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The Strait of Hormuz, 33 miles wide and closed. The English Channel 27 miles wide yet open to anyone.
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Masquerade Fitzgerald
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Masquerade Fitzgerald
@MasqueradeFitz
In this masquerade of thoughts, we meander through life’s labyrinth, unearthing new revelations at every turn.
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@EULondonMark Totally invented number… why would anyone want to get closer to an irrelevant market soon to be overrun by Muslims?
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Yes. UK will have to pay to be part of EU single market for some products. But reset deal with EU estimated to boost economy by £9 billion a year..several times more than any cost. Real win would be rejoining whole single market - at least £90 billion.
politico.eu/article/uk-eu-…
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Once again, little boys are being targeted while the British State ignores the obvious problem.
British boys aren’t gang-raping little white girls above kebab shops.
British boys aren’t forcing 6 year old girls to marry them.
British boys aren’t stabbing little girls to death at a dance class.
British boys aren’t flogging, beating, torturing, and stoning women for daring to show their hair.
British boys aren’t banning girls from going to school or getting a basic education.
British boys aren’t forcing kidnapping women and forcing them into sexual slavery.
British boys aren’t stripping away women’s basic rights, freedoms, and autonomy.
British boys are NOT the problem.
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@UKLabour The EU is economically failing, yet you want to get closer to them to stick it to a US president who's on a different political side to you? This will cost us in the long run big time. US and Asia is where growth is coming from, not a failing Europe.
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Grok is wrong. The gas is ours. Indeed it technically belongs to the Crown ie the state. We licence companies to extract it under certain terms. Licenses can be revoked/altered for national security or force majeure reasons. The Oxford study consciously underplays the price effect with some ridiculous assumptions. But price is not the main reason for more North Sea extraction. All the other reasons I gave are.
Grok@grok
Andrew's got some solid points: North Sea gas is mostly piped direct to the UK (stays domestic), boosts jobs/tax revenue here over Norway, cuts import reliance for security, and has a lower carbon footprint than LNG tankers. But on prices? Wiggy's right—it's not "ours" in a way that sets domestic rates. UK gas sells at market (NBP hub), influenced by European/global LNG arbitrage. Private firms chase highest bids. Recent analyses (Oxford Smith School, UKERC) show even max extraction + tax rebates cuts bills by just £16-£82/year max. No real dampening effect. Thread's a classic supply vs market pricing mix-up. More drilling helps security/jobs, not household costs much.
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You see this sign at your workplace.
What’s the first thing that comes to mind?
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@LeeHarris @Mackenz46950920 I remember when the speaker ripped into Boris when they dodged.. remarkable how his position is now it’s not for him to challenge.
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🚨Father of the House Sir Edward Leigh raises a point of order about Keir Starmer NEVER answering questions at PMQs.
Lindsay Hoyle says there is nothing he can do.
NONSENSE! He can pause proceedings and ask Keir Starmer to answer, but he *never* does.
ABSOLUTELY USELESS!
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@EdwardJDavey Didn’t you hound out your former leader because of his Christianity?
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Imagine seeing British people at prayer and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division”. People who do that should have no place in British politics.
Freedom to worship is a fundamental British value – one the Conservative Party used to believe in.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.
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@RachelReevesMP Not with;
A) our energy prices
B) getting closer to the EU, that has ruined any chance of big AI due to over regulation before the tech has even taken off.
The only chance was with the US and your party blew it.
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This government will make the UK the best place in the world for quantum and AI companies to start, scale and stay.
In a changing world, our economic plan is the right one.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@SkyNews A few Muslim doctors does not represent the NHS.
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NHS hospitals are being urged by a group of doctors, human rights groups and campaigners to reconsider using a major data platform built by US tech giant Palantir, whose owners include Peter Thiel, a close ally of US President Donald Trump.
trib.al/EyVXKeZ
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@SkyNews Socialists, slowly causing the downfall of the west. Almost all calling for this either vote green, or are in need of being deported.
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NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally
trib.al/EyVXKeZ
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Strange how quiet these people are now.
Never forget they spent months screaming that Boris “partied” constantly because he looked at a birthday cake between meetings at work?
Meanwhile those actual parties were among civil servants — led at the time by Sue Gray, who later became Starmer’s Chief of Staff.
Stitch-up of the century.
Now? Crickets.
Journalists or activists?
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@ScotNational I’ve prepared my morning motion, why does this matter? It’s not for Scotland or the SNP to decide.
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BREAKING: The SNP has passed a pro-independence motion telling the UK Government to begin to prepare for Scotland’s exit from the Union
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@bmj_latest Every single hospital that disobeys should have their entire leadership fired on the spot and replaced with capable leadership.
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Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by US analytics software company Palantir.
A coalition of human rights, health and patient organisations, and unions sent out the plea to NHS trusts by email
bmj.com/content/392/bm…
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@PolitlcsUK Rachel is attracted to failure, so makes sense.
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🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves says she chooses Urusula von der Leyen over Donald Trump
“I believe our future is closely intertwined with that of Europe”
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Elon Musk has revealed the algorithm behind X — and it may explain why the internet feels angrier than ever.
By publishing the source code for X, Elon Musk has revealed the mathematical engine driving our political divide | ✍️@frasernelson
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The UK leaving North Sea gas in the ground while importing LNG is an energy policy contradiction of the highest order.
Only Germany’s decision to close perfectly functional nuclear plants rivals it.
Future historians may view this period as Europe’s great experiment in green self sabotage.
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@BBCPolitics @bbclaurak He has no say in foreign affairs or defence, so he can shut up and focus on bin collections.
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“[The war with Iran] is incompatible with the international rules based system”
Scottish FM John Swinney says bases should be used for defence but that he would “explore” banning the US from Prestwick airport if it is being used for strikes
#BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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@allenanalysis Actually, they are suing the American tax payer, not Trump.
The money (if successful) will come from US tax payers and go to Nintendo. Nintendo will NOT be refunding end customers.
This isn’t the win the lefties think it is, it’s pure greed.
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🚨 Nintendo just sued the United States government over Trump’s tariffs — demanding a full refund with interest.
Nintendo.
The company that makes Mario. That survived every console war. That has never once been political.
Just sued the President of the United States.
20+ states suing over tariffs the Supreme Court already rejected. Jobs report showing -92,000 payrolls. Labor force participation at its lowest since 2021. Oil shipping costs doubled. The Strait of Hormuz closed.
And now Nintendo wants its money back.
When the company that makes Mario is filing federal lawsuits against your economic policy — You have lost the room.
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