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The government asked the opinion of an expert at the Foreign Office about Rwanda. The expert told them the truth about the dangers. The government decided to go ahead with the policy anyway and now don’t want the High Court (or you) to know what the expert warned them. twitter.com/BBCBreaking/st…
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Hang on in there…
(Photo @PoliticalPics)
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Me watching the torrential rain in London today:
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“I’ll tell you when I’ve knocked over enough” twitter.com/ACBowell/statu…
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Huge amounts of sewage being pumped out:
Privatised water companies 🤝 Tory leadership candidates twitter.com/BBCSussex/stat…
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You’ve probably seen tweets about Conservative MPs voting against a ban on private water companies pumping sewage into rivers and the sea. If you’re wondering if they’d really do that; yes, they did (only 22 voted in favour)
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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You can see how your MP voted here:
votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/…
(Those voting “aye” (yes) were voting against the ban)
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The Prime Minister’s sister interviewing the Prime Minister’s father. What a country. twitter.com/LBC/status/156…
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Something worth looking at on Downing Street twitter.com/justin_ng/stat…
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Always look on the bright side of life…
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Wishing my friends in Ukraine and around the world an uplifting Independence Day 🇺🇦
(Photo @justin_ng)
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Always ready to pounce… twitter.com/PjrFoto/status…
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In the latest sorry chapter in his doomed attempt to become Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has said experts were given too much say on efforts to curb the spread of covid. Sunak’s contribution was to spend £850m encouraging people to mix indoors…
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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The government is fine so long as none of them ever has to interact with any member of the public ever again
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The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom has publicly said that she’s unsure if the President of France is a “friend or foe”. She was willing to insult a key ally in order to show-off to a right wing journalist. She would still like to be Prime Minister.
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In 10 days the Conservatives will have picked their new leader, who will automatically become Prime Minister. With a bit of luck there might still be a country left to govern.
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Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has told people across the UK to consume less energy.
Zahawi previously claimed expenses from the public for the energy to heat his horse stables:
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
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First they came for the people who were storing boxes of top secret documents in their house and… I was fine with that, because you obviously shouldn’t store boxes of top secret documents in your house.
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They also died in much higher numbers Kate. When did it become acceptable for politicians to say that things getting demonstrably worse is fine?
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Boris Johnson: twitter.com/BBCNews/status…
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Tomorrow is a bank holiday in the UK, which means lots of people will be “doing a Boris” and not working.
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A British attempt to leave Europe and head to America ends in embarrassment. C'est la vie. twitter.com/haynesdeborah/…
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Boris Johnson was at his desk at 7am and has worked non-stop to find solutions for the cost of living cr… Nah, he’s sitting in his vest and pants and watching repeats of Homes Under the Hammer. #kitileaks
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 15 year old tabby. Living with my fifth Prime Minister. Unofficial. A subpar odyssey.