Deborah Ann Grant

My perspective comes from working in depth with organisations large & small: from household names to start ups; volunteering and living in 3 different countries

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"If you look at what people in Britain actually think, the real difference is between those highly engaged & assertive voices always spoiling for a fight on culture & identity, and the solid majority who are fed up with artificial conflicts based on false choices"
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@MrHarryCole John "McDeath" McConnell nearly made me hurl my breakfast yesterday when he accused Starmer of keeping total control within his office (I don't blame him).

Pot kettle black: it seemed nothing compared with the control freakery & thought policing from Corbyn's office & Momentum.

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@gregory88113008 @MrsA_BSc @Anna_Soubry Welcome to the Real world.

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@MrsA_BSc @Anna_Soubry Those 3 roles are pretty much involved in the same things. Those of us who do, or did, jobs that are never 9 to 5 also had pastimes, exercise and families. If you don't, you end up an unfit basket case.

That's the real world. Want success? Gotta put in the effort.

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@MrsA_BSc @Anna_Soubry Tell that to people trying to grow their business (or save it). 9 - 5; guaranteed pensions, can only be fired once every 4 years - what are those?

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@_MikeInScotland @dodzielinski @RidgeOnSunday @michaelgove The only reason they want to keep the Union is that no politician wants to be the one who presided over the break up.

You give me the reasons you think Scots will be better off leaving.

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@_MikeInScotland @RidgeOnSunday @michaelgove Best of luck.

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@SkyNews And will the weather be better?

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@SkyNews Our question is: what will Scots get from independence? What would measurably improve their lives?
Will they be better off; will they be healthier; will they be better educated & will there be more jobs?

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@I0I0IOO0 @SkyNews England will only be 58 million people.

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@SkyNews Don't forget older people may not have degrees but that doesn't mean they're not intelligent. Add the wisdom that comes from life experience & they're well qualified to judge.
In 1970, only 5% of women & 10% men went to uni. Half go now. Intelligence distribution hasn't changed.

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@burdish @Anna_Soubry It may well do in the future, it's too early to judge. The first big test was a resounding win for Brexit. You couldn't make it up, I know. I'm not a Brexiteer but it is what it is. We have to deal with it.

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@joa_now @VGWelland @guardian Sure. Young people matter hugely, so do those who voted Brexit but would I take their advice on political matters or the the economy? The answer is rarely.

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@DuncanMhor Well fine. You'll be happy to decline right now the £1,600 per head Barnett subsidy to the person or people in the rest of the UK who you think need it more than you.

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@Carolecharles10 @DAaronovitch Go for it. But as Sturgeon just said on Marr, now is not the right time.

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@Shadey1875 @Jimbo_A_Tweets @DAaronovitch I didn't say a referendum wasn't valid. I just suggested now was a bad time. So did Sturgeon on the Marr Show just now.

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@CyberHibby @DAaronovitch You could always give your £1,600 subsidy back?

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@JNolnah @DAaronovitch Qualified to comment, that's who I am.

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@matt_the_snap @Anna_Soubry You know he didn't mean it though, don't you.

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@Shadey1875 @Jimbo_A_Tweets @DAaronovitch Scandi countries don't have Scotland's problems.