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Made in Fife. Scottish diaspora. Communications and Sponsorship. Commentator and pundit. james@eastpointswest.co.uk @GreatSleepout ā›ŗļø@NoFarmsNoFoods šŸšœ
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Oct 29 ā€¢ 14 tweets ā€¢ 3 min read
The government are already warning of another NHS crisis in winter. NHS in crisis? Same as it ever was.

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Sep 19 ā€¢ 8 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Britain has numerous gloriously silly place names. Feel free to post the best ones. Iā€™ll startā€¦Twatt in Orkney. Image Meanwhile in Cornwallā€¦ Image
Jul 26 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
If you drive an electric vehicle to do your bit to ā€˜save the planetā€™, it is more than likely that the vehicle has a battery with cobalt in it.
Over 40,000 child slaves mine the cobalt in horrific conditions in Congo. Electric cars are now the biggest source of cobalt demand. Image
Jun 12 ā€¢ 12 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
Image China has more carbon emissions than the developed world combined. But hey, letā€™s punish farmers, blame it on cow farts, fill up landfills with wind turbine blades, destroy prime farmland with mass-scale solar panels and enforce net zero taxes.

Apr 16 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill (vote in parliament later today) means that anyone born after 2009 won't ever be able to legally buy tobacco.Ā If passed, as expected, the age at which people can purchase cigarettes would be raised by one year annually.

This is an insane bit of legislation.

So when someone is say 50 years of age, they still wonā€™t be able to buy cigarettes (if born after 2009). This legislation is unworkable and another example of governments enforcing health and safety crass logic laws to restrict freedom of choice. If someone wants to smoke then so be it. Banning or restricting freedom of choice is a slippery slope.
Dec 29, 2023 ā€¢ 10 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
Vaccine passports, central bank digital currencies & digital ID are not for our security and convenience. Itā€™s all about government control & power, a reduction in our civil liberties and a gigantic transfer of wealth to the super-rich.

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#CBDCs

The digital ID of everything:

ā–ŖļøVaccine passports
ā–ŖļøFinancial services / CBDCs
ā–ŖļøNet Zero
ā–ŖļøTravel
ā–ŖļøFood
ā–ŖļøEnergy supply
ā–ŖļøSmart cities

Digital ID: Right at the core of the agenda. We are sleepwalking towards tech totalitarianism. As shown in this graphic by the WEF.

It will be framed as ā€œfor your safety and convenienceā€, but in reality itā€™s for their control, surveillance, power and greed.

#DigitalID
#CBDCsImage
Dec 11, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Vaccine passports, central bank digital currencies & digital ID are not for our security and convenience. Itā€™s a con trick. Itā€™s all about government control, power and a reduction in our freedoms to enable a gigantic asset grab and transfer of wealth.

Itā€™s the complete digital identification of everything - money, health, energy and travel. It will be framed as ā€œfor your safety and convenienceā€, but in reality itā€™s for their control, surveillance, power and greed.

#DigitalID

Jul 10, 2023 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
The unethical truth of net zero. Around 40,000 child slaves in Congo work in hazardous conditions in cobalt mines, with inadequate safety equipment and for very little money. The cobalt is used in many products - including electric car batteries.

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Jun 3, 2023 ā€¢ 8 tweets ā€¢ 3 min read
A thread on climate change hypocrisy.

ā€œDo as we say, but not as we do.ā€ Image 1. Prince Harry:
ā€œClimate change is wreaking havoc on our planet.ā€

Meanwhile, Prince Harry reportedly flew on 21 private jet trips in two years.

May 25, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
The NHS app is back. According to Rishi Sunak, this will reduce the record numbers of people on waiting lists. He conveniently omits the fact that an app doesnā€™t magic wand away the reasons why there are huge waiting lists in the NHS.

Insincerity personified.
May 15, 2023 ā€¢ 9 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
The purpose of government.
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May 14, 2023 ā€¢ 5 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Maspie Den, Falkland, Fife šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁓ó æ

One of the most beautiful woodland walks anywhere in the UK. Absolutely stunning. twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦ Image
May 10, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
Netherlands šŸ‡³šŸ‡±

Since 2017, a group of investors have been planning the construction of Tristate City, a megalopolis with a population of around 45 million extending across the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. For this to happen, they obviously need to buy up a lot of farmlandā€¦ Image dutchnews.nl/news/2017/10/dā€¦
Mar 29, 2023 ā€¢ 7 tweets ā€¢ 5 min read
Thread:
Vaccine passports, central bank digital currencies & digital ID are not for our virtue, security and convenience. Itā€™s all about government control, power and a reduction in our freedoms.

#CBDCs

Itā€™s the complete digital identification of everything - money, health, energy and travel. It will be framed as ā€œfor your safety and convenienceā€, but in reality itā€™s for their control, surveillance, power and greed.

#DigitalID
#CBDCs

Feb 23, 2023 ā€¢ 16 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
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We are sleepwalking towards tech totalitarianism. This dystopian and illiberal premise is not who we are or ever should become. We must never become a ā€˜show us your digital papersā€™ QR code society. We are not China.

The very essence of liberalism is a willingness to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from oneā€™s own, show an openness to new ideas and freedom of choice. And right now, we appear to be losing these fair-minded and balanced liberal values.
Feb 22, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 1 min read
Sean is absolutely šŸ’Æ correct here. Absolutely nails it. So grounded. This is exactly how to win hearts and minds rather than preaching / sneering at anyone else for their lack of ideological purity or their different opinions.
Feb 19, 2023 ā€¢ 4 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
Wind turbines have a life span of 20 years. Tens of thousands of old turbines could end up in landfill by the end of the decade. Turbine blades are set to account for more than 40 million tonnes of waste by 2050. Not exactly a sustainable outcome.
Feb 18, 2023 ā€¢ 8 tweets ā€¢ 5 min read
Vaccine passports, central bank digital currencies & digital ID are not for our security and convenience. Itā€™s all about government control, power and a reduction in our civil liberties.

Thread/
#CBDCs
Itā€™s the digital identification of everything - money, health, energy and travel. It will be framed as ā€œfor your safety and convenienceā€, but in reality itā€™s for their control, surveillance, power and greed.

#DigitalID
#CBDCs

Feb 8, 2023 ā€¢ 7 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
We are sleepwalking towards central bank digital currencies & digital ID. It is being sold as ā€œfor our security and convenienceā€ when actually itā€™s for their digital and financial control and power. As I discussed at the @Togetherdec debate.
#CBDCs

The vast majority of the population have absolutely no idea about the mission creep towards central bank digital currencies and therefore, have absolutely no understanding about the potential repercussions of this. Ignorance is not bliss. Itā€™s dangerous.
Jan 31, 2023 ā€¢ 12 tweets ā€¢ 2 min read
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1. After the division of Brexit and lockdowns, the thing that unites us all is the cost of living crisis & bad governments. 2. Yet again we watch with contempt at the grotesque vaudevillian parlour game played out by shoddy politicians and overexcited media at Westminster, while millions of people suffer a cost of living crisis. A circus filled with clowns, totally detached from the real world.
Jan 27, 2023 ā€¢ 6 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read
The vast majority of the population have absolutely no idea about the move towards central bank digital currencies and therefore, have absolutely no understanding about the potential repercussions of this. Ignorance is not bliss. Itā€™s dangerous. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and social credit systems explained. Itā€™s time to wake people up before they sleepwalk towards state digital surveillance and control of our money and transactions.
#CBDC