Anna Patten

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Old hippie, woke do-gooder, former school governor and parish councillor, long term Labour Party member, English living in beautiful North Wales now but have been an expat in Papua New Guinea, Sudan and Australia when younger, defiantly pro-EU #FBPE #TwitterDeserter #Travel #History #Archeology #Books #Food
Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman. I don't even know what to believe any more
"Migrants & Refugees Welcome. No Human is Illegal"
Sticker spotted in Richmond, Virginia
I never thought, when I trained or worked as a GP, that Diphtheria and Polio or, to a large extent, measles, would again be things that I might have to recognise. Nor would I have believed that malnutrition on a scale currently seen would be tolerated by society. I was wrong - how quickly are the hard-fought gains lost.
The reality of Brexit is biting hard. Poor people are suffering most – and now everyone can see it

We are paying £6bn more just to eat. After years of abstract debate, the human consequences of our exit become clearer by the day, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian
Christian Adams cartoon There is an old proverb about those who fail to learn from history being condemned to repeat it. This is, sadly, true of China today.
#ChinaProtest2022 #ChinaLockdownThread #lockdown #ChinaProtests

Why are these 12 men, the only fee paying members of the ERG, an extreme right-wing fringe of the Tory party, holding the PM and by extension the country to ransom over trade and the policies of the home office?

Adam Holloway
Bernard Jenkin
Craig Mackinlay
David Jones
Gareth Bacon
Greg Smith
Iain Duncan Smith
Laurence Robertson
Michael Fabricant
Robin Millar
Steve Baker
Jacob Rees-Mogg

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/21/european-research-group-loses-two-thirds-of-its-paid-up-members/

European Research Group Loses Two-Thirds of its Paid-Up Members – Byline Times

The hard-Brexit lobbying group, which produces research paid for by taxpayer-funded expenses, appears to be losing support

Byline Times

RT @supertanskiii
David Warburton breached the code and failed to register a £150k loan from a Russian businessman. Kathryn Stone investigated, she says the matter is closed because he said sorry.

He was also pictured with lots of gak and accused of sexual misconduct. Integrity, accountability…

At the first sign of weakness (or common sense as it’s known outside Westminster) grab your Brexit specs to avoid reality
Peter Brookes Times cartoon
Jon Cooper on Twitter

“https://t.co/6XfXKmFFS2”

Twitter