Dr StamTheDrum ๐ช๐บ๐ฌ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ ๐ NHS #FBPE #FBPR
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From the beautiful Greek island of Naxos
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ST6 Trainee๐ฉบ in Endocrinology, Diabetes and General Medicine
๐ช๐บ Brejoiner, LibDem ๐ถ๏ธ, fan of science and logic
Mate, the prices are in โฌ. Has the UK rejoined already and adopted the Euro ? Or are you so stupid that you think we wouldn't realise that this picture is from southern Europe?
I lean towards the latter.
I did my National Service in the Greek Army 10 years ago (mandatory in ๐ฌ๐ท for male citizens).
They were 12 wasted months. I gained absolutely nothing and has made no difference in my life.
Re-introducing it is the most idiotic policy proposal in the history of British politics.
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On behalf of Greek people:
Rishi you are an embarrassment, a diplomatic pigmy, an immature useless little man.
The Parthenon marbles are Greek. It is stupid to claim they belong anywhere outside Greece.
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Removing FoM was supposed to reduce the number of people coming from overseas to do low paid labour so that British people would do it instead but with better wages.
That *of course* didn't happen and the huge labour shortage... 1/2
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From Salisbury District Hospital:
All patients I saw yesterday afternoon are still in A+E. No beds *anywhere*. Patients spend 20+ hours waiting for a ward bed.
Outside the hospital there are 7 ambulances waiting to off load.
This is what the Tories have done to the NHS.
#GTTO
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Caroline Lucas: "It is with great sadness that I see that the Labour leadership has capitulated to the tyranny where even to talk about rejoining is somehow judged to be antidemocratic."
The Greens and the LibDems seem to be the only reasonable parties in the UK.
#BrexitInquiry
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Keir Starmer's BBC interview today:
"Labour would not take the UK back into the EU or the single market, and he resisted the idea that Brexit was to blame for the countryโs financial troubles."
Pure dishonesty. Pathetic lies to appease some voters against the UK's interests.
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I stand by my prediction that the Tories will oust Sunak soon, especially if they pay attention to recent polling.
FPTP will have *dramatic* consequences if they poll below 25%.
We are certainly talking about less than 100 Tory MPs in Parliament and political extinction.
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Privileges committee publishes pictures of several of the events where Boris Johnson was present (and for which he - and others - received police fines).
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Here is an opinion:
1) If I vote Labour or Tories, I am stuck with Brexit.
2) If I vote for a proEU party, my vote is wasted, and I am stuck with Brexit.
But in no. 2, I have not voted for Brexit. I voted against it. I did the right thing and have not been a Brexit enabler.
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Caroline Lucas has been one of the best members of Parliament to ever seat in the House of Commons. Truthful, patriotic, against Brexit, against the Tories, against injustice and corruption.
Has led the Home Office to expand the list of eligible occupations offering visas (if enough points accumulated) so much, that it now includes everything from actors and baristas to fitness instructors and bakers.
Reality cancels Brexit. Again.
Source:
Keir Starmer says he is not a Tory. Yet he tries to imitate them on every occasion ("Take Back Control" Bill? Really? )
He also says he does not want "sticking plaster politics". But by not endorsing PR or renewing ties with the EU, everything he does will be exactly this.
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Being both in the UK and the EU is great, says the PM and leader of the Brexit/Tory party.
So why not, you know, get the rest of the UK in the single market so that it too joins the "world's most exciting economic zone"?
@RishiSunak
@Keir_Starmer
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Rishi is going to realise that threats and bravado will not work against doctors and nurses. Good luck going into an election with half the NHS striking! We will not compromise! โโโ
ASDA Chairman Lord Stuart Rose says the impact of Brexit on business in the UK has been 'catastrophic.'
'We have suffered and we are the only economy in the G7 who has not recovered to pre-Covid levels, that tells you something.'
@NickFerrariLBC
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@PaulbernalUK
I am an overseas doctor but I agree with Keir Starmer. The UK *should* have more home-trained NHS staff. I do not think.what he said was xenophobic in any way. It would be so much cheaper for the NHS to avoid visa fees etc when hiring people from abroad. EU FoM would also help.
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Wes Streeting claims once more that the NHS needs reform, not more money, as he writes in the Sun (๐)
He probably does not realise that we are actually striking for exactly this: more money.
