I used to want to text British Transport Police every time the Bozza slavered-up on the cover of The Metro (‘If you see something that doesn’t look right, text…’). Thankfully pictures of the scuzzbucket are as rare as The Metro nowadays. Small signs of progress, both…

Erm ‘great’…

One thing I really enjoy about the article is it’s approach 2 substantive knowledge: it’s a gr8 case for the power of concepts from the human sciences (sociology & anthropology) as scaffolds 4 sustained knowledge development over time. Knowing never need B reduced 2 Gradgrinding about ‘facts’. 2/2

I don’t think u can start 2 challenge a polemical political culture centred on emotionally triggering & bogus identity narratives without confronting dishonesty itself. It really was the Tsar & Autocracy needed challenging directly & totally.The same’s true of Brexit & other conspiracy theories. 3/3

I am reminded of how Russians used to protest against autocracy without blaming the Tsar… it was the wicked ministers not “rodnoi otets” (our little father). It didn’t work - the Tsar’s Imperial Guard shot them down anyway…. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_... 2/3