Jim Pearson
@JimPearson26
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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. LP Hartley.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined November 2011
Greg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus Energy, has repeated his claim that reforming the energy market could see Scotland with the cheapest energy in Europe and BBC Scotland is yet again refusing to report the remarks. There needs to be a full Holyrood inquiry into BBC Scotland
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Warmest congratulations to Robert McIntyre. What an achievement.
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The prime minister to be totally ignoring the opinion of the country. It’s not a good sign.
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Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
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Thoughtful letter in the Financial Times on a lot of political commentary in this election & beyond misunderstands & misrepresents Scotland.
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That moment when you leave a party early and your crush turns up and starts flirting with your mate …
At same event in Normandy, Labour leader Keir Starmer met Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. Feels like a mistake for Sunak not to have been there.
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While all eyes are on #Gaza
BREAKING: Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and agricultural crops in the village of Al-Mughayyir. This is north of Ramallah, in the West Bank. This is nowhere near Gaza. There is no Hamas in the West Bank. It's a Genocide of Palestinians.
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When, like me, you've been an unquestioning Unionist for most of your life and then started to have severe doubts in the post-Brexit years, you begin to see things you didn't see before. It's hard to overstate the (negative) subliminal effect of this imagery. THREAD
A recurrent theme from the UK media - @theSNP leaders being hung, crucified, beheaded, hunted. Still - Andrew Neil thinks they're "brilliant" so that's fine.
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BREAKING: A motion of no confidence in the Scottish Government lodged by Labour has failed at Holyrood Anas Sarwar put forward the motion arguing it would be 'untenable' for the SNP to 'impose yet another unelected first minister' on Scotland
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Wow.
🚨Question: What do all these people have in common? Answer: They have all funded the PM Rishi Sunak with private helicopter travel in the past year. 🧵⤵️
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The House of Lords is powerless and pointless. Abolish it.
The Lords has surrendered to Sunak. “The time has now come to recognise the primacy of the other house” says Lord Anderson, sponsor of the last successful amendment. The PM has got his “Safety of Rwanda” Bill. In coming weeks, will Sunak celebrate or rue his victory, because if
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The UK must end arms sales to Israel. If the UK Government are unwilling to act then Parliament should force them to do so. But that can’t happen whilst the doors to Westminster lie shut. Parliament should be recalled without delay. #Gaza
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I am not convinced that we are facing any good electoral outcome this year https://t.co/peJS95Pew0 Relief that we will be rid of the Tories will not be enough to satisfy an electorate battered by 14 years or more of electoral incompetence. When Labour is offering no real
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As has been my habit for the last few days, and as might well be the case for many days to come, I posted a poll on Twitter yesterday. This one was back on political territory, asking: All the usual...
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The UK is on the wrong side of history.
EXCL: UK government has received advice from own lawyers that Israel has breached international law in Gaza but failed to make it public - by @tobyhelm
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You wait years for the worst PM in UK history to come along and then five arrive in quick succession.
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Let’s summarise what @SamCoatesSky is really noting here. @RachelReevesMP is promising Tory economic policy. There is no other way to put it.
🚨Important news from Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture She confirms - for the first time - she will copy the second Tory fiscal rule… … that she will insist that debt is falling in the 5th year of the forecast process. This is a tough fiscal rule that has repeated limited Jeremy
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