Ken Clarke MP

Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe. Holds to the now unfashionable view that politicians should act in the national interest and not just follow opinion polls.

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@ProfChalmers Et tu Brexit?

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@KCQCMP Please desist with the personation. It is flattering but representative democracy requires true accountability on the internet.

[Ken Clarke MP @KenClarkeMP]

Representation is not simply a case of blindly following instructions. It is a question of judgment. https://t.co/ehRurNcvCo

[Ken Clarke MP @KenClarkeMP]

@silversurfer957 Representative democracy requires that I exercise my judgment, not that I unthinkingly parrot majority in an opinion poll.

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@ProfChalmers That is rather annoying.

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This is all getting rather silly isn't it?

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@CllrBucke I am mortally offended at the suggestion that I drive my own car. How very improper.

[Ken Clarke MP @KenClarkeMP]

Birdwatchers for climate action. #bbcqt

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I am not a "Twitcher". I merely roam without briefs. #bbcqt

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I prepared groundwork for a surplus. None of my successors as Chancellor can say that. Put that record in your tobacco and smoke it #bbcqt

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@Aremay Only spoofs are Chancellors that came after me. Bloody amateurs running a deficit. Not doing enough to stimulate hush puppy market.

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@SaifRRahman How very dare you criticise Hush Puppies!? They are an integral part of my Capitalist religion, which deserves respect.

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@Hannahh_Macc Oh shut up and smoke a cigar.

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@Abubaker01 @yasminah_b @BBCRadio4 @HackneyAbbott @afneil @FT Calm down young man. I like lots of clothes. Especially hush puppies.

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@RaniaKhan30 I say a lot of things about clothes. I strongly recommend hush puppies. Do you have hush puppies?

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@RaniaKhan30 People who don't smoke cigars are muppets.

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@RaniaKhan30 I am not the Home Secretary. Besides which any clothing which impedes the smoking of cigars is to be severely frowned upon.

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@yasminah_b @BBCRadio4 @HackneyAbbott @afneil @FT My only problem with the burqua is that it's a terrible hindrance to smoking cigars.

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@David_Cameron76 A trouser press is such a waste of money when you could use it to buy more cigars.

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@sipped_slurped Air travel has never quite been the same since they banned the backy. @easyJet