Dr John
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Retired public health doctor. May not be here long. Now at: @honestdrjohn .blusky.social
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@Peston
So Cameron’s strategy of calling a referendum to silence the Eurosceptics and unite the party wasn’t a roaring success then?
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@danbarker
How can a country that produces people like this be governed by the people who govern us?
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"Today I shall be mostly embarrassing everyone in the UK...."
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@WilberDaForce
@JohnMQC
It's a tricky one.
Was he bored? (uninterested), or did he have no skin in the game? (disinterested).
I think either would do.
But basically "arse" covers it.
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@Haggis_UK
Note how Mr Lynch remains respectfully quiet while Mr Gullis speaks, and how Mr Gullis interrupts him s questions when he addresses his points.
I’ve seen Mr Lynch in 3 clips (“Liar”, Burley, and this) today, and I think he’s bloody impressive.
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@TaylorMod
@crimsonavenger
He was notoriously tight with money.
When tipping taxi drivers, he would slip something into their top pocket saying “Have a drink on me!”.
When they checked, they’d find it was a teabag.
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@ItsAllBollocks
@jusanothagirl78
I'm feeling benevolent (why else try to excuse
@jusanothagirl78
) but I think one problem with the 'pull-yourself-together' brigade is language: they don't get that while being depressed can be a mood, depression is a disease.
"Got Cancer? Pull yourself together and shake it off."
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@NadineDorries
It’s not the cake. That’s why you keep referring to cake.
It’s not even about the fine (bad though that is, showing it was much more than just cake).
It’s knowingly misleading Parliament.
2 years after the events Johnson lied to Parliament that he believed guidance was followed.
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@rauscher_emily
@smolrobots
A Scandinavian colleague of mine used to illustrate it by quoting a Finnish (I think) comedian, whose name escapes me:
“I must be allergic to leather. Whenever I wake up with my boots on, I have a splitting headache.”
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@RossMc11
@Barcajim3
Around 1970 I used to go to an Irish pub in Oldham (for the music). A bloke came round with a collection tin and asked if I wanted to contribute.
“What to?” I asked.
Reply “Charity”.
“What charity?” I asked
Reply “Just charity”.
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@SpeakingSatan
@NadineDorries
@RhonddaBryant
@SamCoatesSky
I tend to disagree. If it happened near the bottle bank, my guess is Nads would have seen it.
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@wjharte
I know a bloke whose wife buys his shirts from the Barrows, Glasgow. He wore one with a tasteful logo on a business trip to Germany. A German colleague asked where he got it.
“Dunno. Wife buys my shirts. Why do you want to know?”
“Because that’s a German telephone company logo”.
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@keithedkins
@RegretteRuane
Nigel Rees’s radio program “Quote Unquote” used to have a section on overheard remarks. The only one I can remember is: “Of course, they’re no use to him any more. Well not as feet, anyway.”
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@seanjonesqc
Not to me, but I include it in lectures to illustrate that circumstantial evidence can be compelling.
Barrister: Did you see my client bite the plaintiff's ear off?
Witness: No.
B: Aha! So how can you stand there and say he did it?
W: I saw him spit it out.
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@BorisJohnson
It’s appalling that a fraud and a disgrace, someone guilty of a sham referendum, and illegality should be allowed to run a country.
But, hey, Johnson did.
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@SanJoseIsAnAlly
I don’t know anyone who was killed in a plane crash. All these safety measures for airliners are obviously unnecessary.
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@GlynGriffiths7
@archer_rs
Old joke, but WTF:
“The UK version of ‘Breaking Bad’ was a complete flop.
A chemistry teacher gets lung cancer and is, er, treated.”
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As an English immigrant to Scotland I ask: what other nation (or minority group) would this racist be able to say this about?
Was she reprimanded by the Speaker, and if not, why not?
And anyone who says "It's all in fun, don't be so sensitive" doesn't understand how racism works.
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@Patrici89225734
@who_let_mum_out
I don’t feel shame for having employed a cleaning lady while my kids were growing up. She (& her husband, who worked on my car) were (and still are) great friends. I provide a service for the NHS & am paid. She provided a service for me & my family & was paid.
No difference.
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I don’t think I share any values with this serially adulterous, wife-abusing, tax-dodging, paedophile-enabling, sybaritic, corrupt, honours-selling, useless, obscenely expensive parasite.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
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@doctor_oxford
@da1sy_alexander
@NHSEngland
I thought one reason the GMC existed, and took many £1,000 off me through my career—not to mention making me jump through innumerable hoops to be on (and even get off!) the register—was to protect the public from people pretending to be doctors.
I want my money back.
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@thecoastguy
I’m normally too polite to correct people but:
- you’re “sitting”, not “sat” (unless your carer sat you).
- the term you’re groping for is “climate change” not “global warming” (it’s more accurate, not that that would bother you) and it’s not the same as “today’s weather”.
