gerryhassan.bsky.social
Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
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Lab & Tories still cling to the discredited UK economic & social model broken since 2008 & which never actually worked. Hence they both have nothing to say or offer on the multicrises facing the UK. Allowing Reform who would hyper-accelerate that broken model to appear as the forces of change.
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And so have I. And it has been publicly admitted by UK govt sources. Just do your research. PS: I would rather it were not true.
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Do the research. And you will find out the background. All it takes is Google. Bye.
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I thought we were having a grown-up conversation. My mistake. The point I am making has been admitted by the UK Govt. Goodbye.
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It has been ongoing for most if not all of the period of Israeli actions in Gaza.
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Obviously the Tories 32 out of 45 years was 1979-2024. Not 2014.
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So the state of the economy, public services & broken social contract is one the Tories are massively responsible for. But when will the Tories take responsibility & apologise? They have to do this before anyone listens to them ever again. 2/2
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"Scotland knows as a nation, that it did not vote for Mrs Thatcher; indeed, it very decisively rejected her .... As a nation, Scotland has both the right to self-determination and the right to decide how to exercise that right."
George Galloway, New Socialist, Jan-Feb 1982.
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Donald Sassoon, Political Quarterly, April-June 2025, reviewing Paul W. Schroeder, America's Fatal Leap: 1991-2016, Verso 2025.
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Fun fact. Lawrence of Arabia as a very young boy and his family lived two doors down from where I live in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. Gorgeous house; but not even a plaque or any kind of acknowledgement.
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Loving this continued spoof. Congrats on showing how ridiculous, indefensible & illogical homophobia - which means fear of homosexuality - is. And aiding the case for gay rights, equality & acceptance as part of human rights everywhere.
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Think that is selective memory. We know from even pro-union commentators that the BBC acted as a voice for the union. And this was even more starkly true of BBC London.