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John Foot

@Footymac

29 days

BBC continues to call this violence ’protest’. Protest at what exactly? The existence of Muslims?

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This review would have been improved if: a. The author had read the book. b. They had avoided cheap shots about my dad's schooling/parents/hair. c. They knew anything about my dad's journalism.

Paul Foot: A Life in Politics by Margaret Renn review – revolutionary intellect or posh trot?

A lively biography of the public schoolboy who became a scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

My considered opinion as a historian of Italy is that Renzi is a pain in the ***.

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John Foot

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2 years

How do you say ‘calciopoli’ in English?

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John Foot

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1 year

The Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian daily sports paper - it seems to be entirely ignoring the women's World Cup. Search in vain on the website for any coverage at all, beyond the perfunctory. Quite depressing how marginalised women's football is in Italy.

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John Foot

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4 years

Can I have Italian citizenship please? I lived there for twenty years. My grandmother was born in Bologna. My great-great-grandfather fought alongside Garibaldi. I suspect my Italian is better than Suarez's.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

If only this journalist had been a statue he would have got some protection from the police

Owen Jones

@owenjonesjourno

3 years

This is the BBC journalist Nicholas Watt being pursued by anti-lockdown protesters, and is a disturbing case study into where online radicalisation leads

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John Foot

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1 year

In memory

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@Footymac

3 years

We have a cover! Out in June 1922.

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John Foot

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1 year

A proposito di 'musicisti pensionati' a Via Rasella - Il reparto era l'11a compagnia del 3o battaglione del reggimento "SS Polizei Bozen". Il battaglione dipendeva dal comando delle SS in Italia (gen. Wolff) e a Roma dipendeva da Kappler.

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John Foot

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1 month

I mean, you can criticise my dad (Paul Foot) for lots of reasons, but he had little control over who his parents were and where he went to school.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Time for BBC series on Italy which ignores all food and art and vespas and goes straight for the bomb sites, war cemeteries, abandoned asylums and traces of fascism.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 month

The violence in the UK over the last two days has not been ‘mindless‘ or ‘vandalism’. It has been targeted, planned, racist/fascist violence aimed at specific communities, their places of worship, and their businesses.

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John Foot

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4 years

In the 1920s Mussolini - at exactly the same time - presented himself and fascism as the only party that could bring order to the streets, while promoting and carrying out violent, illegal, militia-led violence on those very same streets.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Incredible special meeting of Bristol Senate - massive vote against the UUK proposals on USS. Descended into farce towards the end.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

Freudian slip 2022!

John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

We have a cover! Out in June 1922.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

It’s that time of the year when Italians only talk about San Remo for four days.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

Berlusconi, in comparison, was an institutional statesperson.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

In academia victims of bullying often find that the institution denies that what happened was bullying at all, and the perpetrator carries on as if nothing has happened.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

My history of Italian fascism will be out with Bloomsbury in June 2022. Provisional title: Blood and Power. Stories from Italian Fascism.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

One more time, out in June 2022

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I wonder which 'agency worker' will teach my course on Italian Fascism, especially the bit where I talk about how the regime outlawed strikes?

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

How on earth did Italy and Spain manage to build fantastic high speed train lines in a short time and in more difficult terrain than the (checks notes) chilterns? Clue: public ownership.

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John Foot

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4 years

Officially the end of Erasmus for the UK. Terrible, terrible decision.

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John Foot

@Footymac

11 months

If I ever write a second volume of Calcio, there won't be a problem with lack of material.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

I've been studying Italian politics for years but I'm confused.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

This lovely picture of my dad was taken by McCabe

Paul Foot , British investigative journalist and political...

Paul Foot , British investigative journalist and political campaigner, circa July 2004. Foot was the son of Sir Hugh Foot and the nephew of Michael Foot. Foot has written for a number of British...

www.gettyimages.ca

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

'The local University and College Union branch in Liverpool has asked me to take part in a branch boycott in support of 47 academic staff in Health and Life Sciences facing redundancy. Having spoken to union members I have withdrawn from the Ancelotti Q & A on Thursday 29 April'

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

I soldati della colonna di via Rasella (piu' di 150) erano armati e scortati, in testa e in coda alla colonna, da pattuglie con mitragliatrici su motocarrozzette.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Italy has a relatively cheap high speed rail network which it built in a few years. Milan, a city the size of Birmingham, has FIVE metro lines.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

It is here!

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Remember when all the UK press would laugh at Berlusconi with a sneering 'that would never happen in the UK' kind of attitude?

