@lewis_goodall Just imagine the economic bonanza of rejoining the EU. The signal it would send to the world that we are now a serious country again ready to do business.
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Jonathan Deighton
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Jonathan Deighton
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Contract Manager. Views expressed are mine alone, a retweet does not necessarily = agreement.
UK Beigetreten Şubat 2011
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Per capita growth is still far too low. But something to bear in mind for all the UK forever declinists. There is proper economic potential in Britain- it needs the political will to unlock it.
World of Statistics@stats_feed
UK quietly regains position as the world’s 5th largest economy, per IMF. 1. 🇺🇸 United States ~ $32.38 trillion 2. 🇨🇳 China ~ $20.85 trillion 3. 🇩🇪 Germany ~ $5.45 trillion 4. 🇯🇵 Japan ~ $4.38 trillion 5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom ~ $4.26 trillion ⬆️ 6. 🇮🇳 India ~ $4.15 trillion ⬇️ 7. 🇫🇷 France ~ $3.6 trillion 8. 🇮🇹 Italy ~ $2.74 trillion 9. 🇷🇺 Russia ~ $2.66 trillion 10. 🇧🇷 Brazil ~ $2.64 trillion
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@NicholasTyrone I think you've decided to take a contrarian view of every political topic. You used to be a sensible voice but obviously click bait/rage bait tweets are the order of the day. £££
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I just think taking all of the EU’s rules while have absolutely no say in any of them is the worse of all possible worlds, one Remainers and Brexiteers should be united against, at least if we lived in a sane world.
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@HansMahncke Sanctimonious bullshit. We're done with crackpot weirdos talking crap. The US is a self serving dystopian nightmare of a country. Full of uneducated morons!
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It’s one thing to say you won’t join a military action. That would have been fine and no one would have been upset. But Starmer denied America access to its own military bases after Americans funded Britain’s security for the past 85 years, bailed the country out in two world wars, and footed the bill for global security, including the protection of trade routes. What Starmer did is completely insane, and if anyone in London has even a semblance of sense left, they will get rid of this guy as soon as possible.
Daily Mail@DailyMail
Tony Blair rebukes Keir Starmer for not backing Trump on Iran - saying when US needs help 'you better show up' trib.al/B3YFNNG
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@ITVRugby ITV rugby jinx, the fact I have to put up with you broadcasting all England games is almost enough to support Scotland.
P.S. Borthwick needs sacking and replaced with a coach that has an imagination.
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@Peston Who gives a crap with the orange monkey thinks or posts! Why boost his posts, without providing any context?
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Trump: “The UK, our once great ally…we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won”
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@BBCPolitics Uni education goes beyond just preparing individuals for specific jobs; it equips students with critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills to navigate challenges and contribute to society. While course quality varies, restricting options hinders diversity and growth.
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“We’re going to stop the government funding dead end university courses”
Shadow education secretary Laura Trott says her party would stop funding courses that “don’t deliver for young people” citing some creative arts courses as an example
#BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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@Ahsanmalick77 @jemelehill Coddled? He has a medical condition. Watch this and educate yourself. vm.tiktok.com/ZNR5MJ6Xb/
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It is a heavy, unfair burden to ask the people being disrespected to be the 'bigger person' while the person doing the disrespecting is coddled. When we prioritize the comfort of the offender over the dignity of the victims, we aren't being compassionate we’re being complicit. Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo shouldn't have to 'push through' dehumanization for the sake of a smooth broadcast. The lesson here is that grace without accountability is just permission. We have to stop expecting one group to swallow their pain so everyone else can avoid an awkward conversation
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Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers.
But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad.
Variety@Variety
#BAFTAFilmAwards host Alan Cumming thanked the audience for their “understanding” after a series of audible outbursts from Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson interrupted the ceremony. • One incident saw Davidson shout the n-word while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. • Davidson, the inspiration for BAFTA-nominated “I Swear,” was diagnosed with Tourette’s at 25. His symptoms include tics and involuntary outbursts. • “You may have noticed some strong language in the background there, this can be part of how Tourette’s syndrome shows up for some people as the film explores that experience,” Cumming told the audience. wp.me/pc8uak-1lGWhl
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@IllessenceE @jemelehill He doesn't have to do anything. Protecting the offender is insane. Black ppl do not have to accept any r@cist BS. So fukk you and that thin r@cist ape.
