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Robin Clarke retweeted
„Deine Welt bedeutet ihnen nichts. Sie werden nicht versuchen, sie zu verstehen. Sie werden müde sein, sie werden frieren, und sie werden aus deiner wunderschönen historischen Kirche Feuerholz machen …“
..... Aldi !
Hey @aldiuk tell your CEO that he should be looking into his accounting department as the department obviously does not how to count or use a calendar.
While he’s at it; he should figure out how much the company spent sending this letter. I’m sure it more than £97! 🙄
I’m sure they will address the famous Mo from Sheffield, but the locals need a kick up the arse also.
Look how much a lazy Brit will steal from your hard earned retirement income; instagram.com/reel/Dbc6SGRD7…
Robin Clarke retweeted
7yrs ago today 1 of the most infamous incidents of the 2019 #HongKong protests occurred: 721 Yuen Long. White-shirted pro-CCP thugs attacked HK citizens. Police were slow to respond, leading to suspicions of collusion. This video's 1 of the best summaries. nytimes.com/video/world/asia…
Robin Clarke retweeted
In two to three years time, when Starmer and his government are no doubt deeply unpopular, I hope we in the media will ask ourselves: "Why were we so supine during the long 2024 election; why didn't we hold Labour properly to account while we could, and ask more probing questions, and explore their records, rather than give them such an easy ride?".
Surely this can’t go ahead when we have IRGC apparently active in UK… where are the security agencies ?
Robin Clarke retweeted
Chinese-style Logic Template
Coming to Hong Kong and defecating/urinating on the streets gets condemned:
“Fishermen's village discriminates against mainlanders and pushes for Hong Kong independence—machine-gun 'em and they'll behave.”
Kicking a deer in Nara, Japan gets condemned:
“Little Japan's militarism isn't dead yet—drop two more atomic bombs and they won't dare act arrogant.”
Soaking feet in the Louvre's fountain gets condemned:
“Europe's all bandits—the Eight-Nation Alliance back then didn't talk reason either!”
Stepping on coral at a Thai beach gets condemned:
“Thailand survives on Chinese tourists and still dares to get aggressive? If we skip it for half a year, you'll be begging on the streets!”
Read it a few more times—actually, there's a template to it; just copy it straight:
1. Don't discuss right or wrong of the matter
2. Accuse the other side of discrimination
3. Threaten to stop consuming/visiting
4. Foreshadow military suppression
Don't believe it? Everyone remember this rule—next time you encounter similar stuff, see if it fits.
Comment directly..,
"We didn't expect the process to be so quick!" 😲🎉
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That’s just starting salary also, and probably gets bumped annually or maybe during hiring negotiations.
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Robin Clarke retweeted
I look at 👇image and think of all those people who (come over and) see views like this and say "Hong Kong is so ugly" and think: You have no soul.
On a more positive note: thank you to folks like @1314YuriiHKLog for seeing and capturing in photos Hong Kong's beauty and soul.🙏
Robin Clarke retweeted
China is very tiresome. It keeps twisting the facts and going around in circles, but China's logic cannot stand because China didn't fight WW2 at all, and does not have a right to use WW2 documents to threaten Japan and Taiwan. Read this comic to see how silly China's logic is.
PM Takaichi said Japan is “open to dialogue” with China. This is how some in Japan see it: “Her current attitude does not meet the conditions for genuine dialogue.” Meaningful dialogue must be based on mutual respect, equality and efforts to understand the other side.
高市首相は対話継続の姿勢を強調しているが、日本の関係者が「相手をリスペクトして理解しようとすることから対話は始まる。今の姿勢では成り立たない」と批判した。
Robin Clarke retweeted
#就嚟撐唔住喇！
💥有冇人可以救到我地吖？！
#每天都見到蝗禍在侵食呢個美麗的都市！
🫂🫂😩💔😢🤦♀️🤦♀️
Robin Clarke retweeted
Calling all people of good will who don't want the 🇨🇳 mega-embassy.
Please chuck in a few quid to support the residents in their legal challenge.
