Richard Clift @CurlyMan66 Twitter profile

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Richard Clift

10 months

This year all the family will be doing the Liverpool Santa dash to raise money for @AlderHeyCharity in memory of Adam our wonderful sun and brother. 10 years ago this January he started treatment for the cancer that took his life.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

So today is national bereaved parents day… I never knew. It’s a club I wish I wasnt in but I am. It’s just one day and we are bereaved every day but because it is today I will share a picture o& my son Adam who died aged 17 in 2016. This was his first day out of isolation

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

Teacher teaches Exam board sets exam Teachers says good luck Examiner marks exam Awarding body decides grades All now done by the one person, the teacher, in less time, riddled with conflicts of interest and within insufficient knowledge to make sure judgements, huge anxiety

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

9 years

The worlds tallest minaret calls the whole nation to prayer in the UK #trumpfacts

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

9 months

@Conkers999 Being a bigot would be my first guess

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

Time to check your local ditch folks we may be missing a prime minister I checked this one near Leasowe on The Wirral... he’s not there #wheresBoris #DieInADitchDay

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@JackElsom @TomBlenkinsop What are they protesting about? The emergence of integrity on the UK political stage?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@budgetingblonde @bbcnickrobinson He spoke more than any of the others but had nothing of substance to say

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@ElvisFonzie @jessphillips @Twitter There is zero plausibilty in this headline. It only looks real to those who are predisposed to want it to be real and whose bigotry rules their brain

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@Jackso2B @T_Wes44 Does your God pick and chose winners then? Why does he kill some young people too? Great medicine and great determination are on show here not great deity’s

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@Miss_Snuffy I think it’s called disagreement, it’s quite common, there is no mob on here concerning your remarks on STEM and girls, just a lot of disagreement, trying to pretend otherwise is just courting victim status

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

Well I’m a proud Dad in the last few years my son has dealt with,illness and death of his brother, his own diagnosis with ASD and a university course. That last has now finished and we have a proud Philosophy and Politics graduate in the family, I have grit in my eye

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

7 years

@LesleyMillercyp @bbclaurak Silly response, nothing is for ever. On your logic you’d ban divorce! Nope you got married end of!! We voted to join in 1970’s... end of? We voted for s government in 2015 is that the last ever election?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@LibsNich My son was undergoing a stem cell transplant for blood cancer, his registrar was a former pupil of my wife’s... it’s great to see the end result so to speak

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

7 years

@bbclaurak Ok if you voted BREXIT take a look where you live and ask yourself if this is what you voted for? All those minus signs mean job losses, poverty, poor housing, dearer food

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@RogersHistory Contrast, my son was desperately ill for a year with terminal cancer they gave me a zero lesson timetable and asked me to come in and help when I could if I could . After he died they reintegrated me over 6 weeks

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@GazzaP18 @LozzaFox Where have you heard that? The only thing you actually know is that your son’s school has been brilliant. Isn’t it more likely that that’s the case everywhere? Not the attention seeking nonsense being spouted by @LozzaFox

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@DVATW What a beautiful video showing tolerance, variety and peaceable living, thanks for sharing

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@ElaineMahon13 Standard practice for everyone in the UK. Move on…

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@Jesters076 @eddiemarsan Oh dear! You clearly don’t want teachers like me being aspirational for working class pupils and students and to make them aware of the opportunities available to them. Your tweet is ludicrous in its lack of ambition. We encourage ALL pupils to think big you should try it

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@BenLegacyOfLove I totally understans, my son died of lymphoma aged 17 , I also teach in a secondary school. I find every years all the 'rites of passage ' events that each year goes through heart breaking. I usually find something else to do instead

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@ladyhaja @mrjamesob It’s a picture of the youth wing of UKIP

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@j_marieeee_ @UKChange You should be ashamed of this witch-hunt

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

This day four years ago my son Adam died aged 17 in the middle of a beautiful sunny spring day. He had a blood cancer. If you read that and think how tragic, please pause. You can do your bit. Sign up to @AnthonyNolan or @DKMS_uk or become a blood donor. You may save a life

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@AllisonPearson So what on Earth has Sunak’s heritage got to with it? That’s a really weird take!

