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Ian Halstead
@TheIanHalstead
Freelance business journalist. Likes: Burnley FC, Eastern Europe, beer and original thoughts. Dislikes: Cliches and Blackburn FC.
Foulridge, Lancashire
ianhalstead.co.uk
Joined August 2013
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    May 11, 2022
    Replying to @antonino_spoto and @BanGaoRen
    Because … the IDF was on land illegally occupied by Israel since 1967, the journalist was wearing a bullet-proof vest and helmet (and a PRESS sign), was killed by a single shot below the ear and eyewitnesses from two independent news agencies say IDF snipers were firing at them.
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Apr 16, 2025
    Replying to @christivl77
    He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, and revealed his condition in 1998, when it was clear something wasn’t quite right. The MMR vaccine has a success rate of 97%. Flu vaccines have saved millions of lives, especially at opposite ends of the age scale. WTF are you on? 😂
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Apr 30, 2020
    Replying to @JMPSimor
    It was a sad loss for the English language when *confirms* replaced *claims* in the political lexicon. 🤢
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Mar 16, 2020
    Plaudits to @Reuters for leading the way in abolishing the use of *A Downing St source said ...*. Hopefully @Peston @bbclaurak and @PA now (belatedly) do likewise. And many others - obv.
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Mar 10, 2020
    Remarkable/unexpected instance of innovative and decisive political leadership. As (obv) opposed to Trump's absurd idea of cutting payroll tax, or Johnson's crass *let it go through the population* aside. @LaCastelliM5s 👏
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Feb 19, 2019
    Replying to @Thehackandhound and @BBCNormanS
    May enters to the sound of ABBA - @bbclaurak swoons ... Corbyn reaches for a glass of water - @BBCNormanS snipes. Can’t be easy maintaining such high standards of political impartiality. 😳
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Aug 7, 2021
    Replying to @el_bertolo @WorldWearyWoman and 2 others
    Indeed … once encountered an Afghan Hound up a hill in the Rockies and the owner said he lived to have his pic taken. It was a damp day, so he shook himself down to layer his coat and when I pointed my phone at him, moved his head to the left to present his *best side*. 😳
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Feb 15, 2021
    Replying to @paullewismoney
    Shameful in tone. Bizarre in concept. Misogynist and vile even on first glance. Hopefully very soon deleted ... even in the message will take much longer to forget. 😈
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Aug 14, 2018
    Replying to @SkySportsNews
    Amazing what celebrity status does to juries. Any other drunk bloke, who acted in such an aggressive and abusive manner - and laid two folk out - would have been jailed. Especially if they'd been a football fan. @benstokes38
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    May 14, 2018
    Replying to @DemocraticLuntz and @alexbkane
    Maybe he saw how many times the nuclear-armed state of Israel got a *free pass* for illegal land-grabs, killing Palestinians, bombing neighbouring countries and using Mossad to assassinate its critics around the world. 🤔
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Jul 9, 2021
    Replying to @MirrorPolitics
    @DavidGHFrost was made a life peer for his *success* 👀 at negotiating the Brexit deal. If he now admits the NI Protocol he signed is unworkable, assume Baron 🥶will be handing back his title … and all the expenses he’s received. #BrexitReality
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Mar 29, 2020
    Replying to @russ634
    Weird thing Russers ... of the 238 people you follow, most are (predictably) on the far-right of UK politics. Many are Leeds’ fans. Some are ex-forces. But the only one within 100 miles of Shrewsbury is the barking Brexiteer MP, Paterson. Odd that - you being *so local*. 😇
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Jul 19, 2025
    Replying to @PulaRJS
    Even *worse* … her dad is a human rights’ lawyer. Two of its favourite targets in one non-story. Eight years ago, the Daily Mail was equally obsessed by her gown and its price-tag when she had the temerity to join Young Labour when Corbyn led the party. 🙄
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    Ian Halstead
    @TheIanHalstead
    Nov 3, 2019
    Replying to @gavreilly
    Disappointing that @IpsoNews doesn’t stipulate that the writer’s name must always appear within the formal correction. Surely the @dailytelegraph would wish to inform its readers that they’d been misled by @BorisJohnson 😇