Crispin Bates

Historian working on modern and contemporary South Asia and author of 'Subalterns and Raj'. A keen follower of social and cultural change from the bottom up.

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A think piece on #migration past and present just published on @openDemocracy for those interested
https://t.co/Jey7GQpJ2J

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@NewStatesman ‘ only just over half of union members are in party-affiliated unions”. What does that have to do with Stamer’? This article is pure journalistic guff: half-baked opinions for a fee.

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

The real story shouldn't be Starmer it’s this. Ben Habib casually dropping an allegation that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson were each handed £1m by Christopher Harborne to fix an election. Truly astonishing claims but sure, let’s all pretend the headline issue is Starmer. The £5m bung is the tip of the iceberg, our press should be camped outside Farage's girlfriends house not 10 Downing Street waiting for the police to arrive #ReformUK #Farage

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

What Really Happened on October 7 @pularjs

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@afzalmdogar @NewOrder_TV Sachs always tailors his comments to please his audience

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@_Investinq Why does everything have to be done in ‘real time’ on the internet these days? Is there any other time?

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@cecild84 Nice. But hope they can hold elections soon and get over this Russian backed military coup

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@TextorGla @PressTV His boss was the head negotiator. It is the deputy that was just shot.

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Greenlanders are trolling Trump by pretending to be fentanyl addicts - they don’t want US ‘culture’ in Greenland

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@SkyNews So sad to see the end of The Press Review. A rare chance to hear the honest and informed views of journalists in manageable sound bites, free from editorial constraint. Podcasts are too rambling. For those with limited time Press Review was the best way to stay informed.

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@SkyNews So sorry to see the end of The Press Review on Sky News. It is my favourite programme. The one programme that I watch every day. A rare opportunity to hear intelligent commentary from journalists free from editorial constraints.

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@airks_johnathan @fasc1nate England, but not America. They hung onto their slaves for another 30 years and had to have a civil war first.

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@RobertTolotta @rshereme And Britain did not hold elections in wartime until Hitler was defeated

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@maxschofield No! Too many clicks!

https://t.co/bScn1vkbNa The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told

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@Jonathan_K_Cook @DerbyChrisW Most people feeling unwell after a few drinks and sat down on a park bench do not ask passers-by for help. They quietly sit there hoping to feel better. It does not require them to be ill at exactly the same time. However alcohol does potentiate the effect of nerve agents.

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@Jonathan_K_Cook @DerbyChrisW Very likely there was more than one perfume bottle and one was unused

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@Jonathan_K_Cook @DerbyChrisW Why does Craig think Russian spies do not have plastic gloves??

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@Jonathan_K_Cook @DerbyChrisW That Craig, who is not a spy and has no spycraft, cannot imagine how the poisoning was done is not a very convincing argument. He hasn’t even considered that it was likely at night under the cover of darkness.

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@broseph_stalin I hope you understand that when India supposed had 27% of global GDP (sheer guesswork by Angus Maddison) it was actually producing less than it was 200 years later in the industrial age.

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@RoyHistory1 What is your response to Utsa Patnaik’s claim that Britain stole nearly $45 trillion from India between 1765 and 1938? This from an essay in Agrarian and Other Histories: Essays for Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri (2019).