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How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent

@david_colquhoun

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An immigrant from Peru, who stowed away on a boat and was welcomed in the UK. The message is unmistakable. cc

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Her Majesty.

Paddington Bear.

Marmalade sandwiches.

Playing we will rock you with spoons. Being British is brilliant.

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On Taiwan, Musk has aligned himself with China. On Ukraine, he has aligned himself with Russia. He is conflicted because of Tesla’s presence in China. He now owns the world’s most powerful social media platform. This is very very worrying

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The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts.

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Police accused of suppressing Lula vote in Brazil election

Parent-Teacher Advocate

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Have a lovely day 😊

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Outrageously the world’s largest plastic polluter - Coca Cola – is a "supporting sponsor" of #COP27. But what other big companies that are helping destroy the climate and crash ecosystems are paying to greenwash their image at COP? Read on.

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Home secretary Suella Braverman has written to the

@CommonsHomeAffs

explaining the chain of events that led to her resignation: An internal HO review: "I had sent official documents from my Government email to my personal email address on six occasions" assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl

Police accused of suppressing Lula vote in Brazil election

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The Federal Highway Police, allies of President Jair Bolsonaro, set up roadblocks in the country’s impoverished Northeast and other Lula strongholds.

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In case you were wondering who Mark Spencer is…he’s got form 👇

mirror.co.uk

Muslim MP calls out top Tory Mark Spencer to his face over Islamophobia probe

Nusrat Ghani, a former Transport minister spoke out in January, claiming she spoke to a whip who informed her that her “Muslimness was raised as an issue” and that her “Muslim woman minister status...

Mark Spencer once again showing his ignorance, on many levels.

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Dan Bloom

@danbloom1

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Minister for food Mark Spencer tells Sky: “We all talk on personal phones don’t we. When I ring my wife, maybe there’s some little man in China listening to my conversation between me and my wife."

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🎙️NEW PODCAST🎙️ Mega Solar Farms Boosting Biodiversity youtu.be/8fvTK-t0A_w

Robert Llewellyn and FullyChargedDanCæsar

Not good for Braverman that the last two home secs are now dumping on her Even Priti Patel keen to make it known she's not as harsh as 'Cruella'

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Robert Peston

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PS Source close to Priti Patel insists she was signing off hotel accommodation all through summer. “No matter how unpalatable it was she always did it because not to do so would have breeches statutory duties…

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Nick Reeves #StandWithUkraine #FBPA #FBPE #PATH

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Sunak says "respect the result of the referendum". Why should we respect the result of a farce won by lies, hate, a rigged electorate, law-breaking and foreign interference, and backed up by more lies, intimidation & death threats? 60% believe Brexit was an error. #RejoinEU

"Many global manufacturers now regard the UK as just too difficult to do business with, which has resulted in products being withdrawn – impacting on the UK’s ability to deliver projects." UK standards system to replace EU system is still in chaos. ~AA

Brexit red tape puts brakes on UK innovation and EU sales

Many new products now need multiple safety test facilities for home and abroad, say entrepreneurs

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Gifts included: luxury hotel stays, business-class flights and tickets to events such as horse racing

joe.co.uk

Qatar government have spent £250,000 on gifts for British MPs in last year | JOE.co.uk

Qatar has spent £251,208 on gifts and trips for British MPs in the last 12 months ahead of the World Cup this winter.

The best thing today .. The Daily Mail so desperate to find voices to literally support any old ‘shit’ it quotes the parody account of the wonderful

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Delighted to see that The Daily Mail has had the good sense to quote me regarding the government’s sensible idea to disperse sewage in coastal waters in a safe manner whilst beaches are empty. The Daily Mail continues to be an example of rigorous & well researched journalism.

Suella Braverman is too right wing, even for Natalie Elphicke. What a thought.

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Paul Brand

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This is v important from Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke who says tensions have been rising in Dover about immigration. I asked if government had contributed to tensions with recent rhetoric and she said she wouldn't have used some of the language Home Secretary has. twitter.com/LBC/status/158…

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(((Dr Aust)))

@Dr_Aust_PhD

We Brits yield to NO-ONE in our proud, patriotic & perpetually pig-headed national stupidity. Once again, Britain leads the world.

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Andy Conway Morris

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For every person who said “Brexit will release UK from regulations that stifle innovation” and forgot the size of the UK market, I offer you exhibit A

. EU increasingly sets global standards, UK sets nothing but an example of national stupidity. theguardian.com/business/2022/

Ever heard the phrase Taking the Micky?

