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‘Fog in channel - continent cut off.’ – at Milan, Lombardy
Priti Patel just said on #bbcaq "if the EU choses not to leave us on good terms" they're going to be in trouble.
Another example of the need for historians, who are the ‘professional remembrancers of what their fellow citizens wish to forget’ (Hobsbawm) – at Milan, Lombardy
Chloe’s using the Dorries ‘stop picking on poor little me’ defence. Increasingly common amongst Leavers (cf. poor Darren, whose only crime was breaking the law.) – at Göttingen, Germany
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Brian Gannon retweeted
Friendly reminder that Tommy Robinson is out on bail, he pleaded guilty to the charge for which he was jailed, he is not a journalist, he has jeopardised rape trials, he has convictions for assault & fraud, he is not a martyr, he is not a hero, he's just a massive racist bellend.
Brian Gannon retweeted
"Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief..."
Macbeth, Act V, Scene II
Bravo! nitter.cf/itdigitalteam/status/1… – at Bologna, Emilia Romagna
Let’s share service patterns for a new generation of user centered public services: today our Team and @gdsteam are running a workshop on UK Design System and @DesignersITA with 40 designers from 15 countries at the #GovDesign conference
international.gov-design.com…
She’s not forgotten in Ireland. nitter.cf/ajenglish/status/10195… – at Florence, Tuscany
The very quote used by Hobsbawm to paraphrase the social and moral crisis that emerged at the end of the twentieth century. nitter.cf/juliebertagna/status/1… – at Florence, Tuscany
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper. ~ T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men
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‘The destruction of the past, or rather of the social mechanisms that link one’s contemporary experience to that of earlier generations, is one of the most characteristic and eerie phenomena of the late twentieth century.’ Eric Hobsbawm, 1994 nitter.cf/bbcnewsnight/status/10…
“We’re not that many steps away from the 1930s, so it is important for leaders to stand up and say, ‘certain things are unacceptable,’” says Anthony Gardner, former US ambassador to the EU
@tonylgardner | #newsnight
“The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.” @samuelbbeckett nitter.cf/mikeh_pr/status/101700… – at Vesime, Piemonte
This is a ground-breaking achievement that will define the standard for integrated care in England. Well done, @KainosEvolve & @kainosdigital nitter.cf/kainossoftware/status/… – at Vesime, Piemonte
We're presenting @TheKingsFund #KFdigital18 today @12.30 about 'providing comprehensive integrated care at Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group'
Brian Gannon retweeted
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-4…
So now could be a good time to remind people to register to vote: gov.uk/register-to-vote
You can do it online in minutes, now including NI too.
A brilliant analysis. nitter.cf/NickCohen4/status/1013…
Bleak review of Brexit Britain spares neither liberals nor conservatives from George Walden:' A celebrity-diseased country in which Johnson, Corbyn and Rees-Mogg can become serious political figures is in danger of serious self-harm.'
the-tls.co.uk/articles/publi…