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Robert Jones

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politics, economics, satire

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@withorpe
Will Thorpe
7 months
Govt is to sell its final NatWest stake at a loss of £10b on its original bailout contribution of £45b. Disgraced former chairman Fred Goodwin who played a large part in its downfall is receiving an annual pension of around £600k from the bank
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@AP
The Associated Press
@AP
2 years
Climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was "disappointed" with Sweden's legal system after she was found guilty of disobeying police during a protest and fined Monday.
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@LondonEconomic
The London Economic
2 years
"Our wealth is being transferred to the super rich. The oligarchs are running the country right now and they're running it for their benefit, not the benefit of the people. There is a stench of corruption in this society." Mick Lynch on 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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@carolvorders
Carol Vorderman
2 years
Boris Johnson has still NOT handed over his WhatsApps to Covid Inquiry, 10 days after the High Court deadline compelling their surrender passed. The High Court had ordered the messages to be handed over by 4pm on July 10. Is he now in contempt of court? https://t.co/NxKgsMA9QJ
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bylinetimes.com
Boris Johnson's phone and WhatsApps still not handed to the Covid Inquiry ten days after High Court deadline
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@JustStop_Oil
Just Stop Oil
2 years
🚨 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Paint the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 🦺 This morning, 2 supporters of Just Stop Oil have painted the department responsible for issuing over 100 new oil and gas licences in the UK. 🖋️ Sign up to take action at https://t.co/7BzUVS02dZ
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@docrussjackson
GET A GRIP
2 years
Guess who's on the @BBC's #PoliticsLive, AGAIN? It's only US right-wing anti-#NHS ex-#55TuftonStreet free-market lobbyist currently of the right-wing Tory-supporting non-dom billionaire-owned #Spectator, Kate Andrews! It's not "a slight distraction" @Ofcom, it's a fucking joke.
@docrussjackson
GET A GRIP
2 years
@sturdyAlex So @BBC, why not tell viewers exactly why Kate Andrews (American right-wing ex-#TuftonStreet anti-#NHS free-market lobbyist currently of the right-wing Tory-supporting non-dom billionaire-owned #Spectator) has been a preferred #bbcqt regular since 2015? 🧐 https://t.co/MgzsW4Vgh1
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@cameraZoe
Zoe Broughton
2 years
'I'm being arrested for a peaceful protest and I will not look away and allow this to happen. The British government is issuing more oil and gas licenses, they are not protecting my children. It's going to get worse and worse. This is life or death!' @JustStop_Oil @BBCJustinR i'm
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@edwinhayward
Edwin Hayward
2 years
Here's how the future is going to play out... (Long - please expand the tweet.) 1. The Tories will wreck things at a faster and faster pace as we get nearer to the next general election. (Implausible? You haven't been paying attention these last 13 years.) Why would the
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@jonesier
Robert Jones
2 years
George Osborne was the driving force behind Royal Mail sell off. At the time 16 priority investors were created. The 2nd largest allocation of shares went to BlackRock who made around £20m trading profit in 1st week alone. They later handed Osborne an adviser's job on £650k a yr
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@jonesier
Robert Jones
2 years
Kate Andrews on #bbcqt again is no surprise. The BBC is effectively a wing of the Tory party. Richard Sharp may have gone, but ex Tory candidate Tim Davey remains Director General & former Tory party director of comms Robbie Gibb is still its most influential board member
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@Annabel_Giles
Annabel Giles 💙🇪🇺
2 years
The #NHS was 75 years old yesterday. It’s not broken, it’s been deliberately underfunded by Tory govts to make us think it can’t work, that the horrific, inhumane American private health system (waiting to line the Tory pockets further) is the answer. WE CANT LET THIS HAPPEN 💙
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@tanita_tikaram
Tanita Tikaram💙
2 years
It makes me despair that someone as woefully inadequate as #RishiSunak is leading this country ( when he can be bothered to turn up ) & an MP of the calibre of #MhairiBlack is leaving politics because Westminster is too toxic an environment for her to remain 😣 #ToriesOut
@implausibleblog
Farrukh
2 years
Chris Bryant shreds Rishi Sunak. 6.5 minutes long. Watch all of it in utter shock. This is our PM. How our nation has fallen 🫤
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@coldwarsteve
Cold War Steve
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@EmilyThornberry
Emily Thornberry
2 years
What on earth is going on here? Let me try and explain the story as I understand it. This starts with Rishi Sunak travelling on a private jet to the Tory conferences in Scotland and Wales on April 28th, which – as we know – is fairly standard for him. 1/5. https://t.co/hwCwrPKH12
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theguardian.com
Labour writes to watchdogs about donations recorded as coming from firm linked to multimillionaire businessman
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@colchjaggers
Jaggers of Colchester
3 years
Never forget... Of the last 8 recessions the Tory Party were in charge for 7 of them. They are NOT nor have they EVER been safe hands with our economy. Fundamentally unfit for Public Office Billions wasted & given away... #Colchester
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@nicholas_till
Nicholas Till
3 years
Dear followers - I’m likely to disappear from Twitter (and the world in general) from tomorrow, when I will be sentenced for taking part in an Insulate Britain @InsulateLove road blocking protest in the City in 2021. I’m expecting a 6 week prison sentence, suspended if I recant.
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@CarolineLucas
Caroline Lucas
3 years
Finally! Breathing a big sigh of relief as we hear Raab's destructive #BillOfRights has been scrapped. My amendment has been on Commons order paper every single day for months, urging them to scrap this draconian anti-democratic legislation - glad Ministers eventually took notice
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@CovidJusticeUK
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK
3 years
In response to Matt Hancock's appearance at the @covidinquiryuk Lindsay Jackson has made the following statement on behalf of Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice: 'Matt Hancock’s appearance today confirmed what we already knew; that he and the Government entirely failed (1/6)
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@CentralBylines
Central Bylines
3 years
It’s all tumbling out now...... 'Italy ‘was monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit’ Intelligence service believed property was being used for espionage purposes, documentary claims' https://t.co/t4vox2PJLM
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Intelligence service believed property was being used for espionage purposes, documentary claims
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