@10DowningStreet @vonderleyen @Keir_Starmer Utter drivel. The overbearing EU laws restrict growth and innovation, will tie us to decisions we can’t influence and ultimately make us a vassal state
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James Durrant
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James Durrant
@je_durrant
Resident of Merstham and reader of interesting stuff
Redhill, South East Katılım Haziran 2018
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When the UK and the European Union work together, we all reap the benefits.
In these volatile times we need to go further and faster on economic, energy and defence security.
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@ThePosieParker @CharlotteCGill Gary is just another one of these “debate by talking over people and feigning ignorance” podcasters that try to appeal by bemoaning the rich. It’s all rather tedious and predictable
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This is a sublime take down of Gary’s “economics”.
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@KarlTurnerMP Stunt it may be, but Starmer keeps telling us the process was followed. A process that he is ultimately accountable for. A process that saw Mandelson, friend of Epstein and passer of condfidential information, appointed. Apologies aren’t enough, he needs to go
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It is a stunt. And it is different to liar Johnson situation. A stunt because the trick here is to watch Labour MPs clambering to block an enquiry. And different because Johnson was ignoring the rules of lockdown when others couldn’t see their granny’s.
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Well, thanks @TLRailUK rather than be a few minutes late, you cancel one of two trains to London from Merstham in the hour. Given our service to Victoria is also cancelled this week, it’s not good enough
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🚨 11 more asylum hotels have closed their doors to illegal migrants:
Banbury House Hotel – Banbury, Oxfordshire
Marine Court Hotel – Bangor, Ards and North Down
15 Citrus Hotel – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Holiday Inn Heathrow – Hillingdon, London
Britannia Hotel – Wolverhampton
Madeley Court Hotel – Madeley, Telford & Wrekin
OYO Lakeside – St Helens, Merseyside
Crewe Arms Hotel – Crewe, Cheshire East
Sure Hotel by Best Western – Aberdeen
The Rock Hotel – Halifax, Calderdale
Wool Merchant Hotel – Halifax, Calderdale
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@bphillipsonMP So you’re basically scrapping the Turing funding that enabled more uk students to study abroad than Erasmus? You are not a serious or qualified government
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Our future lies with our European partners.
Students, apprentices, educators and young people will soon be able to study, work and experience all Europe has to offer through Erasmus+.
timeshighereducation.com/news/british-c…
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@SNAFU__FUBAR @afneil Don’t forget some bright spark moved the nuclear deterrent to the defence budget, so non-nuclear spend is around £40bn
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@afneil The UK defence budget for 2024–25 is approximately £60.2 billion.
Israel's military spending equates to roughly £36.7 billion GBP (based on ~0.79 exchange rate),
UK spend £24 billion more than Isreal & get precious little value for money in return.
Corruption or incompetence ?
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French TV tonight -
"C'est une honte nationale": dépassée par la France, suppléée par l'Allemagne, qualifiée de "jouet" par Trump... Le déclin de la marine britannique embarrasse les Anglais
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@jpxan71 Oh wow. He apologised. Let’s get the bunting out. He was told about the closeness to Epstein. He was reminded of his previous ignominious loss of ministerial positions. Yet he still appointed him. An apology is words, not taking accountability
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@NickTorfaen “Where talents are recognised.” Surely it’s now nothing more than the recognition of the best toadying
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Yesterday the final stages of the Bill to remove hereditary peers concluded.
Parliament should be a place where talents are recognised. It should never be a place where titles handed out centuries ago hold power over the people.
I’m proud to have delivered this manifesto pledge.
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@lukejcr Politicians: People should show more respect to each other.
Also politicians: My opponent is a cake, “so called” politician.
You get the hypocrisy, right?
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If I were Suella Braverman, I think I’d be the last person giving lectures on “why people despise politicians”.
Maybe turn up to Parliament and do your actual job, rather than the fake one you’ve been given by Farage?
