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Replying to @jonlis1
Stop importing nonsense American-style talking points. Foreign Immigrants didn’t exist in Britain in serious numbers until the 1990s, when we were well on our way down the path to decline. British people built Britain. No one else.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK @FT
An attack on the aspirational among us. We are a welfare state with a country attached. This is economic suicide.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Why are people like this allowed to live the rest of their lives at the taxpayers expense? No doubt about innocence, no ability to rehabilitate.
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Ironically, even Casey falls into the same trap here that led so many people to cover up for these rape gangs. By conceding that “this is bad because it’s a gift to racists” is to suggest that somehow racism is a worse sin that rape, murder, paedophilia, trafficking etc.
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Replying to @GMB @susannareid100
This is absolutely embarrassing from Susanna Reid.
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Replying to @Keir_Starmer
Delivering for working people??? You’ve just stabbed millions of British workers in the back! We have our NI contributions raised and yet you cut them totally for Indians? And for what? This drives down our wages and makes getting a job harder! Your government is a disgrace.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
An unbelievably successful night for Reform, far exceeding even the upper projections/expectations For Labour, a catastrophe. For the Conservatives, potentially an extinction event. These two parties are simply getting what they deserve for the last 20+ years of their rule.
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Replying to @Telegraph
Shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone The entire fabric of Britain is currently geared in favour of everyone except the majority demographic
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Replying to @MatthewStadlen
Hate to break it to you Matthew but Murray’s views are both totally mainstream centre-right and far more popular than yours evidently. The guy has sold millions of books and routinely pulls in millions of viewers online, what does this say about the popularity your views?
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Replying to @christiancalgie
Wow, this is actually pretty good. Shame they didn’t bother with this during their 14 years in office and instead imported over 6 million people.
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Completely normal country Steal, rape, kill and you will walk free Make comments online or in private chat groups? Twenty life sentences for you sir!
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Replying to @yfcherries
Au contraire Britains problems are not structural or complex. If a government came in and had the bravery to make some fairly basic but unpopular changes it would explode economic growth/SoL and rebuild a strong socio-cultural sphere. We are essentially held back by incompetence and cowardice in our leadership. The British Parliament is an astonishingly powerful legislature when utilised to its full extent. The political temperature of the public and the fiscal situation at the moment basically guarantees that it will eventually be utilised. On the other hand, the US has far more levels of bureaucracy and checks and balances which essentially necessitates electoral gerrymandering and permanent legislative gridlock. Similarly, the structural issues impacting US demographics and its social-cultural sphere are far more entrenched and difficult to pick apart than they are in the U.K. and unlikely to be reversed. All the said, it is undeniable that in a purely economic basis America is in a much stronger position that the U.K. right now and will be for the foreseeable and hence it’s not difficult to see why folk would think it’s got a better outlook. (And yes, I understand that this person is arguing from a leftist standpoint and therefore would likely see the positive changes the U.K. needs to make as indicative of its collapse despite it being the contrary)
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Literal treason. This means every company with the means to do so will drive down wages in an attempt to hire Indians who they don’t need to pay as much for, hitting all of our pockets. What happened to making it less attractive for mass immigration here? Despicable.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
The Member of Parliament for Islamabad speaks! Oh wait he’s actually supposed to be representing Birmingham…
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There is no stability in the region with a nuclear-armed Iran. We see you John, is Humza pulling your strings?
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
I think she needs to be taken out of this situation for her own welfare, to be honest
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Replying to @CrimeLdn
About the clearest example of why abolishing the death penalty entirely is a terrible idea. This guy will live the rest of his life at taxpayers expense with no doubt about his innocence, sporadically attacking those around him. Mental.
