Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Like many left-leaning accounts I follow, Iโve spent years identifying, critiquing and contextualising divisive, inflammatory and misleading claims from political and media figures, mostly on the right.
Looking back, though, my own output, in print and occasionally on TV, has It keeps returning to the same small, influential cast. While that gives it depth and continuity, it also lets them set much of the agenda, which usually suits them fine.
A lot of what I respond to is outrage, deliberately manufactured by politicians and media, and not only on the right. Every angry rebuttal delivers the reaction it was designed to get.
Stuart Hall and colleagues noted back in 1978 that arguments against a primary interpretation are โforced to insert themselves into its definition of โwhat is at issueโโ. George Lakoff later made a similar point: when you repeat your opponentโs frame in order to rebut it, you can end up reinforcing it. His answer was to build and repeat your own.
So Iโm going to try to recalibrate. Iโll still call out what needs calling out, but I want to spend more time making the case for what weโre for, on our own terms.
If you write or post in this space too, it might be worth asking yourself: whoโs really setting your agenda?
Professor Ruth Wodak, one of the leading scholars of far-right discourse, puts the wider political point well:
Looking back, though, my own output, in print and occasionally on TV, has It keeps returning to the same small, influential cast. While that gives it depth and continuity, it also lets them set much of the agenda, which usually suits them fine.
A lot of what I respond to is outrage, deliberately manufactured by politicians and media, and not only on the right. Every angry rebuttal delivers the reaction it was designed to get.
Stuart Hall and colleagues noted back in 1978 that arguments against a primary interpretation are โforced to insert themselves into its definition of โwhat is at issueโโ. George Lakoff later made a similar point: when you repeat your opponentโs frame in order to rebut it, you can end up reinforcing it. His answer was to build and repeat your own.
So Iโm going to try to recalibrate. Iโll still call out what needs calling out, but I want to spend more time making the case for what weโre for, on our own terms.
If you write or post in this space too, it might be worth asking yourself: whoโs really setting your agenda?
Professor Ruth Wodak, one of the leading scholars of far-right discourse, puts the wider political point well:
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
one of the best answers, comments or summaries I've heard about the US mid terms by @JohnAmaechi.
Well worth a listen.
Well worth a listen.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Putin thinks that the spirit of the Ukrainian people will break before the Russian economy does.
I think he's wrong, but I know Ukraine needs every bit of support we can give right now.
I think he's wrong, but I know Ukraine needs every bit of support we can give right now.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Last night, while you were sleeping or glued to the US election results, Musk spent over six hours deleting his posts and further tightening his algorithm.
Last night, we watched as Musk systematically erased all traces of the bots and trolls he used against you.
These small ced by some of us.
Perhaps they do for you, since you still consider him a genius who suffers for the poor Russians sent for money to kill Ukrainians.
Last night, we watched as Musk systematically erased all traces of the bots and trolls he used against you.
These small ced by some of us.
Perhaps they do for you, since you still consider him a genius who suffers for the poor Russians sent for money to kill Ukrainians.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
It looks like working class Americans are turning out to tell Trump what they think of his racist ICE.
Palantir works for ICE.
Itโs a disgrace Labour havenโt booted them out of the NHS.
Palantir works for ICE.
Itโs a disgrace Labour havenโt booted them out of the NHS.
Thereโs a tonne of early voting numbers out there- but this, for me, is by far the most revealing. Aligns with what weโre hearing from the ground in Texas with both campaigns. Huge Hispanic turnout, driven, it seems, by ICE.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Patrick Stewart took a different approach to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Instead of pouring ice water over himself, he quietly wrote a cheque, poured himself a drink over ice and raised a glass. Even his charity work came with impeccable style.
RIP, Sir Patrick Stewart. ๐๏ธ x.com/jontweetssportโฆ
RIP, Sir Patrick Stewart. ๐๏ธ x.com/jontweetssportโฆ
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
This seems like a great time to reshare my favourite Sir Patrick Stewart performance, โWhat has the ECHR ever done for us?โ Itโs just perfect in every possible way โฆ including the ending ๐๐๐ RIP.
๐ฅ The Guardian
๐ฅ The Guardian
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
John Healey defended his low-key budget by emphasising a commitment to "fiscal discipline" to reassure sensitive bond markets.
By Bond Markets he means financial oligarchs.
Vichy Labour will let you freeze to death rather than upset the oligarchs because thatโs who they serve.
By Bond Markets he means financial oligarchs.
Vichy Labour will let you freeze to death rather than upset the oligarchs because thatโs who they serve.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Why should a 25-year-old deserve the freedom to work across Europe, but not a 55-year-old starting a business?
