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    Jon Williams‏Verified account @WilliamsJon 1 Jul 2019

    Quite something: protestors pin British colonial #HongKong flag to #LegCo President’s podium. Hard to imagine anything more incendiary to #China. (Pic: @AFP)pic.twitter.com/tMuRLbolGB

    8:16 am - 1 Jul 2019
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      1. Alexandra Marshall‏ @ellymelly 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @AFP

        The cloak of freedom in the face of a #communist takeover. #hongkong #HongKongProtest

        0 replies . 2 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Gary Newcombe‏ @newkstar 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @AFP

        This can only end badly.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. HK tweets‏ @tweets_hk 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @newkstar @WilliamsJon @AFP

        Maybe not worsen than people killing themselves over it, and 3 of our ppl already did in despair. We can not see any hope because our govt is controlled by Beijing, and they are willing to further damage our society over 1 single word that Beijing not allow them to say: WITHDRAW

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      2. Gritty had a Town Hall before Pat Toomey‏ @Toomey_TownHall 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @byrdinator @AFP

        Fuck China.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. gladsheim‏ @gladsheimyi 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @Toomey_TownHall @WilliamsJon and

        fuck you

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      1. UK public policy failure‏ @policy_uk 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @montie @AFP

        Extraordinary. Photo of the century type thing!

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      1. Joony (Not Quite Half of the) People's Government‏ @CSOL14441 1 Jul 2019

        ... err different countries different events. it is quite simple to understand I think

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      2. Sven_Stefano65‏ @Stephen_L12 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @AFP

        Yeah, we instilled in to the citizens when it was a UK colony that freedom and democracy matter and should not be taken away.

        5 replies . 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. Barnhurstian‏ @BobBarnehurst 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @Stephen_L12 @WilliamsJon @AFP

        How Ironic. The majority of the HK Chinese want the UK system of government back, without a superstate telling them what to do. Here in the UK an increasingly bizarre but vocal minority want to reject the UK system of government in the UK in favour of being ruled by Brussels.

        7 replies . 9 retweets 63 likes
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      1. James Robert  🇺🇦 🇭🇰‏ @Jiminho_ 1 Jul 2019
        Replying to @WilliamsJon @timothy_stanley @AFP

        In the latter stages, Britain provided a safety blanket for HK. HK people ran HK. That's the era that want back.

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