Stephens Williams
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All me. My pleasure. Just so you know, I'm going to be writing about your attempts to deflect from legitimate scrutiny of you, your boss and your party again very soon...
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧@TiceRichard
Dan, Thanks for confirming that you have no decency, nor integrity. Instead, just obsessed against Reform. Now we all know for certain. Only question is whether it is your personal decision, or the instructions of your employer to behave in this way.
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Denis Sutherland was a United Nations Special Representative on Migration from 2006-2017. He had UN diplomatic immunity from prosecution. Look what he said about migration into England in 2006 !
“We must use migration to turn the English people into a minority in England …”
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"Keir Starmer has been presented with the Légion d'honneur"
And to think people asked why we were giving hundreds of millions of pounds to France.
Christopher Hope📝@christopherhope
NEW Sir Keir Starmer has been presented with the Légion d'honneur, recognising his work with France on the security of Europe and Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron thanked the Prime Minister for his “personal leadership” and “decency” as he gave the award. He said: “We found with you a very reliable and friendly partner.” More at @GBNEWS.
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@KEVINLeechkv @MartinKnight_ Me too. AC/DC headlined, white snake, BOC amongst others.
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@MartinKnight_ I saw them at The Monsters of Rock festival 1981 when they were special guests,
They played hit after hit
Every one a banger,
Bottles of piss were flying everywhere,
Slade were tremendous that day
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Slade are all mercifully still with us. Please get together one last time. Do Glastonbury & lift the country out of its misery. If only for a day. ##TakeMeBakHome
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@MartinKnight_ Saw them in '81 at Castle Donnington. Been pissing down all morning, Slade came on and the sun came out. Happy days 😃
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@BoyGeorge You won't be missed you pervert! How many years were you sentenced?
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@SBarrettBar Just the fact that he fails to punish hecklers drowning out reform MPs speaking makes him unfit for purpose!. He needs sacking. Also he's a cunt! His expenses are an utter piss take! Rant over
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The Speaker of the House of Commons has been a disgrace to the office for some time.
Zia Yusuf@ZiaYusufUK
Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House, has no jurisdiction over me. I am not afraid of him. He is a bully who did not even reply to a letter from a female Reform MP pleading for assistance with security until after I revealed it. If this is not true then I invite him to deny it on the record rather than try and bully the very people he has let down. Instead he briefs the press like a coward. He is a disgrace to his office.
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@PenroseWilliam He should swing. Vile man and caused unold pain and more to innocent sub postmasters. Some even took their lives due to this state persecution that this clown was in charge of.
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@FUDdaily My advice would be to go 'classic'. 25k could get you a really well restored car eg Alfa Romeo gtv from the mid 70s. Super Cheap insurance, holds value and will keep up with modern traffic. Great to drive and easy to maintain.
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I don't know why I found myself browsing through Autotrader last night. It's not as though I can afford a new car any time soon. One of those deep procrastination modes I suppose. What struck me, though, is how eye-wateringly dull modern cars are. You could deposit £20k in my account this morning, and I wouldn't be in a desperate hurry to go out any buy anything specific.
As much as anything, I don't understand why everything has to be an SUV now. Everything now has to be a road hog despite them being wholly useless as off-road or utility vehicles. They're not even sporty.
What also struck me is that I don't understand cars anymore. There was a time when the acronyms used to mean something vaguely relatable. GTi and ST used to mean a bit more perky and quick, and AMG meant fast, but now they slap the badge on any old piece wheezy of shit. I seriously can understand why Jeremy Clarkson has quit motoring journalism.
Buying a new car now is about as exciting as buying a new phone. There was a time when buying a new phone was a bit exciting because you'd be getting a capability upgrade, but we've now reached a plateau where you're just buying a replacement black rectangle. I don't even bother learning what all the specs mean now.
As much as anything choice paralysis is a factor. There are so many variants of the same thing to the extent that it's hard to care what the differences are.
This is one of the more tiresome facets of modern life. Just as an example, I thought I would do something considerate and replace all the bedding we have that's looking a bit tatty. I went on Amazon to buy pillows. That can't be too hard, right? Wrong. Go on Amazon and there's a bajillion different types, all of different shapes, sizes and material specs.
I just do not have the bandwidth to learn the technical specifications of pillows. I don't want to make space in my head for any more technical trivial. As a political pundit it is my job to form opinions on things whether they are interesting or not, from the latest MoD procurement to wind turbines, but even my brain capsizes when asked to form a detailed opinion on home furnishings. I just want a soft rectangle to sleep on. Why is this hard all of a sudden??
And it's not just cars and pillows. It's everything. Coffee machines, washing machines, desk fans, computers, televisions. I almost pine for the Soviet experience where you don't have to make complex choices because there's only one washing machine company. How many do we actually need?