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@labourwhips Listen to all the replies from teachers, none of us are asking for early vaccination. That IS NOT the issue. Schools are viral soups because of the intermingling of 100’s of families taking infection from one household to another. That’s the issue. Address that.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

My son also received notification yesterday from @AnthonyNolan that he was a potential match. His elder brother died from blood cancer after a stem cell transplant. It means a lot to all of us that the potential for saving life is there

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2 years

Had a message last night from someone who’s very excited to have been identified as a potential matching stem cell donor by @AnthonyNolan . Definitely lifted my spirits 💚🖤 🤞🏽

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@MrEFinch @whatonomy Each school has to form a bubble with a pub with compulsory after school sessions to keep the economy afloat

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@DeborahMeaden I’m not pro Brexit but I’m curious as I’m a public sector employee ( teacher) I suspect that we might retain job security but as austerity will continue our wages will continue to diminish due to inflation. As they have for the last ten years

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@DHewson @afneil If you think that video was calling for peace then you are nuts

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

7 years

@LesleyMillercyp @bbclaurak Ok good job we’re not in a federal state then

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@jessphillips (2/2) ok for us we had a car and made a day of it, tried to make a positive. Cancer is no respecter of poverty, for other families on the ward this was a really difficult journey, sure they had support from charities but surely it is more efficient to use the local facilities?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@GWR1970 @DanRobson4 @Lord_Sugar @BorisJohnson @jeremycorbyn I’m public I loathe him

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@BobCoogan @neilhimself My son had the Sandman books, sadly he died of cancer aged 17, graphic novels were all he could focus on towards the end of life. The series has inspired my wife and I to take the books off the shelf and read them, thankyou @neilhimself , Adam would have loved the series on TV

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@gojph @matthewrobb701 @BarristerSecret @DavidDavisMP @DominicRaab Best thing about it is Raab and Davies will never understand that tweet

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@djlange @SilverstoneUK You’re first option would be to grow up, the second might be to develop a social conscience and the third might be to not be so confrontational during a major health crisis.. that should cover it

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@KellyMartin_UK @BenKentish And yet other countries appear to have done it so much better... testing is central to avoiding lockdown, schools cannot stay open for much longer without testing improving as they will run out of staff

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@BrianAmbler2 @Peston Or rather please don’t keep reminding me that I support a corrupt PM...

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@Bel_B30 @Arwenstar You be you. As a bereaved parent I know that reaching out to try and prevent further tragedy has seemed to be the most natural and purposeful thing I could do and has given me great comfort. Until you know I wouldn’t pontificate like this it’s insulting to the bereaved

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@Buzz4913 @kellsley If only it was so simple . You do not choose independently of all others. You’re actions have an impact on other people whatever choice you make

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@NigelCWhitmore1 @campbellclaret Wow a brave statement. It depends on your perspective but I’m going to say reduction in child poverty homelessness and NHS waiting lists. Introduction of minimum wage and continuous economic growth with low inflation until the global crash

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@EliotKate @rcantelo @montie Ah ‘the impression’ a subjective feeling that has no basis in fact

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@Rheidolviewer @DanMacPhail @AliBunkallSKY I’m a teacher ... as soon as kid ‘swears down on me mums life’ investigation is over ...job done

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@wilhugs @snowleopardess @JamesAmcvean If the vaccine didn’t work the number of deaths a day would be many times higher. The vaccine is remarkably effective

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg I thought you were part of a research group? Do your research! This article simply states that the WTO doesn’t inspect or enforce. However it makes very clear that a hard border would be necessary to keep within rules. You are either dim or mendacious...or both

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@ollysmithtravel @NeilDotObrien @toadmeister I think keeping your constituents healthy by debunking lies is a pretty good use of an MPs time

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

7 years

@LesleyMillercyp @bbclaurak You’re very confident on what I know!

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@MrSimonDudley @Jeremy_Hunt I think sorry from uk government and especially @BorisJohnson should come before any thank you from her. She was entirely an innocent victim. What is she thanking people for?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@JarrowMarcher @SymonHill @BrightGrn You’re wrong on this. The accession of a monarch is inherently political it’s about a constitution which IS a matter of debate. The freedom to protest must be protected. To make protest at a funeral would be different and best avoided

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@corneliagracchi @llewelyn_morgan My Dad, a GP now aged 89, recalls his oldest Patient in the 1950’s had played Knock- a-door-runaway on the aged Samual Bamford who had spoken at Peterloo (b 1788)

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@bikerpool @Femi_Sorry International law requires the EU to do so

