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@PaulKitchenMan

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Cycle to work, Cycle for fun, level 2 track coach and sometimes I even race. UKAD anti doping advisor.

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@PaulKitchenMan
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5 years
@MadameAmbassK @Rach_Wellsy @666bungle @Bosse3D @KingLabiIe It’s called English for a reason. America simplified the language to suit their intellect.
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3 years
@10DowningStreet To all those saying no please tell me why it’s such a hardship? I really can’t understand why a large portion of the population are so self centred?
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6 months
@MikeB2023 Why are you driving such a short distance?
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@WindsorDebs @metoffice @GOVUK I love your posts. It’s pure comedy from the daily nutter show.
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3 years
From diesel to EV today. I was totally sceptical about electric cars until I watched @FullyChargedShw and followed the very enthusiastic @bobbyllew Very happy with my choice.
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@ItsBillN I honestly think it will cause crashes. Either from a driver not indicating because it’s too difficult or worse a driver staring at the steering wheel to find the button and subsequently hitting something. This car should not be allowed on UK roads for safety reasons IMO.
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3 years
@Ntombif41542439 @SkyNews @harumutasa @Cristiano The big question is why one of the worlds largest sporting organisations even considers sponsorship from manufacturers of junk food?
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7 months
@louie_french @KathrynDW59 @TruthTalkingMav @Conservatives @PeterTFortune @CityHallTories @RicHolden @Mark_J_Harper @GarethBaconMP Easy to avoid, don’t drive or get a compliant car. Also don’t pretend you a Tory care about nurses or you would not have suppressed their wages for the last 13 years.
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9 months
@SamuelWeeps Who are the indigenous people you refer to? The Celts, Nordics, Normans or Romans? British people have always been a mongrel race it’s just that the pot is now bigger.
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6 years
@SkyNews @MariaMillerUK What about real men that don’t get screened for prostate cancer? Sexism in health care is nothing new.
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2 years
@Iromg @RoyalFamily Why should she attend a pointless church service. The monarchy is an outdated institution that serves no purpose in a modern world.
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2 years
@ElaineR11517360 @TomLondon6 But it is broke. Final straw was the heir to the throne paying £6m to silence one of his brothers victims. The Royals have abused their privilege for far to long they are a reminder of the Empire when we enslaved half the planet.
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3 years
@controleradar @RickyDHale Recently, some of the insulate Britain protesters were jailed.
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4 years
@lablrcfc @SirWiggo Probably been tipped of that the scum bag press we’re going to break the story.
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8 months
@ChaponaBike123 Honestly you could see that happening a long distance away and you had plenty of time to slow down. You intentionally put yourself in a potentially dangerous position for the sake of your video and point scoring. Whilst the driver is wrong you need to look at your own behaviour.
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2 years
@MrNickKnowles @GThomas1970 It’s the implication that the only way to get to a town centre is by car that I find absurd. It’s like busses, bikes and legs were never invented.
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2 years
@JwExwood @NationalHways Please don’t ever carry passengers. When you inevitability crash you will reduce the risk of killing an innocent person.
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6 years
@mattgadie @Lord_Sugar Today’s entitlement culture summed up in one tweet. You may have been to uni but will you bring more to a business than someone with 5 years experience of the job? If you are as good as you think you are then you will move on very quickly but you have to prove your worth.
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@dunstablian Mass migration will have little effect on the NHS at the moment as the majority of NHS patients tend to be elderly that’s a simple undeniable fact. The strikes could be settled very easily by paying drs their worth. The problem with the NHS is the Tories.
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2 years
@dtpfmzk66s @scotfoodjames Of course it will you will have nothing to wipe your ass on when the office runs out of toilet paper.
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7 months
@NoFarmsNoFoods Bet you lot wish you listened to “Project Fear” now? Very hard to have sympathy for the Turkeys that voted for Christmas.
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2 years
@MarkHun23432227 @SkyNews This may surprise you but people die every day. Most don’t die at 96 in a heated castle surrounded by the best drs and their family flown in at taxpayers expense.
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5 years
@SimonNayyar @KCFConservative @MayorofLondon @arynuday @km_finlayson 20 NIMBYS is not a great turnout. Frankly I’d being embarrassed if I had written this tweet.
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2 years
@SkyNews Hopefully the oil company responsible will be heavily fined as well as paying for the clean up? However the Tories will probably give them a few billion in bonuses.
