John Appleby
@JohnApplebyLD
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Tynemouth candidate 2024 (& Northumbria PCC too!). Stop 'Climate Chaos' (Cut flying, driving, cruising, waste). Pragmatic, Mathematician, Ill-defined Anglican.
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MAGA supporters sounding silent on Trump's obvious mental incapacity:
'And the people bowed and prayed
To the neo-con God they'd made.'
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Stanley Johnson will be 81 in August. Will the PM tell him not to waste a doctor's time if he's ill?
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@Gerashchenko_en
Is it illegal for a US citizen to help arm a country that US policy is arming against?
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@KemiBadenoch
Don't be ridiculous. Yes, it's an issue with some difficult aspects. No, Starmer wasn't doing anything of the sort today, Sunak was just using this again in the presence of someone with personal tragedy associated with this complex issue.
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@Otto_English
There was a story of someone who repeatedly rang no. 10 in 1990 asking for Margaret Thatcher, only to be told "She's no longer PM." He explained his repeated calls: "I just enjoyed hearing that response."
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@NicolaSturgeon
@scotgov
No, it is in recognition that one part of the UK can't unilaterally enact changes affecting the whole.
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"This was a terrible speech by a floundering leader totally out of her depth who’s been fatally damaged by a reckless gamble on the nation’s economy that spectacularly failed." Piers Morgan in the Sun.
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@mhdksafa
@trishgreenhalgh
I got tired asking my university students to mask up. I now simply put up a slide at the start of the lecture saying: 'Please wear a mask for the sake of others who may be vulnerable.'
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@hannahmerich
When travelling in Italy with my (ordained) wife, we talked to some catholic Indian nuns. They were stunned to be next to an ordained woman wearing a T-shirt - too much to take in at once.
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@petertimmins3
There was a crooked Johnson,
Who won a crooked vote,
He found a crooked helper,
Who ran a blog of note.
He chose a crooked Cabinet,
Who held his crooked hand,
And they messed up the pandemic
In our Brexit-ridden land.
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@maitlis
Oscar Romero: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist."
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@MarinaPurkiss
"I know how to gain votes. Let's kill off the things the UK is good at and respected for - the BBC , the NHS, the courts, the Civil Service, the universities, fair play, integrity, ...."
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@JolyonMaugham
@RowanMoore
I'd vote for HoC restoration funded by reclaimed fraudulent furlough costs and PPE contracts.
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@davidallengreen
If Johnson had papered his flat with CCJ notices, he'd still have saved money!
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@trussliz
@andrew_lilico
His economic record is debatable, but his scepticism about climate change has been very damaging.
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@montie
But even if tremors are small and pollution can be managed, it's still a slow, expensive and inefficient approach to energy, when wind and solar are quick and cheap. Storage needed too, but that'll come and we can reduce fossil fuel use now.
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@JohnSimpsonNews
@MeallyHen
Morgan said today that he didn't hack phones nor requested it. He did not claim ignorance of hacking!
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@DavidHeadViews
@ThatTimWalker
I'm struck by this improbable concept: "Michael Gove has launched a charm offensive."
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@scatatkins
'Why Camilla Tomey could turn out to be the least reliable predictor of the life of a government.'
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@mikegalsworthy
Much of modern Europe was heavily influenced by the UK, especially human rights and justice. But when we saw foreigners liking it, we concluded it was suspect and wanted 'out'.
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@mattforde
@SpanishDan1
The ‘moveable feasts’ in the Book of Common Prayer are those whose dates can be changed because they clash with another feast, or to hold them on the nearest Sunday.
Easter, is determined astronomically, and hence Ash Wednesday, Pentecost, are not ‘moveable’, just moving!
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@TessdelaMare
@jamesdoleman
I believe that if you cover your face entirely with anti-vaxx stickers, it's quite effective against infection.
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@JolyonMaugham
@JuliaHB1
There is an important difference that JHB is not acknowledging between something being discoverable and something being publicised at a sensitive time. I hope you’re all OK and keep up this vital work.
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@EdwardRandviir
@mrjamesob
@LBC
He’s mostly down on people who can give no reason at all for their statements, or state ‘facts’ that are completely wrong.
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@frankblabu
@RALee85
When the direction signs were removed during WWII incase the Germans invaded, that seemed slightly pathetic, but we now know that the Russians had very poor information about Ukraine and used standard cell-phones, so they've made less progress than they should have!
