How and will country go bankrupt doing it?
Harry Eccles@Heccles94
The Green Party are the only Party with real policies to tackle inequality and reduce poverty for real.
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Stephen John Chapman
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Stephen John Chapman
@chopperchapman2
Brighton fan; who also loves a bet and sport in general.
Billericay, UK Katılım Haziran 2012
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Our realistic enemy though is Russia and we do not have the defences to persuade them not to attack us or our NATO allies
Richard Murphy@RichardJMurphy
Britain's real enemy is not Iran - it's failed defence thinking youtu.be/89VMb7_LuOw?si… Lord George Roberston's claim that social security costs are the enemy of defence of the UK reveals his total failure to understand the meaning of defence.
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Can we send you now please to see the Chinese and persuade them to give up fossil fuels
Bob Ward@ret_ward
I am afraid that Ian Duncan Smith simply hasn’t grasped the main issue. We will not persuade other countries to leave their fossil fuels in the ground if we try to extract every last molecule of oil and gas from the North Sea.
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Two questions though 1/ what we our power sources when it is cloudy and there is little wind? More nuclear perhaps? 2/Why do we need to subsidise Renewables by the gas price?
Candice Holmes@hol40900
Caroline Lucas is right. North Sea output has collapsed, investment is falling off a cliff and new fields would take years to come online. Renewables already generate over half our electricity—and do it faster, cheaper, and without wrecking the climate.🌍
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@breeallegretti How does stopping this make the UK safer?
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Exc: Keir Starmer should halt co-operation with the US on a major defence project given President Trump’s “hostility” to Britain, the Welsh first minister has said.
In the most high-profile attack yet on Trump by a senior Labour figure, Eluned Morgan called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to mothball development of a deep space radar facility in Pembrokeshire.
She urged the prime minister to pause the scheme, which is earmarked as a key site for the UK, US and Australian defence alliance, because of Trump being an “unreliable partner”.
It marks a major escalation in pressure on Starmer to take a tougher line on the US leader over his threats to “annihilate” Iranian civilisation, as well as his disparaging remarks about the British armed forces.
Ministers are planning to use the Cawdor Barracks, which was originally set to close in 2028, as Britain’s new headquarters of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) programme.
The proposal would include hosting a network of 27 large parabolic dishes which would track objects such as satellites and debris in high Earth orbit.
The Welsh base would be one of three locations hosting these radar stations, alongside two sites in the US and Australia. The programme is a key part of the Aukus partnership announced in 2021, a trilateral scheme to share defence capabilities between the three countries.
However, Morgan, who represents the area where the base is located, said Starmer should curtail the scheme in protest against Trump’s actions.
She told The Times: “Trump’s hostility towards the UK and verbal attacks on our nation in the light of the prime minister’s refusal to give the US president support in the attack on Iran should lead us to pause our involvement in this proposal.
“His threats to annihilate the Iranian civilisation reached a new low recently and we should not be associating ourselves with such an unreliable partner who threatened war crimes on civilians, and have insulted UK armed forces in terms of their commitment to fight in Afghanistan.”
The Times understands that if the MoD refuses to pause the DARC project, a Welsh first minister could “call in” the planning decision for the barracks’ development.
The process would see the Welsh government decide on the planning application, which has been submitted by the MoD to Pembrokeshire county council, to gain permission for the installation of radar facilities.
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It’s often proved to be painful but means I don’t get as much rule taking for unelected officials in Brussels.
Socialist Opera Singer@OperaSocialist
Everyone knows Brexit has failed. Like and retweet if you want YOUR Freedom of Movement back.
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All probably true but you forgot that we absolutely need to spend more money on defence but also spend it better.
sandra@mrsDugskullery
Lord Robertson (who looks a lot like Postman Pat) says we need to spend more on arms not welfare. He could forfeit his state pension. He probably doesn't need it. After all he has👇 MPs pension NATO pension £350 every time sits in the Lord's. Lobby money from the arms industry.
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@BladeoftheS But we and arguably Spain did previously. But can you say Oliver Cromwell or Franco were any better?
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People who want to abolish the monachy has hit 55% in Spain and 52% in the UK.
It is time abolish King and Queens for good, as should have happened centuries ago.
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You did not grasp point which is we need to spend a lot more money on defence to persuade Russia not to attack NATO countries. It does not need to come from pensioners but needs to come from somewhere. Pensioners have actually got proportionately richer compared to other groups.
Neil Clark@NeilClark66
This is deranged. Making out that if people get decent state pensions we’ll be invaded by Russia. And that we have to choose between the two. Please get me out of this madhouse.
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@MichaelRosenYes What about blame EU for imposing these ridiculous obstacles not just on Brits but also all non EEA countries. Also they do not impose minimum standards on EU members
2 have enough passport gates and staff available. If we did the same they would be rightly protesting.
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@chopperchapman2 Have you ever made a mistake? Got regulations and rules muddled? Thought that an old way of doing things was still the way things are now?
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Think that was rule pre Brexit as well. Also thats down to you not anyone else as it is a well known issues for passports issued prior to 2018.
Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷@MichaelRosenYes
Ha! I’ve just been refused entry onto a plane from Stansted to Bologna because my passport issue date is March 2016. The expiry date is August 2026 but the rule is 10 years from issue date. Another Brexit benefit. Apparently. Go home now.
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Waters is hardly independent on these matters though is he!
☀️👀@zei_squirrel
Roger Waters exposes Radiohead's Thom Yorke for the genocidal Zionist scumbag he is: "The guy is a complete prick. He's damaged. He's obviously deeply insecure and thinks he's very bright when he's not. It is not a conflict, it is a genocide, and you are supporting it Thom."
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Accept all the evidence from across the globe says when ever you tax the ultra rich more then you never get the proceeds you expect and country gets poorer.
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We will not be conscripted. We will not serve. We will not comply.
Shadow of Ezra@ShadowofEzra
Sir Richard Knighton admits the United Kingdom is preparing a major plan to ready the whole country for a major global war. Everybody, from the military and police to hospitals and industry, has to be ready for the transition to war.
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@CallionFiona Your being biased as you are happy to support the terrorists on both sides who
Killed innocents all went free. Why not same for the soldiers?
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Fuck you ..
Your soldiers murdered our innocent children 🖤
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch
Nearly 30 years from the Belfast Agreement, Labour is allowing our ageing veterans to be dragged before the courts for defending Britain. Without these men there would have been no peace process - the terrorists would have triumphed. Starmer is betraying them.
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Sorry while Russian Army did win WW2 they were not exactly a participant in the Battle of Britain nor did Germans even have a viable invasion plan.
David__Osland@David__Osland
The main reason Britain is 'not speaking German' is the Red Army. Not the US Marine Corps.
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Up to a court and a jury. Issue will be what they knew and whether they would be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. Mind you both are morally bankrupt!
Lee Patriot Hood@Mofoman360
Do you think Paula Vennells and Ed Davey should go to prison for their part in the post office scandal Yes or No? #PostOfficeScandal
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Totally agree with Mitchell, failure by umpires to manage bowler and fielding team, but they have let it do it all season. Bowler is cheating imo. But then T20 is just a joke anyway so who cares, not me!
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No one has done it but you could solve council funding easily. Options are quite diverse though
1. Move all council workers off final salary pension schemes onto defined contribution schemes will save billions.
To be continued
Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski
The economy was designed, and it can be redesigned. Green councils will not hold back in demanding a change in direction from this Government.
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