Leslie Philibert
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Poet. Father. Proud member of the German SPD. German - British dual national. Fan of 1860 München and Crystal Palace. No DMs
Winhöring, Bavaria. Germany
Joined September 2018
@thetimes Anybody who has visited parts of Spain with full English breakfasts, tea like mum makes it, Brit pubs and the Sun knows we export our.habits and prejudices extremely well. .
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@FraserNelson Here in Germany we accepted over a million refugees in 2015 and 2016 and recently over a million Ukrainens, visa free. Here our diversity is expressed through tolerance to humanity as such, not just a handful of elite politicians.
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@BenjAlvarez1 The vast majority of Germans like me stick strictly to the rules. This tin foil hat party is not representative of 83 million people. And a daily new infection number of around 800 is not good, but manageable in a well organised country.
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@BBCNews @YeomanRuth @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds My son was a paramedic here in Germany, he had a maximum response time of 12 minutes. How can a G7 country like the UK not be able to do better?.
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@GallIain As a German, can remember members of your party burning the flag of the European Union in Trafalgar Square, the symbol of over 400 million people in 27 countries. Can't remember hearing any remorse or an apology.
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@pritipatel The UK has received 24,500 asylum seekers this year, Germany took between 2015 and 2020 1,8 million. As long as you don't offer people the chance to apply for asylum in Britain they will be forced to risk their lives. Give them the chance your family received.
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@David_Cameron It makes no sense to transport goods from the UK, when all goods can be bought in Europe, in Germany or Poland, it makes more sense to donate to the International Red Cross or charities in Poland who know the logistics, storage, and what is needed.
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@Peston At the risk of repeating myself, there was no country less suitable to leave the European Union than the UK, a country with no strong economic base rather than real estate, financial services and high risk speculation.
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@PoliticsForAlI What a strange country England has become, protesting about things that no longer exist. Here in Germany, despite only 546 new infections today, people wear masks and get on with their lives.
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@SkyNews @SkyNewsPolitics Why does Sky report that Covid is sweeping Europe and so imply that the UK is doing well?.Yesterday, 42,000 infections in Germany, over 80 million population, 40, 000 in the UK, 60 million population. Start being fair, and honest.
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@WhatsEuroPinion @Adrian_Quark Here in Germany schools have organised 'Welcome Classes', accommodation and benefits are getting sorted out. Ukrainens are welcome, they are well educated and are a win for Germany.
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@TanjaBueltmann @mpfeldhoff Haven't checked this, but have just read that one of those threatened with deportation comes from Afghanistan, and his father worked as an interpreter for the British Army. This says much.
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@paulpowlesland Bertolt Brecht 'when illegality becomes the law, resistance is a duty'. Here in Germany we learned this the hard way.
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@KateEMcCann My son, who had Asperger Syndrome, has been missing for over a year in the Bavarian Alps. I know what the McCann family feel, anybody who attacks them is despicable.
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@claremackint0sh My son, who was autistic, is missing presumed dead after not returning from a walking trip in the Alps three years ago. No grave, no closure. The worst nightmare of every parent.
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@agirlcalledlina Err,I live in Germany, have German citizenship, am a member of the centre left SPD, and don't feel im the slightest humiliated, in fact even slightly surprised at the level of solidarity in the European Union, it has been brillant. Nobody can take this article seriously.
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@SteveLawrence_ @AndrewG999 Germany, with its nine land borders and slightly lower percentage vaccination has both a lower per capita mortality and infection rates. It proves that vaccination needs to be accompanied with intelligent public health measures.
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@seasylvia2005 In German the response times, here in Bavaria, where my son was a paramedic, is mostly under 20 minutes, not 20 hours. Britain is a wealthy country, a member of the G7. Lots of the wrong people must be getting the money. .
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@BorisJohnson We have in Germany safe streets, excellent hospitals and fantastic schools. This is because we are a member of the European Union. Despite all the insults we stand united with our friends in Britain. Stay with us.
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@BorisJohnson The EU is India's third largest trading partner, and there are negotiations taking place on a trade deal. They will obviously and fairly be looking for a deal with the important and larger European Union. Good try. And we haven't forgotten the party.
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@PolhomeEditor Here in Europe we know who our friends are. We look forward to seeing Scotland in the EU. They don't burn our flag, but fly it!.
