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@SamanthaTaghoy Happy St. George's day. Wonderful to see some English pride. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Happy St. George’s Day from this proud Englishwoman! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@KonstantinKisin Isn't a key difference that if the media/political opponents can prove Starmer lied to parliament then he will have to resign?

It's amazing that the entire British media and political establishment will spend weeks obsessing over how exactly a paedophile's best friend was appointed by our government, while completely ignoring the fact that the government is destroying our economy through Net Zero, bankrupting the country through welfarism and punitive taxation and disarming the country by failing to fund the military despite repeated warnings from senior military figures. This obsession with trivia is partly human nature, of course. But it's also a dereliction of duty and a reflection of just how unserious our entire political class has become.

@sharrond62 🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬

Pleased to see the Chagos deal ( for this session anyway ) is off the table, saving British tax payers 36 billion we absolutely can’t afford to give away for important strategic territory! And against the wishes of the locals.

@SamuelWhittem14 @PolymarketIntel We just need 6 weeks notice to reschedule the Navy's timetable to make one ship ready

@PolymarketIntel Talk is cheap…what can the UK DO ABOUT IT?

UK Defense Sec. John Healey: “To President Putin I say, we see you, we see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences.”

@EmmaLercy @ALITER236 @RealXBailey @DanielJHannan A liar would seem more probable to me

@nozzle_d503 @ALITER236 @RealXBailey @DanielJHannan Well 9 months ago Trump said he'd obliterated their nuclear capability. And then a month ago he said he had to stop them imminently building a nuclear bomb. So it either doesn't take decades or he's a liar

Trump has just lost a war to Iran. I would liken it to the Suez débâcle except that, at Suez, Britain successfully swept Egyptian resistance aside. We were defeated by Eisenhower’s hostility, not Nasser’s tanks. This time, the US just flat out lost - and the world is vastly worse off for it.

@ALITER236 @RealXBailey @DanielJHannan But will take decades surely

@RealXBailey @DanielJHannan Iranian regime, which can rebuild all of those things, not gone.

@dshensmith @realninawysocka Whilst I can't say I believe in God in a literal sense I am undeniably influenced by the Christian heritage of our island nation. I have increasingly considered myself a "cultural Christian". We need something to bind us, something beyond politics which we can rally around.

@realninawysocka I think in isolation, it wouldn't have mattered. But with the state of the UK and competing narratives, I think it really does matter to a lot of people.

No Easter message from the King. Is it a big deal… or are people just overreacting?

@DrChrisCombs Going to ask a stupid question and get a world of abuse but here it goes. IF they missed the moon (I mean by a lot so its gravity doesn't effect them) would the Earth's gravity eventually pull them back in or would they continue out?

I love this perspective as well Really showcases how we are "catching" the moon with this trajectory

@mark_weaver @miriam_cates I suppose it's how you interpret HMRCs definition of contribution.I think her point is that you may well make NI "contributions", but you aren't really contributing into your own pension scheme as such, but that of those claiming now. Contribute enough and you get the pension too

@miriam_cates If the state pension is not a 'contributory scheme' how come I can go online(gov.uk) and check if my 'NI contributions' are sufficient to entitle me to the full state pension?

No one has ‘paid into’ the state pension. NI payments are spent by the government of the day, not put into a pot with your name on. Using these terms just perpetuates the myth that the state pension is a contributory scheme. It isn’t. It’s a non-means tested universal benefit paid for by current taxpayers.

@GreatBritishPAC That is fantastic. I wasn't expecting that result. Congratulations everyone 🇩🇬

WE WON! Right of abode restored for the Chagossians. The Court has ruled they can remain on their islands. After decades of injustice, everything has changed. Immense credit to KC Philip Rule and Barrister James Tumbridge. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. 🇮🇴🇬🇧

@ShahrarAli Genuine question. Why would he do it?

The Daily Mail has spoken to three members of Mr Polanski’s extended family – none of whom now talk to him. ‘He’s currently the leader of the future Islamic party of Britain, that’s what the Green Party is fast becoming,’ said one. ‘And there would be no place for Jews in an Islamic state of Britain.’ But family members have described their shock at how the former actor and hypnotist has become leader of a party expressing hatred for Israel. ‘If the Zionism-is-racism motion is passed it will make the Greens the most anti-Semitic party in British history since Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists,’ said a second relation. ‘The idea of it is one of the most sickening things I’ve heard in a long time.’ A third family member said: ‘The mad thing is that he’s gay, he’s Jewish but he’s cosying up to people whose ideology is the complete antithesis of everything that he’s supposed to stand for. It’s like he’s a chicken, telling us to vote for KFC.’ dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

@CalumDouglas1 Is it a coincidence that the first nation to industrialise was the first to ban slavery? With mechanical power, no need for slaves. Britain could afford the moral luxury of abolishing slavery. Just a thought.

