Michael Hocken 〓〓 @ManOnTheGreen Twitter profile

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

11 months

Whenever I hear people spouting about how ‘we only ever signed up for a Common Market’ (even though they seem to have turned their backs on that), I’m tempted to remind them exactly what we were told joining the EC meant, in the words of the then PM in the @iln_official of

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@SarahLudford Eurostar has stopped supplying the Daily Hate Mail to travellers in their lounges, & in Business & Premier coaches. When asked, staff said this was a deliberate management decision because "the DM violated their company values". Well done them!

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@GaryLineker Thank you, Gary! You speak for the great majority of British people, who find the repressive and deliberately harmful measures envisaged by Ms Braverman and HMG an affront to common decency and to the legal standards that constitute the rule of law.

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@HonestDrJohn @Peston It was Dan Hannan’s bright idea, and it got him where he wanted, namely into the Lords, so to that extent it must sadly count as a success, because they were all looking out for No 1, not Party, and certainly not Country.

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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg He was neither seeking to intimidate nor to influence debate, but simply to remind the PM of the need for basic courtesy and decency (seemingly equally alien to you). The man who promised to restore integrity and accountability to Downing Street has instead sought to besmirch the

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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. @BBCPolitics Why’s it OK for you to try & wrongfoot @campbellclaret by pointing out that @RestIsPolitics is owned by @GaryLineker , or to have @bbclaurak gleefully quote two random anti-Lineker tweets, but NOT to mention that Lord Greenhalgh was sent to the Lords by Mr Johnson?

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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Restaurants across London are so short-staffed that they have had to cut operating hours. While the city’s once-thriving dining scene has also been hurt by the pandemic and by soaring energy prices, the labor shortage is almost wholly a result of Brexit.

Where’s My Waiter? U.K. Restaurants Scramble for Staff After Brexit. (Published 2022)

Europeans used to flock to London for restaurant jobs. Now, with doors to migrants largely closed after Britain left the European Union, many establishments are becoming desperate.

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@JimmyJi10 @olex_scherba Ukraine *is* in the West. And many well-known apps (such as PayPal, Grammarly and WhatsApp) were developed there. Moreover, since the war began other amazing apps, such as Air Alert have been quickly developed.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@JemButterfield A suitable joke sent by a friend for #DryJanuary An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@TiceRichard The European flag was first used and continues to be used by the Council of Europe, of which our country was a proud founder member. It can and should be flown with equal pride in this country. There is nothing offensive whatsoever in doing so.

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@KHarveyProctor The UK’s a founder member of the Council of Europe ( @coe ), which was set up by the Treaty of London on 5 May 1949. It is devoted to “the pursuit of peace based on justice and international co-operation” and its guiding principles are “to uphold human rights, democracy and the

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This untoward leak of an incomplete report enquiry should raise serious questions about the governance of the Cabinet Office, and the role of Simon Case in particular. @FDAGenSec

Sue Gray ‘broke impartiality rules over Keir Starmer job’

Damning official Cabinet Office inquiry finds senior civil servant breached regulations and could have been sacked had she not quit

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@MarinaPurkiss @woodgnomology @thecarolemalone I hope that Carole will want to maintain her standing as a serious journalist and will therefore do the honest thing by 1) publicly correcting her mistake and 2) making sure to acknowledge the true situation in future.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@mrjamesob Well argued, @SangitaMyska ! And - provided he really does turn up and vote to uphold the @HoCPrivileges Commitee – fair play to @Tobias_Ellwood , too. He will be judged by his willingness to stand up in defence of parliamentary standards and of due process.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@KathleenEyckens @SarahLudford This is a sad day indeed for you, and for the UK. We are losing exactly the sort of fellow resident who helped drag the country out of its insular complacency towards what was an exciting & outward looking Weltanschauung. Belgium’s re-gain is our loss. I wish you every happiness.

