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Paul Chilton

@paulchilton.bsky.social
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European. Internationalist. Humanist. Retired Prof of Linguistics, affiliated to Oxford, Warwick, Lancaster. Can’t stop thinking, reading, writing. My latest book is a political one: “Brexitspeak: Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy”.

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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Hate will never make America great
After days of hints, videos of old-school gaming cords being plugged into old televisions, and messages that something big was coming, the official White House account posted one final teaser: “It’s t...
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jason Arday’s death is a tear-watering tragedy. Shame on the University of Cambridge. What academic has failed to put quote marks round borrowings? What academic hasn’t paraphrased their sources without acknowledgement. That includes at Cambridge.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
News reports on the wildfires Europe is now facing are dangerously short-sighted. The focus appears to be on how to live with them, rather than with them. Sure, but there is little or no mention of the root cause. Climate change and its human causes. It’s slopped way down w political agenda.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What has Andy Burnham said about climate change? About the climate crisis we’re in right now. Whole regions of France, Spain and elsewhere in Europe are aflame. Didn’t he notice the moors on fire round Manchester?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Trump regime and the dangerous ideologues waiting to take over are dedicated to abolishing democracy at home and abroad. They are already implanted in one of our most prestigious universities. See my recent share of Byline Times article.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned university has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge. Why?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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How To Invoke The Twenty-fifth Amendment
What It Actually Takes. And Why The Threshold Is The Story.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Trump’s narcissistic personality plus dementia are a danger to Americans and the whole world.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The third image reveals his hidden fragile, neediness. These three pictures add up to NPD.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In a second image he’s Jesus healing the sick: needs show power and get moral approval.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One photo shows Trump blessed by evangelical Christian Nationalists, for his “mission”.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It’s old news now but we shouldn’t forget Trump’s recent religious posts: they reveal much about his mental disorder(s) and his danger to us all.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Jesus Christ! That's Donald Trump!
What Trump’s religious fantasy pictures reveal about the mind of a dangerous dictator
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
On stack I’ve the a short article out Trump’s religious self-portraits online, “Jesus Christ! That’s Donald Trump”. chiltonpaul.substack.com/p/jesus-chri...
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Jesus Christ! That's Donald Trump!
What Trump’s religious fantasy pictures reveal about the mind of a dangerous dictator
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Now Is Our Time
Courage in an age of cowardice
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Orban defeated: Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day
All of a sudden, after months of total darkness, there is hope.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
An utter disgrace that Starmer has encouraged a state visit to Trump. There is NO special relationship. This is political folly. Trump will predictably exploit it for dangerous and anti-democratic purposes. Credit to the Lib Dem’s for their immediate rejection of this disgraceful proposal.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
@stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Hi Stephen! I follow your posts with great interest Just wanted to let you and anyone else might read this that on Substack I’ve posted a piece that includes some thoughts on the role of religion in Trump’s war…
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Why Europe matters - in 1min 58secs
A stronger Europe or bust
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Drax Power Station is the UK's biggest carbon polluter. Now it wants to build a data centre - potentially powered by burning trees. I've emailed North Yorkshire Council demanding a full environmental assessment. You can too: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/dr...
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North Yorks Council - require Environmental Impact Assessment for Drax data centre
Drax Power Station is the single largest source of carbon emissions in the UK. Now Drax wants to build a massive hyperscale data centre at the same site. This could be the UK's first data centre power...
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
When will most politicians and most of the media stop talking as if Trump is a rational actor? When will American democrats find a viable and constitutional way to remove this mentally disabled president?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Trump’s war is illegal under the US constitution. This cannot be a just war. It is not a defensive war. So why did he start it? As usual he’s motivated by his pathological personality.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So why exactly has Trump launched this war on Iran? I have written about this in an article just published on Substack: chiltonpaul.substack.com/publish/post...
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I've just emailed "Write To Your MP: Make the National Commission on Electoral Reform Real" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/wr... @OpenBritainHQ
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Phew! Massive sigh of relief. Huge congrats to Hannah Spencer and the Greens. Mad fascist Matt Goodwin has frightened enough decent people in Gorton & Denton to hold back Reform— for now .
