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Broadcaster & Financial Analyst | š¢ @LGBTCons @NextGenTories | šŗ @TimesRadio @JeremyVineOn5 @BBC @LBC @SkyNews @GMB @Bloomberg
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Joined February 2018
I am a moderate conservative & a product of migration. Thereās nothing moderate about 745,000 net migration in 1 year. This is a radical immigration policy, integration worked when numbers were lower. We have voted consistently for lower immigration, it must be delivered.
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Tell me my partyās social media team did not film a pensioner losing the winter fuel allowance wearing a solid gold @ROLEX?.
This winter, pensioners will have to choose between heating and eating. And thatās on Keir Starmer.
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Seeing many bad takes so this needs to be said: neither the late Queen, nor any member of the Royal Family alive today is responsible for colonialism or the exploitative actions of historic politicians & businessmen anymore than you are. Keep your bad takes to yourself. RIP Maāam.
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I understand Axelās parents fled Rwanda as genuine refugeesātheyāre not Muslim and come from a country where only 2% are. Yet, on British soil, their son was radicalised and committed a horrific act of terror in the name of Al Qaeda. When a country that opens its doors to.
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I too have heard of some extremely concerning things regarding the Southport attack.
šØBREAKING: Nigel Farage says he knows a āhell of a lot moreā than the British public regarding the Southport attack but has been SILENCED. āWe are witnessing one of the biggest coverups in our life time.ā. Starmer, your time is nearly up.
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Can we stop saying āmulticulturalism has failedā when what you really mean is that specific immigrant groups havenāt integrated as youād like?. Youāre not talking about British Indians, Black Britons, British Jews, or British Chinese. And youāre certainly not calling the.
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How did we get to a point where it became controversial to say, western liberal democratic values are better than the values of religious fundamentalists?.
Kemi Badenochās performance on Sunday Political TV this morning was a horror show. There should be no place for such hatred of minority groups in any political party.
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As a West Londoner, Iām furious. The French rebuilt Notre Dame in under five years, but Hammersmith Bridge is still crumbling while @SadiqKhan poses for photo ops and eyes up a knighthood. A knighthood? For whatāpresiding over one of the worst Mayoral records in living memory?.
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Mum and I are on a train to the South Coast for a walk, proudly sporting our poppies ā and weāre pretty much the only ones. Mum reminisced about how back in her day, everyone wore a poppy. Now? Out of a whole coach, weāre the only ones. Standards are slipping, folks, and itās not.
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Do British conservatives not realise how unpopular Trump is in the UK?.
Great to be at @RNC in Milwaukee seeing President Trump get nominated. The leadership the West needs.
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@Emma_A_Webb Celebrating a charity whose work has cut HIV transmissions & will end HIV transmissions by 2030. How terrible!.
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British Chinese, Indians, and Jewsāthe most successful minority groupsāarenāt out here lionising police car ramming, violent criminals, wife beaters, or deadbeat dads, while mocking young professionals who donāt speak multicultural London English. Letās get one thing straight:.
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I'm not trying to be funny, but most of these people (like me) will have a claim to dual citizenship or have dual citizenship because their parents wanted them to have that privilege. We should change the law & give judges the option to deport people with claims to or dual.
āKillers, killers, death to all the Jews. F*cking Hitler.ā Abhorrent. The Prime Minister should make clear that this country will not compromise. An attack on a Jew should be declared an attack on us all. We need leadership.
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Today, Iām deeply ashamed of parts of the Black community and the echo chamber that is āBlack Twitter.ā We canāt keep lionising criminals and rejecting due process. What other community defends people like Chris Kaba? What other community protests when convicted criminals are
May Chris Kaba rest in peace, but did we really need to put a police officer on trial for responding to a man known to police for firearms activity, driving a car linked to a gun incident, and ramming police cars when told to stop?. I canāt stand seeing Chris Kaba being lionised.
