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Al Pinkerton MP
@AlPinkerton
Liberal Democrat MP for Surrey Heath. Interests in geopolitics, international border & territorial disputes, U.K. Overseas Territories.
Feb 22 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
And with that, “Ian Stuart” got blocked from my Facebook page. “He” stands as a warning: Russian disinformation proliferates widely online - and we should all be much more watchful and wary.

A 🧵 Image Every day, the Russian disinformation services pump out dozens of narratives designed to drive wedges through western society and national polities. They watch to see which of their narratives catch fire, before amplifying the messages that resonate most…
Jan 12, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The role of the British Sovereign Bases on Cyprus (UK Overseas Territories) in enabling U.K. military activity in the Levant and Middle East will, I suspect, come under the spotlight in coming days. The SBAs of Akrotiri and Dhekelia were retained by the U.K. when Cyprus gained independence in 1960. Altogether 99 sq. miles remained British - purposefully under the “100” mark so not to spark the ire of Cypriots - a strategy that’s been partially successful over the 64 years.
Aug 7, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This news (if anything like true) is going to be received with unmitigated horror throughout the UK’s Overseas Territories.
—This has the hallmark of Empire 2.0 rather than the modern, collaborative, “family” relationship the UK is eager to promote.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… Three possibilities.

1. Tabloid-government fabricated “fake news”.
2. Home Office flying solo, in which case the FCDO will be raging tonight.
3. FCDO complicit in this scheme, in which case OT governments, from Stanley to Road Town, will be raging tonight.
Sep 19, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
"Here, at the heart of England, half-way between Royal Windsor and lordly London…” “…looking down, Here, where the trees troop down to Runnymede, Meadow of Magna Carta, field of freedom…”
Jan 2, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Spent the morning thinking about schools returning on Monday and looking at #Covid rates in Surrey Heath*.

*Tier 4, but primary schools are due to return on Monday 4th. I can see that it’s possible to find, in the numbers, a justification for treating boroughs like Surrey Heath differently from London (where Primary Schools won’t reopen on Monday), especially when looking at Borough-wide aggregate figures (see above).
Dec 30, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Think someone at Tory Party HQ is a feeling a bit “triggered” right now.

Can’t think why? [thread] Imagine voting for a #BrexitDeal that isn’t just worse than the one we already had, but which will be a near permanent drag anchor on the U.K. economy.

ukandeu.ac.uk/british-sovere…
Feb 11, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
So good to be at tonight’s launch of the prize-winning @PrideInSurrey for 2020 in Woking.
—The wonderful Hazel Dean will be patron for 2020.
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Image The 2019 @PrideInSurrey was an amazing success.
🌈 More than 7,500 attendees, many of whom had never been to a #Pride event before – 13% had experienced hate crane in the previous year.
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