Alex Niven
@Alex_Niven
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Some books, some editing, some nerve
Newcastle upon Tyne
Joined January 2011
Pleased to announce that this homage to the radical modernist North and/or lo-fi Hadrian’s Wall memoir will now reload in paperback. It’s like the hardback but softer and yours for the price of a 2030 pint - so do go ahead & order a copy if you really want to
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With big thanks to @MunseyDesign for the Spare Rib meets British Rail poster. He is amazing, you should commission him
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RT @churnwell: Before you bad mouth Sir Keir, let's take a look at what he's achieved so far: - A strong voice in your area - Britain in t…
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RT @karl_fh: The top reasons 2024 Labour voters are abandoning the party are because Starmer is dragging the party to the right on economic…
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RT @danhancox: "Eloquent and soulful... sparklingly written" - thanks @Alex_Niven for this excellent embrace of the crowd, reviewing my lat…
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Latest ONS figures on alcohol-specific deaths are awful - numbers in the North East now way above everywhere else, with a rate now well over double that of London
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RT @MarkSeddon1962: The short answer is that this is not ‘Labour’. Bevan, Castle, Benn, Hattersley, even Healey, would say the same. We nee…
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If you haven’t subscribed yet or you’ve let your subscription lapse you really should pay a measly 20 quid to get that sorted because a) that’s absolutely nowt and b) this is still the best collection of writing/writers on the left or anywhere
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RT @tribunemagazine: Our latest issue, ‘Gastropolitics’, is out now. From English food riots to Polish socialist milk bars and farmers’ up…
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Education, Education, Education … Education, Education Grey Labour schools edition
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@simonreynell Possibly, but these people are also pretty narrowly self-interested, for all their Machiavellian side. Also possible they’re simply drunk on power and think they can do what they like without any particular thought for the consequences
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