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Tom Mills

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Tom Mills

@ta_mills

Public sociologist & socialist. Interested in elites, knowledge & communication. Author of 'The BBC: Myth of a Public Service'.

South London and Birmingham

tamills1981.github.io/society-from-t…

Joined July 2013

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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
May 5
You probably follow me for sardonic remarks about British politics. But did you know I have a website called 'Society from the Top' down where I post about elites, politics & computational social science? tamills1981.github.io/society-from-t…
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Sep 28, 2023
Don't know who needs to hear this, but the entire purpose of private schools is to give the children of the rich advantages over everyone else.
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Dec 8, 2022
If you've just joined us, the BBC has pulled a human interest story from its website about a 'committed socialist' who wouldn't be able to see his son over Christmas because of the rail strikes, but it turns out could have just got on a bus.
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Jun 4, 2021
Fun fact: Russell Group graduates from professional/managerial families with a 2.2 are more likely to enter a top occupation than working-class graduates with a 1st.
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Jul 5, 2024
If you've just joined us, Labour has achieved a landslide with less votes than it won in 2019. Which you'll recall was so bad that the then leader unfortunately had to be expelled from the parliamentary party.
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Jun 21, 2025
Absolute state of the BBC update
basement films
@Basement_Films
Jun 20, 2025
Please see our @Basement_Films statement here : instagram.com/p/DLIDT-JtmCj/…
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Nov 23, 2019
Editing film to disguise members of the public laughing at the PM. Isn't it time influential people in this country acknowledged the serious problems with the BBC?
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Sep 18, 2022
This is just an example of the kind of abuse us centrists get on this platform day in day out.
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Jul 13, 2025
Everything in the UK is punishingly expensive. But at least the politicians are cheap.
The National
@ScotNational
Jul 13, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Arms firms supplying weapons to Israel are being offered access to MPs for as little as £1499 ⬇️
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
May 5, 2020
To keep you all occupied during lockdown, here's a little game of spot the journalism.
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Jan 5, 2024
Okay, so here's the thing: 'working hard' isn't what separates parents who send their children to private school from those who don't.
Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️
@LeftieStats
Jan 5, 2024
🚨 NEW: Labour has dumped its pledge to withdraw charitable status from private schools. Confirming that the pledge had been scrapped, Starmer told LBC today that "I understand why parents work hard to send their children to private schools".
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This is not new but from September. It is also important to note that private schools' charitable status is different from their exemption from VAT, which the Labour Party continues to pledge to remove. labourlist.org/2023/09/labour… twitter.com/UKLabour/statu…
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Oct 2, 2023
Paul Dano. Wow.
Calgie
@christiancalgie
Oct 2, 2023
Look who’s turned up to Liz Truss’s rally
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Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Apr 13, 2020
How has @Keir_Starmer made no statement - even a brief holding statement - on the leaked document? This is a major scandal and he's the party leader.
Tom Mills
@ta_mills
Mar 2, 2024
Macro economists: Stop comparing public finances to a household budget, we're begging you. The Shadow Chancellor:
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