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Retired Teacher and one time Political activist. Now political 'activity' largely confined to Twitter. Have stood for both Parliament and Welsh Assembly.

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John Bell
4 years
If Oxford is removing the Rhode's statue under pressure from its students, will it now also remove the Rhodes Scholarship funding from those same students?
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@GNev2 @pritipatel If you were escaping from Ukraine, I wonder if you would arrive in, say, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, next door, first, or the UK, 1400 miles away? Gary is bottom of the table for reading a map and providing grown-up analysis..
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@kimleadbeater Somewhere, a Batley school teacher and his family are in hiding, 'incredibly angry & upset', in fear of their lives, after being threatened by a similar mob, and you, his MP, have said and done nothing. 'Our country deserves far better.'
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BBC: UK has only taken 50 Ukraine refugees, the EU one million. Well, yes, seeing as, Poland, where most of them are, is next door to Ukraine, whereas UK is about 1400 miles away.
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John Bell
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Not usually into this, but, couldn't resist, Tesco, Wrexham, 2.00pm today. Did the great tomato shortage go the way of the great HGV driver shortage, and much else?
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John Bell
4 years
@susannareid100 Government says you can cross the road safely. @susannareid100 'But you haven't explained how to cross the road safely'.
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3 years
@LauraPidcock Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has been state owned and under control of the Mexican government, since nationalisation in 1938..
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John Bell
2 years
One thing this week has confirmed beyond any doubt, there are a certain kind of Remainer/Rejoiner who would rather the UK fail, than they be proved wrong..
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@timmyvoe @RupaHuq She asked if the meeting was being held under Chatham House rules, i.e., not reported, so knew exactly what she was going to say, and is only repenting now because they were 'reported'. Apparently, racism is OK 'under Chatham house rules'.
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John Bell
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@Peterrogers2011 @oflynnmep @DavidLammy Bandwagon / David Lammy / Jumps on..
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John Bell
4 years
@pritipatel @UKLabour Labour, the Party that lives off Identity Politics and believing BAME communities are homogeneous groups that owe them their votes Sheer hypocrisy of @UKLabour would be surprising if we weren't so used to it. Black/Brown lives only matter if you conform to their stereotype..
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John Bell
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@LucyMPowell @ManchesterPride When campaigning as Conservative Candidate for Wirral South in 2015, I 'kissed a member of the local Labour Party'. We've been happily married now for four years.. But, then, we're both, grown-ups..
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John Bell
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@LovattMo @JMPSimor @giles_fraser Jessica Simor is a classic example of the self-righteous, virtue-signalling Left, who simply cannot understand that anybody could possible have different views to her without them being thoughtless, selfish or evil She is intellectually incapable of ever thinking she may be wrong
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John Bell
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@SadiqKhan @chooselove What race-baiting drivel. England Team existed long before mass immigration, has had many excellent minority players before now, such as John Barnes, Paul Ince, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, but, would still exist, albeit, with different players, if there were none.
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@BBCPolitics Typical Corbyn, every other country is right, UK wrong..
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@kimleadbeater @Afzal4Gorton 'Heartbreaking to hear about the ongoing suffering', of the Batley schoolteacher and his Family at the hands of Muslim militants His UK Member of Parliament must do more to condemn and work with the legal authorities and school to ensure their safety and his safe return to school
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John Bell
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@SamTarry 'Labour MP Chris Bryant sold his London flat for £477,000 and bought a new one for £495,000. After rules changed moved out in 2005. He began to rent out the property for around £3,000 a month. Moved into new home and between 2010 and 2015, claimed £84,350 for rent' Daily Mirror
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@GaryLineker Sort of thing that we discovered with the Iraq dossier your friend Campbell wrote. 500,000 dead men, women and children paid a price for that. I've never heard you compare that to the 'Nazis'. Did the BBC guidelines on impartiality (remember them?) prevent you from commenting?
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@GaryLineker Every single hypocrite.. Gary Lineker in £4.9m tax battle with HMRC over freelance earnings
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John Bell
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@themike_p Appears Conservatives can't buy and play your songs. OK with me and, no doubt, thousands like me. But didn't you sell the rights of it to your publisher, like a good little capitalist?
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John Bell
2 years
UK Passport Notes: "Consular assistance is not routinely provided to dual nationals in their other country of nationality. A person who has dual nationality may be subject to the laws of the other country..
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2 years
‘How many Foreign Secretaries does it take for someone to come home? Five?… I shouldn’t have been in prison for six years’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe discusses being released from prison as she speaks for the first time. 💻 GB News on YouTube:
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John Bell
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@scobie Whereas, of course, you have met them both, and were a witness to the conversation, and can swear that one is absolutely truthful, without any possible agenda, and the other a hate-filled racist and bigot? Yes?
