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Peter Mitchell
@_bezpilotnik
'Imperial Nostalgia: How the British Conquered Themselves' (MUP, 2021) | writing various places
Newcastle
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    Peter Mitchell
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    May 30
    I'm back in Nairobi in late July in the hope of making progress towards a conclusion to my sister's inquest, and finding out whatever I can about her murder there four and a half years ago. It's taken too long. Coverage here from ITV:
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    May 12
    I'm in Nairobi again this week in a continuing attempt to get some kind of answers regarding my sister's death here four and a half years ago. The case has been beset by evasions and obstructions and it's taken us a long time to get this far. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
    Undated family handout photo of Kate Mitchell who was killed in a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2019. Issue date: Tuesday February 25, 2025.
    Brother of murdered BBC worker frustrated by 'obstructive' Kenyan inquest delays | ITV News
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Sep 4, 2025
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    Jul 1, 2024
    not great
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    Jun 7, 2025
    Five years today. Always in our hearts. SPLOOSH
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    Apr 16, 2025
    welp,
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    Dec 14, 2024
    Fuck off! Fuck off! Fuck off!
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Aug 26, 2025
    I genuinely cannot imagine a worse response. This is a moral catastrophe
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Sep 25, 2024
    Just seen a conversation On Here querying the representativeness of Sally Rooney's fictional characters with reference to current demographic figures for BMI in Ireland and wondered if George Eliot had to put up with this kind of shit
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Feb 24, 2025
    I would be curious to know who, exactly, is preaching to lads from pit towns in County Durham that they're privileged. Who is doing this. Go on, name them
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Dec 12, 2024
    a perfect encapsulation of torydom here, where "lunch is for wimps" actually means "like a legend of self-reliance and nose-to-the-grindstone common sense, I have one of my servants bring me a juicy steak upon the chime of noon every day"
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    Lucy Fisher
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    Dec 12, 2024
    ‘Lunch is for wimps’… & don’t get her started on sandwiches… Epic quote of the day from Kemi Badenoch in Spectator interview with @katyballs H/t Politico Playbook
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Oct 21, 2025
    Under UK law, if you want to be even mildly progressive in public life, you must first submit to an inquisitory court consisting of two chinless nazi dipshits with a YouTube channel
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    TRIGGERnometry
    @triggerpod
    Oct 20, 2025
    If you want to make bold claims, you’re welcome to, but have the courage to face real scrutiny. Otherwise, it’s just weak. @ZackPolanski, this is your public invite to come on Triggernometry.
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    Peter Mitchell
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    May 27, 2024
    are these people aware that it is possible to get an entire education, from reception class to A-levels, for free
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    Peter Mitchell
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    Nov 8, 2024
    starting to feel the word "pogrom" is something that should probably be treated a bit more seriously, lads
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    Peter Mitchell
    @_bezpilotnik
    Mar 5, 2025
    Famously, the labour movement was founded by men and women who felt they simply weren't being worked hard enough and had it far too easy
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    Ava-Santina
    PoliticsJOE
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    Mar 5, 2025
    Justice Sec Shabana Mahmood justifies potential cuts to welfare spend because “this is the Labour Party…the clue is in the name”
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