Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat
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Prof of Translational Immunology @EberlLab @CUsuperbugs . Infection & Immunity. Public involvement and engagement. Scientist and migrant.
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Bank of England:
Brexit is bad
Treasury:
Bad
NHS:
Bad
Economists:
Bad
Pharma industry:
Bad
Food industry:
Bad
Manufacturing:
Bad
Trade:
Bad
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Scotland:
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Suella Braverman: "Multiculturalism has failed."
Meanwhile a snapshot of biomedical research in Wales:
#WeAreInternational
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The exact moment a Brexit Party MEP discovers that Brexit means Brexit.
#Priceless
Attending the penultimate session of the
#EuropeanParliament
’s
#FisheriesCommittee
#PECHcommittee
) with
#BritishMEPs
. The big question now is, who will be here to hold these people to account while they still control Britain’s waters, but the UK has no representation?
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Pep Guardiola never lost six matches on a row, sacked 21 of his best players or tried to suspend the football season for five weeks, and has never been defeated 0-11.
@GaryLineker
Michael Gove tells
@LBC
: "The Prime Minister is a born winner. Boris is the Pep Guardiola of British politics."
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If you want to understand UK politics don't ask why a politician would want to build a £150,000 treehouse for their child.
Ask what's in it for the person donating the money. What do they get in return?
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UK: Let's ban credit card charges!
EU: Done that already.
UK: We'll introduce a fee on plastic bags!
EU: Yep, been there.
UK: No more roaming charges!
EU: Our idea.
UK: OK let's get rid of straws!
EU: Guys. We are one step ahead. Why don't you just take care of the NHS?
#FBPE
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Left:
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the plans for the moon landing.
Right:
Brexit secretary David Davis with the plans for leaving the EU.
Discuss.
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A reminder that there is direct line from D-Day and the defeat of Nazi Germany to the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights, to help prevent serious human rights violations from ever happening again.
Today we pause and come together as a nation to remember the heroes of D-Day, who 80 years ago began the march to victory that would liberate Europe from tyranny.
The debt we owe every veteran of D-Day will never be forgotten.
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Good news for Sadiq Khan, Humza Yousaf and Diane Abbott.
Bad news for Boris Johnson, Daniel Hannan, Greg Hands and Tobias Ellwood.
Only British born people should be allowed to be in positions of power.
That's it that's the tweet
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Here are a few less known facts about scientists.
The UK is a world leader in science, that’s why I’m introducing fast track entry to the UK for more scientists so we can attract the brightest global talent.
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Who to ask.
Haircut:
Hairdresser
Loft extension:
Builder
Birth:
Midwife
Bread:
Baker
Tooth ache:
Dentist
Plane journey:
Pilot
Education:
Teacher
Money:
Banker
Shower leak:
Plumber
EU law and international trade:
Dave from down the pub, random bloke on Twitter
#Brexit
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On this day four years ago.
One of the worst takes on the pandemic.
Two weeks later the first UK death was reported. Within little more than a month large parts of the world went into some form of lockdown.
Over the following year, >140,000 people in the UK would die of COVID.
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Theresa May: "We will end free movement once and for all."
Free movement is a reciprocal right. The freedom to study, live, love, work, travel, invest and retire in 28 countries.
The greatest economical, political, cultural and social achievement of our times.
#WeAreEurope
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David Cameron:
"Vote for me or face chaos under Labour."
(causes utter chaos)
Theresa May:
"Vote for me or face chaos under Labour."
(causes utter chaos)
Boris Johnson:
"Vote for me or face chaos under Labour."
(causes utter chaos even before being elected)
#Brexit
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EU: Can we have a trade deal?
Japan: Sure.
EU: Yay!
[Pause]
UK: Erm, you know, we're just about to leave the EU.
Japan: And?
UK: Can we just roll over the EU deal and get the same conditions?
Japan: No.
UK: Why not?
Japan: Because your economy is 7x smaller. Simples.
#Brexit
Japan seeking big concessions from Britain in trade talks
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Funny how the people who are always quick to jump to the defence of 'Judeo-Christian values and traditions' when it comes to chocolate eggs, Christmas lights and coronations feel uncomfortable when the Archbishop of Canterbury reminds them of what real Christian values are. 🤔
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A reminder that the Greens have won 80 times more councillors than Reform UK.
So every time Richard Tice or Nigel Farage appear anywhere in the news it would be nice to see 80 articles and interviews with green politicians for balance.
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Theresa May:
"We will end your freedom to study in Paris.
Work in Berlin.
Get married in Prague.
Start a family in Tallinn.
Open a business in Amsterdam.
Buy a house in Kefalonia.
Retire in Florence.
Enjoy free mobile roaming.
Once and for all."
Theresa May: "We will end free movement once and for all."
Free movement is a reciprocal right. The freedom to study, live, love, work, travel, invest and retire in 28 countries.
The greatest economical, political, cultural and social achievement of our times.
#WeAreEurope
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A snapshot of what research in the UK looks like.
Skilled and motivated scientists and clinicians who have dedicated their careers to understanding how our body works and how we can use this knowledge to develop new treatments and tests.
Noone has jumped any queue.
#Brexit
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Boris Johnson update.
"We agreed that we should go for a short flight to see if I could travel safely, we flew for roughly 2 hours and ended up on the outskirts of Perugia. We did not visit the castle, we did not walk around the town."
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New TV idea.
A panel discussion like Question Time but with people who actually know what they're talking about and who disclose at the beginning of the show who they work for and how their employers are funded.
Maybe it's too radical.
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Brexit update.
-Johnson: "Quitting the EU won’t solve our problems."
-Farage: "I never said it would be a beneficial thing for us to leave".
-Davis: "Obviously we are in a weak position."
-Banks: "It would have been better to probably remain."
#PeoplesVote
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One of the most disturbing aspects of this entire crisis is seeing how easy it is for 5 million people to die from a highly contagious virus that can be controlled with a combination of vaccines, hand washing, face masks, social distancing measurements and common sense.
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Last time I checked neither India nor Jamaica were in Africa but never let details get in the way of a good old racist comment.
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Some scientists follow the news and may not be terribly pleased by being called 'queue jumpers' and 'non-citizens'.
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People rely on experts when they buy ready-made sandwiches, take the bus, sell their house, give birth, get a haircut or watch a film.
How can the same people dismiss experts on EU law, international trade, climate change and vaccine safety?
#ThursdayThoughts
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-We need more doctors.
-Just train them.
-Takes 10 years. We need them now.
-So what?
-Can we recruit them from the EU?
-Tricky. You know, Brexit and all.
-What about India?
-OK.
-Great. Can you give them visas?
-No. Why?
#hostileenvironment
#dropthetarget
#Brexit
#NHSlove
#FBPE
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Meanwhile people who think Brexit is a failed economic project:
Honda
Nissan
Jaguar-Land Rover
Ford
Airbus
Flybmi
Panasonic
Sony
Phillips
Hitachi
Toshiba
Barclays
Morgan Stanley
Waitrose
Marks & Spencer
Sainsbury's
Lidl
GSK
AstraZeneca
NHS
Royal Society
Wellcome Trust
#Brexit
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So the UK is creating customs borders between Surrey and Kent, down the Irish Sea and between Gibraltar and the UK, only because a second-rate columnist made up false stories about prawn cocktail crisps and an angry man said he did not want to live next to Romanians.
#Brexit
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@davidallengreen
@StevePeers
"Wait, wait... and then he said... 'the Brexit deal never made sense'..."
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Inexcusable.
This will have devastating consequences for research, innovation and higher education in the UK.
#Brexit
#WeAreInternational
@scientists4EU
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Some scientists have been living in the UK for many years and may not like being forced to apply to stay in their own home with their own family despite repeated promises by leading politicians that their rights would be guaranteed.
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Some scientist are experts in their fields. Attracting them to the UK requires a society that values expertise, facts and evidence-based decisions.
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Left: No tomatoes.
Right: No tomatoes but in imperial units.
#BrexitOpportunities
Why not repeal the ban on selling in pounds and ounces? Let People decide how to buy and sell.
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Some scientists are mobile people and may believe in freedom of movement. Taking away that freedom and the pro-European spirit underlying that freedom may be a non-starter if you want to impress them.
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Some scientists run research teams and may depend on being able to recruit international students and staff. Taking away access to Erasmus and Marie Curie programmes and scrapping home fees for EU students may not help them.
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Dear UK media.
A reminder that Reform, the Greens and Plaid Cymru will have 4 MPs each in the new parliament.
So every time you cover Nigel Farage and his mates don't forget to talk about both other parties for balance.
@TheGreenParty
@Plaid_Cymru
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Some scientists collaborate with other scientists and may depend an close interactions with colleagues in other countries and international funding fostering such collaborations.
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Some scientists don't just go somewhere only because politicians want them to.
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Some scientists have partners or spouses, and some of them may not qualify for a UK visa based on their nationalities and incomes.
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The Full English Brexit.
2016: Cake
2017: Fudge
2018: Gammon
2019: Toast
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Some scientists have children who may need places in schools or nurseries. They may not like false claims by politicians that immigration allegedly put a strain on services and education.
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Some scientists speak foreign languages and may do so in public places, which may make them a target of abuse.
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Grandparents born in Austria-Hungary
Czech after WWI
German after WWII
Partner Spanish
Child Welsh
Lived in 4 countries
Colleagues from >25
'Non-citizen' (Hannan)
'Citizen of nowhere' (May)
'Mother of all problems' (Seehofer)
I stand with migrants
I am a migrant
#NotInMyName
Migration is not "the mother of all problems".The real problem is Europe's inability to act together on this challenge. We need a Europe big on the big things & small on the small things otherwise we'll pave the way for divisive populist rhetoric like this
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@mrjamesob
@peterdyke49
You mean the vaccine that the European Medicines Agency will have to approve that has just relocated from London to Amsterdam because of Brexit?
You mean the vaccine to be produced in Belgium & developed by a company founded by the German children of Turkish immigrants?
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A reminder that people went into meltdown when KFC ran out of chicken for a couple of days, when Build-a-Bear had a special sale, and when their advent calendar contained a Bounty.
What could possibly go wrong?
#Brexit
#Yellowhammer
#BlackSwan
"We survived two World Wars. We can handle Brexit."
Says the country that went into meltdown when KFC ran out of chicken, Build-a-Bear had a special sale and an advent calendar contained a Bounty. And that struggles to implement a new train time table. Or a Home Office app.
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If you think this is a mess wait until you see the government's plans for a world-beating Covid-19 track and trace system, electronic customs declarations after Brexit and innovative solutions to maintain frictionless trade across the Irish border.
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May: "I have been very clear."
Spiegel: "May avoids clear position on Brexit."
Zeit: "Theresa May frustrates hopes about a clear Brexit position of her government."
Frankfurter Allgemeine: "PM Theresa May frustrates hopes about clear Brexit position."
#RoadToBrexit
#FBPE
⬇️
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I have to admit that when I said I'm looking forward to the day when a global pandemic that has killed 6 million people doesn't dominate the news any more I wasn't exactly thinking about Russian invasion forces shelling the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
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"Wait, wait... and then he said, 'I won this election, by a lot!'..."
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And so it begins.
"Pigs in blankets may be in short supply this year due to a lack of seasonal EU workers across UK meat plants."
Bloody foreigners, refusing to wrap blankets around our pigs.
#BrexitReality
#Wetherspoons
@the3million
@1daywithoutus
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We work evenings.
We work weekends.
We write grants when we travel.
We prepare lectures during our holidays.
We make a constant personal sacrifice.
Because we love our job.
But don't take it for granted.
Show some
#respect
.
Honour our pensions.
#USSstrike
#universitymatters
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Imagine the UK introduced proportional representation and had more people like
@CarolineLucas
in parliament.
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"Dad?"
"Yes, son."
"So we now have access to both the EU market and the rest of the UK?"
"That's right, it's an extraordinary opportunity."
"But isn't this exactly what we had 7 years ago?"
"Oh, we had much more than this. How's your turnip?"
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"We give young people the skills and opportunities they deserve."
This you?
This is the best country in the world.
It’s only right that young people are given the opportunity to serve it with pride.
That’s what National Service is all about.
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@Independent
@AndyWoodcock
'Asked whether the PM backed them or would condemn them, the spokesman responded only: "The prime minister’s views are well publicised and well documented."'
Which is exactly the problem.
Here are a few examples of those publicised and documented views.
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"It's irresponsible to scare EU nationals in the UK by hinting that their status might change after Brexit. No one's suggesting such a thing."
- Daniel Hannan, 3 March 2016 -
Meanwhile in the real world:
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And some scientists may be concerned that at some point they or their loved ones, their friends or their colleagues, or any member of their community could suddenly get trapped in the hostile environment, like so many others before them.
👇
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"So as an MEP in 2019, why did you vote against stronger EU measures aimed at countering highly dangerous Russian disinformation?"
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Roosje is Dutch
Violetta from Rome
They have to apply
To stay in their home
#BrexitValentines
#inLimbo
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We should encourage young people to get involved in politics & support their engagement. I hope you will join me in supporting
@Femi_Sorry
.
We should encourage young people to get involved in politics & support their engagement. I hope you will join me in supporting
@darrengrimes_
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If anyone has made an absolute joke out of the UK it's people like Allison Pearson and GB News.
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@DanielJHannan
@IanDunt
@davidschneider
@mrjamesob
@StevePeers
Daniel Hannan, 2015:
"That idea that car manufacturers might disinvest after we leave the EU? It's a - what's the word? - oh yes. Lie."
Elon Musk, 2019:
"Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK,"
#oops
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Dear UK,
a reminder that you have only 45 days left to enjoy free roaming across 28 countries, Erasmus, a frictionless Irish border, the most advanced food, safety and environmental standards in the world, and being a key member of the largest single market in history.
#Brexit
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A reminder.
Students can receive excellent education.
Lecturers can provide excellent teaching.
Scientists can conduct excellent research.
Without tuition fees.
Without REF.
The marketisation of universities is a political choice.
A wrong choice.
#EducationForAll
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Brexit Party supporters:
60,000
People's Vote March:
400,000 - 1,000,000
Revoke Article 50 petition signatures:
6,078,865
Remain voters:
16,141,241
UK citizens who are about to loose their freedom to live, study, work and retire across Europe:
65,600,000
#JustSaying
Delighted that
@BrexitParty_UK
now has over 60,000 registered supporters since we launched.
Let’s overtake
@Conservatives
by May 23rd.
Join us here:
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2016: "People knew exactly what they were voting for when they voted to leave the EU, and that's what we're going to deliver."
2018: "We'll have a cabinet sleepover to agree on a possible plan of what leaving the EU actually means. Please bear with us."
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Your regular reminder that millions of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living across the EU were lied to during the Brexit referendum, by promising them that their status would not change and that their existing rights would be protected.
#5YearsInLimbo
#NeverForget
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"How dare these EU people come over here and pay £15.5 billion more income tax and national insurance than they take out in benefits?
What are we supposed to do with all this money? Fund the NHS and build social housing, or what?"
#EUcitizensChampion
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@Freedland
@BBCRadio4
"Wait, wait... So they have spent the past 6.5 years to make sure that Northern Ireland has dual access to both markets. Imagine if the rest of the UK now wants the same..."
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Theresa May makes case for 'our precious Union' (edited version).
@The3Million
@1daywithoutus
@Scientists4EU
#RightToStay
#Brexitbill
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So.
Vote Leave: broke the law.
LeaveEU: broke the law.
BeLeave: broke the law.
Facebook: broke the law.
Electoral Commission: acted unlawfully.
Is this what "taking back control of our laws" is supposed to look like?
@JolyonMaugham
@carolecadwalla
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@jonworth
@StevePeers
Reminder.
None of the political or economic problems of the UK were caused by freedom of movement.
Not a single one of them will be solved by ending freedom of movement.
But many will be exacerbated.
#Brexit
#JustSaying
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The difference is that the moon landing followed a clear plan and was performed by experts.
@Scientists4EU
#Brexit
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