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What kind of future did Sir James Craig & other #Unionist leaders envisage for the people of #NorthernIreland? As I walked the ground of my old homestead #Rathcoole I was shocked to see how the perfect storm of deprivation, disaffection & despair has broken over the estate 1/10 Image
Sir Basil Brooke, one of Craig’s successors, believed his government should build “homes fit for heroes” after the Second World War. Built in the 1950s, Rathcoole was to be a model village for his brand of Unionism’s vision of a “peaceful & prosperous Ulster” 2/10 Image
Once an estate where Protestants & Catholics lived side-by-side, neighbours turned on neighbours in the 1970s, leading to the Rathcoole Defence Association intimidating many Catholics out of their homes. Tit-for-tat intimidation soon spread like wildfire across Belfast & NI 3/10
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🚨🚨Just the 2,540 #ExcessDeaths in the UK🇬🇧 last week
(22% above the 5 Year Average)

Less that 500 of the excess were attributed to ‘COVID’ - what caused the other 2,000 excess deaths?

Answer time, Rishi Sunak !

Source: ONS Image
#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
2,128 excess deaths
22.5% above average

#Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
177 excess deaths
27.4% above average

#Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
156 excess deaths
14% above average

#NorthernIreland
27 excess deaths
10% above average

Covid involved in just 4.3% of all deaths

What is killing Brits? Image
12,420 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 21 April 2023 (Week 16).

22.9% above the five-year average (2,312 more deaths).

Just 358 of the 2,312 #ExcessDeaths were attributed to COVID19 (15%)

What caused the other 85% of the excess deaths ? Image
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🚨 20% Excess Deaths in the UK last week …

🚨 2,156 Excess Deaths (only 497 attributed to COVID19)

🚨 An entire year of consecutive weeks of Excess Death

What is causing all of the extra deaths in the UK?

Is it the vaccine?

Time to ask the question …💥💥💥
🇬🇧UK #ExcessDeaths week 13

#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
10,856 deaths
1,922excess deaths
+21.5% excess
408 ‘Covid’

#Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1,263 deaths
165 excess deaths
+15% excess
50 ‘Covid’

#Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
708 deaths
83 excess
13.4%
24 ‘Covid’

#NorthernIreland
306 deaths
-21 excess
-6%
15 Covid Image
Total #ExcessDeaths for 2023
To 31/3/2023 (Q1)

#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
11,151 excess deaths
+7.5% total excess

#Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1,909 excess deaths
+11.5% excess

#Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
785 excess deaths
+8% excess

#NorthernIreland
198 excess deaths
+4.3% excess

‘COVID’ only attributed to 1/3 excess Image
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I honestly don't understand the "solution" to the #NorthernIreland issue which was caused by the #BrexitDisaster that #RishiSunak seems so excited about.

A short 🧵. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Apparently the solution is something called the #NorthernIrelandProtocol

(1/8)
Apparently, according to this protocol, there will be a "border at sea." Goods coming from England to Northern Ireland will be marked as those terminating in Northern Ireland or those going on to Ireland (EU checks.)

I don't understand how this will solve the problem. (2/8)
The whole point of the UK coming out of the EU was the implication that the UK will not benefit from the European market rules. That means, for example that French cheese is cheaper for European countries than it is for England.

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NEW: The European Commission’s @MarosSefcovic has put member states on alert for a possible deal on the #NorthernIreland Protocol at short notice – according to #EU diplomats.

He gave no timeline however. “It’s unclear if it’s a matter of days or weeks,” said one...

🧵
Mr Sefcovic has been updating ambassadors in Brussels this afternoon.

It’s understood that, within a “brief” private session, he reported that there was, as yet, no final deal with “intensive” contacts still underway.

He gave no details on any remaining sticking points...
But “be ready” was “definitely the vibe” said one diplomat while adding, “The last miles are the hardest.”

