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    Paul Johnson‏Verified account @paul__johnson 5 Sep 2019

    Boris Johnson: 'I'd rather be dead in a ditch than ask for another EU extension' Remember: 'I will lie down in front of those bulldozers and stop the construction of that third runway'

    9:36 AM - 5 Sep 2019
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      1. TwoTonTed‏ @TwoTonTedSez 5 Sep 2019
        Replying to @paul__johnson

        no love lost there then

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      1. cheekfulloftongue 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿‏ @k4bladesagain 5 Sep 2019
        Replying to @paul__johnson @PeteNorth303

        Fair comment. But have the bulldozers turned up yet?

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      1. Jenny S‏ @Veroan_RS 5 Sep 2019
        Replying to @paul__johnson @PeteNorth303

        Orange Man Bad - UK edition.

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      2. patrick hutchinson‏ @patrick50471809 5 Sep 2019
        Replying to @jslat53 @paul__johnson @PeteNorth303

        Joker Fascism tries it's wiles.

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      2. Jules Attard‏ @JulesAttard 6 Sep 2019

        The bulldozers can dig the ditch for him

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      1. Karen O'Mahony  🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇦🇺‏ @KarenOMahony5 5 Sep 2019
        Replying to @paul__johnson @HallieEsme

        Bit like Trump saying he would rush into a school unarmed to save children from a gun man - just random mouth noise.

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      1. Sue McBean‏ @organicbotanic 5 Sep 2019
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        It is dangerous & insulting to boast of #ratherbedead in a ditch or otherwise. Thinking here of those who self harm, are suicidal, addicted or improverished

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