Andy Youngson

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Andy Youngson

Andy Youngson

@YoungsonAndy

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Andy Youngson
Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@TiceRichard Have you got any recordings/videos of all those warm Easter messages that our late Queen Elizabeth II did? I'm well into my 70s and think I may have alzheimer's as I don't seem to remember any of them
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Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧@TiceRichard·
After his nice messages at Eid and Ramadan, we look forward to a warm Easter message from King Charles III in his role as Defender of the Faith of the Church of England
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Andy Youngson
Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@RobertJenrick Care to discuss your pension arrangements? Naaaa thought not, are you also hoping to top up your massive tax payer funded pension by doing your usual grifting and trying your slimy best to get appointed to the House of Lords, you really are a cold hearted slimy nasty politician
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Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick@RobertJenrick·
Defined benefit public sector pensions are the British state’s second largest liability. They’re about £2.4 trillion - around 100 per cent of GDP. The old parties have ducked this for years. Most of the media won’t talk about it either. But Reform UK will not dodge this mammoth issue. Richard Tice has already announced that a Reform would close Local Government Pension Schemes to new entrants. And today Reform UK launched a review of whether new entrants for any defined benefit scheme should be permitted to such schemes. Reform UK have already announced £40bn of yearly savings. In the coming weeks, we’ll be saying more about the true cost of the Boriswave and unskilled migration we’ve had - and how Reform will stop it blowing a hole in the country’s finances. And we will commit to more savings in the coming months. It’s because we are the only the party with a plan to cut wasteful spending that we can credibly commit to keeping the triple lock. So, yes: we’ll balance the books. We just won’t do it on the backs of British people who’ve paid in their whole life. Instead, we’ll save tens of billions by resetting Government spending so it puts the British people – and only the British people – first.  Politics is about choices.  And we choose the British people. We will every time.
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@cl23716537 @oaksandlions I've a good friend, who's Irish)and also a keen stamp collecter, I'll put the horn on a Norway stamp question to him over a beer tomorrow
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Emil@cl23716537·
@YoungsonAndy @oaksandlions Sorry, I didn’t read your reply correctly! I thought you meant stamps and somehow I knew Ireland had harps on some stamps.
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Oaks And Lions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
Did you know Britain is the only country on Earth that doesn’t put its name on its stamps? Not by accident, but by design. In 1840, Britain introduced the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black. At the time, there was nothing else like it, so there was no need to include the country’s name. As other nations adopted the system, they were required to include their country's name for identification. Instead, British stamps carry the monarch. From Queen Victoria to today, the sovereign’s profile serves as the identifier of origin, a symbol of continuity and heritage. No name required. Because the system began here. 🇬🇧 Follow @oaksandlions for more interesting posts like this. #BritishHistory #RoyalMail
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@Nigel_Farage You mean get "on board" a sinking @reformparty_uk Feel sorry for all those failed ex Tories who've jumped one sinking ship to find themselves alongside the inept Captain of another sinking ship All these gimmick policy promises smack of desperation, you are now just a sideshow
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Nigel Farage MP
Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage·
Get onboard with cheaper holidays for British families. ✈️
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@colingorrie Arthur Conan Doyle was still using hound in 1901, otherwise he would have wrote "The Dog Of The Baskervilles"
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Colin Gorrie
Colin Gorrie@colingorrie·
The word "dog" is something of a mystery. All of English’s relatives have something like "hound": German has "Hund," Dutch has "hond," Swedish has "hund." Yet only English has a word like "dog." In Old English, the word for ‘dog’ was "hund" too, a word which survives in "hound." It's traceable back thousands of years to link up with its cousins in Latin "canis" and Ancient Greek "kýōn." Then, around the year 1050, a different word appears: "docga." It’s clearly the ancestor of "dog." But it has almost no written history before that, and no clear relatives in any other language. Nevertheless, by 1500, "dog" had replaced "hound" as the normal word for the animal. The upstart won: a real "underhound" story. So where did "dog" come from? And why did it spring out of nowhere? Some scholars think it might be a nickname. One clue: "dog" belongs to a cluster of English words that all share an unusual shape. We have "dog," "pig," "stag," "frog," "hog," even "earwig." They're all terms for animals, the kinds of things we might give cute nicknames to… even earwigs. On this theory, these words are like thousand-year-old versions of "doggy" and "piggy." They tend not to show up in Old English texts because they're informal: not the kind of thing monks write about. That's one theory, anyway: we'll probably never know for sure.
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Darren Grimes
Darren Grimes@darrengrimes·
Wow. Why are the BBC suddenly asking this question?
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Darren Grimes@darrengrimes·
Gawd. I wish these guys had been in government to enact these Reform UK policies.
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@theawayfans John Terry I remember in the last 10 min of one game our cheating manager told me and Cahill to cheat as well, so we did
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The Away Fans
The Away Fans@theawayfans·
John Terry: "One day, I remember well, in the last 10 minutes of the game, we were only one goal ahead and under a lot of pressure. At that moment, he called me and told me: 'You have to clear the ball away, and then you and Cahill should both fall to the ground. This way, the referee won't be able to force you to leave the field to be treated; he has no right to take out two players at once.' None of us knew that rule. Even the referee approached us and told us that we had to leave the field for a few seconds. But we created a small dispute with him, and I told him to consult with the assistant referee because he was wrong. Indeed, the referee spoke with his assistant and realised that he couldn’t force us to leave, as the rule states that when two players from the same team fall to the ground at the same time, they are not required to leave the field. As a result, we both stayed on the field, catching our breath. That's Mourinho. He had tricks that even we didn't know about. He knew how to outsmart his opponent, even using the rules. I believe he was way ahead of everyone else. He's a genius."
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@LucyTCWife So there you were thinking? then someone pointed out a photo HaHaHa Love that Jimmy Hill chin lol
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Lucy Connolly
Lucy Connolly@LucyTCWife·
Just having a moment of reflection, and thinking how crazy and unfair life can be. Then someone pointed out a photo that made me smile. On the left a photo of our crime minister this week. On the right a photo of me taken this week. Pictures paint a thousand words and Karma is a bitch! 😉😘 Never give up!
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@LeeAndersonMP_ It is not at all interesting, what is interesting, is the fact that you find it interesting? Care to explain to us why you find it interesting?
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Lee Anderson MP
Lee Anderson MP@LeeAndersonMP_·
This is interesting. 👇👇👇👇
Anika@anika_climate

