David Buik
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That was a nasty & visceral article by Piers Morgan on PM Johnson in 'Mail-online' - totally unnecessary. Mr Morgan is a clever journalist but his hatred towards some people does him no credit. At least listening to BJ I feel there is hope. Listening to Mr Morgan just despair!
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BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, whom I am a fan of asked Robert Jenrick why the Government have not got a grip on care homes. Slightly unfair, I think. 84% of care homes are privately owned! Why should the government be blamed?
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Fantastic memorial to The Gurkhas, just off Whitehall - so deserved - Thank you!
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The media is missing the "mood" in our great country. We don't want blame & constant criticism of our Gov't who are doing their very best. We need a constructive contribution to the national effort to help us out of this crisis. We need hope, optimism & faith & less negativity
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Actor Laurence Fox wrote an amazingly objective & fair article on racial discrimination in this week's Speccy. I'm alarmed & dejected that the left/woke members of society are preventing this excellent Thespian from earning a living because of his balanced views!
@LozzaFox
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Walked into our local Italian Coffee shop - fabulous place! Owners tell me. NO DEAL BREXIT? - no importing of coffee from Italy. We now buy the beans and make our own blend! Cheaper - just as good! That's the sipirit! The spirit of innovation!
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Marr on Sunday. That was a truculent bad mannered interview with the PM. I am appalled that Mr Marr used the BBC as a platform to promote a fresh Scottish Independence Referendum. That is hardly balanced broadcasting! I really don't think it shoudl have been allowed to happen
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Some one told me that Piers Morgan said Gordon Brown should be consulted over the economy - really? I could have sworn that we had recently elected a new government with an 80 majority with a brilliant Chancellor Rishi Sunak and an excellent Treasury. All the ducks are in a row!
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Really negative take by BBC News on the UK applying to join a free trade area made up of 11 Asia and Pacific nations, Sneering comparison to EU. From little acorns do great big oak trees grow! We've left the EU. Please get over it! Shoulder to the wheel - EVERYONE!
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It's all simple to me. The PM should thank Prof Witty & Sir Patrick Vallance for their professional advice. In the current economic cycle, the UK cannot afford to consider a lock-down. The vulnerable must self-isolate & the rest must get on with their lives & obey the basic rules
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Just out of interest why is SNP Ian Blackford MP allowed to comment on English Health issues and specifically Covid 19, when the HoC has zero jurisdiction over Scotland’s health issues?
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For Sky or BBC to announce that 58k plus people have contracted COVID-19 in the past 24 hours is such a useless statistic - it’s just telling us that testing is improving. What we want to know is HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED OF COVID-19 WITHOUT UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS!
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Sunday Times makes dispiriting reading. AGAIN Michel Barnier briefs against UK Gov't through the media. Monsieur, you NEGOTIATE at the table with David Frost or the PM. Using a hostile paper towards BREXIT isn't clever. Maybe NO DEAL is best! EU is not in great economic shape?!
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I must confess I won't be looking for pastoral guidance from those Bishops who ripped into Mr Cummings. I find it so hard to believe that they were so utterly lacking in compassion in a person that was anxious about his wife and son. And the Church worries about losing worshipers
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It should be noted in dispatches and rarely acknowledged that Sir James Dyson is thought to have incurred a cost of £20 million in developing a ventilator system, which he did NOT claim back from the Government
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When it comes to supply of PPE, the media still think it’s all the government’s fault! It’s NOT! UNFAIR! Procuring is done by NHS Trusts!
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Good news that the case against the paratroopers in Northern Ireland from all but 40 years ago has been dismissed - good sense has prevailed!
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I see it took Sir Keir Starmer about 5.5 minutes before slamming into Johnson Government over its handing of the coronavirus crisis - I could have written the script. Its these 'know-alls' - another expert in virology as well as the law; amazing. The Gov't has taken expert advice
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Watching Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Marr is restoring my confidence in the political system - humble, understanding, warm, positive, realistic, bright and clear thinking! I am starting to believe in the future! Very reassuring!
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Could Andrew Marr please let PM Johnson speak! Please stop interrupting the flow! I know it’s his programme but it’s just common decency....
