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@LePlonge
I'm not an anything-ist, because as soon as I have an -ist then someone else decides what I believe. Engineer and jogger, I ride an MTB and motor-bike.
East Anglia Katılım Temmuz 2009
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44. Such an honour for a KC to call me politely rude. It's a great way to wrap up my interaction with X.
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43. I'm a "cyclist in my dotage". Actually I don't see the problem with that, so why did the twat who posted it feel the need to do a hit and run, blocking me before I'd read it.
Perhaps it's because I understand statistics and he doesn't. Old people can ride bikes and count.
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@Bubblebathgirl @atrupar Just go away. Nothing good ever came from America.
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@atrupar The US should demand Greenland in exchange for staying in NATO. Otherwise, leave NATO.
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TAPPER: Can you rule out that the US is going to take Greenland by force?
STEPHEN MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO.
TAPPER: So you can't take military force off the table?
MILLER: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over the future of Greenland.
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The Chief’s position is no longer tenable. If the Home Secretary was serious about professionalism & has a genuine focus on the safety of our people & our streets she will act and the Chief will be gone by end of the week. This is vital to restore trust & send a clear message to all police officers that the streets are controlled by them, by law and order and not a free for all for ISLAMIST thugs.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
What was left of the credibility of West Midlands Police has been destroyed today. We learned earlier that their initial reason for banning Israelis from Villa Park was the danger *to* away fans *from* armed” locals. But to justify the ban they portrayed the Israelis as “uniquely violent” and military-trained. They used “intelligence” supposedly from Dutch police that has been utterly repudiated - by the Dutch police and other authorities. And when the Home Affairs Select Committee asked why the vital information about the danger *to* Israelis was kept secret, the Chief Constable ludicrously said it was because he had not been asked for it. In other words: “We won’t tell you the truth because you didn’t ask a specific question about a thing you didn’t know because we hadn’t told you.” Yes. That was his defence. He is too arrogant to resign. The Home Secretary has the power to remove him under s40 of the Police Act 1996. She should use it.
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@QcWynter We're both wasting our time.
I had hoped that you might be able to enlighten me as to why we would want a bunch of racist thugs visiting the country, but you're keener to play pedantic courtroom games than have a constructive conversation.
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@LePlonge Love whom? You have to begin with that, by identifying the object of my alleged love and then establish the alleged love.
Do that successfully and I may be able to answer.
Otherwise, we are both wasting our time.
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Chief Const Guildford will have to go. If he is wise, he will develop an illness and decide to "spend more time with his family".
He and his senior officers were scared of upsetting the "local community" but could not tell the truth because, of course, that would have upset them.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
What was left of the credibility of West Midlands Police has been destroyed today. We learned earlier that their initial reason for banning Israelis from Villa Park was the danger *to* away fans *from* armed” locals. But to justify the ban they portrayed the Israelis as “uniquely violent” and military-trained. They used “intelligence” supposedly from Dutch police that has been utterly repudiated - by the Dutch police and other authorities. And when the Home Affairs Select Committee asked why the vital information about the danger *to* Israelis was kept secret, the Chief Constable ludicrously said it was because he had not been asked for it. In other words: “We won’t tell you the truth because you didn’t ask a specific question about a thing you didn’t know because we hadn’t told you.” Yes. That was his defence. He is too arrogant to resign. The Home Secretary has the power to remove him under s40 of the Police Act 1996. She should use it.
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@shannonsbrokey @MarkSeddon1962 Why would anyone be interested in watching a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around a field?
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@LePlonge @MarkSeddon1962 Tell me you dont go the football...
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At least half of the Commons Home Affairs Committee were obliged to reveal their interests in Israel.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
What was left of the credibility of West Midlands Police has been destroyed today. We learned earlier that their initial reason for banning Israelis from Villa Park was the danger *to* away fans *from* armed” locals. But to justify the ban they portrayed the Israelis as “uniquely violent” and military-trained. They used “intelligence” supposedly from Dutch police that has been utterly repudiated - by the Dutch police and other authorities. And when the Home Affairs Select Committee asked why the vital information about the danger *to* Israelis was kept secret, the Chief Constable ludicrously said it was because he had not been asked for it. In other words: “We won’t tell you the truth because you didn’t ask a specific question about a thing you didn’t know because we hadn’t told you.” Yes. That was his defence. He is too arrogant to resign. The Home Secretary has the power to remove him under s40 of the Police Act 1996. She should use it.
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This kind of obsession would at least be comprehensible if he was the MP for Birmingham. But he’s the MP for West Suffolk!
