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Wha's like us? Following someone does not mean I agree with them.......

🇬🇧 Perth, Scotland 🇬🇧 Katılım Mayıs 2010
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Sharron Davies HoL MBE
Sharron Davies HoL MBE@sharrond62·
Worth a read to understand 15 min cities, that residents don’t want when anyone bothers to ask them. Democracy is being stripped away every single day before our eyes!
Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧@JChimirie66677

From Consent to Compliance: How Labour Is Rewiring Daily Life There is a quiet shift underway in Britain, and it has nothing to do with walkable neighbourhoods or cleaner air. It is about power. Who holds it, how it is exercised, and whether ordinary people still have a say before it is turned against them. Labour's approval of 15-minute city enforcement marks a clear line crossed. The argument is no longer abstract. The machinery is visible. National driver data handed to councils. Cameras tracking lawful movement. Automated fines issued without mandate or meaningful debate. This is rule by system rather than by voters. Oxford was the warning. When the council consulted on its scheme, opposition was overwhelming. Ninety-three per cent of submissions rejected it. Residents raised concerns about work, care, emergency access, and the simple ability to move freely within their own city. None of it altered the outcome. The decision had already been taken. The scheme went ahead because it could be enforced. Traffic filters were installed. Cameras were activated. Permits were rationed. Fines were prepared. Objection was relabelled as "engagement" and set aside. The language of consultation remained, but its purpose vanished. Democracy became theatre. The instinct is an old one, familiar from East Germany and the Soviet bloc, where control over daily life began not with slogans but with permits, internal boundaries, and the quiet regulation of who could go where. Ministers took note. They saw that mass resistance carries no cost when policy is framed as technical and local. They learned that enforcement works best when it feels dull and inevitable. No vote. No reckoning. Just systems switched on and penalties issued. Oxford proved the model. Labour is now scaling it up. The use of DVLA data exposes intent. This is not about road safety. Dangerous driving has always been dealt with through clear law and visible policing. What is being introduced is the monitoring of lawful behaviour and its punishment for political ends. Movement itself becomes regulated. Travel turns into something rationed and permitted. The class divide is built in. The professional class applauds because it barely touches them. They work from home. They live close to amenities. They can absorb fines and navigate permits. The cost falls on carers, tradesmen, small retailers, shift workers, parents, and the elderly visiting family. Mobility becomes a privilege managed by income and compliance. Labour insists this is local choice. That claim collapses on contact with reality. When ministers approve data access, remove safeguards, and signal approval, councils do not act independently. They act with cover. Responsibility is fragmented so that no one can be held to account. Once movement is treated as a problem to be managed, the logic does not stop at traffic filters. The same infrastructure can be extended and tightened. New justifications will always appear. Climate. Safety. Health. Equity. The cause changes. The control remains. A free society rests on the assumption that adults can be trusted to organise their own lives. A managed society assumes they must be nudged, monitored, and corrected. Labour has chosen the second path and wrapped it in the language of progress. "The instinct is an old one, familiar from East Germany and the Soviet bloc, where control over daily life began not with slogans but with permits, internal boundaries, and the quiet regulation of who could go where."

