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John Banks

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🇬🇧🇦🇺 🇭🇰 Am I my brother's keeper? No, but I spend a lot of time cleaning up after him! Proudly blocked by Byline and the London Fox Murderer, not Carole.

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For the avoidance of doubt, unless expressly stated otherwise, all actual posts on this account are my personal views and have no relation to my employment or professional status. Like and reposts, whether with quotes or otherwise do not constitute an endorsement of them.
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@thehill No they didn't. They've been going on about it for ages. It's just that what they've been communicating was bollocks, as the predicted sea level rises haven't materialised!
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@disclosetv Vaccination discrimination in Europe! Two tier citizenship now in Greece. Is this the way democracies work?
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@BBCNormanS @tnewtondunn @Anna_Soubry But it’s ok for People’s Vote types to be abusive to brexiteers of course though and people to abuse @Jacob_Rees_Mogg in front of his kids.
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@carolecadwalla @PaulLewis @guardian Read to the end Carole. "The Scott Trust, the ultimate owner of the Guardian, is the sole investor in GMG Ventures, which is a minority shareholder in Faculty.". It turns out you were working for them all along. Lol
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@patrickkmaguire What a dope. Hope @DavidGHFrost told them to mind their own business in no uncertain tones!
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@RNCResearch I very much doubt he'll be "in better shape to talk about it" any time in the future!
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Utterly disgusting and despicable behaviour from the hard left/anarchists
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Bottles and a bike thrown at police horses.
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The ICO “have now have confirmed that they have found no evidence to suggest that information of Facebook users in the UK was ever shared by Dr Kogan with Cambridge Analytica, or used by its affiliates in the Brexit referendum”
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Facebook appeals against Cambridge Analytica fine
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@Tobias_Ellwood You have to question why you joined the @Conservatives party in the first place? You'd have been more comfortable in Blair's Labour Party.
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@therealrukshan @OMGTheMess Quite frankly, not only should they reinstate @MoiraDeemingMP , they should chuck out @JohnPesutto and make her leader.
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@RepAdamSchiff Why are you scared of having Banks and Jordan on this investigation? When was the last time a party refused to allow the other's nominees on such a House investigation panel?
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@carolecadwalla @PaulLewis @guardian How very convenient. Investments GMG Ventures make help fund The Scott Trust. The Scott Trust (whose board @KathViner sits on) fund the Guardian (saved it from collapse before, will have to do so again as Ad revenues dump). Follow the money Carole.
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@gavinesler The best advert for the @brexitparty_uk you could think of.
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@ACunninghamMP @mamith1988 @Jim_Gardner_ @cjsnowdon @Keir_Starmer better keep you away from the Ministry of Justice if your idea of winning is having to pay damages and the other sides costs🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@KayBurley @SophyRidgeSky Of course, people may have now realised that however much @UKLabour , @BBCNews and @SkyNews want to keep Partygate in the news, it was never of any importance.
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@SBarrettBar Yikes, against the opposition of the French, Czechs, Dutch, Portuguese. So the unelected appointee supplants the elected leaders of the EU Nations,!
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So much for EU Unity. Hungary has a democratic election, the result isn't what the @EU_Commission wanted so they'll now take steps to effectively impose sanctions on Hungary. Hungary taking in a lot of Ukrainian refugees.
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What's really shocking is the discreet last para, that The Scott Trust, which owns the @guardian is one of the owners of Faculty! What is going on here?
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Carole Cadwalladr
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There’s another company at heart of this story too. Meet @faculty_ai . Formerly known as ASI, the ‘secret’ data firm Dominic Cummings hired to do Vote Leave’s data modelling. There’s so much about this work that has never come out. A small fraction here:
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@TiceRichard Made @GeraldKutney look a bit of a mug there. If he's in a top 10 climate catastrophe influencer, looks like they have problems!
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Richard clashes with climate author Gerald Kutney following a Twitter spat in which Gerald labelled Richard "disgraceful". Richard says "How dare you smear me and label me for being a denier when I'm doing more to reduce emissions than you are!" @ticerichard | @GeraldKutney
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@WallStreetSilv @barnes_law Too late the Canadian people will remember this however long til the next election.
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@MetPoliceEvents Which raises the question of why you haven't been doing this until today?
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@boblister_poole They might also want to think that we were the first to ban the slave trade and slavery. Are they asking for compensation from the African countries that sold the slaves to the traders in the first place?
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@EU_Commission Does this mean that the @EU_Commission will now officially recognise Taiwan😉
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@WalkerMarcus @VodafoneUK @GBNEWS One assumes this means that @vodaphone are in the vanguard of cancel culture and will cut off your phone service if they don't like your political views! Big brother is listening to you.
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@nytimes "Freedom" is anti-Govt, coming to a country near you, courtesy of the @nytimes !
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@georgegalloway @afneil Maybe, who was James O’Brien is a better question.