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@RachelRileyRR This is what you wrote. I can’t see how you can wriggle out of that. It might be best to resign before being sacked. That would show that you have some comprehension of just how offensive your post was. @Channel4 PS You might want to hand back your MBE before being stripped of

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1. In Sydney, a mother & child were stabbed by a mentally ill white man, Joel Cauchi 2. When a brave security guard, Faraz Tahir, a Muslim refugee, stepped in to save them, Cauchi killed him 3. Top British media figures blamed the deaths on Muslims 4. Their tweets are still up

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@BindmansLLP Congratulations on some fine work here. Professor Sang and Dr Patel seem to have been inexcusably subjected to an utterly unjustified and apparently deliberate attempt to cause them professional and reputational damage on the flimsiest of misrepresentations.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@KemiBadenoch I very much hope that @BBCNews will put its Verify team onto these claims to see whether they stack up. Public money should only be used to present solid facts, not to peddle party political propaganda. @LindsayMcCoy @mariannaspring @ChrisMasonBBC @Shayan86

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@PeterStefanovi2 @celineguillet Compare and contrast with the 1973 front cover…

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@AlexTaylorNews I simply can’t understand why Sir Lindsay Hoyle @CommonsSpeaker , who’s not so daft that he doesn’t know these are barefaced lies, doesn’t intervene immediately to ask the PM to reconsider his comments. No former Speaker would’ve allowed this constant undermining of Parliament.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@implausibleblog It will – I hope – leave the Business Secretary in a highly exposed position, given that she unquestionably sought to mislead the House yesterday. Mr @CommonsSpeaker will have to ask her to correct the record, which will expose her as a liar.

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@sturdyAlex @SciTechgovuk @KemiBadenoch continues to mislead the House. Here she claims that what was very clearly a significant afterthought, and tenth and last in the list of priority issues, was actually the government’s “number one priority”. Demonstrably untrue.

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@MichaelsCoDub @mrjamesob Horrid. I can but wish you overflowing tables full of loyal customers!

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@archer_rs . @RotaryGBI . @Rotary How on Earth can such conduct be considered compatible with Rotary membership? Action should be taken to sanction such appalling reputational damage to Rotary. If either is a Paul Harris Fellow, they should be stripped of a clearly undeserved honour.”

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@Beverleyknight Shameful. @SuellaBraverman ’s conduct becomes ever more inciteful (and thus improper for a minister, let alone the Home Secretary) by the day. She is charged with upholding the rule of law, not undermining it. What is worse is that she knows full well what she’s saying. @mrjamesob

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@ABridgen I’d like to see you both made subject to a recall poll. Your sickening comparison of vaccines to the Holocaust was but the latest in a string of appalling breaches (inc. unwarranted threats to the Standards Commissioner, pressurising a police inspector, and lying under oath).

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@PeterStefanovi2 Today marks 75 years of British-led moves to promote democracy and the rule of law in Europe. And the Tories want to jettison it all…

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Happy Europe Day to the 46 members of the @coe – founded by the Treaty of London 75 years ago today to protect the rule of law and promote democracy in the countries of Europe. We’re all protected by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (aka

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@mrjamesob One can see why the young lady to the right of Johnson seems rather cheesed off about being photographed. She doesn’t appear to have any idea whom she’s sitting next to.

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@CliveMyrieBBC @mrjamesob This must surely disqualify the trip from public funding? It makes it a demonstrably party political campaign stunt, with a nakedly partisan objective. @ElectoralCommUK

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@Sachinettiyil I shall truly never forget this image, nor the girl it so hauntingly portrays .

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@michelledonelan When will you be posting your letter of resignation?

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@mrjamesob Because they are the Daily Hate Mail. It is such a strongly ingrained impulse.

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@BestForBritain @sturdyAlex @CommonsSpeaker Thank you. Very useful indeed. PS Who was the utterly dishonourable Member that shouted out an entirely fabricated account of the Speaker having met with Sue Gray earlier today? PPS @MariaCaulfield has been peddling this selfsame untrue rumour on X. She should apologise too.

