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James

@jhallwood

3 years

Home, sweet home. No enhancement needed. What a view.

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James

@jhallwood

8 months

British plugs are safer, hold when inserted and sockets come with on/off switches. No levelling down!

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@GunterFehlinger

8 months

I call to UK 🇬🇧 join the global - European standards for plugs 🔌 Makes sense - it is not a ideological issue - just common sense …

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3 years

A woman was burnt to death on an English street. It’s been reported but feels like it deserves more coverage, attention and outrage. A truly horrific crime.

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6 months

It's really important that British people say take away and not succumb to take out.

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4 years

Halfway through vax and chill and he looks at you like this

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@jhallwood

3 years

Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’m glad our vaccine rollout, Wasn’t left to the EU

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@jhallwood

1 month

As Police and Crime Commissioner I would simply commission more police and commission zero crime.

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@jhallwood

8 months

It’s never ‘free Xinjiang’ is it.

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@jhallwood

4 years

Oof, I wasn’t expecting quite such a personal response.

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8 months

It’s odd being in a Muslim majority city, once the capital of a great Muslim empire and the last caliphate, and not seeing a single public display of support for the Palestinian terrorists but watching videos of that back home in the middle of British cities.

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@jhallwood

1 year

Mizzy has been taught, and in turn taught others, that the unfortunate lesson of doing what he did to people's homes, or women on the Tube, is you get a tap on the hand and then invited to platforms far bigger than you ever hoped of reaching.

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@jhallwood

2 months

The UK developing the Death Star would save this decade.

Rt Hon Grant Shapps

@grantshapps

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It might sound impossible but the UK will very soon have lasers that shoot down missiles & drones at the speed of light. How? Because we’ve reformed military procurement to speed up projects that could’ve taken decades, to urgently get the new weapons we need to defend Britain.

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@jhallwood

3 years

"Femi, this is the last time, stop calling me"

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@jhallwood

2 years

Extracts from Clement Attlee's essay on the monarchy - relevant now, as then, and a reminder there's never been an inherent conflict between Britain's mainstream left and the British monarchy.

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2 years

Random thought but utilising that fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square for a temporary statue of Rushdie would send a message about where Britain and London stand on free expression.

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@jhallwood

3 years

The real red pill of adulthood is learning dock leaves are a placebo to distract children from nettle stings.

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@jhallwood

5 months

Britons love moaning but hate whingers and understanding the fine line between the two is part of the core of our social fabric.

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@jhallwood

2 years

A very scaled back coronation is a mistake. Give us the pageantry and ceremony that will link us to the past, be shown around the world in the present and remembered well into the future.

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@jhallwood

7 years

Please humour my niche Tudor-Brexit jokes.

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10 months

Just got through passport control at Toulouse airport and said ‘Je suis FBPE’ to the woman at the desk who looked on with awe at my bravery and redirected me to the EU passport queue as a mark of respect.

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@jhallwood

10 months

Ironically a truly colonial mindset to wholesale import US frames where indigenous peoples refers to people indigenous to an entirely different continent.

Georgia Leigha Gilholy

@llggeorgia

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I wonder what “indigenous” means here?

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@jhallwood

1 year

I’m pro cull

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@jhallwood

2 years

Why are Americans pretending there's remotely a backlash to Rishi Sunak becoming our first Asian PM? It's such a weird media culture there. Feels like they have to pretend we have their same heavily racialised culture (but worse) to feel better at their own divisions.

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@jhallwood

29 days

Votes at 16 but driving with a passenger 9 years later.

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@jhallwood

2 years

Not taking any IRA-fundraising/sympathetic Americans as neutral arbiters on NI

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@jhallwood

2 years

At a time parts of America still had legal segregation and a dance like this would’ve been taboo in the ‘land of the free’. Why it’s worth remembering our history rather than digesting theirs.

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1 year

Feels like a lifetime away this weekend

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@jhallwood

1 month

Always the ones you least suspect

Carl Dinnen

@carldinnen

1 month

This is Colonel Maxim Elovik, the Russian Defence Attaché who is being expelled from the UK because the government believes him to be a GRU operative. (Picture: MOD)

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2 months

A royal descendant of the Prophet Muhammed defending the Jewish state against Iranian aggression.

