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Mainly politics. Retweet does not necessarily mean approval.

England, United Kingdom Katılım Aralık 2018
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Ian Stevens 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
@ross_baglin "Should of" is simply a local pronunciation of "should've", common in some places. Though not the standard pronunciation it is perfectly grammatical. Of course writing it as "should of" is incorrect unless by intention to show how someone actually speaks.
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Ross Baglin
Ross Baglin@ross_baglin·
I just had a 10 tweet exchange with Oliver Kamm who writes for the Times and tells me that “should of” is grammatically good English. At some those with their fingers near the levers of cultural power will have to be cleared out if we are ever to recover basic standards.
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@OliverKamm @DAaronovitch @WestminsterWAG I taught in schools where everyone pronounced it "of" and sometimes wrote it as they spoke it. They weren't making a grammatical error, simply using local pronunciation. No different from many other local speech variants which for some reason don't attract the same fury.
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Oliver Kamm
Oliver Kamm@OliverKamm·
@WestminsterWAG That’s what she said. The transcriber has misunderstood her pronunciation of the clitic “-’ve”. And all the angry replies laying into her have misunderstood this. She’s not making a grammatical error, as she doesn’t treat the clitic as a preposition. Everyone should calm down.
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S. I. Rubinstein
S. I. Rubinstein@si_rubinstein·
Almost all Oxbridge colleges now, students & fellows, are basically culturally the same. Bet the Peterhouse JCR is now covered with posters about racism & mental health. The decline of collegiate personality.
Nicholas O'Shaughnessy@NicholasOShaug1

The hatreds of old Peterhouse were a malevolent potpourri of cacti, arsenic, and decomposing fungi. Poisonous though it was, it was also vastly entertaining and intellectually stimulating. Germaine Greer for example adored it even though it was her ideological antithesis.

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Ian Stevens 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
@BBCIsleofMan For citizenship purposes the Crown Dependencies are treated as part of the UK. Manx people are full British citizens, Manx passports are British passports. Although such passports are issued by the IoM government they don't represent a separate Manx citizenship.
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BBC Isle of Man
BBC Isle of Man@BBCIsleofMan·
A woman from Douglas has described the "horrible" experience of being refused entry to China and immediately deported, despite believing she was covered by a new visa-exemption agreement. bbc.in/4cdh7cX
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Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens@ClarkeMicah·
.@georget43375501 It is quite astounding that these exchanges should even form part of a murder trial. They reinforce my view that the nature of the arrests and trials, in the absence of any real evidence against Ms Letby, was to create a atmosphere in which the presumption of innocence just died.
George Thomas@GeorgeT43375501

