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  1. Pinned Tweet
    29 Dec 2016

    The next Secretary General of should be . You heard it here first.

    33 replies 78 retweets 274 likes
  2. 13 minutes ago

    -An MP for 13 years. -Mayor of London for 8 years. -Foreign Secretary for 2 years. -Prime Minister for 6 months (and counting). Doesn’t really sound like a political novelty act.

    Boris Johnson's journey from political novelty act to most powerful British Conservative since Margaret Thatcher is nothing short of astonishing | Analysis by
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  3. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Russia’s state-run tv news is airing ’s Giuliani segments.

    this was inevitable
    21 replies 217 retweets 215 likes
  4. 2 hours ago

    Che imbarazzante

    0:20
    "Ordineee!" John Bercow regala a la versione italiana del suo "Order!" 💥
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  5. 2 hours ago

    Good luck with that 😂🤣😂🤣

    EXCL: Dominic Cummings set to make complete overhaul of MoD procurement a personal priority in 2020, say allies. PM’s chief aide will mount audit & upend current processes.…
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  6. 13 hours ago

    This thread 👇🏻

    1975: Turkey suspends operations in all US bases in Turkey (and bars US access to İncirlik) and NATO is concerned 'security of the Eastern Mediterranean will be endangered'. History is a funny thing. Panic responsi…
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  7. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    I'm told the earlier link didn't work for everyone...This is what I wrote about our opportunity to shape the agenda in foreign policy.

    6 replies 12 retweets 31 likes
  8. 14 hours ago

    “in der Ersten Klasse” 😂😂 The 1%

    Noch schöner wäre es gewesen, wenn Du zusätzlich auch berichtet hättest, wie freundlich und kompetent Du von unserem Team an Deinem Sitzplatz in der Ersten Klasse betreut worden bist. 2/2
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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    Typical piece on Boris three months ago: “Why Boris would fail at tying his own shoelaces” Typical piece this weekend: “How Boris will change Britain and the world”

    3 replies 24 retweets 94 likes
  10. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Balkan Insight, which is terrified of conservative thought and policy, naturally avoided mentioning the Content Farmers Podcast which deals with from a conservative point of view; factual, thoughtful, slightly irreverent, humorous, & fun! & me host

    5 retweets 11 likes
  11. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    This also did not happen.

    93 replies 758 retweets 3,351 likes
  12. 24 hours ago

    At least you can eat a reindeer

    Anger as wealthy trophy hunters pay to shoot wild reindeer in Norway
    2 replies 2 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    Give it up to this Lebanese protester, a Premier League club should sign him

    41 replies 1,451 retweets 4,172 likes
  14. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Nigel Farage split Leave vote - Tories could have won 100 seats without him via

    2 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
  15. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    😅🤣😌🧐😬😫😭🙄

    We won the argument, but I regret we didn’t convert that into a majority for change | Jeremy Corbyn
    1 retweet 4 likes
  16. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Analysis: If my car had wings, it would be a plane

    Analysis: If Britain had Germany’s electoral system, Boris Johnson may have lost the election
    13 replies 40 retweets 245 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Looks like Jeremy started the transition

    and
    1 reply 12 retweets 31 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Britain is reaping the benefits of privately-operated rail franchises that improve services, utilise new technology, broaden customer choice - and, after Thursday's results, are here to stay! 🚂

    10 replies 3 retweets 14 likes
  19. Dec 14

    All little boys, no matter where in the world, LOVE tractors.

    0:04
    Some kids try enjoy themselves in the IDP camp camp near Hasakah 14 Dec
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    1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Don’t tell me, democracy ended in the UK?

    David Runciman, the author of the book “How Democracy Ends,” on the results of the U.K. election.
    1 reply 5 retweets 30 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    I’m old enough to remember when Boris Johnson was going to be one of Britain’s shortest serving Prime Ministers...

    2 replies 4 retweets 25 likes
  22. Dec 14

    If you are interested in India you should follow my friend Jeff. One of the best 👇🏻

    THREAD A busy few weeks in India. I debated weighing in on CAB/NRC/UCC/370 (actually wrote 2 articles). Ultimately, I decided against it. I traditionally don't weigh in on domestic developments in India (or the U.S.), though I…
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    2 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
  23. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Why is Max Boot wasting column inches on British politics (clearly, after reading it, he knows very little about) when he could be writing an article about which country to invade next?

    RT : Trump & Johnson have figured out how to mesmerize voters with their simplistic slogans & spellbinding showmanship, writes .…
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  24. Retweeted
    Dec 14
    Replying to

    Analysis with a Turkish idiom : “If my aunt had the moustache, she would me my uncle”

    3 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
  25. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Will finally get done? Watch lay out the path forward.

    2 replies 13 retweets 38 likes
  26. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    Brexit will now happen. The British people have confirmed their referendum decision of 2016. The EU must now focus on building a new close, fair and lasting partnership with Britain. It is in our common interest.

    5,800 replies 3,335 retweets 17,468 likes
  27. Dec 14

    😴

    Analysis: If Britain had Germany’s electoral system, Boris Johnson may have lost the election
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  28. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    If there had been a completely different set of rules there could have been a completely different outcome.

    Analysis: If Britain had Germany’s electoral system, Boris Johnson may have lost the election
    6 replies 7 retweets 27 likes
  29. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    This is the central issue of the climate change debate. Until someone tells me how exactly the rest of us are going to constrain China and India, it's all virtue signaling.

    The rise of China and India, with their associated energy demands, has overwhelmed the emissions reductions chalked up by richer nations
    472 replies 1,998 retweets 5,208 likes
  30. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    .’s victory is great news for the people of Great Britain—and the US.

    2 replies 51 retweets 136 likes
  31. Dec 14

    This 👇🏻

    Stuff like this is useless. Like the debate over popular vote/EL here, you change voting system you change behavior.
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  32. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Gosh.

    1997 vs 2019.
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  33. Dec 14

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    Tempted to say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery! From ’s vg children’s edition of Prisoners of Geography.
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  34. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    Rumors here in Doha that close to lifting air embargo on . Who knows if true, but follows reports that Kuwaiti mediation gaining traction

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    Dec 13

    Absolutely hilarious from - brilliant!

    63 replies 650 retweets 1,785 likes
  36. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    With the Pound surging against the Dollar the NHS will be more expensive for the USA “to buy” 😂🤣 But all that “chlorinated chicken” will be cheaper for the UK to import! 🐓 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧

    1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
  37. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    The best way to effect this 👇 is compulsory re-education camps for all

    On Brexit Labour failed not because it should have been more Brexity. It failed because it did not take on the challenge of educating its base from Day 1 that Brexit was a far-right hoodwinking racist project that would…
    3 replies 4 retweets 36 likes
  38. Retweeted
    Dec 12

    British democracy in one image. The Prime Minister next to Elmo, a man who has just finished a 1920s motor race, and someone wearing a t shirt saying “Jeffrey Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself.”

    67 replies 1,202 retweets 3,749 likes
  39. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    This is the speech we needed to hear.

    WATCH LIVE: Prime Minister makes his first statement upon returning to Downing Street.
    13 replies 15 retweets 79 likes