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I believe his PhD is from Liverpool John Moores.
Douglas Carswell putting professor in quotes is an interesting link to LJMU.
The LJMU VC has been made a professor. He has never held a Faculty academic position nor has a higher degree by research.
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I mean, in another life, @tescomobile
Could just give me my PAC Code.
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Buzz's Bedtime Stories: “Clinton White House Staffers Behaving Badly”
Tonight’s “Buzz’s Bedtime Story” is an embarrassing tale, not for me personally but for us as Americans. Prepare to be outraged.
In the summer of 1997, I accompanied Bill Clinton on a European trip. One of our several stops was Denmark and meetings with the Danish Queen Margrethe II.
We landed on Air Force One at the airport in Copenhagen and boarded Marine One for a nighttime tour of the coast en route to Kronborg Castle (for Shakespeare, the place he used as his “Hamlet’s home.”
It was a beautiful summer night, and the castle was lit spectacularly. Marine One circled at about 500 feet. We did a couple of circuits around the castle while Bill and Hillary, the doctor, Secret Service agents, and I gazed out Marine One’s windows. It was breathtaking.
After our sightseeing tour was complete, we flew directly to the Queen’s summer refuge, the Marselisborg Palace. We landed at around midnight on the castle grounds and were welcomed with open arms by the Queen and her staff.
A procession of Danish military guards accompanied us to the castle. It is beautiful and historic, and yet another incredible experience seeing the world. I'd been to Denmark before as an Air Force pilot, but not like this!
I made sure POTUS was down for the evening, said goodnight to the senior staff, and went to bed.
The Danes put me up in the “Scottish Military suite.” It was stunning. As an Air Force guy who was normally used to substandard hotels and the occasional tent, I was floored. It was a beautiful room that they’d fully stocked with a spread of meats, cheeses, breads, fruit, and a full bar. I couldn’t drink, but the options were incredible.
All served, of course, with fine china and crystal. I honestly have no clue what the association was with the Danish and the Scottish military, but I wasn’t asking any questions!
I called my wife to say goodnight, and she couldn’t believe I was calling from a Danish castle. She told me to never complain again. 🤣
The next morning, the Queen had a breakfast spread for the Clintons and staff. Again, everything was first class. Nothing was spared. A Danish breakfast served on fine china and crystal, served by uniformed butlers. Again, very impressive.
As we headed to the motorcade to leave for an event and the long flight home, I was pulled aside by the Danish military aide. We’d become fairly close during our short stay. “Buzz, we have a problem,” he said. “Your staff stole liquor, china, and crystal from their rooms. And took other things as well.”
I was stunned and chagrined. Talk about feeling like the ugly American. I apologized profusely and told him I’d handle it. I talked with the White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, and told him what had happened.
I liked Erskine. He was previously enlisted in the Coast Guard, and we’d share war stories from time to time. Erskine just shrugged his shoulders.
They didn’t work for me; they worked for him. Bill.
Ultimately, there would be no apology. Nobody would be held accountable. Nobody called on the carpet. No repayment to Denmark.
Just another day in the Clinton White House.
Colonel Brighton retweeted
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here"
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Planning Application for a WAITROSE superstore on the London Road, Bath ACCEPTED
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Nose ring, face full of make up, bright red hair…
Great professional look for a police officer.
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Seems the fact that Calocane can be considered for release in January came as a shock to many.
He can.
It happens.
Appalling as it is.
….plus hundreds of criminal ‘patients’ like him.
So I’ve written this to explain just how the ´hospital’ system works in this country.
-‘Patients, Not Prisoners’
Not scaremongering - just fact.
Please read and share if you can.
This is what we are fighting against…
Ps:
Thanks to @hundredfamilies for input and support. God knows where I’d be without you Julian Hendy!!
⬇️
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The decision not to vet the National Security Advisor, Jonathan Powell, was a deliberate one.
The reason behind that decision could only be that the person who took it did not believe he would pass it and did not care.
Which means that Jonathan Powell was deliberately put in post by someone at the very highest level to deliver something that could not or would not be delivered by someone else who was properly vetted.
Keir Starmer personally appointed Jonathan Powell as the UK’s National Security Adviser on 8 November 2024.
Keir Starmer, it should be remembered, also appointed Peter Mandelson to the post of UK ambassador to the United States before vetting was even completed, and then confirmed him in post, ignoring the vetting agency's recommendation.
Both Powell and Mandelson are/were advocates of an ever deeper relationship between the UK and China. Powell being a significant advocate for the surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a development that could only strengthen China’s position in a contested region of the world.
I’ve said for a long time that I believe Starmer has been compromised and this revelation that Starmer personally appointed Powell to such a critical post without vetting shows that Starmer ‘s actions were at the very least highly irregular, extremely questionable and certainly undermining of UK national security.
Consider every action of Starmer as PM and the conclusion becomes self evident.
Jonathan Powell was not vetted before being appointed National Security Adviser, we can report.
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Here is the full apology from Scope - which will remain on their website for 7 days.
Link below 👇
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Unlike many other journalists, Sophy Ridge does seem to give Labour ministers exactly the same treatment she gave Conservative ministers.
This is an extraordinary interchange:
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I have just removed my hosted listing from Airbnb.
I am not registering with Welsh Government, charging a tourist tax and compiling loads of paperwork.
I can no longer be bothered with yet another enterprise facing more paperwork.
I am done.
Sorry local economy but I’ve hit my limit of Government interference and red tape in my life.
No more visitors from me.
