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JRIDD

@theriddler551

London and Beijing based. Internationalist.

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Joined February 2011
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Harrods and fishing - a thread For the benefit of @christopherhope who was correct on the telly today and Paul Stains - @GuidoFawkes - who wasn't tl:dr Harrods is worth more to the UK economy than fishing.... ... has been for a few years. ... now not even close 1/
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pretty much sums it up
The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) profile pictureThe Lincoln Project
@ProjectLincoln20 Nov 2020
History is being written Senators. And while you cower, the American people are watching.

Shameful

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There should be a worldwide ban on trophy hunting. Please retweet if you agree.
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“Daddy, why can’t you watch something else? It’s the weekend!” #Election2020
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Oh, it’s your first day on Twitter? Here, this is Twitter.
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I'm tired of Tories praising firefighters, police, NHS medics, council staff and other emergency workers then cutting their pay and jobs
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So you're saying "austerity" was just cover for an ideological dismantling of the state? And the household budget comparison was all a lie?
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Watch @BBCSimonMcCoy's reaction when Tory MP @AlanMakHavant tells him the @Conservatives are going to form a "strong and stable" government.
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wow robotics works fast teapawt.net/bbcpolitics/status/874…
BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) profile pictureBBC Politics
@BBCPolitics12 Jun 2017
Watch @BBCSimonMcCoy's reaction when Tory MP @AlanMakHavant tells him the @Conservatives are going to form a "strong and stable" government.
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If I told you that many of history’s most dynamic achievers were dyslexics would you believe me? virg.in/4W8
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In a typically elegant way Robert Harris's Sunday Times essay sums up the nation's plight
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Boris Johnson tripe - he is backing himself. Let's get on with the job of finishing them off teapawt.net/borisjohnson/status/87…
Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) profile pictureBoris Johnson
@BorisJohnson10 Jun 2017
Mail on Sunday tripe - I am backing Theresa may. Let's get on with the job
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Let's crowd-fund a big red bus with '£350m for the NHS' painted on the side to follow him wherever the fuck he goes
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Yep. As true as your £350 million a week for the NHS. teapawt.net/BorisJohnson/status/87…
Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) profile pictureBoris Johnson
@BorisJohnson10 Jun 2017
Mail on Sunday tripe - I am backing Theresa may. Let's get on with the job
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Tories warned us about a "coalition of chaos" propped up by "terrorist sympathisers". They just didn't tell us it would be them leading it!!
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I suspect we've seen the end of the tabloids as arbiters of UK politics. Sun, Mail & Express threw all they had into backing May, & failed.
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Why are millennial voters miffed 1: they have seen the generational income progress we came to take for granted grind to a halt
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To all of you who voted for me yesterday, thank you. And thank you to @tania_mathias and @katherinedunne for a well fought contest 1/3 – at Richmond, London
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Wow. So good Labour stronger. So good Brutal Brexit rejected. So good next generation realized the stakes and spoke up.
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Has the country just voted to reverse the referendum result? there is definitely no maj for hard Brexit
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