Roger Helmer
@RogerHelmerMEP
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Maybe it’s about time we worried a bit less about slavery in the 18th Century, and a bit more about child slavery today in Congo’s lithium mines, to provide batteries for our clean, green EVs.
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A woman born in Britain decides to celebrate her African heritage by adopting an African name, African hair & African dress. She then throws a wobbly when someone assumes she’s African. Do I sense an agenda here?
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Meghan has pale skin. I don’t think I should have noticed that she is mixed-race if she & Harry didn’t keep banging on about it. As a mixed-race couple, my wife & I very rarely encounter racism. Perhaps because we’re not constantly looking for it.
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The media frenzy over Dominic Raab’s comments on “taking the knee” is farcical. BBC calling it “highly embarrassing & at the worst possible time”. It was perfectly reasonable, & should not have caused offence to anyone. Most fair & decent people in the country would agree.
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Genuinely shocked (though I suppose I shouldn’t be) to see Katie Hopkins dumped by Twitter. You don’t have to agree with her to defend her right to free speech. And apparently any amount of offensive bile is just fine so long as it comes from the left.
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I think when the Cummings story gets to be written, the thing we’ll remember most is Boris’ coolness under fire. He’s the epitome of Kipling: “If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs and blaming it on you”. He did. Well done that man.
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Can we please stop referring to new-variant Covid as “originating in the UK”. It was FIRST IDENTIFIED in the UK, which is an entirely different thing.
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I'm not sure whether Putin tried to influence the US Presidential race. But I'm damned sure that Obama tried to influence the UK Referendum.
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A French fisherman on the BBC Today programme complains that the Jersey rules would devastate 70% of the French fleet. A bit like the damage the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy did to the UK fishing fleet.
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BBC News at Ten: “A police officer knocked herself off her horse”. Preposterous.
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When did we all buy into the idea that it’s the job of the government to feed children? It’s not. It’s the responsibility of the parents, and if they’re not prepared to discharge that responsibility, they shouldn’t have children.
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Great piece by the Sunday Times. It seems that the Swedish pixie was selected by a consortium of lobbyists & campaign groups who are allegedly funded by major energy companies who expect to make billions from “green” policies. Who’d have thought it?
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Prince Charles says that our Net Zero commitments are vital to save the planet. He doesn’t mention that if we closed down the UK entirely, it would make only 1% difference to global emissions. And China would make that up in a few months.
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Taking a stand against masks: I have just CANCELLED a three-week Saga cruise in the Med because they insist on masks. Even for those with exemptions. Contrary to gov’t advice. So just say NO. Avoid these guys.
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How dare the BBC tell us that with Brexit, Britain becomes “diplomatically isolated”. On the contrary, as a major independent nation we will have a much higher international profile than we have as an offshore province in a country called Europe.
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OK. So electric cars are “greener” after 50,000 miles. But at that point, you’ll have to replace the batteries, and start over. So you’re never greener. This is what we call A SCAM.
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I gave 7 years of my career to UKIP, though now I regret the current bizarre direction of the leadership. But it’s polling in single figures, unlikely to win a single seat. So a UKIP vote is a wasted vote. Time now for all Leavers to row in behind
@brexitparty_uk
.
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It’s now crystal clear that Brussels will not agree to any deal except blatant punishment terms that leave us permanently under their thumb. In this context, no-deal is not merely the best deal. It is the only deal.
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When Barnier says “Britain is not negotiating seriously”, he means “Britain is not rolling over and accepting our position”. Indeed. Well done David Frost (and eat your heart out, Olly Robbins).
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If you’re offended by the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College, OK, fine. Your proper course of action is not to go to Oriel College. And not to accept a Rhodes Scholarship.
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I have always been a 100% supporter of the Monarchy and the Royal Family. But Prince Harry is testing my patience.
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Memo to Boris: If we end up bound by EU rules, then IT’S NOT BREXIT.
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It’s less than four weeks to the local elections. I intend to go to the polling station and write BREXIT in big block letters across the ballot paper.
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Pound at $1.15. Gas prices dropping. Petrol prices dropping. Looks like Kwasi’s disaster is not so bad after all.
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Why does Emily Maitlis think it’s her job as chairman to argue against Boris Johnson?
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So Brussels is bringing a legal case against the UK. In the ECJ. But we’ve left the EU, and we don’t recognise the jurisdiction of the ECJ. So any ruling will have no effect.
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Boris Johnson: Love him or hate him, ain’t it great to have a PM who has clear objectives, and the determination to pursue them?
