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18 Feb, 12 tweets, 4 min read
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#StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants

A small thread

On giants

So so many giants

God bless open global Britain and all who sail on her as she buccaneers her way on the seas raising her eyes to the horizon

The biggest giant - Boris

Next Michael

Jacob Rees Mogg

Priti Patel

Liz Truss

David Davis

Sajid Javid

Liam Fox

Daniel

No not that one

The other one

Here's one on the various members of the ERG

At the last

If you are claiming to "stand on the shoulders of giants"

That's fine

You are welcome to make that claim

It looks a bit like brown nosing

Or mocking

Tough to know which with David Frost

But ask

What qualifies them as giants?

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