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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This Is The Nightmare We Feared
In 2017, we warned publicly. In 2024, hundreds of us said in The New York Times — "unimaginably catastrophic" consequences. In 2026, the catastrophe surrounds us.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Trump is visibly in mental and physical decline, he is losing his wits, cannot speak coherently without a script, wildly spouting impossible claims. When he goes, what happens next? Even worse with Vance and Miller?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Do not fall for Rubio trying to sweet-talk Europe on behalf of his Leader. His Munich speech is about getting Europe to accept “American values” the way MAGA defines them. It’s built on the false claim of “civilisational erasure”. It’s a threat to Europe’s values.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In the Gorton and Denton by-election, Candidate Matt Goodwin is a danger to this diverse community. He’s a fanatic with personal ambitions. He’s a threat to democracy. He’s not an academic, though often described as such. He’s abandoned reason and evidence, parroting Leader Farage. #UK Politics
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
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Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If/when Trump destroys democratic elections half or more of Americans will or should be on the streets. Then civil war would be in sight. Let’s hope peaceful protest will prevent that.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
It is now abundantly clear Americans are e with fascist characteristics. Demolishing democratic elections. Racist deportations. Pursuit of “enemies within”. Censorship. And more.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
So Trump wants the Republicans to “take over” elections and “nationalise” them. Sounds like nazify them to me.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Trump NEVER CHICKENS OUT. Psychopathic egos don’t do that, they simmer and seek revenge all the more
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Does Trump want to be Big Brother Orwell’s all-powerful techno-superlord, ruling over a world empire divided into three superstates? He controls minds through language — Newspeak— and constant surveillance. Beware, Big Bro Is watching You!
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It’s likely Trump will not give up wanting to own Greenland. He’s a megalomaniac obsessed with this idea. He has all the signs of cognitive rigidity, a clinical symptom typical of authoritarians. He has dementia too #but if he dropped dead tomorrow there are worse ideologues waiting in the wings.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Trump’s threat to Europe over Greenland is mind-boggling and incredibly destructive of the world order we’ve been used to. Even if he chickens out, Europe is squeezed between one dictatorial imperialist and an aspiring one. The European public better get it into their heads.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Several European countries, including the UK, have now sent their military and/or their military representatives to Greenland, in response Trump’s threat to invade. It is indeed a threat. Looks like the battle lines are being drawn up. See also my recent post on his language on Substack.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Is anyone on langsky doing linguistics-based discourse analysis regarding urgent world issues? My recent Substack post applies Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Trump’s threats to Greenland.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The Trump regime’s outages are coming thick and fast. We get increasingly Orwellian justifications from Trump’s department of Homeland Propaganda. What’s really going on?
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Is it a coincidence? Venezuela attacked, Greenland and Europe threatened, then ICE killing an observer of a protest in Minneapolis. An external enemy one day, an enemy within the next. Misrepresentations and lies in both cases. Is this not typical of dictatorial regimes? We must all resist!
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
White House: “The president and his team are discussing a range of options…utilising the U.S. military is always an option” Stephen Miller:“Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over Greenland.” Speech acts in context: threat. Implicature: NATO and Europe won’t react. But we must!
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
White House: “The president and his team are discussing a range of options…utilising the U.S. military is always an option” Stephen Miller:“Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over Greenland.” Speech acts in context: threat. Implicature: NATO and Europe won’t react. But we must!
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
An extraordinary oratorical operation substack.com/@paulchilton...
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An extraordinary oratorical operation
Trump’s statement on Venezuela
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Experts may be right in saying that Trump will not in fact use military force against Greenland. But the force of words has already done its work. The threat of doing so has been implied in speeches, interviews and texts. If you’re on the receiving end, you can’t ignore the possibility.
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland”, says Stephen Miller. That’s not just a statement but a boast and a warning. “Don’t you dare, you’ve just seen what we can do! We’ll take what we want!”
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PsychonAutist @psychonautist.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Was, wenn genau das durch Trump verursacht werden soll, damit sein Chef im Kreml gleich zwei große Probleme auf einmal loswird? Währenddessen können sich Trump und seine Kumpane die Taschen vollstopfen. bsky.app/profile/psyc...
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... I have posted a piece on Substack that includes a similar argument about Trump’s strategy of the external enemy and the enemy within. Based on a linguistic analysis of his recent speech about his attack on Venezuela.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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