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How many people have a scrap of sympathy for RMT. In the past 2 years the country has been to hell & back with Covid & the war in Ukraine, which has triggered galloping inflation! Why is the RMT entitled to special treatment? In comparison to nurses & teachers they are well paid!
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I know Andrew Marr is a proud Scotsman but not too many people south of the border share his enthusiasm for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's gospel. Why do the 56 million people living in England have to suffer excess exposure to her?
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MEP Guy Verhofstadt relished the departure of Dominic Cummings and led the fanfare by lashing out at 'unelected bureaucrats.' Tht is very rich indeed coming from the EU, which is infested with them!
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Marr on Sunday is turning out to be a party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party! Now Shadow Chancellor - Annelise Dodd! I’m off for a walk!
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I have to agree with LBC'S Nick Ferrai that Mayor Khan has done everything in his power to decimate London & ruin its image as a leading global City. Run properly it is worth a fortune to HMT'S coffers. PM Johnson needs to bang heads with this turbulent Mayor before its too late!
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I notice with interest that Mayor Khan has served notice on Commissioner Dick that she may be relieved of her duties unless there is a measurable improvement - no real surprise! Does anyone know how we can serve notice on Mayor Khan, who is doing a truly inadequate job!
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Boris Johnson’s tribute to Her Majesty was full of warmth, heart-felt kindness, sincerity and grief! - The author, the Thespian, the intellect with the common touch all rolled into one. I am in awe of his literary talent and his exuberant passion! Outstanding!
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It’s that special touch! Boris Johnson, the PM has it in spades! What a brilliant, genuine and heartfelt personal tribute to the NHS and especially to Luis & Jenny. There is no one in U.K. politics better at rallying the flagging spirits of our country.
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I have been a Conservative all my life & will continue to be so to my grave. PM Johnson, this government is rudderless! Where is the zing & the chutzpah we all love. You are lucky there is no effective opposition! It won’t be like that for much longer! PM show us your spurs!
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Tonight is a momentous occasion. I am taking my lovely wife out for the first time since 12th March. We are having dinner outside (social distancing). I have put on a shirt tie and jacket to celebrate the occasion. I have longed for this moment for weeks! Cheers!
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I would very much like to know why India and the UAE abstained from voting against The UN Security Council’s resolution in demanding Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine! Extraordinary!
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Many of the 'good and the great!' Messrs Peston, Campbell, Sentance, Blair, Major, Clarke, Maguire keep banging on that we are leaving the biggest market in the world. The People voted to do so! We haven't left Europe, we left the EU. Please let's move on & make it a huge success
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I understand Mayor Khan has issued a furious attack on Downing Street for inadequate planning for a ‘no deal’ scenario. May I, on behalf of the people of London, issue a furious attack on the Mayor for his inadequate handling of rising crime, especially knife crime in the Capital
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The more I see if HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, the more I like the ‘cut of her jib!’ She has grace, charm, presence and humility! Such an engaging person. This country is so lucky to have her and the the Duke as such brilliant ambassadors!
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The UK must, under no circumstances, join the EU defence programme. The UK must not surrender its sovereignty or control of its defence policy
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I was staggered to hear that BBCQT invited a flash German F1 driver Sebastian Vettel on to its programme to slag off PM Johnson & BREXIT! I would hardly describe Germany’s behaviour as the paragon of political/economic virtue, still importing oil/gas from Russia until end of 22!
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Dear God, what an ungracious individual Annelise Dodds is! The one minister, whose reputation has been enhanced by this toxic virus, is Chancellor Sunak! This is a crisis - as usual no national support for the country - how dispiriting! Just vitriolic criticism!
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Why does Andrew Marr pursue Dominic Raab so vigorously over health and vaccine issues? Yes he’s a Cabinet Minister but he’s Foreign Secretary! I want to know about or relationship with US, China, EU and the Commonwealth
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I broke my own enforced rule, by watching an array of TV news bulletins! Big mistake - So negative; so depressing; so full of anger! My self imposed ban has been reactivated!
