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Raising awareness on #KochNetwork #Freeports / #SEZs #DarkMoney #ClimateDenial #FossilFuel #BigOil Doppelganger @SteveCantellow1

Lundun/Kent, innit.

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Stephen C

2 years

1/ I hope that this thread will highlight, in a very basic way, just some of the connections and interests between the IEA, Atlas, Cato, ExxonMobil, Charles Koch, Philip Morris, Chase Foundation, etc and their influence on the UK government over the last decade.

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2 years

While everyone is watching the Queen's funeral, my wife is at work for the NHS keeping her department open so that people in pain can get the help they need and not have their appointments rescheduled today. She, and people like her, are very special. 🙏

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"The Home Secretary has renewed plans to protect the public from highly disruptive protest tactics such as slow walking." Ah yes, slow walking, the king of disruptive tactics. What next - audible breathing? Twats. This is #Fascism , pure and simple.

Government acts to stop highly disruptive slow walking tactics

The Home Secretary has renewed plans to protect the public from highly disruptive protest tactics such as slow walking

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An MP has called on the Prime Minister to launch an inquiry into the transfer of publicly owned shares in the Teesworks site to private ownership in what he calls "crony contracts". Well, who saw that coming? 🙄 #Freeports

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Tees freeport: Call for transparency on Teesworks site ownership

An MP has called on the Prime Minister to launch an inquiry into the transfer of publicly owned shares in the Teesworks site to private ownership in…

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3 years

Sajid Javid is going to make Matt Hancock look really competent and kind-hearted, isn't he?

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1 year

🔥The man in control of the #Teesside #Freeport is to quit, the Northern Echo can reveal, on the day Michael Gove confirmed an inquiry into 'serious allegations of corruption, wrongdoing and illegality' at Teesworks.

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Teesside Freeport chief to quit role as Michael Gove reveals Teesworks inquiry

The man in control of the Teesside Freeport is to leave his role, The Northern Echo can reveal. It comes on the day Michael Gove confirmed an…

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Has the controversial #Teesside #Freeport caused mass crab and lobster deaths? "Our ecosystem has been completely destroyed. And nobody in power seems to care. What’s left here is a toxic wasteland. Everything is dead." #Teesside #Freeport #ecocide

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Lobstergate: The unintended consequences of Britain’s Freeports

Once again, the government is failing to offer any answers for why fisheries are struggling

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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This government never wanted to leave the EU for our 'freedom', they wanted to leave to avoid scrutiny. Being 'free' allows them to do exactly what the hell they want without any outside interference. And they're doing exactly that, daily. And the majority doesn't care.

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4 years

Isn't it wonderful when our own PM calls people "lefty tossers"? I think we know exactly where we stand.

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2 years

If someone told you that you could leave the UK tomorrow with only what you could carry (say two rucksacks/bags and a suitcase) to live and work in Europe but never be able to return to the UK, would you go? I've really thought about this. I'd go and never look back.

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It seems more people are realising the connections between the Libertarian ideology, Brexit, Charter Cities, rising fascism, etc, and that this is global. It's not just about money, tax and free trade, but segregation, exclusion and privilege.

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Home secretary’s withholding of payments for healthy food for children and pregnant women found to be unlawful. She has to go, surely?

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Suella Braverman broke law by denying asylum seekers £3 a week, judge rules

Home secretary’s withholding of payments for healthy food for children and pregnant women found to be unlawful

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1/ A right-wing Conservative MP who campaigns against flagship green policies faces allegations he failed to declare that his staffers have close ties to a controversial climate-sceptical think tank. #KochNetwork #DarkMoney #ThinkTanks #ClimateDenial

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Climate-Sceptic MP ‘Failed to Declare’ Ties to Controversial Net Zero Watch

Two of Craig Mackinlay's staffers have had close ties to the Global Warming Policy Forum (now Net Zero Watch) and its wholly-owned charitable wing report Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert

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4 years

Do you ever get the urge to slap John Redwood and Jacob Rees-Mogg on both cheeks repeatedly with a wet, slimy, yet happy British fish? Me too! Follow others who would also enjoy doing this on #FollowBackFriday Have a beautiful day, lovely people. ❤️✊ #FBPE #RejoinEU

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2 years

@Nigel_Farage Ah, bless. I know you'd rather see fascists and racists running the world, but some of us are actually decent people and will fight with all our strength to stop people like you, and your mates, getting into positions of power.

