Rhys Laverty (@rdlaverty) 's Twitter Profile
Rhys Laverty

@rdlaverty

Chessington riff-raff/Member @kingschurch_c / Work @AdFontesJournal + @DavenantInst /
Words @spectator, @firstthingsmag, @TheCriticMag, @Plough, @mereorthodoxy

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linkhttps://www.thenewalbion.co.uk/ calendar_today31-01-2009 16:28:18

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One appeal of "BOSH!" is that it's a classic high-low v. middle signifier. It can be said in a posh, Captain Flashheart accent, or in a working class Skinner brogue. It's a Cavalier throwaway. The managerial Roundheads in the middle wouldn't be caught dead saying it. BOSH🇬🇧

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The Leadbeater bill is on a knife-edge; but if it passes, you can expect in 10-15 years to hear its backers saying, “Of course, in retrospect…” and “Hindsight is 20/20” and “Had we known then what we know now…” Thread on what we know now, June 10 2025:

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In the UK abortion is legal until 24 weeks—double the EU average. But for pro-abortion MPs, this just isn’t enough. They want abortion until birth. And they’re using a rise in prosecutions that THEY CREATED to argue for the one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world 🧵1/

In the UK abortion is legal until 24 weeks—double the EU average. But for pro-abortion MPs, this just isn’t enough. They want abortion until birth. And they’re using a rise in prosecutions that THEY CREATED to argue for the one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world 🧵1/
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Easy to laugh at this, but clips like this will go over very well with a certain kind of working class woman - middle-to-upper working class, reality TV watcher, drawn to Reform but feels slightly guilty about it, has visited spiritualist churches after the death of loved ones.