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

BBC desperate to find students against the strikes but can’t seem to find any. VC statements about students seem increasingly hollow.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Really sorry we can't give back the stuff we stole years ago because you won't look after it properly. But if you insist you can buy it back on Ebay. Yours, the British Museum.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Italy has a modern anti-fascist constitution, a robust separation of powers, an elected head of state (by Parliament). These comparisons are offensive and ignorant.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Gianluca Vialli. Stupendous player. Lovely man. Terrible loss.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

'Lutto nazionale' - for a convicted tax dodger. Oh dear.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

BOUND PROOFS - this is exciting

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Just the thirty years and counting of racist chanting at Italian football games. And still no solution. Still it continues. Still blaming the victim (s). Still looking for ways to not punish the perpetrators. Complete lack of leadership from clubs, fan groups, football bodies.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 months

Also out on the 16 July - around the 20th anniversary of my dad's death (can't believe it is that long!!) this excellent new biography by Margaret Renn

Paul Foot

Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the...

www.versobooks.com

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John Foot

@Footymac

7 months

Gigi Riva. Surely one of the greatest strikers Italy ever produced ... and a beautiful story with Cagliari which was unrepeatable. Another player from the greatest match ever (Italy-Germany 4-3) has left us...

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I'm honoured to be talking about the great Gianluca Vialli on Friday

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Gianluca Vialli, Fay Weldon, Michael Dower, Anita Pointer

Matthew Bannister on a footballer, an author, a conservationist and a singer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@Footymac

1 year

Blood and Power paperback out in UK today

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

My dad's first two books were about racism and immigration in British politics

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Meloni says that the victims of the Nazi Fosse Ardeatine massacre were killed 'just because they were Italian'. Er. No. Many were anti-fascists, a large number were killed because they were Jews. Not all were even Italian. Ignorant and politically expedient take.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

@lukeakehurst Why did Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband lose then? Brown got 29%. Was he 'hard left'?

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I'm devastated to hear about my friend and ex-supervisor Paul Ginsborg. Such a lovely man. Such an inspiration in everything. I will miss you Paul.

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John Foot

@Footymac

9 months

@GullisJonathan Mate, perhaps you should be doing your job (checks notes) *as an MP* instead of searching Gary Lineker's twitter feed.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

I've written a lot about Berlusconi over the years - in relation to the city of Milan, football, Italy, populism - an extraordinary figure ...

We’ve seen Donald Trump before – his name was Silvio Berlusconi | John Foot

Be warned: Italy’s former prime minister promised the world and disdained the truth – and became his country’s third longest-serving leader

www.theguardian.com

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I'm feeling another chapter of Calcio coming on.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

If you really hate the players take the knee, walk out of the game. We don't want you there.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Paperback out very soon...

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Rape alarms might frighten horses so let's arrest anyone with a rape alarm. From the force that gave you Wayne Cousins.

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John Foot

@Footymac

5 months

@G_Valditara Con l'aiuto dei fascisti italiani.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 month

Nobody took the Italian squadristi seriously at first. They were a joke. Look how that turned out.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 months

My dad, for example, was a regular guest on Question Time (until he insulted an Admiral and was banned) but nobody that left-wing ever appears now... and yet these extreme right figures are regulars.

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3 months

"BBC Question Time: analysis of guests over nine years suggests an overuse of right-wing voices" finds @Matt_Walsh via @ConversationUK

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John Foot

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2 years

Typical question from Italian football journalist to manager after a match: so, at minute 33 you moved to a 3-4-3 and altered the press, why did you do that? Typical question from UK football journalist to manager after a match: how did that feel?

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Italian state honouring someone who had no respect for the Italian constitution, constantly undermined the rule of law and the legal system... its an interesting one.

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John Foot

@Footymac

8 months

By naming streets after Giorgio Almirante?

Vivere Roma

@vivereroma

2 years

Anti-semitismo, Meloni: "Battaglia non ancora vinta, Governo farà la sua parte"

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

The fact that Roberto Baggio only played 56 times (scoring 27 goals) for Italy is a national disgrace.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

I made the mistake of reading all of David Starkey's article. It does contain this gem on slave trades. 'like any other sensible investor, they held a well-balanced portfolio of which the slave trade was a part'. A WELL BALANCED PORTFOLIO.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

Bring on Schillaci!

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I wrote about plus-valence and creative accounting in my book on Italian football, first published in 2006 - this issue has been around a long time...

