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Cynical 50 something - Gen X'er, London. British/English/Irish 48er. Personal politics complex. Undiagnosed Aspergers. Became a software dev. in late 40s..
@biscuitsgod
@MartinSLewis
This is up there with Osborne applying a 'cliff edge' on Child Benefit for people earning ยฃ50k. It hasn't been thought through or been near a civil servant early enough - looks like a lobby group idea.
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@IanDunt
Lots of tutting about the security guy. It wasn't that long ago that a Labour MP lost her life on the receiving end of someone screaming at her.
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We received intelligence that indicated people were planning to use rape alarms to disrupt the Coronation procession - with concern from the military that this would scare their horses and cause significant risk to the safety of the public and their riders.
Read our fullโฆ
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@JaneyGodley
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."
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@MichaelYoga79
@TimesRadio
@mariellaf1
Cleese was "cancelled" by having two series of a programme of his as recently as 2019 and getting the 0810 slot on Today yesterday.
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As I explained in my book, Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that he only announced Hyperloop because he wanted Californiaโs high-speed rail system to get canceled. Even though heโs lauded for innovation, heโs constantly trying to stifle any efforts to get people out of cars.
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@emilysheffield
So what attracted you, a former sister-in-law of David Cameron, editing a loss-making newspaper owned by a Russian ennobled by Johnson and doing a job previously held by a former Tory Chancellor to the conclusion that the Tories could now win?
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Harry says the press barons have created aโฆ
โstalemate society, where they can enrage the public over the most mundane and petty things, to distract from the critical issues for our country and communities".
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@Jim_Cornelius
@andrealeadsom
Irish people already have access to the 3 years (actually 3 x 1 year) working holiday Australia visa with a 35 year age limit.
And the right to work in the UK.
And freedom of movement in the EU.
And Ireland didn't have to leave the EU to get the first of these.
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@NatBuster
@HeleneBismarck
@BorisJohnson
I think you'll find Johnson lies like he breathes. That was certainly his track record as Mayor, Home Secretary and PM: - here's a website tracking his lies:
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@KeithAdamTaylor
@kenchengcomedy
I have a similar issue only my wife is Black. Our son assures me he's mixed race. These non-white people get everywhere....
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A reminder that foreign trade is in the US Constitution as a matter for the Federal Government.
This isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
It's like the US doing a trade deal with Surrey County Council.
๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ Texas is the second-largest state by size of economy, with a GDP of ยฃ1.9tn in 2022.
โ๏ธToday the UK signed a new trade pact with Texas โ our most economically significant with an individual US state.
We have now signed state-level pacts boasting a combined GDP of ยฃ5.3tn.
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@jmarsh769
@SixVpf
@trussliz
@iccwbo
@wto
Well most of the rest of the World is made up of developing countries which grow faster than developed ones. They also are tiny economically compared to the EU with whom we do over half our trade.
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@Socialistdawn
@IanDunt
Have I Got News is one of the reasons we are in this mess; it was the platform that brought Johnson to national attention. I'm not sure what purpose quoting its jokes does.
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London's new Elizabeth Line is stunningly successful. It now carries 1 in 6 of ALL rail journeys in the UK. It's almost at capacity and it's running 22 trains per hour in peak hours. There are plans to increase to 24 trains per hour in May.
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@Wigapedia
@JimMFelton
Ukraine: "Ok, Russia, give us our country back and your gas fields."
Russia: "Or?"
Ukraine: "We will deploy Meghan Markle with a regiment of our farmers. With tractors."
*Russia surrenders*
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@MiftyJackson
@PoetTaxiDriver
@doctor_oxford
My son has Asperger's. He had the MMR vaccine. I believe I have Asperger's too. I didn't. My wife is a GP. We have no regrets about our son being immunised. I gave him ASD, not the vaccine.
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It's official: Ireland has OVERTAKEN the UK in fully vaccinating our adult population against
#Covid19
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Thank you to all the amazing frontline workers for helping to make this happen.
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@CamillaTominey
Eisenhower didnโt attend Elizabeth IIโs coronation. Roosevelt didnโt attend George VIโs coronation. I could go on.
If you canโt be bothered to be a proper journalist you shouldnโt bother at all.
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@DrJessTaylor
@LizzieGadd
Dr Taylor where does your 10bn. number come from? It doesn't tie up with this:
(Academic publishing is still a racket though)
@AdamRutherford
Congratulations, Doctor. You've just explained how bars pay for their overheads like staff, property costs, cleaning, energy, rates....
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A reminder that the line "Ireland is full" is bollocks. The famine resulted in Irish depopulation. If the Irish population had increased at the same rate as England it would be now be just under 37m.
@noelle_nole1
@doctor_oxford
My wife is a GP. Our son has Aspergers. He also had the MMR vaccine. I have Aspergers too. I didn't. There is no link between MMR and ASD.
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@Nick_Pettigrew
@jlsinc
They also worked grill because I did.
Her line about tax is nonsense. The only way she could have paid tax is worked lots of hours for a few weeks on an emergency tax code.
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@brianjohnspencr
@lisaocarroll
..which doesn't cover university fees broad unlike Erasmus.
UK students now liable to pay full international fees at EU universities.
Turing is inferior.
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