Allan Hodgkinson

Retired teacher of English, avid reader and consumer of wine and coffee. Love Dublin and dabbling in chess.

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@RevRichardColes Have you been transported to 1940?

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@susannareid100 ‘ voters complain they don’t know who he is’ Tabloid journalism belongs in the tabloids and is clearly alive and well on morning ITV.

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@JohnSimpsonNews Designed to blame Ukraine.

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@terrychristian @TobiMegchild @dontbrexitfixit @ifsbutsnmaybes My wife and I and all of our friends in their late 60s/ early 70s voted remain. I remember how stunned I was when the result was first announced, how I felt betrayed and how sad I felt for the young in particular. This country should be shaping the EU from within.

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@ChiOnwurah I understand why you, as a Labour MP, are highlighting this but, on a day when everybody’s compulsory bills are being hiked, the optics are not good.

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@Carl_Portman Ok, fair enough, a month in isolation so perhaps the chess set would be necessary. However, I’m so lazy I would still prefer a chess book where the chess set could be dispensed with. Is this why my chess doesn’t improve? Book suggestions before brickbats please.

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@ContractorCalc @DanNeidle Formerly high-earning retirees still generate tax in retirement.

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@sharrond62 As long as the minority are contributing substantially more than the majority are net claiming then it is sustainable.

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@LeeAndersonMP_ Well, you should have words. For example give the full context.

[Prof Colin Talbot (and my late pal Rory) @colinrtalbot]

I strongly recommend sharing this as widely as possible to counter some of the lies and hate being stirred up by Musk, Farage, Jenrick and Badenoch.

And this was while the Tory govt was doing as little as possible to respond to the 2022 report?

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@Dr_Ellie Yes, mentioned this bit of news to my GP daughter. She said, “We do this already.” As a Labour supporter, I’m rather disconcerted by this apparent spin. Now it’s 2025, my expectation is that we should be moving into tangible improvement territory.

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@FearedBuck It's called method acting.

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@essenviews Well, he is very old.

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@doctoriaindarcy Disgraceful. All traffic has a moral and legal? responsibility to allow passage of ambulance on blue lights. If the selfish and pre planned actions of tractor drivers made this impossible they bear a collective responsibility for this tragedy. RIP Brian. Condolences to his family

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@robprogressive Happened to me a few years ago. Tried to withdraw £5000 to pay a builder. Told I couldn’t. Decided to leave Nat West after 40 years as a customer and they didn’t raise an eyebrow-no communication asking why.

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@Carl_Portman Lovely set but may lead to confusion during a time scramble in the pub.

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@RobertJenrick @Telegraph Which party would you suggest?

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@AllisterHeath You have far too much time in your hands.

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@paullewismoney Could be a wake-up call for the private sector to follow the state curriculum more closely rather than doing their own thing.