Tim Stanley
@timothy_stanley
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Sketch writer and podcaster for the Telegraph. Moral Maze, Thought for the Day and spotted in the Spectator. Cavalier who owns a Cavalier!
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Joined April 2011
My book is out in the UK on October 14! "Whatever Happened to Tradition? History, Belonging & the Future of the West”. Combining history & philosophy, I argue that tradition is beautiful & necessary, that fidelity to our past is key to future happiness. https://t.co/y7abKV7l5f
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I’m reluctant to sign the anti-ID petition in case the Government takes my data.
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Poor Lisa Nandy sounds like she was told about this last night and has spent the morning memorising proposals she personally finds bewildering.
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Could go either way!
This is the defining political choice of our time. A politics that preys on the problems of working people or patriotic renewal, rooted in communities, building a better country. I know whose side I’m on.
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These remarks come from the heart. Specifically the heart of a Spad who wrote them and printed them off for him.
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a) the voters will love it b) Starmer will say it reflects British values c) all opposition will be called "far-Right".
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The "Brit Card" policy was first floated through Labour Together in June. So either the Government read the policy document and decided to introduce a fundamental national policy change in less than two months. Or Downing Street is still so close to Labour Together it's using
Shady group Labour Together secretly bankrolled Starmer. This week we exposed the scandal – McSweeney & LT’s web of deceit made the front page. Now Labour rush out Digital ID cards to distract from the truth. And guess who’s behind that policy? You got it. Labour Together…
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The authoritarian Left never gives in. We argued ID cards out 20 years ago! But they sat and waited. It's a constant war. You end up thinking "I'll give up & mind my own business", but they come up the garden path with the clipboard. "We note you're not conforming..."
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"There are arguments for and against." The Tory Party, ladies and gentlemen.
Where we are tonight on digital ID cards ... Nigel Farage tells me he is "vehemently" against; Kemi Badenoch says "there are arguments for and against". Who is right on this one? @GBNEWS.
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He literally has no power.
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Still, good to confirm that the official centrist dad "British values" don't include liberty.
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I firmly oppose the government’s plans for compulsory digital ID cards. This is an affront to our civil liberties, and will make the lives of minorities even more difficult and dangerous. It is excessive state interference — and must be resisted.
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*Democratic* socialists are against it.
I will not be supporting this. Tony Blair has been pushing this agenda for more than two decades, always using one excuse or another to justify it. It's never been fully implemented - and we must make sure it's stopped this time too.
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Unable to police the borders - on an *island* - the government intends to police its citizens instead.
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*This* is the death of England.
BREAKING: Digital ID to be made law for all adults in the UK. The proposals are the government's latest attempt to tackle illegal immigration, with the ID serving as a form of proof of the right to live and work in the UK. @MhariAurora reports. https://t.co/KStLQZvsvK
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At least four years off.
With Labour, Britain's best days are ahead.
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