Bruce Bucknell
@Bruce_Bucknell
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Ex 🇬🇧 diplomat. A greener, fairer future; more random, poetic tweets. Migrating slowly maybe to: @ https://t.co/wIq6dsMjNN
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Joined March 2014
Easter is a time for hope. Ukrainian children must be returned home. I’m supporting this campaign by @UKFriendUkraine #ReturnTheStolenChilden
🎥 “My name is Stephen Hoffman and I am calling for the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children who have been stolen by Russia.” Will you join us? 📧 Email stephen@friendsofukraine.uk to record your video in support. #ReturnTheStolenChildren
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Great line from a good interview: politics led by people, not cash. .
Harry Quilter-Pinner of the IPPR think-tank: "The rules should be changed so that Elon Musk cannot give £100m to one political party, either through X or shell companies. We need a democracy that is driven by people and not by money."
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Glad to meet you @kavaleuski, and catch up with @rozzthomas. .
Grateful for the opportunity to meet @rozzthomas and @Bruce_Bucknell - two outstanding British diplomats who served as ambassadors to Belarus. Thank you for your contribution to relations between our peoples and for your continued interest in the situation in Belarus.
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I’m grateful to have been an observer with the @osce_odihr mission to the parliamentary elections in #Georgia that took place on 26 October. It was a joy to return to such a lovely country. 1/5
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I observed the UK general elections of 4 July with @DVUKObservers. Final report here notes the numbers turned away from polling stations for lack of the correct ID. Look forward to seeing what @ElectoralCommUK find from their research on whether ID depressed turnout. .
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Indeed! A few examples come to mind: 1939, 1948, 1956, 1968, 1980, 2008, 2014 and now 2022. No wonder the Finns applied to join NATO, and Ukraine wants to follow. .
This is scandalous, misinformed, naive and arrogant. Pressing Ukraine to give up territory just invites yet another division of territory 10 years down the line. Look up the history books! Letter: Seize peace in Ukraine before it’s too late https://t.co/2aiRbrJ3hH via @ft
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Top riposte .
Lord @RSkidelsky (letter @FT 10 July: ‘Seize peace in Ukraine before it’s too late’ - see link) makes the astounding claim that: “If peace based on roughly the present division of forces in Ukraine is inevitable, it is immoral not to try for it now”. /1. https://t.co/wl0pfs4m5X
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Good for you! Better not to have to respond to a naive letter.... .
I'm pleased to be among the signatories to this response to the proposal by Lord Skidelsky & others for the West to push Ukraine to accept 'peace' on Russia's terms:
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Lots of good advice: sensible, prioritised; the key question: what does Labour mean being ".. a leading nation in Euope again"? .
My open letter to @Keir_Starmer, in which I suggest ten ways in which he could help to forge a better and closer relationship with the EU. @CER_EU
https://t.co/ID2hmoiR7v
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Excellent thread here: better considered thinking than instant comment. .
Much as I idolise Ian, it’s a classic illustration of the mindset of many progressives towards the SNP that in a single tweet he can both acknowledge the damage of Brexit and imply that Westminster bears no responsibility for anything that’s gone wrong in Scotland. THREAD
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Much as I idolise Ian, it’s a classic illustration of the mindset of many progressives towards the SNP that in a single tweet he can both acknowledge the damage of Brexit and imply that Westminster bears no responsibility for anything that’s gone wrong in Scotland. THREAD
And there's Flynn's bullshit right there, for all the decent talk on immigration and Brexit. When it comes to his government's failure, he blames Westminster. The same message of grievance and pass-the-buck irresponsibility as the populists.
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Glad to see #France is celebrating #worldswiftday - so many here in ... ... rural #Languedoc - though numbers are down here too local groups advise. #jourmartinet
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If you see a swift like this. Pick it up, hold it up, and let it fly off. They can't take off from the ground or flat surfaces. RT this. It could save a swift.
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I wonder if the guidance: https://t.co/6Ep79GniSh is still extant?
gov.uk
Strengthened guidance on improving the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
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I see #Britishvalues is trending. The 2010 Cameron administrationg issued guidance on the British values to be taught in schools: Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. 1/2
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Glad to see my former FCDO colleague Vijay Rangarajan is the new head of @ElectoralCommUK. Hope he knows Democracy Volunteers @DVUKObservers, UK's own domestic election observer NGO. Will he use his former Twitter handle @VijayR_HMG? I think we should be told! .
Our CEO, Vijay Rangarajan, spoke to @BBCr4today about yesterday’s elections and the impact of voter ID “Seems like a good set of well-run elections yesterday, and a massive thank you to electoral administrators and staff for that.” 🎧Listen⬇️(from 56:22) https://t.co/3UVVxPmrx7
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🍵✨ From the hills of Darjeeling to the #teahouses in London, on #NationalTeaDay 🇬🇧 let's celebrate the timeless bond between UK and India through our beloved brew! 🌏☕ Let's raise a cup to the flavours that unite us. 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇳 #TeaDiplomacy #inwardinvestment #UKIndiatrade
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Freedom for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/zR2aPXyN3k via @UKChange With thanks to @rozzthomas for sharing.
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