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Never listen to them when they complain about a globalist agenda again. As @miriam_cates saidā¦if this was Bill Gates and Keir Starmer the usual suspects would be screaming from the raftersā¦but because itās Nigel & Elon youāre cheering it on. Youāre unprincipled.
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I am relatively culturally liberal for a conservative. But Hadiths should not displayed at British transport hubs during Ramadan in a secular society with Christian underpinnings. This would not happen in France. It should not happen here.
A Hadith related to Ramadan was displayed at London's King's Cross railway station.
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Absolutely not. UK must take no šµšø refugees. The social attitudes of the average Palestinian are incompatible with the tolerant, liberal society we have in UK. This would be risky for British women, Jews, LGBT+ alike. UK must influence a negotiated two state solution.
Today in Parliament I called for the creation of a Palestinian family visa scheme. This should bring Palestinian refugees to safety in the UK through a new safe and legal route, and reunite families desperate for their loved ones to reach safety.
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@un0themones No black person thinks theyāre immune to police brutality. However, many of us know we wouldnāt end up getting shot by armed police while trying to ram a car, linked to a gun incident, through a police roadblock. Never gonna happen. Yours truly, a āCanary Wharf black.ā.
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May Chris Kaba rest in peace, but did we really need to put a police officer on trial for responding to a man known to police for firearms activity, driving a car linked to a gun incident, and ramming police cars when told to stop?. I canāt stand seeing Chris Kaba being lionised.
#BreakingNews Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake, 40, has been cleared at the Old Bailey of the murder of Chris Kaba, 24, who was fatally shot in Streatham, south-east London, on September 5, 2022
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So let me get this straight, a woman tried to steal something, the store owner accosted her. Now this Asian small business owner whose customers are mostly black is at the centre of a race scandal?. How absurd.
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I wonāt mince my words, as frankly, I am furious. I have been proud of how effectively fellow @Conservatives have called out anti-Semitism since October 7th. However, I am extremely disappointed, albeit unsurprised, that these same individuals are unable to denounce far-right.
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I donāt know whatās more alarming: that we have a British MP openly advocating for de facto blasphemy laws, or that the Prime Minister seems too spineless to unequivocally oppose them.
Tahir Ali MP: "will the Prime Minister commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions". Alarmingly Keir Starmer's response is not a flat out refusal. Blasphemy laws have no place in the UK.
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The outrage over @Nigel_Farage going to America to see Trump is absurd. His friend, nearly got assassinated, if a friend of mine nearly got killed, Iād go and see them too. I am sure his constituents will understand, I would. Nigel & Donald are human beings, FGS.
I will fly out to America this week to support my friend Donald Trump at the RNC. We all have a duty to support and defend democracy.
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People wonder why I am so harsh on racists, so many mutuals on Tory twitter follow racists like this and say nothing, if I donāt say anything who else is? . I have a very low tolerance for bullshit. And this is bullshit of the highest order, only place where opinions like this.
Iām an Englishman living in England which is still 73% white . Yet when I turn on my tv to watch the BBC 6pm news I am greeted by this guy. His parents are Jamaican . How often to do white hosts appear on Jamaican tv news programs. Iāll wager not often if at all. Stop this racism
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Confused by āpatriotsā who support a Dutchman over an Englishman because the Englishman is āwokeā. Utterly bizarre and complete nonsense. @LewisHamilton is one of the greatest sportsman Britain has produced. I support Sir Lewis & his right to activism.
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I was ready to be outraged at @AndyMacdonaldMPās speech so I listened & he said:. āWe wonāt rest until we have justice, until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea can live in peaceful liberty.". I canāt say Iām outraged. Am I missing somethingā¦.
UPDATE: Senior Labour MP Andy McDonald has now been suspended over the āriver to the seaā speech . The decision comes after fast-paced internal discussions on Monday afternoon.