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4 years
@bobbyllew Electric is the future for journeys over 10 miles. Cycling, walking and public transport for everything else if our cities are to become decongested, safe and liveable again.
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3 years
@JamesNewbon @JustMark33 @ShitChatter94 @COYR26 The BBC has its own agenda. Its far from impartial
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7 months
@KeithRi48760131 Problem is most of the 17m realised they were conned and Brexit is a disaster. The GE will reflect this.
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9 months
@InkTipz I can’t wait to be taken over by the Vikings and Normans again. Or will it be the Romans? Nor sure who the indigenous Brits are if I’m honest? All I do know is that we ALL descend from Africa.
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3 years
@SkyNews Just another taxpayer subsidy to the fossil fuel industry. I wonder how many shares Rishi Sunak has in BP & Shell? It was obvious this was going to be the outcome.
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6 years
@SkyNews @sophiegrig @Survival Was it a member of the UK government trying to get a post Brexit deal with another huge economy?
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4 years
@Chris_Boardman The lack of comments on the story says all you need to know. People find this acceptable. Now imagine the furious comments if this tragedy was caused by a cyclist?
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2 years
@zMBailey @allpartycycling I live in first city to introduce a blanket 20 mph speed limit.There has been no mayhem nor increase in dangerous driving. What happens is that drivers still exceed the limit but at 25 instead of 35mph. Drivers ignore limits but they do slow them down because the target is lower
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3 years
@Prao87 @10DowningStreet A mask is hardly a restriction. Wearing face coverings in response to a new virulent strain is living with it.
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2 years
@geraintthomas Personally I think @INEOSGrenadiers should send you a jersey just for a laugh.
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1 year
@Ryanair @SmoggyPower That’s true your airline has no need for one. You don’t have customers you have self loading cargo.
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2 years
@simonharris_mbd Whilst you may have a point it will split the anti-Tory vote. Getting them out of power has to be the priority.
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2 years
@StevenCooke93 @CWUnews From a @cwu email I received last night. Your role is vital mate we will strike for you.
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3 years
@eleonorasfalcon @stewart_manley @bobbyllew I earn an average wage and live in a terraced house with no drive. When you look into it you will see that not having a drive isn’t a barrier. Affordability is an issue for many though and the industry needs to recognise this.
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1 year
@SkyNews If this happened in North Korea the world would rightly condemn it. We are becoming a police state. I don’t agree with protesting today but it’s their fundamental right to do so. I think the @metpoliceuk need to take a long hard look at themselves.
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5 years
@SmileItsKT @SkyNews It isn’t true there is absolutely no question of that. Please educate yourself with the facts not the fiction.
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4 years
@FirBob22 @SkyNews @schoudshady The government have messed up a lot during this pandemic but so far only Israel has vaccinated more people. This tweet is living proof that some people are never happy. 18 months from a novel virus to full vaccination will be an incredible achievement if delivered.
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7 months
@wave105radio @greatesthitsuk I’ll only be listening to wave in the morning. Not interested in has been Radio 2 presenters along with no up to date music. Can’t fathom why you have taken the most popular station in the South off air?
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1 year
@SkyNews Just buy the company for £1 and take it back into public ownership.
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3 years
@Number10cat Mr Flibble won’t leave the kitchen. He can smell cooking Turkey and knows what happens soon.
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2 years
@StokeyLTN Judging by the plethora of excuses I’ve heard today never. Seems that everyone lives in remote Hamlets, is disabled, take 4 kids on every journey along with 400 kg of tools and a fridge.
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2 years
@EssexPR @lcfcsanny How do you think your sector will fair when the cost of living bites harder if wages continue to stagnate during high inflation? Not going out is a non essential spend that can easily be dropped.
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3 years
@JillBorcherds @Sustrans @WeAreCyclingUK @hertscycling @hertscc @NorthHertsDC @StevenageCTC The fact that a gravel path qualifies as part of the NCN says a lot for how poor an organisation Sustrans is and sums up the poor quality infrastructure in this country.
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3 years
@FullyChargedDan If they insist on desperately hanging onto ICE then Toyota pulling out of UK won’t be the issue as they will be irrelevant trying to sell cars nobody wants. They will become the automotive Kodak.
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2 years
@CWUnews I love that these people think Posties should be grateful for having a pay cut imposed.
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6 months
@C229292 @MikeB2023 So if it’s £6 a day that would buy a very nice compliant vehicle. I’d rather spend the money on myself. Or you could just be stubborn and continue to moan about an avoidable tax.
