Sir Alan Duncan
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@SirAlanDuncan
MP for 27 years and UK Foreign Minister 2016-19.
If this was happening to peaceful protestors and journalists in any other country the international community would have spoken up and condemned it. Why not when it is being done in @JustinTrudeau’s Canada?
#stormdudley knocked out all our power a few hours ago. Within minutes - in this remote storm-tossed part of the Hebrides - neighbour after neighbour came round to check on candle supply, firewood, food etc... This is a magic place #Islay #islandlife
Apropos of nothing, here's a list of the organisations, experts, and other notable persons who have concluded that Israel is imposing a regime of apartheid on Palestinians, or recently warned that this may soon arise. 🧵👇 1/quite a few
On my way to Reading University to speak to some politics and came across this moving memorial at Paddington that I hadn't seen before #wewillrememberthem
Four Years Ago Today, the Trump-Pence Administration made history recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel. America Must Always Stand With Israel! 🇺🇸🇮🇱
Ardeshir Zahedi, the Shah's flamboyant ambassador in Washington has passed at 93. He was Kissinger's confidante. In September 1973, a few weeks before Sadat launched the Yom Kippur War, Kissinger dispatched Zahedi to meet... washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…
So spads are briefing they're embarrassed about docs their own departments publish & which they themselves have to sign off - i.e government not even pretending to control the government. Normally they try not to break kayfabe so a sign this gvt is particularly gripless/clueless
Sir David Amess a few weeks ago with his wife Julie at their daughter Alexandra's wedding with their other girls as bridesmaids. Utterly heart-breaking. 💔
Fans of the repeal of the #FTPA might remember there have been previous attempts to get rid of it, such as this one by @SirAlanDuncan in 2015… hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-0…
We're appalled @JewishNewsUK is running ads for "Givat Adumim", even before the controversial settlement project has been approved by the Israeli government. Settlements are illegal and immoral. They steal Palestinian land, then restrict Palestinians' freedom and movement.
Breaking: Israeli forces shot and killed 15-year-old Imad Khaled Saleh Hashash today during a raid on Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Imad was watching the raid from the roof of his house when Israeli forces shot him in the head with live ammunition.
Quote tweet this tweet and tell me why you watched Farage on GB News last night. 📺
