Lord Ashcroft
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Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. FB: Lord Ashcroft
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Before leaving her apartment in Kiev she plays the piano for the last time..
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Please retweet if you believe I'm right in despising people who have fun doing this...
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Perhaps if World War 2 happened today the questions would include:-
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I shall continue to wish everyone a happy Christmas and will not change this to a happy festive season…
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Feelings run high when
@Nigel_Farage
‘s name is mentioned...however it’s time he became Sir Nigel Farage...
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It’s becoming clearer that Covid-19 will be around through 2021 and maybe beyond...we must learn to live with it by shielding the elderly and the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with their lives taking responsibility for their own safety...
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Certain journalists need to be careful that they’re not making the situation worse by gotcha questions and giving the impression that their ego is greater than the national interest...
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Please retweet if you would support a George Cross or George Medal to the two volunteer Brit cave divers who found the missing Thai boys and participated in their difficult rescue...
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She didn’t say that...
Meghan makes claim that Royals banned Archie from being a Prince because of concerns over how 'dark' he would be
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I listened to
@SuellaBraverman
in the House of Commons today…her views on immigration I believe are those of the majority…she will survive the whining of her critics…
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Perhaps spare a thought at this time for an unsung heroine of the Royal family…Princess Anne, the Princess Royal who has clearly inherited her mother’s genes in her lifelong devotion of service to the nation…
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It is hard to disagree...please retweet if you agree...
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I nearly died from septic shock. For each retweet upto 50000 in the next month I will donate £1 to the UK SepsisTrust
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That’s style...very dignified...isn’t Her Majesty wonderful..
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It is quite something that all the high profile MPs who didn’t want to respect the 2016 referendum result but wanted either to revoke or a second referendum and resigned or defied their party whips are no longer Members of Parliament...
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Perhaps Harry and Meghan should do a follow up interview with Andrew Neil ...
@afneil
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Please retweet this message to all those jackasses who don’t social distance...
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Sad day today. My mum aged 97 passed away peacefully last night. She so wanted to get to 100. Bye mum. With dad now...
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Words fail me...please retweet if you feel the same..,
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Please retweet if you agree that this “hunter” who shot this rare black giraffe is despicable...
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I know this won’t be popular with many but in this General Election the political leader that hasn’t put a foot wrong is
@NicolaSturgeon
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Please retweet if you agree that the Royal Family are a fantastic asset to the U.K. even if like any family there are issues from time to time...
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I intend to be in Parliament Square at 11pm on the 31st January to see and listen to Big Ben bonging the U.K. out of the European Union with a bottle of
@gusbourne
English sparkling wine to toast a new era...
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Really…the Queen is 96 and in frail health…shouldn’t Harry and Meghan back off criticizing the family she heads and give the Queen one less headache to deal with…
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Now
@BorisJohnson
what about appointing
@DavidGHFrost
as your chief-of-staff...that would show serious intent...
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Tonight is probably the beginning of the end for the Remainers who wished the UK to stay in the European Union...
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Some will applaud, others will of course condemn , but after the mini budget today and other measures this week the U.K. seems after 12 years to have a Conservative Government …
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The
@Conservatives
should come to an accommodation with the
@brexitparty_uk
along the lines of not standing in say a dozen labour held northern seats in return for a clear run elsewhere...plus peerages for
@Nigel_Farage
and
@TiceRichard
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It is also becoming clearer that “following the science” on Covid-19 takes little or no consequence on either other health matters let alone on the economic health of the nation...we are going around in circles and it’s costing the nation and it’s citizens dearly...
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I wouldn’t totally rule out
@Nigel_Farage
meeting the
@realDonaldTrump
when the President visits the U.K. on his upcoming State visit...that’ll send the left apoplectic...
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Tomorrow night at 11pm the U.K. leaves the European Union...the doomsayers will be disappointed...I remain confident that the U.K. will do well as an independent sovereign state...please retweet if you agree...
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If you wish to vote in the EU elections and and to leave the EU with no deal or a deal without a permanent customs union then you have a binary choice
@brexitparty_uk
or
@UKIP
. Most will choose
@brexitparty_uk
with respected
@TiceRichard
as Chairman and
@Nigel_Farage
as Leader...
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For those in Parliament now pushing for a Norway type deal with the EU with its 4 freedoms could they explain how this in any way reflects the referendum vote in 2016...wouldn’t they be more honest to simply say they wish to remain in the EU...
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The
@Conservatives
are considering standing a candidate in the Speaker’s constituency at the next General Election...suggested tonight that the
@Conservatives
should give
@Nigel_Farage
a free run against the Speaker as part of a pact...
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Please vote and retweet as to whether you want a second referendum on Brexit:-
Yes
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No
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Don't know/Don't care
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Is there any problem that Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve cannot make more difficult...
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Hey
@guyverhofstadt
may I introduce you to Widders who it seems will be joining you in Brussels...
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It is becoming increasingly clear that there is a chasm between who most self interested Conservative MP’s want as their leader and the candidates that appeal to the electorate…
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Rhetoric and tone plays a large part in making up people’s views...those activist remainers on the left calling Brexit supporters fascists hardens the resolve of the silent majority of moderates who voted leave...
