Sir Richard D Mountbasket🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧
@RichMountbasket
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Just another Dick with an opinion. Author, journalist, 9th baronet, #Humanist , #Unitarian . I shag flags but only in the order above.
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Happy to announce my new book for 2023: "Why I'm No Longer Talking To Stupid People About Brexit".
#NewYearsResolutions
#HappyNewYear
#NewYearsResolution
#BrexitBrokeBritain
#BrexitHasFailed
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Everyone saying they want
#StarmerOut
and won't vote Labour... you realise you're basically voting Tory? Is that what you really want? For fuck's sake,
#voteLabour
even if you don't like Starmer. We can fight about policy once we have a Labour government. Don't let the Tories win
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Brexiteers don't understand that Remainers love Britain too. We loved the freedoms the EU gave us: freedom to travel, freedom to trade with our neighbours without paperwork. We loved our sovereignty in the EU, and the great trade deals we negotiated as a powerful bloc.
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People tweeting that Marlene Headley "appropriated African culture" by adopting the Nigerian name Ngozi Fulani, might like to consider our royal family also "appropriated British culture" by changing their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
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Suella Braverman didn't "make a mistake". Mistakes are things you do unintentionally. Emailing government secrets to your personal account then forwarding them to an MP - and his wife! - was entirely deliberate. She knew what she was doing was wrong.
#SuellaBravermanOut
#r4today
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@AVMikhailova
I remember struggling to pay my rent whilst a student, and some posh bint said "well why are you paying rent, why not just buy somewhere?" People like Kirstie Allsopp just don't understand their own privilege.
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@BBGRichie
Why? You don't think a young person has the right to speak to their doctor privately if they want to? This is extremely important for safeguarding young people.
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It's high time Britain became more like France. The French don't put up with shit from their government - they make a noise, they protest, they keep their government in fear. We Britons are far too gutless and compliant
#bbcpm
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Am I having a stroke - are
#BBCPM
actually discussing the bad news that Brexit is a disaster for British trade?!
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Mostly straight people tweeting
#IStandWithLGBAlliance
? You can bet they don't stand with genuine LGBT organisations opposing violence against gay people, or for proper inclusive sex education in schools, or for empowering queer people in the workplace. Funny that.
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So Lee Anderson and Richard Rice think it's the job of the police to stamp on the heads of restrained brown people? That tells you everything you need to know about Reform UK Ltd!
#ManchesterAirport
#wato
#bbcwato
#bbcnews
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Only slaves don't have the right to withdraw their labour. Are the
@Conservatives
the party of slavery - again?
#bbcaq
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@veryfathomer
He's a footballer, he can do what he likes with his money. It's the government's job to take care of this country. But those useless greedy Tories are more interested in lining their own pockets than helping children. Rashford is right to criticise them.
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Police are going to stop protests before they've even happened? So now even thinking about protesting is a thought crime?! How very 1984 Britain is becoming!
#r4today
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Tory minister Michelle Donelan found guilty of libelling two innocent academics, who were suspended from their jobs based on baseless far right lies - and WE THE TAXPAYER have to pay her damages? Why isn't this being reported?!
#ToryLiars
#ToryScum
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@implausibleblog
Reform voters don't seem to know or care what the policies are, they just idolise Nigel Farage. Then I hear them saying they're voting Reform "for the NHS", ignorant of the fact Farage wants to privatise it.
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The funniest thing about Marjorie Taylor Green's batshit Jewish Space Lasers nonsense is how all the right wing are posting this video as if she somehow owned Emily Maitlis? Instead of just making herself look like the idiot she is?
"Emily, you're a conspiracy theorist... We like the truth."
Why did Marjorie Taylor Greene tell
@maitlis
to fuck off? 🤬
Coming to
@GlobalPlayer
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David Smith gets 15 years for communicating with a Russian KGB General? How long a sentence for a former British PM who left a security conference to meet a KGB General in person?!
#wato
#bbcnews
#borisjohnsontraitor
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I'm very happy to see Yvette Cooper tackling misogyny head on. Toxic masculinity and male violence is the real problem in British society. It's something that transcends race, class and immigration status.
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@implausibleblog
@jamesmurray_ldn
It's an objective fact that Trussonomics was a disaster. Really don't understand why Philips is arguing about this.
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Sure Boris Johnson was a great campaigner - because he told people what they wanted to hear, and everything he said was lies. That's not politics, that's electoral fraud
#Newsnight
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Bizarre. Felicity Mercer seriously thinks it's right to call the police for a few protestors holding up signs about her awful husband? Does she think this is a police state?