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@AdamBienkov @sturdyAlex I very much hope that the Forfeiture Committee will be convened to envisage stripping Mr Mullins of his OBE, on the grounds that he has demonstrably brought the honours system into (further) disrepute. @cabinetofficeuk

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@BethRigby @mrjamesob What I can’t understand is why the @MetCC hasn’t already intervened. This would appear on the face of it to be as clear an instance of a hate crime as it’s possible to get, and if they fail to act on cases such as this, their ability to act in other cases is hobbled. The

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@Keir_Starmer @PrifWeinidog @JoStevensLabour @WayneDavid_MP @vaughangething So how do you explain this, Sir Keir? It is incontrovertible. @HonestDrJohn @LibDemPress @LibDemLords

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Keir Starmer was asked specifically about cutting off water, food, and electricity. He replied “I think Israel does have that right.” It’s astonishing that, rather than saying he misspoke and clarifying, he’s outright denying something that’s on tape!

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@AlexTaylorNews @lemondefr This is the same mindset as animates HMG today. It’s utterly odious.

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@metpoliceuk Will you be interviewing Ms Braverman with a view to a possible charge of incitement to violence and public disorder? This would be a good way of reminding those like her who have called into question your impartiality that you always operate “without fear or favour”. @MetCC

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@kitty_donaldson @mrjamesob These NatCs (pronounced as it reads) are really rather frightening.

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Four Victorian wall boxes found in recent weeks in Oxfordshire. Each one delightfully different. @lbsg1976 @letterappsoc #postboxsaturday

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@sturdyAlex And not even a hint of a mention of Brexit (of course).

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@peterwalker99 @sturdyAlex 276 bottles on that one trolley, or about £13,500 worth of bubbly.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@BladeoftheS This is the same man who granted planning permission for a £1bn property scheme two weeks before the developer donated £12,000 to the Tories (knowing full well that this would save the developer about £45m in community levy). He subsequently accepted that his approval of the

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@BestForBritain @sturdyAlex This is ever more dangerous stuff.

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@LizzyJPrice @AlexTaylorNews @lemondefr Appalling.

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@DCBMEP This is the on/off Tory/UKIP supporter who suggested treason laws should cover 🇬🇧 citizens with "extreme loyalty" to the EU, & yet he doesn’t hesitate to drag down our institutions of state inc. parliamentary process, & to undermine the rule of law & due process. @HoCPrivileges

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This is probably the most shameful piece of “electioneering” I have ever seen. The Tories appear increasingly desperate. Well done ⁦ @BylineTimes ⁩! *Conservatives Accused of Breaking Electoral Law With Fake Sadiq Khan ‘Driving Charge Notices’*

Conservatives Accused of Breaking Electoral Law With Fake Sadiq Khan ‘Driving Charge Notices’

Labour writes to the DPP to demand a criminal investigation over leaflets demanding voters hand over their data to the Conservative party in order to avoid a charge

bylinetimes.com

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@AlexTaylorNews @celineguillet @France2tv @JournalPapotin Wonderful. And really rather uplifting.

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@mrjamesob A really fascinating question.

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@chesterdave2003 @archer_rs In other words, making the U.K. as unwelcome as possible for tourists from the EU, and depriving our hotel, restaurant and catering businesses of much needed customers. Talk about cutting one’s nose off to spite one’s face.

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@ABridgen For those who still seek to deny that Mr Bridgen propagated that grotesque analogy (since deleted), read all about it here:

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen who lost whip after comparing COVID vaccines to Holocaust defends remarks

Andrew Bridgen has issued his first statement since losing the Conservative whip for comparing the COVID vaccine rollout to the Holocaust.

news.sky.com

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@AlexTaylorNews @BBCr4today A perfect example of @BBC bias. I’m so glad that you continue to call such hypocrisy out, Alex. It is a running sore on Auntie’s once proud face. People like Tim Davie never let up in their attempts to massage the truth and reduce the Corporation to a mere Tory party mouthpiece.

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@Direthoughts Rather like Nads, then:

Nadine Dorries broke rules with talk show role - watchdog

The MP should have consulted Parliament's anti-corruption body before taking the job, a watchdog says.

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@rtenews @aigne_aighne For once I have to say that I entirely agree with Mr O’Leary. It is right and proper that a responsible employer should seek to address the challenge of housing new staff, especially as the current dire shortage is restricting recruitment. PS The figures he quotes suggest that

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@BBCNewsnight Thames Water alone has a debt burden of £19bn, almost all of which has gone in shareholder ‘dividends’. Bills have been cranked up very sharply to finance this daylight robbery. Imagine what could have been achieved with even half that amount invested in remediation measures.