I have a feeling strikes will continue under Labour, and the NHS will keep crumbling.
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Such a pathetic excuse for a human being. You dare to vilify those who held the NHS on their shoulders during the pandemic. Those who risked or even lost their lives by coronavirus. Just because we want fair payment and a better funded NHS. We are doing this *for* our patients.
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Joining the Single market and customs union with the EU would generate billions.
Taxing the very wealthy would also generate billions.
Labour sticks to austerity out of choice.
Not out of necessity.
Ed Conway: Do you have an apology for the people whose mortgages went up so much during your time in office?
Liz Truss: "It's wrong to suggest that I'm responsible for British people paying higher mortgages... " ๐
#TrevorPhillips
#bbclaurak
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If anyone has been wondering where Boris Johnson has been, he is enjoying a much deserved holiday (amidst all his previous holidays) in southern Greece where he is visiting grill houses and taverns.
(Article in Greek but the picture says it all)
Anyone who does not try to reverse Brexit does not care about the lack of medicines in the UK and does not care about your health.
Keep this in mind when you vote.
I love how some Brexiteers say they are not stupid to believe that this is a genuine account whilst at the same time they still support Brexit. Which in turn justifies why would expect them to believe that this a genuine account.
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If passing a law that says Rwanda is safe makes Rwanda safe,
Why not pass a law that says the boats have been stopped to stop them?
Both make equal sense and will be equally effective.
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Would it not be great if King Charles suddenly stopped mid-speech and shouted
"Fuck it, this is all bollocks, I hate my fucking government, they are all a bunch of right wing nutters, racists and sex pests. I am calling an election now!"
And then he'd give them the middle finger
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Any party that does not support freedom of movement, single market membership, and Proportional Representation does not have the UK's interests at heart, does not care about the country's prosperity and does not care about the economy.
Be aware of that when you cast your vote.
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I wonder when the penny will drop that Labour is going to be as pro Brexit and disastrous as the Tories.
They do not care about the country's prosperity or economy.
Labour = Tories
@RachelReevesMP
@Keir_Starmer
To repair ties with the European Union in a meaningful way you need to join the EU single market and negotiate a customs union. Anything else would be "sticking plaster politics". Stop the hypocrisy and the gaslighting.
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"Nigel Farage says it is 'disgraceful' Sunak has asked king to meet Von der Leyen"
If he really wants to see something disgraceful, he just needs to use a mirror ๐ช
"When you get asked: โWhat have we benefited from Brexit to date?โ You really have to scratch your head."
Britons are "paying heavily" for Brexit, which wonโt help grow the economy, Conservative MP
@Tobias_Ellwood
tells
#TimesRadio
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Rishi's recession (Rish-ession) is a direct consequence of Brexit, slashing of public funds and the Tory policies of the last 14 years.
This is because of them and Brexit.
It's all their fault.
#Rishession
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"Sunakย says almost everyone can see the junior doctorsโs call for a 35% pay rise is unreasonable and unaffordable." - The Guardian
No Mr millionaire Prime Minister. It is your criminal party gang that is unreasonable and unaffordable.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
#BMA
#payrestoration
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@rebeljuice
@JujuliaGrace
I don't think giving in to electoral blackmail is the answer. If Labour want to appeal to progressive voters, they should have progressive policies.
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I don't understand why Labour keeps appeasing far right nutters and racists. I just don't understand.
And then of course has to u-turn following the public's reaction.
Disappointing and spineless.
Yesterday Thornberry threw Lineker under the bus, suggesting he had made comparisons to the Nazis & Holocaust & saying that was unacceptable
Except he didnt. He wrote: "This is an immeasurably cruel policy.. in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s"
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If EVEN the Right Wing press post articles like these, what is the excuse from Starmer and Labour not to seek to negotiate EEA membership and a customs union with the EU? Why not put the national interest before appeasing europhobes?
(And leave full rejoining for later)
@libdembounce
No reaction. As I am disappointed and pessimistic as I am now about the country's future.
Labour, for me, is a Conservative policy continuation party. Nothing more.
The only silver lining would be that my party would be the official opposition ๐ถ๏ธ
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@LeftieStats
It's funny how everyone came out to defend Starmer when he praised Thatcher a few months ago.