Or a 70-year-old wanting to spend more time with family?
Freedom of Movement isn't a youth benefit.
It's a freedom for people of every age.
Or a 70-year-old wanting to spend more time with family?
Freedom of Movement isn't a youth benefit.
It's a freedom for people of every age.
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
"Weโre making money like weโve never made before."
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That was exciting. @My_Metro replacement bus sent down our bendy street by police due to an incident on its usual route. And it got stuck until we could find the owner of the Toyota parked in its turning circle. Hope no one missed a train or plane โ๏ธ!
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Are billionaires really to blame? We asked a bฬถiฬถlฬถlฬถiฬถoฬถnฬถaฬถiฬถrฬถeฬถ industry leader
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
I'm not going to name the school, but the @BBC's coverage of the antisemitism in schools report featured interviews with children from a Jewish school.
Here's the rub, though.
The school's own published curriculum explicitly teaches Zionism, celebrates the establishment of Israel and describes preparing pupils to become "positive advocates for Israel" at university.
It even references bringing in organisations such as StandWithUs to prepare pupils for that advocacy.
Now, let me be absolutely clear. There is nothing wrong with teaching Jewish history, culture or identity. And antisemitism must be challenged wherever it exists.
But when children are actively encouraged to advocate for a particular state, rather than critically examine its history, policies and actions, surely we have to question whether this is education or ideological conditioning?
And here's the staggering hypocrisy.
We're being told that schools must exercise political impartiality when discussing Palestine, while a school can openly describe preparing children to advocate for Israel.
Political impartiality cannot be a principle applied selectively, depending on which side of a conflict children are encouraged to support.
And the BBC has a responsibility to scrutinise that distinction, not simply present children's views without examining the educational environment in which those views have developed.
Children deserve an education that teaches them how to think, not what to think.
@NEUnion @educationgovuk
Here's the rub, though.
The school's own published curriculum explicitly teaches Zionism, celebrates the establishment of Israel and describes preparing pupils to become "positive advocates for Israel" at university.
It even references bringing in organisations such as StandWithUs to prepare pupils for that advocacy.
Now, let me be absolutely clear. There is nothing wrong with teaching Jewish history, culture or identity. And antisemitism must be challenged wherever it exists.
But when children are actively encouraged to advocate for a particular state, rather than critically examine its history, policies and actions, surely we have to question whether this is education or ideological conditioning?
And here's the staggering hypocrisy.
We're being told that schools must exercise political impartiality when discussing Palestine, while a school can openly describe preparing children to advocate for Israel.
Political impartiality cannot be a principle applied selectively, depending on which side of a conflict children are encouraged to support.
And the BBC has a responsibility to scrutinise that distinction, not simply present children's views without examining the educational environment in which those views have developed.
Children deserve an education that teaches them how to think, not what to think.
@NEUnion @educationgovuk
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
To be clear: both the Lib Dems and Labour are saying that they will refuse to form a coalition with the Greens, even if it as the expense of a Reform or Tory government, because of a Green Party conference motion condemning a political ideology thatโs led to genocide?
Really?
Really?
I am ruling out our party entering into a national partnership with any party that is committed to a dangerous and antisemitic policy like the Green Partyโs.
Here is my letter to the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews ๐
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
If I was Prime Minister , if I was Burnham , watching European cities ablaze . . . Iโd instigate a โwealth taxโ at about 9.01am tomorrow morning . Just saying . Or should we just โeat cakeโ ?
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Jason Judge - โ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐บ โค retweeted
Thanks for the support today! I guess because I work on taxing the super-rich this was the BBCโs idea of balance?! Anyway, it got way worse when creepy sexist comments were made about Katie Zacharia
โHello and welcome to Newsnight. Tonight, weโre joined by Faiza Shaheen, director of Tax Justice UK. Faiza is an economist and a Visiting Professor of Practice at the London School of Economics. Faizaโs previous roles include Program Head for the Inequality and Exclusion Grand Challenge of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at Save the Children, and Senior Researcher at the New Economics Foundation. Faiza holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Manchester and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Johnโs College, Oxford University.
She is the author of a range of materials and publications covering the most salient social and economic debates of our times, including inequality, austerity, immigration, and social mobility. Faiza has over 15 years of experience researching the trends and consequences of inequality, as well as designing policies and campaigns to address the causes of inequality and exclusion. Her book, โKnow your place: How society sets us up to fail and what we can do about itโ was published in July 2023 by Simon & Schuster.
To speak over her, weโve invited Winston Marshall, a podcaster and former member of Mumford and Sons.
We hope you enjoy the programme.โ
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