Lewis Baston
@lewis_baston
Author; ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). History. London. Travel. Cats. Elections when I have to. Sarcastic comments as the world burns. Also at @BastonBorders
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Borderlines-History-Europe-told-edges-ebook/dp/B0CCD38ZZY 04-06-2009 14:31:28
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1. Patrick Wintour for today's The Guardian on #Armenia 's western tilt. See my numbered thread below.
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
“This is a country that is desperately looking for friends and allies.”
Patrick Wintour in Yerevan:
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
🧵I think the shift in messaging from being seen to help/encourage people with depression off benefits and into work (popular) to been seen actively punishing people with depression risks backlash - and in particular from swing voters. Some work we did with Rethink Mental Illness suggests why