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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Tudor24774574 @mariamposts Yes there is. It’s completely irrational and at best leads to destructive domestic policy. See Brexit
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@DPJHodges They are committing war crimes. The foreign secretary says their behaviour is unacceptable. The only response is to halt sales and then look at sanctions. You can’t just have rogue states committing war crimes with no repercussions.
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4 years
@iconicpryndl @ange1ee In the Uk the majority of our tax goes on pensions, benifits and healthcare for retirees.
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2 years
@JerryYIMBY @thehistoryguy Yeah all the farmers, fishermen and engineers screwed by Brexit live in Islington
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4 months
@HousewifePolish No it wasn’t The country was not bankrupt and still has its triple A credit rating when Labour left office Tories took us into more debt. How would that be possible if we were bankrupt?
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
9 months
@susanstanwix Because you are easily confused. Particularly about time and its passing Though it can seem like one big blur. There were different rules at different times over that 18months Boris was pulling pints in a pub the sane week Starmer was campaigning in Durham
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2 years
@EUoutnow You reckon we would get our freedoms back. No carnets. No applying for visas to mix a single show in another country. Maybe even attracting back the workers we need in so many sectors. Labour should stick your tweet on billboards
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2 years
@richwolves41 I bet he is. Look at the support he has got. Match of the day literally can’t get anyone to present it tomorrow. Footballers won’t do bbc interviews. Gov ministers are apparently cacking it.
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2 years
@MikerT100 @GaryLineker Sorry mick. But flagshaggers like you are essentially anti British fifth columnists, All you do is sabotage, cost us money and hold the economy back.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@failedanarchist @jennawray__ The last bit is hilarious. He’s famous for not answering straight forward questions. Waffling out of context. And then getting angry when people tried to get him back to the subject with the immortal “can I please finish” line
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@francesweetman I dont think whataboutery is the argument you think it is
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@sophielouisecc How about a working class sound engineer?
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@danwootton Erm, why are you missing out the decorator and wife? The reason he got fined. The cake wasn’t the issue.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@AjayESharma @FelicityHannah The bbc supported the conservatives? Not sure how you would justify that statement
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@MuttleyMusings @EssexPR I don’t care about all the tin foil conspiracy stuff. But the practical issue of internet outages or computer failures is something we have all faced when trying to pay on phones and cards. Cash is a good back up
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3 years
@_HenryBolton No. No one said he was having a rave. They said he was having after works drinks in a garden with other people. Something illegal at the time
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@AdogcalledStorm @georgeeaton The effect of lockdowns are the least of our inflatory issues. Global fuel and food prices as well as Brexit are far more to blame
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@TheJamie @BurnsideNotTosh @LozzaFox Snooker is very working class
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@therealbigjonno @JoeCorina @GoodwinMJ The monarchy isn’t a rational concept in todays world
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@catalyst19 @Peston Thing is the government wanted yes men regards Brexit. So they may have got the post covid bit right but failed to price in food price escalation for example caused by Brexit
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7 months
@BellaWallerstei It’s not blood libel. And you can’t say that every time anyone accuses Netanyahu and the Israeli right of being corrupt. Lots of Israelis think the same thing.
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@GBNEWS Patriotism is for the weak. Something to cling to to make you feel better about yourself.
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@AddictScrabble @Conservatives @UKLabour Considering the huge amount of damage the conservatives have done to the country I’m baffled you can post this with a straight face
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2 years
@furbabygirl @PrisonPlanet Actually it seems he’s very triggered to the point where he can’t sleep and binging game of thrones whilst obsessing over a celebrity.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@Antipolluters @ProjectReality8 It was about identity politics for weak people who cling to flags to make up for their shitty self esteem
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Scousenan2 @TuckerClemens @StevenC13723287 No. You paid for pensioners at the time you were earning. This part of the issue. BAby boomers paid for the small inter war generation. Current working generations pay for a historic baby boom to retire
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
11 months
@aaronpalmer @caitoz So this rocket that normally can set fire to a car, suddenly can rip through a hospital into a basement that bizarrely has more destructive explosives in it that Hamas fire at Isreal.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
4 years
@afneil The guardian what, 150 years ago vs guidos buddies at the mail and express who keep wanting us to forget they actively supported the nazis and Oswald Moseley 85 years ago
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Eddystone506 @Peston To be fair this is even worse than Brexit.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@darrengrimes_ @LeeAndersonMP_ 1: most workers are pro EU. This was true even in 2016 let alone now. 2; he represents a certain type of retired boomer worker from hinterland towns. And yes I’m sure they love him. They won’t win the Tories an election as that kind also hate Sunak snd hunt
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
4 years
@CorbynistaTeen Also, it was for NHS charities not the core NHS. The tweet is crass simplicity and also not the time for it.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@GoldingBF You are proud of a lot of things that are either pure happenstance or require zero effort to achieve. Well done you. I guess you think you should get an award for existing
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@ralphmilne4 @alexnunns Not really unless you think legally advising is the same as lobbying government chums for the private sector and tax avoiders
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@sophielouisecc “Glastonbury has proved one thing……” (Posts about loads of random shit that has nothing to do with Glastonbury)
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@redandgearhead @Tudor24774574 @mariamposts So you think the EU is some kind of Belgian empire? It’s not just where the parliament happens to be based? Does Light bend around you?