#ToryScumOut
#felicityminge
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I used to be
#ProudToBeEnglish
. That all changed on the day of the Brexit referendum. Hatred and division has spiralled since then, leaving us in the stew of high taxes, high living costs, misery and culture wars we're in today.
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@sallydust
@RozWilson7
Don't make this a nationalist thing - most English people didn't vote for him either. It's the fault of our undemocratic electoral system.
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@PalestinaPirate
@BBGRichie
I really don't understand what you're afraid of. It's a good thing for teenagers to have the opportunity to talk to their doctor about things they may be embarrassed (or afraid) to discuss in front of parents. This is normal in many nations.
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@owen_whiteley
@GregHands
I worked at City Hall while Boris Johnson was in power. At least, if you can call working for up to three hours a week being in power. He primarily came in for boozy lunchtime meetings with cronies, and was visibly drunk at afternoon GLA meetings.
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@MatthewStadlen
She's been a problematic Justice Secretary, useless Foreign Secretary, and a downright disastrous International Trade Secretary. The chances of her miraculously finding some competence as PM seems quite remote.
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While the
#bbcpresenter
story is important, why no mention of the George Osborne sexual assault allegations email? Is this BBC story a deliberate distraction by the Tory media?
#wato
#bbcwato
#bbcnews
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@MABarkie
@JimMFelton
Because she's saying putting tin foil behind radiators "makes your room lovely and warm". No it doesn't. My parents tried this, it didn't make a blind bit of difference. Radiators are misnamed, they heat by convection, not radiating heat. So a reflector is useless.
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Brexit has destroyed British manufacturing. The pandemic had a big impact, but unlike EU nations we've failed to recover. Car manufacturing - reliant on EU parts - is down 55% since 2016!
#WATO
#BrexitCarnage
#BrexitHasFailed
#bbcnews
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Nadine Dorries says the coup is "an attempt to overturn democracy", when Liz Truss was only elected by 81,000 people?!
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@ThomasWillett9
It's funny how she claims to be a women's rights campaigner, but rarely mentions any real issues faced by women - just the tedious anti-trans bullshit. There's something very wrong with her.
Other than being a terrible writer, I mean.
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I'm horrified at these abuses of the Public Order Act by
@metpoliceuk
and others. People have the right to dislike the monarchy, and they have for centuries. Holding a blank sign, or even an anti-monarchy sign, is not a matter for the fucking police!
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Jess Phillips is STEAMING with anger. And it's wonderful. She's the only one truly representing the audience and the public!
#bbcqt
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@joannaccherry
@BluskyeAllison
@ALLIANCELGB
LGB Alliance is a hate group with links to the far right and Christian Evangelicals. If you post
#IStandWithAllisonBailey
, you're enabling hate. The overwhelming majority of the LGBTQ+ community does not support this shit.
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Brexit means Britain is at the back of the queue for everything, after the US, EU, China, Japan and India. Why would suppliers pander to our small and failing manufacturing when they have bigger customers?
#wato
#bbcnews
#BrexitBrokeBritain
#BrexitReality
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Rishi Sunak says he supports the little people... which means himself and the
#Selfservatives
.
Happy
#followbackfriday
!
#WATO
#LeakySue
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@LBC
@mrjamesob
People forget that Lee Anderson was once a Labour politician, who got thrown out of the Labour party after being fined by police for racially motivated antisocial behaviour. So naturally he joined the Conservative party.
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Rishi Sunak wants to "rebuild the economy" eh? He's going to have a terrible shock when he learns who was Chancellor between 2020 and 2022
#RishiSunakNotMyPM
#ToryShambles
#RishiOut
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My grandparents survived World War 2, but I'm glad they didn't live to see me suffering through through World War 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and of course, World War 11.
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Curious Rupert Murdoch's
@theSun
prints the
#BBCpresenter
story - rumoured for years - the day after the
#GeorgeOsborne
sex abuse email? And no mention of the far more serious Osborne story?
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@Otto_English
Lies and corruption if you're working class gets you barred from employment and sent to prison.
Lies and corruption if you're born wealthy gets you the job of Chancellor, Home Secretary, Prime Minister, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, or a seat in the House of Lords.
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"Has Brexit damaged the British economy and caused us to be the only major economy in recession? Let's discuss with two Brexiteers".
#R4Today
is a pathetic excuse for journalism.
