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Chairman @Spectator, @Apollo_Magazine, http://ITP.com , Addison Club, BBC PRESENTER @daily_politics @bbcthisweek Tweets reflect only my view

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    Andrew Neil‏Verified account @afneil 28 Nov 2016

    Why do broadcasters do vox pops in Havana without mentioning the place is riddled with secret police? People cannot speak freely.

    12:40 PM - 28 Nov 2016
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      2.  🇪🇺 Steve Paris  🖇‏ @sjparis 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @afneil

        @liarpoliticians even before the snooper's charter, we couldn't really speak openly in the UK either.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. liarpoliticians‏ @liarpoliticians 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sjparis @afneil

        The UK's secret police... trawling Facebook and Twitter for "offensive words", while REAL crime solving drops.

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      4. paul jackman‏ @paulfitter 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @liarpoliticians @sjparis @afneil

        that's me locked up then ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5.  🇪🇺 Steve Paris  🖇‏ @sjparis 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulfitter @liarpoliticians @afneil

        give it time.

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      2. David Zarb-Osland‏ @David__Osland 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @afneil

        .@afneil Whether Havana is 'riddled with secret police' or not, no fluent Spanish speaker will find it difficult to get frank conversation.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Nick Timothy Fan‏ @Shyboh 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @David__Osland @afneil

        Mate of mine went and found people openly criticising Castro in 2005.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. David Zarb-Osland‏ @David__Osland 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Shyboh

        That's what I found too. Minority loathed Castro, minority liked him, most in between. But nobody scared to speak.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Mo Goudah‏ @Goudah 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @afneil

        can speak freely at the BBC and ignore a D Notice? I thought not.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Mark Pentler‏ @markpentler 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Goudah @afneil

        well, DNotices are advisory and not even called that anymore.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Mo Goudah‏ @Goudah 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @markpentler @afneil

        tell that 2 the men that stormed the basement of the Guardian newspaper and started smashing computers & hard drives.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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    1. Lynn Smith‏ @freedomlynn123 29 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil @liarpoliticians

      Sounds a little like the UK these days. Web watchers over Politically Correct authorities we can barely breath!

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    2. Andrew Slorance‏ @slorance 28 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil

      why do them anywhere? Pointless fillers most of the time which add nothing to substance of report/issue.

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      2. blackeyeddog‏ @blackeyeddog 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @afneil @2010LeeHurst

        He kicked out Batista,the mafia and the CIA and Cuba has been besieged ever since.People can't speak freely in the U.Kpic.twitter.com/rWmiDvtIkC

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      3. Lee Hurst‏ @2010LeeHurst 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @blackeyeddog @afneil

        Grow up.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. blackeyeddog‏ @blackeyeddog 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @2010LeeHurst @afneil

        Do you prefer the CIA sponsored dictatorship model of government?

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    3. Andrea Liu‏ @awyliu 28 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil

      Lazy journalism.

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    4. MMXVDB‏ @fanartblog 28 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil

      has anyone ever been able to put a figure to how many secret recruits / police they have? Read once over a million

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    5. Joe ward‏ @JosephAWard_ 28 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil

      give it a rest Andrew we all know you hate Castro and more generally the left.

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    6. Philip John O'Rourke‏ @phil_orourke 28 Nov 2016
      Replying to @afneil

      they have free healthcare Andrew.....

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