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Alastair Brookshaw

@albrookshaw

Actor ~ Rep'd by Henry Alexander Talent. Singing Teacher ~ Associate Teacher, Mark Meylan Studio. Dad; Carpenter; lover of country walks and gardening.

 London
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Joined March 2014
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Terrifyingly it's well over a decade since the wonderful @swkplay Parade revival. But here's a little throwback to it that I recorded recently. Still one of my favourite jobs of my whole career... instagram.com/reel/C_fpPuJgs…
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Alastair Brookshaw (@albrookshaw) • Instagram reel

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This is definitely true. You only need to look at the outcry about the winter fuel allowance to realise our image of pensioners is completely divorced from reality.
Tomos Doran (@portraitinflesh) profile pictureTomos Doran@portraitinfleshNov 4
I think a lot of people's conception of what "being old" means has frozen in about 1990. Hence this weird idea that pensioners fought in the war, when in 2026, only a tiny number of them have. Similarly, people hear "old lady" and picture blue rinse and a tartan shopping trolley.
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You do start to think that Social Media has basically sent us mad. Political discourse in so many of the various online bubbles is now so divorced from reality that being popular in government is basically impossible.
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Jakub Krupa@JakubKrupaJun 20
How it started How it's going
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Klara
@klara_sjoJun 20
I was reading about the myth of Prometheus today when the phrase "new liver, same eagles" popped into my mind, so I'm keeping that in mind for the next time someone asks me how it's going.
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David Henig 🇺🇦@DavidHenigUKJun 10
One starts to get to the point of thinking that social media and stable democracy are simply incompatible. And this is the real post-2008 story, since the dates of slow economic growth and social media are in fact the same. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Violence erupts in Belfast after protests over knife attack

Violence erupts in Belfast after protests over knife attack

Crowds, including people in masks and hoods, burned vehicles and properties after calls for demonstrations from far-right figures

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Gurwinder
@G_S_Bhogal13 Aug 2024
People are afraid to point out the bad arguments in their own tribe, because they rightly fear it will be interpreted by their fellows as treachery. So tribes typically have no quality control over their beliefs, except that provided by their enemies—without whom they go insane.
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fooler initiative@metroadlibApr 3
If you and Donald Trump are in an enclosed space and you somehow reach the conclusion that he is the most well-read person in the room, the two of you are characters in a riddle where you are a cat.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) profile pictureAaron Rupar
@atruparApr 2
Leavitt: "You always want to be the most well-read person in the room, and I try to be every day. But Donald Trump always is."
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Darren Johnson@DarrenJohnson66Mar 31
Voter: "I want to vote for a set of completely uncosted spending plans, fronted up by a charlatan with a cavalier approach to Putin and national security." Pollster: "Right-wing or left-wing?" Voter: "I'm not bothered."
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@BritainElectsMar 31
Ben Walker: There is growing evidence the Greens are taking Reform votes newstatesman.com/politics/uk…
Are the Greens taking Reform votes?

Are the Greens taking Reform votes?

The Green surge might do more than just upend Labour

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Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarkeMar 28
Britain last built a major reservoir in 1992. Our population has risen 13 million since then. The result…
Simon French (@Frencheconomics) profile pictureSimon French
@FrencheconomicsMar 28
Rationing: Water thetimes.com/life-style/prop…
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John Aziz
@aziz0nomicsMar 26
This is maybe the worst corporate messaging I've ever seen in my life.
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I’m really pro-Palestine, but y’all are making it really hard to not think you’re the bad guys
indi.ca (@indica) profile pictureindi.ca
@indicaMar 23
In hindsight, Schindler's List was incredibly effective PRO-genocide propaganda. It let White people feel like the good guys (there were good Nazis too!) and ended in occupied Palestine (as if their genocide was the natural conclusion).
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A Gallagher@SandySevMar 25
Imagine going back to the 90's and telling them progressives in the 2020's view schindlers list as being right wing. They'd look at you as if you had three heads.
indi.ca (@indica) profile pictureindi.ca
@indicaMar 23
In hindsight, Schindler's List was incredibly effective PRO-genocide propaganda. It let White people feel like the good guys (there were good Nazis too!) and ended in occupied Palestine (as if their genocide was the natural conclusion).
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Louise Donaldson@LoulamegMar 1
I prefer the term cashier tbf
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Alexis Blexas@agraybeeMar 3
Everyone loves Hillary Clinton when she's not selfishly trying to deny a man his glorious destiny.
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Everyone loves Hillary right up until she tries to run for office, then mysteriously they don’t like her and I’m sure it has nothing to do with the deep roots of misogyny that absolutely infect our entire society.
Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) profile pictureKaivan Shroff
@KaivanShroffMar 3
Hillary Clinton is such an incredible force. These clips of her testimony are just the latest reminder. She was punished by society for being too smart and too competent. And we’ve had a decade of devastating consequences because of that.
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Eric Michael Garcia
@EricMGarciaMar 1
A lot of the people in this skit probably denounced or hated when Trump mocked a disabled journalist but they are acting in the same cruel way he did.
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@nbcsnlMar 1
brought to you by the national workforce of rethinking disabilities
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Tourette Syndrome is a neurological condition that causes the sufferer to tic uncontrollably. Tics can include sudden physical movement or even offensive words and sounds. These are not able to be controlled and do not reflect the sufferers beliefs or feelings. tourettescotland.org/copy-of-about-…
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Hadley Freeman@HadleyFreemanMar 1
Trump mocking a disabled journalist: very bad American comedians mocking a Scottish caretaker with Tourette's: extreme lolz!!!!!! Please adjust your laws of progressive comedy discourse accordingly
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@nbcsnlMar 1
brought to you by the national workforce of rethinking disabilities
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Tourette Syndrome is a neurological condition that causes the sufferer to tic uncontrollably. Tics can include sudden physical movement or even offensive words and sounds. These are not able to be controlled and do not reflect the sufferers beliefs or feelings. tourettescotland.org/copy-of-about-…
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Damo
@concretemilkFeb 24
This is how Tourette's can impact the people who live with it. I'm sure demanding that they issue relentless apologies for their tics would be a massive help, right?
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