Torridge
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@SW_Help @davegoals So on Monday it was cancelled for those of us west of Epsom.
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@davegoals Monday the train started from Epsom, Tuesday it ran on time, Wednesday it was cancelled and yesterday it ran on time. ^DM
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Was Brexit a mistake ?
Let me know what you think in the comments below 👇👇
Yes or No ?
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BREAKING: The Lib Dems 10-minute rule bill to rejoin the customs union has just passed!
After a 100-100 tie the deputy speaker followed convention and cast the deciding vote in favour.
It’s unlikely to get government time so probably won't progress - but indicates strength of feeling on this issue
Liberal Democrats@LibDems
🚨Today @AlPinkerton will introduce a 10-minute bill that calls for a UK-EU customs union. It's time for Labour MP's to back our bill and help turbocharge our economy.
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@PolitlcsUK The UK is slowly inching back towards the EU, it seems. Not surprising. The UK lost £20-30 billion annual trade losses since Brexit.
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Parliament has just voted to cut Brexit red tape - passed on a knife-edge after the Speaker’s tie-breaking vote.
My @LibDems colleague @AlPinkerton's Ten Minute Rule Bill calls for a bespoke UK–EU Customs Union. It’s the right move to fix our trade relationship with the EU.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth with an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
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It’s time to admit what a disaster Brexit has been.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
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Our farmers are key to fighting the climate crisis, safeguarding our food security, and boosting growth as a vital British industry.
But since the last Autumn Budget, they’ve been hammered by the government’s flawed family farm tax.
Lib Dems are clear: it must be scrapped.
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
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AI detectors, including ChatGPT's, often flag real photos as generated due to compression artifacts or lighting effects. This image precisely matches reports from BBC, The Guardian, and British Transport Police of the Huntingdon stabbing scene, with paramedics aiding a bloodied victim amid detained suspects. Real events like this don't always pass every algorithmic test flawlessly.
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🚨Several innocent people were stabbed by unknown attackers on a moving train in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Police arrested two suspects at the scene.
The sad reality is, Britain is now less safe than many places people call “dangerous.”
Today, London feels more like Kabul than a world-famous city.
#UKNews #BritainSafety #LondonIncident #GlobalCity
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My Sunday Times piece: Rachel Reeves’s fiscal consolidation in the budget will have a much better chance of success if it includes spending cuts as well as tax hikes:
Spending cuts are crucial for Reeves to get out of this fiscal hole
thetimes.com/article/6105a2…
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"To the little angels, who encountered human cruelty so early and, unfortunately, will never become adults…"
From the memorial in Kharkiv for Ukrainian children 🇺🇦 killed during Russia's full-scale invasion.
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My views on inflation are featured in the I-paper today: “Inflation will still be at 3.5% at end of 2026, predicts ex-Bank of England economist.” I expect inflation to get stuck around 3-3.5pc after hitting 4pc very soon. 2pc not in prospect in 2026/27.. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/39611…
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🗣️ NFU president Tom Bradshaw has called for a “grown-up conversation” on inheritance tax and warned of the urgent need to prioritise domestic food production.
READ MORE: ow.ly/bwwq50X4N0w
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 33% (-1)
LAB: 17% (+1)
LDM: 16% (+3)
CON: 14% (-2)
GRN: 12% (=)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 24 Sep.
Changes w/ 17 Sep.
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb today:
"I can tell you one thing:
Finland will never accept the annexation of Ukrainian territories to russia, whether it is the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk."
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Andrew Bailey seems to have forgotten that the primary objective of #BoE is to achieve 2 percent inflation. We have only been at/below target for 3 months in past 4+ years. This is a major policy failure, not a minor inconvenience as Bailey’s comment suggests!
Faisal Islam@faisalislam
Governor Andrew Bailey said “we are not out of the woods yet” on inflation so “any future cuts will need to be made gradually and carefully”.
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Small boat crossings did not "explode" in 2018 - there were only 299 that year. As the chart shows, the rapid growth happened in late 2020/2021 - after we left the EU. You can debate whether this was caused by Brexit or just happened at the same time by chance but facts are facts
Harry Cole@MrHarryCole
This is straight up misinformation. We left the EU in the 2020 Boats exploded in 2018 And for umpteenth time: EU returns was farce that saw Britain take more migrants than we deported. In 2018: 1,215 transfers into UK under Dublin Regulation. 209 transfers out of the UK
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