Adrian Maguinness

songwriter/guitarist/lead vocalist with @marryanother.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I don't understand why this is a good tweet. It's neither true nor funny. It's just naked prejudice and ignorance.

I will tell you about the history of hoodies—and how knowing this history can help you style them. 🧵

[Ben Longman @longersby]

@ZoeJardiniere @Iromg He’s got concrete evidence.

[Adrian Maguinness @ade_ma]

Give this album a listen: Good Night, Good Luck, Keep Watch
https://t.co/WXzdxA6NGk

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

spending $200 on an ugly outfit to own the libs

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

andrew tate taking off his slim fit pants

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

What Musk conveniently fails to omit is that the British empire was, before abolishing slavery in the 19th century, the driving force behind the transatlantic slave trade, which involved 12 million people being transported as slaves to the Americas with 1.5 million dying on board the ships...

It is true that slavery pretty much always existed BUT the transatlantic slave trade was unique in its scale: there are no other examples in history of millions of people being transported like cattle as slaves across vast distances, dying in such immense numbers.

Also, unlike many earlier forms of slavery, the transatlantic slave trade was incomparably more dehumanizing and racist. No other system ranked people with such rigid racial hierarchy and deliberately separated people from their families, languages, and cultural heritage. If you compare this to say, slaves in ancient Greece, ancient Egypt or the Roman empire, you'll see that slaves often had more defined roles in society, could sometimes own property, could be freed and rise up to prominent roles in society and weren't necessarily seen as inherently inferior based solely on their race. Just a few examples: Aesop, the famous Greek storyteller was a slave who was eventually freed due to his wit and wisdom. Or Epictetus, the famous philosopher during the Roman empire: he was born into slavery but managed to rise up to become one of the most famous thinkers of his time. Or in ancient Egypt Tiresias was a slave who became Chief Minister to Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

So saying that the British empire was a "force for good" because it abolished slavery is like saying it was a "force for good" because it "ended colonialism", when it was the very worst colonial power to ever walk the earth... Hard to give arsonists brownie points for extinguishing their fire... And, by the way, in this instance they only extinguished it because of tremendous pressure and revolt, not out of some moral awakening...

And speaking of colonialism, that was THE big atrocity of the British empire on an even far larger scale than slavery: according to research by economic historian Robert Allen, in India alone British colonialism killed north of 100 million people (https://t.co/oerUloRRyh) That's just India: the British had around 120 colonies at its peak, including much of North America, where it drove the genocide of the native population, probably the very worst genocide in history...

And this - colonialism - was truly unique in human history: never before had ideas of racial superiority been used so extensively to justify the domination and exploitation of entire peoples. With the consequences of it still the cause of so much human suffering to this day, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (ultimately a direct consequence of British colonialism) to what's currently happening in Sudan (the artificial borders drawn by the British in Sudan completely ignored ethnic and cultural differences).

So no, very much no, the British Empire was NOT "a force for good".

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

you spend so long trying to think of a name for your cat only to end up calling them "for god's sake" and "please stop"

[Adrian Maguinness @ade_ma]

@HabitatUK hello can't anywhere with customer service. Can you help with this please?

[Hawksmoor @HawksmoorTweets]

Your fry up is not racist. It’s an insult to the English. There was a time when we had proper fry ups, not limp efforts with one rasher of bacon, what appears to be stewed mushrooms and no toast. Where’s your national pride, man?

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Someone from @piersmorgan's staff asked if I would like to come onto Pier's show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to talk about the state of his attire. Since he invited feedback, I thought I'd do a thread comparing his style to menswear icon Kermit the Frog. ���

[Bill Hicks @Bill_Hicks_RIP]

1. My account - I can tweet what I like. Don't like it? Unfollow

2. I think most people know I'm not Bill so they know it's not Bill's endorsement

3. I'm obviously a comedy fan - so why would anyone object to me shouting out other comics I like?!

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Our full animation is here! Please RT and help us spread this everywhere!!

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Evening 🤍

From my heart, thank you for your overwhelming support today.
Just bowled over by it. You're so wonderful, genuinely thank you 🙏🏼

I'll now increase calling out this disgusting Tory govt with facts & data which the right wing media fails to publish💪🏼

#StrongTogether

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

@Bren4Bassetlaw Have you got a pain kink?

Get cracking on your CV Brenda and don’t use crayon this time, because I’ll be personally handling your constituency 👍🏻

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

how i feel going to the market with my little tote bag to buy just enough groceries for dinner and some flowers

[Brian Moore @brianmoore666]

Hahahahahahaha.........

[Suzanne Bearne @sbearne]

I've just been reading about how some people can't afford a day trip, never mind a holiday. If anyone is struggling that much, I could offer someone a couple of nights in my home in Margate (& depending on location could chip in towards rail/bus fare). It's 2 mins from the beach.

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

@thecarolemalone You're on TV, have your own column and only have 69k followers. Wind it in.

[Tony Rodd @TonyRoddUK]

@Conservatives Do you lot read the news?

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

OK people I just checked the numbers. What’s up with ye?@WriterHannahBT still needs 28,000 ‘brave souls’ to take 1 minute & sign this. That’s all. Just pass it around your crew. It should take 20 minutes to get this done.
69 million of ye!
https://t.co/8oCwxB5ywn
@DeborahMeaden