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Jun 4 11 tweets 18 min read
1. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

I've had some very clear views since the beginning of the year on the challenges facing Travel and the difficulties ahead. I've taken a cautionary approach based on research

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2. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

I also happen to believe that if @GOVUK & #TravelIndustry go into a huddle with each other, on issues that directly affect #Consumers, then we should read/hear what they have discussed & have decided

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3. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

For many years I have passionately advocated #ConsumerRights & believe that @GOVUK should advocate those rights incl taking unilateral action to enforce provisions where they think the law's been broken

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4. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

On #EU stage, I have been, and am still active in advocating change & rights, so in 2016, it should have been no surprise when I maintained the position that the #EU was the best choice 4 #ConsumerRights

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5. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

So in this current crisis, I don't advocate the daft idea of bringing in the army. The solution is either #FreeMovement or the Brexit Exceptional Visa route

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6. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

I've noted report which alleged a UK #Airline boss called UK workers "lazy". But when you read the articles, they use words like "rumoured". Then you realise the colours of the UK newspapers in question!

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7. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

I began to wonder where I had heard that expression before? The answer is found in a book published in 2012 by several @GOVUK Cabinet Ministers called #BritanniaUnchained

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8. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma #BritanniaUnchained

"The British are among the worst idlers in the world. We work among the lowest hours, we retire early and our productivity is poor..."

Not what most people want2read right now, but...

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9. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

This is why we need @GOVUK @grantshapps & #TravelIndustry to publish all discussions e mails/letters & minutes, so the travelling public can see what's been said. This is key to confidence & #standards!

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10. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?

#Dogma!

This is also key to previous thread I created w/important Qs

These Qs cut to the heart of #CitizenRights & good governance

But I'm not a paid #journalist, but those who are, should be seeking answers!

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More from @ConsumerFrank

Jun 2
1. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

So, the finger-jabbing continues

Meantime, I've spoken to #Consumers abt positive experiences @STN_Airport - plenty of staff & well org they tell me, so why is it so different elsewhere?

Then there's other issues....

theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…
2. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

We hear of the remarkable pleading to allow foreign workers to come in under special visas which was refused; a free-movement #Brexit issue; an own goal!

But clearly the discussion has been going on for months

theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…
3. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

In this discussion abt foreign workers & other matters, we discover @GOVUK & #TravelIndustry have had regular meetings w/warnings given

So, @grantshapps release minutes of the meetings & let's see discussions & warnings

theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…
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Jun 1
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC

Thnx 4opp 2talk abt current #Airport #Airline #Travel chaos; not just UK prob; it extends across #Europe

Many reasons & blame abound but the return to normality was always going 2B problematic.

#Brexit transferred 261/2004 Rights; @CAA_UK should enforce!
2. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? @LBC

Key Q: @GOVUK claim they'd warned #TravelIndustry, concerned that they: "Seriously oversold flights & holidays relative to their capacity".

@grantshapps publish meetings, minutes & warnings; let's see the detail!......
3. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? @LBC @NickFerrariLBC

....It is this use of language, by all parties, that's designed to present their position that creates confusion in #Consumer understanding and indeed their expectations

It's all very good having high expectations, but...
Read 10 tweets
Mar 8
#InternationalWomensDay2022

I've a number of tributes to pay on this important day.

The first must obviously go to the women of #Ukraine

This picture demonstrates their suffering & their personal courage

I stand with them in #Solidarity

Photo from the front page @thetimes
#InternationalWomensDay2022

It's a strange start to this tribute, but today is the 21st anniversary of my Dad's death. His life and of his Mother, Mary Breheny, is couched in real courage through #MotherAndBabyHomes #MagdalenLaundries

#Justice is coming!
#InternationalWomensDay2022

I pay tribute to #BreedaMurphy from the #TuamMotherandBabyHomeAlliance

Her passion, compassion and determination against @cnalive @merrionstreet to deliver the stories & change of #Survivors #MotherAndBabyHomes & #Magdalene story is inspirational
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Sep 7, 2021
1. #Travel #Holidays #ClimateChange #Sustainability

Over the years I have tweeted about various aspects about how we travel and its affect on the #environment and the world around us. Through those years I've become more conscious of the travel decisions I make and it hasn't... Image
2. #Travel #Holidays #ClimateChange #Sustainability

...always been easy. In my small way I'd travel for business by train rather than car, using rail to travel to #Brussels #Paris, offsetting my #CarbonFootprint when travelling by air. Now I'm looking to #EV, 2replace my car... Image
3. #Travel #Holidays #ClimateChange #Sustainability

A couple of years ago whilst I was in #London, I decided to visit the #ExtinctionRebellion protest in #Whitehall where I managed to speak with one of its members, talking about the #Climate and Travel:
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Sep 2, 2021
1. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

During this #COVID I am going to create a rolling thread about key issues and articles of interest, just so as you can see the evolution toward a return to normality in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025; according to predictions by #Aviation!
2. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

Interesting article about #staycations and their price!!

The attitude of some UK h/makers, is I'm afraid, a common feature found in holidays abroad. I've heard many a tale about the Master vs Serf behaviour of some Brits! independent.co.uk/voices/holiday…
3. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19?

It's not done with us yet:

"...hard to anticipate what the timeline will be for the expected shift of COVID-19 to endemicity..."

weforum.org/agenda/2021/08…
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Sep 2, 2021
1. #COVID19 #Vaccinations #AntiVax #Morality

I think that I have just experienced something which I suspect many have already.

In simple terms, people hiding the fact that they have been exposed to those with confirmed #Coronavirus and have been ill themselves...
2. #COVID19 #Vaccinations #AntiVax #Morality

...offering that they have tested negative. But, you then discover they're refusing to receive the #vaccine!

In other words, they wish to express their "libertarian" selves, but your views are secondary..
3. #COVID19 #Vaccinations #AntiVax #Morality

...perhaps even your health is secondary to their own "free" views?

Some openly declare they are anti-vaxxers. The stock phrase is that they are now #freethinkers...
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