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Alex Balfour

@adbalfour

Independent Financier. Grew up on Continent. Know its deep flaws. Exasperated by naive Brits who think it’s maaahvellous & EU has Britain’s interests at heart

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calendar_today15-09-2009 13:20:32

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Sophie Corcoran(@sophielouisecc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

4 of the world's Top 10 universities are in England. None are in the EU.

Britain's youth unemployment rate is 12%. In much of southern Europe it's as high as 28%.

The idea that young people are ‘missing out’ by not being in the EU is bollocks

Britain is better for young people

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Alex Balfour(@adbalfour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Noel Gallagher: ‘they used to call those who wanted to overturn a vote fascists’. And this coming from a Remainer who didn’t even think we should have had a referendum. He then says that we shouldn’t be looking back at a decision that was made decisively. Sensible chap

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Alex Balfour(@adbalfour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At last this government takes principled stand vs EU. This latest ‘offer’ of free movement for 18-30 year-olds is worse than a joke. As always with EU, they offer things that are to their advantage; we have the jobs, the universities, the career opportunities. EU not so much…

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Alex Balfour(@adbalfour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The USB C thing says everything about EU. Impose standardisation for the sake of it. Sadly, it’s prehistoric technology that’s already redundant. Meanwhile in the real world, proper countries legislate to allow OEM replicas to be sold & to encourage competition. Thank God we left

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Tom Harwood(@tomhfh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tell me you don’t understand a single scintilla of British or European history without telling me you don’t understand a single scintilla of British or European history.

These were not rights Europe bestowed on Britain. Overwhelmingly these are rights Britain gave to Europe.

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James York(@JamesJWYork) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Show me one benefit of brexit?

This week? Ok.

- Jump above 🇩🇪 for FDI appeal
- Jump above 🇫🇷 and 🇯🇵 in export rank
- drop tariffs on 120 food manufacturing inputs
- avoid the wrangle over EU “far right” migrant plan shambles.

A good week, all in. One day left

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Geoffrey Cox KC MP(@Geoffrey_Cox) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are two possible explanations for the Speaker’s decision to abandon long-standing convention. First, he did it to assist his former party leader get out of a bind. Secondly, as he says, he did it in a misguided attempt to protect certain Labour MPs from the intimidation

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Daniel Finkelstein(@Dannythefink) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This idea, common overnight among commentators, that last night was just embarrassing games and pomposity is quite wrong. If violent threat prompted the change in motion selection it could hardly be more serious.

Yet if it didn’t, it means the Speaker isn’t telling the truth

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(((Dan Hodges)))(@DPJHodges) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The simple fact is we cannot say 'Never Again' then in the next sentence say 'but we will tolerate a situation where Jews are frightened to walk the streets of their own capital city'. People have been allowed to march and have their voices heard. But we need to make a stand now.

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City A.M.(@CityAM) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇬🇧'I just don’t agree with the narrative that Brexit has ‘severely damaged’ our economy.”

Kemi Badenoch says the UK must stop talking itself down, as a fresh report shows leaving the EU HASN'T harmed trade.

cityam.com/uk-must-stop-t…

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Alex Balfour(@adbalfour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Any Remoaner still bleating how awful things are in this country& how relatively rosy in EU should watch this - VW is the most potent representation of Germany.

Germany says VW is struggling to find answers for Tesla & BYD's pricing ... youtu.be/9-jYQMmIx60?si… via YouTube

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Dan Salt(@Danjsalt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I want peace in Gaza - but also I want the animals who did those things to be brought to justice

Anyone got a suggestion how to do both?

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Alex Deane(@ajcdeane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whilst appreciating the difficulties in policing protests, it seems to me that our police intervening when someone is carrying our own flag at an event at which carrying the flags of other nations (or worse) is fine is a useful metaphor for the awful muddle we’re in.

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