NEW: last week we got the latest UK census data, on ethnicity, religion & identity.
It was met with toxic responses from the usual suspects seeking to weaponise the stats.
Almost every word of what they claimed was false.
My column: https://t.co/2FLJ5LqJ8m
And a thread 🧵
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng tells @siobhankennedy4 that he won't "pre-empt" his planned statement on the mini-budget, set for October 31st, as talks of U-turns on tax cuts grow.
A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji".
Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days.
https://t.co/kvskgB8qas
NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT
Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.
A thread: