Paola Thomas 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
@realpaolathomas
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Novelist, food writer+photographer. In the Cotswolds after years in Seattle. My Twitter has devolved into political rantings (UK and US) @paolathomas on the 🦋
Oxfordshire, England
Joined February 2010
@Megawatts55 Sad that rape, insurrection and felonies are fine but tariffs give him pause.
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Due to the London lockdown our flat will be standing empty & we’d like to make it available free of charge to medical professionals. Near St. Mary’s Paddington. I don’t begin to know which is the right dept. to call & can’t find them on Twitter. Any ideas beyond gen switchboard?.
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@ArticleGroup Instead of boring old gyms, playgrounds for adults with swings, interesting play structures, lots of slides etc.
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@Femi_Sorry He forgot to mention that a bus had gone by his aunts’ house the day before, with a big ad promising a showing of ‘Little Women’.
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@sputafuoco_22 @tazzyquest @FLOTUS @amhistorymuseum They're American citizens and entitled to EXACTLY the same help that you are.
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@hels @DouthatNYT This is fabulous. What strikes me is that they don't just try being nicer to women and seeing if that will help them get laid. Instead it's easier to murder us and build sex robots.
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@HoarseWisperer I became an American citizen complete with Donald Trump welcoming video and letter. I will frame it when he’s put in jail.
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@JoyAnnReid @HillaryClinton What a shame @msnbc didn't do more interviews with her during the campaign instead of showing us footage of Trump's podium. .
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@campbellclaret @POCX100 @Keir_Starmer The guy is first and foremost an incredibly competent and intelligent administrator. Not the sort of person who will light up the campaign trail or even be that great a LOTO, but EXACTLY the sort of person who should be running the country.
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@Peston @michaelgove Thank you for actually committing an act of journalism instead of just obediently typing whatever Michael Gove wants you to type. Much appreciated.
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@hugorifkind Edam! This is a Gouda thread. Who’d have Rocquefort it? And how can we Camembert it? That woman is a right Gorgonzola. Hope there’s Stilton to stop it. .
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Just had a lovely response. Apparently we are not the only people offering accommodation help and my email has been forwarded to the emergency planning team. If anyone else can help the email is imperial.accommodation@nhs.net.
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@LouDobbs So why IS @realdonaldtrump trying to fire everyone connected with the investigation then? 🧐🧐🧐.
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@Anna_Soubry You should be super proud of this cover and display it prominently. I love how you all coordinated. And thank you for doing this on our behalf.
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@iainmartin1 Why? Starting tomorrow will be the first time I will feel comfortable going into a shop since February. Finally no plague-ridden numpties who can’t social distance breathing all over me. .
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@EvieMilo @EmmaKennedy It's 'convenience covid'. They'll all be positive by tomorrow. It will be mild 'like a cold' but will necessitate isolating for 2 weeks and not attending any interviews.
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@PeterStefanovi2 Was that @afneil committing an act of actual journalism or were my eyes deceiving me?.
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@Peston Have you really nothing else? Do you not understand the tacit tactical voting alliance between Labour and LibDems? Do you not understand that it’s better to spread your vote thinly than stack up meaningless votes in safe seats? Starmer played a strategic FPTP blinder.
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@ChingfordChrisS @BorisJohnson Says the little shop as it moves out of the busy fancy shopping mall and sets up in the quiet backstreet nearby. .
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@PuestoLoco @Evan_Rosenfeld @gabrielsherman You say that but everything seems to have to worked out OK for him so far. .
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@GovMikeHuckabee actually we're mostly complaining about treasonous collusion between Trump, @gop & Russia. Why do you support it?.
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@Eater @eaterlondon Does @eaterlondon actually have any British people working for it, to save you from the embarrassment of further #mincegates?.
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@Comey If you hadn't sabotaged Hillary I suspect 230,000 people might still be alive. not sure how you live with yourself. .
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@jonlis1 The fact that she had an affair with MARK FIELD is a terrible indictment on her judgment. .
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@afneil @msjanebond007 Hi Putin’s friend in the UK! Have you understood that Brexit was a Russian active measure yet?.
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@megynkelly @RealAlexJones So you just exist to give a platform to hatemongering extremists? Good job @nbc. Can't wait to see how bad the ratings are for this.
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@carolecadwalla You're going beyond a Pulitzer into Nobel Peace Prize territory. Thanks again for your amazing work.
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@SuellaBraverman I’ve hosted bigger dinner parties. They usually include some people under the age of 85 too. Aren’t you embarrassed to Tweet this?.
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@DavidAbroms @TheRickWilson Because his boss asked him to. It’s not rocket science. Putin is worried that he only has a limited amount of time to squeeze all the value out his puppet.
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@shnozzmoana @gavinesler The ONLY thing the EU cares about is maintaining the integrity of the Single Market and 4 freedoms. Oh and they’re delighted to pick up all the companies and jobs we’re kicking out the door. .
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@realDonaldTrump @pfizer @US_FDA All thanks to funding and support from Angela Merkel - the leader of the free world!
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@mattklewis Can we at least acknowledge that Hillary’s ‘unpopularity’ was due to a misogynistic 40 year character assassination?.
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@mfa_russia @NATO @RussianEmbFinla @Finland_OSCE @GenConFinSPb @Ulkoministerio @EmbFinMoscow @RusEmbNo @natomission_ru @USNATO @StateDept @TwitterSupport why is this hostile account allowed to threaten whole nations on your platform?.
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@Channel4 Sorry, we had to turn over. Nads, Kwasi, Widdecombe etc. were doing my head in. What an awful line up.