Slavery began in large form soon after humans first began to settle into collective organized groups large enough to be called what we could call towns (this refers to the number of people involved not the sophistication of the buildings). However scholars state that slaves probably existed in small numbers even before this. This occured absolutely everywhere on earth, later vast numbers were taken by Arabs, where extremely large numbers died as many of them were required for Hareems (Islamic designated areas for Women only) where the males had to be eunuchs so they did not interfere with the Arab women. The Arab slave traders cut off the genitals with knives and the ones still alive once they`d walked over the desert to the ships were taken away. The huge attrition rate was irrelevant as the price paid for Eunuchs was enough to offset those who bled to death in the sand for whom very little had been paid. So they simply took far more than were needed, knowing that the final price was worth it, and was far less effort than looking after those medically who had been mutilated. Some alternatively had their genitals cut off in designated rooms at the ports, and were simply thrown overboard when they died. When Europeans arrived, they didnt even have to travel inland or "take" slaves, as they simply contacted the african warlords who were already selling slaves from local rival tribes, the Europeans were merely the latest buyers to arrive. It is estimated that about 90% of all slaves Europeans removed from Africa, were simply purchased upon arrival there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_i… The first nations to decide that this was no longer tenable were Iceland and Norway, however these were internal policies with no external effects, more serious measures were taken by Haiti and Denmark, who actually included abolition of the transatlantic trade. Britain began stopping the trade with the The Slave Trade Act of 1807. Later the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 represented the FIRST legislative act in the world, which not only began the process of banning the internal use of slaves, AND the trade, but also included active external use of military force to STOP the practise elsewhere. The British expended significant military effort stopping the trade, and then eventually bought the freedom of the slaves in our lands, at immense cost in 1833, the loan was only paid off in 2015. The British nation at the time spent the about 2% GDP for a considerable time on stopping slavery. About three thousand Royal Navy personell were involved in this interdiction effort. It is difficult to make exact figures, but the largest slave users in known history since reasonable records began was the Roman Empire, with about 10 to 15 million slaves at the peak of the empire in captivity, which were mostly white European in origin with countless nationalties, including Britons, Germans, Greeks and Spaniards, some africans were also used. unrv.com/slavery.php The second most prolific users of slaves were Arab/Islamic nations, with about 11 > 18 million slaves in use, spanning well over a thousand years of exploitation. These were taken from Africa, India and Europe, and included many white europeans. soamibooks.com/post/the-islam… The third was the Portuguese Empire, which is estimated to have taken about 6 million slaves from Africa specifically. statista.com/statistics/115… The forth was the British empire which took about 3 million slaves, mostly from Africa over about 170 years. slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/artic… The fifth was the French empire, which took about a million slaves, mostly from Africa. encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/transa… Unlike the Arabian and Islamic nations who used slaves for well over a thousand years, Britain in just 170 years went from using slavery, to banning and then bring the first to militarily enforce this ban internationally. We do not know exactly how many black Africans over time were enslaved by other black Africans for use internally within Africa, but we know it was utterly endemic to the societies there, and was was vast in scope. Estimates range from 25% to 75% of Africans in different parts of Africa for a large period in history existed on some level essentially as slaves to other Africans, although some had better life conditions than others and in some regions could expect after a long period of service to possibly be released. ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/… I hope this leaves you marginally better informed about this terrible period in human history, which, is still very much ongoing in many parts of the world today.

@John2Win You might as well ask him about open heart surgery in outer Mongolia, he won't answer.

📣 I’ve been selected to ask Keir Starmer a question at PMQs tomorrow! What should I ask him?

@afneil Genuine question. What is the strategy behind this behaviour?

I am baffled as to why consistently behaving like a total prat is regarded as a sensible election strategy. I’ve never seen the thinking behind it explained The Lib Dems have more MPs than they’ve had for a long time. It’s a solid base on which to build, especially given Labour’s woes. But this is not the way to do it.

@SamaramGill @grok is this true?

🚨JUST IN: The Bank of England is reportedly REMOVING Winston Churchill and Austen from UK banknotes with insiders calling the move “overdue” and replacing Britain’s greatest historical figures with otters and badgers in the name of “diversity”. Overdue? To erase Churchill and celebrate wildlife? You couldn’t make it up. This is bonkers woke revisionism!

@FennellJW I don't know the history of this. Was abolishing the Admiralty a good idea?

Its worth remembering what the Royal Navy looked like in 1964, the year the Admiralty was abolished and rolled into MOD. There were still three fleets each with a carrier, in the UK, Med and at Singapore, together with task forces in the Gulf, Red Sea and at Hong Kong.

@NileGardiner @Nigel_Farage Please make it end for good

Nigel Farage, the front runner to be the next British Prime Minister, is meeting with President Trump today. Time to sink Keir Starmer’s ghastly Chagos surrender deal for good. @Nigel_Farage

@NavyLookout @UKDefJournal I remember raising this 15 yrs ago in the office. The look of bewilderment or sniggering (like the idea of defence spending was old fashioned or quaint) said it all - the public had no interest, so government got away with cut after cut. Now the chickens have come home to roost

Latest anaysis article: Britain wakes up to the condition of its Navy navylookout.com/britain-wakes-…

@RobertMidgley07 @BritishOverseas But US still uses an air base there. How would leasing it give any better protection if China sent a fleet?

New information shows Biden backed the Chagos deal because the UK can't defend the islands if Mauritius aligned with China and called in a fleet As a live example, we saw Akrotiri hit this week with no defence Our Overseas Territories lack the basic defences and has to change

@SenJohnKennedy Starmer is an embarrassment. I hope I speak for many UK citizens when I say his world views do not match ours. Look forward to rebuilding the UK/US relationship once he is gone (with Chagos still under our rule) 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇬

It’s no secret that China knows how important our joint base on Diego Garcia is. That’s why I’m pushing for the U.S. to pull out all the stops to keep the Chagos Islands in American and British hands. wsj.com/politics/natio…