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Tesco claims that Brexit will add 5% to food prices. It fails to mention that import duties on foodstuffs from non-EU sources could well be cheaper. Also that any import duties on food from the EU are entirely under UK control.
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Absolutely. I am retweeting to support her sacking. She should cringe with shame. A revolting slogan anywhere. Downright disgusting in a primary school.
My Great-Aunt Brenda has been sacked from her job as Headmistress of Hathersage primary school after refusing to change her t-shirt. Retweet to show your support.
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The EU says that if we want “privileged access” to the Single Market, we have to observe their rules. No. The quid pro quo they get for giving us access to their market is that THEY get “privileged access” to OUR market. That’s how FTAs work.
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Memo to the BBC: Will you please stop using the term “crashing out” to mean leaving the EU on WTO terms. It is a highly biased, partisan & pejorative term.
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Kiss of death. Juncker has written to British MPs pleading with them to pass Theresa May’s deal next week. If that doesn’t kill it, nothing will.
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I see that BBC News is doing a series looking at “the promises made during the Brexit campaign, and whether they’ve been kept”. Let’s hope they also look at the Remainers’ dire warnings and what happened to them.
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We live in an island built in coal & surrounded by fish. Why on Earth are we importing 40% of our cod from Russia?
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Barnier was lulled into a false sense of security during the May era. It’s almost funny to see him struggling to cope with the new reality.
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The Sun says: Tories must axe Human Rights Act and start deporting more foreign criminals. The Sun is right.
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Just heard Ed Davey on BBC R4 characterising “politicians like Nigel Farage” as illiberal and far-right. My own experience of Farage, over many years, is that he is passionately committed to freedom & democracy. Which makes him a good deal more liberal & democratic than Ed Davey.
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While the UK is locked in critical negotiations with Brussels, Sadiq Khan chooses to display the other side’s flag on the London Eye. Would he have shown an Argentinian flag during the Falklands War?
Are you bloody kidding me? You put the EU flag on the London Eye on New Year’s Eve? WTAF?
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The talk of possible civil unrest after a WTO Brexit is misplaced. The real risk of civil unrest will arise if the British people are cheated of the Brexit the voted for.
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The BBC says that the backstop “was designed to avoid a hard border in Ireland”. No. It was designed to lock Britain into EU rules indefinitely.
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Remainers are a classic example of Stockholm Syndrome. Falling in love with their captors, despite the EU’s brutal and vindictive behaviour, its determination to impose punishment terms on a UK which it sees as a renegade province.
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Anna Soubry on Sky calls Boris Johnson “a liar”. Then she says he has no mandate for a no-deal Brexit. But he has 17.4 million votes for Brexit (with or without a deal), which is arguably the biggest democratic mandate in British history. So it seems that Anna Soubry is the liar
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The Leave vote in 2016 was absolutely unconditional — no reference to any deal or conditions, no ifs or buts. For Remainers now to say “There is no mandate for a clean Brexit” is just plain wrong. To seek to make Brexit conditional on a deal is a denial of democracy.
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Watching this clip of Annunziata, it suddenly occurred to me that she may well become Prime Minister before her brother. Just compare her heartfelt remarks to the Maybot’s mechanical repetition of a few scripted phrases. Annunziata is more Margaret than May.
"It is our fight and we must fight to win."
Annunziata Rees-Mogg, sister of Jacob is unveiled as a candidate in the European elections for
@brexitparty_uk
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Get live updates on the Brexit Party launch here:
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Tony Blair gives us another reason to vote for The Brexit Party. He says: “This is not a vote to choose a prime minister or a government. It is a vote for the Farage Brexit – or against it”. Thanks Tony. Bang on the button.
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A new poll suggests that few Brits believe we will leave the EU with a good deal. I believe we can end up with an excellent deal — but only if we LEAVE FIRST. Today, the EU regards us as a renegade province. After we leave, they will have to deal with us as a free nation.
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How did Rory Stewart ever pass himself off as a Conservative? He thinks the best way to relieve poverty & give the poor dignity is to hand them money. No Rory. Give them the opportunity to make a living. That’s the route to prosperity & dignity.
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I am deeply saddened as I watch the meltdown of the Trump Presidency. Trump has achieved some good things. He is a friend of the UK (despite the hostility of some of our politicians). It is a tragedy that it ends like this.
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OK Guy. If the EP doesn’t ratify Boris’ withdrawal deal, we leave with No Deal. You can whistle for your £39bn. Many of us over here would be very happy with that.