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Replying to @J4m35c4mpb3ll
Scotland created the modern world hand in hand with England, exporting our ideas, our people, our technology, our systems, our institutions, our inventions and our commerce, and we should be proud and unapologetic about it. Playing the victim is pathetic and unbecoming. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Replying to @timothy_stanley
Of course there are things we can do about it. What you really mean is you can’t stomach advocating for doing what needs to be done - such as belligerent integration policies, ruthless deportations, and a law and order crackdown.
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Replying to @BBCNewsnight
Why are the police and media *STILL* trying to cover up the fact that the rape gang scandal was overwhelmingly perpetrated by Pakistani Muslim men? Do you think for a second they’d be doing this if the roles were reversed?
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Replying to @JohnSwinney
No party has done more to divide this country than yours - the absolute brass neck you must have to even say this is something to behold.
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Replying to @LeftieStats
The people you are supporting and calling “leftist” are the kind of people that if god forbid they ever take power, will line people like you up against a wall, you do realise that right?
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK @TheSun
This guy gets to spend the rest of his life being a prick in the jail, attacking those around him, living at *our* expense and with absolutely no doubt about his innocence. Tell me why the death penalty isn’t appropriate for this kind of thing?
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Replying to @Steven_Swinford
It is painful how economically illiterate these people are. This will just mean that the housing supply shrinks as property owners hoard their current assets in hope of further growth. These people are supposed to be running the 6th largest economy in the world.
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Replying to @visegrad24
This is becoming a monthly occurrence in Germany now. Angela Merkel and the European political establishment should hang their heads in shame - this is on them.
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Replying to @Sargon_of_Akkad
Not even close, the vast majority fought in the Red Army
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Replying to @ApsanaBegumMP
Not a single mention of immigration, the Labour left is absolutely lost. You are worrying about a handful of seats lost to independents and greens meanwhile losing hundreds to reform over immigration. Hell mend ye
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
You know what, it’s good to read some good news for once. This should be a fun place to visit!
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Replying to @AkkadSecretary
Absolute cringe. Stop using this greater movement against our government to try and smuggle in your own backwards anti-British ideology. Not the first time you’ve tried it either.
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Replying to @visegrad24
We have politicians here who will on the one hand vociferously oppose infrastructure projects *in Britain* but want our government to spend money on the same projects in their ancestral homeland. We are governed by people who care more about other countries than our own.
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Replying to @StatisticUrban
Yeah the consumer is going to get absolutely shafted now, price rises galore
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Replying to @RichardBurgon
The vast majority of the public support mass deportations and capital punishment. Does that mean you will advocate for these positions? Or is this another classic case of Richard Burgon cherrypicking?
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Replying to @Keir_Starmer
Should conflict break out between India and Pakistan at any point, what is your plan for keeping the peace in Britain? We have large Indian and Pakistani communities that will be a major threat to public order should such a conflict occur. Anything?
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Good. Fly too close to the sun and you will get burned. Wee edgy boys who fucked up big time.
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Replying to @MavenPolitic
Once again the British Government shows that not only is it incapable of working on behalf of its citizens’ interests, but is actively working in favour of the interests of other nations citizens to the detriment of our own. Despicable and unfit to govern.
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Replying to @AdnanHussainMP
£70 billion is an extremely low amount given that there are 4 million British Muslims in our country and our total GDP is £2.85 trillion. This indicates a far below average contribution in comparison to other groups.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Note how Led By Donkeys don’t actually seem to care about holding the people that *actually* lead us to account when it doesn’t suit their agenda? Instead they focus all their energy on parties which don’t hold office anywhere in the country. I’m not a Farage fan by any means but this weird attempt to liken him to Trump and some sort of link to Putin is so cringe and pointless
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Genuine question, why have they not been arrested yet for this? If it’s because they were out of country, I presume they will be arrested whenever they return? This is clearly glorification of a proscribed terrorist organisation.
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Replying to @KonstantinKisin
I’m glad you are making the correct judgements about this. Murray was a bit clumsy in how he put across his points but his broader argument was absolutely spot on.