🚨 BREAKING NEWS!!! STATISTICAL PROOF THE MET OFFICE IS INFLATING UK MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS, TO CREATE NET ZERO SUPPORTING CLIMATE ALARM!!! Conclusive’ statistical proof has emerged over the last year to show the UK Met Office is inflating maximum temperature readings to create Net Zero-supporting climate alarm. Over the last 30 years, the Met Office has produced the vast majority of its data from unnaturally heat-ravaged ‘junk’ sites using newly-installed accurate electronic devices able to record one minute heat spikes. The independent researcher Dr Eric Huxter has taken a year to examine the unnatural sudden rises that supply many daily ‘records’, and compared the overall spike averages with a pristine CIMO Class 1 control station. He concludes that it “could well explain the step change in rate of temperature change, and the marked increase in the step of new daily maximum records since 1990”. During his year-long project, Dr Huxter examined 340 daily maximum temperature highs recorded across 96 Met Office stations and discovered that these sites showed average short heat spikes around 1.1°C. Most of these spikes occurred around daily ‘records’ in junk CIMO Class 3, 4 and 5 locations. These sites have internationally recognised ‘uncertainties’ or possible errors of 1°C, 2°C and 5°C respectively. But spikes in temperature can occur naturally, so Huxter consulted a full year of individual minute temperature figures at a pristine Class 1 site in open farmland at Rothamsted. From the purchased records – a total of 525,541 – he was able to compile a baseline probability control. Here is the kicker – comparing the Rothamsted control with the 360 heat spikes at the largely junk sites, a chi-square test showed a highly significant difference of p <0.0001. This means that if there were truly no difference between the sites, the chances of observing such a large discrepancy in heat spikes would be less than one in 10,000 – in other words, more unlikely than one in 10,000 and quite possibly far smaller – for example, one in 100,000. Using such obviously flawed data, the Met Office’s Chief Scientist Professor Stephen Belcher calls for Net Zero to “stabilise the climate”, reporting that between 2014-2023 the number of days recording 28°C in the UK had more than doubled, while those over 30°C had tripled compared to 1961-1990. The BBC’s Chief Climate Headbanger Justin Rowlatt adds even more to the gaiety of the nation by reporting a Met Office claim that there has been a 40% increase in “pleasant days”, and these are defined as 20°C and above. “These changes may sound positive, but the UK’s shifting climate represents a dangerous upheaval for our ecosystems as well as our infrastructure”, he extrapolates. Words by Chris Morrison.

