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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump

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Dutifully Voted for the guy who said "There is no case for Rejoining the Single Market", whilst simultaneously convinced that it was the Stupidest thing ever said by a Politician in my lifetime.

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · Nov 5

'Blessed are those who think Brexit is Bollocks'.

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BBC Proms: Beethoven: Ode to Joy – Liszt's transcription

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 21m

America First!!!

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25m

Trump’s Argentine gamble benefits almost no one on.ft.com/46ZrFtI | opinion

Trump’s Argentine gamble benefits almost no one

Propping up the peso is unlikely to lead to a sustainable improvement in the country’s economy

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 21m

Fine, 'Business is Business' ...

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 2h

Look Mummy, a Liar ...

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4h

Shad Cabinet Sec Alex Burghart hears from a couple of businesses who have suffered damage from #Brexit. His reaction? To imply it's a BBC conspiracy. 🤦🏽‍♂️

@pimlicat.bsky.social: "I can bring you a thousand more if you want... I'm sure we can get a hedge fund to make the positive case." 🔥🔥🔥 ~AA

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 2h

And what we're selling to them now is Gold ...

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 2h

You don't get Money from the sort of people that the Tories are getting Money from, if you don't adore Oil & Gas ...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4h

Tapping the sign again:

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 3h

Plaster off, they're trying to take as long as they possibly can over it, to avoid the brief period of sharp pain if they just got on and did it !

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 3h

on a steady 10-15% polling figure, - what had they got to lose, even then ?

I think it's a mixture of Cowardice and just simple fatigue, they know they've got to do it some day, but just like tearing a

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 3h

It has been, but I can't see why it had to be, - I remember the Polling guy, Prof Curtice, discussing the LibDems something like 5 or 6 Years ago, asking almost in exasperation why they 'didn't want to Rejoin, - because

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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 3h

Only Melinda Gates, who met Epstein once and cited him as a factor in the breakdown of her marriage..., sensed what apparently none of these people could...: “I regretted it the second I walked in the door. He was abhorrent. He was evil personified” ... an insight that evidently escaped geniuses....

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero

www.theguardian.com

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

And that's 'ANYWHERE' ...

Even Putin thinks you're a Weak, Moronic, easily manipulated Arsehole !

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 6h

No Kings Day message to Trump: Other than your coterie of ass-kissers, nobody likes you.

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

It's been nearly 10 Years Francesc, I think that's long enough ... 😉

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

Precisely ! - and every day the LibDems (and all the others !) pussy-foot around fixing it, the greater the harm it causes, and the longer it will take to fix ... !

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

*Or even have the LibDems as part of the next Government, in a Coalition.

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

FORCE the next Labour (?) Government to seriously step-up their pro-EU ambitions .

For our Country's sake.

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

Electorate, are going to say "Now steady on there !" if Ed Davey said we should rejoin the Single Market as well ?

The answer ? - 'Almost none'.

You don't necessarily have to be competing to be the next Government to end up being a damn good opposition, who can

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 5h

The harm is that by being so Timid, they are condemning themselves to irrelevance.

What have they got to lose by being a bit more ambitious ?

How many Remainers/Rejoiners, who are now a Majority of the

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

It is almost the least they can possibly demand without pissing off the Remain/Rejoin supporters of their Party.

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

And even the Greens are only luke-warm about doing so, as far as their official policy is concerned ... ?

Presumably they still want to appeal to the Corbyn-friendly lexiter vote ... ?

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

If all he feels able to want is to rejoin the Customs Union, in some way, eventually, - as long as doing so upset too many brexiters, too much, - then really, what sort of constructive policy is that ?

It is pathetically weak, timid and uninspiring.

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

And with his 'I see no case for rejoining the Single Market' idiocy, Starmer told us that even if there were some Jam available, we shouldn't have any ...

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 8h

This is really interesting by Matthew Barnfield and colleagues. Our research shows Labour is losing more support among its 2024 voters who feel financially insecure, which - together - suggests voters leaving Labour cant *afford* to wait for ‘jam tomorrow’.

Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 8h

Voters who think the least about the 'long term' are the most likely to have turned on the government.

Important research by my fantastic colleagues @mbarnfield.bsky.social , @philipjcowley.bsky.social and @karlpike.bsky.social cited in Inside Politics.

www.ft.com/content/e984...

Labour sheds support from impatient Britons

Research shows party losing voters who want results now, with women more likely to prioritise short-term gains

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

No.

If he was Stupid, he would have just told Trump to get Fucked, - and the US would have left NATO, stopped all support to ukraine, and imposed 100% Tariffs on everything from the UK.

So instead he HAS to be nice to that Orange Wanker and be called 'Stupid'.

nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 7h

Then again, Membership of the Libdems is apparently plummeting, but Davey STILL won't go 'Rejoin' ...