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Ending FOM and leaving the SM has vastly increased immigration (the Brexintelligentsia's main argument for ending it) while slashing opportunities for UK citizens, businesses, musicians etc.
Nobody voted to end it.
Why the snide tone, @bbcnickrobinson?
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Listening to Nick Robinson's contemptuous tone when talking about FOM on @BBCr4today this morning I was shocked and puzzled. The UK prospered for decades with FOM. It never became an issue until the EU ref and even leading Leave figures promoted SM membership. 1/n
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My wife has an Irish passport and could work anywhere is Europe with ease. I cannot. Are we winning yet?
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So wholesale price is 12.3p/kWh and we pay 26.32p/kWh plus £200 a year standing charge (both GB average). Hmmm.
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This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇
"For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”
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Robert Jenrick wasn’t born when decimalisation happened in the UK.
Nobody under the age of 65 will understand it, that’s about 80% of the population.
Ridiculous idea, ridiculous party, ridiculous man.
Reform plan to 'bring back imperial measurements' as party announces list of pledges it says will create jobs
lbc.co.uk/article/reform-imp…
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Brexit Britain is the world’s first ever example of a country applying sanctions to itself.
Those who believe in it claim we haven’t had Brexit yet bc it’s not doing as they dreamed it would.
But Brexit is doing just as remainers said it would. Erecting trade barriers is self harming.
'Leaving the European Union was the biggest act of economic self harm any country has ever committed'
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, told #BBCBreakfast Andy Burnham 'is spot on' about having an "honest discussion" ove the prospect of returning to free movement between the UK and European Union
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e3…
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Mark Carney: "It's sobering that this is the first time in over two decades that first ministers and First Nations have met together. This is an important opportunity, yes, to share perspectives, to listen, to learn, but above all, to commit to action. So let's seize this opportunity."
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🇬🇧🇪🇺 Brexit is over.
The EU will offer the UK a new interim agreement at the November summit.
The UK will accept, allowing it to integrate into certain areas of the EU.
Reintegration will happen (formally or in practice) over the comming years
Even without formally rejoining, the plan is for the UK to return in practice through steps that do not require a referendum.
Europe must be united.
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Farage touchy on the Brexit question.
He points to US GDP growth. The US has *so many* huge problems (not just its colossal debt) brewing, that that GDP level and recent growth are powered by dangerous borrowing and speculation.
I’d feel economically safer in the EU than US.
Nigel Farage says, "the opportunities of Brexit have not been delivered."
Sky's @serenabarksing questions the Reform UK leader on the impacts of Brexit.
trib.al/fSNJdA2
📺 Sky 501
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Re-upping this Makerfield focus group from last week in light of headlines around PM re-opening convo on EU. I thought he’d get a Brexit backlash. But my big surprise in group was that nearly all these leave voters had regret & open to PM’s look again
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7JdmZQ…
Nearly 100 days into Andy Burnham's premiership, @BethRigby returns to Makerfield - the constituency that propelled him into No 10 - to ask whether the goodwill that carried him to victory is holding.
Watch the full report on Sky News: trib.al/ao51rWX
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I don’t think I ever believed I’d see a newspaper paragraph like this: President Trump ‘said he would welcome immigrants from Denmark but not from Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize, so I don’t want anybody from Norway”.’
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Freedom of Movement is NOT freedom to stay unconditionally.
EU countries are within their rights to apply conditions eg employment after 3 months etc.
So the idea that 500m people could come to the UK and live on benefits is a lie.
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🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth just got absolutely humiliated by Senator Tammy Duckworth!
Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs while serving in Iraq, challenged Hegseth:
"I'm glad you brought that up. Can you name a single country that belongs to ASEAN and explain what agreement we have with it? And, by the way, how many countries are in ASEAN? Frankly, I'm not sure you even know who our allies are."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth:
"Well, I can't give you the exact number, but I certainly know our allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia..."
Senator Duckworth:
"None of the countries you just mentioned are members of ASEAN. I suggest you do your homework before engaging in these discussions."
And this is the kind of clueless bullshit running the Pentagon. Absolutely unbelievable.