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Aleks

@an648

Father, rational thinker and latterly concerned citizen. Nostalgic of the days when we had free discourse to educate each other instead of cancel opinions.

London, England Katılım Aralık 2013
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Andrew Bridgen
Andrew Bridgen@ABridgen·
If Starmer feels the EU is better at making laws for the UK then he should resign and so should his MPs . This is not just betrayal it’s high treason. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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Matt Gubba
Matt Gubba@MattGubba·
UK energy costs are now 4x higher than in the US. Not double. Not triple. Four times. And we’re told this is “progress”. Factories are shutting. Investment is leaving. Jobs are disappearing. Why? Because Labour is pushing Ed Miliband’s Net Zero lunacy at any cost. Shutting down our own energy. Blocking North Sea drilling. Forcing reliance on expensive imports. Then acting surprised when bills explode. This isn’t climate policy. It’s economic self-harm. Other countries back their own energy. Britain punishes it. This is ideology over common sense. And we’re all paying the price.
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Preston Byrne
Preston Byrne@prestonjbyrne·
A Free Speech Act for the United Kingdom. Publishing on April 1st, 2026 at the @ASI. Not an April Fool's joke.
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Labour Digital Rights Network
🚨 One rule for them, another for the rest of us. An investigation by @techradar has revealed that local and national government departments have spent millions on VPN services, with several MPs even expensing commercial VPN subscriptions directly to the taxpayer. Yet, this is happening at the exact same time the government is consulting on whether to age-restrict or ban VPNs for the public, in order to prop up their unworkable social media bans. The hypocrisy is staggering. Politicians clearly recognise that VPNs are vital legitimate tools for privacy and cybersecurity, but when young people seek these exact same protections they are treated as inherently suspicious and threatened with digital exclusion. We cannot allow Westminster's misguided "safetyism" agenda to dismantle basic digital security. Privacy is a fundamental right for everyone online - not a luxury reserved for the political elite. Read the full piece below ⤵️ techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privac…
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Fred de Fossard
Fred de Fossard@defossardf·
This is the best and clearest explanation so far on why we must reopen and exploit our North Sea reserves by @KathrynPorter26. Gas is traded regionally not globally. British gas from the North Sea can bring down European prices in the summer. It is significantly cheaper than LNG. We would also benefit from additional tax revenues, improve our balance of payments, and keep oil and gas jobs in Britain, as well as in the wider supply chain like refining. It looks the Energy Secretary is too dug in to change course, and Starmer is too weak to overrule him. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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Preston Byrne
Preston Byrne@prestonjbyrne·
UK Free Speech Act draft nearly done. Weekend was spent redesigning the English public order and communications offences regimes. We are basically taking the Public Order Act regime back to 1985 and adding free speech protections.
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Mel Stride
Mel Stride@MelJStride·
Labour hiked taxes by £66 billion - and still can't stop BORROWING. February borrowing alone hit £14.3 billion this year - the highest February monthly borrowing since the pandemic. Debt interest alone now tops £100 billion. That's double the defence budget. We're piling debt onto the next generation because Starmer and Reeves refuse to control spending. Rachel Reeves has mismanaged the economy and made irresponsible choices. She's scrapped spending cuts. Hammered businesses. Punished wealth creators. And what's the result? Debt levels we haven’t seen since the 1960s. Enough is enough. Britain must live within its means.
The Times and The Sunday Times@thetimes

Government borrowing has surged to £14.3bn, nearly doubling official forecasts and marking the second-highest February on record #Echobox=1773993214" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/business/econo…