Suella Braverman@SuellaBraverman
What a stupid attempt at point-scoring. You’re doing exactly what people despise about politicians. Nigel and I spent the day visiting a fantastic Further Education college, meeting engineering apprentices and listening to local employers who are crying out for more skilled young people, rather than graduates with dud degrees. Oh, and learning more about a part of the country with poor educational outcomes. I’m very happy to teach you a few things about what we found- especially how Island businesses are being crippled by your government’s tax hikes which are stopping them from hiring young people. But of course, Labour doesn’t care about any of that.
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@robprogressive Totally agree taxes are too high and paying for too many things, but there are very few countries who don’t tax anything that moves in one way or another
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@DeborahMeaden @truemagic68 It would be if prices weren’t through the roof at the same time
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Wow… that’s quite something.
Simon Evans@DrSimEvans
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…
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@RhonddaBryant Don’t be ridiculous. She is entitled to disagree with the governments approach, or do you want to exercise mind control now?
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Badenoch is so obsessed with partisan knockabout she can’t bring herself to do the Loyal Opposition bit even at a time when UK bases are under attack and UK citizens are stranded overseas. Says it all.
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@RachelReevesMP So you think continuing fiscal drag is the right thing, or maybe raising taxes in employment, or possibly bringing more small businesses into VAT. Are you serious?
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This Government has the right economic plan in an uncertain world.
Cutting the cost of living, cutting borrowing and growing the economy to make all parts of Britain better off.
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@RachelReevesMP Labour - the party taking us back to gaslighting
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At the Budget, I said I would cut the cost of living.
I said we would cut energy bills.
Today, we are.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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I promised to bring bills down and I meant it.
And today, because of the decisions this Labour government has made, the energy price cap has lowered by £117.
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@OAPJo It is a benefit. If 100% of the average persons NI contribution (c £4500 employee and employer) went into a pot for their pension it still wouldn’t be enough to buy an equivalent annuity. And that’s before other benefits are deducted from the NI tax
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Dear DWP, my pension is not a ‘benefit’ - I paid into it for over 40 years and had 6 years worth stolen from me to pay the banks. Please, stop referring to my paid-for pension as a ‘benefit’.. it isn’t!
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@DaleVince You mean when we were innovative, rich, powerful, able to do stuff fast, and unburdened by a nanny state. Oh God, how would we manage?
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As much as I agree with this, I think Starmer has invested so much political capital in the Chagos ‘deal’, preaching such absolute legal certainty, imperatives for military security, and mockery of Kemi Badenoch for not attending a crucial national security briefing, that it is impossible for him to climb down and remain in office. President Trump's rebuke is indeed humiliating: a U-turn on this would be fatal for him. It is quite possible now that the Chagos surrender will proceed for no other reason than to save the Prime Minister, which is, of course, contemptible, not to say a scandal.
Priti Patel MP@pritipatel
President Trump has once again publicly rebuked Keir Starmer and his Government over their ill-judged, unnecessary and expensive Chagos Surrender. This is an utter humiliation for Starmer. It's time Starmer finally saw sense, u-turned and scrapped this appalling deal altogether. Giving up British sovereign territory to an ally of China and paying for the privilege is irresponsible and reckless and is clearly undermining our relationship with our most important ally. While Starmer, Labour and their leftie lawyer friends threaten to undermine our security and defence, the Conservatives will keep fighting against the Chagos Surrender for as long as it takes. telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/20…
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@PeterMcCormack I like the principle but I’d worry we end up with two scenarios: 1. We still get party sick ups who are as thick as mince, and 2. If it attracts the best, some dim spark will accuse it of elitism!
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Pay our MPs much more, minimum £250k. This would attract genuinely competent people, instead we’re overpaying for idiots.
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth
"We hear of some MPs briefing newspapers that they're going to stand down if they can't have second jobs because £82,000 a year isn't enough. I say to those MPs, good riddance, go! Our democracy does not need you" @RichardBurgon in 2021
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