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CHELTENHAM and environs Pro EU people.

@Chelt4Europe is holding its first EURO CAFÉ

7th March
11 am - 1 pm.
Do come for a natter and keep your spirits up!

Place. The Sober Parrot, 7 St James’ Square.
Car parks nearby.
Opposite the Fire Engine Restaurant, near Waitrose
Gets good reviews on Trip Advisor, too I see.

tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Rev…
Because “Together is a wonderful place to be”.
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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯#FBPE
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The uncomfortable truth about fake news | Financial Times

We are all susceptible, regardless of education. Better at calling out the fake news from our apparent opponents.

Rather less good when it seems to come from within our own ranks.
ft.com/content/01622c…
I have to ask. When a newsite such as Breitbart is on Facebook’s “approved” list what hope is there?

How was this “approval” given and how can it be taken away?
1/ We need to fact check from reputable, careful sources much more often and fact checking sites need more support to do the job without bias.

2/ We need to understand more about how fake news spreads & is shared. Including by bots, human trolls and political actors.
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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯#FBPE
@fascinatorfun
No more bright young people, arriving in London with dreams of making it and seeing what they can do. No more musicians getting their big break and heading out the next morning. No more care workers looking after ageing Brits...” politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/02/…
....”No more construction workers from Poland, out in all weather, getting the job done”.

All arriving educated at no cost to the British taxpayer...but paying tax and buying stuff.

Non evidence based decision. Just bucketloads of stupid.
As I was tweeting out earlier, low paid does not mean low skilled.

Care workers need very high levels of personal skills, specific healthcare skills, the patience of Jobe and masses of self restraint.

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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯#FBPE
@fascinatorfun
Having been shot off his sun bed in the summer at the stunning disingenuousness of the Gov @pmdfoster has been stunned off his ski lift a few months later. Same disingenuousness, different subject.

The Tories are now “Porkies Inc”
Nothing has changed from the EU side.

“Not a jot or a flipping comma”.

Nothing has changed 8ncluding from the Political Declaration THAT JOHNSON SIGNED IN OCTOBER saying it proved how brilliant he was.

Brexit “Oven ready”

You know that oven that fly tippers dump. That sort.
I particularly like this slide from one of Barnier’s presentation.
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Incoming #EU High Rep @JosepBorrellF’s first speech gave us a glimpse of #EUdiplomacy’s next 5 years. #EPhearings2019

His endorsement by the Parliament was never in doubt. Still, Borrell’s energetic speech went further than expected.

👇THREAD:

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So now we have combat ready armored vehicles with the EU flag which are being used against unarmed European protesters who are demonstrating against a pro EU authoritarian regime.

Still think the #EU is a “project for peace”?

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