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@AndrewBowieMP The result of which was diddly squat
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@PaulLewis This sayeth the independent, impartial, political activist, journalists from @guardiannews
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@realDailyWire Someone who is legally a citizen of the USA, much as the @DNC may dislike it.
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@dcexaminer @kathygriffin When you suddenly realise you’re not actually an A list celebrity.
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@NickCohen4 @SadiqKhan When you say he has a decent record, can you list the good things he's done that have yielded tangible results?
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@themuslimvoteuk @Keir_Starmer Not sure playing the genocide card on Holocaust Remembrance Day is that good a look.
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@PeterSweden7 Klaus Schwab (and a lot of others of his ilk) need to be reset...with extreme prejudice.
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@realDailyWire Does that mean that they personally will be paying reparations to the original inhabitants of that land (the native American tribes)? You know, to set an example to others.
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@realDailyWire Are they worried about people from CA defecting and not returning?
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@_HelenDale For a start the FCA has to ban Alison Rose from working in financial services ever again. Then they have to question whether the remaining NatWest board members are fit and proper, given their appalling lack of judgment!
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“If they don’t want people noticing they are a kangaroo court, then they should hop less.”. The fact is neither the Privileges Committee of the HoC not the full chamber of the HoC has any jurisdiction over Peers in the HoL, anyone o/s the HoC.
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The kangaroo court is *doing it again* You cannot, as law, select your victim Either every critic of the broken process is guilty (which would include me and a lot of others) or none of us are guilty Guess what? No one is guilty - just embarrassing now
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@KeithBeatle56 @burrosavic @asIiceofhistory @JanSummersalt @GretaThunberg My only thought is, how the work ethic of the young has changed. Can't even get some of them to go to school nowadays😉
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@toryboypierce @BorisJohnson Eric Pickles may beg to differ!
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@PaulEmbery No criticism or debate will be allowed. That's the left for you! And they call the right authoritarian.
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@OwenJones84 The point is that the police should have turned up, done their job and cleared what is a public highway.
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@SkyNewsAust It's amazing that supposed "experts" are panicking at the normalisation of interest rates. Yes there will be fall out (likely very bad!) from this, but it is merely the result of the unwinding of years of misconceived ultra loose monetary policy and excess Govt, corporate,...
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And so it starts. They'll be taking credit card debt and car loans soon. This suggests Euro Banks are deep in the scheisse, than previously thought.
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The #ECB will accept some junk-rated debt as collateral for loans to banks, a move that aims to shield euro area’s most vulnerable econs as countries like Italy face the risk of credit downgrades. Assets eligible on Apr7 to be accepted even if downgraded.
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@Peston That should come as no surprise to anyone with kids. Most colds and flus in the home are brought back from school .
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@UkraineLive2022 Although of course Poland is currently still being threaten with sanction/withholding of funds by the EU, as they don't like her national laws (like Hungary). Funny old world.
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Happy Brexit Day! This message is brought to you by @Arron_banks @Nigel_Farage @GiselaStuart and @andywigmore of @LeaveEUOfficial .
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@LanceForman @Nigel_Farage @JamesfWells @LBC should certainly apologise, but @Nigel_Farage shouldn't go back to them, even if they beg.
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@SenatorWong What about the Brittany Higgins scandal - Katy Gallagher and Lisa Wilkinson? Will the @AlboMP Govt set up an independent inquiry and look into the Kimberley Kitchen bullying allegations while they're at it?
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@10DowningStreet Way to sell it guys, so desperate you need to include a German company’s subsidiary. Love it!
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@Nigel_Farage There's something very Neville Chamberlain about the whole thing.
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@realDrBrendan @PoliBard has anyone ever worked out what his body language is when he's telling the truth?
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@Instabuydeals @PeterSweden7 The big increase in physical and sexual violent crimes caused by criminal gangs of immigrants for a start.
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@TalkTV And the police were where?
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@CarbonCredits Carbon credits, have always been a scam. Of no real worth to anyone!
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@ClarkeMicah The better question is, why did they start wearing them in the first place?
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@jtown1897 @SwainForSenate I suspect that you'll be replaced by more people who haven't been flying because of the mandate.
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@DrDavidJeffery @ThatcheriteDC It's difficult if you refuse to buy anything with a 🇬🇧. Doesn't leave much else.
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@campbellclaret @Waterstones Alastair knows that if you can indoctrinate the young whilst their minds are developing you'll have them a lot longer. Worked for the Germans in the 30s and 40s.
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@AlboMP Under a Labour Government no one will be left behind...because we'll all be in the sh!t together.
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@RDPHistory He'd be sacked for that now. Good man, Sandy
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@JustinWelby "Holy Saturday asks us to enter a death that seems final; without hope and without future". Could be talking about the CoE today!
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@JewishVoice @Iromg @JoeBiden @G7 @FLOTUS @USAmbUK Oh dear he slipped away from his nurse again.
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@RichardGrenell @john_sipher @nypost If the blocking of the @nypost story and the campaign to discredit wasn't election interference what was it?