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@ULingmerth @jane_in_vain There have been protests. Hundreds have been arrested.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@jaycee1001 @HeikeOleary1 Arent you moaning about the consequences right now? despite your anecdote.
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@afneil Did you miss the bit where the government taking us to parity collapsed in record time and was swiftly replaced
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@andersleijersta Brown was an excellent PM. thats a very weird take
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@GBNEWS “Boris Johnson’s economic adviser”. So not a top economist. Johnson wasn’t successful economically taking his advice. If he had been he wouldn’t have lost rural safe seats and thus still be PM
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@PatrickChristys Probably right until the last sentence. No way the Tories win the next election
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
7 months
@_Eroc7 @CitizenUddin @KarazazuN Well it has as it makes our environment worse and creates congestion for people who do need to drive.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
4 months
@ThomasEvansAdur @ViewfromtheH everytime you have a takeaway and a beer at work do you consider it a party? is that what you think a party is?
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@EssexPR For my mortgage - Sunak To see the Tories reduced to less than 10 seats - Braverman
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
1 year
@jaelmolew @KingBobIIV @gemmaluisa74 @Bodminrfc The desperation from some people to use this politically is pretty sick.
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@splootman @OohLookWine I think she thinks it’s time for Starmers King Herod moment or something
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Dominiquetaegon Crime In London is rising at half the rate of the rest of the country. What do you khan is getting right that other mayors aren’t?
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Ian Whitehead
4 years
@Speck1275 @RLong_Bailey Ahh yes. The old “everyone outside of our cult is a Tory” line. 2019 retro tastic
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@darrengrimes_ Your a Brexiter. You campaigned on the idea that missing out would be good for us. “Of course, outside of the EU, manufacturing will be mostly eliminated” - vote leave Have you changed your mind regarding what you wanted?
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@dukesy12 The difference would be the Labour Party acting fast on these issues and getting rid and the Tory party defending them for as long as possible and only acting when forced
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@swanage123 @Stuart4WolvesSW @BorisJohnson The people who still back Brexit has reduced to a passionate hard core. Most people, even Brexit voters, think it was a mistake that has cost them
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@NoelpKeane @sophielouisecc @BorisJohnson will you use your flags on him?
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@rashysburners @adamjamesdavis_ The only reason I wouldn’t take the piss is on the off chance he’s grieving someone he really knows that’s died recently
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@EssexPR You are such a snowflake? Better stick to your Gbeebies safe space
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Telegraph how many people would give their right arm for Klopp to be PM rather than Johnson
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
5 months
@jessgill03 Having spent quite a lot of time in the area over recent years I think you are lying
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@UKSpunkyMonkey @lefoudubaron Literally led a fascist party
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Harley_Tory You literally have Therese Coffey as a minister
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@sophielouisecc Hang on? The British? You mean you and your weird friends at gbeebies.
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Ian Whitehead
6 months
@Crusaiderpatri1 Errrrr The reason we might have to work until 70 is because of age demographics becoming increasingly unbalanced. Youthful immigration actually helps to keep the retirement age where it is
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@nuffthefairy @EssexPR Fucking everything
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@sophielouisecc The NHS is stretched mainly by the baby boomer generation getting old. Not the young migrants who pay for it through their taxes and staff it
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Ian Whitehead
3 years
@LauraPidcock Many working class people purposefully use them when building their careers. Banning would block those routes. Terrible idea
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Ian Whitehead
8 months
@havingagiraf Prosecution of grooming gangs and child abuse rocketed up during Starmers time, so what on earth are you on about. Also, obviously there are far more crimes to deal with than the ones you are particularly interested in. And if there wasn’t the evidence to convict Saville then
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@AlexHorden1 Who are those people cleaning up then? Can’t you see them?
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@josephattard02 @D__Melb You are pro imperialism. You are saying that smaller countries shouldn’t be able to defend themselves from imperial powers and they should let themselves be consumed.