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Replying to @BBCWorld
I was told there was some magical rules and laws stopping us from doing this? You’re telling me you can just do things? Astounding.
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Replying to @andrewlearmonth
Says a lot that an anti-Farage protest in Scotland these days can only attract a dozen social rejects and basement dwellers. Changed days.
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Replying to @FraserNelson
Fraser, do you realise that importing millions of people who are not net contributors and have lower than average productivity is in fact driving down our GDP Per Capita and our Quality of Life. A 55 year old unskilled villager from Borno State, Nigeria is completely wiping out the inputs to the British treasury by numerous 25 year old university graduates working in the tech industry. This is not a good thing despite “graph go up”.
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Replying to @WriterMichael_
I don’t think Gary offers up a single coherent strategy for fixing the U.K. economy throughout the entire debate. He continually skirts around the fact that his policy is a) promoting the idea of a zero sum economy, b) perpetuating classism, and c) doesn’t address the impact of capital flight
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Replying to @JohnSwinney
John Swinney here admits that he wants to help big business by importing a “servant class” to suppress wages and conditions for domestic workers, and continue allowing universities to price out Scottish students by offering visa routes to foreigners. “For Scotland” apparently!
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Replying to @pinstripedline
There’s no chance you’re actually defending this ??!!
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Replying to @AdamBienkov
Countries that are trying to economically destroy us by blackmailing us into giving them reparations are indeed our enemies, yes. Thanks for pointing this out Adam.
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Replying to @kateferguson4
Britain seriously needs to stop pandering to the EU. When our interests align, that’s fine - but given behaviour over immigration with France, the Northern Ireland protocol and attitude towards Gibraltar/Falklands, these people as not our unconditional friends at all.
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Replying to @sentdefender
Let’s be real here, this is all just bluster. Iran claiming they can preemptively strike a U.K./US base thousands of miles away is hilarious. This is the same country which fired hundreds of missiles at Israel and the only casualties were some sand dunes. Then they sat and watched Israel destroy their air defence grid with no resistance. They are terrified the US is going to flatten their nuclear research facilities.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
There is no chance the ban on diesel/petrol cars will go ahead in 2030 anyway. That is completely unworkable and fanciful stuff.
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Replying to @nelsabbey
Fully agreed. Let have a full breakdown of net costs/contributions by every nationality, religion and ethnic background so that we can make appropriate policy off the back of it!
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Replying to @nikicaga
Reform are not a representation of “Sieg Heil” ffs This is a response to decades of incompetence, deceitful rhetoric, lying to the public and worsening living standards Such a facile take man
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK @BBCNews
This is a good start, but it doesn’t go far enough. The sentencing council, along with many other Quangos that have been set up in the last 20 odd years, need to be abolished urgently. They have done unmitigated damage to our democracy and the social fabric of our country.
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Replying to @BBCBreaking
A critical ruling which simply confirms what we all know to be the case. Time to stop pandering to lunatics and the academic fringe and roll back many of the insidious changes that have been enforced in the name of this ‘ideology’
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Would be totally ungovernable like that. But it’s crazy how badly the two main parties have cocked this up, they only have themselves to blame. And slightly hilarious how the Lib Dem’s - who should be a natural party of protest - are actually going *backwards*!
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Replying to @Con_Tomlinson
I find her claim that aboriginals and native Americans didn’t require penicillin until “we brought diseases with us” to be borderline offensive and telling about how much “research” or “reading” she has actually done.
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Replying to @FT
We are the sick man of Europe, and that is saying something considering the state of this continent these days. Just a truly endless stream of demoralisation one policy after another
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Replying to @visegrad24
Not really true though is it, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and many other Asian and African countries all have huge populations and are irrelevant compared to much smaller more advanced countries.