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@JolyonMaugham
As well as the other principles, I am particularly struck by the argument that prorogation will obstruct the development of the postulated new programme, rather than facilitate it. I hope this will be raised in future interviews with Ministers.
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“
#Brexit
is cowardly” is a strong statement indeed!
Those who've actually experienced war understand the value of sticking with your allies.
#LestWeForget
Meet RAF Veteran Stuart Thomson (
@Vets4eu
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@IanDunt
The reluctance to accept all interpreters, and the rescinding of scholarship offers, seem particularly mean.
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@AdamJSchwarz
I recall Obama shaking hands with the (black) police officer outside no.10. I've also heard that, for all his faults, Blair was always courteous to staff.
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It's well-known that '9 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas' or whatever - achieved by repeated sampling until they get the right figure (or by making one sample smell terrible).
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@Dominic2306
@chrisgreybrexit
@DavidGauke
I think it's clear to everyone that avoiding messy problems in Ireland was not your priority, but deferring substantive issues is not effective negotiation.
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@campbellclaret
@RashellTamina
She's probably nervous of meeting someone who actually knows about borders and migrants/refugees, and could show her up so comprehensively.
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@colinrtalbot
@BBCPolitics
And stop referring to new wings or wards as 'new hospitals', and asserting that there would be no border in the Irish Sea, etc.
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@DMinghella
I know of a country that felt disrespected, so it trashed all its relationships, asked for extra love, and said 'I'm sure they will all understand'.
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@TomHulme87
@lordbonkers
A NI friend told us that the correct pronunciation of 'power shower' distinguishes the true NI resident.
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@ElectionMapsUK
Wirral is the Russian pronunciation of viral, I think. Maybe that's the problem?
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@redhistorian
@davidallengreen
Yes, an important constitutional change would be to limit the PM's executive powers in two respects: excessive control of HoC business, and final judgement on ministerial code/behaviour. We don't need a fully written constitution for these.
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@IanDunt
If you want to take it into space or become a fighter pilot, it must cope with at least 6g.
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@RevRichardColes
It started with hanging lights (offal) outside the house to attract creatures that could be cooked for the pot.
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@RichardNewby3
I think three valuable constitutional changes are: 1. GE needs a HoC vote if less than 4 years. 2. Ministerial code not overseen by PM. 3. PM shouldn't have so much control over HoC business (stopping debate, proroguing, etc.).
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@Otto_English
@fascinatorfun
Apocryphal Eton schoolboy story: 'Once upon a time there was a very poor family. The father was poor, the mother was poor, even the butler was poor.'
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Even without the Opera House, it's easy to tell this is the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Tyne Bridge (earlier, same engineers) has similar design but the two arches merge at the ends, whereas these splay out towards the ends.
On this Day 1902 the world famous Red Arrow Eurovision Typhoon jets escorted Concorde over the Tyne Bridge (Sunderland) to signal the start of the first Great North Run
#AvGeek
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@MichaelRosenYes
I thought I heard a passing bird
Was it a thrush, perhaps a Mistle?
It 'sang' all day, and I recalled
My hearing aid does tend to whistle.
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@drphilhammond
@theresecoffey
There should definitely be a bin outside pharmacies for an amnesty on the drugs called 'Brexit' and 'Conservatism'.
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@CatioMiles
@kitty_donaldson
Johnson believes that a statement by him IS a decision and/or IS an action. Thus 'The UK will be a world-leader in carbon-reduction' or 'We will level up this country' is job-done for him.
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@ChrissieGrech
@SpanishDan1
@zatzi
@HollieBorland
@NatashaC
I once told my boss that he should not complain about his salary to someone earning half what he did. He shut up.
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@johnestevens
@lewis_goodall
So it would be fine to occupy Jenrick's own house and reject any legal challenge as 'we're in the middle of a pandemic'?
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@CliveWismayer
@BeTheMagpie
Loughborough. (Do you know the old joke about the delegates who tried to give instructions to the cab driver? Scots 'Luffburuff', Americans 'Lowborow', Aussies 'Lugaburuga'.)
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@mrmarksteel
... modern computational fluid dynamics. His mill was in disrepair, but the Nottingham University mathematicians campaigned to get it restored, and there is a small museum there. Picture of the mill and part of Green's theorem, on my souvenir mug, attached. 2/2
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"To have political arguments about flags in indoor rooms seems, on this basis, to be rather weird. It is like having a row about closed umbrellas."
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@jjgiddens
@PA
@Alamy_Editorial
@edpkingslynn
@NorfolkLive_
@BBCNorfolk
A lovely cornfield near Warkworth in Northumberland.
