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I believe this will be considered one of the most important videos in US history from this time.
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Remember this bullshit. The Tories disgraced themselves over and over and over.
Dominic Cummings and his wife both went down with Coronavirus. They took steps to ensure their young son could be cared for by family in extremis. They isolated in a separate home throughout and food was brought to their door. I know politics is politics, but they are human too.
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This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
Does Obama not understand that to most Americans the Cheesecake Factory is a very nice and fancy restaurant?
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EU Freedom of Movement is NOT an unconditional right under EU law: it is conditional on finding a job or being self-sufficient i.e. not being a burden on taxpayers. Otherwise they have no right to stay.
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UK offering Freedom of Movement would be the game changer for conversations with the EU, one of the trio of people, pounds and positivity I identified earlier this year as crucial to any significant move to removing barriers.
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Yes. Free movement never meant an unconditional right to settle anywhere in Europe. Belgium, Austria, Denmark and at least 10 other EU countries require registration and evidence of employment or sufficient means. Britain could have adopted similar controls before Brexit. It chose not to. That's a failure of British government, not EU law.
@eurorealist Do you have any evidence that these theoretical powers are ever used by EU countries?
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That's not my definition of either free speech or democracy.
Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history.
Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress. wapo.st/4igb5Kq
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Note to the EU haters. You can hate it. Many do. But it is still the UK's neighbours being in a club that the UK has to deal with from a point of weakness. Geography denial has failed, obviously. So far the only serious idea I've seen is "muddle through". Is that it?
UK offering Freedom of Movement would be the game changer for conversations with the EU, one of the trio of people, pounds and positivity I identified earlier this year as crucial to any significant move to removing barriers.
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“There is not in Europe any such thing as a pure race. Russians have an admixture of Tartar blood, Germans are largely Slavonic, France is a mixture of Celts, Germans, and people of Mediterranean race, Italy the same with the addition of the descendants of slaves from every ported by the Romans. The English are perhaps the most mixed of all. There is no evidence that there is any advantage in belonging to a pure race. The purest races now in existence are the Pygmies, the Hottentots, and the Australian aborigines; the Tasmanians, thanks to the British, who were probably even purer are now extinct. There is a special absurdity in applying racial theories to the various populations of Europe.”
— Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, Ch. VII: An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
— Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, Ch. VII: An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
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The Budget is in three days time. What have Reform spent the last week doing. Attacking Andy Burnham for not stopping riots in France, and calling the police on ITN. And they wonder why Labour and the Tories are surging in the polls, while they’re tanking…
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So, 10 days after Starlink/Starshield was limited over Ukraine, Musk has finally crafted his story and decided to break cover with an emotional explanation. Many will argue it exonerates him, I think it poses more questions than answers. Let’s see what’s missing here. 🧵1/6
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Ultimately, this was never about a breach of contract terms - that’s a convenient cover. This was always a deliberate attempt to apply pressure on Ukraine for Trump’s political ends. And in Musk he had the perfect partner, whose own fortune is tied to Trump’s political one.
