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22 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
For reasons that will become clear on Twitter later this afternoon, I need the following phrases in Russian - could any of my followers correct these translations please?

Forward to sovereignty!
Вперед к суверенитету!

Let them eat langoustine!
Пусть едят лангустин!
Trust the star chamber!
Доверься звездной палате!

Down with just-in-time supply chains!
Долой своевременные цепочки поставок!
Take back control!
Верните контроль!

Nationalise Prosecco production!
Национализируйте производство Просекко!
OK, here you go!

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22 Jan
The depth of the dysfunction of the 🇬🇧 politics laid bare by today's FT piece leaves me struggling for words, grasping for how to explain what is happening... but here's a blog post about what's on my mind

jonworth.eu/uk-politics-al…
This draws on Colin Crouch / Post-Democracy, some of @PeterKGeoghegan democracy being bought, @rafaelbehr on totalitarianism or not, and @davies_will on how the British population seems incapable of engaging with politics
It's as if the country does not know the country it is living in, as if human reality and government decision are divorced from each other. Where what is true is so hard to discern it's lost among hubris
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22 Jan
Motivated by the revolutionary zeal of Frost documented in the FT's long read today, and by @APHClarkson likening the UK government's communications to something akin to the dying years of the Soviet Union... this had to be done! #Brexit #Sovereignty
Here's the FT piece by @pmdfoster and others
ft.com/content/cc6b0d…
Translations of the slogans:

Onward, to sovereignty!
Вперед, к Cуверенитету!

Take Back Control
Восстановите контроль!
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20 Jan
As well as it being a story about 🛤 (and I often write about 🚅), the will-Eurostar-go-bankrupt discussion is one about access, privilege, public service and competition, and even how 🇬🇧 sees itself

Beware, this is a bit of a ranty 🧵
First of all, 🇬🇧 has just one genuine high speed rail service: Eurostar

It has one high-ish speed commuter service that uses the same tracks: Southeastern Javelin

That by definition makes 🇬🇧 rather different to 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 etc. where there are domestic high speed services
Then to Eurostar itself...

The service *was* a cooperation between the state railways of 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇬🇧, and when 🇬🇧 rail was privatised, the 40% 🇬🇧 share was owned by the British state until they sold it in 2015
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurostar_…
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19 Jan
A friend asked me: how can @ArminLaschet have 108k followers on Twitter, yet each of his tweets gets so little engagement?

My answer: probably followed by loads of bots, as it the case for many German politicians - see my blog post from 2017:
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So I checked it...

The tool I used then - Pluragraph - does not exist. So I have run the tests with an alternative, SparkToro

Result: Laschet has 47.3% fakes
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To compare, Katrin Göring-Eckardt has 57%
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I am having one of those Oatmeal printers-are-sent-from-hell days

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It doesn't always turn on, and black blotches appear on print outs

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I'd have a go at repairing it, but even iFixit has no guides for any similar model... and I am not sure even what it is that's wrong
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16 Jan
So the CDU has gone for Laschet as Party Leader

That means Röttgen and Merz will not become Chancellor Candidate, but Laschet or Söder, and possibly Spahn, still can...

🆕 #CDUVorsitz V4.0.0 diagram now out!
Headline numbers - chances to be Chancellor Candidate
Laschet 5️⃣2️⃣%
Söder 4️⃣3️⃣%
Spahn 5️⃣%
Why is Laschet the slight favourite?

Essentially because I cannot see - in the time *before* the decision on the Chancellor Candidate is to be made - how things can go very badly for the CDU. And if the CDU is content, they will not call Söder
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