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@gabyhinsliff
@Dominic2306
DC says 'we didn't install the clown', but DC's input to Leave created all the conditions that led to the clown being installed. This does not get DC off the hook!
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@paulwaugh
They could resign the whip and vote with the Opposition, they don't have to defect, but I expect they want to keep a seat! In fact, I think defectors should call a by-election within six months.
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@mrmarksteel
George Green was a miller in Snienton, on the edge of Nottingham. After only about three years of schooling, he did original mathematics, corresponding with Cambridge mathematicians, and eventually moving there. His theorems became more useful 150 years later as part of ..... 1/2
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@TimesRadio
@MattChorley
@theresa_may
@RuthDavidsonPC
It’s astonishing she can say this, after presiding over the ‘hostile environment’ and the Windrush scandal.
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@Beany_1
@PippaCrerar
Are there any women who would want these top jobs at the moment (they might last days or weeks!)?
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@SophyRidgeSky
Something in common with that lovely story about Queen Elizabeth walking near Balmoral, asked by an American couple if she'd met the Queen. "No, but my companion has", she said, so they got her to take a photo of them with her companion." They must have kicked themselves later!
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@ErdmuteD
@mdareedwards
I believe some Cabinet ministers were 'daisy fresh' when elected but have gone off since.
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@i_iratus
@grantshapps
I'm intrigued how Shapps knows that the PM never sleeps but is always at his desk awaiting that important phone call. And the PM can't really safely go to the toilet, at least for more than one minute. My conclusion: Sunak is in fact a robot (pre-release version).
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@TownCloseEmma
@guse_guse
@MirrorPolitics
@guardian
I wonder if such direct misinformation is grounds for legal action.
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@Frances_Coppola
@NicDuquette
Dear Dr Kepler, We are impressed by your painstaking analysis of apparent deviations in planetary orbits, but we remain of the opinion that your conclusion - that orbits are in fact elliptical - is excessively reliant on what might be called a 'purist' view of mathematics.
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@geektherefore
@EnglishmanAdam
@rorybremner
@NadineDorries
You mean Nadine Dorries, the culture minister?
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@GoodwinMJ
Indeed! And climate change will be the biggest driver, so it's urgent for all governments to move fast and decisively, not to row back on existing commitments. New oil-fields are a terrible idea, and car-use must be reduced by making walking, cycling and public transport better.
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@ShippersUnbound
And the UK to end the laundering of Russian money, i.e. behaving as a major power.
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@marrtoffee
Essential maths skills are arithmetic (including percentages), and a basic understanding of graphs and statistics.
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@gray_books
@davidschneider
Or, more simply, putting a nail in the fuse-box because the fuse keeps blowing.
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@TiceRichard
There was no 2008 financial crisis! (I know this because my bank card always worked.)
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@AnushkaAsthana
An imaginative appointment - someone who knows about rehabilitation and isn't a career politician.
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@DavidMuttering
@Joanna__Hardy
When BirdsEye cod steaks were first produced, they nearly got called 'cod pieces' but someone realised in time!
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@mrjamesob
We could copy the French (though without saying that) and say that anyone from any country who comes and works in the NHS or Care for a year gets automatic citizenship. Maybe HGV too?
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@JohnSimpsonNews
I’ve met younger Chinese who’ve never heard about it at all, and I gather many don’t believe it really happened.
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@MattChorley
The only person with the insight to identify, analyse and prescribe every aspect of UK politics and administration. That's who he thinks he is! However, I do think he's very honest about everything except his own role!
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@AdamCSharp
There’s an old story of a German guard boasting to POWs, that “After the war, I will cycle round the whole of the new German Empire.” An anonymous questioner says “And what will you do in the afternoon?”
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@nicktolhurst
Johnson needs to be more ‘office present’ as we see little of him (because he’s afraid of hard questions).
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@JohnJCrace
Having closed off all safe routes for questioning the Government, they now want to eliminate the 'small notes' that have burgeoned in recent times.
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@pritipatel
@KwasiKwarteng
Not selfish, not at all. You might disagree with their methods, but their motivation is to help us all get on with tackling dangerous climate change.
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@RevRichardColes
A Yorkshire widower requested a headstone with the wife's name and the words 'She was thine'. When he saw it in the workshop, it said 'She was thin', and he said "You've missed out the 'E'!" Next time he saw the amended version, it said 'Ee, she was thin'.
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