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5 years
@PoliticsJOE_UK If Labour are remain they better tell someone. Their leader says he will deliver Brexit, some of their MPs are certainly leave. I think you have just tweaked a pie chart to suit an agenda. Brexit, Ukip v Lib, Green would be a far more accurate comparison.
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2 years
@Wiambueow @TomTomgee99 @BBCLauraKT With inflation at 9% it’s a 6% cut in the income of the poorest members of our society. Nothing to shout about. The government are the worst I can remember and there is some stiff competition too.
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5 years
@JayT303 @Lord_Sugar @jeremycorbyn The tax @Lord_Sugar will pay over his lifetime will probably be enough to build a hospital for the majority it won’t even cover their own healthcare. If Corbyn scares off the very wealthy that actually pay tax we are all screwed.
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6 months
@Pompey @EmiratesFACup I’d support a boycott of the FA Cup and I doubt I’m alone?
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4 years
@SkyNews Hardly essential travel. If the government is imposing restrictions on the masses the royals should set an example. Goes to show how out off touch the Windsors are.
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3 years
@SkyNews He also said the NHS would get £350m per week after Brexit. I can’t be the only one that would look outside if Johnson said it was raining?
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2 years
@SkyNews She is without doubt the most despicable and hateful member of the government. Given the competition that’s quite an achievement.
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3 years
@JamesNewbon @COYR26 Can you pay for my Netflix then. I don’t care if you don’t watch it. The BBC is NOT a public service is poor entertainment (at best) and nothing else.
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2 years
@AndrewRTDavies @Lee_flaneur @DragonsofWales Do even a small amount of research and you will discover this argument disproved over & over. The only thing that eases congestion & the subsequent pollution is less cars. Building roads has NEVER achieved this anywhere!
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3 years
@au_tom_otive It also brings into focus the reliance on cars. In cities they are the most inefficient way to get around; EV or ICE. Better provision of public transport and active travel needs to happen now if we are serious about tackling climate change? Tory answer spend £27bn on roads.
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3 years
@sharrond62 I do wonder what would happen if millions of people simply stopped paying their fuel bills in protest?
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4 years
@Cycling_Embassy @portsmouthtoday imagine how fit and healthy our children would be if we had the same approach to road safety as the Dutch? We might even get clean air. @DonnaJonesPCC @StephenMorganMP @geraldvjuk
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2 years
@LeeAndersonMP_ I switched it on out of curiosity. Realised how dull it was and switched off. To be fair the EPL is dull anyway.
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2 years
@CWUnews Can’t believe that you seem proud of this abject failure.
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4 years
@thewle @Lord_Sugar That’s your choice and should be respected. However I’d anticipate that many businesses will insist that you have a vaccine to use their services in their T&Cs, airlines, pubs or any others that involve groups. I’m guessing not getting vaccinated will be a self imposed lockdown?
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2 years
@SkyNews @SouthernWater I pay you to treat sewage not just dump it. If you’re not going to provide that service then surely I’m well within my rights to stop paying you? I expect a refund too.
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3 years
@theeyecollector My only view is that if you’re riding an e bike please don’t overtake me when I’m struggling up a hill? It’s soul destroying 😂
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5 years
@piersmorgan Amuses me that everyone is so concerned about Huawei and 5G. The fixed line network in the UK is full of their equipment.
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7 months
@Claire_Edberg @louie_french @KathrynDW59 @TruthTalkingMav @Conservatives @PeterTFortune @CityHallTories @RicHolden @Mark_J_Harper @GarethBaconMP He has to decide if he wants to carry the additional cost or upgrade. His problem it’s not like he hasn’t had time to plan.
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@Stevebe31446528 @skisidjames @AvonandsomerRob My friend is an engineer and runs his own heating company. He now installs more heat pumps than boilers to 100s of satisfied customers each year. Drives an Aston Martin and owns several race horses. Some engineers spot a good opportunity and move on, some will die with boilers
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6 years
@SkyNewsPolitics @SkyNews Interesting that the poll was commissioned by those pushing for a people’s vote. I doubt it was the result they wanted?
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1 year
@CeeMacBee Why don’t we just stop exporting 80% of the gas we already extract? Is it because WE don’t own the gas the Tory donors (oil companies) do and sell it on the open market. Kind of makes your point a bit well, pointless!
