@NeilDotObrien It's very easy to spend £1600 on a shower screen.
Step 1. Make sure it's not your own money.
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Wayne 🏴🇬🇧🌍
@Personoftalent
Person of Talent, Military Veteran, Technologist, Semi-professional beer drinker & occasional troublemaker.
Planet Earth Katılım Nisan 2019
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@JeremyVineOn5 No. The system is obviously not working properly. Probably explains all the delays implementing it so far.
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Do you regret Brexit?
Brits have fainted and even vomited in chaotic queues for the European Union's new face-scanning and fingerprint border checks.
Some have had three-hour delays and even missed their flights.
Is Brexit to blame?
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@Johnc1508 @andrewhesselden @Solly01 If you had the right to stand in the othe queue, so would everyone else.
The queue would just move. The lack of staff wouldn't change.
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@andrewhesselden @Solly01 Yeah, every time I stand in the bloody “Other Passports” queue, while looking at the empty EU passport booths I curse the bastards that caused it.
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The biggest myth about Brexit?
That ending Freedom of Movement only affected a small minority.
In reality:
It removed options from everyone.
Even if you never used them.
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@MichaelRosenYes And remainers insist they are more intelligent.
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Ha! I’ve just been refused entry onto a plane from Stansted to Bologna because my passport issue date is March 2016. The expiry date is August 2026 but the rule is 10 years from issue date. Another Brexit benefit. Apparently. Go home now.
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@NajamAli2020 Do you think we should pay all blackmailers?
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I am genuinely struggling to understand this logic.
If the rest of the world is willing to pay a small toll to Iran to keep oil flowing and stabilise markets, then why does the U.S. feel the need to block all shipping, especially when it is not dependent on that oil?
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@WarriorSpeech28 £9 a pint? Really. I find that hard to believe in a "normal" pub.
When I was 20 it was £1 a pint, but if you work out total wages per pint, im significantly better off even with £6/ pint. Real price...
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Last night I walked into a quiet little village pub.
Just low beams, old carpet and a bloke in the corner who’s probably been sat on the same stool since 1998.
I ordered a pint, nine quid, got the missus a large wine.
Fifteen quid for two drinks.
I just stood there for a second like I’d accidentally ordered shares in the building.
I remember being 20 and getting pints for £2.50.
The economy is so cooked we’re paying luxury prices for nostalgia.
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Eh? There are no mountains in Lincolnshire …
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RAF_Luton@RAF_Luton
Photo of the Day: B2 Stealth Bomber flown by Sqn Ldr Nottie Zactly-Trew conducting Aerial Refuelling Safety Exercise from an A380 Refuelling Airplane over Nottingham (Lincolnshire) Photographed from a Canberra
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@ClarksonsFarm1 @mssassysally Potholes. Ours are truly worldclass
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What does Britain do better than any other Country?🇬🇧
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@b280c_2 Apart from the fact that electric cars are significantly heavier than the ICE equivalent.
Example below.
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Disappointing comment from Clarkson, ‘The EV’s are heavier and are to blame” rhetoric. He quotes “enormous weight of electric cars” I thought that had been debunked a while ago.🙄
Jeremy Clarkson@JeremyClarkson
I wonder perhaps if maybe they could also look into the enormous weight of electric cars.
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@GBNEWS @WillKingston Strange that Matthew managed to name some "incompatible" countries without being prompted by anyone.
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'I find it so offensive that you talk about some countries being compatible and other not.'
'It's a fact.'
Matthew Stadlen and @WillKingston tangle in a heated debate over the compatibility of certain other cultures in British society.
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@TerraOrBust @r1chuk No doubt there are lots of Rejoiners on this thread explaining how we can opt out some how.
The question is, why would we join the EU and opt out of one of its key benefits?
Unless of course you're saying joining the Euro isn't a benefit.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The pollster Omnisis / WeThink has asked a representative sample of the British public over 50 times in the past two years, whether or not they would want to rejoin the EU if it meant accepting the Euro.
A majority voted to stay out, in *100%* of the polls.
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@_InfoGram_ What's he doing about all the American tech in the actual computer such as the CPU?
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@jsbains91 @DailyLoud @grok A good demonstration of how far the tech has come.
The question is obviously, how many of these fast chargers are installed? And how much does it cost to charge your car?
Concorde could get you from New York to London in 4 hours, but it was so expensive very few could afford it.
