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Simon Cooke

@SimonMagus

Scrap the green belt, reform planning and build more houses. Suburbanist, mushroom fan, scourge of nannying fussbuckets. Still conservative...just.

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shevereshtus(@shevereshtus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On a serious note, the distance from “Ashkenazi Jews created a system of oppression that favors them over non-white Jews” to “Jews created a system of oppression that favors them over non-Jews” is about the thickness of a Yemenite matzah.

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Lorien(@CaeruleanSea) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So in short, in order to be peak anti-cigarettes, previously sensible orgs & health professionals are uniformly throwing current, future & ex smokers fully under the bus by being too spineless to push back against vape restrictions.

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They turned off replies to stop us pointing out that the CofE roots go back to Henry VIII wanting to shag a different woman. Prior to that it was the One True Roman Catholic Church

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Tim Newman(@whitesundesert) 's Twitter Profile Photo

David Moore My theory that western countries are a in large part a giant welfare project run by and for the dim middle classes isn't exactly rattled by this latest news.

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Sam Bowman(@s8mb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone’s dunking on this, but it’s admirably honest that the alternative to building more is no one having a guest bedroom, a home office, or space for kids they haven’t had yet. And that permanent flat sharing into middle age will be the norm.

Refreshingly straightforward!

Everyone’s dunking on this, but it’s admirably honest that the alternative to building more is no one having a guest bedroom, a home office, or space for kids they haven’t had yet. And that permanent flat sharing into middle age will be the norm. Refreshingly straightforward!
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Jack Tindale(@JackTindale) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Think it's quite telling that this is written by two people from the Environmental Department rather than the Economics Department.

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Harry Phibbs(@harryph) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Liz Truss: “We are in the ludicrous position of importing fracked gas from the US that has been liquified to-180 C but refusing to frack ourselves. Meanwhile, the British are paying twice as much for our energy as the Americans.”

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Christopher Snowdon 🇺🇦(@cjsnowdon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wasn’t going to write about the tobacco ban again but the nauseating sight of prohibitionists claiming to be champions of freedom has made me do it.

NEW 👇 thecritic.co.uk/its-the-only-o…

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Past Present Future(@PPFIdeas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In episode 5 of our series about different ideas of freedom David and Lea Ypi explore the free market. 

How different from today were 18th century ideas about the relational impact of a commercial society?

You can listen to the full episode here: linktr.ee/ppfideas

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IEA(@iealondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'It’s entirely righteous to provide food to tens of millions of people, jobs to hundreds of thousands, and tax for public services, and to do so while making a profit.'

Our Matthew Lesh in City A.M.: cityam.com/lets-be-honest…

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Simon Cooke(@SimonMagus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And you were saying the Supreme Court wasn't undermining the law as Parliament intended it? Close it down.

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West Ham United(@WestHam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of our greatest managers, John Lyall, passed away on this day.

A true legend of the Club. Rest in peace, John ❤️

One of our greatest managers, John Lyall, passed away on this day. A true legend of the Club. Rest in peace, John ❤️
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