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7 years
@V6_Veloce @VforVolition @wirereporter @MattBrookes3 @jfwduffield @guinep_republic @JeremyCliffe Using that argument VED and fuel duty should increase 15 fold to reflect the true cost of road transport. Car use is the most heavily subsidised transportation.
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10 months
@TRACYMOORE66 @Jenny_1884 If Spain thought the same way a lot of British migrants would get sent home.
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2 years
@dazpeart @MartinSLewis Why has something happened? As sad as it is for the family it may come as a surprise that old people die every day. Life goes on.
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2 years
@cos_chris @CWUnews They can’t negotiate with an employer who refuses to sit down with them. These strikes are TO GET BT to negotiate. The pay rise was imposed.
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4 years
@AndrewSaxton14 @SkyNewsBreak It’s highly contagious and likes to kill the vulnerable above all else. We have no cure. I think that covers it.
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2 years
@razorblue @SkyNews Answer this simple question. Where border checks required as an EU member? Once you know the answer the reason for the queues become obvious for anyone with any level of intelligence. Guess why truss doesn’t understand?
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7 months
@theweeflea @AlanNeil1020 Pre-Brexit I could just apply for a job in any EU country. Now I have to jump through many hoops. I can be done but let’s not pretend it’s even remotely the same as it was.
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3 years
@nufcpilot89 @10DowningStreet Seriously if you don’t know by now you must have been in a coma for the last 18 months?
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2 years
@RishiSunak @10DowningStreet Well done on failing on every single one of your priorities. I’m 52 and this is without doubt the worst government in my lifetime.
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3 years
@SurreyRoadCops The Audi owners probably wondered what the strange flashing light on the side of your car was as you turned off the road?
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2 years
@CentristMelt @TheThomason Charles III is no stranger to a bit on the side either. In fact he made her queen.
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6 years
@Apple When will you realise that even if your phones were £529 without a trade they are still massively over priced for technology that you will try to make obsolete in 24 months by deliberately slowing the software.
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6 years
@HavantBorough Before you waste further money building crap infrastructure why don’t you have an “engineer” visit the Netherlands and see how to build safe bike lanes? I like the vast majority of cyclists will avoid the crap and stay on the safer road.
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5 years
@DeanoC @ErikSolheim Probably mobility scooters or adapted bikes.
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1 year
@kasperwilkosz @LlamaLout @HedgehogCycling Poor people can’t afford to own a car.
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1 year
@Uniform1131 @SkyNews @TrevorPTweets Apart from a £50bn school rebuilding program that the Tories scrapped the moment they got in power.
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7 months
@League1news22 Pompey & Derby top two. Champions probably the winner of the fixture between the two? Lincoln to romp the playoffs.
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2 years
@SkyNews The result of the government not implementing the Brexit deal they agreed. All of this crap could have been avoided by staying in the single market. This government could not organise a well know party in a brewery! (Although ironically they could at #10 )
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2 years
@Independent £80 for 4600 miles so far. My diesel van £140 for 430 (ish) miles. Why is the independent even asking this question? Only a fool would think ICE is cheaper. ICE cars are shite too.
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7 years
@rossbayesss @TheWomanHolmes @Lord_Sugar @jeremycorbyn The fact that @Lord_Sugar paid £58m in personal tax last year kind of rains on that argument.
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6 years
@AndyT71656142 @SkyNews The Tories did their best to lose the last election; no real manifesto and introducing the dementia tax during the campaign and they still won! The country needs a robust opposition it can trust and that isn’t a far left Labour Party led by a clueless protest politician.
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6 months
@C229292 @MikeB2023 If you’re driving 700 m to a barber shop. Then you’re daft frankly. I’d walk from 701m away.
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9 months
@InkTipz Oh dear can’t handle that you have African heritage. 😂
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2 years
@CWUnews All you have done is negotiated the same poor deal for next year that caused the strike this year. It’s not even backdated! Kind of makes me wish I hadn’t gone on strike. I going to reject the offer.
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5 years
@CWUnews Ah come on that’s unfair. The Sun is very useful given the current shortage of toilet roll.
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2 years
@johnredwood Stop lying you know that gas will just be sold to the highest bidder by your donors. All this will do is inflate further the profits of oil companies. We need cheap energy not the most expensive.
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7 years
@andysteel1990 @Number10gov Whether you I or many think this isn't what I voted for you have to remember that 42.5% of the votes cast were for May. That's democracy!
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