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@jemelehill vm.tiktok.com/ZNR5MJ6Xb/
Watch this video and reassess your presumption.
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@WendellPierce Watch this video and then reassess
vm.tiktok.com/ZNR5MJ6Xb/
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It’s infuriating that the first reaction wasn’t complete and full throatted apologies to Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan. The insult to them takes priority. It doesn’t matter the reasoning for the racist slur.
Jemele Hill@jemelehill
Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers. But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad.
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@HannahEBeachler In the hierarchy of victimhood, where do people with verifiable documented disabilities sit? He couldn't control his speech. He'll be as distraught and angry as you are claiming to be. By attempting to blame him for his outbursts, you are in fact discriminating against him.
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I keep trying to write about what happened at the BAFTAs, and I can't find the words. The situation is almost impossible, but it happened 3 times that night, and one of the three times was directed at myself on the way to dinner after the show.
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@LordWalney You are a dangerous fool! Unelected idiots like yourself should be booted from the Lords.
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The government must agree to create a new category of Extreme Criminal Protest Group to make it easier to ban groups like Palestine Action without necessarily labelling them as terrorists. Ministers should accept my amendment in the House of Lords.
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@NicholasTyrone The US would be burning all bridges, can't imagine Japan, South Korea, Australia etc would continue their alliances with the US. It wouldn't be worth the paper it was written on. It's one thing to kidnap a 'narco terrorist' it's quite another to invade an allies territory.
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Well, it would, that’s just a fact. America attacking a NATO country would make NATO immediately extinct, for all practical purposes.
Spencer Hakimian@SpencerHakimian
🚨BREAKING: DENMARK SAYS US ATTACK ON GREENLAND WOULD MEAN END OF NATO
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@katyballs @thetimes Why does the USA consider themselves to be the arbiters of free speech? What gives them the right to criticise others? Are they immune to the same criticism?
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What does the Trump administration take into account when deciding how to judge countries on freedom of speech?
The State Department’s Sarah Rogers tells @thetimes
“‘I think another prong of the strategy when you talk about Middle Eastern countries is we also want to consider the history and trajectory of a country,’ she said. ‘So if it’s the case that in Britain and in Saudi Arabia you get punished in each country for blaspheming Islam but Saudi Arabia is moving incrementally away from that behaviour and Britain is incrementally intensifying it then we might respond differently in each case’.”
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@grok is this true
🇺🇸 The American Culturist 🇺🇸@MericaCulture
Friendly reminder that we get the word cannibal from one of the tribes Christopher Columbus encountered during his explorations, the Carib. They would frequently invade their neighboring tribes, kidnap the women and eat the men. Christianity cured the region of this evil.
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@BBCBreaking @BBCNews It's inevitable that there's going to be some sort of confrontation if their fans arrive in numbers for the game. I wonder how no10 will respond then? Will they blame Villa fans, pro Palestine groups, will they blame Brummies or will they dare to condemn Tel Aviv fans?
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Talks happening "at pace, across government" to resolve ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Europa League game against Aston Villa next month, Downing Street says
Follow live: bbc.in/3KSEkpO
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@dave_mcpartlin Kids are being brought up by nursery schools not parents. SEND is a symptom of failed parenting. In the past Children started school ready and able to learn ever increasing complex subjects, now they arrive as toddlers barely out of nappies.
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I must have spoken to well over 100 headteachers across the country recently and they're all saying the same things:
Many, many more pupils with complex SEND needs.
More challenging behaviour and at a younger age.
Too little specialist provision.
Frustrated families.
Social Services bar too high.
Public services skint and burnt out staff.
No real Ofsted reform.
Falling birth rates.
People are angry.
Communities in despair.
Funding that’s nowhere near enough.
Schools are holding the system together but it’s becoming unsustainable - they can't keep asking more and more of staff, with less and less. Something has to give.
Without urgent reform and real investment, I'm worried that this could be the year we've all known was coming and education finally breaks.
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What an interesting way to out yourself on social media. Admitting to regularly watching an avowed right wing commentator who despised LGBT people, wanted women to basically stay in the kitchen and hated any form of diversity.
A future GB news host by the sound of it!
Laura Woods@laura_woodsy
I really can’t get out of my head what has happened to Charlie Kirk. I watched him a lot, not because I agreed with everything he said, but because he was an absolutely formidable commentator and could debate in a relentless, yet respectful way. Shot in the throat for using his voice. I’ll never get that image out of my head. Horrifying.
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