Whatever happens in the next few days
Well done Boris
Whether he gets as a deal
Or indeed no deal
Congratulations on the "win"
[thread]
As we approach "the last throw of the dice"
I would like to do something I haven’t done enough of
Congratulations to 37.4% of the electorate
On the 23rd June 2016 you won
Congratulations
No one can take that away from you
You
Whatever happens in the next few days
Well done Boris
Whether he gets as a deal
Or indeed no deal
Congratulations on the "win"
If a deal then with a sale of a side measure of scapegoating narrative as to why it wasn't better
If no deal then the side sale will be the scapegoating as to why
Can I firstly apologise - its obviously because I didn't believe enough or talked the country down
Not only did you win
But you "got brexit done"
https://t.co/CJwS2mJ7Yy
Together we can get Brexit done. pic.twitter.com/zuWHLJmH3B
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 12, 2019
That day of liberation
Where Britain flung off the shackles of the 4th reich
That EUSSR that has so enfeebled the U.K.
What a four and half years it has been
As Brexit Britain gets ready to reach the 31st December 2020
And sail onwards
Open global buccaneering brexit Britain
It’s eyes raised to the horizon
And these should be simple for you all to answer
Because you all knew what you were voting for
I want to beg your forgiveness
Because this will be a long thread
I will try to be short
But alas the questions and backdrop are not simple and I try to provide context to why I ask
As I may use threads within here to illustrate a point
I will try not to overuse subthreads and unweave these to make points
I did consider writing this as a blog post
But I wanted to force myself to keep my points themselves short
What did you win on 23rd June 2016?
How do we move on from 23rd June 2016?
Of the electorate in 23rd June 2016
I voted to remain
I am part of the some 34% of the electorate who voted to remain
As opposed to the 37% who voted leave
And I don't think they are stupid
I don't think they are racists
I think they made a choice
That my simple words to those family and friends over the past 4 years
Have caused them such anger
To me
That they get so angry
And unable to respond to basic points on well reality
Is sad
Sad at what they have been reduced to
There is a simple thing
Is now that Leave "won"
And I "lost"
When I hold up a mirror to the words and promises made
All I am doing is asking you to deliver on what you said this brave new world, these sunlit uplands were going to be
I want my country to get better
I want my country to improve
I want my country to well to borrow a phrase be best
I want my country to level up (although I want to know from what and whom)
(of course obviously according to an Education Secretary) we already are
I am just a person.
I want it to usher in a new era
Of blue passports
Of British fish
Of "taking back control"
Of that brexit dividend
Of that NI border being solved
Of the glorious sunlit uplands
I simply want you to deliver on that promise
That's all
I have never written to my MP (as I know where they stand for what little good they can effect)
I have never signed a petition
I have simple been holding up a mirror to well words.
If you want to hurl abuse at me
Please do so
Call me a remoaner
Call me a loser
Tell me I am in the pay of Soros
Tell me to stop talking my country down
Tell me to believe more
Thank you
Again for confirming you cannot play the ball
That’s fine
Please do so
Thank you
In doing so you again show you cannot play the ball
A reminder on the Tory 1st Battalion
https://t.co/0Sng2jwJOl
“I should regret to see the day in which the people should cease to express intelligent, honest generous criticism upon the policy of their rulers.”
Now the inspiration for this question
Came from one M. Thatcher
"The manner of winning is a matter of honour."
1. Media
2. Franchise
3. Cheating
4. Scapegoating
5. Lies
6. Expertise
7. Simplism
8. Plan
9. Respect
10. NI Border
Remember my focus is how did you win?
And as I dig into these it will touch on what you won.
These two topics are really quite difficult to separate.
My conclusion to the thread I will touch on how do we move on.
Now the media is always a tough one
As all sides of the spectrum use it as a soft toy to kick around
https://t.co/lo7wVaQHk1
https://t.co/P5M9P11NO8
“‘That’s easy,’ he replied. ‘When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.’
https://t.co/IBLMnTDZyd
“There is much fake news published about me, but let me make clear that I have never uttered those words. I have made it a principle all my life never to ask for anything from any prime minister.”
Of course he never has to ask
It is given proferred automatically
https://t.co/YXsNb4to5O
https://t.co/PeyRm3K8iX
https://t.co/WyNe7bYlT2
Now there are two main areas here where I would flag concern
The first is a promise by the Conservative Party
“We will complete the electoral register, by working to include more of the five million Britons who live abroad. We will introduce votes for life, scrapping the rule that bars British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years from voting”
As he can be the victim of such "unintentional" maligning
https://t.co/rH3euLoU4b
Back to that franchise promise
Why would you not honour that promise in time for the 2016 referendum?
