#Tory

Trump berated PM Johnson over Huawei in heated phone chat -Johnson was planning to visit the US but no date has been set. Reports in UK newspapers that the trip
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1/13 So, a quick(ish) thread on what Labour have announced on asylum and immigration. Short version: there’s some really good and important stuff in the manifesto. But a bit woolly
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The Assault on TruthA thread https://andrewgodsell.wordpress.com/2021/05/08/the-assault-on-truth/ Peter OborneThe Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism I read this book with a combination
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In 1958, Eric Denson was ordered into a nuclear blast in order to conduct an experiment on his plane's radiation readings./thread He was sent home, covered in burns, vomiting, and
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Thread on what drives Brexit Brexit voters think they decided to vote for Brexit. But PR drives group thinking.The Tory Party works as unit via a PR grid.Ken Clarke exposed
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There's going to be a *lot* to say about this report. Going to take it very slowly. I have to say, I'm a real skeptic of the way of thinking
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Trump: “What about Brexit? Did Cameron make a mistake?”May: “Look, it’s Conservative Party politics”. (A UK adviser explained why Cameron had to call vote) Trump: “Why isn’t Boris Johnson the
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THREAD: Brexit was always a stupid idea, completely detached from the realities of 21st-Century life. It's a pipe dream dreamt up in the parlours of those with everything to gain
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My parents have this excellent defense for their political views: they haven’t read anything.There are no sources or statistics to undermine. Nothing. It’s impenetrable. They just weather the storm, give
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I know nobody asked for a struggling Liverpool indie band's singer's opinion on COVID-19, but we're all screaming into the void here aren't we.Given the 'protests' this weekend it got
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Goveller’s TravelsAug 27thThe affairs of Lilliput described.After I had obtained my liberty a spite named Patel came to me. I lay down that she might the more conveniently reach my
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12/05/19, the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) submitted redacted 70 sworn testimonies from current and former staffers, and concluded that Labour is suffering from the “corrosive disease” of institutional racism &
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If you value the NHS, vote for it #GE2019 #VoteLabour Pledge 1: £1bn to restore the nurses’ training bursary for nurses to help recruit 24,000 extra nurses & midwives.Why
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No silver bullets, but there are solutions to Labour's working-class problem1 Listening not telling. Switch off twitter, talk about the everyday & what matters to people in marginal seats2 Avoid
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This is, with all due respect to the Green Party, not just a silly idea, but one that leads down a path we don’t want to go. And I’ll explain
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Polls have closed Signs of Labour recriminations evident in anticipation of difficult results As ballots are counted in Hartlepool, one question being asked internally is: was it wise of Labour
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