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@PaoloIskandar64
@SamanthaMalin
@MarkKen20510303
It still seems a ridiculous hurdle. We all get sent a polling card - why can't we just use that? In fact why bother at all with ID, given there's no evidence that electoral fraud is a problem - at least not by voters?
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@Nigel_Farage
Ursula von de Leyen was appointed by democratically elected heads of government, and confirmed by vote of the democratically elected European Parliament. Odd you don't know that, as a former MEP with a fat EU pension who tried to get a German passport?!
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So Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter means Trump back, and a brave new world of harassment and hate speech? RIP Twitter indeed
#r4today
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Ever wondered why Suella Braverman is so obsessively anti-immigrant? It's because she worked as a government immigration lawyer, trying and mostly failing to prosecute reguees. All that frustration is why she sounds so full of hate and anger
#bbcpm
#ToryLeadershipRace
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Suella Braverman doesn't seem to understand: British people don't want her hateful Tory culture war bullshit. That's why Tories are losing. We want sensible government for the benefit of all, not lurching further to the right.
#ToryWipeout
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What's the point of tougher prison sentences, when the government have to release prisoners early because jails are full?! It's completely worthless Tory posturing!
#wato
#KingsSpeech
#ToryGaslighting
#ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern
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@Patrici89225734
EU nations negotiated a gas deal with the USA through the power of collective bargaining. But EU nations also enacted strict price caps and windfall taxes on energy profits, because they care about their people.
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You can almost see the inner workings of Liz Truss's little hamster brain as
@KayBurley
asks a "difficult" question: were you invited to a party?
#bbcnews
#bbcpm
@skynews
#LizTruss
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If you can make a country like Rwanda safe just by UK legislation, why don't we legislate to make Ukraine safe? Or Israel-Palestine? Could it be that waving a magical legislative wand doesn't actually make nations any more or less safe?!
#ToryChaos
#bbcpm
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Justice for Andrew Bridgen means arresting and imprisoning the lying twat, presumably?
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@johnredwood
Inflation isn't the Bank of England's fault. Post-pandemic inflation is worldwide phenomenon, but it's exacerbated by rising prices due to Brexit supply difficulties. You really aren't living in the real world John.
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I remember meeting Penny Mordaunt when she was International Development Secretary - Penny Dreadful, as we called her. She had absolutely no interest in helping the poorest people in the world, and was mainly interested in siphoning aid money to the military!
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"I don't give a fuck about the differences between socialism and centrism, when the main result of that division is conservatism". Spot on Femi!
Labour doesn't need another civil war.
(Despite what Owen Jones wants you to think)
Both sides of Labour support Voting Reform.
SO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU AGREE ON! :
@Labour4PR
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Crossing the Channel and claiming asylum is not "arriving illegally"
@Sarah_Montague
- can you please stop repeating Tory propaganda!
#wato
#bbcwato
#ToryGaslighting
.
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It's blatant homophobia people assuming the
#bbcpresenter
is a gay man like Graham Norton or Rylan - despite all stories saying the teenager involved is a girl!
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I'm happy that in modern Britain, being brown isn't a barrier to becoming Prime Minister.
It's just a shame that being an overprivileged, out of touch cunt isn't a barrier to becoming Prime Minister.
#C4News
#RishiSunakPM
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Gary Lineker isn't a journalist, and the BBC don't pay him to be a political commentator, so I don't see any professional conflict in him speaking his mind
#IStandWithLineker
#wato
#bbcwato
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Lee Anderson MP used to be a Labour councillor - he was kicked out after getting a police fine for racially aggravated antisocial behaviour. He naturally joined the
@Conservatives
where his racism and class war stupidity continues
#bbcaq
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It's the government who's used language about refugees that should never be used. Illegal, Invasion, Criminal, Dangerous, Swamped. These are the words that shouldn't be used, and the Tories are guilty.
#bbcaq
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Every time I see Owen Jones trending my heart sinks and I think, jeez, what stupid thing has he said now... He should be fighting the Tories instead of constantly attacking Labour. Does he want more Tory rule?!
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@PiersUncensored
@NadineDorries
@piersmorgan
So nothing about whether she deserves it or not? What has Dorries ever done, what talents has she shown, what benefits to our nation has she achieved?! She deserves nothing.
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My official spokesperson has confirmed: I am giving zero fucks about Dr Ranj, Holly Willoughby or Phillip Scholfield. Who on earth gives a shit about shenanigans of daytime TV D-listers?! Get a grip people, the world is burning and our nation is falling apart!