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Stephan Lewandowsky

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Is this a parody account? I honestly cannot tell. @rpancost @chrisdc77 @syrpis @deevybee @SciBeh twitter.com/MichaelTakeMP/…

GET A GRIP - AUSTERITY KILLS

@docrussjackson

Tory hereditary peer Charles Chetwynd-Talbot appears to have misled the House of Lords standards watchdog during an investigation into claims he misused his parliamentary position to lobby for a healthcare firm that was paying him. #GreedyToryLiars

Tory peer apparently misled watchdog investigating his alleged misconduct

House of Lords watchdog has been examining Earl of Shrewsbury over his work for healthcare firm

No, no, no. 40 years, and at what cost? This is simply not acceptable, especially when you consider that young people voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU. It's their future, and they voted for the opposite. What a disgrace.

thelondoneconomic.com

Top Brexiteer says 'it could take 40 years' for Brexit to succeed

We didn't see that on the side of a bus back in 2016. A prominent pro-Brexit campaigner now says leaving the EU 'is part of the long game'.

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John Aravosis

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Dear Twitter advertisers, Elon Musk just shared a fringe post falsely claiming that Mr. Pelosi was gay, drunk, and tied up by a male prostitute. The trolls have been posting this false claim all over my TikTok comments as well. This is what you’re buying.

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Exactly. Return to the Single Market is inevitable

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It'll be very interesting to see which party dares to call for a return to the Single Market first – the Tories or Labour? #BrexitReality

A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR

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If you are forbidden to go to COP, invite COP to come to you. Smart.

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Tom Watson

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A reception at Buckingham Palace is one helluva subtweet. #ClimateCrisis

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If someone doesn't pick up their dog's poo on that beach they face a fine of up to £1000 but the water company can do this and no penalty. The water company Board of Directors should be fined £1000 for every litre of sewage they allow to be discharged this way.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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Musk posts baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack on Twitter theguardian.com/technology/202

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Exclusive: Hospitals and care homes have not received “a single penny” of a £500m emergency funding package promised by the UK government to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter, per health and social care sources.

NHS yet to see ‘a single penny’ of promised £500m emergency fund

Exclusive: discharge funding to relieve hospital delays promised by Thérèse Coffey in September has not materialised

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Over 60 tory MPs and peers have financial links to private healthcare firms being awarded NHS contracts

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Rishi Sunak received £141,000 from big money fossil fuel interests this year –

@BylineTimes

bylinetimes.com/2022/10/28/ris #COP27

bylinetimes.com

REVEALED: Rishi Sunak Received £141,000 from Energy Interests this Year – Byline Times

The Conservative Party remains indebted to big money interests in oil, gas and aviation

For context, London Met Police threatened to issue an arrest warrant in my name if I didn’t fly from Australia to London on October 18 to personally attend bail at Hammersmith Police Station. They waited until I landed in London on October 17 to indefinitely postpone this date

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With Rishi Sunak looking at cutting pensions and social security payments for working families, disabled people and retirees, let’s hope he takes a moment to listen to

@BarackObama

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"Sorry MI5 took your phone Liz, here - you can borrow mine" #LeakySue #TrussHack

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Green circles: marking of the Polish airforce. Blue circles: Kościuszko squadron coat of arms. Red circle: Donald duck, so it's Jan Zumbach's plane. It's the Polish 303 squadron, you daftie! :D :D :D

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For years, prosecutors across the US have promised that they would go after Trump. But it's a civil suit filed in Bronx state court by a private citizen—over an alleged assault—that is actually going before a jury. My

@GuardianUS

explainer Galicia v Trump:

Jury selection to begin in New York City Trump Tower protest lawsuit

Bronx jury could award significant amount of money to activist alleging Donald Trump’s security detail assaulted him in 2015

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86,000 likes? More than 112K!

The Autopsy of Ashley Lynch

@ashleylynch

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Christ, the guy who tried to murder Pelosi's husband with a hammer says on his blog he was radicalized by gamergate.

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There are multiple occasions where we overbook operating lists and finish hours later than expected. A daily occurrence now. Staff are working harder with less resources. Only to be told by newspapers and politicians that we are being inefficient. No wonder staff are quitting.

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"Having accused someone trying to save some children of being a paedophile and got away with it, he’s now bought – for about £35bn – the website on which he did it," writes

@tompeck

on the #ElonMusk Twitter takeover bit.ly/3sFXcvG #FreeSpeech

independent.co.uk

Opinion: Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover feels all too familiar

Of course the world shouldn’t work in this way. But no one, at this point, has a clue what to do about it

"We’ve seen Rishi Sunak argue that scientists were given too much power in pandemic decision-making. This is part of an ongoing narrative that seeks to shift the blame away from the government by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists."

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COVID inquiry: the UK government's pandemic response was often not 'guided by the science' – yet...

An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.

Thread. The fash are out in force, trying to rig the upcoming US elections.

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Jen Fifield

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I filled out a web form for Clean Elections USA, the AZ drop box watchers accused of voter intimidation, expecting to get on an email list. Imagine my surprise when I was given access to a discussion board & nationwide contact list w/ 4500+ names/emails. Here's what I found:

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