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Decided to mix things up today and went to my local church for the first time since I was a kid. A recent experience got me curious about faith (after years of full-on atheism but still feeling culturally Christian), and honestly? I really enjoyed it. I was probably the youngest
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Postcolonial African & Caribbean nations arenāt impoverished because of slavery & colonialism. Itās because of corrupt leaders & bad decisions post-independence. Postcolonial Singapore is one of richest countries on earth. No reparations is a convenient excuse for failure.
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Letās be honest, @trussliz absolutely smashed PMQs against @Keir_Starmer. Didnāt think she had it in her.
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I can't handle all the so-called Thatcherite, small-state, low-tax Conservatives & Reformers whining about means testing winter fuel payments. They preach smaller government, but whenever it's suggested itās always, āno, not that!ā.
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I feel proud that British children today, whatever their race, can look at the talented & diverse slate of @conservatives leadership candidates & think āI could do thatā. I didnāt have that growing up under a @UKLabour government. Proud of my country & proud of my party. š¬š§.
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Just build more f*cking council houses & end right to buy. The reason housing list are long isnāt because of terrorists, foreigners or rich people, itās because weāve decimated supply. Thatās it, thatās the tweet.
š“ High-income earners could be banned from renting council houses
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Ironic, isnāt it? Itās black Britons, Africans, and West Indians keeping Anglican Protestantism aliveāin the UK and globally. Meanwhile, the folks clutching their pearls about āerased cultureā are the ones neglecting their pews. When was the last time a white English player did.
āI think the message was pretty clear to be honest. Itās a message of love and truth as well and a message of inclusivity, so it speaks for itself.ā. Marc Guehi explains his decision to write "I love Jesus" and "Jesus loves you" on his rainbow armband.
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This is disgraceful. The royal family & home office should be ashamed of themselves. I had (wrongly) thought Harry & Meghan not bringing Archie & Lilibet to the UK was unilateral cruel decision on their part. Families should not treat each other like this.
PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN HAD REQUESTED SECURITY TO BRING PRINCE ARCHIE & PRINCESS LILIBET DIANA TO THE U.K. š¬š§ IN SEPT 2022 BEFORE THE QUEEN DIED-But the Home Office and Royal Household blocked adequate security. The judicial review judgment reveals this. No one better try
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šØ An image of the Clapham attacker has been released. Share it far and wide lads, they must be found, charged and punished.
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If you werenāt on Twitter or directly impacted, you wouldnāt know this had even happened. What is wrong with the news this AM?.
6 suspicious packages spotted in Uk within past 72 hours:.- Euston Station (controlled explosion).- Gatwick.- Chester.- US Embassy.- Glasgow Caledonian University.- Glasgow Bus Station. Is this normal or is there something they aren't tellig u?. Stay safe folks!.
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@marcusjdl You have three flags in your Twitter name. Two of them are national flags. š¤¦āāļø.
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Nigelās fan club still donāt realise that in order for Nigel to win over the British electorate and median voter, he needs to come across a less right wing, less MAGA, more mild & moderate in his manner. This is not America folks. I can see this all going in his favour.
Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree. My view remains that Tommy Robinson is not right for Reform and I never sell out my principles.
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@LozzaFox Oh Lozza, you can be a bit of a drama queen at times. The biggest mistake the UK has EVER made? Reallyā¦.
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No black person thinks theyāre immune to police brutality. However, many of us know we wouldnāt end up getting shot by armed police while trying to ram a car, linked to a gun incident, through a police roadblock. Never gonna happen. Yours truly, a āCanary Wharf black.ā.
These Canary Wharf blacks are the funniest people. They think theyāre exempt from police brutality because they wear gilet and carry briefcase. Jokers.
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Like most Brits I am sympathetic to @jk_rowlingās views on biological sex & the need for single-sex provisions. But I suspect like me, most Brits would find calling a trans woman who looks like @munroebergdorf1 āhimā to be obtuse & mean-spirited, though not a criminal offence.