Another said that an agreement with the UK appeared to be “looming” but the outcome couldn’t be guaranteed...
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The #NorthernIreland Protocol. Is a deal done? From what I hear, not quite. In a way that’s obvious because an agreement isn’t sealed until both sides sign on the dotted line. But diplomats in Brussels agree that a compromise plan isn’t quite there, yet...🧵
The political tour that Rishi Sunak & his ministers are going on may be read as the kind of end-game choreography you’d expect to see before an inevitable announcement. But there's an alternative reading...
Could the PM use today’s talks with parties in Northern Ireland, particularly the DUP, to try & then press the EU for final concessions. 'You need to give me this' etc. It would be a bold play at this stage, when multiple sources say an announcement next week is within reach...
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This progress is positive. The killer will most likely be known to Natalie, yes. BUT police saying he is not a risk to other women is utter nonsense. He murdered a woman who was pregnant. Of course he is a risk to other women 🚩 EVERY woman knows this. I really wish ImageImage
Men would stop saying ridiculous things like this & focus on what’s important. Appeal to those who know this man. Someone knows him. Listen to the Community intell. I’m hearing that a former partner was stalking Natalie. Do the house-to house, speak to those who knew Natalie &
those whom she confided in. Speak with her family, friends, check social media etc. There’s lots to do in the star burst of a murder. This man is a public protection risk 🚩 Any man who murders a woman is. Help find him. Perhaps you saw the man with the rucksack?
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Can you help find Natalie McNally’s killer? Natalie was 15 weeks pregnant with a baby boy. She was stabbed to death in her home in Lurgan Northern Ireland on Sunday 18 December. This man carrying a rucksack arrived at Silverwood Green near Natalie’s home at 852pm.
He was seen leaving Silverwood Green at 930pm. @PoliceServiceNI are appealing for phone/video footage, CCTV, car dash-cam footage, photos, any information that can help find him. Also, there’s a golf course close to Natalie’s house which leads to the M1 Motorway.
Perhaps you saw the man with the rucksack around this time? Do you recognize his gait in the video? Or maybe you know someone locally who was acting strangely after Natalie’s murder. You can upload info anonymously here mipp.police.uk/operation/PSNI… or
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📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday

#ZOE estimates [as of 12/10]:
↘️ 235,435 new cases (+1.8%)

▫7-day estimate:
↗️ 1,658,905 cases (+11.4%)

▫Prediction:
↗️ 3,054,731 people have #COVID19 in the UK

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

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📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday

#AutumnWave ZOE COVID Study estimates:
↘️ 235,435 new cases (+5.1%)

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

PMP-Magazine.com/covid-today
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NEW: #EU’s chief #Brexit negotiator has urged the new #UK Prime Minister to ”engage” with talks on the #NorthernIreland Protocol.

@MarosSefcovic says this call has been made "for over a year."

"And it still stands – also vis-à-vis the incoming UK Prime Minister & government.”
The European Commission Vice President was speaking at the British-Irish Association Conference in Oxford.

He repeated the EU’s criticism of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, describing it as a “clear breach of international law” that is “extremely damaging to mutual trust.”
He also warned against further unilateral action – likely hinting at reports that frontrunner, Liz Truss, could trigger #Article16.

Such action may, he said, “Give the impression to many in the EU that the UK leadership is not that interested in cooperation with the EU.”
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in 2015 the so called, dark money funded, think tank, the Tax Payers Alliance published their far right wish list for reducing the state and minimising taxes for the wealthy, this is a thread of *just* the contents!!
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..Facebook group Education- our say, our way!!)"which wants to remove relationship and sex education (RSE) from the mandatory part of the new curriculum..
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..Mr Justice Turner said: "The issues raised on behalf of the claimants involve consideration of complex constitutional.."
..matters with potentially very significant consequences for both parents and children..
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Human rights barrister Paul Diamond "..will argue that the case raises important legal issues, including the human rights of very young children from "the imposition of ideologies that.."
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📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday
#Zoe COVID Study estimates 345,865 cases (+1.9% in a week)
▫7-day estimate: 2,427,165 cases in a week (+8.5%)
▫On average, at least 346,738 people are still infected by #COVID19 every day in the UK

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/07/15/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday

#Zoe Estimate (15-Jul)

𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
24h—345,865 (+1.9%)
7d—2,427,165 ↗️
28d—8,063,909 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
346,738 ↗️

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰
4,556,818 ↗️

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/07/15/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday

@ONS Estimate (as of 7-Jul)

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
7d—3,498,700 (+28.9%) ↗️
28d—11,662,600 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
499,8148 ↗️

🙈🙉🙊 #CovidIsNotOver

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📆#LatestCOVID 🦠 @PMPmagToday
#UKHSA Report (as of 28-Jun)

🧪#COVID CASES
▫7d—119,919 ↗️

🏥ADMISSIONS
▫7d—8,158 ↗️

🏥PATIENTS
▫24h—8,332 ↗️

🛌ICU
▫7d—1,295 ↗️

🕯️DEATHS
▫7d—410 ↗️

🤕#LONGCOVID
▫2 million people 🚨

🙈🙊🙉 #CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/06/28/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday
#Zoe Estimate (as of 26-Jun)

𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
24h—275,706 ↗️
7d—1,762,508 ↗️
28d—4,843,850 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
251,787 ↗️

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰
3,057,628 ↗️

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/06/28/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday
#ONS Estimate (as of 18-Jun)

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
7d—1,739,100 ↗️
28d—5,098,400 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
248,443 ↗️

🙈🙉🙊 #CovidIsNotOver

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📆#LatestCOVID 🦠 @PMPmagToday
#UKHSA Report (as of 27-Jun)

🧪#COVID CASES
▫7d—114,936 ↗️

🏥ADMISSIONS
▫7d—7,809 ↗️

🏥PATIENTS
▫24h—7,822 ↗️

🛌ICU
▫7d—1,215 ↗️

🕯️DEATHS
▫7d—398 ↗️

🤕#LONGCOVID
▫2 million people 🚨

🙈🙊🙉 #CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/06/27/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday
#Zoe Estimate (as of 25-Jun)

𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
24h—270,864 ↗️
7d—1,686,923 ↗️
28d—4,682,174 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
240,989 ↗️

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰
2,960,484 ↗️

🙈🙊🙉#CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/06/27/lat…
📆#LatestCOVID @PMPmagToday
#ONS Estimate (as of 18-Jun)

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
7d—1,739,100 ↗️
28d—5,098,400 ↗️

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
248,443 ↗️

🙈🙉🙊 #CovidIsNotOver

pmp-magazine.com/2022/06/27/lat…
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Tory MPs: 1)#traindrivers are not on strike; 2)the voters created their own #TacticalVoting scheme + executed it because they wanted to spell out just how much they want anything but #ToryLiars; 3) we like our #HumanRights...leave them alone; 4) loyalty to a liar will end careers
5) smashing things up/ defunding, then claim to be fixing stuff is not a sustainable strategy and we see what you're doing.#SaveOurNHS
6) your Twitter bubble may love hideous policies like #RwandaDeportation..the country as a whole does not;7)#foodbanks are not a photo opp but a
source of shame; 8) we aren't stupid...unlike your front bench; 9) we know where levelling up money goes and why...10) not mentioning #Brexit doesn't make it less of a sh*tshow.
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🚨 NEW: In our latest episode of The Foreign Correspondent with @theelephantinfo we report on rising ethnic tensions in the British colony of #NorthernIreland, following a shock win by the separatist Sinn Féin party in #LocalElections2022.

African envoys have appealed for calm. Image
@theelephantinfo Anger in🇬🇧after plans by Foreign Minister #LizTruss to revoke deal with sub-Scandinavian Europe that allowed imports into separatist #NorthernIreland spark fears of renewed tribal violence and strain relations with banana-exporting US republic.
bit.ly/3P9s6GZ
Far Northwestern former British colony turned disease-ravaged, ethnically divided, gun-ridden, oil-rich, banana-exporting USA Republic steps in to impose the easing of tribal tensions in flavour-starved 🇬🇧

theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
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EU issues #brexit statement. @MarosSefcovic #NIprotocol Image
UK needs to show "determination and creativity" if we are to resolve Northern Ireland difficulties, says @MarosSefcovic in statement. #brexit #NorthernIreland
"Unilateral action by the UK would only make our work on possible solutions more difficult." #brexit #NIProtocol
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EXCLUSIVE. Boris Johnson: How to avoid a nuclear disaster in Ukraine and why "Putin is in a cul-de-sac"