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

We are heading full speed for disaster in universities despite constant warnings... I hope those who failed to heed any of this will resign and take full responsibility instead of blaming students or staff ... but I'm not holding my breath.

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1 year

The whole 'small boats' 'debate' is taking place in a historical and political vacuum in which Britain pretends that there are no other refugees in the world apart from those crossing the channel.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

Sergio Leone and Morricone were at school together.

Daniela Brogi

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4 years

Leone Sergio e #Morricone Ennio in terza elementare, nel 1937.

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John Foot

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3 years

@DawnHFoster 'circulating online'??? She is the Home Secretary isn't she. Is her information gathered from what is 'circulating online'?

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 months

That was the worst half of football I've ever seen from an Italy team. Without Donnarumma would be all over.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

University managers have pushed, for years, a ridiculous 'business model' based around ever increasing numbers of high fee paying 'Foreign students' and 'internationalisation'. It has come unstuck in spectacular fashion. Are they displaying any sign of 'mea culpa'? Of course not.

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 months

A reminder that Berlusconi twice got the Italian parliament to vote for his immunity from prosecution, and these measures were both later overturned by the Italian constitutional court. We have seen this Trump stuff before. Berlusconi's rhetoric was exactly the same.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

I think we need to accept Labour will win and govern for 10 years. And much of what they do will be in continuity with what has gone before.

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2 years

We’re endlessly told these people are better; they’re not.

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1 year

This gets worse and worse.

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@Footymac

1 month

@NickCooperative Doubt it. Just seems lazy and sectarian.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

See how toxic university fees are? Constant discourse around £ rather than education in itself. Refunds, compensation and so on. Students seen as consumers not students. Lecturers as providers. Horrible.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 months

@darrenpjones why don't you support its extension? Is clean air only for those who live in the city centre?

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Still, a suicidal political decision for the PD to not do a deal with Conte.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 months

@stephenpollard I'm just checking back to see when you organised a march against Putin's Russia. Could you indicate the date and place please?

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Presumably the Tories are against this kind of thing?

Frida Ghitis

@FridaGhitis

2 years

Neyshabur, Iran. Protesters take down a statue of Ayatollah Khomeini

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Laughing about and downplaying political violence as in the Pelosi attack is precisely what happened in Italy in 1920-22.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

You get less punishment for breaking the ministerial code, these days, than for leaving the Man U bench early and going home.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Politically, Berlusconi rehabilitated the far right, and brought the Lega into government. A formidable election winning machine, with a terrifying concentration of media, business and political power.

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John Foot

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28 days

Remember that report commissioned by Badenoch that basically said that racism didn’t exist? That aged well.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

June 9 2022

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

Learn Italian and actually speak to millions of people around the world.

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John Foot

@Footymac

4 years

Strange how the 'technical issues' always 'under-report' the cases, not over-report them.

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

A LOT of programmes about the rise of Hitler, on radio and TV, often with dreadful actor reconstructions of 'discussions' amongst Nazis. Nothing on Italy, where fascism was born and where it took power for the first time, and for twenty years.

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John Foot

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2 years

Paul Ginsborg showed me how to teach, how to write, how to engage with people as an academic. Such a kind, gentle, funny man.

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1 month

@MarkSeddon1962 Indeed - see also Resolution 242.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Instead of dreaming about an underground for Bristol which will never happen, how about providing a normal bus service?

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John Foot

@Footymac

1 year

Did Jeremy Clarkson express no political views when he presented Top Gear?

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John Foot

@Footymac

3 years

Paul Foot, in ... 2001: 'Cronyism is a word recently invented by the Tories so that they can attack Labour for doing what Tories have done since time immemorial: appointing and promoting their mates to positions of power and influence'.

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1 year

'Great replacement theory' is now official government policy in Italy...

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2 years

@brokenbottleboy 'daughter of Corbyn-backing activists'! McCarthy would have liked this.

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John Foot

@Footymac

2 years

Italy has accepted 17,000 Ukrainian refugees, the UK? 50?

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John Foot

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1 year

Given that the BBC has managed to make this Spanish election entirely about Vox, they will be quite disappointed if the right doesn't win.

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John Foot

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3 years

"I'm Marcus Rashford, 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester. If I have nothing else I have that. For all the kind messages thank you. I'll be back stronger. We'll be back stronger."

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John Foot

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3 years

Football is saved. Anyone can win the league. The socialist pyramid is intact.

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1 year

MATCH OF THE DAY NEW HOST ANNOUNCED.

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