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My issue with @kehinde_andrews is that he wants racial segregation, not integration. His calls for āblack independenceā are simply 20th century segregation, reheated for 2023. This is divisive, dangerous & not a model for a successful multiracial democracy like Britain
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Young Brits angry about the housing crisis will soon turn their anger to this. Iām not particularly hardline on immigration, but this unsettles me. Britain feels broken, and our political class is utterly incapable of fixing it.
Refugee family moved 60 miles have 'just one dream - a house'
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The same people who fume about Muslims not integrating are outraged that Muslims have started a bank, created jobs, generated wealth, and are pouring money into one of the worldās biggest advertising marketsāLondon. So what happened to ādo what you like but don't break the lawā?.
You'll see these adverts all across London now, including on the Underground. SADIQ KHAN has previously banned junk food ads, "body-shaming" ads, one of them for showing a WEDDING CAKE. But apparently ads featuring an Islam!st promoter of Shar!a Law is ok š
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A wonderful afternoon at the Notting Hill Carnival with my sis. Some claim multiculturalism has failed, but I, and I suspect over a million other Carnival revellers, beg to differā¦
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I wonder what would have happened if Meghan had been given as much support in the media as Kateā¦.
šļø "Unrealistic expectations are being imposed on women, thanks in large part to our toxic social-media culture" | Writes @CamillaTominey . Read the full comment below ā¬ļø.
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Could you imagine the outcry if the Tories had made up an imaginary 22bn GBP fiscal black hole?.
The Former Chief Economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane tells @SophyRidgeSky that the Chancellor's warning of a black hole in the public finances in the summer was "unnecessary" and "unhelpful". Watch #PoliticsHub at 7pm ā¶ļø šŗ Sky 501/YT
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Labourās right on the WASPI women, Winter Fuel Allowance, planning reform, and their 370k annual new homes target. The Tories? They love to preach small-state, supply-side principles but oppose everything for the sake of politics. All talk, no delivery when it comes to cutting.
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What a vile thing to say. @LozzaFox you think it is acceptable to desecrate statues if it is memorialising Muslim? . Embarrassing, Laurence you desecrate yourself by making such offensive, anti-veteran & anti-Muslim comments. Shame! You are no patriot.
At last. A statue we can desecrate.
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How is @YvetteCooperMP getting more deportations done than @pritipatel and @SuellaBraverman, this is shameful. What were the @Conservatives doing when they were in office if they can be outflanked by Yvette in a matter of months š¤¦āāļø.
šØNEW: Deportations have reached a 5-year high, including flights to Nigeria, Pakistan and Albania. [@guardian].
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Why is it controversial to say ābad parents lead to bad outcomes for childrenā?. This is fact.
A Conservative MP has claimed that most children who struggle in his town are the "products of crap parents". š Read more.
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How many Home Office failures before we break up this moronic department & reform its processes?. I donāt think the Home Office has worked for as long as I have lived. This was entirely preventable. People like Abdul should not be in the country.
šØ BREAKING: Abdul Ezedi, the man wanted in connection with the chemical attack in Clapham, was an asylum seeker. Government sources have told GB News that Ezedi was denied asylum on his first two attempts, but his third application was then granted.
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If this was a Pakistani uncle from Tower Hamlets thereās no way conservatives would be entertaining this. Weād be rightly calling them out for not having āwestern valuesā & yet we indulge this bollocks because @pearlythingz is a white lady from America?. Nope ā.
'I just look at large and think why do women deserve to vote?'. Youtuber and social media personality, Pearl Davis, believes women should not have the vote and clashes with Lee Anderson over the issue. š Become a GB News Member:
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When you have to get up at 4:30 to get an overpriced flight to Manchester for a family party because Mick Lynch has called a strike for jobs which could just be replaced by computers & weād never have to worry about this again.
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Now build 10 in London, 5 each in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds & Sheffield.
The Regent International apartment building in Hangzhou, China, is renowned for housing approximately 20,000 people, akin to a small town.
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@Nigel_Farage I expect to see the same outrage & declarations of being āappalledā when black or arab travellers are subject to racial profiling & rigorous procedures at bordersā¦. The border force have a difficult job, they don't need every tom, dick & harry chiming in because of a clip.
