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Alex Smith retweeted
12 Jun 2023
1. If Johnson was so manifestly unsuited to office - if his "deep character flaws" were formed so early - how did he rise to power?
What does that say about our democracy, or the qualities we reward in potential leaders?
And what was the role of the commentariat?
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Alex Smith retweeted
19 Apr 2023
“We are now the ONLY country in western Europe with double-digit inflation… Prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks were 19.1% higher in March than a year earlier.” yorkshirebylines.co.uk/busin…
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Alex Smith retweeted
3 Apr 2023
Doubts over village plans as landowner withdraws bbc.in/3nG1jsx
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26 Mar 2023
Jeremy Hunt has left the UK to rot in poverty. So we must take matters into our own hands theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Alex Smith retweeted
21 Jan 2023
What a web they weave…
Brilliant journalism from @Gabriel_Pogrund & @HarryYorke1
21 Jan 2023
EXCLUSIVE🚨w/@HarryYorke1
The BBC chairman helped arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800K for Boris Johnson weeks before then PM selected him for the role
Johnson was told to end Richard Sharp’s involvement in his financial affairs by Cab Office 1/7 thetimes.co.uk/article/the-b…
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Alex Smith retweeted
30 Oct 2022
Starbeck Library wants to hear from anyone who could offer as little as three hours a month to keep its doors open for local people.
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Alex Smith retweeted
29 Oct 2022
Needs more oomph. What about Comp Kids are Coming to Drink Your Sherry?
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Alex Smith retweeted
17 Oct 2022
I can’t believe I’m even saying this but new chancellor Jeremy Hunt just told PM’s his parties record on economic management “is a legacy to be proud of”
So let’s put that absolute bollocks straight - using their own words
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Alex Smith retweeted
13 Oct 2022
“Tomorrow we will be betting the economy on Emperor Spirit, at odds of 15 to 2, in the 2.50 race at Haydock. This hotly recommended horse will, we believe, give us sufficient return for growth within the next 24 hours. It promises to be an exciting day.”
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Alex Smith retweeted
18 Sep 2022
To be continued...
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Alex Smith retweeted
29 Aug 2022
Truss copies Boris in ratting on a promise to be interviewed by the BBC. Bad form and a bad omen. A good I/v is risky and tough - but not as gruelling as a day in No 10 theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Alex Smith retweeted
28 Aug 2022
Good morning Harrogate. Apparently there will be some pound shop fascists in town today spreading hate and putting up flyers telling lies about the new mosque. Please put their hate in the bin, we're so much better than this.
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Alex Smith retweeted
17 Aug 2022
'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
— Albert Einstein
(The black hole of highway investment. In: 'Movement: how to take back our lives and transform our lives'. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pr…)
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Alex Smith retweeted
18 Aug 2022
Brilliant piece of Comms here. So much for taking back control ….
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Alex Smith retweeted
9 Aug 2022
Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research.
How has this happened and what’s the fallout? 🧵
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Alex Smith retweeted
5 Aug 2022
Disturbing but necessary exclusive from @NewStatesman to share with us.
Rishi Sunak boasting without a care in the world, to Tory members in Tunbridge Wells that he had taken money from “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns.
So this is leadership?x.com/REWearmouth/status/155…
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