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Even one of the best inquisitors in the business will struggle to get an answer out of Miatta Fahnbulleh that isn’t repetitive gobbledygook. But very illuminating
Normally wouldn't post an interview transcript of this length, but if you're interested in keeping tabs on Cabinet support for Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms, this is worth a read from Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh
Sophy Ridge: Just to be crystal clear: Do you support plans for people to have lived in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency?
Miatta Fahnbulleh: The first thing I'd say, because there's been a lot of speculation, Shabana has got a really tough job and I think a home secretary getting a grip on small boats crossings is something that all of us want to see.
SR: Can I just come in? I really just want a straight answer. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before they get permanent residency?
MF: Look, we have got to reform our immigration system and my view is that we need a system that is based on the principle of compassion, contribution. And so there is a package of reforms the Home Secretary has been consulting on, she's looking at the range of responses and she will come out with the measures that we take forward. But the key thing I would say is no one can look at our immigration system, and I say this as someone that came into this country as a refugee, and not believe that it's broken and not believe that we need to fundamentally reform it. But our principle has to be a system where we've got control, but ultimately a system that when people do come to this country, they are able to integrate, they are able to contribute, and that we both respect but also value that contribution.
SR: Okay. You haven't, in any part of that answer, said that you agree with these reforms. I'm just going to read you the definition of collective responsibility: "Decisions made by the cabinet are binding on all members of the government. This means if a minister disagrees with the government policy, he or she must still publicly support it". So I'm going to ask you a third time, do you support plans for people to have to live in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency?
MF: I support reforms that say that people have to contribute and make a contribution to this country, in order to get citizenship. We are consulting on the package of reforms that we'll put forward and the Home Secretary, as you can imagine, having looked at all the responses, will set out what the final position is.
SR: Do you support the plans or not? It's my fourth time asking.
MF: So I absolutely support the plans to reform our immigration system. It is broken
SR: I'm asking you something super specific here. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before you get permanent residency?
MF: The Home Secretary is consulting on those plans, and she will set up the government's final position.
SR: You can't say whether you support that or not?
MF: The Home Secretary is consulting. Look, we absolutely need to reform our immigration system. I support the reforms. And by the way, it is not easy to reform our immigration system. So I 100% back Shabana Mahmood and everything she is trying to do, but there is a package of reforms. We are consulting in the way that government always does. And the Home Secretary, rightly having looked at all the responses to the consultation, will set out the final package that ultimately will do the job of reforming our immigration system based on the principle of control, which we absolutely must do. But critically, a system that ensures that people make a contribution and when they make a contribution, they are integrated into our communities so that we can have diverse communities, like my one in Peckham, in which people can live together and can ensure that they are making the contribution to get to the country and the society that we want.
SR: I know you've got to go, but I think from what you've said, it's pretty clear that you don't support waiting 15 years for permanent residency. So I'm just going to give you one chance to correct that if that's not your view
MF: Don't put words in my mouth. The key point is we are consulting...
SR: I'm not. I'm saying, this is your chance to correct that if that is not your view, because this is the impression you've given. So if you don't think that, tell us now.
MF: We are consulting on the package of proposals that were put forward. The Home Secretary is looking at the consultation and she will set out our final position. But what I absolutely back Shabana on is the need to reform our immigration system, because it is fundamentally broken. And I also fundamentally support the principles that we have got to control our borders, because everyone expects us to do that, and critically, that we have to have a system in which people contribute and when they contribute, they are able to become citizens and they are able to be integrated into our community. That is an immigration system that makes sense. That is an immigration system that will build public concern. And she's absolutely right to try and deliver that immigration system.
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This is Tabassum Begum from Pakistan.
She defrauded UK taxpayers of £156,112 in fake benefit claims, despite savings of £260k.
Naturally, she AVOIDED jail with a suspended sentence instead. Meanwhile, Danny Tommo is caged for puncturing a dinghy. #TwoTierJustice 🇬🇧
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I want to tell you about one of the people ITV psychologically damaged, who does not appear in any documentary.
He is a Reform member in Portsmouth.
He served as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan and Iraq, with distinction.
One of ITV's undercover reporters told him they shared the same military background.
That was a lie.
The Marine, believing him, took him for a drink. They spent hours talking about their 'shared' service.
He shared deeply personal stories from the front line.
He thought he was talking to a friend who had been through the same things.
He has since learned that the man across the table was an actor with a hidden camera, sent by a television company to damage the party he volunteers for.
Violated. That's the word he used, and I'm not going to soften it.
A man who put his life on the line for this country had his most private memories extracted by deception for a TV programme.
ITV should be ashamed.
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My dear Stephen,
How lovely to see you marking the sixtieth. One of the darkest days in our history, etched in the memory of the nation, a community of such strength. All true. And all of it happening to somebody else.
Here is the part your tribute left in the drawer. The tribunal found the Coal Board wholly to blame and said the disaster "could and should have been prevented". The Coal Board then demanded £250,000 from the disaster fund to clear the tip that killed them. The fund, raised by public donation for the families, handed over £150,000.
Your party's government applied the pressure, in secret. George Thomas objected, then folded, and leaned on the trustees until they folded too. The Charity Commission sat on its hands. Nobody was prosecuted.
It took thirty years to give it back. In July 1997 Ron Davies, your party's first Welsh Secretary of that spell, returned the £150,000 without interest and without inflation, and conceded the demand should never have been made.
So yes. Remembering is lovely. Your lot billed the bereaved for clearing the mine's own tip.
Twenty three likes. Five retweets. And looking more like your father every year.
Do carry on, pet.
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REMINDER @tescomobile blocked me because I kept asking for my PAC Code
So they know I want my PAC Code.
They have not sent me my PAC Code as the law requires them to do.