Month: June 2019

@ChrisJosiffe There was a lot of ‘heavy manners’ policing thrown at them, but it was not part of a national government response to clamp down on counter-culture as we saw under Thatcherism, but rather a localised response to friction and a perceived problem.

There was a lot of 'heavy manners' policing thrown at them, but it was not part of a national government response to clamp down on counter-culture as we saw under Thatcherism, but rather a localised response to friction and a perceived problem.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe As they fell outside of the definitions of the 1968 Caravan Sites Act, Hookland County Council was not obligated to provide them with sites.

As they fell outside of the definitions of the 1968 Caravan Sites Act, Hookland County Council was not obligated to provide them with sites.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe I think they were profoundly influential. Up there with Bruce Lee as a bizarre gateway through violence to non-western philosophy and religion.

I think they were profoundly influential. Up there with Bruce Lee as a bizarre gateway through violence to non-western philosophy and religion.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe If we regard all police as agents of the diffuse state, then we must count the violent policing that happened in the county as state sanctioned in the widest sense, though they occurred I would argue, from local decisions and prejudices that the state felt it could support.

If we regard all police as agents of the diffuse state, then we must count the violent policing that happened in the county as state sanctioned in the widest sense, though they occurred I would argue, from local decisions and prejudices that the state felt it could support.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe https://t.co/V5VfOHDBzd

https://t.co/V5VfOHDBzd

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe Phil and I were discussing this week how Lobsang was a genuine gateway for many.

Phil and I were discussing this week how Lobsang was a genuine gateway for many.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@ChrisJosiffe Phil’s essay on him in the upcoming book is a masterwork.

Phil's essay on him in the upcoming book is a masterwork.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

Who told you the lie that the s̩ance is ever a safe space? – #CLNolan https://t.co/hd109bIbZ8

Who told you the lie that the séance is ever a safe space? – #CLNolan pic.twitter.com/hd109bIbZ8

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@TheSeanceRadio https://t.co/hd109bIbZ8

@TheSeanceRadio pic.twitter.com/hd109bIbZ8

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019

@sethanikeem Exactly so.

Exactly so.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) October 5, 2019