Emiliano Battista

@saeedtaji Why am I thinking of Nietzsche’s horse ?

This is literally the last thing Johnson wants retweeted today.

Sometimes I feel like we’re all being given ‘the public school experience’. The language, the gestures, the sports references, the general rip-roaring, raring to go enthusiasm. Feels infantilising and tone deaf to me. Am I alone?

Priti Patel expertly proving why the government has been so careful up till now to keep her invisible

I say this cautiously but I think the tone of British reports about deaths & lockdown in Italy a month ago was more alarmed & urgent than reports of more daily deaths & a less effective lockdown here now. It’s deeply disturbing & I don’t understand it. Is it just partisan bias?

This really needs to stop now. Being belligerent on a tennis court does not magically equip you to fight a potentially fatal virus.

Why are we demanding footballers hand over their money and not, say, Jacob Rees Mogg? Or the Queen?

Good news. Boris Johnson and Prince Charles will soon be immune, and able to return to the intensive care front line. There they will be able to share their expertise on how they managed to get tested.

This is really odd. Chris Whitty, the CMO, said he had symptoms & would self-isolate for 7 days. But the rest of the world says 14 days. Does our British exceptionalism make us exceptionally less infectious?

MPs, please read this. Coronavirus Bill in parliament tomorrow. This is a brief from a regulatory lawyer who says it opens up possibility of *significant abuse of power*. Apart from anything else it’s going to make protest illegal. It really really needs your scrutiny

And there it is. Worst fears apparently confirmed. Every single time you told yourself it couldn’t all be down to the pound shop Machiavelli, that nobody could allow these life & death decisions to be taken on the fly, a little voice piped up to remind you who was Prime Minister.

Caught up with friends in France, Spain & Italy. I really don’t think people here have begun to grasp what’s coming.

Now we know who are the essential workers: Cleaners Care workers Nurses Shelf stackers Delivery drivers Teachers Refuse collectors Posties Scientists Doctors Street sweepers Transport workers The list goes on. Did you notice one group which is missing? Answer The 1% richest

Felice: "marghe e giulia, crescere in diretta" è stato selezionato a "Visioni Italiane", il festival degli esordi della @cinetecabologna 🔭🌟❤ @albegottardo Programma completo a breve qui: cinetecadibologna.it/visioni_italia… Proiezione prevista il 4 marzo al #cinema lumière di #bologna 🔆

Can anyone spot what's wrong with the design of the 'iconic blue passport' as depicted in today's Daily Express?

My amazing friend Saeed is running this really interesting project . Check it out and spread the word if you know anyone who might be interested. Deadline to apply is next week. southlondongallery.org/jobs/recreativ…

@xho C’era anche sulla carta da culo l’union jack ( se gli e’ arrivata la carta da culo)?

Cesso di pub bene di campagna.

What thrilling news that #Unrest was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy for editing! Congrats to our amazing editors and the whole team for continuing to shine a light on #MyalgicE. #TimeforUnrest" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">emmyonline.tv/news-and-docum… @__e__b__ Emiliano Battista and Kim Roberts!

Recent edit out now: theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

@TrevorQuentin @jenbrea Pontecorvo also directed ‘Operation Ogro’ , about the ETA ‘s assassination of Carrero Blanco (1979).

What are the best fiction and nonfiction films about political violence (e.g., civil war, terrorism, violent protest, assasination, genocide) and/or nonviolent resistance? (Crowdsourcing for a syllabus.)