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Countryside, casting a fly, springer spaniels, decent pubs and friendly folk. A Tyke in exile.
Joined July 2013
“Cressida will miss her brother’s wedding” - she didn’t mind that poor chap on the M25 missing his dad’s funeral though! These middle class narcissists really do think they are better than the rest of us!.
🧡 "Our politicians, our judiciary and our energy companies should be shocked and deeply embarrassed with how the court has dispensed it's version of justice today.". ⚖️ Listen to Cathy, Cressie's mum, speaking, outside court after 22 year old Cressie was sentenced to 4 years in
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When you’ve finished your “End of the World is Nigh” protest for the day, it’s time to kick of the mules, clean off the greasepaint, pack up the 4x4 and head off back to the Cotswolds for a beer. You driving Jeremy?
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Everyone preparing for the toughest budget in living memory while this goon is spunking £42BN (£500m per day in office) on climate nonsense!
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If you go to Glasto the day after it ends you’ll see for yourself the great con trick, the mass hypocrisy that those who choose to lecture the rest of us about the environment try to pull off. The acres of shite and detritus left behind by a plastic, throwaway, entitled society.
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When you’ve finished your Extinction Rebellion protest, pack up the Volvo 4 x4, get out quick and get a round in before the riff raff get to the pub- “You drive Tarquin. Jocasta, help Phoebe pack the boot”
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Own a house,DON’T vote Labour.Saving for retirement, DON’T vote Labour .Drive a car, DON’T vote Labour.Hope to leave something for your kids, DON’T vote Labour .Care about the countryside, DON’T vote Labour. Like tax, VOTE Labour.Hate work, VOTE Labour .Unambitious, VOTE Labour.
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DON’T VOTE LABOUR IF:-.•You own a home.• Have a garden.• Have savings or a pension.• Want to educate your children as you see fit (as top Labour people do).• Want the NHS and emergency services funded.• Own or want to start a business.• Want to keep more of what you earn.
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Stood outside Windsor Castle in his black tie and coat with black velvet collar, here’s Matt Frei on Channel 4 news discussing whether we need a monarchy going forward - on the day of Prince Philip’s funeral! What timing, what a prat! 🙄.
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First 100 days and these two goons have spaffed at least £40BN with sweet FA to show for it!
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Beaker’s face when it dawns on him that he’s cancelled all new oil and his chum, Dale Vince has had one over on him because you can’t get pharmaceuticals, textiles, plastics, building materials, clothes and all those essential things from ‘Big Wind.’ 🤣
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Shopping is a nightmare in these hard times. Sophia spent ages deciding which butter packaging offended her the most!
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I don’t understand it, there are 9 doctors at our surgery and a whole team of ancillary staff and nurses. The car park is empty, the waiting room is empty but I can’t book a routine appt online until January and with my own Dr in February. #ThowMoreMoneyAtIt.
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Don’t you love the way that people like Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Laura Kuenssberg seems to bask in the smug sanctimony of picking holes in everything that the Government is trying to do in the face of an epidemic!.
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Imagine what a miserable Christmas it’s going to be if Corbyn gets in 😕.
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He said “I’m not happy”. To which someone replied “Well which one are you then?” #Prorogation
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I don’t remember in my lifetime a political leader receiving such a sustained and organised attack from all sides incl the Opposition, his own Party and the so-called impartial MSM as Boris Johnson has endured. Most politicians would have given up and walked away well before now.
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No dhal was taken off the table before he was prepared to sit down.
At lunch I had one of the best veggie curries I’ve ever tasted. Head to Namji in Wolverton.
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Jesus - I just put Starmer on, this is desperate stuff ! British people, backbone, fixing foundations, damp proof course, hairdryers. The audience is his own ghouls - lukewarm clapping, Beaker and Yvette wide-eyed, Growler blinking !. It’s f*cking dreadful , just dreadful!.
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@JamesMelville @PerfectPet4988 It’s called Bovaer and produced by DSM, a chemical giant who’s biggest investor is Blackrock.
