Monsieur Cynique

Britishness, fairness, decency. My own opinions containing hopefully all three.

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@AllisonPearson No smartphones for kids is the way. Not forced digital ID for everyone.

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@Glinner “Neil, the bathroom’s free. Unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta…”

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It's not "bad" per se. It's a natural progression. Like you say, worse for the EU. At least the UK, whilst it can't compete with the US and China does have lots of research going on. Our top universities still educate global talent. The two reasons why the UK is in trouble: energy costs, business costs (including red tape).

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@patcondell Whichever way you cut it, the UK is in a state of anarcho-tyranny. The unpunished elephants in the room walk around freely, whilst normal people are having their rights removed and being arrested for speaking out.

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@ArchRose90 The problem with the Tories is a structural one. At least half their sitting MPs are "Wets". Kemi can promise as much as she likes, it's impossible for her to deliver. They are finished in their current form.

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@RupertLowe10 That would be a start but a fish rots from the head. Massive change is needed.

[paint it black @CollinsMikeyc]

@Keir_Starmer Just shut up. You are a disgrace.

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@NonWokeChurch @AllisonPearson @WestYorksPolice Catch-22. Abolish jury trials as juries can no longer be relied upon to be impartial and then be faced with "woke" judges or keep jury trials and see a lot of crims go free based on inherent racial bias in the jury. Natives are going to suffer, no matter what.

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@timespolitics @Nigel_Farage @Nigel_Farage can you do anything about union contributions to Stand Up To Racism who sang all the way through the Henry Nowak vigil yesterday? They rely heavily on union cash.

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@juneslater17 "Unite the Right" doesn't much work. Left and right voters think differently: Loyalty, commitment, respect of authority - typical right wing values, make people less likely to switch and more likely to vote with their conscience.

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@grok @annmcelhinney Un-fucking-believable.

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I was in Spain a couple of weeks visiting non-touristy, non-immigrant, Northern Spanish cities for work. The Spanish live their culture in a way that doesn't exist in the UK (I don't mean that disparagingly, it's just one of the things that makes us British), They will not give that way of life up without a fight as it's intrinsic to who they are as a people. I'm less worried about them than I am about us.

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@JynnyJames @Keir_Starmer Brilliant

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He has a point.

[Laurence Fox @LozzaFox]

Dear @elonmusk

This is someone seeking reelection from the British public.

She has turned off her replies, as have so many of her colleagues.

Are they accountable on @x or not?

No grey tick political account should be able to broadcast with replies turned off.

Free speech.

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@joshxhowie I agree. Too often these days it's not reciprocated - so you're forced to harden your position when you'd rather not.

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@joshxhowie @TRobinsonNewEra Well their secret's not a secret anymore! As long as it's not a publicity stunt all credit to whoever at Oxford had the guts. I really didn't think there was anyone at Oxford left with any.

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@Nigel_Farage

[Alex Armstrong @Alexarmstrong]

More wonderful cultural enrichment.

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@horrormuseum @Glinner It's not just that though. It's the fact that all scripts have the same limited set of characterisations which have to operate within a set of preachy woke-bound parameters. That's the biggest turn off for me.

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@RupertLowe10 @Keir_Starmer 71k views, 17k likes. Pretty incredible. I would say that captures the mood somewhat.