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Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions & Insurance.. Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown. Avg rugby player 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦

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@nealerichmond
Neale Richmond
4 years
Sincere thanks for all the good wishes. On a tough day for our party, I am humbled to be elected to represent my home of Dublin Rathdown in Dáil Éireann alongside my friend Josepha Madigan. I was so lucky to have the support of the best team imaginable. #GE2020
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Straight up lie, EU did no such thing. Another normal Sunday.
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2 years
As poignant today as when first broadcast. #RemembranceDay
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2 years
Powerful & timely intervention from our Taoiseach, Russia must be suspended from the UNSC #StandWithUkraine
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Neale Richmond
3 years
“You haven’t got a clue.” Too true.
@RTEUpfront
Upfront with Katie Hannon
3 years
Nigel Farage spoke to Claire about Irish nationalism and independence. #CBLive
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Easily one of the most powerful scenes in TV history, from a comedy no less #RemembranceSunday
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Can we get a twitter warning for this falsehood please?
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3 years
@LeaveEUOfficial Leave means leave lads, jog on.
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2 years
This is a lie.
@johnredwood
John Redwood
2 years
Instead of criticising Northern Ireland's First Minister for resigning, the U.K. government should blame the EU for breaking the Protocol and disrupting GB to NI trade.
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2 years
So it’s not done?
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Not just #ErasmusPlus but Dublin will also fund the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the #EHIC (the old E111) post #Brexit . Tangible & important commitments delivered.
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3 years
Ah lads...
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Your captain is Irish....
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Nothing has been forced on the UK, this is the hard #Brexit they wanted. Important to challenge this nonsense.
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3 years
No they really weren’t.
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1 year
50 years of Irish membership of what is now the European Union, a day truly worth celebrating. Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh! 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺
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Neale Richmond
2 years
The EU didn’t create #Brexit , this is your fault John.
@johnredwood
John Redwood
2 years
The EU's refusal to find a solution to the GB/NI trade problems they have created has undermined the new Northern Ireland Assembly and the Good Friday Agreement. If they will not help resolve it the U.K. must legislate a solution.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
The real sadness is that #Brexit & this very hard version was a needless political choice
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Neale Richmond
5 years
There is a massive lack of understanding in the UK on what the #brexit bill actually is. It’s not a punishment payment, it’s a settling of accounts based on programmes the UK has already benefitted from like CAP, Erasmus & Horizon 2020 not to mention pensions for British citizens
@Independent_ie
Irish Independent
5 years
Britain must settle €43bn EU divorce bill even after no-deal Brexit - says EU
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@Conservatives Ah lads, it’s not about siding with the EU. It’s about honouring an international agreement. An international agreement your leader, negotiated, campaigned on & delivered.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
The EU proposed abolishing mobile roaming charges, you rejected that by voting #Brexit & pursuing the hardest possible form. Don’t play the martyr.
@NadineDorries
Rt Hon Nadine Dorries
2 years
We proposed to the European Commission that maintaining surcharge free mobile roaming be part of Brexit negotiations. They rejected that. Respect to @VirginMedia and @O2 for keeping free roaming across Europe for its customers.
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3 years
I have referred the relocation of to Waterford from the UK to @comreg to see if it is legitimate. This is an odious organisation with a dubious reputation not just limited to it’s role in the #Brexit campaign:
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Utterly tiring carry on, Lord Frost can draw up all he likes but it doesn’t change the terms & responsibilities of a legally binding international treaty.
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2 years
This tweet is still up 18 hours later despite being shown to be utter nonsense, any chance of some action @TwitterSupport , ever?
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Leave EU website suspended after EU registry blocks move to Ireland
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2 years
Remainers Brexit? The mendacity in this lot knows no bounds.
@Channel4
Channel 4
2 years
‘Where is the good news in Brexit?’ Find out what benefits former Brexit Secretary @DavidDavisMP comes up with. #AndrewNeilShow @afneil
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Neale Richmond
3 years
This is the same Protocol that Mr Bridgen voted for, the same Protocol that his Govt negotiated & agreed, a Protocol brought about because of his #Brexit . It is not a foreign construct & this continued campaign of dishonesty is odious. The EU never asked for any of this.