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#Teesworks report: There are things we can do better, says Houchen. Like selling land for £1 an acre to a couple of mates who have made over £140 million profit, while the taxpayer ploughed in more than £560mn and was saddled with liabilities, you mean?

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Teesworks report: There are things we can do better, says Houchen

The Tees Valley Mayor denies the project has been damaged by secrecy.

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9 months

People of the UK need to learn more about the #KochNetwork . They are connected to so much that is happening here. The UK is becoming more like the US every day, and these people are behind it. They do NOT have your interests at heart. They are NOT good people.

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@blowhound Terrifying 😱 and uk following their lead. Sunak already acts like a dictator. People need to realise who’s steering Britain into fascism

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The leader of Glasgow council has rejected a request by the UK Government to dock an asylum barge in the city. “The UK Government wants Glasgow City Council to give consent to an asylum barge being sited in the city. We will not give it."

Glasgow rejects UK request to host asylum barge on River Clyde

Susan Aitken said Glasgow is a 'proud beacon' of support for asylum seekers - and the barge is the 'polar opposite of that'.

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3 years

Quick question: I have a family gathering today - over twenty people. I have not had my second vaccine. I feel everyone has just said, "Stuff it - we don't care any more." I am not going. Am I wrong? Too cautious? Or am I being sensible? Would you go?

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7 months

#Brexit was never about giving us our rights and freedoms back, it was about taking away the rights and freedoms that we had. #Fascism

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2 years

Please note that this thread is to highlight a miniscule amount of connections between US think tanks, fossil fuel billionaires, the UK gov, etc. It is FAR from definitive - a mere grain of sand on a very large beach. If people like it, I will do more in the future.

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The Labour Party are demanding to know if the Tories were aware of the three-year HMRC investigation into Anthony Bamford’s tax affairs as they trousered £10m from him and his family in donations. How could they not know?

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Will Rishi Sunak's financial feud pay off?

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

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4 years

Do you get a warm feeling knowing that just having #FBPE , #RejoinEU and this 🇪🇺 in your bio probably infuriates people like Katie Hopkins and Nigel Farage? Me too! Follow others who also enjoy this feeling on #FollowBackFriday Have a beautiful day, lovely people. ❤️✊

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Two years after Sunak promised a bonfire of taxes, tariffs and planning controls, the first of his #freeports are under investigation.

Is Teesworks a second Ironopolis?

Two years after Sunak promised a bonfire of taxes, tariffs and planning controls, the first of his freeports are under investigation

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A leader with grace, dignity, honesty and compassion. Take note UK - this is how it's done.

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Jacinda Ardern resigns: ‘I no longer have enough in the tank’

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So, the northern leg of HS2 around East Midlands Airport had been scrapped. #Freeports / #investmentzones . Coincidence? Watch VERY closely who this land is sold to, and for how much.

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So, with #HS2 shitcanned, a lot of land purchased to build the northern leg is now gonna go up for sale again. Any news outfit should be watching this like a hawk. The govt that brought you the PPE scandal might well be fixing to hock it all to its mates for peanuts 👀.

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2 years

EU to raise concerns over UK’s freeports scheme. "...the Office for Budget Responsibility, said last October that freeports were likely to cost the Treasury £50mn to fund tax breaks and would have little positive impact on the economy."

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EU to raise concerns over UK’s freeports scheme

Brussels fears policy could violate post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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15/ So, when people wonder why the UK gov is currently lifting bans on fracking, doubling the sizes of several Freeports, introducing many ‘Investment Zones’, seemingly ignoring any warnings of climate change, adding more and more members of the IEA to their ranks,

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17/ Contd: They are funded and heavily influenced by fossil fuel billionaires, climate deniers, tobacco billionaires, gas companies, far-right-wing think tanks desperate to shrink governments and privatise public services.

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Isn't it sad that things were so bad with Covid several weeks ago that now 181 deaths in a day seems like the Government are doing well? That's 7x as many deaths that New Zealand has had throughout the entire pandemic, in a single day. Don't let them fool you.

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16/ Contd: scrapping over 2000 EU laws and restrictions by the end of 2023, destroying the NHS and promoting private health care, and, of course, Brexit – that they are NOT doing these things for us, the people.