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@MikeStuchbery_ @mrjamesob How can the school board still permit this rogue headteacher to continue tweeting such inflammatory and counterfactual twaddle? What would she do if any of her poor pupils were seen to run amok on social media in the same way as she so regularly does? @Michaela6th

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@Mij_Europe @SarahLudford @EmmanuelMacron Thank you for this really helpful and important thread. The best explanation of Macron’s journey by far.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@RevRichardColes I’ve tried these, but all they do is slightly tint the water and impart a vague hint of coffee. Hardly surprising given the minuscule quantity of coffee in the bag.

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@carolvorders Beautifully put, Carol. Kate’s determination has done more than almost anything else to highlight the devastation Covid and “long covid” can cause, making its dreadful toll all too real.

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@AlexTaylorNews @libe "The saddest thing is Britons don't massively take to the streets to say how awful this law is" Guilty as charged. Perhaps because ‘noisy’ and ‘disruptive’ protests have been banned. But in reality, it’s because we know that nothing will change until there’s a change of govt.

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@susie_dent I can’t think who you could possibly have in mind, Susie!

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@RachelRileyRR There was absolutely no call for “mass terror attacks” on the streets of Sydney - even after you, JHB, LK and other right-wing ideologues contemptibly sought to use the tragic events there to whip up fear and hatred with a *knowingly false narrative* about what you yourself

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@KHarveyProctor The UK’s a founder member of the Council of Europe ( @coe ), which was set up by the Treaty of London on 5 May 1949. It is devoted to “the pursuit of peace based on justice and international co-operation” and its guiding principles are “to uphold human rights, democracy and the

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@mrjamesob @LBC Superb!

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@mrjamesob @SarahLudford It’s not just the GFA, but all the Brexit agreements, including the Withdrawal Agreement, the TCA, and the WF. But even more significantly, leaving the ECHR necessarily involves expulsion from the @coe , leaving us in the uncomfortable company of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

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@AlexTaylorNews The confusion between ‘horde’ and ‘hoard’ in this headline is v telling. They’re so used to trying to frighten us with notions of ‘invasion’ by foreign hordes (as with their claims about Turkey and migrants), that this must appear on their spellcheckers as the preferred option.

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@JolyonMaugham If you also consider that Mr Mullins has brought the honours system into disrepute write to the: Honours and Appointments Secretariat honours @cabinetoffice .gov.uk Telephone: 020 7276 2777

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@ManOnTheGreen

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@AdamBienkov @sturdyAlex I very much hope that the Forfeiture Committee will be convened to envisage stripping Mr Mullins of his OBE, on the grounds that he has demonstrably brought the honours system into (further) disrepute. @cabinetofficeuk

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@mrjamesob My sympathies. This is utterly vile. I hope you obtain full satisfaction from the ‘gentleman’ concerned.

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. @OxMailWilliamW I hadn’t realised the pressures on judges had got quite so bad. Six months should help give HHJ Daly time to recover. It might also give @OxfordMailEd time to recruit a new subeditor. @PlainEngCam @BarristerSecret @TheCriminalBar

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Happy Europe Day to the 46 members of the @coe – founded by the Treaty of London 75 years ago today to protect the rule of law and promote democracy in the countries of Europe. We’re all protected by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (aka

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@JohnGunthorpe I spent two months in Australia this year, and don’t recognise the picture you seek to paint. Nor is the situation comparable in the rest of Europe, where I frequently travel. @MarcnesiumHH

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@AlexTaylorNews @MennaRawlings Quite appalling, and so short-sighted. Not only are British language schools dying on their feet, and many of our tourist venues suffering grievously, but these children will grow up viewing the UK as a hostile and xenophobic country. It bodes badly for future ties. @MinColonna

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@mrjamesob I apologise if my wording was confusing, @stariep . I wasn’t trying to suggest that they were sitting *next* to each other, just locating each of them on the image. I agree she’s in the row in front of him. Her disgruntled look is *probably* the result if someone taking a photo of

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@bbclaurak You mistake honesty (which you appear to have little concept of) with impartiality, which you have consistently shown contempt for (despite being as a BBC journalist). Instead of besmirching the reputation of an honourable man, you should examine your own conscience, and

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@SoniaAdesara @metpoliceuk . @MetCC The officers’ conduct and responses would appear on the face of it to be a clear abuse of position. Please ensure that this matter is investigated. There’s no reason to disbelieve Dr Adesara’s disturbing account, and dash- & bodycam evidence should clarify the situation.