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@KilclooneyJohn
@mikew4EU
Unelected member of the upper house of UK legislature unaware of US VP-elect’s name till 3 days ago, so he calls her “the Indian” says he isn’t a racist.
If that isn’t a potent argument for the abolition of a non-elected HoL, what is?
Except many elected reps aren’t much better.
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@JonSnowboarder1
@LizzyBuchan
I’m sorry to spoil the perfect ratio of this tweet with a reply, but “cranks in the ranks” is genius.
If it’s copied, respect.
If it’s original, you wanna go professional.
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@castlvillageman
@chriswadeevans
You must remember, they don’t really look like that.
Those are not snaps, those are studio photographs, designed to present them looking at their absolute best.
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@nadhimzahawi
You have a cheek,
@nadhimzahawi
, you spiv, telling anyone that they are making an “enormous contribution” to the country when you fiddle your expenses and dodge your tax.
You’re a self-serving, lying bully who doesn’t contribute his own fair share.
Resign.
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@Mike_Fabricant
I think the smiley winking emoji at the end of your tweet is a pretty reliable indicator of how seriously you take it.
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@DrJaninaRamirez
@chrischirp
One objection.
If it’s hot (like in the 80s) it’s Fahrenheit.
If it’s cold (like minus one) it’s Celsius (degrees centigrade if you insist).
Or maybe I’m just of an age when it switched.
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@KateWilliamsme
@Rosewind2007
I once had a pint in a pub off the Tottenham Court Road which was empty except for me and Pete Postlethwaite. We both drank in complete silence. I finished first & we exchanged nods as I left. He knew what I meant: “Steven Spielberg thinks you’re the bees’ PJs, and he’s right.”
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@implausibleblog
@campbellclaret
The whole shitshow depends on people being “good chaps”.
If they aren’t, everything from the monarchy downwards is a risk. Or with these spivs a certainty.
We need a democratically legitimate head of state and upper chamber, with powers defined by an unambiguous constitution.
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@johnredwood
‘Spell out the risks and let people make their own decisions’?
I don’t want my health (and possibly life) depending on the British public making the correct decisions.
Their track record recently has been crap. You were elected, for a start.
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@Fenmonkey
@Divine_Miss_Em
In a pub in Norfolk I ordered a pint of beer and asked what wine they had.
Answer “Red and white”.
I asked if they had any Sauvignon Blanc.
Reply “This is a pub, not a wine bar.”
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@lucyallan
You seem to be using a definition of “democracy” with which I was previously unacquainted.
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@daveroyaldj
Don’t forget to put the choke back when the engine has warmed up a bit. And if you practice your double-de-clutching, you’ll be heeling and toeing like Paddy Hopkirk in no time
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@MerriamWebster
@BCDreyer
Most UK medical doctors don't have a doctorate, e.g. I'm Bachelor of Medicine and of Surgery. As I tell my PhD brother-in -law, it's not convention that I can call myself Dr: it's convention that I don't have an MD.
Consultant surgeons here even drop the Dr and revert to Mr.
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@NickFlaks
My guess is that each one knew that *he* didn’t know the words, but felt he could hide in the crowd who did.
The panic was when each one realised that no one else knew the words either, and that there was nowhere to hide.
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@dave43law
@IsabelOakeshott
Calling Truss “thick” is sexist for the same reason that calling Kwarteng “thick” is racist, calling Coffey “thick” is fattist, and calling Fabricant “thick” is baldist.
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@Peston
Maybe it’s a detail, but I’m pleased the Committee has concluded the misleading was deliberate rather than reckless. Recklessly misleading might imply a carelessness in ascertaining the facts: deliberately misleading is lying pure and simple.
The Spiv maintains his 100% record.
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@Jamin2g
I'm not a particular fan, but even I know it's his rule never to speak to journalists outside his home, out of respect to his neighbours.
So any journalist knows that if they want to get a "no comment" from him, they just have to ask him outside his home.
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@Mike_Fabricant
London lost some business to Paris, but also to Frankfurt, Milan, Amsterdam, and Dublin.
Losing it to numerous other cities rather than just one allows it to remain the largest, but is still a self-inflicted Brexit wound.
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@JaneyGodley
It's apparently owned by Compass, who are indeed apparently massive Tory donors:
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@BootstrapCook
You’re not allowed to sleep,
@BootstrapCook
. You now have to get
@Chartwells_UK
to return all the money they stole. The Govt aren’t going to do it.
On second thoughts: sleep well, you’ve earned it—and any thanks should go to you.
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@mantissshrimp
@reemvil
I’m reminded of the man who ordered his apple pie without custard.
Reply: “We don’t have any custard. You’ll have to have it without cream.”
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@drmeenalviz
@JohnWest_JAWS
@JujuliaGrace
@keepnhspublic
@NHSMillion
@NHSActivistRN
@AlisonGeorge10
@FreshAirNHS
@NHSuk
@NHSwhistleblowr
@PeterStefanovi2
@peterjukes
What you must understand is that the purpose of awarding honours isn't to honour the worthy recipient, it's to associate the parasitic Windsors with people of real merit.