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As usual the right wing Reform UK vultures are happy to abuse the memory of Lee Rigby, claiming the soldier sadly stabbed in Kent was a victim of a "terror attack". There's absolutely no evidence so far, and using violent event to peddle your racist prejudices is sickening.
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@bmay
She doesn't understand that unilaterally not applying tariffs to nations you don't have a trade deal with is a violation of WTO rules. We are in violation of WTO right now because we aren't checking EU goods.
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@LBC
@AndrewMarr9
@michelledonelan
Just like Tories are in bed with oligarchs and donors: that's just a fact.
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The ECHR was Winston Churchill's greatest legacy. The fact that his own party wants to rip up a project of our Greatest Briton is abhorrent
#bbcaq
#ToryFascistDictatorship
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@curwood_graham
@mattprescott
Freedom to do what? What can you do now that you couldn't before Brexit? We're far less free than we were. We aren't free to move, work or travel. Businesses aren't free to export to the EU, without barriers, and they still have to meet EU rules, but we have no say any more.
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@KonstantinKisin
Not just one. Her books are riddled with class snobbery and fat shaming too.
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Yes Britain spends a lot on healthcare: but a quarter of that cash goes to the profits of private providers. So yes we need to look at funding options, and get rid of wasteful Tory NHS privatisation!
#bbcaq
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@birdwoman1966
You're wrong - even motorways in Wales are limited to 20mph, as this genuine photograph clearly proves.
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Why do the
@Conservatives
and police refuse to name the
#ToryRapist
? Alex Salmond was named straight away when he was investigated. Is this just classic Tory hypocrisy?
#bbcpm
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@raymondseary
@SholaMos1
What the fuck are you talking about Ray?! If this was for his permanent home and he was paying for it himself I'd understand, but Downing Street is a pubicly-owned and publicly-funded building, in which Prime Ministers rarely stay for more than a few years!
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@andrealeadsom
Why do we want free trade with dodgy dictatorships on the other side of the planet, but we don't want free trade with our closest democratic neighbours and so-called allies?
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@Haggis_UK
"Our scientific knowledge of it is very small". No Nigel, *your* scientific knowledge is very small.
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@JoseCCAlmeida
@DutchNewchurch
Also: Boris Johnson met with their owner 2 days before this action. And the Home Office processed the visas for those foreign workers taking over, so the Home Office definitely knew.
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You have to laugh at this neonate MP calling Keir Starmer Captain Hindsight, when his boss Boris Johnson is Major Fuckup
#c4news
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Delighted to see the BBC scoring a massive own goal over Gary Lineker fiasco! The real impartiality issue here is pro-government bias by BBC management - led by corrupt Tory donor Richard Sharp!
#bbcnews
#bbcaq
#IStandWithGaryLineker
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@miffythegamer
Her Wikipedia page is a treat. Left school with no qualifications and lied to get her first job. Knocked up at 17. Set up knicker factory and bugged an employee's office. Flogged fake weight loss pills. Her CV is a litany of lies and fraud: no wonder she's a Tory peer!
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@NewStatesman
@WTMAtkinson
You are wrong about "the vaccination programme alone highlights the benefits of shrugging off the dead head of Brussels" - that's a Tory lie. It was delivered WHILST we were part of the EMA, and we could've done so even if we'd stayed a member.
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@castlvillageman
His pretense at Norman blue blood is odd given his ancestors were Welsh and Irish, and his grandfather was a lorry driver. He's a textbook nouveau riche pseud, desperate to out-posh genuine aristocrats.
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"We will use all our ingenuity and passion" says Boris Johnson on the cost of living crisis - ie they'll do nothing
#bbcpm
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@TimmsSj
@mrjamesob
Toughest tenure?!🤣 I don't remember Churchill partying, spending £200k on gaudy flat decorations, taking donations from wealthy Russians, or doing nothing and declaring "the free market will sort it out" when bombs were falling on London.
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Here's the
#MetPolice
bias in action: beating a peaceful Sarah Everard protestor to the ground, while allowing a Neo-Nazi anti Black Lives Matter protestor to piss on a police memorial!
#r4today
#SuellaBravermanMustGo
#ToryLiars
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@archer_rs
Irish nationals can travel freely in the British Isles Common Travel Area, and I suspect taking away UK citizenship from an Irish national would be a violation of the Good Friday Agreement.
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@LBC
I guess everyone should be studying PPE, the choice of degree for grifters like him and Liz Truss?
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I appear to be getting married today. Just saying😎🍾🎉🎩
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