Paul William Jenkins

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Coming soon to Dover.
Sealed buses, their passengers cleared by French border officials into French territory, driving through the middle of town.
Mimics Cold War transit travel from West Germany through DDR to West Berlin.
Weirdest Brexit consequence yet?
https://t.co/y4HO0x559t

[Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating]

Boaters have a really important role in helping us to save water by making sure that all the gates and paddles are closed after use, sharing a lock if possible, and waiting for oncoming boats where appropriate. Thanks in advance for your help with this. https://t.co/5bB7hY63dc

[Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧/🇨🇾 @vivamjm]

Brexit UK the new DDR of Europe behind its (still descending) Gammon Curtain 😆
I warned of it all. I knew it was all coming. But it still amazes me the UK voted for it all & whole establishment too afraid to expose what it'd all mean or too stupid to know https://t.co/ZdxWB2Bton

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

😩 The first bills for post-Brexit border charges have started to land – and some businesses are in for a shock.

😳 Food and drink businesses bringing goods into the UK from the EU via Dover have started to receive the first invoices for the common user charge (CUC), a fee imposed by govt in April to recoup the costs of Brexit physical checks.

🔥 Smithfield Foods, which trades meat products, said its CUC costs between April and June amounted to nearly £30,000. Of 810 inbound loads, only around 15% were diverted for physical checks.

“It needs to be noted that the current [CUC] arrangements favour big importers who can import truckloads of uniform goods on one common health entry document (CHED)”, Duklas added.

“Small importers are at a serious disadvantage, and this will definitely lead to quite a few bankruptcies and definitely to a much, much more restricted and expensive offer to UK consumers.”

https://t.co/J3yx34AOR8

[Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating]

Did you know that you shouldn't moor within 25 meters of locks, moveable bridges, weirs, under bridges, near bends, at water points, winding holes, on grab chains, safety ladders or canoe portage points? Watch our video about mooring https://t.co/Xkx4SX17Z7

[Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧/🇨🇾 @vivamjm]

UK was on its knees with loss of its empire.
UK knew it needed to join with Europe.
It did.
It retained large influence in the world & ever expanding influence in Europe.
Its prosperity boomed. (becoming 5th largest economy).
UK left.
UK now back in decline.
Silly fucking UK.

[Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating]

If you need to report a network issue such as a damaged lock, low water levels, a blocked elsan etc. for the fastest service please always report by using our webform https://t.co/Qcwh2yP3U2, by calling 0303 040 4040 or reporting to @CanalRiverTrust. Thank you.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

The yacht was named "Bayesian." What are the odds?

I have fallen overboard in the storm of irony.

"The 183ft superyacht, named Bayesian, reportedly capsized off the coast of Palermo in Sicily at around 5am local time following a fierce storm overnight."
https://t.co/LpWVeGsuU2

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Palestinian journalist Salma Al Qadoumi lies injured after being shot in the back by Israeli snipers in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom estimates around 113 have been killed during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza since Oct 7

[Canal & River Trust @CanalRiverTrust]

Last week, there was a major incident on the Walsall Canal.

It goes without saying that we'll be seeking to recover costs pending @EnvAgency's investigation, but following our emergency response and the expected cost of the clean-up for our charity, we're also asking for help.

[Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating]

Let's keep the water where it belongs. Please close gates and paddles and follow any local special instructions (check the signs).

[Thomas Reis @peakaustria]

Around 200 years ago, writers vividly captured the astonishing abundance of marine life off the British coast. They recounted scenes of vast herring columns, stretching for miles and “so dense that the water itself seemed to bulge and shift as if pushed from below” (William Yarrell, 1836).

The sea appeared black with their numbers, a living expanse “teeming with multitudes of fish” (Thomas Pennant, 1766), as far as the eye could see.

These immense shoals of herring were trailed by schools of enormous cod, porpoise, spurdog, tope and smooth hound, along with majestic longfin and bluefin tuna. Among them swam the ocean’s formidable predators: blue, porbeagle, thresher and mako sharks, and even the occasional great white.

And just beyond this astonishing spectacle, within sight of the shore, pods of fin and sperm whales breached and spouted, a reminder of “the treasures of the deep” and the sea’s great abundance and rich biodiversity (Thomas Pennant, 1766).

[Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧/🇨🇾 @vivamjm]

While UK withers behind its #BelarussianBrexit (still descending) Gammon Curtain

[EuropeanPowell @EuropeanPowell]

Brussels is pressing ahead with a threat of legal action it first made against the UK government in May 2020. Last week, in a little-reported move, the European Commission gave the UK two months to respond to its concerns over the treatment of EU citizens.
“The United Kingdom’s shortcomings in the implementation and transposition of EU free movement law risks therefore also affecting the implementation of the citizens’ rights under the withdrawal agreement after the end of the transition period,”

https://t.co/rGpGkZ39FW

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Another Reform MP Rupert Lowe with multiple holdings and jobs - he used to be in business with Mrs Sunak btw

If anyone has spotted him in Great Yarmouth since the GE, let me know!!

Farage’s office in Clacton is accused of not even answering emails or phones

Men of the people?

[Brexit Buster @BrexitBuster]

Jim Davidson OBE: a performance in four acts…

Act 1. Owe £1.4m in unpaid tax. Move to Dubai. Go bankrupt still owing us £700k.
Act 2. Set up charity for veterans.
Act 3. As CEO have salary of £43k + £11k expenses.
Act 4. Slam those offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees.

[Gina Miller @thatginamiller]

All MPs' 2nd jobs should be stopped - including media show hosting as creates conflicts of interest and detracts from the job they're elected and paid to do, full-time!

Farage paid more in a month than he does annually as MP, can his priority really be the people of Clacton?
https://t.co/PG02KdyrUo

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Nigel Farage's register of interests reveal that he accepted a £9,200 trip to Belgium, courtesy of the convicted fraudster George Cottrel, who spent eight months in an American jail, after being accused of offering money-laundering services on the dark web.

[James Abbott @JamesAbbott2013]

Indeed.
This is a site where BNG was applied - mega warehouse development on edge of #Witham #Essex
Every tree & hedge (some about 150 yrs old) within site destroyed, including Oaks.
We were told an offsite provision (not defined) would deliver a biodiversity gain.
#greenwash