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John Bell
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'Clearly, in the minds of the midwitted Remainers, Purkiss’s shrill, uninformed pronouncements are what passes for sensible political critique.' The staggering ignorance of the know-it-all Remainers
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John Bell
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@RmSalih How about, 'This was a disgracefull attack, which is against everything we, the majority of Muslims, believe in, and against every tenant of free speech and free expression'. We wish Salman Rushdie a speedy recovery'? Feel free to amend, as you wish..
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John Bell
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@NazShahBfd @BorisJohnson @theresa_may Why aren't you 'attacking' the wearing of an outdated, medieval symbol of male oppression and misogyny, which prevents woman from integrating and interacting with their fellow citizens?
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John Bell
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@MrKennethClarke Neither was a two-year world pandemic, that closed down the UK economy and most of world trade, costing the UK £400 billion in Covid support, followed by post Covid trade disruption, and a war in Ukraine that has hit energy and food markets. But you know that don't you, Ken?
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John Bell
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Joyless, the most unsuccessful lawyer in history? And, yet, the same guidable, useful idiots keep on shovelling money into his bottomless pit Jolyon Loses Again, Ordered to Pay Government’s Legal Costs via @guidofawkes
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John Bell
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@ramonagusta @PippaCrerar Downing Street is a government department and the workplace for hundreds of civil servants. The idea it could 'host' refugees is absurd.
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@ikeijeh @SholaMos1 Because, to @SholaMos1 everything is about colour or race..
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1 year
@TalkTV Translation 'It's everybody else's fault, not ours'
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John Bell
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Gerry actually believes a technical hitch in an electronic system wouldn't happen if we were in the EU. Gerry isn't very bright. Don't be like Gerry..
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Gerry Hassan 🇺🇦
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The reality of Taking Back Control. A queue of empowered, sovereign UK people enjoying their new found Brexit freedom this weekend. Rejoice!
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John Bell
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@GaryLineker On £1.3 million a year of license fee money for chatting about football for a couple of hours a week, multi-millionaire, Gary, has no worries about being 'wiped out' by a cold winter..
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John Bell
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@crimlawuk The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) is NOT a visa scheme, but a visa waiver scheme, similar to the United States' scheme, ESTA, to detect criminal/terrorist movements. Application will be online and take minutes. Cost €7 and be valid for three years.
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John Bell
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@BarryGardiner PoliceLivesMatter
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Michael Heaver
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London Police now being attacked.
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2 years
This is the man that Keir Starmer and every Labour MP campaigned to make Prime Minister of the United Kingdom..
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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said NATO’s “build-up of military personnel” in Eastern Europe is to blame for the current tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The video below was featured in a live stream titled: 'No War in Ukraine: Stop NATO Expansion'.
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John Bell
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@wesstreeting The Westminster bubble Wes lives in.. Most of the world don't know who Lorraine Kelly is. Actually, most don't even know who Wes is..
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John Bell
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@Saramac7 Sarah is none too bright and very dishonest.. 'The supermarket giant said the problem has been fixed and that many of its branches are now getting the stock they need' 'Waitrose apologises for empty shelves after IT update disrupts supplies'
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John Bell
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@campbellclaret To think the poor guy had to pretend there were weapons of mass destruction … hard not to feel sorry for him. Until you remember he is a lying, lawbreaking, immoral charlatan who has trashed the UK reputation.
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John Bell
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@adamboultonSKY "If we are interviewing people about politics" As if issues surrounding Coronavirus are not political. It's just a coincidence that every doctor, nurse or teacher interviewed just happens to be a Labour political activist using @SkyNews to push their political views and agenda.
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@DAaronovitch Spending their own, already taxed income, to educate their own children, while contributing to the state education of all children through their taxes, but with no demands made on state education system. This is about petty, class politics of envy.
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@carolvorders @JeremyClarkson "Has a go at a women again" Or, perhaps, simply disagrees with you and expresses his opinion, just as you, quite often express your opinion about women and men? Or, do you demand a free pass for your opinions just because you're a woman? Playing 'sexist' card when it suits?
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@crimlawuk You would think a KC could do a little research before making a case.
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@markoftheD Or, you could possibly use some sense of personal responsibility with Covid, as you would with any other illness - or, alternatively, continue to post nonsense on Twitter..
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@Ryanair Let's be clear, I regularly use your airline to travel back and forth between UK and Spain, but, as I don't like companies, particularly those run by foreign nationals, preaching about UK politics, I won't in future.
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John Bell
3 years
Does anybody really think this is what Sarah Everard's Family want her to be associated with?
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Aman Bhogal 🇬🇧🇮🇳
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And on cue the toxic hard Left defund-the-police Marxists No productive ideas No decency No respect Just obscene chants at our police officers and lawless disorder targeting Britain’s greatest war time leader who lead from the front in fighting fascists.
