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History undergrad in all things Kaiser Wilhelm II. Nostalgic for empires & their grand architecture. Tory through and through. Beauty is always in the past

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Britzer@BritzerHist·
How I'd vote in every uk election/referendum since 1945: 1945 🔵 1951 🔵 1955 🔵 1959 🔵 1964 🔵 1966 🔵 1970 🔵 1974 🔵 1974 🔵 1975 EEC ❌ 1979 🔵 1983 🔵 1987 🔵 1992🔵 1997🔵 2001 🔵 2005 🔵 2010 🔵 2011 AV ❌ 2014 IndyRef 🇬🇧 2015 🔵 2016 EU Leave 2017 🔵 2019 🔵 2024 🔵
Zaine Oakley 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈@Zaine123450

How I would vote in every uk general election/referendum since 1945 1945: 🟥 1951: 🟥 1955: 🟥 1959: 🟥 1964: 🟥 1966: 🟥 1970: 🟥 1974: 🟥 1974: 🟥 1975 EEC: No 1979: 🟥 1983: 🟥 1987: 🟥 1992: 🟥 1997: 🟥 2001: 🟧 2005: 🟧 2010: 🟥 2015: 🟥 2016 EU: Leave 2019: 🟥 2024: 🟩

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@botzarelli It’s on my list for sure as her work always has some gems in it!
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@BritzerHist I’m reading Katja Hoyer’s excellent Weimar and one of the people in it has just finished writing a doctoral thesis about the symbolism of blue flowers in literature. I thought that sounded interesting so I’m sure some would be interested in yours!
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Just finished university and it feels rather anticlimactic. I miss my dissertation work. One day I’d love to write a book on the Kaiser and culture as there are so many brilliant anecdotes that show a different side. Would anyone actually read that? Is it a worth pursuing?
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Star Wars Holocron@sw_holocron·
Everyone seemingly has their own opinion about what Star Wars should be or shouldn’t be. What’s great and what’s not great. So we have to ask: What is 1 thing every Star Wars fan can agree on?
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Star Wars Holocron@sw_holocron·
Happy birthday to Sir Peter Cushing! The legendary actor who played Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars was born on this day in 1913. May the Force be why you.
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@9Kings1910 Same with Rudyard Kipling and Lloyd George. It’s all a terrible tragedy and what’s most forgotten is the kaisers opposition for war with Britain and America as he never saw them as enemies
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9Kings1910@9Kings1910·
@BritzerHist It's a nice photo, but despite having gotten along just fine with the Kaiser in person, a few years later Roosevelt was even more gung-ho for war with Germany than Wilson.
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I don’t often agree with @Tessadunlop, but she was bang on about Scotland and passing the buck in today’s podcast episode. However, I think this speaks for a bigger problem within devolution and whether it’s actually fit for purpose….
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@Kerrcarr01 Why do so many people compare it to an AT-ST head when it looks far more like an AT-DP?
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Cllr Lucy Trimnell 🫖
Waiting for this doofus to get to the Corn Laws…
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@itsgeorge05 As a party member I agree, it’s definitely an uphill battle and being from a SW Lib Dem stronghold, it feels like the party hasn’t quite realised the scale of the problem. Could never bring myself to vote Lib Dem though!
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@BritzerHist I’m a Tory member I still support the party but we’ll see what happens in the next GE hopefully they’ll get a grip of themselves
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How I'd vote in every uk election/referendum since 1945 1945 🌳 1950🌳 1951 🌳 1955 🌳 1959 🌳 1964 🌳 1966 🌳 1970 🌳 1974 🌳 1974 🌳 EEC ✅ 1979 🌳 1983 🌳 1987 🌳 1992🌳 1997🌳 DEV.✅ 2001 🌳 2005 🌳 2010 🌳 AV ❌ 2015 🌳 EU Remain (Tory Remainer) 2017 🌳 2019 🌳 2024 🔸
Iain🌹🇬🇧🇺🇦🇵🇸@Iainite_Iain

How I'd vote in every uk election/referendum since 1945 1945 🌹 1950🌹 1951 🌹 1955 🌹 1959 🌹 1964 🌹 1966 🌹 1970 🌹 1974 🌹 1974 🌹 EEC ❌️ 1979 🌹 1983 🌹 1987 🌹 1992🌹 1997🌹 DEV.✅ 2001 🌹 2005 🌹 2010 AV ❌ 2015 🌹 EU Leave 2017 🌹 2019 🌹 2024 🌹

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@Enjoy_The_Show3 @EchoesofEmpire_ There’s an interesting chapter on it in ‘The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II’s role in Imperial Germany’ and there are two very good contemporary biographies written by Stanley Shaw and Asa Dickinson which cover his relationship with America brilliantly. All are free online.
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9Kings1910@9Kings1910·
@Will_Tanner_1 Being fond of the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires I personally hate Woodrow Wilson more, but understand why you would say that. It was Wilson though who first explicitly repudiated the idea that Americans and Britons are "cousins."
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GetZum!@Enjoy_The_Show3·
@BritzerHist @EchoesofEmpire_ Damn thanks for the info. I'll have to read more into it because it's genuinely my first time I've heard of Teddy and Wilhelm having contact with each other and even meeting.
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Britzer@BritzerHist·
@EchoesofEmpire_ “But there is neither East nor West, border nor breed, nor birth, when two strong men stand face to face, for they come from the ends of the Earth!”
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@Enjoy_The_Show3 @EchoesofEmpire_ Wilhelm was a huge fan of Teddy Roosevelt and they exchanged letters for 10 years. There’s a fair amount of very interesting literature on their relationship and how it fit into America’s wider love for the Kaiser which Wilhelm would reciprocate at any chance he could.
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Terry Hague@TezzaBelle88·
30° abroad: “let’s explore this town.” 30° in the UK: “I may not survive this Sainsbury’s trip.”
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