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Andy Youngson
Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@SandyofSuffolk @patmcfaddenmp So it's only @UKLabour MPs who claim expenses that irk you so much, and MPs of all the other political parties claiming expenses aren't an issue for you Wait till you find out about @nadhimzahawi claiming nearly 6k on his home energy bills for the electric heating in his stables
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Sandy Tregent
Sandy Tregent@SandyofSuffolk·
The MP who has claimed the most towards petrol expenses is Labour's @patmcfaddenmp who received £8,766. Other Labour MPs who claimed between £2,000 and £8,724 are Rachel Reeves, Jonathan Reynolds, Shabana Mahmood, John Healy and Darren Jones. Cabinet ministers also claimed an additional £7,000 for parking and congestion charges. So nice to see us plebs are contributing to them gadding about. While we can't afford to. Champagne socialism anyone?🙄😡🍾
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@afneil Is your brain addled? since when has @Keir_Starmer been a socialist PM. Got anything to say about @BorisJohnson rather dubious eye popping appointments (Baron Lebedev & Baroness Owen) to the House of Lords?
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Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil@afneil·
Reports that Keir Starmer to appoint Sadiq Khan to House of Lords. Why does a socialist PM still make people ‘lords’ in 2026? Why does a socialist Mayor even think of accepting? Labour 2024 manifesto promised to ‘replace’ the Lords with a ‘more representative second chamber.’ What happened to that pledge? Labour has a massive majority and should be able to push through long-overdue radical reform. Or just abolish it. But like every PM before him Starmer has found it convenient to keep the Lords largely as it is (bar getting rid of hereditaries, a modest change). In this case ‘elevating’ Khan to remove him as a leadership threat.
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@sophielouisecc Grifting at it's finest, but hey ho it makes a pleasant change from you saying you are a low income earner and getting free meals from @IcelandFoods The goal is simple, gimme your hard earned dosh BTW who's the image of? answer without googling it lol
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Sophie Corcoran
Sophie Corcoran@sophielouisecc·
I’m pleased to announce that today my legal team issued my claim in the Employment Tribunal against The Bar Council and 10,000 Interns Foundation for race discrimination. I can only bring this claim with your support, so if you can help please consider donating to my crowd funder. The goal is simple - to bring back fairness and genuine equality crowdjustice.com/case/help-me-e…
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Andy Youngson@YoungsonAndy·
@elonmusk Does that statement actually mean anything to is simple folk who are quite happy getting from A to B in an old banger, there millions of us out there you know, and we refuse to be brainwashed by hype
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Sophie Corcoran
Sophie Corcoran@sophielouisecc·
In Britain, businesses are banning workers from applying to jobs and internships because they are white in order to tackle ‘white privilege’ This is blatant racism. Today my lawyers have officially filed a claim against one such scheme. This has got to be the start of ending these unfair scheme. I nor anyone else, shouldn’t be denied an opportunity just because of my skin colour We will change this
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