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

8 months

@Noone34934391 @RefusenikCorrie Grooming? Try not to be silly…

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@afneil We’ve brought it upon ourselves with our refusal to accept the harm that monarchy causes within the national psyche

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@misscw_english @jennamarie_123 Ok so… I’m secondary and in my year group I have confiscated both a live new born hamster AND a goldfish in a water bottle within the last year. A year later and hamster is apparently faring well

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@jessphillips (1/2) I don’t know the full contractual details of this but: 1. My son had cancer 2. He needed a PET scan 3. Three local hospitals had PET scanners all within a short journey 4. Paediatric oncology had a contract with a 4th hosp an hours drive, we had to go there

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@rorysutherland It’s a poor analogy as football doesn’t have an impact on your daily life, a system of govt affects us all. The real question should be “would it be acceptable for you to stand outside a ground with a placard… “and I think you’d agree that shouldn’t be bann3d

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@shademoriquenda @DannyJohnJules @UKLabour @Conservatives He really wasn’t... take off blinkers and look at the things the Blair government did in this country that would never have happened under the Tories. And yes, the Iraq war was a terrible thing, but that wasn’t all his government did

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@stuhaughton @OwenJones84 Which is why you will always get burnt

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@Kirsty_H220 I do know what I want people to say to me when I talk of my son. I want them to ask me to tell them about him, to be interested in who he was . To help me recall him fondly and with humour. That is to remember him. I hope you are able to do that. I am happy to listen

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@AlecFlegman @EmmaKennedy @nadhimzahawi It’s a commonly used figure of speech …

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@artexploration1 @Sh60Sue @JaneTea4 Drop the politics and remember that Biden has experienced the same loss and grief and speaks from authority in this matter

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@SimeonWardle @DarthPutinKGB There were no plans for this to happen. However since Russia’s aggression in Ukraine this is now inevitable in Finland and the Baltic states let alone a liberated Ukraine. NATO is a DEFENSIVE alliance Russias behaviour proves its necessity

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@nicolacoughlan My son gets called Jesus as he wore sandals to school after a foot operation

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@bungarsargon @FoxmanAbraham @petersavodnik On the basis that it pointed out that innocent children get killed in conflict? How odd!

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@robdelaney This is SO important, my son died of a blood cancer but whilst he was being treated he had no immunity from disease to him a casual encounter with a virus could have killed him. It is utterly selfish and anti social not to vaccinate your children.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@DebbieE46116279 @DPJHodges He’s incompetent, dishonest and cavalier with peoples lives, do you like him for that too?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@EssexPR @piersmorgan Why do leavers so often threaten violence and unrest? Why are their demonstrations so aggressive? Why do so many racists support leave? You never hear or see that from people campaigning for either remaining or a second referendum.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@SchoolDuggery @miss_mcinerney Whole year colanders doesn’t have quite the same ring to it but it is a lot more accurate

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@bernerlap @andrew_b72 @DrSimonEccles @simonrbolton @_HenryBolton If you need a stem cell transplant and are not white British it is much harder to find a matching donor as people from other communities don’t sign on to registers . This health inequality needs addressing? It is an issue of diversity and if addressed could save many lives

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

1/ A Thread about being a life saver: 5 years ago today I accompanied my son Adam from Clatterbridge @TeenageCancer unit on The Wirral to the @Royal_lpool_tst stem cell transplant unit. Here we are on the way racing through the Mersey tunnel blue lights and sirens!

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

@adhib @LenoreSimson @mrianleslie It’s first and foremost a scientific issue, that it has become political is not the NTs fault. Their responsibility is to the land they manage and the science on climate change is clear

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

1 year

Seven years today since cancer took Adam. Our lives have a hole that will not mend and nor would we want it to. Remember and honour Adam by becoming a blood donor or stem cell donor for others like him @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk @bloodcancer_uk @ClaireHouse @CwC_UK

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@simranjot1983 @Nah46303802 @Minty__Sheep @marknutter @lizard817 @MarcZenn @BZavaletaMD If you have a massive loss of life the recession will be colossal. There isn’t an easy economic solution but there is an approach that keeps more people alive ... what do you choose?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@Miss_Snuffy @ChrisHawth87 This is utter rubbish, I’m neutral on silent corridors but to imply this causal link and claim that people who raise legitimate objections to them are condoning bullying is beyond ridiculous

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@robdelaney Rights of passage like that are so hard to cope with. My son died age 17. I teach in a secondary school. Every year, proms, A level results off to university. I see others doing what he would have loved to do

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@Miss_Snuffy That’s a very very silly comment.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@Grey_Folded @mrjamesob Same with Johnson, there are myths related about them both that seem to go unchallenged... Johnson the great orator... he’s awful at public speaking. Cummings the Machiavellian genius ... everything he’s been linked with has unravelled.

