Andrew Eccles

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Andrew Eccles

Andrew Eccles

@andreweccles88

FWIW... on politics, photography, mountains and motorcycles.

Beigetreten Ekim 2009
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Andrew Eccles
Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@spectreon2nd @SussexBoil @zarahsultana @Keir_Starmer Bottom line: we just don't know, so *this level of* speculation is sheer political opportunism. Has it been an issue? Sure, in some localities (see the Jay report for detail). But the number is just about rabble rousing - which is happening. It's baseless and irresponsible.
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Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana·
Where is the COBRA meeting, @Keir_Starmer? Or does that not apply when Muslims are attacked?
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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@MikeTappTweets No. Because it's not a presidential system. Labour voters voted for the Party to be in government: doubtless a good few with reservations about Starmer. If you want to legislate for something, start with our wholly outdated electoral system.
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Mike Tapp MP
Mike Tapp MP@MikeTappTweets·
Is it time to legislate; if a change of leader is forced by its own Party then a General Election must be called. That would stop the constant churn and focus all politicians on delivery, instead of work place politics. These endless ‘house of cards’ games would end and the country would benefit. Let’s legislate to focus minds.
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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@spectreon2nd @SussexBoil @zarahsultana @Keir_Starmer No we don't. Show me the calculus that leads to the 250,000 and I'll take this discussion seriously. Since you can't (none of us can without making stuff up) it's best just to keep your integrity. *That's* the issue.
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Andrew Eccles
Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@BorisJohnson 'No one is talking about leaving the single market' You lied. You are a self-serving, narcissistic, charlatan.
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Boris Johnson@BorisJohnson·
Ten years ago the people of this country voted to leave the EU in the biggest expression of popular will in our history. We need to stop fearing the freedom and make use of it and move on together. 🇬🇧
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CrémantCommunarde #NION💙🤍🩷
CrémantCommunarde #NION💙🤍🩷@0Calamity·
You're an attorney, ffs! Don't you do the slightest bit of due diligence before making statements on X? The "report" is propaganda based on figures plucked from the air and extrapolated across the whole country, some of it taking bits of data over a 75 year period. You should be ashamed of yourself, frankly.
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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@mrddmia The figure is a ridiculous confection, extrapolated as it is from a very specific sample and then applied across the UK as a whole. A twelve year could spot the problem! So do some basic due diligence before repeating it (and remind me never to trust your legal opinion...)
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🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸@mrddmia·
You were awfully quiet about 250,000 girls getting raped by Muslims. Fuck off, Keir.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer

Absolutely appalling. No one should face violence on our streets. The suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. I will not tolerate this - he will face the full force of the law. My thoughts are with those who are injured and I thank the police and the emergency services for their response. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@MikeTilburn This, but it's a close run thing. Waiting for Columbus probably played more often though...
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mike tilburn
mike tilburn@MikeTilburn·
A great album from one of my favourite American bands. Lowell George was a genius who was taken too early. Fellow Little Feat fans, what is your favourite album.
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Suraj Sharma
Suraj Sharma@suraj_sharma14·
Bro I'm so sick of pretending this isn't weird. The internet spent 20 years creating tutorials, open-source projects, blog posts & answers for free. AI companies turned all of it into products worth billions. And now the same people who created that knowledge are being told they're replaceable. We built the library. Someone else started charging admission.
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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@QueenEmyB1 @SussexBoil @zarahsultana @Keir_Starmer The figure is extrapolated (look it up...) to the whole of the UK from one specific area where there was a particularly high incidence of rape. I'm not downplaying anything. I'm calling out the figure because it's absurd.
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Amieas@SussexBoil·
@zarahsultana @Keir_Starmer Has there been a Cobra meeting about the torture and rape of upwards of 250,000 young children?
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Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook@Jonathan_K_Cook·
The Israeli military censored more than 5,000 reports from Israeli journalists in 2025 because the revelations would be too damaging to its image. The western media doesn't need a censor. It chooses not to publish the really critical stuff about Israel.
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan

If you were to write this headline or article in a variety of US, UK, German or French media outlets, your career might be on the line and you’d probably be accused of antisemitism. And yet the author of this piece is a former prime minister for Israel. haaretz.com/opinion/2026-0…

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Asaf Ronel
Asaf Ronel@AsafRonel·
I was born as a Jew in Jerusalem, educated in the best school the Zionist movement established and lived in occupied Palestine for 42 years. I am a very informed anti-Zionist and know about "the reality of life in Israel" a million times more than this ignorant American
Jonah Platt@JonahPlatt

To be an anti-Israel Jew, you must, by default, be uneducated about what Jews are, what Israel means to Jews, and the reality of life on the ground in Israel. Anyone of any background who is genuinely educated in those three areas cannot possibly be anti-Israel. Just calling a spade a spade.

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Andrew Eccles@andreweccles88·
@asiageoff The Buggles - their biggest hit was actually in 1979...
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Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi@alon_mizrahi·
That Ben Gvir post that everyone is sharing aghast? It is a perfectly normal and common Israeli view, held by millions. It is the Israeli mainstream, and not extreme in the least. I grew up hearing that endlessly
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Jeremy Morris again
Jeremy Morris again@postsocialismus·
Have to say, the perspective from a person having left the UK to work in Denmark is really sobering. The 'experience' here in Denmark is much better and less financially extractive and yet the uni has little to do with it because we still see our role as just providing learning.
Jacob Bard-Rosenberg@Prolapsarian

THREAD: I don't believe in the 'student experience'. This is an ideological term that does not actually refer to anything. The UK is an extreme outlier, globally, in centering its Higher Education provision on this concept (and indeed using the concept as the basis for regulating

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William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple@DalrympleWill·
"After Netanyahu's most vocal cheerleader called him a 'scumbag' over the Iran deal, JD Vance correctly observed that Israel's right wing would 'want this to go on until every Iranian is dead.' It's time for the U.S. to reckon with Israel's recklessness" haaretz.com/israel-news/ha…
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