Matthew Levitt

@Levitt_Matt

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Jordanian Report picked up in Israel — King Abdullah’s daughter Salma involved in downing five Iranian UAVs

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3 years

Understand the final had to be hosted in Wembley as this is the state of Rome’s main stadium. Sad to see.

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@jhallwood

3 years

Policy idea: Turing Scheme but for people who compare the UK to a dictatorship to have the opportunity to live in an actual dictatorship for a year.

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@jhallwood

2 years

The average UK citizen is a supporter of the monarchy, supportive of traditions like this and likes a bit of pageantry.

Jonathan Pie

@JonathanPieNews

2 years

This image really gives you a sense that they understand the struggles of the average UK citizen doesn’t it?

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8 months

Obvious, but mass killing of the kind of young idealists at a peace festival who were likely inclined to recognising Palestinian grievances, not keen on the current Israeli government and open to dialogue really sends a message.

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@jhallwood

4 years

This is basically a map of the Reformation!

Frederik Cyrus Roeder 🇺🇦

@FredCyrusRoeder

4 years

A little help guide to show if you can order prescription drugs online in your country in times of corona. @ConsumerChoiceC

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@jhallwood

1 year

Simply spend seventy-five (75) admin points

Esther Webber

@estwebber

1 year

On that note, I hear an email went round several departments from no10 asking for ideas about how to fix inflation by midday today. Time's running out lads!

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@jhallwood

1 month

Humza and Liz could do a podcast together

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@jhallwood

2 months

I’ve seen worse but it’s sadly another reminder that modern statuary is generally not that great. Something off about the proportions and face.

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

2 months

👑 First Queen Elizabeth II statue since her death to be unveiled with delegation of corgis On what would have been late monarch’s 98th birthday, up to 50 of her favourite dogs will descend on Oakham for ceremony Read more ⬇️

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@jhallwood

2 years

Awkward silences on Rushdie, too many awkward silences, and when it’s from voices who tend to opine on everything it gets deafening.

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@jhallwood

3 years

*This* map has been hidden from you your entire life.

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@jhallwood

7 months

M&S has lost the conservative Muslim customer demographic for its Christmas range

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@jhallwood

10 months

Infuriates me every time I see it

Michael Lane

@mlanetrain

2 years

This is some grim real life dramatic irony: Nick Clegg opposing nuclear power in 2010 because it would only come on-stream by 2021 or 2022.

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@jhallwood

8 months

Police seemingly more hardline on the Sarah Everard vigil than on marches in support of a proscribed terror group’s atrocities.

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@jhallwood

3 years

*Peston* thinks it’s ‘impossible’ for the PM to say no to a second Scottish referendum and says there’s no way he will be able to resist it. Most reassuring moment for Unionists so far.

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@jhallwood

3 years

Maybe the most depressing thing about reading extra security is being deployed to Jewish schools and synagogues is the word ‘extra’.

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@jhallwood

5 months

I am very happy to share the news that Alex and I are engaged to be married. I love him lots and am excited about our next chapter together.

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@jhallwood

3 years

One of the bonfire societies at Lewes has gone with Matt Hancock as their effigy.

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1 year

Tomorrow’s keynote speaker at the Nat Con conference

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@jhallwood

8 months

It’s really horrible, vile people, I completely get a ban from the grounds or more widely but unsure it’s something I’d class as a crime.

Sky News

@SkyNews

8 months

BREAKING: Two men have been arrested after a young football fan who died from cancer was mocked at a match

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1 year

Holding out for a speedy Barry Humphries recovery and Dame Edna being given the prominence she deserves at the Coronation.

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@jhallwood

3 years

Wonder if anyone knows who this boy is so we could raise some money for him after Italian fans mocked him and insulted his great grandmother?

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@jhallwood

5 months

It should've ended with God Save the King for dramatic effect

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

5 months

A statement from Prime Minister @RishiSunak on strikes against Houthi military targets.

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1 month

National Rail Service?!