But cars are even worse for this, because while you have a million different choices, they are all exactly the same, but the only thing you can be absolutely sure about is that anything you do buy will be bit more expensive, a lot less exciting, slower and heavier. Any residual fun there was to be had from motoring was eradicated years ago.
It's at this point I have to ask if this is just middle age creeping in, but it's not. Things are objectively shitter than they were. I do not want to go deep into a touchscreen menu system to find out how to adjust wing mirrors. What was wrong with a lever? Why do I have to wait twenty seconds for the electric motor to adjust my seat setting? Why have they complicated things that didn't need to be complicated?
The only thing this idle browsing of Autotrader has accomplished is to make me look at my ageing Vauxhall, with its agricultural levels of technology, with a certain fondness and regard, to the extent that I would rather look after it and keep it going another ten years rather than take on the exhausting chore of deciding which boring identikit pseudo SUV is the right fit for my needs.
But then I'm reminded that if I don't get my skates on and buy something in the next few years, I won't even have the luxury of choosing something I actually control. I will only be able to buy a mobile grid back-up battery that will report me to the state if my Greggs pasty exceeds my daily calorie intake, and call the police if I'm momentarily distracted by a passing aeroplane. The future is too depressing to even contemplate. We're going to get to a point where an early Ford Focus that just works without digital state supervision and surveillance will be Categroy A contraband, and people will mourn the Fiat Multipla because it's be the last car they can remember that looked even remotely different to anything else.
There was a time when I genuinely feared death through the fear of missing out - and intended to live forever, but the more I learn about the future techno-dystopia the more at ease I am with my own mortality. Eternal damnation and torment in Hell is a walk in the park compared to an eternity of this bullshit.
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@AndrewJames1901 Sorry - should have wished him a speedy recovery. Hopefully he's receiving best quality medical treatment.
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@AndrewJames1901 I hope this isn't related to the synthetic gene therapy COVID 'vaccine'. Poor old Enoch had to retire with heart issues.
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@Benleo No Ben. He is a professional broadcaster. His comments were crass and he should be sacked as he's an utter retard!
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Adam is a wet wipe of a bloke and I’m sure he’ll continue to prove that, but people should be gracious enough to accept apologies.
Otherwise what’s the point in anything?
Adam Boulton@adamboultonTABB
AN APOLOGY I was seriously wrong and insensitive in one of the several media appearances I made yesterday in reaction to the death of Ann Widdecombe. I got the timing and tone of my initial word portrait of her wrong. Of course I shared, and share, the horror at her murder and the respect for her remarkable and feisty political career. I also know that many people loved her for her subsequent showbiz stardom. Her untimely death is a horrible thing. My mistaken view was that in the context of rolling news coverage, I was being asked to contribute as an obituarist who has known her and interacted with her since the 1980s. This approach was premature. At no point was I expressing my personal feelings about her, that's not what I do. I was discussing her life in the round, based on the record of known facts and what she has said about herself, along with some recollections of our personal interactions. My choice of words on the spur of the moment was clumsy. I did not intend to offend though obviously I did.
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@Nigel_Farage An incredible woman and a National Treasure. May the savage who carried out this heinous crime rot in hell! Bring back the death penalty. RIP
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Leave a message of condolence in memory of Ann Widdecombe.
reformparty.uk/ann
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@STarrant34419 Plod were pretty quick putting out they were looking for a white male and not terror related.
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Just putting this out there,
Not trying to start a rumour,
But
What if it turns out that Ann was murdered by a immigrant/immigrants from the local hotel or something?
Me thinks the shit will really hit the fan if this is the case.
🙂🙂
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@adamboultonTABB Fuck off you disgusting excuse for a human being.
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AN APOLOGY
I was seriously wrong and insensitive in one of the several media appearances I made yesterday in reaction to the death of Ann Widdecombe. I got the timing and tone of my initial word portrait of her wrong.
Of course I shared, and share, the horror at her murder and the respect for her remarkable and feisty political career. I also know that many people loved her for her subsequent showbiz stardom. Her untimely death is a horrible thing.
My mistaken view was that in the context of rolling news coverage, I was being asked to contribute as an obituarist who has known her and interacted with her since the 1980s. This approach was premature. At no point was I expressing my personal feelings about her, that's not what I do. I was discussing her life in the round, based on the record of known facts and what she has said about herself, along with some recollections of our personal interactions. My choice of words on the spur of the moment was clumsy. I did not intend to offend though obviously I did.
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@VictoriaCoren @BBCTwo Been enjoying the reruns of early episodes being shown on some obscure channel recently. My observations are; 1) The questions have got easier 2) You showed much more of your gorgeous cleavage in those days. 🐶
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Out shopping for barbecue ingredients this morning, in advance of the big match? Which team will triumph? Who will sally forth towards ultimate championship?
That’s right: Only Connect returns on Monday night, 8pm @BBCTwo
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