Historian of travel & tourism

Joined September 2009
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I just signed a petition: No prison for protest. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

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I just emailed @AirTanker to tell them to stand on the right side of history and refuse to forcibly fly refugees to Rwanda on behalf of the UK government. We need to act NOW. Will you join me? @Freefromtorture secure.freedomfromtorture.or…

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22 Apr 2024
Been trying for over a month now to call @HMCTSgovuk Torquay & Newton Abbot County Court. Simply impossible to get through by phone, and no response to emails.
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I've experienced some bad customer service in my time, but @edfenergy really do go out of their way to make the customer experience frustrating, time-consuming and infuriating. What an absolute bin fire of a company.
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31 Dec 2023
I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss's honours list is scrapped. 49 days of chaos in office should not justify her promoting her friends to a lifetime seat in the Lords. Will you sign too? 250k and counting.... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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Alan McNee retweeted
I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss's honours list is scrapped. 49 days of chaos in office should not justify her promoting her friends to a lifetime seat in the Lords. Will you sign too? 250k and counting.... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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Alan McNee retweeted
In the last few days the @RNLI have faced abuse and criticism from fox hunting supporters after they rejected money raised by a fox hunt in Ireland. Please use this post to show what the vast majority of the public really thinks - RT if you agree they made the right decision! 🦊
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20 Dec 2023
Explain why Charlotte Owen has been made a life peer in the House of Lords - Sign the Petition! chng.it/hs5SzqwV via @UKChange
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10 Dec 2023
Save Windermere lake from sewage and an environmental catastrophe - Sign the Petition! chng.it/WNz7N6j8 via @UKChange
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Alan McNee retweeted
With very interesting papers & discussions on how various actors - governments, hoteliers, police, tourists, peddlers & sexworkers - shaped registration practices in the hotelsector. With @Leakleb @MJJSchepers @alanmcnee @IlkayYilmazz
Workshop on ‘Hotels and the Registration of Travellers, Migrants and Tourists’ by #VLIZ, @UrbanhistoryUA & @uofg. Historical perspective on how travellers registration systems in hotel sector targeted migrants and 'business and leisure travellers’ differently. #Migration #History
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Workshop on ‘Hotels and the Registration of Travellers, Migrants and Tourists’ by #VLIZ, @UrbanhistoryUA & @uofg. Historical perspective on how travellers registration systems in hotel sector targeted migrants and 'business and leisure travellers’ differently. #Migration #History
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28 Apr 2023
Return the Water Industry to Public Ownership - Sign the Petition! chng.it/ZtxFY7bh via @UKChange
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Alan McNee retweeted
Brilliant speech from Zadie Smith yesterday about the ‘pragmatists’ of Tufton St This has long been my beef with lobbyists, bankers, oil execs, arms industry, tax haven apologists who know exactly what they’re doing @XrRebel realmedia.press/zadie-smith-…

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I've just signed @FreefromTorture's petition to members of Parliament to ask them to stand against the Refugee Ban Bill. We have ONE week, will you join me? secure.freedomfromtorture.or…
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Alan McNee retweeted
Concerned about the climate crisis? Join 100,000 people gathering peacefully at the Houses of Parliament.The Big One. 21st - 24th April. I'll be there. Will you? extinctionrebellion.uk/the-b…

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Alan McNee retweeted
It's one year since Putin invaded #Ukraine. Since then, THOUSANDS of Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia. Bring them home and sanction those responsible! #UkrainesStolenChildren x.com/Avaaz/status/162909231… Avaaz.org/UkraineStolenChild…

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25 Jan 2023
25 Jan 2023
Programme du Colloque annuel de la SFEVE des 2 et 3 février à Tours : « Hitting the road : Expériences et récits de voyageurs à l’époque victorienne et édouardienne » Rendez vous à l' Université de Tours, site Tanneurs, 5e étage de la BU, 3 rue des tanneurs,Tours ou en visio
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Alan McNee retweeted
This week is crucial in the campaign to win a greater @Right_2Roam in England. We need you to contact your MP to support a Right to Roam Act! You can do so using this text: righttoroam.org.uk/mpletter - & even better, post them this letter, like I just did: righttoroam.org.uk/_files/ug…
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