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@bbclaurak It was a Covid briefing.. Laura Kuenssberg refuses to answer a question on even the principle of whether journalists who wrongly imply a businessman is involved in corruption or breaking the laws on corruption, should resign.
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John Bell
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@theJeremyVine @waitrose @MetCycleCops @RoadPeace @AndyCoxDCS What nonsense. Of course he was 'close', it's a very narrow road. All traffic is 'close'. But, he remained in his lane. Where is he expected to disappear to?
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@gavinesler A majority of British people never voted for Jeremy Corbyn. Labour won only 32.2%. The majority of British people - 67.8% - rejected Labour. And still do.
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@GBNEWS HM Prisons will save food, thereby reducing emissions. Job done..
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4 years
@NadiaWhittomeMP @pritipatel @FloEshalomi A Labour MP complaining about identity politics is enough to make anybody vomit..
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@zarahsultana @eiecampaign Just a reminder that all the infrastructure of the UK's rail system is already in public ownership, and it is this same nationalised structure, that's keeping Zarah there for 3 hours. Zara doesn't know very much.
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John Bell
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@SpeakerPelosi In 1776 the USA declared it no longer wanted Britain to interfere in its affairs. Kindly allow the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to have that same right. Thank you. PS: GFA makes no mention of a 'hard border'. 1/2
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@GNev2 @pritipatel Rather better analysis here from someone who actually know what they're talking about..
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The media won’t like this. Praise for @BorisJohnson leading the way.
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@Keir_Starmer Cake and wine at work, bad; curry and beer at work good.. You couldn't make it up, but, Durham police just have.
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@schooltruth Honestly, I think I'm angrier about the dodgy Iraq dossier and the 500,000+ men, women and children killed, as a result, than I was then..
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@Femi_Sorry Can you imagine if Femi actually got a job and supported himself, and paid tax, to help the poorest councils in the UK. Who's funding you Femi?
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@LaylaMoran @HinaBokhariLD Virtue signalling and cultural appropriation in one tweet. Lib Dems will soon be even more 'alone'..
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@Femi_Sorry Femi not only thinks politics was 'crippled' before Twitter was invented, but he also actually believes Twitter is the world. Femi needs to get a job and get out more.
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@AaronBastani Often wondered just how far you could sink into your sewer. Now we know.
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@JohnRentoul Oh, please, she is being held to the standard she demanded of others.
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Whether someone is listening in the Gallery or on TV shouldn't be a factor in deciding what should/should not be debated in Parliament. Nor should we, because of a wicked criminal act, be forced to accept the gender ideology that would force us to believe men can became women.
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Brianna Ghey's mother has conducted herself with huge dignity. But the idea that Keir Starmer should not be criticised for his stance on gender ideology during a session in the Commons just because she happens to be in the public gallery is ridiculous (as well as…
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@RESCUE_UK @GaryLineker @yasminkadimusic Does Lineker and the rest, understand just how pathetically, puerile, patronising and ridiculous they sound, 'shouting' at fish and chips?
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@GaryLineker "Greed sucks" From a man 'earning' £1.3 million a year spending a couple of hours a week talking football. How about showing your true socialist credentials by reducing you salary to, say, the average salary of about £30,000 per annum?
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@ukiswitheu You must be 'scared' if you have to use doctored videos to make your point.. Full video..
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President Biden Meets With NATO Allies In Brussels
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@SFRCdems In 1776 you decided to be an independent nation that made its own laws and policies without outside interference, kindly allow the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the same right. PS: Was it the UK or ROI that stood by you after 9/11, in Afghanistan and Iraq?
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@GaryLineker 'Thousands of miles away', from where? Rwanda is about 200 miles closer to, say, Syria, than it is from the UK. And, it's a beautiful country.
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@shailjapatel It's quite remarkable how anybody could be this vile and not ask for treatment. Sad really.
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@DavidLammy Jesus was not a 'refugee', his family travelled to Bethlehem, because Joseph was a descendent of King David, and Joseph’s family came from Bethlehem (see Matthew 1:1 & 1 Samuel 16:1&13), to take part in a census ordered by Augustus Caesar for tax purposes.
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@KarlTurnerMP This is the level of puerile discourse we now get from Labour MPs. It shows their complete disrespect for 17.4ml voters and contempt for the democratic process and confirms why they lost in 2016 and 2019, and will again in 2024..
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@d5_rss @BBCNews Perhaps, if they simply grew up and got a life..
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@midgeure1 It is Bwiza Riverside Housing Estate, a newly built estate for Rwandans. No fences, no guards. Do you actually know what a 'concentration camp' was used for? And, if you do, are you happy to use the experiences of the people who died in them to make a puerile, political point?