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@Kym62197920 @Jeremy_Childs @VENTURASHERIFF What on earth makes you prefer the idea of suicide rather than a that of a tragic accident? Water’s dangerous, & even those used to its ways can misjudge the risks, get more tired/cold than they realise, choke on the wake from a distant boat, or even just a small floating object.

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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg All this comment does is reveal (rather embarrassingly) just how little Mogg understands about the EU, world trade, and the UK’s new self-imposed ‘orphan status’. The EU is already actively prospecting ways of completing its somewhat stalled Single Market.

The strategic crossroads for the EU’s single market

An interview with Enrico Letta

www.ft.com

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@AlexTaylorNews I agree from the bottom of my heart. I like to remind people of the letter to the nation from Ted Heath on the eve of accession which exposes the lies in so many subsequent ‘mythologised’ accounts (such as the claim it was just a common market).

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@AlexTaylorNews There’s a dreadful irony here. But the impacts of Brexit seem just beginning to seep through, even onto the pages of the Daily Hate Mail. The OBR has recently confirmed the loss of 15% of our EU trade, far faster than forecast, and Pelosi has made clear the consequences of xNIP.

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@susie_dent How about the cool, calm and collected “Rant on the Court Martial and Service Law” by the late, great Judge Advocate General James Rant?

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@AlexTaylorNews @thetimes Outstanding!

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@drkatedevlin Your criticism of the Online Harms Bill is hardly incendiary, and certainly no reason on objective grounds to mute you. The irony is that by cancelling you & restricting FoS, they’re confirming that the risk of ‘overblocking’ you warned about is just as great in person as online.

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Websites could be blocked or fined under new regulations proposed by the government to tackle 'online harms'. @drkatedevlin argues while the intentions are good, the execution could be more problematic

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@PeterStefanovi2 @UKLabour @LabourLordsUK Well done @GreenJennyJones , well done the LibDem Lords and Ladies, and well done – at long last – the Labour Lords and Ladies! Better late than never. PS It may be time for both the latter parties to think of new X handles. PPS And well done, Peter, as ever, for pushing Labour

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@ManOnTheGreen

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@Tobias_Ellwood Sorry to learn you’ve had the whip withdrawn. Most unfortunate look for the discredited Tory whips and party ( @CCHQPress ), especially in light of PM’s protection of Pincher, and his conduct over the Heathrow third runway vote, when he made a spurious overseas trip, unlike yours.

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@ManOnTheGreen

2 years

@hzeffman @SarahLudford Remind me please what happened to BJ when he arranged an entirely fatuous visit to Kabul rather than take part in the vote on the third runway at Heathrow. (“I will lie down with you in front of those bulldozers and stop the building, stop the construction of that third runway.”)

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@DeborahMeaden @pausilly @LindsayHoyle_MP @RishiSunak Deborah, I agree. But do you honestly think there’s a cat in hell’s chance of @HoCSpeaker doing anything at all about this on past performance? All he seems interested in is securing a red leather seat for himself.

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@ManOnTheGreen

1 year

@BarmanPolitics @LegendtigerCo . @MetTaskforce @MetCC Twitter makes no provision for individuals to flag up illegal weapons sales. The import, sale & possession of tele-truncheons are banned, and the Met should by now have been able to intervene to stop the public promotion and sale of such dangerous weapons.

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@ManOnTheGreen

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@implausibleblog Well spoken, @GarethBarlow . A man on principle.

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@ManOnTheGreen

3 months

@BBCNewsnight And who’s going to nurse his elderly parents if they have to go into a care home or treat him if he has a heart attack? Or do the Tories finally plan on paying junior doctors, nurses and carers sufficiently competitive salaries to start filling the yawning staffing gaps?

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@ManOnTheGreen

4 months

@NicholasTyrone I had “Ten Years to Save The West” — [subtitle] “How I Smashed it in 49 Days”.