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@vonderleyen @MargSchinas After reading that, I would ask your new PR agency for a full refund. Meaningless drivel.
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@HlneMorin9 @TheRealKeean Don't know much about thisut I assume the Canadian Govt's looking to do largely what the Dutch one wants to do. Is that right?
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@ZelenskyyUa Could've dressed a bit more respectfully...or was your wardrobe destroyed by a Russian hypersonic missile?
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@hughosmond @SuzanneEvans1 Quite right, QE has been a massive exercise in devaluating currencies, boosting money supply and inflating asset prices. The first 2 haven't been so noticeable because everyone's been doing it and as a result the asset price bubbles are much bigger than people realise.
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@BrandonStraka What's the catch phrase of the liberal press, "democracy dies in the darkness", isn't it? Or does that only apply when Conservatives are in power?
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@7NewsMelbourne Why in god's name would you cull FOUR Kookaburras?
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@JustinWelby I shall be sure to tell my adopted, multi-ethnic children that I repent of my prejudices. Wonder what they'll make of that, but since I don't want to be sent to hell by the Arch-Bish..
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@oflynnsocial Now more than ever a sense of humour is vital! It is important to emotional wellbeing.
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@Rodneyorion @JackPosobiec How was this woman allowed to run the state dept!
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@emmathepony @disclosetv Well it has white privilege, doesn't it!
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@WikiGuido @Arron_banks They'll cave, as they always do. That's what they've just shown @MichelBarnier
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@EuroGuido If it was a waste of time and money…as well as a  “a serious error of judgment”, one would hope that the court would've imposed a costs penalty on the client and/or the legal team involved!
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@ElectionWiz Maybe some diversity and inclusion managers as well.
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@gavinesler Bit they should have @gavinesler on all the time because he knows everything. Messiah complex.
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@JackPosobiec Well Russia will have of the evidence on those soon. Think of the leverage they'll have over @JoeBiden 😉
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@EU_Commission Ah the one China principal is dead in the EU. Do the PRC know?
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@TheRealKeean So @JustinTrudeau @PierrePoilievre it wasn't a coincidence that senior Trudeau Foundation figures were heading up the foreign interference inquiry. Time for an inquiry into the inquiry!
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@AngelaRayner @thetimes Most things are news to @AngelaRayner , included the difference between the Health Secretary and the Mayor of London!🤣
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@vonderleyen @Lagarde @SecYellen A failed ex-German Defence Minister, a French lawyer and politician found guilty of negligence in the Tapie case and who shafted the Greeks through the Eurozone crisis and the woman known as Calamity Janet when at the Fed. Fills you with confidence.
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@rick_pittman And stops them feeding and caring for their kids, elderly parents and pets!
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@BigThickSlices @krishgm @georgegalloway @Channel4News Don't agree with a lot of what George said here, but @Channel4News and @krishgm , what is the point of having him on if you don't want and you don't want your viewers to hear what he has to say! Hopeless, but it's the @Channel4News way with any voice they don't like!
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@ggreenwald Do you think he knows the Warsaw pact doesn't exist any more, given most of its signatories, either no longer exist or are NATO members now. And that Belarus was in, as part of the USSR, just like Ukraine. But he sees a lifeline for the mid-terms in this!
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@Kevin_Maguire Whoops Kev fell into the @vonderleyen and @CharlesMichel trap. Lol
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@OliLondonTV @HHepplewhite Anything to avoid @EmmanuelMacron and his Gov't taking any share of the responsibility for this!
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@NEWS_MAKER Erm, that's from a BLM riot a few years back, mate. Do you see what they did there?
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@AdamBienkov @peterjukes The story wasn't that she was trying to avoid a fine. She was trying to get a driver awareness course on a one-time basis. When that couldn't be done she took the fine. This looks like a deliberate attempt to misrepresent the story.
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@FoxNews Were they more securely stored that the ones on @HillaryClinton 's server?
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@SwannyQLD at least back then you could tell Labor and Libs apart. now they are, at best, different sides of the same coin.
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@thehill @RepLizCheney didn't see Putin invading Ukraine when Trump was in the @WhiteHouse though, did we?
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@oflynnsocial Ah post gin o'clock
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@BellaWallerstei Italian footballers at their best.
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you sure he's not one of yours @PippaCrerar ? What about the guys at the @guardiannews or the @observer ? Do you own this?
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This is Tim Matthews, the person who lied about spotting Dominic Cummings breaking Lockdown. Let's share this photo & perhaps the MSM can now show him the same "attention" they showed Mr Cummings?
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@CarolineVoaden Never seen a bigger waste of time in my life. But hey, if you want to go ahead. If there's a debate it will be interesting to see if @Keir_Starmer turns up and votes in favour. He seems to be keen to do anything he can to make sure the @UKLabour remain unelectable.
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@GBNEWS I wouldn't trust the @WHO to get me a packet of aspirin from the local shops!
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