Free positive PR & a forelock tugging national broadcaster.
No effort & reflected glory. What's not to like?
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I think as a stand-alone issue the Cummings thing is clear cut. He broke the rules badly for small benefit (no child care within 270m?) while others (for the common good) didn’t even bend them as their parents died alone.
Whose side you’re on is a litmus test for common decency.
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@JLewisland
Years later, as a junior cameraman, he met RM again. He told RM the story, but RM didn't seem to remember the occasion.
After the shoot, RM took him to one side, and told him that, of course he remembered, but he was still being followed.
RM was a gent.
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@JAMESFR29299422
@Boris
I always had a good opinion of Zelensky.
The Spiv, however remains beneath contempt. He will offer his steadfast support for as long as it plays well in the polls. Ask any of those he’s betrayed (employers, wives, mistresses, colleagues etc.) throughout his tawdry career.
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@lucyallan
How many votes did Johnson get to be PM?
I’ll give you a clue.
0. None. Zero. Nada.
We don’t elect a PM, we elect an MP. Who happens to be of a party. Who choose a leader. Who becomes PM.
One MP one letter to the 1922.
Isn’t that democratic?
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@tencents77
@Francis_Hoar
@JWils60
@gordoning
@WilberDaForce
@JohnMQC
Yes, thanks.
I know language evolves, but when it reduces its precision I feel obliged to fight it.
Dictionaries record usage rather than correctness, and between you and I, I prefer correctness.
PS why are you so aggressive?
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@TweetForTheMany
What is the date of this speech, please.
When was the last time you heard anything remotely approaching the calibre of this speech in the House of Commons?
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@DoctorMayJay
I’m reminded of a story Groucho Marx told. Gardeners were hard to get. He was mowing his Beverley Hill lawn when a young couple pulled up in a convertible Cadillac and asked “How much do they pay you?”
“Nothing” he replied “But I get to sleep with the lady of the house”.
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@KayBurley
Not how I see it. He seems to me to be answering your question calmly, but quite reasonably ignoring your implication that there are any parallels with violent miners’ strike pickets.
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@campbellclaret
Johnson stood at the dispatch box and said he was not aware of any parties at No10.
Surely he knew it was a birthday party even if he was there for only 10 minutes.
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@brianjnled
@NicKeaney
I’ve not contributed to this debate, because sometimes it’s best (as a man) to just keep quiet. But as I’m responding to another man: I think “educating” and “informing” the sort of men we’re talking about isn’t going to do the job.
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@martinpoler
@Daily_Express
Getting better. So I agree, they’ll either take it down or mobilise the bots.
What do you think
@Conservatives
?
I know you won’t ditch him for honourable reasons..,how about self-preservation?
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@ihateraats
@mrjamesob
The terms were mutually agreed when we were in.
Now it’s their terms or we stay out.
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@BackBoris2024UK
Yeah.
And it serves those kids right for not choosing the right parents.
A bit of malnutrition will teach them to be more careful next time.
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@Simon_Nixon
But Lord Frost says it’s not Brexit causing that, it’s P&O.
Ultra-Remainers just can’t see the future benefits of Brexit.
He also says a lot of other shit.
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@peterrhague
It doesn’t matter how Byzantine your argument, you can’t justify tax breaks for a luxury.
My kids went to state school. Why should my taxes (and those of people much less well off than me) subsidies the fees of those who go private?
It’s indefensible.
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@lucyallan
I think there’s a difference between “making political capital out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine” and pointing out the mean-minded offer of asylum only for those with close family in the UK. Along with the hypocrisy of lighting candles.
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@Mike_Fabricant
“One positive last night. The band on deck were in perfect tune as the Titanic slipped below the waves. But this doesn’t really get reported because they’re all dead.”
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@Mike_Fabricant
When you say:
“the £60bn the Conservative Government is spending”
what you mean is:
“the £60bn of taxpayers’ money the Conservative Government is giving to energy company profits”.
Not the same thing.
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@GrahamSmith_
Meeting people.
Learning & hearing about stuff.
Highlighting things.
Honouring people.
Cutting ribbons.
Unveiling plaques.
Rubber stamping illegal government actions.
Tax-dodging.
Reading other people’s speeches.
Defending paedophiles.
Playing dressy-uppy.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
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@BBCNews
Bloody hell. The horse has not only bolted, it’s bloody died of old age.
Can some tell me exactly wheat science changed to prompt this astonishing change of policy?
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@goodclimate
That leftie Thatcher who set up C4 has a lot to answer for. That and the Single Market.
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@SkyNews
That’s silly.
There’s a 0% chance of males becoming pregnant even if they don’t take a contraceptive pill.
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@GeorginaMason2
@UnkieMonkie
Well, you’re not a very good proof reader if you can’t even read a tweet:
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