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

7 years

@jeremycorbyn @SachiKnight @theresa_may It's a good policy, I estimated £800 of carparking costs when my son was terminally ill. We had already been reduced to one income

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

Today is #WorldBloodCancerDay my wonderful son died of a blood cancer 4 years ago, we can all help blood cancer patients by doning blood or signing on with @DKMS_uk or @AnthonyNolan or supporting @bloodcancer_uk . Miss you always Adam x

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

8 months

@MelbourneGray @mrjamesob I dares you to try and justify that statement with evidence and in comparison to the current government… go give it a go

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@francescasteele As a teacher I find this all quite odd. It’s not our job to be transcendent … we simply couldn’t plan for that for everyone. We are ordinary people doing a job, if you need a transcendent experience it could come from anywhere in life but we have a rather prosaic day job to do

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@paulrey99 @PaulEmbery Gosh, what a lot of big words

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@wmarybeard @BBCFrontRow @yassmin_a @smeeho7 @siobhni @charlottechurch Joan of Arc?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

9 months

@Ofstednews So how do you intend to train, All your lead inspectors in one day? This is worse than lip service

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@mikercameron Me to pupil X “I saw you do it, the whole class saw you do it, why are you denying it”? Pupil Y “ she thinks she’s Boris Johnson sir” …. Well quite ! A true story but also a serious point about examples given by our leaders and the damage caused

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Richard Clift

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8 years

@anotherSarahR @mattrobin140s my son was a recipient of a stem cell donation from a USA woman. We had an extra year together due to this 👏

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@brenc74 @afneil Or it could be a case of Zelensky stating a truth

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

5 years

@Jeremy_Hunt There is a massive conflict of interest here... how can you scrutinise decisions you were largely responsible for?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@andreacarlton @NICKIMINAJ This is not entirely true. Immunity can vary and it’s been demonstrated that vaccine linked immunity is more potent and longer lasting than that bestowed by an infection. Science is nuanced …

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@Mikeyconnor94 @doctor_oxford That’s an issue for him, his wife and his conscience. Hypocrisy and corruption in office is an issue for all of us

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@benp7777 @Dominic2306 This is nonsense. SAGE’s predictions were reasonably accurate , they were made assuming no mitigation took place. Lots of measures did happen that prevented the predicted carnage

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

11 months

@miss_mcinerney I quite like the promise to extend the Manchester Metro to the airport, a route that opened in 2014

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@siennamarla Will labour please push for STV at general elections too please

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@SteveDB @YouMadB11343293 @christopherhope You do know that cheap food is often heavy in sugars and fats but not nutritious and healthy don’t you? It’s quite expensive to eat healthily

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@pafkam @ColinYeo1 @pritipatel @ukhomeoffice Plenty of money available, it’s political will. The narrative that we are broke and can’t afford to give people asylum is simply false. The government use it as an excuse for xenophobic and bigoted policy decisions

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

@TrollWandering @IAPonomarenko And….?

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

6 years

@RobDotHutton @bbclaurak Someone shouted what’s 12 x 4 and Steve Baker answered 36

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

2 years

Johnson is not a war leader, we are not at war. The use of the awful war in Ukraine as a shield to protect his pathetic apology for a career is possibly the lowest point in his incredibly low career. All Tories should be embarrassed and ashamed to be led by this poltroon

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

3 years

@George_B203 @theAliceRoberts Do you teach? I do, masks in class are not a particular problem

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@Andrew_Adonis @theresecoffey To be fair @Andrew_Adonis your consistent contributions on the provision made by schools during lockdown are going to take some beating. It’s down to @theresecoffey to apply the same long term dedication to idiocy as yourself if she’s going to steal your crown

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Richard Clift

@CurlyMan66

4 years

@kbeanie93 @drbenwhite @john_logical @SkyNews You mean he backs up your views... that doesn’t make him an expert. Expertise is based on study and long experience in a field. Whilst an eminent oncologist @ProfKarolSikora has no great expertise in virology or epidemiology

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