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‘Brexit Has Failed’ poster campaign proves a crowd-pleaser, even in Brexit-backing towns. #BrexitHasFailed

‘Brexit Has Failed’ poster campaign proves a crowd-pleaser, even in Brexit-backing towns

As polling shows Brexit regret has reached record levels, the billboard campaign highlighting Farage’s new slogan has been well-received, even in Leave-voting strongholds.

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9 months

MPs to quiz Gove on delivery of freeports scheme. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove will appear before MPs next week in an evidence session on the Government’s #freeports and #investmentzones policy.

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MPs to quiz Gove on delivery of freeports scheme - Committees - UK Parliament

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove will appear before MPs next week in an evidence session on the Government’s freeports and investment zones policy.

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Rishi Sunak is seeking a deal with the European Union to make post-Brexit travel to Europe easier for British passport holders. You couldn't make this shit up. (Source: The Telegraph)

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12/ IEA director Mark Littlewood admitted to an undercover reporter in 2018 that oil company BP had been donating to the IEA in order to influence ministers regarding environmental and safety standards and tax rates since 1967.

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19/ What we are seeing in the UK now is exactly what we have been talking about. This is not new, but it has been ignored and dismissed in the UK. We are trying to change that. Hopefully, people are now listening. If not, then you really should be.

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4 years

@SkyNewsBreak Is this government deliberately trying to push people over the edge? No money for the starving kids and NHS workers in a pandemic, but they miraculously find it for this? 🤬

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8 months

The North East’s biggest scandal for 50 years. Just because the Tees Valley review concluded that there was no corruption does not mean it is not a scandal. #Houchen #Teesworks #Freeports

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The North East’s biggest scandal for 50 years

Just because the Tees Valley review concluded that there was no corruption does not mean it is not a scandal

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2 years

18/ People like myself, @EuropeanPowell @henrykangaroo @eyes_lilly @mattprescott @TartantuesdayI @AnnAubert3 have been trying to inform about #Libertarian ideologies for several years. (Apologies to you if I missed you from this list - I know there are others).

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1 year

The EU has issued private warnings to the U.K. government against any attempt to bypass decisions by the European Court of Human Rights in order to deport asylum seekers to #Rwanda .

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EU warns Rishi Sunak against plan to bypass human rights courts

Europe ups the ante over plans to disobey European Court of Human Rights’ injunctions over small boats.

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@johnredwood No, YOU have let the people of the UK down. It's YOUR JOB (as a politician, not the second one for Charles Stanley that earns you over £200,000 a year) to protect them. But instead you promote and back Brexit, the most destructive thing that has ever happened to the UK.

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US - imposes mandatory covid tests for travellers from China to protect its people. EU - considers the same to protect its people. UK - has no intention of imposing mandatory testing. F*ck the people. Again. Can this gov make it any clearer what they think of us?

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@MikeHolden42 @susankeys4 Bastard. I was reading this out to my wife in seriousness. Didn't see the last line until it was too late. I fell for it. She doesn't forget. Ever. 👍😬

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@johnredwood So you want the media to praise the gov for undoing something that they did that was monumentally damaging to the UK? Why? They've proved countless times they couldn't give a toss about the people? Their job is to protect them. They need locking up, not praise!

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13/ Littlewood, in 2017, also said, “Brexit provides us with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to radically trim the size of the state and cut the regulatory burden.”

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Losing control? The spectre of #freeports The Tories' quiet introduction of #freeports hides environmental and trade risks, as well as sinister deregulatory aims.

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Losing control? The spectre of freeports

The Tories' quiet introduction of freeports hides environmental and trade risks, as well as sinister deregulatory aims

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#Freeports are a threat to democracy. #Freeports , such as Felixstowe and Harwich, benefit businesses through reduced taxes and regulations, but not employees or the local area.

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20/ Resources used: Dark Money by Jane Mayer 🙏

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2/ The Atlas Network The Atlas Network was founded by Antony Fisher in 1981. It is a non-profit organisation “supporting” over 450 free market and antiregulation organisations worldwide.

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10/ The IEA The IEA is a London-based think tank founded by Atlas founder Anthony Fisher. Funding is secretive so sums of donations are difficult to estimate, but the dubiously named American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs has received donations from:

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3/ Fisher also founded London’s Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in 1995 after working with Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek at the Mont Pelerin Society (founded by Hayek and where Charles Koch was also a member), hence Atlas’s close connection with UK politics.

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" #Freeports have been abandoned across Europe and North America after numerous scandals involving corruption, smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion." Meanwhile, in the UK....

