Phillip Irving

Not in any particular order: Writer, editor, stand up comic, and tutor.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Best communicator on the left anywhere in the world right now. And it’s just how he’s saying it- he actually has something to say.

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

Dan Thomas for Reform says that “almost 500,000 people” opposing a 20mph speed limit in Wales means they have a “democratic mandate” to reverse the limit because that’s “more people than voted Labour”. The population of Wales is 3.2 million. That’s not how democracy works. #bbcqt

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

@sarah02022020 @yrubswed @davidkurten It’s not weak or inadequate. It just has a lower chance of killing the animal than other sorts of stunning. Still not a zero chance. Just lower.

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@policy_uk @MayorofLondon @BTP @ukhomeoffice @RobertJenrick Maybe stop inviting him out from now on

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@ZiaYusufUK There may be bubble ahead…

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@VictoriaCoren @Mirf_Chris @BBC @Nigel_Farage No point arguing with the trolls. They’re paid to do it and do it badly; the rest of us try to talk sense for free and wonder why the trolls don’t notice.

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

@bswud @MWHoyle19 He wasn’t punched in the head. Which isn’t a defence of what happened, but a material factor in the sentencing. Seems odd to lie about that, if you’re trying to suggest sentencing should be changed based on the actual circumstances and not the ones you’ve made up?

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@VictoriaAtkins You see you went too quickly from the sensible-sounding bit at the start to the tribally silly party line at the end. Needed a bit in the middle to ease the transition.

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@blaiklockBP @ChrisGPackham How is that in any way unique to Halal or Kosher?

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

While the false equivalence is laughable, the latest histrionics campaign from the right, in shining a spotlight on non-stun slaughter, is forcing scrutiny on the myth that halal is non-stun, which is something our press has refused to do for decades.

[Alex Phillips @ThatAlexWoman]

Dear Labour

If you really love the animals, you would immediately ban non-stun slaughter

Not only is it medieval and barbaric, but non-stun abbatoirs consistently fail across all standards of welfare and hygiene

But it's easier to go after British countryside pursuits than upset radical Islamists

[Many halal abbatoirs do stun before slaughter]

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

@LNDN_Lion @philsrobinson @matoxley @SarahForRuncorn Well done for focusing on the salient point 👍👏

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@fandangofaright @kachi_paul @RupertLowe10 Why wouldn’t they?

Really think about your answer.

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@mariacaulfield @SamRobert968 It’s not non-stun, as you acknowledge above.

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@Rebecca_SPaul Defra says 19,000,000 as of November; who’s suggested the extra 11 million in a month? https://t.co/yEPDZG9ykr

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@TheRealJamieKay @Rebecca_SPaul Most halal slaughter is stunned. Only reason it would be a pop at Muslims is the constant misinformation on this.

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@daveatherton @salvationarmyuk @bb_media_uk Notably it’s the blue ticks endorsing this sort of racist unpleasantness. Nice to see that most normal folk are glad that people are doing nice things for people no matter where they’re from.

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

@philsrobinson @matoxley @SarahForRuncorn The Telegraph has long ago given up any semblance of respectability. If that’s what you’re trusting as your news source then you’d best hope that referring to strangers on the internet as babe achieves whatever it is you’re hoping it does…?

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@NickBuckleyMBE Where does it specify white British boys?

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@dlongenecker1 @wapella It is, and has always been taught as, a subtle satire of the excesses and entrenched class values of the US in the 20s.

I think a third read may be in order.

[Phillip Irving @irvingphil]

@factpostnews Bread and circuses