"He didn't really praise, he meant (insert apologist lame excuse)"
And now this.
Starmer fans love self-deception.
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NEW:
Surrey police have arrested a Conservative MP in his 60s on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances. The man was arrested yesterday morning, on 25th October, and released on conditional police bail pending further enquiries.
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@campbellclaret
@bbclaurak
@Keir_Starmer
Starmer is going to solve any problem in the long term without joining the single market or introducing proportional representation. So yes he will become PM but he will remain a disappointment.
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0 Tory MPs on Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
0 Tory MPs in Oxfordshire
0 Tory MPs in inner London
0 Tory MPs in Cornwall
Zero has a nice sound to it, doesn't it?
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@RhonddaBryant
@DavidLammy
The issues of the Single Market and the Customs Union were not included in the referendum question. In fact, Vote Leave had said many times that Single Market access would remain as it was.
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@vivamjm
@longitude0
Delays for the Brits who voted for this?
You get what you vote for.
If you don't like delays, vote for parties who will do what's necessary to prevent them. Otherwise, don't complain.
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The Conservative Party has reached an all time low under Rishi Sunak, polling just 1% above the post-mini-budget nadir.
LAB: 44.6% (+11.7)
CON: 24.1% (-20.6)
RFM: 10.4% (+8.4)
LDM: 9.7% (-2.1)
GRN: 6.2% (+3.4)
SNP: 3.0% (-1.0)
Changes w/ GE2019.
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@ChillaxBcn
He is anti-NATO in the face of Russian aggression and war crimes. I have as much respect for him as for anyone who would actively support Putin. Being anti-NATO right now is even worse than being anti-EU.
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@DavidLammy
@UKLabour
@ForeignAffairs
David, you are an absolute disgrace. You used to rightly condemn Brexit and you just want to prolong it.
You are a spineless political coward, just like your leader.
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Labour a Hard Brexit party, and they keep proving it on every occasion and every single opportunity.
This is not even FoM, it has visa requirements etc, yet Labour dismissed it without even engaging in the conversation.
Labour Brexit = Tory Brexit
๐จ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐จLabour says it has โno plansโ for doing a youth mobility deal with EU โ says it is โsynonymous with free movementโ (it isnโt)
โฆbut another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1
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As I have said, British people did not fully understand what FoM. They are hugely in favour of it if it is reciprocal...
Which it was. It was always reciprocal. And no politician highlighted that as much as they should have.
โMutual free movementโ for UK and EU citizens supported by up to 84% of Brits in stunning new poll | Dr Mike Galsworthy and Prof Juliet Lodge
@mikegalsworthy
@julietlodge2
@BylineTimes
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@fbpe_ch
Labour is a Brexit party and does not deserve our vote because it does not care about our country.
The sooner people realise that, the better.
Labour are a Brexit party.
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Labour already proven not to know what they were talking about. And they are happy to continue with Johnson's Brexit.
Not that they have ever criticised it.
Labour does not care about the UK's prosperity. People will realise that in time.
As I have always said, Labour would *only* benefit by condemning brexit. Not the opposite. And there was always polling to support that. But hey party before country as usual
Young Brits should vote knowing their opportunities were just thrown down the toilet because Labour and Tories prioritise euro/xenophobe voters over them.
And if they don't want to go and work/study in Europe freely, young people shouldn't be allowed either.
That's how it is.
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@supertanskiii
I have been working in the NHS since 2015.
Hospitals are now fuller, patients are waiting for longer in A+E and for electives.
Severe understaffing in every sector. Poor salaries, poor morale, poor service.
Longest strikes in the history of the NHS.
ALL because of the Tories.
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Vote for any party that supports Freedom of Movement/SM and/or Proportional Representation.
Don't vote for the Boris Johnson's Brexit supporting parties.
Don't vote for FPTP supporting parties.
@mjg002
@MikeJPretzel
The priority for those who want to see next UK govt rejoin single market, invest in green economy, is to ensure neither of old hard-Brexit parties wins a majority of seats. Then a deal is possible, inc Labour policy on PR. Without that, Tories can be back on just 37% of the vote.
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If people think that we, the junior doctors, are striking tomorrow asking for an "unfairly big" pay rise i.e. 35%....
Does that also not mean that having sustained an equivalent pay cut i.e. 35% is also unfairly big?