Ed Hodgson

@edhodgsoned

1 month

It pains me to say it, but we polled this on a nationally representative sample and... Rail Britannia is the least popular option with the British public 😢

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@jhallwood

3 years

Imagine your constitution being on a single bit of paper rather than looking like this

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@jhallwood

2 years

Look how they massacred my boy! Jeremy looked so much better in his wooden display case, now he looks like a museum exhibit… rather than the corpse mascot of UCL he was meant to be.

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@jhallwood

4 years

The clip of Marr challenging the Chinese ambassador is being spread around the world, that's the BBC at its best. It needs reform but still think it's a great asset to the UK and beyond.

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@jhallwood

3 years

The Queen, PM and Leader of the Opposition waited their turns for a vaccination, no exceptions, something small but admirable in that.

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@jhallwood

4 years

Today’s reminded me Labour still hasn’t come to terms with why it lost in 2015 let alone 2017 or 2019.

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@jhallwood

3 years

And they said Sterling would collapse after Brexit! £📈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

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1 year

Typically tacky that Osborne would sell this off to a foreign hotel chain

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@jhallwood

3 years

In answer to some points either seemingly disbelieving it or that the ‘MSM’ aren’t covering it, here’s the story on the BBC. My surprise wasn’t at the lack of reporting but the lack of wider awareness & pick-up a story of this heinousness surely warrants

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@jhallwood

3 months

Written in English

Napoleon Bonaparte Appreciator

@NapoleonBonabot

3 months

These are the best nations of Europe. Without these pillars, European and Western Civilization wouldn’t mean anything.

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@jhallwood

9 months

XL Bullies somehow being a racial issue because they’re owned by black people is surely *another* US culture war import when I’m pretty certain the bulk of them are owned by white people in the UK.

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@jhallwood

8 months

They come from left and right, Leave and Remain, believers and atheists, north and south, monarchists and republicans, the mighty and the humble, they come… to defend the Great British plug 🇬🇧🫡🥲

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@jhallwood

8 months

Woke up to loads of notifications about my light-hearted defence of British plugs - overall something that oddly seemingly crosses divides in our divided times even if some FBPE ultras have decided to make it about Brexit. Bizarre!

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It’s a weird quirk in Europe, but often the most consciously self-righteous countries that like to think they’re on the right side of history are the ones who chose to sit out the fight against Nazism.

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@jhallwood

4 months

Rather crass framing to my mind

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

4 months

He waited 73 years for the job of his life but 17 months in King Charles is already stepping back. He will continue with his “state duties”. But legislation is in place for the unlikely event that he is incapacitated. @joepike explains who by law could appoint a 'Regent'

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@jhallwood

4 years

Had a walk but the street was crowded with journalists and camera crews.

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1 year

I do think we should call it Turkey just like Turks call England İngiltere and we don't expect them to do otherwise.

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@jhallwood

8 years

I was bored on the train so thought I'd write an #EdBalls version of Lord of the Dance due to his Strictly glory. As you do...

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@jhallwood

11 months

One of the few countries in Europe to not use water cannon on protestors, one of the very few in the world to not routinely arm police officers. German moral superiority is very mid 2010s before the whole world saw how their policies had helped destabilise Europe, again.

Annette Dittert 

@annettedittert

11 months

Why you need to have courage from now on if you want to take to the streets. A story that hasn't been reported enough on in Britain. My piece for German TV 👇👇👇

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@jhallwood

4 months

The UK continues to foot the expense of defending Irish airspace and waters as well as the rescue of Irish citizens in situations like the evacuation of Afghanistan. The least a free-rider can do is at least be polite and show some gratitude.

John McGuirk

@john_mcguirk

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The Taoiseach told the Munich event that he "wasn't aware of any particular UK intervention to help Ireland" in regards defence. One EU embassy was quick to point out that the RAF and Royal Navy detected a Russian Submarine off Cork and alerted the Irish Government. In December.

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@jhallwood

3 years

Cool now the original one from China?

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@jhallwood

4 years

“Labour lost the election because they didn’t respect democracy.” Good intervention from a Labour voter on #bbcqt - going back on Brexit might end up being the party’s ‘tuition fees moment’.