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@implausibleblog This is true. Here in Germany I still find good will towards the UK, but puzzlement and confusion and a wish that Britain to return to the good country it once was and could become again.
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@doctor_oxford @theresecoffey The German Health Minister is a medical doctor, a Harvard trained epidemiologist and a double professor, and Therese Coffey, is, well, not. .
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@melanieburnard Well said. Here in Germany a million Ukrainens have arrived, 150,000 started school a few weeks care remains excellent. The UK, has an important country, could do better.
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@mrjamesob Here in Germany politicians are arguing about the new rules for domestic heating next year. Not so exciting, but they are talking about issues, not scandals.
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@JolyonMaugham Here in Germany politicians and journalists, good and bad, left or right, talk about politics. What is wrong with Britain?.
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@nicktolhurst What is an 'expat'? They are migrants, no better or worse than anybody who wants a better life in another country. This is ethnocentric doubletalk from a country unable to accept its own foolishness, jingoism and xenophobia.
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@HumzaYousaf @believeinscot @YesforEU @lornaslater @jamiehepburn I don't get involved in Scottish politics, but as a naturalized German can safely say many in Europe would be pleased to see Scotland as a member of the European Union.
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@RhonddaBryant @marrtoffee Err, we Germans, as always, came last, but have accepted 600,000 Ukrainen refugees without visas. Feel comfortable.
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@phil_hutchinson @sean9n AstraZeneca is not only part Swedish the European Union financed some of the research at Oxford, it's a vaccine developed by an international team. They are stupid beyond words.
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@Peston @neil_ferguson Germany has 1292 new cases today, a country with over 80 million residents in Central Europe with nine land borders and a slightly lower percentage ( not numerical) vaccination rate. Just saying.
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@supertanskiii Sky is claiming that other countries are 'jealous' of the royal family. Err, here in Germany we have a brillant and elected scandal free president, nobody like the disgraceful Andrew. .
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@Stuart4WolvesSW @BorisJohnson No reaction after Salisbury, 'Golden Visas', Lebedev, donations to the Tory Party, Rees-Mogg 's imvolmemt with Sberbank, connections to' Vote Leave ' involving Russian money, he is PM of the English province of the Russian Federation. .
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@IsabelOakeshott Germany has accepted, visa free, a million Ukrainens, around 40 % are children now at school. All I hear from people like you is 'impossible', 'can't manage'. The problems have nothing to do with migrants, the government is simply useless.
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@theresecoffey @KelvingroveArt Your party wants to deport underage, unaccompanied children. Don't pretend you are a Christian.
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@PolitlcsUK @guardian The Germans have introduced a national, monthly travel ticket for 49 Euros. Germany has a government that works for all, not just an elite.
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@OrTheDailyMail Here in Germany buy the excellent butter from Kerrygold, on offer ( not always the case) you can get a 250 g pack for under € 1,50, standard price is around € 2,30. Our friends in Ireland are enjoying the European Union.
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@EmmaKennedy I'm no expert. But I remember reading that although Norway is not in the EU it is a member of the IEM, the Internal Energy Market. This means that Norway must prioritize the EU. Another Brexit benefit. .
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@BBCkatyaadler Um, I thought a untidy looking idiot from a former EU member state was leading the West's response to the Russian invasion, but two European leaders are doing the work. Has nobody noticed this, or prefer not to?.
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@KateEMcCann Britain needs to work with the European Union, and so be in a better position to oppose Trump. At the moment it is geopolitically isolated.
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@mikegalsworthy There are no gas shortages here in Germany as Europe has enough storage capacity. Prices are expected to rise, for an average household, from 170 to 190 Euros. a year. .
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@BBCPolitics @guse_guse A hundred children arrived today in Berlin, sent by the Jewish Community in Odessa. Don't think I need to explain the significance of this.
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@Catofbengals @ledredman Yes, I want Crystal Palace to win the Champions League, but the other teams won't play as I want.
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@MattHancock Here in Germany we have a slower rollout, but those vaccinated will be vaccinated according to the time line advised by BioNtech, the Vaccination Commission of the Robert Koch Institute and the CDC. We will properly protect endangered groups. We reject vaccination nationalism.
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@billsnaddon @mmusJu My German supermarket is perfectly calm, no qeues, everything availible, no panic buying. It helped a lot that Chancellor Merkel spoke so well and assuringly yesterday. People have the feeling that everything will be OK.
