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13 Jun, 5 tweets, 1 min read
I can't believe how bad this is. I've seen one person Youtube operations about flat earthery that look slicker. It's unequiovocally awful. How much did this disaster cost?
I've seen more charisma in a civic bin
It's the news equivalent of it's a royal knockout.
I'm not naming the organisation. But hopefully you know what I'm talking about.
Farage bringing as much life to proceedings as a plugless hairdryer trying to revive a bald man's head

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13 Jun
I too am a coal miner's grandson. Does this make me special? Does every Labour MP have to read my book? Am I no longer metropolitan? Are the grandchildren of coal miners now better, more authorative individuals than everyone else?
Great news if so
I suspect there's millions of people who are coal miners grandchildren. Are we all special suddenly? Have we inherited some sacred gene?
I'm truly terrible at maths but given there were at least a million miners in the UK in the 1940s I reckon a good percentage of us are probably the children, grandchildren or great grandchildren of miners...
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22 May
What country's newspapers do you think this quote comes from?

"History teaches us a crucial lesson. That a country can become vulnerable and eventually collapse ....if we do not hold on to our traditions."

Answer to follow. No cheating.
Good guesses. Keep them coming. I'll tweet answer at midday. No cheating!
Now replace the last word with "statues" or "lifestyle" (original translation).
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19 May
My piece on the madness of the UK-Aus FTA. A trade deal that benefits (almost) nobody in the UK apart from our political elite.
bylinetimes.com/2021/05/19/the…
WARNING: Contains Dan Hannan. Protective gear advised before proceeding.
Apparently it's all good because we'll get cheaper meat. #CognitiveDissonance
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19 May
The Australia-UK deal has no benefit to UK trade; it has nothing to do with sound economics, will in fact devastate British farming, won't benefit British consumers or the British people. It's not meant to. It's political. They NEED a Brexit win and they want you to fall for it.
It also plays to those romantic, frankly mad, Empire fantasies of the likes of Lord Hannan. His bonkers notion of a grand CANZUK alliance between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Ladybird Libertarianism writ big
The truth is that nothing can replace our membership of the EU. It was good. It made sound economic sense and benefited us all. There's nothing that can replace it - however much Boris Johnson might waft chocolate Tim Tams about. That's why we joined in the first place.
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18 May
That incredible UK Free trade deal with Australia that will add perhaps 0.01% to GDP over 15 years, while destroying UK farming
ft.com/content/8c5f7a…
Fun fact a trade deal with New Zealand could actually reduce GDP by 0.01%
nzherald.co.nz/business/what-…
So in short the 0.1% added to GDP by the Australian deal will be wiped out by the 0.1% we lose in the NZ deal.
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12 May
The Mandela Effect. Fake history, fake memory  and the curious case of C3PO's silver leg by me.
wp.me/p9bZ7t-13A
Also includes something I'm calling the Eric Morecambe Effect. All the right history, but not necessarily in the right order. Might need some work.
The Golden Wonder effect. Now realising that crisps were once very regional indeed.
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