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SNP ministers 'contradict party policy' backing freeports that 'undermine devolution'

SNP ministers are accused of acting “in contradiction of party policy” in the decision to help the Tories open two freeports in Scotland.

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5/ Donors to Atlas: ExxonMobil (over $1million) Charles Koch Institute ($350,000) Philip Morris ($475,000 in 1995 alone) (tobacco) Cato Institute

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6/ The Cato Institute The Cato Institute is a #Libertarian think tank with close ties to Hayek founded by Charles Koch whose principles and philosophies include limiting government interference in business, free markets and anti-taxation.

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4/ It’s fair to say that Hayek is seen as the pioneer to the US #Libertarian movement, including to Fisher himself, and the #Koch brothers, who are one of the biggest donors to the Atlas Network.

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"... the UK Court of Appeal has ordered investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr to pay more than £1m in court costs to businessman Arron Banks, despite a judgement ruling that her reporting was in the public interest at the time of publication."

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@Nigel_Farage Why are you jumping on the bandwagon and using the word 'invaded'? You are a spiteful, nasty, xenophobic, attention-seeking little hatemonger.

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'We have to warn people'. New EU border checks in Folkestone and Dover could bring three years of Operation Brock.

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New EU border checks in Folkestone and Dover could bring three years of Op Brock

Kent County Councils road boss said he fears the post-Brexit biometric checks will cause 14 hour delays on Kent's motorways and wreak havoc on people's daily lives

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11/ Contd: Atlas Network ExxonMobil Chase Foundation of Virginia DonorsTrust (one funding organisation is the Knowledge and Progress Fund, of which Charles Koch is a director)

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14/ Professor George Selgin spoke at the IEA’s Hayek Memorial Lecture in 2016. Selgin is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at……wait for it…..The Cato Institute. One big, happy family. All connected. Round and round it goes.

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7/ Donors to Cato: Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation ($8,341,968) David H. Koch Charitable Foundation ($4,043,240) ExxonMobil ($125,000) Atlas Network ($121,545) Philip Morris also included the Cato institute on his list of ‘national allies’.

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#KochNetwork skivvy Liz Truss gives peerage to Brexit architect and fellow #KochNetwork and Mercer lackey Matthew Elliott. But the UK will sit and tut loudly and shake its fist and in a day or two forget about it, as usual. Wake the f*ck up!

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Liz Truss gives peerages to Brexit architect and Tory donor

Ousted prime minister allowed a resignation honours list despite leaving Downing Street after 49 days

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9/ Contd: Heritage Foundation (political think tank receiving donations from the Kochs, Mercer Family Foundation, ExxonMobil, etc)

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The Conservative party’s high-profile mayor, Ben Houchen, has again been accused of secrecy after plans for a third transfer of public assets in his north-east England region were leaked to the Financial Times. #Teesside #corruption

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Teesside mayor struck secret deal to transfer Hartlepool property

Previous agreements by Ben Houchen to shift assets to developers ‘lacked transparency’

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8/ Contd: Chase Foundation of Virginia (founder Derwood Chase is also a member of Mont Pelerin Society). The Chase Foundation contributed over $2.23 million to Koch-affiliated right-wing donors between 2014-2018 and is a regular donator to the Cato Institute.

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I'm seeing some Conservative MPs on Twitter claiming that we need to reassess Brexit and talk about what isn't working. Where we're you five f*cking years ago when people who knew what they were talking about were telling you what wouldn't work?

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After a fleet of small nuclear reactors (SMRs) were announced at #Teesside last week, the government is in early-stage discussions to acquire a nuclear site on the island of Anglesey or Ynys Môn, also a #freeport . Anyone seeing a pattern here?

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Planned UK nuclear reactors unlikely to help hit green target, say MPs

Government plans to deliver SMRs ‘lack clarity’ say environmental committee, and will likely fail to meet clean-energy goal of 2035

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@J19721 @sturdyAlex It's that horrible British selfishness, isn't it? I know I'm generalising, but why do Brits think they are so much better than everyone else? (I am British myself, by the way, I'm just trying to disassociate myself whenever possible because I'm so ashamed).

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1/3 "It is understood that the Government will refuse permission for the National Audit Office to conduct a full investigation into the Tees freeport." #Teesside #Freeport

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Tees Freeport: Government 'has not given permission' for National Audit Office investigation

It is understood that the Government will refuse permission for the National Audit Office to conduct a full investigation into the Tees freeport.