Elon Musk has attempted to close the issue with Starlink in Ukraine. But here is a tale in 7 tweets that suggests it’s far from closed. The throttling back of speed limits on Starlink terminals occurred around 14 October so let’s go back to then in his timeline. 🧵1/10
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揭穿马斯克的谎言：
Starlink（星链）是一项民用商业服务——撒谎。 年6月五角大楼正式签约，波兰每年5000万美元、3万台终端，星盾终端3000台走五角大楼合同，这叫民用商业服务？你家民用宽带是按战争合同收费的吗？从第一天起它就是乌克兰战时军事通信骨干，你比谁都清楚。现在出事了，突然改口说民用，是想把军事合同的责任推给"消费者条款"，合同签的时候是军事服务，担责的时候变民用服务，变脸比翻书快。
从未被允许——那为什么允许了三年半？ 乌克兰用星链打无人机是2022年就公开的事实，2023年Shotwell划过一次线，之后照样用，照样签合同，照样付钱。条款三年半不执行，偏偏在10月13日深夜执行，而10月9日川普刚和普京签了柴油协议，10月10日刚说乌克兰该换总统，10月11日刚宣布能源停火（潜台词：别再打俄炼油厂）。你的条款执行日程表，怎么和川普的政治日程表是同一张？
Starshield（星盾）由美国政府控制，他们自己决定——这句话是你自己打自己脸。 五角大楼10月21日已经公开说了，没下过限制令。政府没决定限制，限制却发生了，那决定是谁做的？华尔街日报10月21日报道，命令来自你本人。你把锅推给美国政府，美国政府说没下令，锅最后还是回到你手里。你这句话不是辩护，是自供状。
乌克兰违反服务条款——偷换了两个概念。 第一，军用终端适用的是五角大楼合同，不是家用宽带的消费者条款，你拿服务条款管战争？第二，你把它说成 进攻性无人机打击以杀死人们，拦下炸城市的无人机，叫杀人吗？叫救人。把防御说成进攻，是你整篇最阴的一招。
漏洞—— 一个公开了三年半的用途，叫漏洞？ 你三年半没发现，偏偏在柴油协议之后发现了。这不叫补漏洞，叫补政治立场。
Starlink（星链）是一项民用商业服务——撒谎。 年6月五角大楼正式签约，波兰每年5000万美元、3万台终端，星盾终端3000台走五角大楼合同，这叫民用商业服务？你家民用宽带是按战争合同收费的吗？从第一天起它就是乌克兰战时军事通信骨干，你比谁都清楚。现在出事了，突然改口说民用，是想把军事合同的责任推给"消费者条款"，合同签的时候是军事服务，担责的时候变民用服务，变脸比翻书快。
从未被允许——那为什么允许了三年半？ 乌克兰用星链打无人机是2022年就公开的事实，2023年Shotwell划过一次线，之后照样用，照样签合同，照样付钱。条款三年半不执行，偏偏在10月13日深夜执行，而10月9日川普刚和普京签了柴油协议，10月10日刚说乌克兰该换总统，10月11日刚宣布能源停火（潜台词：别再打俄炼油厂）。你的条款执行日程表，怎么和川普的政治日程表是同一张？
Starshield（星盾）由美国政府控制，他们自己决定——这句话是你自己打自己脸。 五角大楼10月21日已经公开说了，没下过限制令。政府没决定限制，限制却发生了，那决定是谁做的？华尔街日报10月21日报道，命令来自你本人。你把锅推给美国政府，美国政府说没下令，锅最后还是回到你手里。你这句话不是辩护，是自供状。
乌克兰违反服务条款——偷换了两个概念。 第一，军用终端适用的是五角大楼合同，不是家用宽带的消费者条款，你拿服务条款管战争？第二，你把它说成 进攻性无人机打击以杀死人们，拦下炸城市的无人机，叫杀人吗？叫救人。把防御说成进攻，是你整篇最阴的一招。
漏洞—— 一个公开了三年半的用途，叫漏洞？ 你三年半没发现，偏偏在柴油协议之后发现了。这不叫补漏洞，叫补政治立场。
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Elon Musk has attempted to close the issue with Starlink in Ukraine. But here is a tale in 7 tweets that suggests it’s far from closed. The throttling back of speed limits on Starlink terminals occurred around 14 October so let’s go back to then in his timeline. 🧵1/10
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We have cancelled our X subscription for the following main reasons:
First and foremost, we cannot contribute to an organization that apparently places the interests of an adversary above those of the United States.
Second, despite assurances that a paid subscription would extend reach, it appears we've experienced systematic deboosting over the past few months in favor of the platform's political preferences, conduct that violates its own terms of service.
First and foremost, we cannot contribute to an organization that apparently places the interests of an adversary above those of the United States.
Second, despite assurances that a paid subscription would extend reach, it appears we've experienced systematic deboosting over the past few months in favor of the platform's political preferences, conduct that violates its own terms of service.
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RT @meralhece: Yes, & we were told ‘78m Turks were all coming to the UK’ if we had stayed in the EU. Strange how they haven’t all left Turk…
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