This is the last and best chance we have to prevent this disaster.👇
Help stop the 🇨🇳 Mega-Embassy!
Please share this video and please support our GoFundMe to fight this in the courts! gofundme.com/f/stop-the-mega…
That’s early,.,,
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Robin Clarke retweeted
Maybe people don't realise what we are up against with this mega-embassy stuff. It's not just China's pressure, but shocking tactics from our own government. Long-ish post 👇
It's worth underlining that the @GOVUK *stringently denied* the presence of sensitive cabling near Royal Mint Court. Off record, of course. They joined a chorus of the usual suspects in saying it was all made up, overblown, or 'client journalism' (🙃).
OK, so was it made up?
Today, the BBC reported that Barclays had a trading floor *in the building* necessitating fibre connection to financial centres. Link: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v3…
This follows the original report from Richard Holmes about security services objecting to the previous application, on grounds of proximity to sensitive cabling: inews.co.uk/news/politics/ch…
The Mail (Glen Owen and Dan Hodges) reported that Scotland Yard had also raised concerns: dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
The Telegraph reported that Innovate UK (govt security watchdog) had also raised risks: telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05…
And then, of course, the White House, having clearly spoken to the UK Embassy in Washington, expressed their own concern: thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
I make that five sources at least, plus many others who haven't gone on record. Either these people, and all their sources, and the US Government is dabbling in an unsourced conspiracy theory, or there's something we should actually be worried about here?
Of course, we can understand the government wanting to keep sensitive information quiet. But denying the story and attempting to rubbish the reputations of journalists working on it? That's over the line.
The cabling risk is real. The question is, if and when the government green-lights this disastrous embassy, how will they mitigate? Seems the only option is the re-route the cables. How many millions in taxpayer cash, and how much disruption to major roads will this entail?
We will likely not get answers to these important questions, because the government can announce the embassy decision at any time - even while parliament is not sitting, before Sept 9th.
This is a deeply sorry episode, and anyone in public life should be worried about it - not just the embassy decision, but the disreputable behaviour surrounding it.
A quick post about what some of the government’s comms people have been doing regarding the 🇨🇳 mega-embassy cabling risk story. Worth knowing about this, as I believe several ministers will be unaware.
1. After @Richard_AHolmes broke the story late last year about the security services objecting to the FIRST mega-embassy application, the Cabinet Office phoned around to say there was no truth in it. This despite the fact that it was impeccably sourced.
2. They have behaved similarly with the @DPJHodges and Glen Owen stories, phoning editors and other papers to rubbish the veracity of their pieces.
3. At no point has a public denial been published. This is because the story is true, of course.
4. Now the @WhiteHouse has confirmed the presence of sensitive cables in @cazjwheeler scoop today, there can be no more denials, or attempts to call the integrity of journalists into question.
So there’s a pivot.
5. Government will now argue that the risk can be managed. @peterkyle incorrectly asserted today that the cabling issue would “robustly” be dealt with “during the planning process”. But the Chinese application has been submitted and the Planning Inquiry concluded in late February. There can be no amendments to the application at this point unless an *entirely new* application is submitted. So what Kyle said was false. I don’t blame him, this is what he was briefed.
6. If the government decides to try to dig up the cables and move them, it will cost millions in taxpayer cash. The Chinese side refused both of the conditions set out in the @DavidLammy @YvetteCooperMP letter to the Planning Inspector. There is nothing in their application about either condition and absolutely nothing about the cabling. They’re not going to pay for it. Neither do we want them to pay for it - they shouldn’t have anything to do with sensitive UK infrastructure.
7. @AngelaRayner has the application and the Planning Inquiry report on her desk. I emphasise again: no changes can be made to this.
In sum: there has been a deliberate attempt to bury the story, to obfuscate, and to mislead, even going as far as to dump on journalists to other journalists (and even their editors) who were doing their jobs.
Wherever you stand on the mega-embassy issue, I hope we can all agree that this sort of behaviour is unworthy of government comms.
@patmcfaddenmp @DanJarvisMBE @CatherineWest1 @bbclaurak
