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@edwinhayward
Aug 18, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Priti Patel plans to slam the borders shut for EU citizens on day 1 of Brexit. Cue almost infinite chaos, because none of the systems will be ready (nor were they meant to be before she came along and Hulked up the hostile environment!)
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
She might as well just sit at Dover and stick two fingers up at every passing foreigner. What a pathetic, slimy, low-life little country she is intent on reducing us to. Shameful beyond words (apart from the above, of course!)
The incredible thing is we still don't know whether this is true, trueish, or a load of cobblers designed to scare the EU (and MPs). How can businesses - or indeed anyone - plan anything at all? It's the equivalent of throwing a bucket of superglue into the economy's gears.

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May 16
🧵Anatomy of a Tory political cover-up

On 13 May, Rishi Sunak gave a v long, important speech about Britain's security to a Policy Exchange audience.

It was broadcast live on the news channels, and widely reported.

And yet the official historic record has been changed...

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You see, the delivered speech included a number of hard-hitting attacks on Labour and the SNP.

They were scripted. In the video, Sunak's reading them off a document.

But they do not appear in the official "exact" transcript record of the speech.


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Most of the stuff that was excised from the transcripts is raw red meat to the Tory voter base. Just the kind of thing the RW media lap up.

Those things said, heard, reported.

So why do we not have a matching official record of what was said, including the hit-job parts?

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May 15
🧵Shocking reality of the Brexit inland border checks at Sevington, 22 miles from Dover.

The experience and facilities seem designed to be as intimidating, dehumanising and unpleasant as possible.

(Ciaran gave me permission to use his tweets.)

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Nothing's there to keep actual humans in even the most basic comfort.

No food facilities. No drinks. Just a tap in the toilet.

This is a French company, by the way. No British one seemed prepared to do the cruelty bit cheaply enough for the Tories to choose them instead.

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After a wait which can be 5-6 hours or more, you're locked even more tightly away, and inspected in sullen silence by people treating you like you're a criminal.

Even though you've done nothing wrong, you're made to feel as though you have.

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Apr 27
Inland border checks are going to be off the scale bonkers. A failure of implementation only a Tory government could dream up.

1) Enter the UK.
2) Drive 22 miles to get checked.
3) If found dodgy, drive 22 miles back and meekly leave the UK.

Gaping holes ripe for exploitation. Image
Why does it matter? The article helpfully explains:

"The EU carries out strict controls on all goods coming into the bloc, but exerts a lower degree of control on goods transiting, for example from outside the EU to the UK."
archive.ph/2024.04.27-071…
And what happens when the checks at the inland border take several hours and the drivers run out of legal driving time that day? Are there huge lorry parks in the area where they can stop and rest for the legally required amount of time, while their loads wilt or rot in the back?
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Apr 2
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There's a lot of hate-farming fuss about flags and what some see as the perversion of the original Union Jack.

Much of the fake rage has emanated from the Tory party, which is ironic given how many times they've bastardised it for their own use.

It's been a tree...

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It's been brutally chopped in half, and used as part of a Jenga-inspired sculpture...

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It's been cut in half and bent...

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Mar 14
The Tories have published their new definition of extremism. It includes 3 components.

It is well worth reading the full definition of each of the components (reproduced later in this thread) because they're extremely sweeping.
gov.uk/government/pub…
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Wonder how advocating to leave the ECHR (and indeed agitating to hold a referendum on doing so) squares with this?

After all, doing so would unquestionably strip us of numerous legal protections. Image
Does this preclude advocating for PR?

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Mar 11
WARNING: LONG THREAD.

With 30p Lee off to Reform, it's time to keep the receipts.

In reverse chronological order...

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