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608 deaths in the last 24 hours is horrific! However, the authorities are still not telling us the average age of those that died or the number with underlying health problems! This is FUNDAMENTAL data!
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For a so-called intelligent person, I fail to understand why Mayor Khan does not understand that he is fueling racial unrest by being provocative over demonstrations/riots and the presence of statues he approves or disapproves of! Just crazy!
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Well done BBC BREAKFAST - hosting a party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party, by hosting Gary Neville in his support of his political views!
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Duke & Duchess of Cambridge - fabulous ambassadors for this country - At Wembley last night cheering England on to a famous victory! We are SO LUCKY! Yet BBC'S Rachel Burden had to criticise Prince George's dress (a suit & tie). For Pete sake, does it matter? Give them a break!
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Who does Mark Carney think he is flagging up Rachel Reeves as the UK’S next Chancellor? Firstly he’s a Canadian and making his political views in support of Labour politics is a disgrace! He was Governor of the Bank of England and an average one and his views are inconsequential.
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I need someone to explain to me why M/S Sturgeon has such a hugely disproportionate amount of time on National TV (Marr AGAIN this AM), when Scotalnd represents 9% of UK'S population and 6% of the seats in the HoC. This is ridiculously unfair!
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Never seen Andrew Marr so hostile and unpleasant towards a guest! He clearly dislikes Dominic Raab - that’s fine but he needs to rip into Mr Corbyn! I shall not hold my breath!
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I am in receipt of a wave of criticism for supporting the Government. I am, despite some serious mistakes it has made. I just dislike waves of nasty vituperative criticism - much of it suggesting criminal negligence. We should be helping each other through this horrible period.
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For Jolyon Maugham QC to stand outside the Supreme Court and brazenly say that the action his clients brought against the Government’s proroguing of Parliament was nothing to do with BREXIT is disingenuous in the extreme!
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What’s Sir Keir Starmer trying to do? Destroy the economy for a decade! A total lockdown is just plain wrong - political posturing, I’m afraid!
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Democracy has given its mandate to Mayor Sadiq Khan to rule London for another 3 years. Those who voted for him may well rue their decsison. His track record on crime, housing, transport & education has been shocking. I fear his policies may wreck tourism & business develpment!
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Just listened to BBC’S Chris Morris analyse the end of the BREXIT transition period. It sounded like the end of life. Of course there will be bureaucratic difficulties. Sadly no mention of huge opportunities, innovation & the development of trade with the rest of the world! Sad!
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Von der Leyen lashes out at PM Johnson's 'space race' approach to vaccines as bitter German minister points to UK's higher death rate and 'endless suffering' Disgraceful discussing UK death rate. Has she never heard of population density of a small island. So glad we are out!
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I must of leapt out of bed in the wrong frame of mind this AM. Why, oh Why do the media give so much airtime to Ian Blackford, MP. He is duplicitous, divisive & acrid, with a deeply unpleasant disposition towards human beings, that don't happen to be Scottish. So disappointing!
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Why does the media keep blaming the Health secretary or the Government for the lack of supplies, especially masks, gowns & testing equipment? Surely the NHS is responsible for the requisitioning, purchase & distribution of this vital equipment!
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Japan's Nissan has committed the company to a long term future in Sunderland. 6000 jobs seem secure and the future for 70,000 anciallary workers looks bright. This is great news!
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OMG! - that Donald Tusk is an insolent son of a gun, talking about the future of the UK so disparagingly! Good riddance to bad rubbish! You are no friend of the UK speaking in such a derogatory manner!
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Why does BBC’S economics editor Faisal Islam keep having a pop at the UK economy in isolation. Yes, the £ has fallen against the Dollar but so has the € & ¥! The UK’s economy is not the only one ‘hanging in rags’ I have it on good authority that US & EU are doing none too well!
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I love the way the original cast from the Harry Potter films say ‘they are a family!’ How can they say that when they have given the impression that they have ‘binned’ their ‘Mum!’ - JK Rowling!
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I am certainly not a cheer leader of the PM’S fan club, but I thought Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Sir Patrick Vallance and the PM were top drawer with their presentation this evening! Sorry Sir Keir - They filled me with confidence!
