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14 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Jätin päivänpolitiikan 2016. En tiedä miten etäälle olen siitä päässyt, mutta tämä tulkinta on minulle totaalisen vieras. Haiskahtaa enemmän toimittajan mielipidekirjoitukselta kuin puolueettomalta tulkinnalta. ⁦@PaavoTeittinen⁩ hs.fi/politiikka/art…
Olin 4 vuotta meppinä ja 8 vuotta hallituksessa, ja niistä 2 vuotta @kokoomus puheenjohtaja. Se #Kokoomus, jota itse edustin oli nimenomaan sinivihreä, kansainvälinen, liberaali ja suvaitsevainen.
Koska jutun perusvire viittaa vaaliasemointiin, niin on paikallaan muistuttaa, että vaaleissa kannattaa aina olla oma itsensä ja uskollinen arvoilleen. Silloin vaaleissa myös syntyy tulosta. Helppoa on toki exän puskista huudella. Lykkyä kaikille, jotka ehdolle asettuvat.
Ehkä eniten tuossa jutussa harmittaa historiattomuus. @PaavoTeittinen voisitko ystävällisesti muistuttaa @kokoomus sijoista vaaleissa äänillä mitattuna 2007-2019? Siis TP-, EP-, EK- ja kuntavaalit. Näinä vuosina siis sinivihreä liberaali linja.

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16 Jan
Thread: A good morning with a good long read on one of the most interesting issues of our time. A few random quotes from the article and commentators in the thread. Attribution in the article. #freespeech #responsibility #bigtech @FT
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12 Jan
I like @Twitter. I do not like Donald Trump. I like free speech. I do not like Twitter’s decision to ban DT from its platform. In a democracy legislation, by elected representatives, sets the boundaries. Courts, not social media platforms, decide when those boundaries are broken.
I have no problem with an account being suspended, or Twitter indicating that the information provided by a tweet is disputable or wrong, but a permanent ban should be decided through the judiciary, not a listed company. 2/3
And for the record: I think the world is a better, more peaceful and civilised place without the tweets of Donald Trump. 3/3
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17 Jul 20
This is the first EU budget negotiation where I am not involved in the end game. Did parts of Agenda 2000 as a civil servant, 2007-14 as an MEP (lesser role) and 2014-20 as Europe Minister in charge of the Finnish negotiations. This time up until January leading @EIB team...
There is always lots of drama around negotiations on money, never more so than now with the other rescue packages bringing the total tally north of 2,5 trillion euros. I do not want to spoil the party, but European leaders will clinch a deal either over the weekend or...
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11 Dec 19
Thread: Thank you for your kind remarks regarding my earlier tweet about Finland’s new government composition. What strikes me is that many are ”surprised” that someone from an ”opposition party” expresses positive views about an ”ideologically” different government. 1/10
Perhaps it is all about expectations. Somehow we think that politics should be all about slamming those who are not in our party or have a different opinion about a specific issue. This is naturally fed by politicians and the media. Spurred on by social media. 2/10
I find this kind of thinking somewhat old fashioned. Perhaps it is because I came into politics rather late. I joined my party at the age of 36 and left executive national politics at the age of 49. While in office I often felt uncomfortable with party politics. 3/10
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