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Replying to @TrueSlazac
Mark Carney who was Governor of the Bank of England during a time of austerity measures is clearly the reincarnation of a Soviet Commissar
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Replying to @ZoomerHistorian
This is just such low hanging fruit man Your claim here is completely retarded on almost every single level Grow up
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Replying to @LBC
No James, you and people with your worldview and agenda did that.
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Replying to @DPJHodges
Several of the signatories opposed Heathrow Expansion as well. Zarah Sultana for example. The hypocrisy on show is astonishing. Sensible policies for a happier subcontinent.
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Replying to @LBC @ZoeJardiniere
“Migration Expert” So, basically just someone who is a paid shill by some shady third sector organisation for promoting mass migration into Britain in the gazillions. No one is listening to these people anymore - your consensus is a pile of ashes upon the ground.
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Replying to @DAaronovitch
There’s so many layers to this amount of ignorance, such as; The centuries of well documented opposition to British migration into Ireland Or The idea that because people once migrated from your country to elsewhere you must then accept infinity migration from everywhere else
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Replying to @RobertJenrick
The Sentencing Council and entire Quangocracy need to be abolished and held to account for their constitutional vandalism. The social fabric of our country is coming apart at the seams and it’s the degradation of our institutions which is to blame.
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Replying to @JohnSwinney
John Swinney wants the extremist Iranian regime to be allowed to have Nuclear Weapons. Interesting approach.
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Great, another ‘explainer’ telling us why, despite all the evidence, all the data, and all the clear graphs indicating as such - we are to ignore all that and pretend that somehow a social care worker with 7 dependents on welfare is somehow not a drain on public finances!
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Replying to @BarnabyRaine
I don’t think the next 1 million immigrants are going to bring any new food or instruments to the country that the first 15 million didn’t already tbh. Put another way, how many Manchester Arena bombings is it worth to you to have more Libyan food/culture in Britain?
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Replying to @ElectionMapsUK
This one will sting for the Lib Dems, especially given Reform won it
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Replying to @pinstripedline
Sorry, you’re going to need to explain how handing it away provides us with more stability than…keeping hold of it?
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Unless Adrian Ramsay believes the U.K. can force the likes of India, China, The USA, Indonesia and Russia to change course then Farage is absolutely right. Net zero as a unilateral approach in the U.K. alone serves only to impoverish us for no discernible environmental benefit.
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80k (combined?!) isn’t a lot at all This is a pure poverty mindset and probably explains why you think that’s such a crazy amount of money.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK @LBCNews
She’s just terrible at this isn’t she, a dreadful communicator - what were Conservative members thinking electing her instead of jenrick
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The Tories bleeding out slowly and painfully until they settle at ~10% They’ve been replaced now
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Replying to @Sargon_of_Akkad
Is there actually proof that we have a shortage of construction workers or is it just another one of these absolute myths to justify a) infinity immigration and b) asset hoarding by pensioners? The Boomer Establishment is like a vampire hooked up to the veins of British youth
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Replying to @StevenEdginton
This is honestly just verging on treasonous stuff now. When was the last time a British Government made a deal with another country that had perks and benefits for *British* people?
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Replying to @lexfridman
His criticisms were absolutely spot on. I think it’s entertaining for you to interview these people, same for Joe Rogan, but some of the people you both interview without any quality pushback on contentious points is often irresponsible given the size of your audiences.
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Replying to @nise_yoshimi
Demoralisation slop The vast majority of Scotland and Wales, and vast swathes of England outside the urban areas, are stunning, idyllic and beautiful to visit. This reads like somebody who barely gets out just dooming needlessly.
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Replying to @shashj
Good thing the streets of Great Britain aren’t full of Indian and Pakistani communities that have a strong affinity for their homeland then, eh? Oh, wait….
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
We are literally degrowth island. Can’t even build a high speed rail like between our two biggest cities in a 20 year span. No wonder our economy is stagnating - rip up the bloody planning regulations and get building ffs!
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Replying to @hzeffman
This was genuinely unthinkable even a year or two ago. Very good sign the pace at which the country’s politics is moving in this direction.