@BBCPolitics
BBC Politics
3 years
“We are being stitched up by the European Union” Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen says the Northern Ireland Protocol has led to Arlene Foster standing down as NI First Minister #PoliticsLive
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Neale Richmond
4 years
Some good news, Baby Beth (Elizabeth Rose Richmond) joined us yesterday, 8lbs5oz, Mum & baby doing super. #babygirl
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Neale Richmond
2 years
I see the EU is collapsing again...
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Neale Richmond
3 years
A fitting farewell for a truly great European, cheers for a German Chancellor on the streets of France. #Merkel
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Steffen Seibert
3 years
Von ganzem Herzen Dank für diesen unvergesslichen Empfang in Beaune. Merci mille fois de cet accueil inoubliable à Beaune. @EmmanuelMacron
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Usually you could dismiss & laugh at such wild pieces but this is a very dangerous rewriting of history devoid of any facts. Yet another new low in the #brexit blame game.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
This is simply false, the EU never invoked Article 16. Worrying revisionism.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
The so called bad boys of #Brexit think their attempted relocation of convenience to Waterford is one big joke they can waffle away with insults. It is not, this incursion into democracy will be challenged & met with rigorous scrutiny:
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Neale Richmond
5 years
Hi ⁦ @dailyexpressuk ⁩, how is narnia? This week a poll showed 93% of Irish people favour staying in the EU, that’s up 13% from 2013, obvs #Brexit is part of this. Please educate yourselves, ta.
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Neale Richmond
4 years
No, it’ll be the same price. The EU-Japan EPA also has a 0% tariff on soy sauce.
@biztradegovuk
Department for Business and Trade
4 years
The bakers used a lot of soya sauce in the first challenge on #GBBO , so it's a good thing it will be made cheaper thanks to our trade deal with Japan 🇯🇵
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Good to see this directness from #Marr after countless UK pols spent the week spinning that this has nothing to do with #Brexit .
@AlexTaylorNews
Alex Taylor
3 years
"We've checked - in France Poland, Germany, Italy, NL, Spain - no other country in the EU - not even N. Ireland - is seeing the kind of problems in the UK" Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you ! #Marr 1st UK journalist I've seen who did this, AND to the man responsible for it 👇
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2 years
Four new legal infringements announced Four hour tail backs at Dover €50bn #Brexit bill due No doubt this is all the EU’s fault...
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Neale Richmond
5 years
1) The backstop is not anti democratic, that’s new found spin 2) Mr Johnson voted for it 3) Goodwill isn’t enough 4) The backstop is an insurance policy 5) The majority in Northern Ireland support the backstop 6) The backstop protects not threatens the #GFA Nothing new alas
@BorisJohnson
Boris Johnson
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I have written to @eucopresident about key aspects of the UK’s approach to Brexit, problems with the “backstop” & the Government’s commitment to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement whether there is a deal with the EU or not.
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You mean it’s not done after all?
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@tomhfh @KimBielenberg Ireland’s GDP per head of the population is 6th in the world, UK’s is 26th. Ireland is on the UNSC. Ireland is a full member of the EU so represented at both G7 & G20. Ireland beat the All Blacks twice this summer.
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Neale Richmond
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Hi @ArleneFosterUK , here’s your statement welcoming the Withdrawal Agreement and NI Protocol in Dec 2020…… now it’s missing from the DUP archive 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Neale Richmond
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Amazing to receive one of Scotland’s brilliant #babyboxs today. Can’t wait to see this rolled out across Ireland under this Govt! 🇮🇪🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #babybox
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Neale Richmond
2 years
1) Northern Ireland’s economy is out preforming the rest of the UK 2) You’ve tried nothing else 3) Trying to laugh off a plan to break international law & refer to critique as “remainiac make believe” is beyond ridiculous. A shameful intervention.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Em, yes, the very essence of #Brexit is an act of self-harm...
@ITVNewsPolitics
ITV News Politics
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Checks on food imports from the EU 'would have been an act of self-harm', says @Jacob_Rees_Mogg after the UK delayed plans to impose the checks until the end of 2023
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Neale Richmond
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Is he saying we in the EU didn't have a #CovidVaccine roll out? 91% of Irish people would say different. We even got little blue cards....
@Haggis_UK
Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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Boris Johnson lies at the despatch box... again "If we had listened to him we wouldn't even have had the vaccine rollout, because we would have remained in the European medicines agency" #PMQs
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Neale Richmond
3 years
The EU never wanted #Brexit but the fact that it always fall to the EU to find solutions to the problems #Brexit causes is a withering reflection on this British Govt & the people who pushed for Leave without any care for those it impacts.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
A few of my comments on the odious ’s suspect post #Brexit relocation to Waterford; they’re not welcome.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Blame it on the boogie?
