@isthatscully Britain has been colonised multiple times over the last 2 thousand years
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Voters explained
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Voters explained
@BOYStokenSol
Explaining UK voters decisions down to first principles.
London, England Katılım Kasım 2024
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@bellacaledonia @daveylittle He’s not comparing them, he’s simply saying learning old English would be to learn the deep roots of these islands, which is obviously correct.
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@daveylittle Beacuse its not an appropriate comparison. Old English isn't a living language, and it ignores the cultural/linguistic imperialism and power relations at play
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Comparing Old English to these languages is pretty linguistically and politically ignorant
Aaron Bastani@AaronBastani
This is cool. Every kid in a British school should learn one of Welsh, Gaelige, Scottish Gaelic and old English. Even if just for a term (I’d favour longer). Learn about the deep roots of these islands!
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@iScotNews An interesting point, but you’re not seriously suggesting political regioning should take into account geography over actual population?
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Andy Burnham says some "home truths" need to be told to Whitehall about London and the South East receiving preferential treatment, over " The Great North".
He’s right.
But Burnham would do well to remember that Leeds is not “the North” of the UK. It’s the north of England.
The geographic midpoint of the UK sits just south of Edinburgh.
It's wearisome how English regional terminology so often becomes presented as British geography without anyone in Westminster batting an eyelid, or even Burnham or UK MSM for that matter. @iScotNews
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@minapointdexter @johnnyspliffs @Aqua_or_Bob That’s like saying southern food isn’t American because of the civil war, idiotic. Moving goalposts like that is crazy
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@johnnyspliffs @Aqua_or_Bob would be like saying haggis is british. technically true but not culturally correct
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this feels new to me despite living here😭 what is the British food that is great?
Saving for Act III@BeLikeAudrey
@ronkelawal Im sick of the narrative, honestly! British food is great, you just cant be eating it anywhere.
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SNP should stand a candidate in the seat Burnham is standing in.
The English can parachute candidates in all over devolved nations time we returned compliment
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@MichaelRei77295 @callumseuk Ireland’s legislature is subordinate to the EU. Easy to separate power & state when state is subordinate to bureaucracy, which by the way DOES have issues with separation of power and state. The Irish can’t elect president of the EU Council any more than Brits can elect a monarch
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@BOYStokenSol @callumseuk Just Google president of Ireland and read for a bit
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days like today remind me that there is literally no good reason to abolish the monarchy lol
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@ArmstrongT97969 @joeschmo269 Now do England without the south east. I hate Celtic separatism but combatting it by arguing the UK is tilted heavily toward the south east is another way of saying you agree with the nationalists
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@joeschmo269 Are you fucking stupid?
The ONS are the Gov’s book keepers. They compile the stats then give them to the politicians not the other way around
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The Celtic fringe in the UK is responsible for a colossal amount of the UK’s debt
The ONS only gives us data from 1999 but from 2002 to 2023, the Celtic fringe ran up 40% of all the UK’s debt with only 16% of the Population
They also all get more to spend per head than England
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@MichaelRei77295 @callumseuk Why would you want to bridge the separation of power and state, as they have in America, Russia or Turkey? Our monarch vacuums up stately vices while having to walk on eggshells and having no useable power. Elected heads of state have mandates and wield them eagerly.
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@callumseuk What the actual fuck do you mean? Are you suggesting that Charles' role couldn't, at the absolute fucking least, be filled by someone we actually voted for? What about his pure-chance bloodline means that they can't be replaced, explain yourself you fool
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👀 With very little said about defence in the King's Speech, watch my discussion with @KateEMcCann about whether politicians have left the UK defenceless.
🔗 in 🧵
@GlintPay
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@HowlingBugQueen @Tea_NeonEmpire It’s a disgrace that Britain, once the leader in the production of Nigerians, now has to rely on importing raw Nigerians to fulfill its needs.
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@arisroussinos @DanielJHannan More of an amalgamation really
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Despite evidence of localised cult practices in northwestern England, historians doubt the existence of a historical Andy Burnham, instead viewing him as a mythical saviour figure appealed to only in times of great trial and desperation
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@juasanalghaib Kosovo is not an independence success story, far far far from it, and there are regions that don’t even recognise it, so it’s not even successfully procedurally independent, let alone everything else
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Kosovo gained independence with less resources, less finances and less people and I don't see any of these pseudointellectual politics freaks claiming that they're too stupid or poor to run their own country
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I like Scotland, I don't want them to be forced into an austerity programme that would come as a result from losing British government funding, and none of their parties seem like they'd be very good at governing an independent country
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@jazzyrussell59 Scotland voted convincingly to stay within the union in the middle of those 5 supposed pro independence governments. Why would it be any different this time?
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Scotland returned a fifth pro independence government.
Regardless of whether you support independence or not, the question is do you support democracy.
Wishaw, Scotland 🇬🇧 English
@DrAnamorphosis You think Scottish politicians are any better?
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WES STREETING
ANGELA RAYNER
ANDY BURNHAM
Three more reasons for Scottish Independence
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@CharlieCurrie12 Your characterisation of Scotland as a victim of colonialism is factually incorrect. Scotland’s only claim to victimhood is it’s smaller population, which historically has governed & benefitted from imperial pursuits arguable more per capita than England.
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The continued rise of Celtic nationalism & the unity of Welsh, Scotland & Irish nationalist are a direct challenge to & utter rejection of English colonalism.
The social mobilisation of these 3 historical nations cannot be stopped.
ENGLAND NEEDS TO STAND ON ITS OWN TWO FEET.
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@rosscolquhoun If your threshold for independence is being governed by politics you disagree with, then every country on earth would look like a spider web. What’s your plan if an independent Scotland sees its own divisions? Balkanisation is terrible
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Any party denying Scotland a referendum on independence is exposing the people of Scotland to the prospect of Prime Minister Nigel Farage.
Sam Coates Sky@SamCoatesSky
YouGov / Sky / Times RefUK 28% (+3), CON 17% (nc), GRN 16% (+1). LAB 16% (-2), LDEM 13% (-1),
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@SCFCJosh96 “Posthumous” meaning after everyone thought it was funny
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The man's Wikipedia page has a section titled "Posthumous allegations of child abuse and sexual assaults"
BRITAIN IS BROKEN 🇬🇧@BROKENBRITAIN0
We used to be a proper country 🇬🇧
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@Con_Tomlinson @firasmodad The only thing more bizarre than his determination to burn through goodwill to stay the course, is the lack of any coherent vision underpinning any of it
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> Most hated Prime Minister in history
> Suffers secind year of record election losses
> Says he will stay in office for a decade
> Ministers tell him to resign
> Convenes Cabinet meeting
> Delivers pre-prepared speech
> Refuses to elaborate
> Leaves
The inhuman, ideological stubbornness of Starmer is incredible.
He's mogging the entire Parliamentary Labour party, recognising they have no bargaining power, and holding the implied threat of a snap general election over their heads to stay in power.
All to carry out a gradual socialist revolution with the grim determination of a henchman.
If I didn't hate him so much, I'd almost admire his conviction.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer did not give his Cabinet "any chance to speak against him" this morning He delivered pre-prepared remarks saying he won't quit before immediately moving on to discussing the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz
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@AscendedYield Failure to have any sort of vision or coherent ideology. Winning 2024 with a record majority, significant goodwill and fresh momentum after 14 lost years is a golden opportunity for a government. Starmer just has no vision, he’s in politics for some other reason
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