#Customs

Covid-19: UK and France aim to restart freight as queues grow - BBC News. As I said on ⁦@SkyNews⁩ this morning we need urgent agreement with France on exemptions for
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A thread in light of the present moment: We need to make a distinction between respectable nonsense (& evil) & despicable nonsense (& evil), with respectable meaning “engenders respect among
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CHRISTMAS IN WALES: A THREAD "One of the most curious customs which was once in vogue about Christmas time was the procession known as Mari Lwyd, a man wearing
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"Fail to prepare, prepare to fail" has gone from being an irritating statement trotted out on a training course to a description of the UK government's modus operandi. And as
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1.THE NDAU PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA long thread....The Ndau people are one of the most unique ethnic groups in Zimbabwe with a complex history that is often misconstrued or subdued in
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Will this week see a breakthrough in the UK-EU negotiations? Possibly.If there is white smoke on Saturday it will 65 years to the day that the UK and the then
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No-one could have predicted this.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/17/shock-brexit-charges-are-hurting-us-say-small-british-businesses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other No-one could have predicted this.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic
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These are the questions, big and small, that I will be asking about the shape and quality of a Brexit deal when the text is out:(A long thread) On manufactured
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7 Languages: 7 Lessons learntLearning languages is fun. It develops your communicaton skills.You meet new people & you discover new customs & new cultures.It helps you challenge your thinking. But
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Today, we have published the first survey of the experience of NI business to the operation of the NI Protocol. Report here https://www.manufacturingmonthni.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Protocol-Report-February-2021-Final.pdf The survey t
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As many others I'm still working through the detail of the agreement & all the annexes. But some initial thoughts based on my first read & associated documents. My overriding
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1. The numbers of people I've seen retweeting this saying they'd never been aware of any of it before now is staggering. I've always believed that teaching Welsh history from
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I have been rereading Gove's 2016 speech on why the UK should vote to leave the EU. The outcome of any negotiation/political process should be judged by what was promised
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On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month—#端午Duanwu—we commemorate the death of the poet-minister Qu Yuan 屈原. Exiled from the kingdom of Chu for his fierce opposition to Qin
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Today the @latimes filed a lawsuit against @DHSgov, @ICEgov and @DHSOIG over the agencies' failure to release public records detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse and harassment at immigration detention
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What is the institutional design of law enforcement in the US (particularly Washington D.C.)? Here are some answers: In general law enforcement is decentralized, with police agencies institutionalized at the
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