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#Freeports and investment zones governance ‘must be urgently improved’, say MPs A new report by the cross-party Business and Trade Committee demands the Government ‘urgently improve’ governance and transparency at freeports and investment zones.

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Freeports and investment zones governance ‘must be urgently improved’, say MPs - Committees - UK...

A new report by the cross-party Business and Trade Committee demands the Government ‘urgently improve’ governance and transparency at freeports and investment zones.

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"Preservation of the environment and adherence to wildlife laws do not seem to square with the Teesworks Ltd business model." Teesside #Freeport developers destroy land and natural habitat before planning permission given.

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Teesworks obliterates nature haven – in nesting season and before planning permission

Green wedge land and natural habitats destroyed before planning permission given. Julia Mazza investigates

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3 years

@bakerstherald For those who have not time to read @bakerstherald website in its entirety (although you really should), this is a good summary of what is going on. This is what Brexit is all about - greed, tax and customs evasion, and much more.

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Some of us have been accused of scaremongering regarding #CharterCities over the last few years. Everything that we have said is happening - slashing of legislations, rights, taxes - this is not scaremongering, it's reality.

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EXCL - Scoop on what's inside Liz Truss' mini Budget. PM is considering slashing personal taxes for Brits who move to new 'investment zones' in the UK Plan is more radical than freeports as would cut taxes for workers as well as businesses

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Why the hell do Conservative and Labour keep taking about making Brexit work? How much more evidence do they need to know that it is never going to? How much misery do they have to witness?

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1/ "Badenoch met representatives of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), which campaigners say has a long track record of “distorting” climate science, for dinner in November while on an official visit to the US." #KochNetwork

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Revealed: Kemi Badenoch dined with US anti-climate lobbyists

Minister had secret meeting with oil-backed think tank that warned UK government not to listen to climate scientists

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4 years

I can't remember feeling so sick of this government and all the chaos that is going on. People are angry. Everything seems out of control. What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back? It doesn't feel very far off.

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#Freeports : Sunak’s bad dream. A PM desperate for Brexit benefits has delivered at best a white elephant and at worst a huge waste of public money with big security risks. Brilliant from @rbrooks45 .

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Freeports: Sunak’s bad dream

A PM desperate for Brexit benefits has delivered at best a white elephant and at worst a huge waste of public money with big security risks

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1 year

Rees-Mogg says "rules". In reality, that actually means worker protections, human rights, higher food standards, scrutiny of corruption, environnental protections, animal protections and pay equality. Don't let this f*cker fool you.

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The UK, where Evgeny Lebedev, the son of a Russian oligarch and ex-KGB officer, is a member of the House of Lords despite warnings that he could be a security risk. They are laughing at us.

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9 months

Badenoch blames Biden for missing post- #Brexit trade targets. I'll tell you what, why not take some responsibility and blame yourself and all the other idiotic f #ckwits around you who orchestrated the situation? Badenoch is, of course, #KochNetwork

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Badenoch blames Biden for missing post-Brexit trade targets - BBC News

The Business Secretary claims the UK failed to reach post-Brexit pledges when US leadership changed.

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Stephen C

7 months

UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off GPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practise. #Fascism

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UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off

GPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practise

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen C

1 year

1/ Two property developers involved in a redevelopment project in the #Teesside #Freeport zone have denied claims they are profiting from corruption and said they “have nothing to hide”.

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Teesside Freeport developers deny corruption allegation and say they have ‘nothing to hide’

Two property developers involved in a redevelopment project in the Teesside Freeport zone have denied claims they are profiting from corruption and said they “have nothing to hide”.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Stephen C

6 months

#Freeports are a threat to all of us Deregulated freeports are like rigging a sporting event, raising concerns they undermine fair competition and hurt economies.

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Stephen C

2 years

@johnredwood So were on to selective human rights now? It starts with illegal migrants, then what? You move on to people with different skin colours, different religions, different lifestyles? The UK is heading down and a very dark path and you are a part of that. Absolutely despicable.

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Stephen C

2 years

Apologies for being quiet lately - covid finally got me and the wife after us both evading it for three years and both working in a hospital. Ten days in and both still positive. It's a bastard.

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Stephen C

10 months

Rwandan dissidents living in the UK who have received police warnings about assassination attempts from the African country’s agents have spoken of their shock and dismay at Rishi Sunak’s insistence that it is a safe country.