@hendopolis
Neil Henderson
3 years
EXPRESS: Don’t blame driver crisis on Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Craven & false. The protocol was designed by the British Govt.
@BestForBritain
Best for Britain
3 years
Frost tells #CPC21 they only agreed to the protocol because remainers made them. Even though they had an 80-seat majority at the time and made all their candidates sign a pledge they'd pass it. But privately they knew it would go wrong and its collapse shows them to be wise. ~AA
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Oh dear what a pity, never mind.
@LeaveEUOfficial
Leave.EU
3 years
Did the Irish government just shut us down? 🤣🤔 FULL STORY ⬇️
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Neale Richmond
3 years
The absolute state of the #Brexit press at this stage is mind blowing. Where to start with this utterly false piece of revisionism?
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Why do I sense Article 16 will be bandied about again this week?
@PaulBrandITV
Paul Brand
2 years
EXCL: @ITVNews has obtained pictures of Boris Johnson drinking at a No10 party during lockdown in November 2020. The photos cast fresh doubt on the PM's repeated claims he was unaware of rule-breaking in No10 during the pandemic. See all images here:
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Neale Richmond
2 years
No surprises from Liz Truss this evening but a few thoughts on what is probably the lowest day in this entire sorry #Brexit process. 1/
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Paddy, I’ve met you 2/3 times, we share a mutual friend, I’m also not a catholic. I’d rather spend the day celebrating my son’s birthday than being trolled by you so maybe come back to me Monday or something.
@paddycosgrave
Paddy Cosgrave
3 years
I know @nealerichmond a long time He is by nature not a west brit, but a castle catholic. Let me explain West Brits were mostly republican. Neale’s not Neale is an overt Castle Catholic. Historically CC’s are classist, anti-parliamentarian & royalist. This is the Neale I know
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Ah lads
@Femi_Sorry
Femi
3 years
Listen carefully. Boris Johnson just said nobody warned that a Brexit would cause border problems in Northern Ireland. You ******* wot, mate?
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Neale Richmond
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Eh, they’re UK roaming charges. “Welcome to the #Brexit ”.
@guardian
The Guardian
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EU roaming charges are back after Brexit – beware high mobile bills
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Neale Richmond
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@BestForBritain @SkyNews Yes the EU is more committed to the protection of its single market than to a departing member....
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Neale Richmond
3 years
And so with the ending of the #Brexit transition period, all that’s left to say to my fellow Europeans in the U.K. is, to quote Vera Lynn, “we’ll meet again”. #leavealighton #BrexitReality
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Neale Richmond
2 years
1) Northern Ireland opposed Brexit 2) Northern Ireland accepts the protocol 3) Northern Ireland was & is consulted 4) You don’t care about Ireland: North, South or all.
@danielmgmoylan
Lord Moylan
2 years
If Ireland and the EU had insisted the people of N Ireland were consulted before having the Protocol imposed on them, all this could have been avoided. But they insisted they weren’t consulted… and now look at the mess, @simoncoveney
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Right....
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@labour4europe
Labour Movement for Europe 🌹 🇪🇺
3 years
Last night on GB News, Brexiteer Kate Hoey admitted Northern Ireland was "sacrificed" because otherwise "it could have been that we weren't going to get Brexit at all." How she can call herself a patriot is beyond belief.
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Neale Richmond
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Leinster House lit up magnificently as we prepare to celebrate 50 years since Ireland joined what is now the EU #EU50 🇪🇺
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Pravda would blush
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Neale Richmond
2 years
The correct thing to do, hear hear Taoiseach.
@Haggis_UK
Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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Sophie Raworth - Have you been conducting security checks on Ukrainian refugees? Micheál Martin(Irish PM) - No... our primary impulse is to assist those fleeing war... & we believe that's the correct thing to do.. #Ridge #SundayMorning
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Don’t remember that on the side of a bus...
@IrvineWelsh
Irvine Welsh
2 years
Biggest line I’ve ever seen at a passport control in Madrid. For non EU obv. EU breeze through. #ButControl
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Ah bless
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Neale Richmond
2 years
This article literally quotes a source named “RufflesTheGuineaPig”, clears throat, ah lads.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Her name was Yvonne Dunlop, she was 26.