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@centristjim1 @musicmanleeds there are 67 million people in the country. its possible for millions to be struggling and others to be able to afford concerts
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@DJack_Journo @AndyBurnhamGM Too much focus on Hartlepool. Some great results elsewhere
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Ian Whitehead
3 years
@jrc1921 @mellow_elephant He destroyed himself. Built up years of controversial baggage and views that alienated a range of different demographics
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@uk_sf_writer @BBCNews What on earth are you on about. You nearly collapsed everyone’s pensions.
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@kelvmackenzie It’s not expensive for headphones and she uses them for her job. Stop being pathetic
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@JuliaHB1 @seanygravy The lack of storage is nothing to do with net zero. Gas is in the decarbonisation plan for decades to come
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Ian Whitehead
8 months
@Tomtomnolan1 We banned CFCs and it gradually restored How do you not know that?
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Ian Whitehead
11 months
@aaronpalmer @caitoz Don’t believe Hamas. Believe logic. You know what damage Hamas rockets do in Isreal. To believe they can suddenly Level buildings is near fantastical
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@Aaron_R_Rankin @CeeMacBee @campbellclaret Are you seriously saying the fishing industry weren’t lied to? For example
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@Highwayman114 Haha. Yeah. Everyone’s worried about British ‘success’ right now.
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@JackieD86388657 Because she’s thick. unprofessional but also nasty. Did you see her silly tofu, guardian, woke rant. I would say she should go back to conveyancing but would you really want that person near your house sale?
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1 year
@darrengrimes_ GBNews doesn’t just ‘platform’ views. It’s presenters are shock jock commentators who bring their own views unfiltered. Hence all the monologues
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Ian Whitehead
3 years
@robjeffecology @GaryLineker So you can’t be against this government and against Corbyn? That’s a hell of a lot of people
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@petemorristwit @AllyMarriot Ever thought that maybe you are the dense one. I know it’s a wild thought but look at the evidence
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
2 years
@PixieSteven @ashleyljames Did you accidentally post on the wrong thread
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@WillGrange_ @BorisJohnson @Keir_Starmer He normally worked with his decorator? And the Starmer point happened at a completely different point in time with different rules in place Boris was legally pulling pints in a pub the same week
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@IanJon407
Ian Whitehead
3 years
@MarieAnnUK Are you saying this isn't a sketch?
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@_HenryBolton Can I ask? Have you looked at the legislation for that point in time. Can you point out where rules were broken?
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@HollieTheCard @BorisJohnson John major and Ken Clark as a team rescued the economy after the Thatcherite’s crashed the economy on black Wednesday. Gordon brown oversaw a golden era for the uk economy which broke the domestic boom/bust cycle. Internationally his stature rose during the financial crisis
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2 years
@GeorgeMonbiot Even now you make it an angle to justify extreme versions of socialism, devoid of markets. You are not interested in solutions that would have taken people along. Your argument is that people have to give up their current lives in their entirety or nothing.
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Ian Whitehead
3 years
@jon_trickett Labour doing too well right now for you?
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@chas_newport @GoodwinMJ Do you think nobody born post the Commodore 64 played outside too
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@EssexPR 1: The average boomer will take 150k more out than they put in 2: they paid for a very small generation to retire. Current workers pay for a historic baby boom 3: average pensioner income is higher than average worker 4: 1:4 pensioners are millionaires 5: almost 0 WW2 vets ali
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@EssexPR You are basically saying that your policy is worth a certain proportion of innocent deaths. Are you so certain one day it wouldn’t be you or one of your family. You can’t apologise to a corpse when you get it wrong
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@EssexPR I blame myself
Tweet media one
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@BernieSpofforth Solar panels are very recyclable and there are specialised companies in the uk who literally do this
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@GoldingBF Correction: they don’t want all British out. I know a few people who have emigrated to Ireland and are perfectly welcome. What they don’t want is the British government running a corner of their island. + ulster unionists aren’t regular British people.
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Ian Whitehead
3 years
@NMLockdownsUK apartheid? don't be so pathetic. People are not born as tinfoilers. It's a choice
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@helen_spirit1 You keep typing cake when you meant to type Pincher
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@gavinesler Also she fails to acknowledge there was no pact. Voters voted tactically completely voluntarily
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@rospay15 @valoakley25 @Beetlegeuse57 Can I ask what you think the connection is between ‘illegals’ and your electricity bill?
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@LeighHall15 @AllisonPearson In fact it’s caused by lack of immigration
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Ian Whitehead
1 year
@1charlie29 @LenMcCluskey The ex mining communities are the ones that hated Corbyn so much they went Tory
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Ian Whitehead
2 years
@elisled2 How would you cope if your daughter made the ‘ pork markets’ speech
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