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British born European,retired French/German teacher, Free-lance writer & semi-retired broadcaster. Germanophile,Francophile. Immer und ewig europäisch.

Principauté du Pays de Galles
Joined December 2010
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Who's the mysterious woman?#borisjohnson

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Notice seen on the back of a Lithuanian transport company's lorry near Paris. It seems that the administrative burden of serving the #UK from #Europe is not worth it There are currently food shortages Ever heard of a government deliberately depriving its people of food? #Brexit
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Urgent retweet please to help Kiwi find a home #HAMPSHIRE, within one hour as will need to attend training AGED 17 months, 55kg, gentle giant STRESSED IN KENNELS, looking for a Foster or forever adult home as the only pet DETAILS👇❤️ rspca.org.uk/findapet/detail… #dogs #pets #England
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
If you are commenting that Starmer is shit because of the Chesham & Amersham result, then you really do not understand politics in the uk. It was a tremendous result. A result that ‘if’ replicated would help everyone.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Hospitals taking a big hit with this too. Now have to check all with pre settled/settled status as NHS eligibility is based on residency not contribution. Our checking is up 337% since April 1- never mentioned in media😪@Matthew_Wright
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So who took back control of our trade policies now that we are out of the EU 🤔
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And will remain so [see what I did!] until we Rejoin. In the 21st C, there is NO OTHER OPTION for the UK!
For something which is “done”, Brexit is still the biggest topic, everyday, in UK life and news.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Someone I know wasn't allowed to board the London-bound plane from Singapore cause she couldn't prove her UK residency, their wanted a physical proof, a card of some sort, which, of course, she didn't have cause the Settled status is online only. @InLimboBrexit #settledstatus
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Twitter, I am begging 🙏🏾 you to eliminate the auto scroll. If I want to go to the top of the tweets I can hit refresh
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Replying to @TOrynski
A friend farms mushrooms. 100% of his pickers and packers were Eastern European. No Brits because they generally lasted a couple of days. He pays above minimum wage, it’s indoors & it’s not in the cold or the wet. Welcome to Brexit land.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
The EU should have known that Boris Johnson treats any agreement as he does any marriage.
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Govt polling intentions show Cons at 45% - despite corruption, despite abysmal display at G7, despite delay to opening up (not closing border from India earlier). I realise I must be in a minority & if it wasn't for my like minded Twitter friends, I would think I'm going crazy.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Boris Johnson left our borders about as secure as a sieve. Ministerial negligence allowed the Delta variant to reach our shores and now as a result restrictions have had to be extended.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Can anyone think of anything more damning of the quality and impartiality of UK journalism than @BorisJohnson refusing to allow any foreign journalists into a press conference where everyone knows he will repeat nonsensical lies, knowing that he has no defence if called out?
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
😲@MattHancock being so slippery on why India not added to red list until 23 April, weeks later than Bangladesh, despite worse data. He says he couldn't have taken decision on 2 April as data not in until 7th but his dept told BBC he used data from March bbc.co.uk/news/57172793
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Comme toujours, une même union, une même détermination à agir, un même enthousiasme ! Le G7 peut commencer.
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Remember when remainers warned that Brexit would never be ‘done’ because of all the problems it would create? We were right.
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
If there was any doubt left in the minds of Britain's Brexit cabal... President Macron explained that "leadership is partnership" while President Biden responded with "we're on the same page"... "I for one think that the European Union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity"
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
Watch to the very end/////
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Geoff Atherton #FBPE #FBPA retweeted
I'm sure Carrie is thrilled to see her new husband has no qualms about ignoring an agreement he entered into enthusiastically as soon as a clause in it stops him getting everything he wants. – at Burnley, England
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