Dr Dominique Gracia

Writes ✍️ short fic; researches 👩‍🏫 #Victorian lit; work @UCLssees. Read The Meinir Davies Casebook now!

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

Today is #BookLaunch day! 🥂

The Meinir Davies Casebook is out now from all good booksellers (and some of the not-so-good ones too!). 12 Victorian detective stories across London. Order it on https://t.co/xizJA9Vs95 and help indy booksellers out too.

https://t.co/OTW1ZsXXlx

[Grosdoriane @Grosdoriane]

This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping though pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

[christopherpittard.bsky.social @CAPittard]

Reading the obituaries of Fredric Jameson makes me think of how the managerialism of the modern university now works against the personal development of that amount of learning. How many books and articles go unread because that time had to be spent on yet another form?

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

This graph goes a long way towards explaining why British houses look so cheap and are such low quality, even though they're expensive to buy.

They are, in fact, built cheaply.

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

I hadn't realised that I was going to have to start being grumpy about references to "Lady Victoria" in the news. (It's wrong!) Gawd.

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

Labour (Greens, LDs, etc.) campaigned tactically, and people voted tactically. Everything would be different with a different system. But "loveless landslide" was a good description.

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

And people vote according to it too. If the electoral system was different, the metrics would be different. It’s a bit weird to hear people saying “no but” when by far the most important story of the night is what the results actually were - a massive Labour landslide

[jess white @jessf_white]

doesn’t surprise me - locals have seen house and rent prices skyrocket because of a second home and air bnb culture among the wealthy, plus a complete disregard for the type of natural environment they live in in tory policy

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

@SeanAWallis Alastair was remarkably restrained during the hours across the table from her!

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

The Register of Interests is going to be... interesting 🙃

[Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew]

Once you’re the MP for Clacton, your finances (like every other MP) come under close scrutiny. So, good luck with that.

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

@lottelydia Seen a few on the Channel4 coverage, but also less than you might get normally, you're right.

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

RT @StevePeers: The Greens now have as many seats as Reform. Will they get anywhere near as much press coverage?

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

I think this is a good thing!

[Tom Calver @TomHCalver]

It's absolutely bonkers how much more marginal Britain has become.

With most results in, the average seat majority looks to be about 6,700, down from 11,200 in 2019.

We have a Labour landslide, yet at the constituency level seats are tighter than any point since 1945 #GE24

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

@jessphillips @Channel4 It's been good to hear @jessphillips and @HarrietHarman pushing back against the misogyny and talking about sisterhood, at least!

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

Rubbish behaviour at the Birmingham Yardley count...

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

@jessphillips' speech wasn't pretty but was powerful. Shame to cut her off to go to James Cleverly, @Channel4

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

This is a big story which is currently lost in the great noise of a landslide but which has huge long term implications

[©️Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

Monmouthshire, David Davies constituency…
He’s lost!!!! #TwipeOut!
No seats for any conservatives in Wales. Labour gain!

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

There are no longer any Tory MPs in Wales.

They had 11 in 2019.

Now a total Conservative wipeout.

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

The pattern of Labour seat losses is really interesting. Will be interested to see what comes out of Bethnal Green & Stepney, and Stratford & Bow

[Dr Dominique Gracia @graciado]

@cwlcymro @Samfr Diolch!