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Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with gas
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@andrew_lilico @albieamankona I think that discounts for such groups is a good thing, but the difference between two two prices is significant.
Do pensioners get the same?
Do bluelight/military/veterans?
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It's always been the case that students, pensioners & those on benefits got discounted ticket prices for various things. That's never been particularly controversial before now.
tyro@DoubleEph
@andrew_lilico I think the question people are asking is why being on benefits should entitle you to this? Kids can’t work so we can understand that
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@hfc_felix You know this only give you the right to apply for a chance to be selected for a free pass?
Free=tax payer funded
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Thank you to the following people for making sure people my age cannot enjoy an opportunity like this:
Nigel Farage
Michael Gove
Boris Johnson
Dominic Cummings
David Frost
David Cameron
European Parliament@Europarl_EN
If you're 18, you can travel across Europe for free. With DiscoverEU, young people can apply for a travel pass to explore Europe for up to 30 days. 8–22 April 2026 📅 Apply: youth.europa.eu/discovereu
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@exRAF_Al You've already been taxed on money you pay into an ISA. You pay tax on Money you take from a pension.
When you die you pay IHT on both.
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The cost of lost tax income on ISA and pension tax relief to the UK government is c£60bn for the 2024/25 tax year. Add c55bn for public sector pensions, and that’s what state pensions cost in total, forget the Triple Lock. Why not scrap ISA and public sector DB instead?
Miriam Cates@miriam_cates
Is the state pension really so 'meagre'? Let's take a look... The basic state pension is just £12,547 a year. But... Only around 15% of pensioners rely on the state pension alone. The vast majority have other income from private pensions etc., which is exactly how our system is designed to work (and why the UK has generous tax breaks for pension contributions). The small proportion of pensioners whose only source of income is the state pension are entitled to other benefits in addition, including pension credit, housing benefit and council tax support. A pensioner with no other income, no savings, no disabilities, no care responsibilities and rent of £800 per month is entitled to £401.55 a week in benefits including state pension, which is £20,881 a year. For comparison, a full time minimum wage worker has an after tax income of £21,364. Unlike a pensioner, a full time minimum wage worker is not entitled to free travel, free prescriptions, a winter fuel payment or senior citizens discounts. £21,000 a year is not a lot of money. But the very poorest pensioners have similar incomes to low-wage workers. Given the greater costs faced by those who are working, it's perhaps not surprising that working age adults are now more likely to live in poverty than pensioners. And at the other end of the scale, one in four pensioners are millionaires and still receive the basic state pension, paid for by current tax payers (including those on minimum wage). No one (definitely not me) is suggesting that the state pension should be reduced for the poorest pensioners. But pension spending now accounts for half of the UK's social security budget and, given the urgent need to cut government spending, we must consider reforms like means-testing and scrapping the triple lock.
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@JeffreyPeel Have you seen the benefits bill?
The fact that they can is the point.
You're welcome.
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The UK is not an EU member. So what's stopping it slashing VAT on fuel?
Global Dissident@GlobalDiss
🚨🇪🇸 EU BLOCKS CHEAPER FUEL IN SPAIN Spain tried to slash fuel VAT from 21% to 10% to ease the crisis. Brussels said NO. EU rules forbid it. Fines could follow You don’t control prices, Brussels does. Sovereignty? Gone The EU is a dictatorship!
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@writethewrongs2 @KemiBadenoch @WiltsAnnabelle @Conservatives I work in private sector. I have some flexibility in my hours. We have core hours (10-4) when we have to be available. We can then fill in the other hours. Where we can.
We still have to work our full hours.
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A council job with a four-day working week for five days’ pay.
Nice if you can get it. Not so nice when taxpayers are paying the bill.
We deserve full-time services for full-time pay.
The @Conservatives will ban this ridiculous policy and get Britain working again.
Daily Mail@DailyMail
Tories vow to stop public sector staff enjoying four-day working week for five days' pay if they are re-elected trib.al/LvTdcUp
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@ColeFusionHQ Like others have said. I tried to return some crutches to the NHS so many times without success it felt like they didn't want them back.
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@TerraOrBust @MaddieJBlack I was told a few days by a crazed remainiac that having complete independence on VAT policy isn't a "tangible benefit"
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A word of warning to those pining for the EU.
Spain tried to help its citizens by temporarily reducing VAT on fuel from 21% to 10% - but the EU has told them that it is illegal, as it is the EU who controls the laws, not the Spanish government.
theolivepress.es/spain-news/202…
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