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My talented friends @OliviaUtley & @SophiaWenzler have been at @GBNEWS for a long timeāthey weren't hired recently in some "totty hiring spree." . Tired of this everyday sexism that reduces women to their looks instead of recognising their talent and ability. Do better!.
I like how GB News have been trying to turn their fortunes around lately by blatantly going on a totty hiring spree š. We see you brother š š
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@MailOnline šØ UNPOPULAR OPINION:. An ex-convict has turned his life around & become an MP. What he did was appalling. I feel for the victim and her family. However, heās served his punishment & has been rehabilitated. Surely it is better heās turned his life around & become an MP rather.
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@LBCWatchUK Itās literally what black twitter has been doing for the past few days, which is why Iām posting this on Twitter, quote tweeting a directly responding to something.
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It would be nice if the do gooders who have got my friend @PatrickChristys suspended for this funny tweet. Spent their time reporting the actual racists, homophobes & bigots I often get in my replies. Rather than on a childish war against @GBNEWS.
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@SangitaMyska @DrAmirKhanGP Sangita, I am by no means hardline on immigration, at the right level, it has few disadvantages in my opinion. But can we have a grown up conversation about whether 3/4 of a million net migration is sustainable annually without being called a bigot?.
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@RyanRead__ White British people like half of my family? Get the fuck out of here with your racist āgay black migrantā, I would rather be me than some scum of the earth racist with no life prospects. Best of luck on all your future endeavours x.
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@MartinDaubney Why arenāt we allowed to ask the question:. Why are so many black Britons drawn to crime & what can we do to solve it?. Iām sick of people being called racist for stating what they see & Iām sick of seeing young black men drawn into lives of crime.
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It blows my mind that Boomers and Gen X reversed a centuries old trend in the West, where each generation made life better for their children. I love my parents, but after inheriting peace, health & prosperity from our grandparents, their generation has left us with stagnant.
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Inspiring to see black free-thinkers like @estherk_k @DominiqueTaegon @MercyMuroki @InayaFolarin @Nanaakua1 @calvinrobinson killing it on the media circuit. @GBNEWS has been a catalyst. I donāt always agree, but, diversity of thought is the most important type of diversity.
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A big shoutout to everyone who backed @reformparty_uk and especially @Nigel_Farage, for helping @Keir_Starmerās bid to become PM. Yes, @RishiSunak had his flawsāsome of them acuteābut can we all admit this new reality is even worse?.
There will be no more papering over the cracks. With @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister, things are being done differently.
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On @GBNEWS Tonight Live with @danwootton Iāll be debating whether or not the term āwhite privilegeā is racist with fellow black Conservative @calvinrobinson two āwrong type of BAMEā Britons on the same show, what could we possible disagree on? Tune in at 21:20.
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@GBNEWS If this was a Pakistani uncle from Tower Hamlets thereās no way conservatives would be entertaining this. Weād be rightly calling them out for not having āwestern valuesā & yet we indulge this bollocks because @pearlythingz is a white lady from America?. Nope ā.
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On his 70th birthday, Grandad told me he was going to "die soon", that was over 20 years ago. Happy Birthday Grandad. I know you're bored of them now but stick around for a few more you'll get a letter from the King!
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@benleo444 People shouldnāt have places to live because you donāt like the look of something?. Why not advocate for a design code rather than for people to be homeless?.
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Amazing how many self-professed āpatriotsā are not patriots at all. Most are social media loud mouths, who wouldnāt know what duty to the nation was if it smacked them in the face.
I wonāt fight for a failed multicultural state. I wonāt fight for a country that has become the lapdog of globalists. I wonāt fight for a country that prioritises corporate interests over its people. I wonāt fight for a country that cares more about illegal migrants than itās.
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Oh my god, this is major. @montie and I have very similar politics. This will turn heads.
