scary warning from clodhopping would-be provocateur Toby Young on Twitter this week. While it might play well with the Tobester’s target audience of enthusiastically gullible bullshit-swallowers, it brought something else to mind for me: The music of Scritti Politti. More specifically, this pungent lyrical nugget from ‘The…
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From No to Yes
In 2014, I voted No to Scottish Independence. Given a chance at IndyRef2, I’d vote Yes in a heartbeat. I wasn’t a unionist then, and I’m not a nationalist now. My basic beliefs – in fairness, decency and community – haven’t changed, so what did? Basically … Brexit. Scotland has repeatedly said no to leaving…
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Brexiters: A field guide for the connoisseur (Pt3)
What a lot of Brexiters there are! Here’s the third in our field guide to Twitter’s lovely Leavers, beginning with: Ramblin’ Ron: He’s behind Nigel’s march 100%. Let’s see those lazy Remoaners pull off something like that, eh? Has never rambled further than the fridge. The New Radical: Think young folk are all out every…