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
NEW: The Dutch Justice and Security Inspectorate has confirmed its position that West Midlands Police lied about the "intelligence" used to ban Israelis from Villa Park. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@shannonsbrokey @MarkSeddon1962 I'm sure they could have had a convoy of armoured cars, full of lads singing about killing Arabs and raping women. We missed so much by not doing that.
And they lost the match FFS 😀🤣😂
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@LePlonge @MarkSeddon1962 Only as a very last resort. As stated during questioning today, the police admitted they could've bussed the fans in if required.
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@shannonsbrokey @MarkSeddon1962 Restricting people's movements or access to certain areas for their own protection is a standard practice in policing and event security worldwide, including in the UK.
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@LePlonge @MarkSeddon1962 You cant ban people because other people might attack them. Thats victim blaming and thats what happened.
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@shannonsbrokey @MarkSeddon1962 There seems to be good evidence that it's at least 7 of the 13 members, but they're quite secretive about these things.
When you think about it, it's quite frightening that a large part of one of our major Parliamentary committees answers to a foreign country.
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@LePlonge @MarkSeddon1962 Its not more than half. And of those is also a member of 'Friends of Palestine'.
Facts dont care about your feelings and it is quite clear that the MTA fans were banned because local sectarian thugs were planning to attack them. But then they blamed the Jews.
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@shannonsbrokey @MarkSeddon1962 If you go back to the start of the thread you will see that more than half of the Home Affairs Committee has an allegiance with Friends of Israel. They answer to Netanyahu.
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@QcWynter So why do you love them? Is it the "kill the Arabs" song or the one about "raping the women" that you find particularly alluring?
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@LePlonge Can't answer for the posh people.
I only think and write for myself.
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@QcWynter So now who is the villain? The policeman who made the right decision. And just in case there was any doubt, Maccabi later went off to Stuttgart and strutted their stuff. They're better at thuggery than football.
Why do all these posh people love racist thugs?
Very odd.
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@QcWynter It's a bizarre story.
Maccabi has a well justified reputation for viciously racist fans. The police sensibly decided that it would not be wise to let them run riot in Birmingham. Then a whole bunch of people spend months analysing the minutiae of the decision-making process.
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@iichroma @MichaelAArouet You gotta laff.
It'll be even funnier when President Farage takes the throne. I can't wait.
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@LePlonge @MichaelAArouet A glaring fact, which the Leave-voting losers of the lower orders, chose to forget in their anxiety to cleanse BritLand of for’ners.
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Isn't it ironic that many Brits voted for Brexit to reduce immigration? How did this happen?
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@lottalottebotte @NJ_Timothy In 17 years on Twitter I have indeed discovered where to find the block button.
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@lottalottebotte @NJ_Timothy He's not paid that for his MPing. His constituency is West Suffolk, hence the annoyance that he spends all day every day doing his duty to CFI.
Either join in polite discourse or fuck off.
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What was left of the credibility of West Midlands Police has been destroyed today.
We learned earlier that their initial reason for banning Israelis from Villa Park was the danger *to* away fans *from* armed” locals.
But to justify the ban they portrayed the Israelis as “uniquely violent” and military-trained. They used “intelligence” supposedly from Dutch police that has been utterly repudiated - by the Dutch police and other authorities.
And when the Home Affairs Select Committee asked why the vital information about the danger *to* Israelis was kept secret, the Chief Constable ludicrously said it was because he had not been asked for it.
In other words: “We won’t tell you the truth because you didn’t ask a specific question about a thing you didn’t know because we hadn’t told you.”
Yes. That was his defence.
He is too arrogant to resign. The Home Secretary has the power to remove him under s40 of the Police Act 1996. She should use it.
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@LoftusSteve It's roughly very different. There were more local schools and children typically travelled under their own steam, particularly for junior school. Children travelling to school by car were rare.
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@LePlonge I think it's roughly no different. You think everyone worked down the road in 1963?
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We've become so soft, lazy and entitled.
During the "Big Freeze of 63" my mother in law was driven 10 miles through the countryside to school in a 1950s car. Her Dad then had to drive 20 more miles to another school where he was the Head.
Feet of snow and schools were open.
LBC News Wales@LBCNewsWales
Hundreds of schools across Wales are closed as heavy snow continues to bring disruption. North and West Wales are under a fresh weather warning for snow and ice, until 11:00 on Tuesday.
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@TessW62 @NJ_Timothy And I didn't supply it. My point is a reasonable one. Do you have anything of substance to contribute?
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