After 33 years in the Conservative Party, Tim Montgomerie, former adviser to Boris Johnson and creator and editor of Conservative Home, has joined Reform UK.
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@SuellaBraverman And more blah blah blah from you, talk me through your plans for the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement without the ECHR. Then letās have a conversation about leaving the ECHR. No one believes your āitās as easy as: A, B, C, this is consequence freeā, populist spiele. So if you want.
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God save the King. No president of a British republic would command international crowds like this.
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Thereās a word for people who claim @KemiBadenoch isnāt British because she was born in Wimbledon and lived in Nigeria until she was 16, yet have no issue with @BorisJohnson being born in New Yorkā¦.
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@richardaeden @DailyMailUK If true, this is a *really* bizarre reaction for a grandma to have. Her grandson loved her so much he named his daughter (her great grand-daughter) after her. And this is the grandma's reaction? If this was my grandma needless to say, mum would be having words.
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Can I say, most black conservatives are nothing like @calvinrobinson. Even by his standards this is desperate stuff. We all have that embarrassing aunty, uncle or cousin weād rather not invite to family events. We've got our Cal š¤¦āāļø!
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@danwootton @trussliz Yes, cutting taxes & massively increasing the size of the state by subsiding energy bills all at once was right š.
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I donāt understand how itās possible for one person, @SuellaBraverman, to find themselves almost weekly, at the centre of so much racial insensitivity. Iāve said it before, there is something not right there.
Home Secretary told the Mail online she is "furious" the police intervened on golliwog displays in an Essex pub. Yet it seems the highly racist landlord had posted Facebook images of the Golliwogs hanging in his pub, writing "they used to hand them in Mississippi years ago"
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Freedom means that we should be able to choose how we act without interference from the state. We should be free to live our lives as we please, so long as we do not interfere with other people's liberties. Protecting freedom is one of the primary purposes of government.
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Why is the online right all of the sudden defending a man (Tommy Robinson), who has all these charges against themā¦. This is like black Brits lionising Chris Kaba, which I was highly critical of. Pick you battles! Stop lionising criminals. Criminal charges against Robinson:.
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Embarrassing to be a Londoner. I know for a fact, weād be lighting up London white & blue in support of Israel if @Councillorsuzie was @MayorofLondon. She understands that for multiculturalism to succeed, communities must integrate & buy into British values.
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It should be a criminal offence to stop a foreign criminal being deported from the United Kingdom. This do-gooder has obstructed our criminal justice system & now someone who may be highly dangerous is still in the country. A drain on limited taxpayer money & state resources.
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@narindertweets Pretty offensive to suggest indian immigrants or British Indians more broadly aren't able to make their own minds up & support a political party which you don't support. If a white person said that about them, some may even claim it was racist. You can make up your mind about.
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Seeing the economic establishmentās reaction to Labourās budget, both at home and abroad, Iām starting to think @trussliz might actually have a point. And believe me, given how much Iāve slammed Liz before, this isnāt something Iād say lightly.
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@nelsabbey Surely, I can't be the only black person who thinks this woman's behaviour was appalling AND that the shopkeeper was heavy-handed?. I am sick of other black people defending bad behaviour by crying racism. Who settles a business dispute by starting a fight with someone bigger and.
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@LeoMars75 We donāt, we have many business leaders and politicians, theyāre not invited on.
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I for one, am not traumatised. These people do not speak for the āblack communityā whatever that means.
Chris Kaba verdict leaves community traumatised
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I feel emotional about the fact weāre even having to ponder losing enough seats to lose the next election after being gifted a once in a generation opportunity in 2019 to reform Britain with an 80 seat @Conservatives majority. Itās being squandered, itās criminal.
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We are not serious country if we are going to have a pop at the hardest working man in the country for flying 400 miles. Aberdeen is the same distance from London as Frankfurt. If I was travelling 400 miles where there was no high speed rail link, I would fly.
Rishi Sunak is asked about flying by private jet, and he compares it to people going on holiday. I think it's fair to say Sunak sounded irritated!
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