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Tim

@TimNorthants

🇬🇧 Retired Chartered Engineer & Director, IT Management Consulting. Worked across UK,EU,ME & US. Sailor with more enthusiasm than talent. Proud Dad & Grandad.

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Joined December 2009
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Replying to @RestIsPolitics
@RestIsPolitics.There’s far too much cash washing around Westminster, & only ‘donors’ know where it really comes from, or goes to, or what they get for it. But why is no one even asking who, & whose money, is behind the PM coup? Is it too uncomfortable a question?
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Replying to @carolecadwalla
It would be reasonable for the Gill conviction + recent discovery of two Chinese spies to drive a political shockwave that forced an MI5/6/Special branch inquiry to into HoL & HoC members and their funding. However, not a peep. Just a universal desire to leave well alone.
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Since it was broadcast decades ago, time and again, ‘Yes Minister’ and ‘Yes Prime Minister’ have shown themselves to be prophetic. Maybe it should be considered PM training?
Captain Dave (@DaveWallsworth) profile pictureCaptain Dave
@DaveWallsworthFeb 7
It’s now 40 years since this quite brilliant episode of Yes, Prime Minister was broadcast but somehow it still seems remarkably appropriate after all this time! One of the best comedy series ever and superbly acted.
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Legendary Singer Neil Young has removed all his albums from Amazon Music due to founder Jeff Bezos and his support for Donald Trump. RETWEET to thank @NeilYoung for standing up for our democracy!
Image from Protect Kamala Harris ✊ (@DisavowTrump20)
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This is absolutely disgusting. Listen to this Minneapolis pastor talk about how he was assaulted by ICE! “An ICE agent literally came over to me and said, ‘what did you say?’ I said ‘I am not afraid,’ and they pointed a gun in my face. ICE put handcuffs on my hands and put me in a black SUV and then a few moments later they came back and they said, ‘are you afraid yet,’ and I said, ‘no,’ and then they said it: ‘Well you're white. You wouldn't be fun anyway.’ It was then that I knew that the staging that these ICE raids are really about fear and intimidation.”
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Replying to @TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel
The last thing US political leadership wants is survivors popping up on TV or at the UN telling a different story, & maybe even presenting some form of compelling evidence. Much easier to kill them all; the fact that doing that is illegal & immoral doesn’t seem to worry anyone.
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Looking ahead to winter is frightening. I’ve met pensioners who have no idea how they’ll heat their homes. Parents who will have to skip meals so their kids can eat. The Tories are too busy fighting each other to notice. Labour has a plan that meets the scale of this crisis.
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Calocane’s victims families are right to be unhappy with his Manslaughter conviction. Of course Calocane had a mental health condition. No sane person would wonder around randomly murdering. But Manslaughter doesn’t reflect the premeditation, organisation & violence involved.
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Replying to @RichardJMurphy
I don't think the problem is politicians, well not solely, the system is manipulated, it only allows people who can be controlled into positions of power, politicians are just front men, the people behind them never change, it doesn't matter what the party is called.
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Well said Tobias Ellwood (Conservative MP for Bournemouth East). “This is the generation coming forward to say: we’re not accepting this model of Brexit” nitter.gq/BestForBritain/status/

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What’s happening with the Tory govt is appalling, and it’s hurting the UK. But isn’t it just as likely in Labour?‹‹Labour is at least as factional as Tories, and if Sir Kier was leader on day one, how long would it take for there to be a leadership challenge by the left?
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David Miliband summarised the situation perfectly: “Kwasi Kwarteng was not fighting “orthodoxy”. He was fighting maths. The whole project was/is a fantasy. Don’t give it the patina of a revolution. It just didn’t add up. It was post-truth, just like the claims of Brexit uplands.”
David Miliband (@DMiliband) profile pictureDavid Miliband
@DMiliband15 Oct 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng was not fighting “orthodoxy”. He was fighting maths. The whole project was/is a fantasy. Don’t give it the patina of a revolution. It just didn’t add up. It was post-truth, just like the claims of Brexit uplands. theguardian.com/politics/202

Kwasi Kwarteng: how ex-chancellor’s fate was sealed by IMF orthodoxy he fought against

Kwasi Kwarteng: how ex-chancellor’s fate was sealed by IMF orthodoxy he fought against

Former occupant of No 11 Downing Street finally sacked after financial institution chief’s remarks in Washington

theguardian.com
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Replying to @RestIsPolitics
@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK if Labour is elected soon at a GE, how long will they last? Major inflation, Nurse strikes, Rail strikes, Unions pressure govt to give them what they want, private sector follows suit, more inflation, etc. It didn’t go well in 70s.
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And let’s face it, the economic impact of Brexit is just as toxic an issue to Labour as Conservatives. Is @Keir_Starmer any more likely to be able to address it than @BorisJohnson or @trussliz. It’s the elephant in the room and could just as easily bring down Labour.
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Replying to @glennkirschner2
@glennkirschner2 ‹A thought:‹‹Freedom of speech is very important, but disinformation can seriously threaten the public interest. Shouldn’t a higher standard be applied to anyone who enjoys increased influence because their past public role implies integrity and expertise?
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For example: If an ex-AG states a public position a legal issue that (s)he declines to repeat under oath because (s)he knows/suspects it to be false, shouldn’t that carry consequences? Similarly with financial statements by ex-Treasury Sec, or almost anything by an ex-President.
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#skydebate This is ridiculous. @trusliz came up with a policy statement on the hoof 3 days ago that she’s now trying to distance herself from. This just like @BorisJohnson, making things up to get through the next 10 mins and then doing a U turn when obvious questions are asked.
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Downing Street insiders tell Laura Kuenssberg what happened at parties during lockdown - BBC News bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-

Downing Street insiders tell Laura Kuenssberg what happened at parties during lockdown

Downing Street insiders tell Laura Kuenssberg what happened at parties during lockdown

Former staff and insiders have spoken to the BBC about what really happened inside Downing Street.

bbc.com
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LIVE NOW: Independent SAGE is back for the first session of 2022, with a discussion on Omicron, Long Covid and the latest figures from@chrischirp nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1dRKZlDNB

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I desperately wanted to be able say that my MP (@VotePursglove) was one of those principled people that stood up for standards in the House of Commons last week. Very disappointingly, he wasn't. I really hope that will change during today's debate. The Nolan principles matter.
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Watch as untreated sewage is released into Langstone Harbour, Hampshire for 49 hours. More here: bbc.in/3EhFfYk
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