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Robin Smith 🇺🇦
@robin.bobin.uk
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UK Labour voter and Private Eye crossword & Fantasy Football enjoyer. Aiming for even fewer Tories in next election 😈. Less outrage, more facts 👍. #ElectoralReform #Rejoin 🇪🇺 #RDGUK #HamsturDay
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 7m
A person wanting to be a future leader of the UK encouraging its breaking up is a first.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 37m
Holy crap 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 39m
Yeah she was atrocious lol.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 41m
Hahaha thought exactly the same. I do feel sorry for him sometimes— you get to the highest job in the land and it's like a public-facing service job having to explain basic stuff to rowdy customers lol.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 1h
Absolutely. He really shows his worth when it comes to legal stuff, which is pretty important for a government.

And he believes in bipartisan unity against threats towards MPs.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 1h
Yep. PMQs gives you a good sense of perspective on Keir Starmer in a cautionary "Here's what you could have won" sense.

#UKPolitics #PMQs #Starmer
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 1h
#Pmqs ah, I’m very greatful Keir Starmer is our PM
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 1h
Hahaha exactly.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 1h
Hahahaha holy crap Starmer is obliterating Badenoch who is flying into narcissistic rage as he reads out her embarrassing past comments saying that "we should stop describing China as a foe or threat".

This is a significant PMQs.

#UKPolitics #PMQs
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 1h
Yup, they know what they are doing. A good rule I always apply is to assume the most conservative interpretation of a headline.

Embarrassing that the BBC used exactly the same headline as The Independent.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Toughening up language requirements latest move in Labour’s immigration crackdown
www.independent.co.uk
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
When was it sold as that?
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
Hahaha. That's funny. A lot of people are going to have to reconcile their strongly-held views.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
Horrific.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
Touché
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
Reason number one:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQo...
William Shatner Tries To Describe The Awe of Space, Jeff Bezos Shoots Champagne Like An Asshole
YouTube video by Ron Jones
www.youtube.com
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 3h
Yes that's a good point about the potential effect of FPTP on voting turnout. Of course, there's still a good reason to vote even in that situation but I can see that some people wouldn't bother.

A shift to PR will probably boost the turnout especially in the first one.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 11h
I thought it was banned 🤦‍♂️
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 11h
Remember to boycott Amazon.

It's actually really easy using a combination of high street stores like Argos, and eBay. You don't need Amazon and all the negative consequences which come from supporting it.

I even go into Argos in person. It's a nice/nostalgic experience.

#UK #BoycottAmazon
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
The uplift was temporary anyway due to Covid.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
It's The Guardian.

Reform voters strongly believe in extreme capitalism.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
This is a really good example of media outrage-baiting and embarrassing coming from BBC.

—It means B2 level, equivalent to a foreign language A-level standard.

—It applies to SOME graduates and those applying for skilled worker or scale-up visas.

Less outrage, more scrutiny 👍.

#UKPolitics #BBC
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.
www.bbc.com
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
It means as a foreign language not native English A level.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
How on Earth have you connected this to racists. You have really fallen for the outrage bait in this headline unfortunately. Read the article.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
No, it actually means the equivalent if English were a foreign language A-level, like A-level French.
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 12h
It's actually more clear when you read the article itself:

"Those applying for skilled worker, scale-up and high potential individual (HPI) visas will be required to reach B2 level - a step up from the current B1 standard which is equivalent to GCSE."
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