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‘Kagame’s agents are looking for me’: dissidents in UK say Rwanda is not safe

President’s ex-bodyguard among those living in Britain who were told by police or security services they were at risk of assassination

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen C

3 years

@johnredwood Have you asked them, rather than just stir up anger on Twitter? I hear lots of random, often bizarre, thoughts from your account, but never any action. If you actually acted, we wouldn't have to listen to your drivel every morning. Just an idea.

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Stephen C

2 years

"Let me say loud and clear that #freeports are a gangsters' paradise - a haven for drug smuggling, money laundering, people trafficking as well as tax evasion and avoidance."

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Union leader warns freeport could be used for money laundering

Kevin Robertson won support at Labour Party conference when he said more scrutiny is needed

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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Stephen C

2 years

The leader of Leicestershire County Council has resigned from the board of the East Midlands #Freeport after it emerged that 250 acres of agricultural land around Diseworth could be “swallowed up” by the site. And so it begins.

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Council leader resigns from East Midlands Freeport board over 'undemocratic' logistics hub plans |...

Campaign group forms to oppose 'ill-advised' greenfield proposals

www.thebusinessdesk.com

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Stephen C

3 years

@Eddystone506 @johnredwood Spending £250m on a yacht will really help with those shortages, too. 👍

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Stephen C

1 year

Marine ecocide, allegations of corruption and the #Teeside #freeport . How the development of UK’s first post-Brexit #freeport ties into a major environmental disaster and alleged corrupt practice.

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Marine ecocide, allegations of corruption and the Teesside freeport

How the development of UK’s first post-Brexit freeport ties into a major environmental disaster and alleged corrupt practice

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Stephen C

2 years

@johnredwood John, she's being "attacked" because a) she resigned because she broke the Ministerial Code and now she's been reinstated as Home Secretary six days later, and b) she said that seeing a flight take asylum seekers to Rwanda is her “dream” and “obsession”. That's why!

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Stephen C

5 months

"Ben Houchen’s Teesside, with a #freeport and three development corporations, is the guinea pig for the next phase, which may well be the corporatist destruction of the nation state and civic society itself."

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Your Hartlepool Development Corporation cut-out-and-keep guide

New from North East Bylines - your exciting guide to the two new ‘Charter Cities’ springing up in Teesside. These are the Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Development Corporations. Hartlepool Development...

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Stephen C

1 year

“You have members of the House of Lords who are on the payroll of Russia, you have people who have left parliament to go on the payroll of Russia and you have people who have left government to do so.”

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“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin's...

The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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Stephen C

2 years

@dghodgson Translation - I'm a racist homophobe and I want to be able to say it out loud without being frowned upon!

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Stephen C

10 months

The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Giving the Kochs a Run for Their Money. Wesley and Joesley Batista run a business empire linked to rampant emissions, deforestation, worker abuses, Covid crises, bribery, price-fixing, SEC violations, and tainted meat.

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The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Giving the Kochs a Run for Their Mone

Wesley and Joesley Batista run a business empire linked to rampant emissions, deforestation, worker abuses, Covid crises, bribery, price-fixing, SEC violations, and tainted meat. It’s almost impres...

newrepublic.com

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Stephen C

3 years

@Beany_1 @johnredwood If Redwood had to delete all of his tweets that were 100% untrue his feed would be an empty void. Like the space between his ears.

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Stephen C

2 years

Shell’s board of directors officially has been served with a world-first lawsuit aiming to hold its corporate directors personally liable for alleged mismanagement of climate risk.

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Lawsuit Targets Shell’s Board of Directors Over Energy Transition Plans

Shell admits in internal documents it has “no immediate plans to move to a net-zero emissions portfolio.”

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Stephen C

3 years

@johnredwood You couldn't resist, could you? You just couldn't resist your daily EU bashing. One day you'll look in the mirror and realise you're part of the reason everything is such a mess of the UK and that you need to accept responsibility and stop blaming everyone else.

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Stephen C

9 months

Rwandan homes praised by #Braverman ‘won’t go to asylum seekers’. ‘Beautiful’ flats that home secretary said would house deported asylum seekers have been sold, developers say.

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Rwandan homes in Suella’s video ‘won’t go to asylum seekers’

‘Beautiful’ flats that home secretary said would house deported asylum seekers have been sold, developers say

www.opendemocracy.net

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