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James Goddard
James Goddard@JamesPGoddard90·
One of the best Remembrance Day Artworks You Will Ever See That lad has some serious talent
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Thomas Ingram
Thomas Ingram@IngrameThomas·
So ………….. Has France surrendered yet ????? 🙄
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Classic Football Shirts
Classic Football Shirts@classicshirts·
The Scottish FA were founded on this day 1873 🗓️ What is your favourite ever Scotland shirt? The anniversary shirt has to be up there!
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Allan
Allan@Allan_JD·
@visegrad24 Take personal responsibility, block if you don’t want to see it. Why should it be ok to impose your views on the entirety of X (twitter)! I see very little if any, porn on this site.
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Visegrád 24
Visegrád 24@visegrad24·
Should porn be banned on 𝕏?
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@GBNEWS I really hope he withdraws from many more bookings
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@rickygervais Annette Crosby….without a doubt. Fabulous actress.
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@GBNEWS No, it should remain a personal choice. However, not working when fit and able should get no benefits from the state. Don’t want to work then fine but at your own expense.
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GB News
GB News@GBNEWS·
🚨 Join Mark Dolan Tonight from 9pm on GB News! We want to know: Should the fit and well be obliged to work?
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TOBY MACALLISTER
TOBY MACALLISTER@TobyMacallister·
🚨Here is an incompetent BBC reporter casually admitting that he misreported that a Gaza hospital had been flattened. He should be fired and forced to make a public apology for smearing Israel with a fake atrocity which was broadcast around the world. Sickening #DefundTheBBC
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PeterSweden
PeterSweden@PeterSweden7·
The Dutch government planned on SEIZING 3000 farms to meet the 2030 climate goals. So the people rejected them and elected the farmer supporter Geert Wilders instead. SHARE if you stand with the Dutch farmers against Climate tyranny! 🚜🇳🇱🚜🇳🇱🚜🇳🇱
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@JakeWSimons You are embarrassing yourself Jeremy. Your reporting of that incident was wrong and biased as you have been since 07/10. He can’t even apologise when given the opportunity. So much anti-Isreal reporting and sentiment from the BBC. It should be ashamed of itself! #DefundTheBBC
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David Collier
David Collier@mishtal·
Clear that there has been a complete conceptual failure on the part of western media. The Shifa doctors knew Hamas was in the hospital. And about the tunnels / hostages there. Ditto journalists. Ditto NGOs All knew. Time for our media outlets to own up to the errors they made
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Kate Hoey
Kate Hoey@CatharineHoey·
Well worth reading the entire tweet
Harris Sultan@TheHarrisSultan

My dad, who is a moderate Muslim, finally expressed his concern and asked me, 'Why are you supporting this genocide?' He mentioned that he's stopped looking at his phone because he can no longer bear to watch videos of Palestinian children being bombed by Israel. I replied, 'I empathize with the suffering, and it's not easy for me either.' Then I showed him a photo, and we both agreed on the gravity of the situation in Palestine. I then informed him that the photo was actually of a Yemeni child pulled from the rubble resulting from a Saudi bombing in Yemen. I pointed out that Israel has allegedly killed 7,000 Palestinians, while the Saudis have killed at least 150,000 Yemeni Muslims. Some estimates suggest upto 300,000. How can we call the current conflict a 'genocide' when what the Saudis did is hardly even discussed by Muslims? Don’t get me started on 200,000 Muslims killed by Bashar Al Asad in Syria. He responded that if that's the case, he also disagrees with what the Saudis did. I replied, 'How convenient. Nearly half a MILLION fellow Muslims have been killed by other Muslims, and you didn't even know about it. Yet when Israel retaliates against a terrorist organization that has killed, raped, and maimed 1,500 of its citizens, the whole Muslim world reacts?' It seems to have less to do with preserving Muslim lives and more to do with a religious fantasy of hostility toward Jews.

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Richard
Richard@TrickyDicky1954·
Professor John Curtice tells BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland he was "absolutely" surprised by Labour's result in Rutherglen. Where the feck has he been these past few months. Just shows how reliable his expert opinion is. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-s…
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@TheBetCommunity Oh yes! Nice win @ 10/1 Well done Sir 👏🏻👏🏻
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Allan@Allan_JD·
@EDI_Airport @murdo_fraser @EDI_Airport must start to realise that anything that happens on the ground reflects on them, the airport. No-one left waiting an age for baggage will look poorly on Menzies. Customer experience, good or bad, from landing to leaving site is @EDI_Airport business. Own it.
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Murdo Fraser MSP
Murdo Fraser MSP@murdo_fraser·
Waiting to collect guests @EDI_Airport whose (domestic) flight landed nearly an hour ago, and they are still waiting for their bags. Poor show.
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The Majority #ScrapHolyrood
The Majority #ScrapHolyrood@themajorityscot·
⚡️It's follow Friday! Add your Twitter ID below and retweet this message to get more followers! If you also recommend The Majority to your followers, we'll give you a special shout out!
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Hannah Gregg 🇺🇸
Hannah Gregg 🇺🇸@hannahbggg·
I’m a great caddie… but I think the Apex is an even better fit for @f_lindblom since it doesn’t talk back or eat all of the snacks 🙊. I get to give one of these away to you guys, thanks to @StewartGolf!! To enter: 1. Follow @StewartGolf 2. Like this tweet 3. Drop me a comment with your pick to win the Masters this week 💚💛 Good luck!
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