Nigel Short off Twitter

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E Michael White
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Nigel Short off Twitter

Post by E Michael White » Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:44 pm

why has Nigel Short left Twitter ?

Roger de Coverly
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Re: Nigel Short off Twitter

Post by Roger de Coverly » Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:56 pm

E Michael White wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:44 pm
why has Nigel Short left Twitter ?

That was back at the start of October.

The forum may have an idea why, but equally it may well be totally mistaken.

Chris Rice
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Re: Nigel Short off Twitter

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:40 pm

Nigel is currently doing his trademark globetrotting and a few days ago was in Lesotho. He is still posting on FB and Insta and had this to say on his most recent post.

"...Not as fascistic as Xcrement - Elon Musk's abomination - mind you. I do hope he loses all of his $44billion "investment", as quickly as possible. He is doing a fine job of attaining this goal."

I think you can read between the lines as to why he's not on Twitter any longer and given what Musk has been ranting lately he's clearly not on his own with these sentiments.

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Re: Nigel Short off Twitter

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:36 pm

Have people been saying nasty things about him? Free speech cuts both ways.
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