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Replying to @GBPolitcs
Meanwhile we have swathes of people railing against a hybrid model which is the norm on the continent (with better outcomes at lower cost), because they hear the word “private” and have an aneurysm. The NHS is verging on a cult for some.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
A lot of good stuff in there but they had 14 years to implement it and instead did the reverse, flooding our country with immigrants.
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Replying to @ShitpostRock
I see we are again re-writing Scottish history as if Scotland is some sort of agency-less nation filled with innocent noble savages when in fact we were instrumental in the British Empire and at the forefront of the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution. Braveheart isn’t real.
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Replying to @LeftieStats
The total number of real life people this strawman you’ve made up applies to is probably in the single digits. I believe dirty bastards who dump rubbish everywhere and make our towns and cities look like shit should be punished extremely heavily if they do so, personally.
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Replying to @AdnanHussainMP
Are you advocating for the return of British rule to the Mandate of Palestine? Or the “Land of Israel” as it says in Hebrew on that very coin?
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Britain and America are probably the only countries in the world where this type of opinion has an actual constituency of believers. This sort of nonsense is totally preposterous to everyone everywhere else.
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Replying to @PeteWishart
What exactly is disgraceful about banning the burqa? A real life symbol of male oppression of females? Would you be happy if your wife, daughter, mother, niece or granddaughter was compelled to wear it under duress? Do you think it’s acceptable to walk around in balaclavas?
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Replying to @ElectionMapsUK
Dreadful result for the SNP. They were almost beaten into third by Reform, who should be very please with this result, and bodes well for their chances in Scotland in 2026. Labour will be delighted with that too, they looked out of the running the last couple weeks.
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Replying to @Steven_Swinford
Hopefully Rolls Royce are announced as the winners, we need to support one of Britains great businesses and they are at the cutting edge of the technology. Good news all round there though.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
US sign off on deal which removes the last vestiges of British leverage over them, by voting to remove British sovereignty over their military base The U.K. government is either incapable or unwilling to act in the national interest, and as such those responsible should resign
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What in the name of Christ is this bullshit Who in gods name is actually still watching this utter tripe?
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Replying to @HumzaYousaf
Once again for those in the back: It is profoundly weird behaviour to advocate that instead of making choices to promote an increase in birth rates we should import millions of people to act as our servant class in care and health, as well as all their families. Mental.
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Replying to @JackElsom
National self sabotage on an unbelievable scale. The people running this country are morons and narcissists.
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Replying to @PoliticsJOE_UK
Still playing interference for foreign paedophiles then are you? You are disgusting scumbags.
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Replying to @LinkofSunshine
This is so hilariously incorrect and out of step with reality that it’s not even worth dismantling.
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Replying to @Gabriel_Pogrund
You’ve kind of got to admire the hard-lefts remarkable ability to fight amongst itself at this point. No one plays ball like these mfs.
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Replying to @TheOmniLiberal
The guy is a grade A grifter. He claims he’s one of the best ever traders in the city of London (with no proof) and every time he speaks to people with a modicum of an economic education he comes completely unstuck and resorts to emotional garbage like the above linked video.
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Replying to @visegrad24
Marine Le Pen has failed on numerous occasions to capitalise on the groundswell of support for RN in Presidential elections. Ironically, this could result in them finding a Presidential candidate who actually *could* win, in fact, I think it’s more than likely.
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Interesting difference between your reaction to Kneecaps outright call to murder MPs and support for a terrorist organisation versus your reaction to this sort of standard edgy display found in pretty much every Old Firm derby. One could call it plain hypocrisy.
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Replying to @PolitlcsUK
How does this benefit Britain? The tariffs open up an opportunity, given we have been tariffed the least in comparison to our closest neighbours. We should be looking to strike deals, make decisive moves and use it as a way of strengthening our position relative to others.
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