John Marrill

History Teacher, living with Liberalism since 1974

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@redrumlisa You are an immensely positive force in the public discourse Lisa. So sorry to hear this. Hope this is sorted ASAP. Thinking of u.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@Volod_Ishchenko Hugely informative as always Volodomyr 🙏

[Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost @ghostofchristo1]

In Britain, we are currently seeing levels of “the grown ups are back in charge! Nothing to see here!” never before witnessed (well, since July 2024 at least).

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@akeh25dnqp96457 @janeclarejones And actually many of those people went to fee paying schools prior to sixth form. Indeed, the switch to the state sector for post-16 is a strategic move for some as a means to easier Oxbridge entrance.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

The Conservative and unionist party - the most successful electoral vehicle in history, the party of Disraeli, Churchill, and Wellington, is publishing statements saying ‘bro’.

It’s over.

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Very interesting 2018 conversation between Lucy Powell and Sam Freedman in which Powell defends the rights of independent schools to game the exam system & says that all the high-performing edu systems are moving away from teaching knowledge.

[Christoph Johanssen @chjohanssen]

Because it is a cult with a fixed liturgy.

To Western leaders, the Zelensky regime is Jupiter, Sol Invictus, Baal, the Messiah and Elagabal all in one.

So the first step of every political act is laying incense, a goat and lots of Western tax payer money on the altar in Kyiv.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@marksimpsonist Self-serving careerists one & all

[Chris Williamson @DerbyChrisW]

Instead of pledging to "be there" for the dictator Zelenskyy, how about being there for the Ukrainian people by withdrawing support for NATO's proxy war against Russia. How many more Ukrainians have to die @andyburnham before you'll say enough is enough?

https://t.co/8Dx1bUxGvB

[David Jamieson @David_Jamieson7]

We are about to find out that the problem with Labour is not its right wing.

The arms lobby is all over the soft left and key union leaders in Unite and GMB.

Watch for claptrap about ‘capacity’, ‘reindustrialisation’ and ‘resilience’. No less anti-working class.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@proud_diplomat @Ed_Miliband Sadly, no cabinet appointee is allowed to veer one iota from the MIC line. Miliband offers nothing new.

[Jack Jewell @JackxJewell]

Why do they get 6 weeks off? Does the country just stop existing?

[MJ @MJ26Peace]

@PolitlcsUK UK political system is corrupted & rigged against disenfranchised blue collar workers.

Tyrant starmer was pressured to resign by the public.

Instead of calling for a GENERAL election to have

people get their OWN preferred leader, they recycle another pro-war @UKLabour stooge😡

[Jack @FFS_WhatNow]

'Remove the lectern! I'm too normal, and far too northern to need that. I'll do it from a bus. A northern bus, obviously. And get rid of that mic. I'll shout into a black pudding'

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@Glenn_Diesen Still a monstrous article though. The conclusion is there are problems but the solution is better ’management’ of conscription. No, the solution is peace.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@redrumlisa @EastMidRailway The people who matter don’t travel by train. Or if becomes unavoidable not to they’re in 1st class.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@redrumlisa Finance capital are doing great & there‘s enough PMC doing OK for everything to continue unchanged. The liberals control the media & the institutions. New Head of Govt always available for ‘renewal.’ With no agent of change on the horizon the only game in town is the status quo.

[Philip Cunliffe @thephilippics]

Grok, what's Manchesterism?

[Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost @ghostofchristo1]

I'm sorry, but I find this whole Andy Burnham coronation deeply disquieting and undemocratic, as though a certain faction has won behind the scenes and is now imposing itself on the rest of us, democracy be damned.

[John Marrill @JohnMarrill]

@marksimpsonist 🎯