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“ARE WE THE LAST GENERATION?” reads an “Extinction Rebellion” placard. No guys. You’re not the last generation. But you’re almost certainly the stupidest.
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We blocked shale gas. We closed coal-fired power stations. We ran down nuclear. We thought we could replace them with playground toys. But now the bill comes in.
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These idiots carry banners saying “Stop the coup”. But they fail to realise that in opposing the largest democratic mandate in British history, they ARE the coup.
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The left loves to talk about diversity. But they are hugely intolerant of diversity of opinion.
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Asked about “Islamophobia” on the Today programme just now, Rory Stuart said “The key thing is that everyone is welcome in our country”. No Rory. They’re not. Hate preachers, ISIS recruiters, ISIS fighters & terrorists are absolutely not welcome.
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The Leave side lied,
@guyverhofstadt
? No Guy. The Remain side lied — and you still are. Immediate recession? 500,000 more unemployed? Emergency budget & tax hikes? House price crash? All diametrically wrong. Deliberate deceit. Project Fear was all lies on an industrial scale.
Johnson & Farage deliberately lied to the people during the Brexit campaign. The mess they created in the UK is unforgivable.
Pro-Europeans should embrace the
@LibDems
, who are the only ones that can clean it up!
#EUelections2019
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If the government carries out Matt Hancock’s threat to ban excercise, then large scale civil disobedience will be overwhelmingly justified.
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Memo to Teresa May: We didn’t vote for “a deal”. We voted to leave the EU.
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BBC interviewer, on the Pan-Pacific trade group: “So the UK has just left one trade group but wants to join another?” For heaven’s sake, after the Brexit saga do they still not know the difference between an FTA and a political union?
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Guy Verhofstadt says the EU won’t begin trade talks until the UK pays the full £39 billion. He doesn’t seem to have noticed that given our trade deficit with the EU, they need a deal more than we do. We should be happy to wait till they come to their senses.
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I’ve never been a betting man. But I just put fifty quid on Donald Trump to win in November.
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EU spokesmen are insisting that May’s Brexit surrender deal is the only deal in town, and they won’t re-open it for a new Prime Minister. But May’s deal is dead, so their choice is renegotiate, or face up to no-deal.
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I’ve just been on LBC, defending Arron Banks’ Tweet re Greta Thunberg, which has generated a tsunami of synthetic outrage. But if the Swedish Pixie chooses to put herself in the public square, and to set up an absurd transatlantic stunt, she must expect legitimate comment.
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Milliband holding forth articulately on climate change on the Today prog this morning. Pity no one told him that with the UK producing only 1% of global emissions, NOTHING WE DO WILL MAKE A SCRAP OF DIFFERENCE. We’ll be destroying our economy for a political gesture.
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Philip Hammond blames Brexit uncertainty for low economic growth. He doesn’t mention poor global growth, or the diesel fiasco. Nor does he admit that “uncertainty over Brexit” is largely down to MPs like him who are trying to torpedo Brexit.
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“Brussels orders Britain....”. If you were in any doubt about why we needed Brexit, those three words tell it all.
Brussels orders Britain to pay Brexit bill even if there is no deal exit
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Theresa May: “If my deal fails, we risk being permanently shackled to Brussels”. Yes Prime Minister. But if your deal succeeds, we shall certainly be permanently shackled to Brussels.
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According to news reports, Theresa May thinks it’s a “breakthrough” that the EU is prepared to let the whole of the UK stay in the Customs Union. But the whole point of Brexit is to GET OUT of the Customs Union.
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Excellent news: Brussels forced to admit EU fishermen will be locked out of British waters under No Deal Brexit
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I don’t know whether Gavin Williamson leaked the Huawei story or not — but I suspect it may have been a civil servant trying to discredit him. But how convenient for the PM to lose a Brexiteer from the Cabinet.
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Ken Clarke suggests a “soft Brexit”, in which we retain the Single Market, the Customs Union, regulatory alignment and “frictionless trade”. But Ken, in what sense does this constitute Brexit? It’s simply on-going membership but on worse terms.
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Susan Michie turns up on the BBC News as an expert advising the government, and urges a slow release from lockdown. No mention that she’s a political activist and a long-standing member of the Communist Party.
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Mayfair stabbing: it now starts to look as if the “men trying to get into a party” were in fact Islamists trying to get into a “sex party”. One dreads to think what they would have done inside. But why has it taken so long for these facts to emerge?