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@ManOnTheGreen

3 years

@susie_dent You have found the perfect word for the day once again. Thank you, Susie!

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@ManOnTheGreen

2 years

What a vote of confidence from Stuart Rose, the ASDA boss. ⁦ @AlexTaylorNews ⁩

Tory imperial measures plan ‘complete and utter nonsense’, says Asda chair

Supermarket chief slams move aimed at pleasing ‘small minority who hark for the past’

www.independent.co.uk

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@ManOnTheGreen

3 years

@susie_dent This could cause further interesting translation problems for our German friends.

Alex Taylor

@AlexTaylorNews

3 years

Contrary to what it may seem to an English speaker, this article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung is (thankfully 😀😀) about "Johnson : how he jogs and ... "staggers" 😀👇

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@AlexTaylorNews The stamp in the passports of UK travellers without registered EU residence is essential to check whether they remain within the 90 day limit in any 180 day period. At least EU countries aren’t detaining people willy nilly on arrival (as here), even when they have Settled Status.

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2 years

@thatlizhunter @GonzoHomemaker So very sorry to hear this. I am the (proud) father of a lovely lesbian daughter and it grieves me to think of any child being rejected their own father because of who they love. Please put your own well-being above his, and know that you unquestionably deserve equal rights.

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@ManOnTheGreen

4 years

@BWCHBoss @kateferguson4 Getting rid of @didoharding & bringing in someone competent would be a good start to getting things on track. Actual experts are needed, not clueless cronies. @mrjamesob @LaylaMoran @munirawilson @JonAshworth

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@ManOnTheGreen

2 years

In 1946 Churchill proposed: "to recreate the European family with a structure under which it can dwell in peace, safety & freedom. In this way only will hundreds of millions be able to regain the simple joys & hopes which make life worth living." @euromove

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1 year

@DMiliband @mrjamesob Surely these children are resident in France, even if they aren’t EU nationals? Isn’t there any mechanism for admitting them to the UK with short-term visitor status? This is completely counterproductive and undermines the UK’s own essential interests. @MigObs @MennaRawlings

Alex Taylor

@AlexTaylorNews

1 year

French teacher describes absolute nightmare now to arrange school trips to🇬🇧. The Home Office even SINGLED OUT 3 of her students for rejection letters👇 For decades school trips were easy and did so much for 🇬🇧🇫🇷relations Why in heaven's name is this happening @MennaRawlings ?

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

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@SarahLudford I agree so much with this sentiment.

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@ManOnTheGreen

2 years

“Whatever the precise scale of the hit, the overall message is clear: Brexit has made a bad situation worse.” They all seem to be gradually getting a taste for telling the truth (at last)! @TheEconomist ⁦ @AlexTaylorNews ⁩

The impact of Brexit, in charts

How has leaving the EU affected Britain?

www.economist.com

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

@ManOnTheGreen

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@AdamBienkov @SarahLudford Shameful. I believe that this is Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah, a highly controversial figure, who not only supports the reintroduction of the death penalty but (despite having worked for the BBC) felt it appropriate to read out messages on GBNews claiming that “Israel was getting

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@SangitaMyska @mrjamesob @HoCPrivileges @Tobias_Ellwood You made it about more than just a matter of public record, somehow, and more about principle and how your listeners and the public at large would independently perceive his conduct. That is part of your great skill as an interviewer & broadcaster. Thank you.

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Michael Hocken 〓〓

@ManOnTheGreen

3 years

@AlexTaylorNews @BBCr4today I’ve just come out of a nursing home, itself facing staff shortages like so many others. A large proportion of its staff were EU nationals, from the matron down. Brexit has unquestionably been a major issue for them (and the hospital I was in too).

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@ManOnTheGreen

3 years

Typically pithy analysis from ⁦ @davidallengreen ⁩: “the rows will not be with Brussels–the European Union and its businesses will be at ease with the United Kingdom erecting yet another non-tariff barrier against the interests of British businesses.”

The folly of diverging from the GDPR just because we can

26th August 2021 Like a dog that caught the car, the United Kingdom government is wondering what to do with Brexit. Today’s offering, reported in the Telegraph is overhauling or replacing or …

davidallengreen.com

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