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@rcolvile I'd rather give money to essential workers like train drivers and doctors rather than Michelle Mone.
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@Remaincentrist @Anna_Soubry I’ll vote for whichever party has ‘Remain’ as part of its manifesto. It underpins everything and nothing is more important.
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@mrjamesob Because otherwise they would have to admit that their hero killed tens of thousands of people by not locking down sooner. It's not rocket science. .
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@kurteichenwald @FoxNews @GOP I’m starting to think she really didn’t lose the election (and I suspect Fox News knows that too).
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@piersmorgan It’s like you’re asking why the corner shop can’t go back to being as successful as it was before the supermarket opened up next door. .
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@MaddowBlog I doubt there's that much demand. All that tacky gold, fires keep breaking out, and then there's the perpetual fear of bumping into the owner. .
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@SloughForEU @domburns @pritipatel An EU passport is objectively worth £2.5 million (that’s what Russian oligarchs pay for them in Malta and Crete) and every single person in the UK has had theirs stolen from them.
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@catherinemep @guyverhofstadt How is it possible that they don’t know this? It absolutely beggars belief. .
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@drphilhammond Am hoping Johnson will be first in line to test out the imaginary Diesoon ventilators. .
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@DominicRaab @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris They are going to HATE you. You represent everything they have been fighting against.
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Why isn't this woman all over the British media?.
Carole Cadwalladr talking Russian infowars on CNN: “Boris Johnson tried to suppress the Russia report. vital questions of national security have been interpreted as ones of politics”
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@ggary59 @peterdaou @HillaryClinton @maddow Yep, that's a pretty comprehensive list of the shit you guys threw at her. And yet she still managed to win the popular vote. .
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@johnestevens I am so so ashamed of what the Tories have done to this country. After tomorrow the only western democracy still in the thrall of Fascism will be the UK.
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@MikeCT11 @MattFromSMM @mail_american @SallyMayweather TBF they've just voted to get rid of all the welfare programs so the Blue States will finally be able to keep the money for themselves.
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@lewis_goodall Maybe the media should have been asking sooner what it would mean in concrete terms? Such as during a recent election campaign? Just a thought. Johnson’s WA is ENTIRELY unvetted.
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@Dominic2306 First wave was on him too. I may not be a super forecaster but it was patently obvious what was going to happen just by following events in Seattle and Northern Italy. Why on earth did you all think we would be immune?.
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@Jgeorgegranger @TheStephenRalph @bbcnickrobinson @peoplesvote_uk But you’ll get another vote whether you want one or not with a GE, because a proper democracy recognised that people can change their minds. Why are you all so scared of democracy?.
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@CillizzaCNN @GlennThrush please point me to your comprehensive coverage of her rallies and speeches.
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@BBCNewsnight @maitlis What a shame the BBC doesn't treat our own far right bullies, liars, charlatans and thieves in the same way. .
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@EnfieldforEU @dontbrexitfixit @Trade_EU @LeicsEm I’m assuming the EU did not also have to decimate its farming industry and sell off its health service to secure a deal. .
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@deedeemontag @GovMikeHuckabee @GOP Er no. I think you'll find it's only getting started. But fascinated that you're all pro-treason now.
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@NARAL because men have nothing to do w/ women getting pregnant & have no interest in pregnancy being healthy for both mom and baby. Got it.
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@bbcnickrobinson @TheStephenRalph And Labour in particular paid a heavy political price for its Iraq war stance. Suspect politicians on both sides ignore the Remain vote at their peril. .
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@officialHJesus @maison21 I for one welcome our new alien overlords. Got to be better than the Governments in the UK and US.
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@ChrisMasonBBC And he’s done more to hold this government accountable than the BBC. Shame on you all. .
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@HugoGye @alexwickham Biden tells the truth, Johnson does not. Biden has principles, Johnson changes his mind according to which advisor has his ear. The politics are irrelevant.
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@Blake_Allen13 People also need to examine and understand how the manosphere is being manipulated to gin up toxic masculinity and radicalise men of all ages and ethnicities. Men were the problem last night.
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@OliverNorgrove I used to be a Eurosceptic Tory-voting Remainer. Now I want everything, the Euro, Schengen, European army, the lot, to save us from the toxic far right traitors of the ERG and UKIP.
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@bbclaurak Any chance of talking about the fact that we have Russian assets in Downing Street?.
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@davidfrum As if Trump would ever be that self-aware. He will go to his grave thinking we didn't properly appreciate his magnificence.
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@HoarseWisperer Suspect Warren attracts a lot of women who remain disgusted by the misogyny shown by Bernie and his bros and their treatment of Hillary. Bernie isn’t getting Clinton fans any time soon.
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@bbclaurak It's not a 'glitch'. The IT worked as specified. It's breathtaking, staggering, mindblowing, gobsmacking incompetence. THAT is your story. .
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@Megawatts55 It sounds like you did the best possible job. It’s just a tragedy that the other stuff isn’t an issue for what sounds like a decent man.
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@travdoggy @greta Er no. 3 out of 4 people who watched. Which probably included very few Democrats. But don’t let facts obscure your opinions. .
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@Alain_Tolhurst @adampayne26 She was organising a super spreader event instead of doing her job?.
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@brianstelter @MariaBartiromo @MariaBartiromo it’s because of people like you that women are afraid to come forward.
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@BBCPolitics you really need to start calling out the cretinous stupidity of these claims @bbcpolitics instead of just presenting them as a valid point of view.
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