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@BBCkatyaadler The German Süddeutsche Zeitung , better informed than the BBC, is reporting that Ukraine might be offered an 'Association - plus - plus ' deal that means close Ukrainen participation at a high diplomatic level. Short term this will help.
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@ChrisGiles_ @swoodexitbrexit I'm a British /German dual national, have never been informed by anybody you need to travel with two passports, this is not OK. .
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@TelegraphRoyals @AllisonPearson 'Lesser mortals'? This is an insult to all those who can't treatment. Shame on you.
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@Mike_Fabricant Yawn. Germany is not in recession. It's economy grew by 1,9 % last year. After a drop of 0,4% in Q4 last year it will grow by 0,2 % to 0,4%. Don't talk about things you don't understand.
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@chrischirp Good thread. Perhaps worth adding that Germany has nine land borders and infection is highest in areas bordering on Austria and the Czech Republic. You can't repeat enough that the UK is an island and not benefited from this.
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@PippaCrerar @PMcDonald107 @ChrisMasonBBC Germany has started to return the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, originally stolen by British soldiers. It's time that artifacts should be returned to their counties of origin.
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@Patrici89225734 Great post, I'm German, delighted to read your comment. We will not let these monsters return.
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@tamcohen Err, here in Germany we have serious politicians like Chancellor Merkel or the possible new Chancellor, Olaf Scholz. Like all politicians, they make mistakes, but they are respected. Peppa Pig? Oh dear.
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@PaulBrandITV The UK government has not the slightest political right or mandate to prescribe the policing of either the EU external border or the security arrangements in France. Is everything alright, Prime Minister?.
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@jeremybear123 @annicarole1 Well said. No shortages here in Europe, prices are expected to rise, for an average household, by a modest 170 to 190 Euros. a year!.
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@CBeaune As all the missing licences are French, then this is adequate proof that French fisherman are targeted for administrative barriers. The UK understands nothing about international cooperation.
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@mvonschantz Despite my terrible German grammar got dual nationality here because I studied in Germany and avoided the language certificate, and passed the easy citizenship test. You are rightly annoyed about what is happening in Britain.
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@SkyNews Important to note, he was talking about the kind of language used by the government. As a naturalized German can confirm his statement was absolutely correct.
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@implausibleblog In Germany unemployed get 60% to 67 % of take home pay for one year, those over 50 get it up to two years, as long as person was previously employed for two years. Based on mostly good wages, this is OK.
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@implausibleblog I'm shocked about the huge number of vile comments I've seen about this sad event. The internet is really a sewer.
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@KateEMcCann This is incredibly complicated and simply designed to stop Ukrainens arriving in the UK and also to avoid a precedent of being able to make an asylum application outside the UK. Devious and inhumane, you don't ask refugees to apply for a visa. .
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@itvnews Here in Germany everything is available, so the weather excuse is simply laughable. Pleased you report this accurately, unlike the BBC, now controlled by the Tories.
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@irreductible_Em Nobody here in Germany denies that the import of Russian gas (less so oil and coal imports) is a problem that needs to be and will be fixed. But importing energy is not the same as taking bribes from Russian 'businessmen'. .
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@danielgoyal As a naturalized German would like to add, Germany is no paradise, true, but it is a country with an excellent constitution, and a country in which resources are spent on health care. Good thread.
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@mrjamesob To steal a good argument I just read, a handful of French officials arriving late for work can shut down Britain's main port to Europe. This is not taking back control.
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@davidschneider My wife has gone shopping, she is German, we live in Bavaria. When she comes home, will stop watching SKY, so she won't see this. She likes ginger biscuits and Agatha Christie, and all the good things we can be rightly proud of.
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@Haggis_UK When you hear the rubbish 'faster vaccine rollout' then you know this is a strangled bleat from a failed politician.
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@danieltilles1 @Corriere Turkey is in a customs union with the European Union, Ukraine has an Association Agreement with the EU, Poland receives huge sums from the European Union and, by the way, Germany had been the largest single contributer of financial aid to Ukraine since 2014. Back to reality.
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@MrsGracePoole My thoughts are with you. My son has been missing for over a year, so I understand what you must be feeling. Stay strong and optimistic.