Why?
It's a simple question
Now personally
I do not care how 16 - 18 year olds may vote
I want to focus on the principle that they be allowed to vote
https://t.co/6WAoADlr2p
Due to me posting it hastily and bloody breaking the thread
Do continue
https://t.co/aFfBrxFyaA
I recall many of the debates in the Scottish Independence Referendum
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) December 6, 2020
Those with young people
Were some of the best
More from ScottishPanda
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Can I be the first to congratulate Boris Johnson
On getting a "British shaped deal"
On a "gold standard" trade deal
On making the UK "mightily prosper"
/joking
He won't
But he will sell it as such
And that is all that matters
Can I be the first to congratulate Boris Johnson
On getting a "British shaped deal"
On a "gold standard" trade deal
On making the UK "mightily prosper"
/joking
He won't
But he will sell it as such
And that is all that matters
British PM Boris Johnson will visit India in January to boost trade ties, his first major bilateral trip since taking office https://t.co/EjfCeYAaNK via @bpolitics
— Joe Mayes (@Joe_Mayes) December 15, 2020
Why there was even talk of starving the Irish
But that's ok
Priti only meant it unintentionally
And she was frustrated when she said it
So that's
It's not like the UK talked of invading Spain or Calais
Or was busy trying to incite Irexit, Itexit or the AfD or so other discord in the EU
After all that 50 pence piece
Talks of friendship
So surely we were good friends?
Those liars who had nothing
And knew they had nothing
Well they passed their withdrawal agreement
Knowing they never had any intention of honouring
Oh yes and a reminder
How many Tory MPs are unashamed they passed legislation without forming an opinion on it
But that's ok
Priti only meant it unintentionally
And she was frustrated when she said it
So that's
[thread]
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) November 23, 2020
The most difficult thing I find is writing the hook into a thread
There is a simple word
It is called Imagine
But first I want to focus on a different topic
Nigeriahttps://t.co/bF4zaDguzh
It's not like the UK talked of invading Spain or Calais
Or was busy trying to incite Irexit, Itexit or the AfD or so other discord in the EU
After all that 50 pence piece
Talks of friendship
So surely we were good friends?
Those liars who had nothing
And knew they had nothing
Well they passed their withdrawal agreement
Knowing they never had any intention of honouring
[thread] a simple question
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) October 17, 2019
What are you prepared to sacrifice for brexit ?
Boris Johnson and his historic wordshttps://t.co/nFkevENjqB
Oh yes and a reminder
How many Tory MPs are unashamed they passed legislation without forming an opinion on it
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A further thread on the EU/UK musicians/visa for paid work issue (the issue is paid work: travelling to sing or play at eg a charity event for free can be done without a visa).
The position that we now have now (no relevant provisions under the TCA) is complicated. For EU musicians visiting the UK see
In essence the UK permits foreign (including EU) nationals to stay up to 30 days to carry out paid engagements, but they must (a) prove they are a professional musician and (b) be invited by an established UK business.
Either condition could be tricky for a young musician starting out and wanting to play gigs. And 30 days isn’t long enough for a part in a show with a run.
Longer stays require a T5 visa - which generally requires you to be in a shortage occupation (play an instrument not played in the UK?) or to have an established international reputation.
Disgraceful and shabby if true: not only ideologically blinkered, but ashamed to admit its ideological blinkers and their consequences. https://t.co/7PgOEogTlA
— George Peretz QC (@GeorgePeretzQC) January 9, 2021
The position that we now have now (no relevant provisions under the TCA) is complicated. For EU musicians visiting the UK see
See here a summary of what is permitted from U.K. POV. https://t.co/HkdRlubySr
— Luke Piper (@Pipermigration) January 10, 2021
In essence the UK permits foreign (including EU) nationals to stay up to 30 days to carry out paid engagements, but they must (a) prove they are a professional musician and (b) be invited by an established UK business.
Either condition could be tricky for a young musician starting out and wanting to play gigs. And 30 days isn’t long enough for a part in a show with a run.
Longer stays require a T5 visa - which generally requires you to be in a shortage occupation (play an instrument not played in the UK?) or to have an established international reputation.
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740 selectors
757 declarations
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0 media queries
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15 unique font sizes
7 unique z-indices
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9,252 selectors
16.7k declarations
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50 unique background colors
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We know that elite institutions like the one Flier was in (partial) charge of rely on irrelevant status markers like private school education, whiteness, legacy, and ability to charm an old white guy at an interview.
Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)
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