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So the King & Queen of eco-warriors - aka Duke & Duchess of Sussex - having lectured the world on the need for vaccination, have returned on a private jet to seek safety and security from the media at their modest home in California!
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Vaccinations - being the simpleton that I am, I simply do not understand why the army has not been commandeered to organise the rapid inoculation process across the U.K.?
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HRH Prince Philip - Duke of Edinburgh - What loyalty, What dedication! What a beacon of hope! What an international Ambassador for the UK - Thank you - RIP
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I suppose I should not be astonished at President Macron blaming UK for creating a pandemic inside a pandemic for France's third lockdown, rather than France's incompetent vaccine programme! With friends like the President, enemies may not be required?
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Very much enjoyed GB NEWS’S TOM HARWOOD’s questions to the PM - no sarcasm, no cynicism, no gotcha! - just straight intelligent questions! Well done -
@GBNEWS
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@Keir_Starmer
@SadiqKhan
Sir Keir - I know its Sunday morning, but few of us read Grimm's Fairy Tales any more. Mayor Khan is the most disappointing and under-achieving Mayor this famous capital City of ours has ever had. What has he achieved? I am all ears!
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Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter updating the country from the Downing Street briefing - what a leader! He oozes confidence & strength of character from ever pore! What an incredible logistical job the UK’S armed forces have done! Invaluable! Thank you so much!
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Andrew Marr is unbelievably dismissive and almost disrespectful of Matt Hancock - in fact sarcastic bordering on rude! Finally for God’s sake, Mr Marr - Scotland has 5 million people - England 56 million! Apples with pears?
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Just listening to John McDonnell talking to BBC'S Nick Robinson - he is terrifying the living daylights out of me with his draconian plans for the economy, if I have heard him correctly, they will bring UK PLC to a grinding halt!
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I do wish Nicola Sturgeon would cease spreading her poisonous bile about selling the NHS to the US as part of a trade deal! For the avoidance of doubt the NHS is not for sale at any price. Sensible deals on the purchase of drugs is good for the health service!
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My wife and I had our second ASTRA ZENECA/OXFORD jabs yesterday. We feel a 'million Dollars' this morning and hope to be released from 'the house of Bondage' in a few weeks - FREE AS AIR to get on with our lives!
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There are a staggeringly large number of mean-spirited people unable to acknowledge Boris Johnson’s wonderful tribute to the Queen in isolation and purely see it as an opportunity to vilify him. Surely we could all get get behind his comforting words of praise? It appears not!
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The media smell PM Johnson's blood very strongly in their nostrils, with BBC'S Jonathan Blake & Ben Wright leading the charge. Regardless of political persuasion, I am less than certain that I like to see our PM rubbished on an official visit - discourteous in the extreme!
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In the 60 years I have been following politics I have never seen the visual/audio media drool over a PM's demise like voracious vultures. If they get their way, Boris Johnson has a big problem. Not convinced the electorate, especially Conservative voters, see it in the same light
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We have had three lockdowns - none have worked. If this government introduces many more, there will be no economy to salvage. When will the penny drop? The old & infirmed must take great care. We have had good lives. The young must take their chance!
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President Macron says Brexit is the product of 'lies and false promises' - How to win friends and influence people. A FRIEND of the UK? I hardly think so. Stupid to unnecessarily raise the diplomatic temperature!
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I never have been able to find out why intelligent journalists and reporters scream at the PM or cabinet ministers outside 10, Downing Street like fishwives or barrow boys. Their banal questions will never be answered. Anyone know what they think they will achieve?
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Some joker on BBC News Channel criticising President Trump for personally criticising Mayor Khan! Excuse me! who started the brutal personal vilification! Sadiq Khan cannot be remotely surprised!
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LOOKING through "THE TIMES RICH LIST" out popped DANIEL RATCLIFFE (well moderately rich at £92m) - an average actor at best, who owes his career almost entirely to JK ROWLING. His behaviour towards her has been contemptable. Many will resent the largesse he has made off her back!
