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Peter Franklin 🌳
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Between Scylla and Charybdis
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Apr 23, 2020
    Being a conservative, I labour under the illusion that St George was an Englishman (born in Frant, near Tunbridge Wells) and literally killed an actual dragon. Luckily, Twitter is here to put me right.
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Dec 13, 2019
    I don’t want to say @PaulEmbery told you so, but @PaulEmbery told you so
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    May 4, 2019
    The Tory dilemma of the last twenty years - whether to appeal to liberal professionals or cultural conservatives - has finally been resolved. In a bold move, the party has decided to alienate both.
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Sep 15, 2019
    What is wrong with the news? In what world is a predictable defection to the Lib Dems more important than a drone strike taking out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production?
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Jan 29, 2021
    Anyone surprised by what the EU has just done to the Irish hasn’t been paying attention. Ask the Greeks about it.
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Jan 27, 2020
    Church: Something not about sex. Media: Church: Something else not about sex. Media: Church: And again something not about sex. Media: Church: Something about sex. Media: You guys are obsessed!
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Oct 11, 2021
    The smug condescension shown to @PaulEmbery today illustrates the complacency he’s drawing our attention to.
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Jun 26, 2016
    Breaking: PMQs to be replaced by 30 minutes of David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn just holding one another.
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Apr 15, 2017
    Replying to @TomTugendhat
    there is a field with cows next to that station, but by the opposite platform – I wonder how they got across!
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Sep 16, 2019
    The BBC decision to run the Sam Gyimah defection story ahead of the drone attack in Saudi Arabia looks even crazier today then it yesterday unherd.com/thepost/what-i…
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Jan 3, 2022
    The BBC’s output proves that there’s no such thing as a neutral worldview. From me for @UnHerd:
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    'Look Ahead' gives a look at the BBC worldview
    From unherd.com
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Feb 20, 2015
    The Monty Hall problem shows that @nntaleb is right - clever people can get probability very wrong:
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    The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman - Priceonomics
    From priceonomics.com
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    May 7, 2015
    Could be bad news for the #LibDems Commons' football team...
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    Peter Franklin 🌳
    @peterfranklin_
    Oct 27, 2020
    How an excessive focus on 13% of the population is distorting our national conversation. From me for @unherd:
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    Who are the real tribes of Britain?
    From unherd.com
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