Lucy Letby did not lie about being arrested in pyjamas. The police footage clearly show her wearing something underneath her tracksuit top. Probably a nightie or pyjama top. She says in answer to her KC. Q. So when they came, what happened with you? A. They told me that I was being arrested for multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. And then they quickly handcuffed me and took me away. Q: And you were taken to a police station. Is that right? A. In my pyjamas, yes. She is clearly stating that she was taken to the police station quickly without being given the chance to change out of the clothes she answered the door in only 11 minutes earlier, as the pictures clearly show. For what its worth she was given a change of clothes to be interviewed in later in the day. What she says is true and at no point does she say "I was taken to a police station wearing nothing but my pyjamas." the worst she can be accused of is putting a spin on her answer that could imply that. That is nothing compared to the outrageous spin that Nicholas Johnson puts on her answer, He implies that because she doesn't mention the tracksuit top that she put on over her nightwear to answer the door that means she was lying about wearing nightwear at all. He than goes on to ask a a series of questions about what she was wearing for her subsequent arrests in 2019 and 2020 and falsely accuses her of lying even though she had said nothing about these arrests. In one of those questions he acknowledges that Nightwear or pyjamas are interchangeable terms. "Q: Oh! But you told the jury you were taken away in your nightwear, in your pyjamas, I think was how you put it." This is one more example of the prosecution spinning a false accusation of lying to bolster their weak case. The full exchange of questions and answers from the trial are below: Examination of Lucy Letby by Ben Myers KC, 2nd May 2023 Q. Are you able to just describe in simple terms the impact of your arrest and that process on you? Let me start with this: How did you know the police were coming that day? What's the first you knew? A. When there was a loud knocking at the door at 6 o'clock in the morning by the police. Q. You were at home in 41 Westbourne Road, Chester. Is that right? A. I was, yes. Q. Were you on your own there, as it happens? A. No, my father was staying with me at that point so he was there as well. Q. Had you any idea the police were coming that day? A. No, none at all. Q. So when they came, what happened with you? A. They told me that I was being arrested for multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. And then they quickly handcuffed me and took me away. Q. All right. And you were taken to a police station. Is that right? A. In my pyjamas, yes. Q. And over the next three days you were interviewed at various times. A. Yes. Q. And we've asked DS Stonier about that. Again, the way that was done is just the way the police deal with it and that's not critical of them for the process they followed. When that process had ended after the three days of interviews, were you released from police custody? A. Yes, I was, yes Cross-examination of Lucy Letby by Nicolas Johnson KC, 9th June 2023 Q: And you have also deliberately misled them about the circumstances of your arrest, haven't you? A: No. Q: We'll just remind us about what happened when you were arrested? A: What do you mean? Q: You really don't remember? A: You want me to describe how I was arrested? Q: Yes. How awful it was and why it was so awful. A: I've already explained that once. Q: Yes. Well, it's a long time ago and I'd like you to remind us, please? A: They knocked at my door at six o'clock in the morning and they arrested me. Q: And how were you dressed when you left the house? A: I think I had a nighty on and then a tracksuit bottom and top and trainers. Q: Oh! But you told the jury you were taken away in your nightwear, in your pajamas, I think was how you put it. A: Yes. Q: You were taken away in a blue Lee Cooper leisure suit, weren't you? A: I don't recall exactly, I just know I had a nighty on. Q: Do you want me to show you a video of it? A: No. Q: Well, I'll ask you again. You were taken away in a blue Lee Cooper leisure suit, weren't you? A: Yes. (NOTE She has given a completely correct answer about what she was wearing when taken to the police station and why that included her nightmare which she answered the door in 11 minutes earlier. So he does not accuse her of Lying at that point but switches the questions to her second arrest which is totally irrelevant as she has said noting about what she was wearing then.) Q: On the 10th of June 2019 when you answered the door, you answered in your nighty. (NOTE that question is a lie, he already knows that she didn't answer the door) A: No, I didn't answer the door in 2019. Q: Oh! You've got a very clear memory of this then, haven't you? A: Yes, I remember this through the -- the arrests, yes. Q: When the police came face-to-face with you, you had a nightie on, didn't you? A: In 2019, Q: yes. A: I had my pyjamas on, yes. Q: No, you had a nightie on. A: Okay. Q: Do you want to see a video? A: No. Q: Do you remember having a nightie on? A: I can't recall specifically which night I was in bed. Q: Do you remember what you left the house wearing? A: Um... No. I know I was able to get dressed, and I think I took a dressing gown as well. Q: You put your blue Lee Cooper leisure suit on again, didn't you? A: Yes. Q: Then you asked them to let you put your dressing gown on over the Lee Cooper leisure suit, didn't you? A: Yes. Q: So you weren't taken away in your pyjamas, were you? A: No. Q: And you remember this, don't you? A: Yes. Q: Why did you lie to the jury about it? (NOTE that question is itself a lie as she had said nothing in her answered to her council about how she was dressed at the second arrest in 2019) A: I don't know. (NOTE She is not admitting to lying with this answer, she is just saying that she can't answer a rhetorical question based on the inaccurate statement that she was lying) Q: You don't know. What advantage were you looking for by telling the jury that you were taken away by the police in your pyjamas? What benefit was there? A: Because that's what happened on the first time. That was how quickly everything happened. Q: No, no. On the first time, you were taken away in your blue Lee Cooper... Do you want to watch the video? (pause) Q: You are a very calculating woman. Aren't you Lucy Letty? A: No. Q: You tell lies deliberately, don't you? A: No. Q: And the reason you tell lies is to try to get sympathy from people, isn't it? A: No. Q: You try to get attention from people, don't you? A: No. Q: In killing these children, you got quite a lot of attention, didn't you? A: I didn't kill the children. Q: And you're getting quite a lot of attention now, aren't you? you. (pause) Q: On the third arrest, you left the house in a pink or salmon pink colored GAP leisure suit. Didn't you? A: I can't recall agane. I don't know. Q: You weren't in your pajamas. Were you? A: No.