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Matthew Elliott
Matthew Elliott@matthew_elliott·
The Government will collect £331bn in income tax this year, and spend £333bn on welfare. In other words, we now spend more on people not working than we raise from those who do. And the cost? Debt per person has risen from £11.5k in 2000 (inflation adjusted) to over £41k today.
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Aleks@an648·
@prestonjbyrne Glad someone is actually fighting our corner here. Hope you’re well buddy!!
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Preston Byrne
Preston Byrne@prestonjbyrne·
The UK Free Speech Act 2026 - a model bill implementing my "UK Free Speech Act 2021" proposal - is very nearly done. Three drafters, 24 pages, 6,709 words, repeals 8 Acts of Parliament in their entirety and significant repeals of 7 more.
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@JaniceA91439399 @KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer The jury returned a non guilty verdict on encouraging violent disorder in his case which was probably correct, whether he might have been found guilty of lesser charges is another matter but they were not what he was prosecuted for.
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Karl Turner MP
Karl Turner MP@KarlTurnerMP·
Why does @Keir_Starmer think that a white middle class, often public school educated, geezer (mainly men) wearing a wig think that they are better than 12 ordinary men and women form diverse backgrounds to decide a case which can get the accused 3 years in jail? 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinho·
This is extraordinarily misinformed. Ed Miliband just bought offshore wind on a twenty year contract at a HIGHER price than gas power is now during an energy price spike. They are locking us into crisis-level prices for decades. That’s what they call ‘control’.
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Bernie
Bernie@Artemisfornow·
LOL if you needed proof there it is. Translation - Even the taxpayer funded wind companies are begging Ed Miliband to restart North Sea drilling. They know perfectly well their subsidised contracts won’t be paid if Britain collapses I’ve made myself laugh 😂
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@KarlTurnerMP Then why did you abstain from the vote? Answer that simple question.
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@JaniceA91439399 @KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer They might be technically trained that way but they are not robots so at least their individual human biases or worse yet possible corrupt influence will always be a risk for any process where a single human makes the call.
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Janice
Janice@JaniceA91439399·
@KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer They are trained to judge a case by what the law says and not by prejudice and opinion. They have to explain their decision and how it relates to the law.
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Richard Donaldson
Richard Donaldson@RDonaldson91·
🇬🇧 Right… we need to have a serious talk. I know many of you feel lost right now. I know many of you feel anxious, frustrated… even like giving up. And I’ll be honest with you, sometimes I feel it too. Last week something incredible happened. Our petition to ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from running for public office became the fastest growing petition in the country. In just 48 hours it passed 100,000 signatures. And before it has even reached Parliament, five MPs from Labour, the Conservatives and Reform have already publicly backed it because of our email campaign. Ordinary people got MPs from multiple parties to support banning terrorists from our government. That should be national news. But then…People stopped sharing it. The petition is now sitting at 175,000 signatures after ten days, and the reason it has slowed down is simple: Only 0.4% of people who see the posts are actually sharing them. That means 99.6% of people scroll past it. And here’s the part that has genuinely been getting to me… This weekend alone I received thousands of messages saying: “Rich, you should start a petition about this.” “Rich, you need to get more MPs backing it.” “Rich, it’s slowing down, you need to do something.” Some people have even told me they can’t be bothered to copy and paste the pre-written email I created for you to send to your MP. Let me say something honestly. No one is coming to save us. The mainstream media won’t touch this story. They won’t even reply to my emails. This only works if ordinary people actually get involved. So the next time you message me saying I should start a petition… Ask yourself first: Could you share one? Could you start your own? The next time you think it’s a bit of a faff to spend 30 seconds signing it or emailing your MP, ask yourself a simple question: Do you want terrorists sitting in our government or not? And the next time you feel like writing “Nothing works, we should just give up”… Ask yourself why you can spend the time writing that message, but not the same amount of time actually doing something. Because doing something is always better than doing nothing. This isn’t about me. No one owes me anything. You’re not signing this petition for me. You’re doing it for your country, your children, and the future we leave behind. So if you believe in this cause: Sign the petition. Share it. Send the email to your MP. Because every time we choose to do nothing, we are assisting our own demise. Link in the comments below on how you can support this movement, sign the petition, get the email template and join in “Operation 2026”. “Be the change you want to see in the world” We are Great Britain.
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@Cpass12David Are you interested in buying a bridge? I’ve got one for sale…
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@KarlTurnerMP If his incompetence was limited to this error in judgment alone maybe you’d be correct but it’s just another thing in a catalogue of poor decisions and scandal. He should have resigned long ago.
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Karl Turner MP
Karl Turner MP@KarlTurnerMP·
Mistake, YES. Catastrophic mistake in that PM must resign? Absolutely NOT. But this will drip, drip, drip for weeks and months to come. It was avoidable and of course questions are bound to be asked about our PM’s judgement. That’s the truth. No escaping it.
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Freddie New
Freddie New@freddienew·
Nearly three million of us already gave a consultation response to Digital IDs. We said 'NO'. Now they're trying again. And so must we. Link to the consultation below, and how to respond. You know what to do!
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Dr Dave Cartland BMedSc MBChB Ex-MRCGP@CartlandDavid

Digital ID consultation launched by govt a few hours ago Go get em. Closes 5th May 2026 gov.uk/government/con… This is the full consultation document. I am going to read every word and then do a write up. It will take me time to do this. I also suggest everyone reads it if they can, as it will give us key info on what is hidden within the wording and key areas to look out for by what they are NOT saying gov.uk/government/con… Post from t.me/lawyersoflight

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