A long interview on Moscow's aggression, how to deal with the Russian President and the unity of the West, despite Brexit - @repubblica

repubblica.it/esteri/2022/03…
PM: “An attack on a nuclear power plant or an explosion are clearly a matter of our common European health and safety. We remember what happened with Chernobyl, the radioactive clouds spread over the whole continent, and indeed, also to North America. There is clearly a risk.”
PM: “There are other Ukrainian plants and radioactive nuclear waste sites. We need to consider is how we're going to work together to prevent such a disaster. I don't think the answers are easy, but UN and the IAEA on the ground", he invokes, "are going to be extremely important”
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1/The promise to Ukraine …Welcoming the Accession of Ukraine to the TREATY on the NON-PROLIFERATION of NUCLEAR WEAPONS as a non-nuclear weapon state…#Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of #GreatBritain and #NorthernIreland, and the #UnitedStates of #America,…
2/ Welcoming the Accession of #Ukraine to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a non-nuclear weapons state, taking into the account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a specified period of time, …#UNSC #NATO
3/ Noting the changes in the worldwide security situation, including the end of the Cold War, which have brought about conditions for deep reductions in nuclear forces, Confirm the following: the Russian Federation the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and …
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Response from EU re UK #NorthernIreland protocol

“The European Commission has been working tirelessly with the UK government to address practical challenges related to the implementation of the Protocol.
“The decision by the NI Min for Agriculture is therefore unhelpful. It creates further uncertainly and unpredictability for businesses and citizens in Northern Ireland. The European Commission will closely monitor developments in Northern Ireland pursuant to this announcement.”
It recalls the responsibility of the UK Government for the respect of the international obligations it has entered into.
· The Protocol is the one and only solution we have found with the UK to protect the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement.
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An FOI shows #Stonewall in #NorthernIreland got the NI Civil Service to remove the words 'mother' and 'woman' from their maternity policies. @StephenNolan you covered this re Scotland; now it's here too. Doc 5 in FOI reply:

whatdotheyknow.com/request/819001…
Left column is #Stonewall's recommendations to remove 'woman', 'her', etc; right column is NICS HR response.

@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive #Mumsnet Image
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🚨🚨🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🚨🚨
As ⁦@trussliz⁩ and ⁦@MarosSefcovic⁩ meet to try and fix #brexit NI Protocol new ⁦@ManufacturingNI⁩ survey shows #NorthernIreland manufacturers making ‘significant’ post-Brexit strides in adjusting to Protocol @FT /1
on.ft.com/3qvTR2h
@trussliz @MarosSefcovic @ManufacturingNI @FT Since July the number of @ManufacturingNI members "struggling" with the protocol has dropped below 25pc...compared to more than 40pc in July. It's moving in the right direction, it seems./2
@trussliz @MarosSefcovic @ManufacturingNI @FT The survey, to be published Friday, also shows EU suppliers are getting easier (last year it seemed that many hadn't got full message that Northern Ireland is part of EU single market for goods) and trade with GB has also picked up/3
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In todays @FT there’s an op-ed from @DavidGHFrost outlining the state of play in the talks around the #NorthernIreland Protocol & contrary to a lot of reports (that mostly treat 🇪🇺 pronouncements as gospel while ignoring 🇬🇧 ones) there’s been little change
ft.com/content/5030f7…
In essence the #NorthernIreland Protocol is unfinished (it was always a dynamic document) & 🇬🇧 is seeking to bring it to where it was envisioned to be, as outlined here by @LeoVaradkar in January 2020, as well as excise the bits obviated in the TCA
Alas 🇪🇺 still seems to have very little interest in living up to their responsibilities & honouring what they signed

Unfortunately for them 🇬🇧 sovereignty is absolute & Brussels’ authority runs out at The Border

They may have to learn that the hard way
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