The Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann has said that there is "a danger to life", as well as a risk of snow and flooding, from Storm Barra over the next two days.https://t.co/DOexMzS4BW
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 6, 2021
Parts of the country will be upgraded to a status red warning as Storm Barra approaches on Tuesday morninghttps://t.co/DLlnTpStzD
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) December 6, 2021
Storm Barra blasting across the Atlantic as we speak.
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) December 6, 2021
Status red wind warnings have been issued for Cork, Kerry & Clare. Damaging gusts in excess of 130km/h will be possible. pic.twitter.com/QxZCKmEpAK
Weather 'bomb' set to explode over UK as Storm Barra brings snow and 70mph winds https://t.co/ggIaq8Riff pic.twitter.com/UHdbzuSKsL
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 6, 2021
Storm Barra: 3⃣ things you need to know ⤵️
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) December 6, 2021
⚠️💨🌨️https://t.co/uUA1EiYKO0 pic.twitter.com/vy6wTGyrib
#StormBarra named after BBC weather presenter @BarraBest https://t.co/97GOCQIM4v
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) December 6, 2021
Northern Powergrid aims to complete repairs from Storm Arwen before arrival of Storm Barra https://t.co/qp51S61i3Q
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 6, 2021
BREAKING Thousands To Attend Anti-Storm Barra Protest In Dublin Tomorrow pic.twitter.com/iwJmfxtcj4
— Mallow News (@MallowNews) December 6, 2021
Laughing at all these sheep worried about Storm Barra. It's going to be no worse than the flu. Please donate to my gofundme to help spread the word.
— Conor Gallagher (@ConorGallaghe_r) December 6, 2021
Meanwhile…
The government says “there was not a party” at No 10 last December and that no COVID rules were broken. A week into the story, this is a new 5-min video on the gap between the government’s assurances and available evidence. Produced by Michael Cox. https://t.co/cqIalvKKnB pic.twitter.com/vWBxhOogI7
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) December 6, 2021
Eddie Mair: 'If Downing Street says there wasn't a party, why don't you believe it?'
— LBC (@LBC) December 6, 2021
Caller: 'Because they've lied so many times before.'@eddiemair pic.twitter.com/M0t2cfjcXe
County lines cases often take 3-4 years to come to trial – if not longer – because @BorisJohnson has supported the defunding of the criminal justice system and still refuses to give it the resources it needs to function.
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) December 6, 2021
Smoke and mirrors. https://t.co/gow9x3qcDb
Ex Tory Justice Secretary David Gauke says Johnson’s plan to overrule any Supreme Court decisions he doesn’t like is an attempt to destroy any checks on his power. https://t.co/3kUToccVYG
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) December 6, 2021
And on an auspicious anniversary…
The Treaty formally ended the War of Independence, set the stage for British withdrawal from most of Ireland, and the handover of power to an independent Irish government https://t.co/Vhg4v9cZnY
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 6, 2021
Vernon Bogdanor from @KingsCollegeLon can’t resist lecturing the Irish on history. Again today he takes to @Telegraph to remind us that we are forgetting our history. He picks a great day-centenary of signing of Anglo-Irish treaty. @BrigidLaffan pic.twitter.com/mJMZmiMGQm
— Brigid Laffan (@BrigidLaffan) December 6, 2021
And a bold opening on his part, with the words: “Ireland's intransigence”.
— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) December 6, 2021
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GOP all over the place, but Dems still on the back foot
California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes is leaving the House at year's end to lead ex-President Donald Trump’s effort to launch a social media platform. https://t.co/xLs1UvkX2Y
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 6, 2021
New: With the SEC investigating the financing of Trump's media venture, we have new information that suggests the deal skirted securities laws. with @MattGoldstein26 @mschwirtz @PreetaTweets https://t.co/5fmxD1HYx6
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) December 6, 2021
Trump: I don’t know anything about the SEC. I do know Devin is fantastic… And you know this is just a continuation of witch hunts… If our side doesn’t have a voice, you’re going to end up with pure communism. pic.twitter.com/XgnevzpUOE
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 6, 2021
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah *breathe* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 *breathe* 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/wjZspBk31a
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 6, 2021
The effort to downplay the consequences and seriousness of everything from the pandemic to the Jan. 6 insurrection has become part of the GOP’s gaslighting playbook.https://t.co/ifqAiu7kYz
— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) December 6, 2021
Massie is a not a serious man, and his performative assholery did not deserve a serious or respectful response. Posting this photo has the same relationship to responsible gun ownership as sending out a d*ck pic does to genuine romance.https://t.co/cZA6W9vqmf
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) December 6, 2021
Calling for unity while launching a primary challenge, and blaming the guy he’s challenging for losing a race he himself lost. Remarkable. https://t.co/tngF5RGv6E
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) December 6, 2021
"Of course," said the eminently sensible former President. "I would never try to cause trouble in a primary."
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 6, 2021
Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Tells Trump to ‘Stay in Mar-a-Lago’ and Butt Out of Georgia Governor Race https://t.co/DKfYh99TWX via @RollingStone
Short was in the secure location with Pence and had a lot of communication with the White House on 1/6, will be interesting for the public to learn how completely disinterested Trump was in Pence’s safety https://t.co/4abYRaPCgt
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) December 6, 2021
the “independent state legislature” theory that state legislatures have plenary power to control elections up to and including throwing out the results is well on its way to GOP orthodoxy https://t.co/veTfjVFiGm
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) December 6, 2021
Important: Ben Ginsberg, a top GOP lawyer, just called on his party to reform the Electoral Count Act to avert a stolen 2024.
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) December 6, 2021
If and when Republicans say no, it will show that they're perfectly happy to see a rerun of Trump's coup attempt in the future:https://t.co/p4GnXztWz4
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