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Sep 14 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
Brussels to take back €140bn from the energy companies in windfall taxes

UK to take £200 bn in taxes from consumers to pay the energy companies

#TakingBackControl
Maybe we could warm our hands at the sovereignty fountain instead

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Sep 13
Up to 100 loyal staff, some of whom have worked for Charles for decades, handed redundancy notices while Charles attends memorial service.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/s…
They haven't all lost their jobs but they're on notice and I can't understand how nobody thought "is this good timing"?
Puts me in mind of merchant seamen on torpedoed ships who until 1941 lost their pay as soon as they touched the water.
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Sep 13
Welcome to the Meghan Markle conspiracy theory - where believers think the Duchess is secretly wired up and filming and recording everything.
There's more.
And one of those tweets has been shared by a Royal biographer
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Sep 11
I don't believe in primogeniture. I don't think the role of Head of State should automatically pass from one person to another in a democracy purely on the basis of birthright. I think the press, establishment and prevailing mood in this country prevent people from saying this.
Unfortunately saying such a basic thing in the present climate feels like an act of treason.
There was no pause. No moment to consider what we did next. The "this is what we do in this country" argument doesn't wash with me. It's wrong.
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Sep 10
So respectful. So meaningful. So totally unstaged and deeply sincere. Who hasn't got someone else to hold the camera and film them when they're having "quiet reflection" ?
Oh dear
In sunglasses
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Sep 9
It's called pareidolia - the brain is wired to recognise faces so sometimes we see them where there are none. It's an evolutionary thing although at times of 'big events' people are more susceptible to it.
When Notre Dame caught fire in 2019 people thought they saw Jesus in the flames
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/n…
But if you really want a freaky coincidence then the reason I can tell you all of this is that right now I am literally writing about all of the above. Sppoooooky huh
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Sep 7
Apparently I'm "sad" and "have nothing more to say" because I was "defined by my hatred of Boris."

Er. No. And fuck off.
A shower of idiots have descended on my timeline in last 48 hours. Strong showing from people who bought my book, were disappointed that it wasn't as biased as they thought it was - and thus sought to seek out tiny inconsistencies within. Like being assaulted with eider down.
I'm knee deep in research for something else and vert much hoping to pass such people off even more at some point
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