Richard Benson

Author, The Farm (2005) and The Valley (2014). Contributing editor, Esquire. Interested in books, popular culture, C20th social history.

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@zottyzulu @ragefighthouse They can’t ever make serious arguments because the races deemed incompatible with British values change every 30 years or so. It also used to be Jews, with we’re now told we share a common heritage.

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@Br00k513_ @MichaelRosenYes Out of interest what do you think a race is?

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@peopledisplacer @sturgios I have noticed a lot of passengers (maybe the infrequent travellers) are unprepared for the up to 10 minutes it can take to walk with luggage and/or kids to the far end of a long train. Sometimes wonder if they should have walk times like they do for gates at airports.

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@peopledisplacer @sturgios That’s a good point about the panic. I notice a lot of people also get on the wrong end of their carriage a lot so it takes AGES for everyone to shuffle about & get sat down

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@peopledisplacer @sturgios Genuine question, do you think the boarding at the back is bcs people can’t be bothered to walk down, or bcs they don’t leave enough time?

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@RobinaMerakech @revoltinghippie @KidKool4U Chat GPT pulled it up for me.

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@JayMitchinson I grew up in rural East Yorkshire & when we drove into Leeds, seeing the tower was exciting - a sign you were entering a real city. I can’t understand why the council, which in other ways has thought hard about what the city centre should look like. has ignored it.

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@VikingsInRedSox @Glenn_Diesen @AnaKasparian Are you saying that it will only be the ones you talk about here that get bombed back to the stone ages?

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@BenGrahamUK The documented use of eggs in pre-Christian versions of Easter predates Christianity by 3600 years, so if it’s longevity you’re bothered about, you should be delighted.

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@drumister @PaulEmbery @ewinterhill When did anyone say removing the regime was the objective? It isn’t even in the list of five win the original tweet.

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@GrizzledEn10911 @oldguy_steve You do remember that 2 months ago you were threatening to send troops to invade a NATO member’s territory?

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Maybe I'm just going to the wrong Bingo parlours?

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❤️
Last point is so true. Among younger people we talk to, nepotism is the most commonly mentioned example of class privilege:

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Very proud to see 3 working-class writers from our Writing Chance programme featured in the @DailyMirror. Emma Astra, Zainab Amer & @sunitathind . great writers, so it’s fantastic to see them published with the support of @NewWritingNorth , Michael Sheen & Mirror journalists

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@M1L4GRO Surely you have to acknowledge Stanley Mathews? Pele said he showed him how the game should be played, won the Ballon D’or, Worlds best players famously all at his testimonial - and his game was built on his dribbling.

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@thegaywhostrayd @ragingwest The mayor of Birmingham isn’t a Muslim
The mayor of Leeds isn’t a Muslim
The mayor of Blackburn isn’t a Muslim
The mayor of Sheffield isn’t a Muslim
The mayor of Oxford isn’t a Muslim
The mayor of Rochdale isn’t a Muslim

Congratulations on your meticulous research.

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@EllieGAnders @thegaywhostrayd @ragingwest What was the name of the person/series?

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@NorthshoreRob59 @jimcraddock @nicksortor Decades? What tariffs were China imposing before the 2010s?