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@paulbristow79 You are a member of a party that wants to deport underage, unaccompanied children. You are not a Christian.
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@mrjamesob At the risk of sounding smug, pleased that here in Germany Chancellor Merkel's policy of ending nuclear energy production is proving to be very foresighted.
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@sashayanshin @nicolagrisman The German Health Minister is a medical doctor, a Harvard trained epidemiologist and a double professor. .
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@JohnSimpsonNews As a naturalized German can confirm his statement was absolutely true, the Tory party employs the language of division and discrimination. The BBC has failed to defend the values of free speech and tolerance. Wheret den Anfängen!.
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@KyivIndependent @StillMeAlex There is no active politician in Germany who supports dependence on Russian energy, and Chancellor Scholz, with his cabinet and team of Habeck and Baerbock are doing the right things. Germany will probably look after up to a million refugees.
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@CarlosTF50 Never know how to react when I hear these stories. My bad person has a chuckle, my good person says I feel sorry for British people stuck at airport queues who may have voted remain. A difficult one.
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg He was the ruler of a Saxon Kingdom, and we all know where the Saxons came from, right? You would probably now deport him. .
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@CommonsSpeaker Fine, but why did you allow a Minister to use an unparliamentary word for another member, and why has the 'Russian Report from 2019 not been published, and why are you utterly useless at your job?.
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@REWearmouth A few months ago he was 'everybody's darling', even a future PM.I don't support his politics or his party, but this is a good example of the way the British media have a huge influence on public opinion, perhaps too much.
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@AdamJSchwarz Right. A long list of lies, 11 EU member states have vaccinated more as well, the government uses the 28 day cutoff for COVID19 mortalities in the media, which other countries don't. You don't hear stuff like this in Germany, they are honest.
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@Nigel_Farage Err, this must be the most hypocritical comment I have heard for ages. What was that, 'taking back control'? Doesn't apply to other countries then?.
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@JonathanPieNews @WhitesidePaula Yes, Private Member Bill seems to have got it all wrong, where do the Tories find these people, behind the toilets at Eton?.
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@johnredwood Yawn. Because that is the deal your government wanted, despite better deals offered by the European union. Is this so difficult to understand?.
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@ladypuddy @celt_ann My son was a paramedic here in Germany, they had a maximum response time of 12 minutes, have heard similar from other European countries. Hard to understand why this is not possible in the UK, where has the money gone?.
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@campbellclaret I'm a retired social worker, and know that a lot depends on the financing, jobs, training, cooperation with other services, it is obvious the Tories prefer to trouser resources for their own personal greed rather than ensure it is used to protect children.
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@AdamBienkov How insulting and patronizing he is! A puerile comparison. He is wrong. Give these key workers the right wages and stop things Iike subsidies for meals for useless MPs like him.
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@revpeterbarham @paulduncan87 My son was a paramedic here in Germany, they had a maximum legally binding response time of 15 minutes, that they nearly always managed. The UK is not a poor country, it is a question of priorities. .
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@BBCPolitics Germany has mandatory masks in shops and apart from a few tin-foil hatters like this guy it is accepted as necessary for public health and economic recovery. The low infection and mortality numbers confirm this.
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@GeorgeMonbiot Had a meal with German friends in a small restaurant in rural Bavaria, a really small village. They all knew about Truss and the lettuce. The World has no respect for the UK.
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@harryph @DanielJHannan Rubbish. EU standards are international ones, that's why Tesla in Brandenburg and Infineon in Austria are comfortable in Europe, while Siemens has secured a 8 billion train deal in Egypt. Brexit was never going to work, hasn't worked, and never will, in any way.
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Fast tracking at airports has nothing to do with the fundemantal loss of rights that you and your party have inflicted on millions, many of whom wanted and want good relations with the European Union. I hear a barrel being scraped.
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@HansardSociety @marcodaisy Let's make it simple and ignore all this, the simple fact is that you can't unilaterally change an international bilateral agreement, this is just the UK talking to itself. The EU will react in the next few days.
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@lewis_goodall Good thread. Like to add that the UK has received 24,500 asylum seekers this year, Germany took, between 2015 and 2020 1,8 million. These people need to be given a chance.
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@guyverhofstadt @heather63262308 Spot the difference. Pro Europe, well written comments. Pro Brexit, pictures of flags and obscenities. Big intelligence gap!.
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