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A must read. Because the far right will win power here too, unless we stop them
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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Writer, co-founder Women’s Equality Party and Primadonna Festival, reluctant music industry participant. Busy
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Catherine Mayer
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A must read. Because the far right will win power here too, unless we stop them
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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Catherine Mayer
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An email from me on behalf of the Women’s Equality Party to activists and supporters, with huge thanks to all of you and to our brilliant candidates and staff. #stilldancing
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Catherine Mayer
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In case you wondered how the Telegraph sees its readers’ priorities
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Catherine Mayer
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Now, I don't usually revel in other people's misfortune but today is an exception. My WEP cofounder Sandi Toksvig & I watched the results together & continue to text. Here's a sample text from her. (BTW a bunch of us bet on the number of Labour seats. I won. Prize is a jar of pickles.)
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Catherine Mayer
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Congrats to Labour for sweeping away the bankrupt & bankrupting Tory government. You inherit not merely a mess but a disaster demanding ambition, inspiration & transformative policies. The only way to fight far right populism is passionately & clearly to oppose it & articulate an alternative vision
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Catherine Mayer
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Congratulations to @libdems.bsky.social for a result based on standing for your values rather than hiding them. A personal note here. I wish my beloved stepsister were alive to celebrate with you and very probably to take a seat in Parliament www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Catherine Mayer
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HUGE congrats to the Women's Equality Party candidates who represented our policies & values & extended our reach, directly & through a joint policy platform with the Greens. A big hurrah to the Greens too. We look forward to working together on our shared aims www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Catherine Mayer
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“Star power”! On the day I got a freezer delivered so I could batch cook for my mother and myself, both widowed at start of pandemic and living in lockdown, the Tories acquired an extra drinks fridge for Downing Street
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Catherine Mayer
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I don’t think “reunite” was quite what the Mail meant but it fits a PM suffering a rapid scheduled disassembly. Also they spelled bollocks wrong
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Catherine Mayer
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Well, that was meta. Walking along, listening to an audiobook as research for a new book, and found myself agreeing with a passage. Just as I stopped to note it down, the author attributed the quote…to me
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Catherine Mayer
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Tackling poverty & inequality is central to the Women’s Equality Party’s mission and also to our shared policy platform with the Green Party. And failure urgently to address these things is already opening the door to the far right
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
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Catherine Mayer
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For something #Iamwriting, please give me your best suggestions for a collective noun to apply to groups of officious men telling women in leadership roles what to do… A “pomposity”? A “complacency”?
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Catherine Mayer
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If you’re at #Glastonbury tomorrow, don’t miss my sister and some blokes
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Catherine Mayer
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I don’t know what Labour stands for. I mean, I literally don’t know. I live in an area where they feel so certain of winning that nobody in my building has received any leaflets or visits from canvassers
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Catherine Mayer
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Good but if you really care about inclusive politics, move to a fair voting system too
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Catherine Mayer
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ICYMI (easy given disproportionate coverage not only of old parties but the far right) the Women’s Equality Party is running brilliant candidates & has a joint policy platform with the Greens & Mandu Reid, Sandi Toksvig & I back Sian Berry for Brighton Pavilion
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Catherine Mayer
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I was snarking to friends about people spamming Instagram with photos of themselves watching Taylor Swift & said “it’s like ‘Siri, show me an image of narcissism’.” And Siri did
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Catherine Mayer
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That’s quite the headline. As someone who has worked for news organisations both sides of the Atlantic (and in Germany as well as the UK) I’m mildly surprised there haven’t been more news culture clashes
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Catherine Mayer
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In a polarised world, it feels good to buck the trend, especially when the stakes are so high
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Catherine Mayer
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Question for #writers/#journalists/#researchers: has anybody discovered a programme that is capable of taking an audio interview and transcribing it with any degree of accuracy? If so, what?
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Catherine Mayer
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There are enough protestors out there in the rain to hear booing in the background... Wonder if the yellow flag in the bottom left corner belongs to Republic. What a very English pageant, royals, horses, the BBC politely ignoring noises of dissent and damp crowds in cagoules
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Catherine Mayer
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I’m not assuming that at all… I said it wouldn’t stop the flow. But it might stanch it a little.