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Ian Stevens 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
@VeraBaird None of which is a good reason to curtail jury trials. Frankly you should be focusing your attention on the perceived conflict of interest at the CCRC which ought never to have been allowed to happen and risks serious reputational damage.
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@OliverKamm Farage's usual complaint about the BBC isn't that it showed racist shows forty years ago but that it's now woke. Farage made racist comments forty years ago but no one thinks he's now become woke.
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@KarlTurnerMP @sarahsackman What's particularly odious is the idea that an allegation which if proven could destroy someone's reputation, lose them their job and home and put them in prison for years is not deserving of a full-blown trial, just a pared-down, economy version.
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Ian Stevens 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 retweetledi
Karl Turner MP
Karl Turner MP@KarlTurnerMP·
.@sarahsackman hasn’t a leg to stand on here. She’s lost it. And that’s what is going to happen to this lunatic idea when the House of Commons and the Lords are required to vote on it. Stop it now. It’s embarrassing.
Farrukh@implausibleblog

Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Labour's Minister for Courts and Legal Services, Sarah Sackman MP By citing David Lammy's own tweet criticising the cutting of jury trials Eventually, she concedes that it's driven a lack of funding

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Nick Tyrone
Nick Tyrone@NicholasTyrone·
It’s going to be tricky to claim that Labour are the guardrails against authoritarianism when they have done away with jury trials for most offences. Sort of has the whiff of authoritarianism, you see.
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Ian Stevens 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
@benhabib6 @lucyjaynewhite1 It wouldn't be entirely reasonable at all. It has never ever been the case and has no sensible rationale. You don't even have to UK-born to be the sovereign - many haven't been. Nus Ghani is an excellent example of a thoroughly integrated British citizen born overseas.
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Ben Habib
Ben Habib@benhabib6·
I have been following the unfolding of the pile on @lucyjaynewhite1 She advocated that no one born in Pakistan should be an MP. It would be entirely reasonable for MPs to be required to be born in the UK. That would not be racist in any way whatsoever. Only US citizens born in the US are allowed to be president. That is not racist. A similar restriction could entirely reasonably be required for MPs. The UK has been subjected to mass migration and a dramatic change in its demography in a very short time. Any sane minded individual would be concerned by these dramatic changes and would wish to curtail them. Our leaders have NOT protected the UK’s constitution and culture. They have promoted multiculturalism. Coupled with mass migration this has resulted in great damage to just about every aspect of life in Britain. The British people have been badly bruised by this negligence. They are pleading to be protected. Their pleadings are being ignored. Their bruises are getting ever more serious Unless those that govern us respond to the reasonable demands of concerned British citizens, their demands will become ever more extreme. Like White I want our constitution and culture restored. Her advocacy in favour of MPs being born in Britain is yet another cry for protection. And I was born in Pakistan. Of course, there are bound to be people born abroad that love the UK, love its language, history and culture. I am one of them. They would be good guardians of the UK but the difficulty now is in determining a mechanism to ensure anti-British sentiment does not continue to embed itself in our institutions and governing structures. Perhaps a blunt instrument, but the sentiment requiring MPs be born in the UK is understandable. The UK is facing an existential threat. Lucy White’s post is a response to that threat. Instead of denouncing her it might be more helpful to try to understand her and the British people’s deep legitimate concerns.
Lucy White@lucyjaynewhite1

Neither the @guardian nor the @DailyMail approached me for comment before publishing tone-deaf hit jobs on me. The articles were totally biased, claiming that I had only received criticism, when in reality, I have a huge amount of support. The country is behind me. The article written by @BenQuinn75 claims that I am racist and accuses me of “injecting far-right language into public debate.” This demonstrates an awful understanding of the issues, and does a disservice to the few readers that the Guardian still has. He wants me cancelled for merely expressing an opinion. It’s not 2020 anymore, Ben, the bully boy tactics of the left don’t wash with the public anymore. They can see them for what they are; a desperate attempt to shutdown debate. It is embarrassing that a Mail journalist @MattStrudwick85 is so ideologically captured, and intellectually lazy, that he had no hesitation in simply copying and pasting the Guardian’s hitjob. I am glad to see that the Mail’s own comment section has called him out.

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