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So I made a FOI request about James Dyson's farm and how his water reservoir was funded and guess who paid for it ladies and gentlemen?
Taking back control .....
As the Brexiters are always eager to tell us "the EU has no money" so that's OUR money being taken by billionaire Mr Dyson to fund his water reservoir.....
My Dyson vacuum cleaner story still gives me the shivers. One of the darker chapters of my early marriage
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As far as I can tell not a single tweet in defence of Dyson
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Incredible isn't it. Vote Leave were found guilty of committing massive electoral fraud. Leave EU official boss Arron Banks was found guilty of misusing data - and it's never mentioned. It's as if it doesn't matter that the two Leave camps cheated. No reporting on News. Nothing.
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A quick thread on #Brexit, why the UK is not going to go back to normal politics after Brexit, why the worst is yet to come, and the folly of policy-driven (libertarian or socialist #Lexit) Brexits.
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This thing's been going for 4 weeks now. Below is every billboard we've done so far. Numbers 1-8 were guerrilla operations, the rest you paid for. Vote for your faves with likes and RTs (we ❤️ 1,4 & 24) . We'll print out & frame the winner & send it to the donkey who said it 👊
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