@FrancieMolloy
Francie Molloy MP
2 years
Thomas McElwee joined the Hunger Strike 41 years ago today. He was only 23. RIP
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Neale Richmond
5 years
Stop trying to blame others for the folly of your own making! You & your gang of charlatans have made a no deal #brexit more likely by ignoring international law & all economic advice. You’ve visited the border once & have zero understanding of the importance of the #GFA
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Neale Richmond
4 years
This is utterly false. The EU has not reneged on the #brexit deal, the EU has stuck by what has been agreed already.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Having raised issues with their .eu domain, I’ve also raised GDPR concerns over the post #Brexit relocation of to Waterford with @DPCIreland & contacted @SIPOCIreland to see if they are now under Irish electoral rules for donations
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Neale Richmond
4 years
Ah the old Australian style deal, also known as the Mongolian, Mauritania or Somali style post #brexit deal. Such terms would be devastating for the UK.
@SkyNews
Sky News
4 years
BREAKING: Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has concluded 'we should get ready for an Australia-style deal' and adds the EU 'are not willing to offer the UK the same terms as Canada'. Read more:
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Do you know what defies logic? Campaigning for the hardest possible #Brexit , ignoring all the problems it presents, providing no solutions then trying to blame the EU, repeatedly.
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Neale Richmond
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Man who backed #Brexit Withdrawal Agreement now tries to undermine it with absolute nonsense as all his false promises come home to roost.
@MPIainDS
Iain Duncan Smith MP
4 years
Whilst the UK wants to have a good trade relationship with the EU as a sovereign state, the EU has different ideas. They want our money and they want to stop us being a competitor. The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) we signed last year sadly helps them. (1/3)
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Neale Richmond
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Good man Arron, back to the worst time in human history when hundreds of millions died. What is it with the #Brexit fundamentalists & their nostalgia for a time before they were born? Equating air raids with regulations on banana packaging.
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Neale Richmond
3 years
64 years ago today, the Treaty of Rome was signed thus beginning the most successful peace project in history 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 #OnThisDay
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Classy stuff as ever from this rag, platforming anonymous twitter abuse & packaging it up as journalism. Great stuff lads, let us know the next time you think Norway is leaving the EU again...
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Neale Richmond
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@lisaocarroll @BrigidLaffan Sounds like Kent could do with a backstop
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Neale Richmond
2 years
There’s no such thing as a good #Brexit , Nigel & the lads sold you a pup!
@BestForBritain
Best for Britain
2 years
94% of Express readers aren't happy with how Brexit is going 👀
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Neale Richmond
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Daddy’s most gorgeous girl, two today!
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Neale Richmond
3 years
Sorry Dan, trade deals are negotiated by the President & ratified by Congress, assume you’ve heard @SpeakerPelosi on a US-UK trade deal & the importance of the #GFA ? Hope you’re not charging the Board of Trade for this post #Brexit advice?
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A land of milk & honey was promised....
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Neale Richmond
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So, no tangible benefits, just needless hectoring. And as for ‘Freedom’, we’re just as free in the EU, thanks very much!
@LBC
LBC
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Matt Frei: 'What I want to hear from you is about Brexit. What are the tangible benefits?' Edwina Currie: 'Freedom. Two fingers to Brussels. It's absolutely fabulous.' @mattfrei | @Edwina_Currie
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Neale Richmond
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Narrator’s voice: “actually it was the EU that ended roaming charges, indeed blame #Brexit for their return”.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Scotland, like Northern Ireland, didn’t vote for the #Brexit mess but the Protocol can limit the damage for all of Ireland. I can only sympathise with the frustration of @NicolaSturgeon given what is being foisted upon her country.
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Neale Richmond
2 years
Of course, the EU has already done much of this as part of a wide ranging & comprehensive agreement. If you’re gonna use a war to try score petty politics points, try harder...
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Neale Richmond
5 years
The continuing obsession in harking back to the Second World War to dismiss legitimate #brexit concerns is truly distasteful.
@Arron_banks
Arron Banks
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We managed to arrange the evacuation of 100,000’s troops from a beach in France using thousands of small craft , under massive military pressure , in a few days but we can’t fill in a few new forms in 2019...
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Neale Richmond
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After 29 years in Ireland, contributing so much, thrilled to get a message tonight from my schoolboy cricket coach to say he received his letter of citizenship from @HMcEntee today. Magic. Delighted for my fellow Irishman Kamal. 🇮🇪🏏🇵🇰
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