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PLEASE RT: Last week, I offered £50,000 for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of 9 yr old Olivia Pratt Korbel. I have now doubled it to match a £100,000 donation from a new donor, making a total
#reward
of £200,000
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To all those who are claiming the Supreme Court judgment said
@BorisJohnson
lied to the Queen are incorrect...they did not pass any such opinion...
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Government policy is leave the EU on 31st Oct preferably with a deal but no further extension nor to revoke article 50...there will be a 3 line whip against any amendment to that policy...and any Tory MP who votes against/abstains I’m told will not stand again as a conservative..
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More from my 12k referendum-day poll on how leavers and remainers see the world differently:
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Where are Lord Heseltine , Sir John Major and Lord Patten tonight...
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Don’t be surprised if the EU demands exorbitant conditions for an extension of Article 50 if Parliament takes no deal off the table and demands the U.K. requests such an extension. Over a barrel will take on a new meaning...humiliation...
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At dinner Wednesday in Brussels
@BorisJohnson
grip your marbles tight, pour lead in your pencil, don’t go wobbly and don’t cross your stated red lines...good fortune...
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I’ve offered a £10000 reward through
@CrimestoppersUK
for info leading to the arrest and charge of whoever is flying that drone over
@Gatwick_Airport
and ruining the holidays of many. Call
@CrimestoppersUK
at 0800 555 111 or through . Pls retweet
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Germany is now advising people to stock up on cheese and sausages. This is called the Wurst Kase scenario....
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A soldier of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment Display team...
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To the 60 MPs...if that’s the cost let’s crowdfund and I’ll underwrite its success...
EXCLUSIVE from tomorrow's Sunday
@Telegraph
:
Sixty MPs stage last ditch attempt to persuade Parliament to allow Big Ben to 'bong' for Brexit at 11pm on January 31. There's a catch - it will cost £120,000 for the Great Bell to chime.
via
@Telegraph
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I cannot see the Government agreeing in this 5 year Parliament to a second referendum for Scottish independence whatever the noise...shouldn’t the Scottish Government now work with the U.K. Government to grow its fragile economy for the benefit of all its citizens...
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URGENT: I am offering £50,000 for information, given via
@CrimestoppersUK
, that leads to the killers of 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel being jailed. Read more in the
@DailyMailUK
@MailOnline
#Justice4Olivia
#SilenceIsNotAnOption
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Please read this…the best analysis of why the Conservative Party will deservedly and probably be defeated at the General Election unless there is a tsunami sea change…
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So to Rwanda for illegal immigrants...it won’t be that many when the realisation hits home that the U.K. means Rwanda so they’ll stop in one of the many countries they pass through before arriving at the channel...
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Wonderful isn’t it that we buy fracked gas from the USA but cannot frack in the uk…
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Would footballers who are against a cap on the salaries of bankers want one for them…
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I think
@Nigel_Farage
will have substantial support on this...whether they like it or not Number 10 needs to reflect on it...
I am launching a new campaign to kill of Boris Johnson’s ruinous green agenda.
We demand a referendum on Net Zero.
Read all about it in the Mail on Sunday.
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Well well well...after Labour persistently calling for a General Election Keir Starmer is now backing away from calling one...unless no deal is taken off the table...first signs Labour are realising that they may lose...
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I think my friend
@Nigel_Farage
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@Conservatives
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@BorisJohnson
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@UKLabour
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Some good news for Brexiteers as it seems
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Quite something labour declining a General Election on October 15th..if they won could do whatever they wanted with Brexit prior to October 31st...but seem concerned they wouldn’t win so refused the invitation ...history making...
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In a vote of no confidence in the Government the Conservative MPs will of course be on a 3 line whip to support the Gov. If the Government loses and a General Election is called any Conservative MP who defies the whip will not be a conservative candidate thereafter...the end...
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In the next Cabinet reshuffle perhaps a unique idea that appointments and removals are based on merit and ability to do the job...
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From tonight no more remainers...henceforth they will be rejoiners...
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I’m not sure I’d want to be the General explaining to President Putin that the invasion of Ukraine isn’t quite going to plan...
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All we need now is the surprise of John Bercow announcing that he’s decided in the national interest as defined by himself that he should remain as Speaker until the end of the next extension...
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For all the shit she’s getting from the woke brigade maybe
@KemiBadenoch
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The armed forces of the U.K. should recruit on the basis of merit. The defence of the U.K. is in this case more important than diversity quotas...
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From those likely to make the last 4 of the Conservative Party leadership election
@RishiSunak
@trussliz
@PennyMordaunt
and
@KemiBadenoch
who is best placed to win the hearts, minds and votes of the electorate in 2024...be honest and retweet..
Rishi Sunak
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Penny Mordaunt
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Kemi Badenoch
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EU flags were being distributed free of charge outside of the Albert Hall before the event and even during the event EU flags were offered to the boxes… The Union flag had to be purchased!!…
Who paid for EU flags at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms? A pro-EU support group presumably funded by money from the EU, or am I wrong?
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I’ve noticed that Dominic is ok with any strategy including breaking conventions that further his cause but goes berserk if he thinks the Government might do the same...
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You reap what you sow...Rhino poacher trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa
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Still true...
It is hard to disagree...please retweet if you agree...
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