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Here’s a carefully taken photograph of a professional ‘sneer.’ A man who has done more damage to humanity in furtherance of his career than you could ever hope to. He despises you for disbelieving in his greatness.
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Let’s all cheer Yvonne on and hope she unseats the ghastly Sir Edward Davey next month.
My name is Yvonne Tracey, former Deputy Postmistress of New Malden Post Office. I'm standing on a 'Justice for Sub-Postmasters' ticket against Ed Davey at the next general election in Kingston and Surbiton. Find out more and join the campaign at
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Just been to B&Q and they now have parking spaces for fat blokes who like to barbecue . quite considerate really 😊
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They told me I’d be no good at poetry because I’m dyslexic. Just to prove them wrong, I’ve already made three jugs and a vase.
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Jeremy will see your 60 million trees and raise you 100 million trees, 10,000 forests and a free hedgehog for every child over 4.
.@joswinson planted a tree in Hampstead today to launch our plan to undertake the largest tree-planting programme in UK history. LibDems will plant 60 million trees every year as part of our plan to combat the #ClimateEmergency .& build a #BrighterFuture👇.
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The two worst cabinet appointments that Starmer has made so far are @YvetteCooperMP and @Ed_Miliband ! Time will tell but these two ministers are hopelessly out of their depth.
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Dear @jessphillips as your chum, Gordon, stole my granddad’s pension and ruined his retirement dreams, I’m bringing him to Birmingham to sit on your doorstep. I gather your Tom earns a few quid off me as a taxpayer, so it seems fair. He’s well behaved, I’ll pick him up next week.
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One shouldn’t forget that it’s #LordAhmed ‘s second time ‘inside’ - the media seem to have !.
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Another Somerset farm declaring it isn’t using Bovaer feed additive! Their Cheddar cheese is suberb too 👌👏.
We would like to reassure all our customers that we, and our farming partners do not use the additive Bovaer. We are committed to producing high quality, natural dairy products on our Somerset farm. #wyke #englandscheddarmakers
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This conceited man sits in moral judgement of us all, speaking out on all manner of issues. A recent review found 400 cases of abuse of children and vulnerable adults within his church. What a disgrace! .#ResignWelby.
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I honestly don’t know how the people / companies that run care homes have the brass neck to charge £1,000 to £1,500 pw for a small room, feed residents ‘slop’, pay staff peanuts and carry on in business unchallenged! It’s a disgrace !.
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Quite disgusting when you’re poorly and need decent food to help you get better.
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If you really believe that a Country with a land mass representing just 0.05% of the surface of the Earth can change its entire weather patterns because you bought an EV and a heat pump, then you probably deserve to pay a lot more tax.
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You’re the Mayor of London, what’s it got to do with you!
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Uncle Nobby and his late mid-life crisis getting down wiv da kids an’ hittin’ da streets innit.
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You’re posting tweets as if you’re still in Opposition Yvette. You won the election and you’re Home Secretary now, tell us what you plan to do (apart from ‘being informed’) - incidents like this have no part in our society, we already know that, it’s no use telling us.
I am appalled at the shocking scenes and attacks on police vehicles & public transport in Leeds tonight. Disorder of this nature has no place in our society. My thanks go to West Yorkshire police for their response. I am being kept regularly updated.
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Dear @LucyMPowell , looking at your MPs register, you have a wide range of sporting interests. Manchester City, Silverstone, Cricket etc etc. Do you ever pay for anything yourself these days? .
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Odd that James O’Brien on @LBC assumes the mantle of Defender of Free Speech when he’s blocked half of Twitter and cuts off anyone who vaguely disagrees with him!.
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For the life of me, I just can’t reconcile how you can build your entire economic strategy around solving a £22BN ‘black hole’ (allegedly of your predecessors’ making) by creating another one several times bigger and without any clear milestones for achieving success?.
