Russell Jones
@RussInCheshire
Author of The Decade In Tory, Four Chancellors and a Funeral, and Tories: The End of an Error.
MY NEW POLITICAL PAPERBACK OUT NOW! It’s time to talk about politics, because politics affects EVERYTHING. From your health, education and job security to your safety, home, and family’s future, every decision counts. In my book #NowWhat, I share how politics shaped my own…
The USA has 22x the number of shootings per capita that Europe has (as a whole) and 340x higher than the UK. npr.org/sections/goats…. And according to the Caro Institute the UK and USA are tied on freedom cato.org/human-freedom-… Also: this coward blocked replies
Shootings are rare in the US. Euro fools believe media exaggerations. Certain subgroups and cities in the US have high crime. New Hampshire has a lower murder rate than some European countries. China is a much bigger polluter than America. Brits love Thailand which is far…
On the other hand, nobody shot my kids today, we don't have the largest prison population on the planet, we aren't the worst polluter in history, our bacon isn't fucking weird, we don't have Florida, our leader isn't a batshit candied yan, and our cheese is ACTUALLY CHEESE.
Hot take: Europe is a bunch of third-world countries with better branding. No A/C. No dryers. Ice is a luxury. You’ll sweat through dinner while the waiter ignores you for 2 hours. Say what you want about America, but at least eating out doesn’t feel like hot yoga with bread.
People have asked why I'd pivot from writing about politics to writing a psychological thriller. Honestly? After the last few years, making up a fictional monster felt like a relaxing holiday. #BabysBreath #ComingSoon
Okay, deep breath. For the past few months, I've been channelling all the rage and absurdity of modern life into a different kind of horror. I've written my first novel—a psychological thriller. It's called "Baby's Breath". More on the publication soon.
Been quiet lately. Wasn't doomscrolling (for once). I was writing. Something... different. Exciting. More soon.
We used to say Brexit was like watching your local library being burned down by people who can’t read and now it has actually happened.
OK, I confess, I struggle with the serious and my default position is to take this piss because I don't have the mental architecture for the serious stuff but if your default position is that one set of deaths is somehow better than another set of deaths then you, you're a cunt.
I could listen to @akalamusic talking all day.