Singing, Shooting and Politics (or SSP) is pretty much me

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The 3 cabinet ministers who have written to K Starmer despairing of Treasury spending plans are responsible for transport, housing, prisons and courts..and much more. All have been cut to crisis point already..such current spending as important as capital spending…several other cabinet ministers also concerned…increased demand also an issue in these areas and others…R Reeves should increase taxes further or borrow more rather than risk some key departments facing an austerity that she had ruled out.
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For those who want to know more about how the economy works, this is my free eBook 'Money for nothing and my Tweets for free', entirely based on Twitter threads. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/wp-c…
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Peter Oborne
@OborneTweets16 Feb 2022
We've added another 45 or so lies, falsehoods and misleading statements to the website today, bringing the total recorded to well over 400. Sadly, many more to be published. This task never ends. boris-johnson-lies.com
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Here is how you imagine the 150k lives lost to Covid. It’s just taken me 10 mins to walk the half kilometre length of the national @CovidMemorialUK wall, directly opposite parliament. Each heart represents one of those 150k lost, those families changed forever. Please share 💔
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the 'no racism in the uk' report team meeting
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Gripping interview with Phillip Hammond..not a sentence often written but read it and you’ll see what I mean.
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Trump is gone. That such a creature became president, and even now has support, requires a reckoning with no time for celebration. Repudiate, rebuild, renew. Above all, remember, so it doesn't happen again.
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Happy Tuesday! ☀️ Living under restrictions is awful. Totally fed up with it. But necessary now to reduce mixing & bring down levels of infection. Then we need a sustainable exit strategy & plan. Thread below on looking ahead 6-8 months at potential risks & getting ahead of them.
Scientists investigating whether it's possible to be re-infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in S. Africa. Antibodies from previous infection didn't recognise new variant in 21/44 cases but 🤞 T-cells might. Precarious position & points towards need for max suppression.
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Seeing the police response to BLM protests all year vs the police response to right wingers storming the Capitol is a fantastic validation of everything BLM has been saying
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Equalities minister Liz Truss tells G&T that unconscious bias training is "a total waste of time and money" @TimesRadio
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Molly Scott Cato is on Bluesky@GreenPartyMolly31 Dec 2020
Why Tory incompetence resulted in a dreadful Brexit trade deal From the guy who ran things when we were last being governed competently Read and weep politico.eu/article/5-reason…
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We've been told many times that Brexit was about 'sovereignty'. The ERG has concluded that the Trade & Cooperation Agreement delivers sovereignty because Parliament can choose to break its obligations under the TCA & the UK can give notice of termination of the agreement. 1/2
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Who else will join me in challenging @GavinWilliamson to spend next week sitting, unvaccinated, in crowded classrooms next week to prove that he's convinced they're a safe environment? Please RT.
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An extremely important thread, summing up our worst fears as well as things we have known all along. Please read and retweet. Hope journalists/interviewers will read & understand.
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Owen Jones
@owenjonesjourno26 Nov 2020
After @BoyzMagazine defended an anti-trans hate group, the magazine should be removed from LGBTQ spaces and boycotted by advertisers. Several LGBTQ companies have already declared they won't work with them anymore. There's no LGBTQ community without the T. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
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The post Cummings reset - devolution in Scotland a “disaster”... “full confidence “ in Home Secretary found to have broken ministerial code...no progress on Brexit ..it’s the Prime Minister that sets the course and not advisers who were powerful because the PM gave them power.
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Herman Cain’s timeline - something Trump should consider before it’s too late - 6/24: Cain Attends Trump rally, maskless 7/2: Tests positive for Covid-19 7/10: Says he’s improving 7/15: Says his doctors seem happy 7/27: Says he’s really getting better 7/30: Dies
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