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@GNev2 Last time I checked the police operate 24 hours a day, and even give out speeding, and using mobiles while driving tickets, when it's dark and are not governed, or constrained by newspaper deadlines, or ill-informed, Labour activists Perhaps stick to swotting up the off side rule
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@EdwardJDavey Virtue-signalling and cultural appropriation in one tweet. Lib Dems, you will shortly be 'alone'.
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@JudithBuntingLD You said I didn't know why I voted Brexit. After 46 years experience of the EEC/EU, 20 years in industry, 25 years in education and a degree in Economics and Politics, I think I have sufficient experience and, even, sufficient intelligence, to know exactly why. No apology reqd.
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@cjsnowdon No, he's being funded by a private individual, euro sceptic, using his own money, because he is also a euro sceptic. No doubt you only give to causes you believe in.
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@SocialM85897394 Lisa Nandy: "The idea that you want to pit one group of people against another is not good enough" Er, isn't that EXACTLY what the Olympics is all about..
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@GNev2 Not so long ago, this Labour activist would have been insisting that nothing Dominic Cummins says should be believed..
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@PippaCrerar This really is unprofessional, slanted, drivel, so typical of Pippa As she well knows, PMs seldom attend COBRA. COBRA were/are always intended to simply be a meeting between ministers relevant to the issue at hand, and their advisors, to enable them to coordinate their response
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@domjoly 'Imagine being so dim, so heartless, so utterly detached from reality that you would not be concerned about', using cropped photographs that cuts Black Rwandans out of a picture.
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Last week, Labour MPs begged the Speaker to change Commons procedure because they were frightened for their lives. Who, exactly, were they frightened of? Clue: It probably wasn't the local Rabbi..
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@Femi_Sorry @DavidGHFrost It's called harassment. Go get a proper job.
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@ARMilani_ That's 12%, not far off the aprox 14% of the population who make up the UK's ethnic minority population. So, what, exactly, is your problem?
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@MXOFO @Morrisons You have to be very sad to wake up in the morning and decide your day should be occupied by complaining about where salt comes from.. Get a life..
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@NadiaWhittomeMP Puerile nonsense. His job is to manage the nation's finances. His own wealth is irrelevant. Labour leaderships are hardly living in poverty.
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@IanLaveryMP Ian Lavery was obviously 'A DEDICATED WORKER' £165,OOO SERIOUSLY £165,000? BBC News - Ian Lavery MP received £165,000 from trade union
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@Anna_Soubry 'Fake promises' like standing for election on a manifesto to honour the Referendum result and take the UK out of the European Union, Single Market and Customs Union. Anna Soubry, 19 Nov 2016, "I told people that if we voted leave, we would. And I can’t go back on that" Jan 2017:
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@thewomencov @tonymc39 @StandingforXX Why are they allowed to intimidate and shout abuse, while wearing masks, while police are just standing there?
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@martinbright Norway not a member of the EU, but, is part of the Schengen Area. UK has never been part of the Schengen Area, so customs formalities always required passports. By 2024 Norway will be part of European Travel Information and Authorization System, which will be digitalised for all.
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@JonAshworth "Ministers must act", says the local Labour MP. How about, 'The local Labour MP and Labour Council must act'? Can you remind us when you and the local Labour Council first became aware of these 'shocking' conditions and what actions you took?
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@DavidLammy So I should be able to turn up at the polling booth on election day and vote even though I'm not registered and have no ID? Yup, can see how that would work in say, Tower Hamlets.. 'Vote early, vote often'
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@darrengrimes_ Noone attending a conference, or, indeed, simply going about their lawful business, should need a police escort for protection. This is not protest, it is intimidation and abuse.
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@SholaMos1 THIS, is not a doctored photograph It shows the Home Secretary and he hosts enjoying a happy moment while viewing the newly built Bwiza Riverside Housing Estate for Rwandans. No fences/guards. What have you got against Black Rwandans being happy about rebuilding their country?
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@SadiqKhan It took us 43 years before deciding membership of the EEC/EU wasn't for us, just 36 months after Brexit, and after a two-year pandemic that closed down the economy, and now the Ukraine war, he feels qualified to judge it.
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@JolyonRubs "Suicidal economic policy" Tax rates under @UKLabour government: Highest Rate 40% Basic Rate 20% 2010 Threshold: £6476 Tax Rates under @Conservatives government: Highest Rate 40% Basic Rate 19% 2022 Threshold: £12,570
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@JustinWelby But, not when Labour Legislated in in 1999, 2002 and 2004 to send asylum seekers to other countries in Europe. Nor when they sought deals with Tanzania and South Africa to do the same. Rather strange that..
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@DavidTWilcock So, the 'Far Right' group that targeted Keir Starmer included Piers Corbyn? Is that correct?
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@RmSalih Amazing, how many Muslims prefer to live in the countries of 'colonialists and imperialist', where women's rights are protected, rather than under the Taliban or similar Islamist regimes.
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