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Can we please kill this Remainer myth that “nobody voted for no-deal”. We voted to leave. Logically this means “leave as best we can”, so if we can’t get a good deal, the default position is no-deal. Cameron was clear we’d leave the SM & CU. Boris has a clear mandate for no-deal.
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Memo to Nichola Sturgeon: You can’t be “Independent in Europe”. You’re either independent, or in Europe. That’s the whole point of Brexit.
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The BBC incessantly repeats the claim “the Prime Minister’s false claim” re Starmer/Saville. But it is a matter of fact that although not directly/personally responsible, as head of public prosecutions at the time, he could have initiated action re Saville, but did not. QED.
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BBC: “A Customs Union gets rid of the need for import duties”. No it doesn’t. It MAINTAINS import duties (the Common External Tariff) on the majority of our imports.
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Hammond says he must deliver “what the British people thought they were promised in the referendum”. No Philip. It’s not your job to guess what people thought they were promised. They voted to leave the EU, and that’s what you have to deliver.
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Will the next Prime Minister be Conservative? Or Labour? Maybe neither. It is no longer absurd to think it may well be Nigel Farage.
The momentum keeps on growing! We are in Chester on Monday and Peterborough on Tuesday.
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Memo to Tony Blair: We didn’t vote for “a form of Brexit”. Not any form of Brexit. We voted to LEAVE THE EU. Period.
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The PM says he believed the event he attended was a work event. This has been widely ridiculed, largely because wine etc were served. But that’s normal. During my 50+ year career, in industry & politics, I attended dozens — probably hundreds — of work events with refreshments.
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Boris is destroying the UK economy. And destroying the Conservative Party at the same time. Time for a new centre-right party. Nigel?
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The fact that the constitutional future of our country is being determined by 27 foreign countries in Brussels is a perfect illustration of why we need to reclaim our independence.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan says “There’s nothing more British than trusting the British people”. So why on earth, Sadiq, are you rejecting the decision of the British people on Brexit, and trying to overturn it in a second referendum?
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Sky News: “Brexit is all about trade and the economy”. Wrong guys. It’s primarily about independence, self-determination and democracy. But it also offers enormous economic benefits.
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2016: Obama flies in and tells us to vote Remain. That’s helpful advice.
2919: Trump flies in and advises us to be prepared for no-deal. That’s interference. Double standards Rule OK.
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The BBC & the NHS have always been untouchable national treasures in the UK. But now that Nadine Dorries has had the courage to tackle the BBC funding issue, can we also discuss alternative funding models for the NHS?
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Sky News describes ministers who support May as “loyalists”. I’d call them traitors to their country.
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Barnier just doesn’t get it. The UK has become an independent country. So the EU is not in a position to make any increase in the UK quota. The fish in British waters are our fish. If we allow EU vessels to catch any of those fish, it’ll be on our terms.
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With considerable regret, and after much thought, I have today resigned from UKIP. I believe the party has lost focus on Brexit in recent months, and damaged its reputation by some of its new associations. I believe that The Brexit Party is best placed to carry the Brexit flag.
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Boris Johnson: “You can’t ask the people to choose between May’s deal and Remain, because they are, in a sense, two versions of Remain”. Well said that man.
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Conclusion: Don’t give money to Oxfam. Not a penny.
British poverty charity
@Oxfam
teaches staff that white women who report rapes & sex crimes to law enforcement are supporting white supremacy & harm of black people.
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How are the mighty fallen. The Party that fired Margaret Thatcher seems incapable of firing the worst Prime Minister in history.
Theresa May is the proximate cause of the strange death of the Tory Party. But by failing to get rid of her, the whole party shares the guilt.
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Tony Hall, DG of the BBC, says “The BBC’s impartiality is absolutely sacrosanct”. So why does study after study show a massive bias pro-Remain and anti-Leave?
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Memo to Boris: If you want all new cars to be electric from 2030, where do you imagine the electricity will come from? (N.B. “From the plug on the wall“ is not a sufficient answer. And nuclear power stations take 15 years to build).
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And they’re investigating ARRON BANKS? How about they investigate the EU?
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The ultimate question for JRM and the ERG: Are you prepared to put country before Party, and sweep away this failed Remainer Prime Minister and her non-Brexit. Brexit?
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You can’t have somebody fronting a massive campaign with vast national & global implications, and then say “but you can’t challenge her, because she’s only a child”.
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Clever question: “Name me one country that trades entirely on WTO terms?”. Answer: None. They mostly have some free trade agreements. And so shall we. Why don’t we have them now? Because as EU members we’re not allowed to have them. That’s why we have to leave.
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