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LibDem Conference draws to a close today in sunny Bournemouth😎
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It just gets better every day! How can @EdwardJDavey have not have known the law firm he worked for was prosecuting postmasters when his BROTHER had been a senior partner there? #PostOfficeScandal
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Chap next door put the whites in with the coloureds and his missus is giving him holy hell. I’m worried for his safety so I recorded it but the Guardian aren’t interested and the cops said that with modern detergents it’s perfectly safe #borisgate.
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When you’ve just opened your Mini Cheddars and the whole pub turns up banging on the bar and wanting one!
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Excellent customer initiative from B&Q; by installing self service tills, they’ve managed to free up enough staff to be able to stand and watch you do it 👌🙄.
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I only hope that Boris and Carrie don’t ever invite that Camila Batmanghelidjh round for dinner, they’ll never find her again!
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I can’t remember a time when the MSM were so determined to bring a PM and his Govt down. The Opposition can’t do it, so the media a doing it for them with wave after wave of ‘scandal’, whilst at the same time ignoring all unsatisfactory behaviour by members of other parties.
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This is brilliant if you are a spanna fan !!!.
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@LewisHamilton All that carbon fuel, the air-miles, burnt rubber, pollution and unmitigated use of resources . it must be exhausting destroying the Planet one day at a time, you deserve a day off.
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It’s all very well being indignant about it today, but what’s he going to do when he loses his looks ?.
“Without a shadow of a doubt it is a transphobic comment.”. Bromsgrove’s @TheGreenParty candidate @melissampgp condemns Tory Deputy Chairman @redditchrachel for social media remarks about her transgender identity. #PoliticsMidlands begins at 10am on BBC1
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Today I shall superglue myself to the lawnmower in protest about the grass growing too quickly in this warm weather. Later on I will superglue myself to the bar in the local 🍺#ExtinctionRebelion.
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Dear @Keir_Starmer , why are your MPs trying to incite panic buying with pics that are 18 months old from the original COVID shortage stories ? Do you think it’s responsible behaviour ?.
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The look that says ‘I’m better than you, I’m rich, I’m entitled, because I’m worth it !’
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I wonder how he’d feel about someone walking into his River Cottage Restaurant and doing “no lasting damage” to his property because they didn’t agree with his dietary principles?.
Sending Phoebe and Anna to prison for a peaceful protest that did no lasting damage is an appalling act of legal and political barbarism. It will spur many of us on to further actions, always peaceful, until this toxic legislation is reversed.
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Sir Edward Davey responds to Elon Musk calling him a “snivelling cretin” through the medium of dance!
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What utter nonsense !.
If we don’t stop climate destruction, parts of England will be swamped as sea levels rise, resulting in 100,000+ people homeless & jobless. East & south London will flood. That’s why I joined today’s @XRebellionUK. protest in London to demand UK government ACTION. #TheBigOne
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A man paid £84K pa and who has the privilege going to the USA to take a ‘sabbatical for a period of reflection’ ought to consider his day job, his dwindling customer base and the nonces in his own management team, before lecturing us all on politics #justinwelby.
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“Hello, we’ve cut your Winter Fuel Payment!” 🤪
Never happier than when I am out knocking on doors in Swindon - even in the freezing cold! Lots of issues to pursue about poor managing agents for residents in flats around Firefly Avenue. Thanks to the @LabSouthSwindon team.
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I’m a bit disappointed in #BorisJohnson he’s two divorces behind Jezza, several rent boys short of a full Vaz and a Secretary, some loo rolls and a set of Mock Tudor beams behind Prezza ! Scandals ain’t wot they used to be😟.
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Was Joy Allen, the Durham PCC at Keith’s #beergate party- is that what’s holding things up perhaps?.
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“Hello girls, I’m Keir, are you going on the beach today?”. “It’s him again Sandra, look down and keep walking.”
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Outgoing PM Johnson, knocked out by his own ungrateful colleagues, hounded by the MSM and the Opposition, and Starmer still can’t land an effective punch at #PMQs #NeverLabour.
