Tim Burrows
@timburrows.bsky.social
Writer, Guardian and others. The Invention of Essex is published by Profile Books: http://bit.ly/3Bj9lLi Guardian profile: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tim-burrows Linktree: https://linktr.ee/timburrows Agent: ZRoss@unitedagents.co.uk
The Moroccan government confirmed that the Ceuta migration wave was organized and amplified through social media. A similar campaign is currently being run on TikTok, where people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq are being encouraged to migrate through Belarus to EU via the Baltic states. 1/2
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
“I would sooner have Farage than the Tin Man!” My report from Clacton's silly season byelection www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Farage’s got to come clean or clear off’: what voters on Clacton beach think about their MP – and the country
Nigel Farage’s constituency takes in genteel resorts and one of England’s poorest villages. With a snap byelection approaching, what do the residents want from the Reform UK leader – or the bin who’s ...
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The Quietus continues to astound: existed on a shoestring for almost 20 years years, it has in recent years beefed up its site including its archive, which means gems such as this fun rundown of Blur lesser known tracks (including one from me) FROM 14 YEARS AGO are floating out into the world again
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2w agoIan Wade, Charlie Frame, Mic Wright, Jeremy Allen, Wyndham Wallace, Scott McKeating, Ben Myers, Stevie Chick, Jamie Bowman, Tim Burrows and Luke Turner select their finest b-sides, rarities and album tracks #Blur: Beyond The Hits - #ThePortal - Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/k7LWizI
Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.
How do you write a thousand words on Ed Askew when his music evokes a sea of them? As his pal Jay Pluck said before Askew died last year: “Ed was a brave gay songwriter from the beginning & I hope more come to know this.” I hope so, too. May this be the first feature of many – lord knows it’s time
‘His chords are like sheets of diamond ice’: the beguiling psych-folk of late cult songwriter Ed Askew
The late songwriter released around 50 records, writing gay love songs and effortless folk songs from folk’s fringes. Fans including Bill Callahan explain his singular brilliance
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Can't believe I didn't notice until now that Andy Burnham is a pirate
Great to talk to @helenpidd.bsky.social for today's Today in Focus, which has turned my recent story on the Bell Hotel in Epping into a podcast www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
The battle to reclaim Epping – podcast
Tim Burrows goes back to Epping in Essex one year after protesters from across the country descended on the small town to demonstrate against asylum seekers being housed at the Bell hotel
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Tim Burrows@timburrows.bsky.social · 4w agoI spent a bit of time in Epping recently to see if the Bell Hotel protests had changed the place. Spoiler: they had www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
I now live in Norwich, which has 20 mph in residential streets, and you still zoom past cyclists at that speed. It just makes it easier to stop for kids who might have step out in narrow streets (often because there are so many cars parked half on the pavement)
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 4w agoNo it isn’t.
Ahead of Norway v England tomorrow, here's my trip from last year to Erling Haaland's home town of Bryne, the land of the farmers where he once drove tractors for his uncle and chugged milk by the bottle while climbing the ranks of local team, Bryne FK www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The Haaland safari: Bryne celebrates its famous son in Norway’s newest tourist attraction
Visitors are encouraged to visit the training ground and first club of the Manchester City No 9 and can stay in the ‘Haaland suite’ at a local hotel
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“When Aisha was a child, the National Front & BNP were active. Her mother would hurry her away as racist taunts were shouted from passing cars. The atmosphere feels even more unpleasant to her now. “In the 80s, whether somebody put up a flag or painted a swastika, politicians & media condemned it.“
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4w agothis is very good and very depressing: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Once again, @timburrows.bsky.social examines how #Essex is the site of national struggle. I hope he becomes the Clacton Correspondent.
Luke Turner@luketurner.bsky.social · 4w agoA superb long read by @timburrows.bsky.social looking at the far right violence round the Epping Bell Hotel last summer, and the local people caught up in it – both those for, and against: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A superb long read by @timburrows.bsky.social looking at the far right violence round the Epping Bell Hotel last summer, and the local people caught up in it – both those for, and against: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The battle over the Bell hotel: how a year of asylum protests tore apart a pretty, prosperous Essex town
Last summer, a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping and this small community was engulfed in protest. Can it recover?
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I spent a bit of time in Epping recently to see if the Bell Hotel protests had changed the place. Spoiler: they had www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The battle over the Bell hotel: how a year of asylum protests tore apart a pretty, prosperous Essex town
Last summer, a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Epping and this small community was engulfed in protest. Can it recover?
theguardian.com
'You don't need to knock down an apartment every time you're looking for somebody.' If only someone had said so sooner
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump: "Israel has been fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed. You don't need to knock down an apartment every time you're looking for somebody. I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because too be honest with you, I think they do a better job."
Yes it is a huge story and what is surprising is how little coverage Russia’s useful dupes receive in the UK - including those involved in political troublemaking and street violence.
Helene von Bismarck@helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is a huge story. www.ft.com/content/dd79...
Big week for Elon Musk, instigating a racist anti-immigrant pogrom on Tuesday, set to become a trillionaire with the backing of all the biggest banks on Friday.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 2mo ago“X owner Elon Musk shared a post from Robinson (whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) announcing locations of protests, and another from the far-right Restore Britain party that read: ‘Do not make peace with evil. Destroy it.’”
Maybe the internet's greatest achievement is allowing this football hooligan from Luton to cosplay as some kind of 21st-century neofascist statesman so effectively for so long www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow
Activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, shared video of his meeting with Errol Musk
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I'd politely suggest this is not what you should do if you are looking to move beyond appeals to the far right to become prime minister in three years
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2mo agoFarage looking to stoke another summer of 'Farage Riots'. He's now openly competing with Rupert Lowe for leadership of the Far Right.
Genuinely thought this was Sam Allardyce #worldcup #england #60yearsofhurt
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 2mo agoHe’s still flogging this dead horse, I see. 🙄
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote
Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat
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Nigel Farage, weary from gaming UK politics for a decade or more, just wanted to hang up his boots. Please, no more hotel rooms. No more seeing the country from behind blacked out windows. No more Cameos. Until he was made an offer he couldn't refuse
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.
BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.
I mean, I've been on the waiting list for an NHS vasectomy since my youngest child was born. She starts in reception in September.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoMy first thought after having a vasectomy: why aren’t more British men having them? | Tim Burrows