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Catherine Mayer
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And there we go. Won't be enough to stop the flow of misinformation, but should help
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Catherine Mayer
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Watching the Trooping of the Colour & seeing the carriages rolling out with hoods up against the rain. But royals, especially Kate / Catherine, need to be seen to be believed, all the more so in the age of conspiracy and deepfakes, so assuming there will be a clearer view of her
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Catherine Mayer
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State of the world getting you down? Here’s a perspective shift… big news in quantum entanglement
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Catherine Mayer
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“I don’t want it to be a distraction from the campaign, I should have thought how it looks”.
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"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia E. Butler
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Catherine Mayer
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We get it. Your party has sent you out with strict instructions to hammer home your (very serious, fully costed) message while hammering the opposition. But you know it makes you sound robotic and damages long-term trust in politics, don’t you?
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Catherine Mayer
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Oh. My. God.
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Catherine Mayer
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If you aren’t scared yet, hard to know what it will take.
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Catherine Mayer
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Michael Mosley made one of the most joyous and genuinely significant pieces of television about how attitudes to age impact physical ageing. I’m sorry he won’t get to practice what he learned. Huge sympathies to his wife and family. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
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Catherine Mayer
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A change of government can’t come too soon. A government with ambition & transformative policies can’t come too soon either. Please support the Women’s Equality Party’s brilliant candidates & help us push the old parties to raise their game www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/womensequa...
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Catherine Mayer
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They’re trolling themselves. Merch on sale in Tory election shop
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Catherine Mayer
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Many of us were born into generations & countries shaped by #DDay, its contribution to the defeat of fascism & its terrible human cost. Beyond today's #DDay80 ceremonies, the way to honour that sacrifice is to give meaning to the words "never again". Photo from the National Archives
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Catherine Mayer
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Today marks the anniversary of the murders of Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman. Sending love and endless respect to their mother, family & friends who have worked through grief for change
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Catherine Mayer
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People will say this goes too far, but it is just a start. It’s far too late to tinker around the edges.
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Catherine Mayer
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I once had to ask a journalist to desist from washing his pants in our office kettle. What’s the oddest conversation you ever had with a coworker? And what’s the worst use you’ve ever seen a communal kettle put to?
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Catherine Mayer
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When people ask me what was so uninspiring about old politics that I felt the need to found a new party, I’ll send them a link to #ITVDebate
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Catherine Mayer
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🤣🤣🤣Rishi “I grew up in the NHS”. And at Winchester… #ITVDebate
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Catherine Mayer
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Rishi is asking us to judge him by what he did during Covid. I do. It was called Eat Out to Help Out and it *killed* people #ITVdebate
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Catherine Mayer
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I’m only watching this debate because I’m voting for Julie Etchingham #ITVdebate
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Catherine Mayer
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Why reading the Mail is like smoking methamphetamine. DR CATHERINE MAYER reveals an example of the everyday obsessions that could induce serious paranoia
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Catherine Mayer
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What an email from Tory HQ… the word “disappointing” in conjunction with “Conservatives” is a nice touch. The bar chart shows donations diving since the chaotic start of the campaign. As sent by the team who forgot Rishi’s umbrella
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Catherine Mayer
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There is so much to say about this, but it just keeps coming out as a roar
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Catherine Mayer
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Hearing journalists splattering the word "historic" about the place makes me want to read a really good analysis of the differences between journalism and history. Any recommendations?
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Catherine Mayer
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If only this were a gamechanger
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Catherine Mayer
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The journalist part of me finds this mess interesting. The rest of me finds it profoundly depressing
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Catherine Mayer
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The Tories claim a vote for Reform is a vote for Labour while Labour claim a vote for any other party or independent of the centre-left or left is a vote for Tories. Speaks to weaknesses in their own offerings & the need for electoral reform. (And yes, I want a Labour-led government)
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Catherine Mayer
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The most revealing thing about politicians' and pollsters' habit of categorising voters with labels such as "Wokingham Waitrose woman" is how distant they are from, you know, actual voters www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-...
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Catherine Mayer
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OMG that one was for you, Andy. #MUFC
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