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The faux outrage about #RAAC concrete and all those thousands of kids dying or missing lessons! FFS, we went to school in an asbestos shed with an unprotected cast iron coke burner in the centre of the classroom at 300degC and pushed wax crayons up our noses!.
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Before you put that cross against a Labour candidate, remember it was Labour who raided people’s pension schemes of £billions robbing hard working folk of their retirement hopes and effectively putting an end to final salary schemes. You work harder and longer with @UKLabour !.
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Bollox.
Electric vehicles could save drivers £13,000 with two-thirds of Britons ready to ditch petrol and diesel cars.
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How many more times is this wretched woman going to threaten to leave the UK over her political ideals? Was there ever a better case for JFDI ?.
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Here they are @SuellaBraverman identify them, arrest them, charge and prosecute them. Do it now and start garnering votes for the next GE, the vast majority of the public will be behind you. Make an example.
It’s Day 5 and Animal Rebellion has disrupted ANOTHER milk processing and distribution centre. Arla Hatfield is the 7th site disrupted. The government must stop funding the destructive animal farming industry, and instead support farmers in a transition to a #PlantBasedFuture.
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Starmer’s Twitter account is very revealing, 7 consecutive posts over 24 hours about A1, one wishing the National Trust a happy birthday and one about ticket touts (3 days ago). Nothing about, the economy, rape gangs, the cold, pensions, crime, energy etc . Finger on the pulse?.
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In protest at the reduced size of the tin of Waitrose Essentials Sardines that I have been putting on his Saturday night dinner, Jim has decided to superglue himself to the kitchen floor!
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Emily Thornberry - Labour will build more affordable homes . Nick Ferrari- How will you get builders to do that then. Emily Thornberry- Local Councils will tell them to. @UKLabour - you couldn’t make it up !.
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Thousands of metric tonnes of concrete and steel inserted irreplaceably into the ground to anchor each eyesore and millions of used, worn out turbine blades dumped into landfill - yup wind power is the future 🙄 #greenfakery
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A little sh*t - just like his father!.
Labour's Stephen Kinnock spoke on @BBCWales about the inevitability of the closure of Port Talbot. Yet during the election Labour promised they'd save primary steelmaking in Port Talbot. You cannot trust what Labour say.
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Vomit inducing listening to the glut of pious Labour MPs all rushing to defend their beige Leader’s integrity and honour. There’s an astonishing similarity in their output - almost like it’s been scripted!.
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What a f*cking mess as N Somerset Council apologise for not listening to residents and wasting £1.3M on ridiculous works on the seafront at Clevedon. Wiggly road markings, shaded tarmac areas, unusable roundabouts, cycle lanes and bollards. It’s being altered (again) for +£400K
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This isn’t a good start to the new British Broadband service from Labour . I only tweeted him to say that my new modem they sent had a few loose wires and smelled of marzipan! #LabourBroadband
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Credit card suspended due to poor management, lies about being a chess champion, plagiarises other people’s work and now we find that @RachelReevesMP is economical with the truth on her CV! Is there anything truthful about this ghastly Chancellor at all?.
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At times animals are more intelligent, sensible and mentally stable than some people ……….
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@robertsessford1 @RichardBurgon I’m afraid that Labour’s Ed Balls and Gordon Brown effectively ended final salary schemes in 1997 within weeks of New Labour coming into power. They raided the pension pots of millions of people to fund Labour’s spending plans leaving a £100bn hole in our retirement plans.
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Milsom St in Bath, once a thriving retail hub of activity, now bereft of cars, bereft of customers and even the soap-dodging flutists have moved on. A few vacant shops and staff sitting at tills reading or trying to catch your eye to come in. @LibDems working for town near you.
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Big night in Tottenham, he had jelly and ice cream for tea and mum let him stay up late to watch Mastermind!
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This big lump stood aside while the mob tore down a public statue and threw it in the docks #bristol #colstonfour
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Something to put on the mantelpiece to keep the kids away from the fire over the festive season 🔥🌲🎅
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