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@jhallwood

3 years

Green Brighton

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7 months

Another glorious Lewes Bonfire Night: - Martyrs, remembered - Treason, condemned - Effigies, burnt - Bangers, dropped - Fireworks, fired

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@jhallwood

3 years

Sad news that Frank Field is dying. An impressive man, hard to easily categorise. His collection of Attlee's essays is worth a read. I was lucky enough to bump into him & get my copy signed then get invited for tea. Hope he is comfortable. No doubt his strong faith will help him.

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@jhallwood

1 year

Happy Anniversary to the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, formally confirming an already strong relationship, with the Treaty of Windsor #OTD in 1386. The oldest continuous alliance in human history. Long may it continue!

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3 years

you start at durham. u are moving into your flat. you are very excited. you meet one of your flatmates, a girl called sophie. u have a chat while she’s unpacking. she pulls out a massive TB-infected alpaca. what do you do

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@jhallwood

3 years

New Zealand really does seem to be striking a very different tone on China to a lot of its allies.

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@jhallwood

3 years

ⓘ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

Britain will allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen: If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, another vaccine may be substituted, British health officials said. The new guidance contradicts guidelines in the U.S.

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2 years

Beautiful!

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8 months

Those not at state primary schools in the 90s simply cannot comprehend the hold these assembly hymns have on you for the rest of your life.

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@jhallwood

4 years

If you don’t mean defund the police don’t say defund the police? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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4 years

Hot take: Bedknobs and Broomsticks did more to show the ethnic mix of the troops who fought for Britain in WW2 than my GCSE history course.

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@jhallwood

2 years

Thinking of our first ethnic minority PM. Facing antisemitism from an Irish nationalist MP the Tory Disraeli replied: "Yes, I am a Jew, and while the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon"

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2 months

In fairness we share the same (legitimate) head of state

Marcus Cribb

@mcribbHistory

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France is the 1st non-Commonwealth country to take part in the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Mon 8 April. The Band of the Grenadier Guards & F Coy Scots Guards trained alongside the Gendarmerie’s Garde Républicaine. They swapped headgear! (IRONY!) 💂🏻‍♂️

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🎶 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the British standard plug 🎶

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6 years

Euston Station is peak #decline

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3 years

Such great acting to be so deeply dislikable. Passive aggressive smiling taken to the peak. #LineofDuty

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100%

cinesthetic.

@TheCinesthetic

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Who is the best fictional French character of all time?

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8 years

Already flowers and candles by the beautiful David Bowie mural in Brixton.

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❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

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3 years

Crass to compare what crimes or abuse gets picked up and what doesn’t but surely this deserves more.

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Queen’s mind: Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it Christmas message: “I will therefore be suspending Parliament forthwith and ushering in a period of personal rule”

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This year, ‘goodwill to all’ is ‘needed as much as ever’. The Queen's Christmas message to a divided nation and fighting politicians: treat those with whom you disagree ‘with respect’. Story here:

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I thought it was an inappropriate cheap shot when he went on Piers Morgan which barely anyone watches, but being given a platform by the BBC is such a stupid idea and indicative of why Newsnight is well past its best

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Been ages since I’ve been able to use this.

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Don’t carry ammunition to somewhere it’s highly illegal 🤷🏼 The world doesn’t work to American norms as much as many there seem to think it does.

Tony Diver

@Tony_Diver

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EXC: The tiny British territory of Turks and Caicos is embroiled in a diplomatic row with the US after refusing to release 5 American tourists accused of carrying ammunition in their luggage. They face 12 years in prison.

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Envy Muslim friends Inshallah and Bismillah, Christians need to bring back 'God willing' more and if we want to get really into it 'If the Lord spares us'.

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4 years

“And what kind of internationalism is it that says that henceforth this country must give priority to a Frenchman over an Indian, a German over an Australian, an Italian over a Malaysian? This isn’t the language of internationalism... it is Euro-jingoism.” - Barbara Castle

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

4 years

"We will be able to attract the best talent from around the world, wherever they may be." - PM @BorisJohnson #InvestInAfrica

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White Americans living on colonised land have a lot to say about the Europeans who stayed home.

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