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Librarian in HE. Views my own.

Joined January 2009
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Let me break it down simple since the world got confused: Airborne means the air you breathe is how the virus moves. Not the doorknob, not the desk, not the thing that you touched β€” it’s the whole damn room that’s doing too much. Someone breathes, leaves, you walk in β€” boom, exposure. The air holds receipts; surfaces got amnesia. Every breath is a deal: clean air = safe; dirty air = real. That’s why masks hit, why ventilation’s legit, why filters win fights you don’t even know you’re in. Your friend caught COVID from a room that β€œseemed fine”? Yeah β€” the air remembers. Surfaces don’t. That’s the line.
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was β€œbest Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
I'm a big deal in France
πŸ’¬ "C'est une lΓ©gende, il a connu cinq Premiers ministres" "Larry the Cat", la vraie star de Downing Street
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Goddammit, I love this country. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Chronic stupidity here; net migration went up AFTER Brexit. A youth mobility scheme (or free movement) would let young people travel & work; EU youth returning to their countries; exactly what the vast majority of EU citizens used to do. It might even lead to net emigration!
β€œNo return to the customs union, to the single market or to free movement and that remains the case” says Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP It’s difficult to reconcile the governments stubborn & entrenched position on Brexit with its policy of β€œgrowth, growth, growth”
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Word of the day is β€˜recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Pretty sure that Starmer will be capable of shredding everything she says apart. In honour of Dr Janey Godley passing away, please make this trend #TrumpIsACunt ❀️
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
I fully expect Jenrick and Badenoch to announce that they'll revoke this if they come to power
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
When are we going to have an honest & grown up discussion about this?
Replying to @pmdfoster
And today chart. Startling @UKandEU @shunsakerjr research show Β£44bn β€œloss” from UK leaving European Investment Bank ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-pot…
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Sorrywhatpardon?
"I grew up in a middle class family.. But I became working class when I was working in McDonalds" - Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
NEW: Paris police have shared a photograph of Γ‰lise Trouss (49), the main suspect in today's rail network disruption. Anybody with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact the authorities
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
WOW! Everyone should listen to this superb maiden speech from newly appointed Prisons, Parole & Probation Minister @JamesTCobbler in the House of Lords today What an absolutely inspired appointment this isπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Slug & Lettuce
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Now with the bandage off, it looks like it looks like it was a direct hit.
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
β€œI once abandoned my constituency and travelled 3,942 miles to console someone I believed to be a true American friend, only to find out that he didn’t give a flying f*ck whether I was there or not”
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Yup
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
And there it is… (Sometimes, you really have to wonder where we’d be as a country without the journalism of @PippaCrerar.)
EXCL: Rishi Sunak warned by senior civil servants a week before he called election that he was at risk of breaching legal responsibilities if he failed to take action over prison overcrowding crisis, leaked document reveals. theguardian.com/society/arti…
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
I have a dream. Ukraine & Britain joining the EU in the next 5 years. Who's in? πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
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Simon Collins πŸ’™πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”ΆοΈ#FBPE retweeted
Brexit reality: We imposed trade barriers on ourselves. We removed ourselves from the top table of power in Europe. We removed OUR freedom of movement. We did Putin's work in weakening western power. We wasted billions upon billions on an ideology doomed to fail. #RejoinEU
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