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Mayor Sadiq Khan; your judgement is flawed in allowing a tasteless image of so called ‘Baby Trump’ to fly over the HoP. You represent the greatest City in the World - London. Your ascent to this application is way short of the respect that should be shown to the OFFICE of POTUS
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25 years having lapsed since he was PM, you might be forgiven for thinking Sir John Major, at the age of 79, might just rest up from openly slagging off the Johnson administration, especially as his government was far from the paragon of virtue. Frankly it is unedifying!
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I think Nicola Sturgeon wants her cake and eat it in the event of independence! No borders with England and keep the Pound? I don’t think so!
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Brigadier Phil Prosser came across so well at the PM’S COVID-19 press conference on vaccination. He instilled me with HUGE confidence that this operation, masterminded by him and the British Army, will be a GREAT success!
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I’m staggered at the disproportionate amount of time the media have spent on the Scottish election - 5 m people - 56 m in England. Even if SNP have an overall majority - Westminster is under no legal obligation to grant another independence referendum! A generation was agreed!
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The media are still proffering doubts about the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Please give it a rest! It is saving lives! 19 deaths out of 30 million jabs - give me a break! Does the media not want life to return to normal? I just can’t believe the doom & gloom comment in some places!
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I don’t think there is a case for the government to bail out Virgin Atlantic. It’s been losing money for a few years and I’m less than convinced that Sir Richard is domiciled in the U.K.! Let Delta Airlines pick up the tab!
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I noticed BBC made no comment on AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical giant being sued by EU for missing vaccine deliveries. Utterly disgraceful behaviour by the EU, whose member countries have consistantly rubbished Astra's vaccine! The news was out 2 hours ago. Silence was deafening
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I, like many others fully support Piers Morgan's relentless crusade on lamentable wokism and his quest for freedom of speech.
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@zarahsultana
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Dear God in Heaven, that is an unnecessarily unpleasant remark. Maybe you are just clean out of common decency! Regrettable behaviour from an MP
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Very reassuring to read comments from Roya Nikkhah in the Sunday Times that the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge’s tour of part of the Caribbean had been an overwhelming success, despite some controversy and that some observers felt the whipped-up negative coverage has been unfair!
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Just loved this RMT member saying to Sky that the strike has nothing to do with money, it’s about safety!! ‘Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high……’
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17 million people have had the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Less than 40 people have suffered blood clots. For many countries to suspend Astra's innoculation must surely be political - It cannot be medical, when the health authorities have endorsed its safety.
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This slipped under my radar - Boost for Global Britain as UK exports to EU defy Brexit challenges and hit highest level ever -
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Just watched Mayor Khan give an interview to BBC, post the Hyde Park stabbings! Respectfully he talked incomprehensible gobbledygook! He appears to have zero plans on how to deal with increased violent crime in London! Shameful!
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Emily Maitlis is giving Rory Stewart a disproportionate amount of air time!
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I came across this quote and found empathy with it - "The more the media bays for blood, the more the public empathises with PM Johnson. The Government made mistakes, but its motives were honourable throughout and the vaccination programme has been a HUGE success!
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Someone said that Janet Street Porter had called for Sir Keir Starmer to takeover from Dominic Raab or Chancellor Sunak? Is that right? Surely she did not say that - April fool passed 8 days ago!
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"The Meghans" - sorry! I mean the Sussexes will have their supporters but I so agree with LBC'S Andrew Pierce that this £29 million book deal ahead of the Queen's Jubilee next year, is a bridge too far. Such a lack of compassion for the Royal family is mind-blowingly insensitive!
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I sincerely hope the taxpayer is not paying a farthing towards Greta Thunberg’s security costs in Bristol - Extinction Rebellion should pick up the cost of this irresponsible protest, which the authorities should never ever have allowed with the health issues this country faces
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SADIQ KHAN to begin decriminalising drugs in London - Really??? Most people believe they are the catalysts for many violent crimes. Crazy!
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Messrs Vallance & Witty have failed to tell me the only data I am interested in! What is the average age of those that died from COVID-19 and what percentage had underlying health problems. The rest is of peripheral interest
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