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Danté Banks

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Retired. Which is a good job, because I'm REALLY lazy. Fan of music, radio, cycling and #THFC .

London N8
Joined January 2009
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
Still one of my favourite tweets.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
@MittenDAmour Full Christmas dinner (I know, but I really love it) enough booze for a rugby team, seasonal music blaring, Love Actually and Muppets Christmas Carol on TV while I try to single-handedly save the chocolate industry. Bliss. ❤️
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
When digging through all the shit surrounding Brexit, this is what you find at the heart of the matter...
@FenCoul
Fencoul at mastodon dot scot
6 years
Everyone was broadly ok with our relationship with the EU. Until it said it was going to crack down on rich people's tax-fiddles.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
3 years
As a Remainer I'd like to apologise for Project Fear. We got it wrong. The reality of Brexit is far worse than even we imagined.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
3 years
Dear @Channel4 . Please repeat The Tube. Every episode....from the beginning. Merci.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
Lorraine gives no fucks. None. Not one.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
@lloydo872 Mate, I've been on here for nine years, some 160k tweets and I never do anything for likes. Just thought it would be nice to share something that isn't completely shit. Sorry if you feel otherwise.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
@Coldwar_Steve Spotted in Edinburgh circa 2014. We weren't far off, were we?
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3 years
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
Anti-vaxxers Thank you @Rachel__Harper 😁
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
@dorey1414 Forty-ish years ago it could have been me. Works out just right for both of us.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
He might be a Tory, but I'll be sad to see #Bercow stand down as speaker. He's making a speech right now. To me, it appears to contain several phrases of the 'fuck you, Johnson' variety.😁
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
Don't hold back, @mrjamesob . Say what you mean...
@LBC
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2 years
This is James O'Brien's utterly savage and epic takedown of 'monstrous bullying coward' Boris Johnson on his last day as PM. LBC listeners are branding it James' most exceptional monologue yet! @mrjamesob
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You fucking hateful cunts.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
@_ImFinAwesome Not the worst, but this stuck with me. Lovely summer evening, so we decide to drive into the countryside in a convertible car. She's straddling me in the passenger seat and just as I came a donkey 'heehawed' in my ear.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
@katiemgould This is lovely. Give Bowie a scritch from me and Mia.
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@Dante_Banks
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5 years
@bbcpress Embarrassing. You've got this wrong not once, but twice.
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Danté Banks
3 years
Strange charity shop finds: A framed photo of Charlie Dimmock.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
People really need to chill the fuck out. Bloke just knocked at my door, I open it and he's standing there with hands on hips. Me: 'Yes?' Him: 'Move your car.' Me: 'Eh?' Him: 'Are you deaf, move your car.' Me: 'No. I'm not deaf. And I don't own a car.'
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
@BrexileInBerlin @sueellen305 @RogerHelmerMEP It takes a special kind of intellect to be wrong about absolutely everything they tweet, but @RogerHelmerMEP has managed it.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
This is a disgrace! She wasn't listed in your earlier post. How dare you parachute in a Tory stooge and sister of the former PM at the last minute! #bbcqt
@bbcquestiontime
BBC Question Time
2 years
Tonight Journalist @RachelSJohnson will be on the panel #bbcqt
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7 years
On an intellectual level, @Jeremy_Hunt going after Stephen Hawking is like a chimp throwing its own shit at the Hadron Collider.
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Danté Banks
2 years
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said the spider to the fly.
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Danté Banks
5 years
Him, with the realisation he's in the wrong: 'Oh, I see. Do you know who's car it is?' Me: 'No. Now fuck off.'
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@Dante_Banks
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1 year
Show me a picture, taken by you, that you love.
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Steve.W 💙
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Show me a picture that you took that you love
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
New lad update: I won't be posting many tweets about him, but for those who are interested he was waiting at the site when my lads arrived at 7;45.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
9 years
Dear @twitter Why do you want to be like Facebook? You do realise most of us are here because we hate FB, yes? #RIPTwitter
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Bob Woodward has been a respected journalist for over forty years and never been accused of lying. While you are a tuppenny-ha'penny conman who lies every time you open your mouth. I know who I choose to believe.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
Got chatting to a lad earlier today who was moved onto universal credit after losing his job through no fault of his own. That was on Nov 18th. He's not had a penny in benefits since then. Bet the DWP won't make a video about how it's worked for him.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
You know what? After seeing this, I really don't care that we lost.
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Amol Rajan
5 years
Henderson’s dad had throat cancer and asked him not to see him while he was going through treatment. I’ve hugged a parent in the same way for similar reasons and this video is definitely the highlight of the season
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5 years
@mrjamesob I sold an IKEA Billy bookcase on Gumtree, but it turned out it was really a tactical nuclear warhead to North Korea. Big Oops. 🤷
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
9 months
What did Boris struggle with during covid? Fidelity, graphs and the truth. #HIGNFY
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
It's official. I've got the Ro-Ro. Let this be a lesson to you all. I've been super careful, only go out for essential reasons, never leave the house without a mask, sanitise entering and leaving shops, wipe down all me shopping and I've still caught it. 😕
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Danté Banks
10 years
This is fucking brilliant. Spotted in Edinburgh: http://t.co/vUOyyBHxTU
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Danté Banks
4 years
@richardosman Mr Brightside by The Killers. Yes, really.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
@harriet_rose13 @Actor1 Meet Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb-Pig. We also have Lord Sebastian Flyte, but I can't find him on my phone. 😏
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2 years
@sleafordmods Ket It Be.
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Danté Banks
6 years
@mrjamesob You could say "fuck Brexit" to a Mail reporter and they would spin it as "James O'Brien want to have sex with Brexit". 😏
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
3 years
Yes @shaunwkeaveny , we're out here. And where you go, we go. ❤
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
3 years
Few positives to take from #Election2021 , but @georgegalloway receiving no votes, none, not a single one, might make up for some negatives. What a "useless plank of wood". 😂
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
1 year
@thenitinsawhney @ShalnevaE Ah, madam. I believe this is yours...
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
Well, well. Look who we have here... #bbcqt
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
Barely 7:30am and I'm already seeing people moaning about #TShirtDay . Here's an idea, why don't you fuck off. It's a bit of fun, that's all. Don't we deserve a little light-hearted fun?
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
Hero of the day. Mick Lynch of the @RMTunion . His self control when confronted by endless lies and bullshit from Tory MPs and their media lackeys is almost superhuman.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
3 years
@clare_eliza @neety41 @f_shallisknight @Mariana_nbt Annie, are you okay? So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie? Annie, are you okay? So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
If things had turned out differently, today would have been my 35th wedding anniversary. Still miss her every day. x
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Danté Banks
2 years
@tichgibson_pat @Otto_English He was being sarcastic. Sometimes difficult to spot on here, but if you knew the person, you'd see it for what it was.
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Danté Banks
5 years
Always loved, never forgotten.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
Read a piece about Michael McIntyre being mugged. At the beginning of the article they say he's worth 38m and at the end 25m. So. either the muggers got away with 13m or whoever wrote the piece just made some numbers up, then forgot the number they'd made up. 🤔
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
8 years
@OwenJones84 @YouTube We did this in a day @realDonaldTrump . Imagine what we can do with a few months notice.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
@AlanKelloggs @AsimC86 @Helzbels Sorry mate, but that don't impress me much. 😏
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Danté Banks
6 years
Amazing! 😮
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
Don't know why people are getting het-up about John Lydon being a twat. He was always a twat.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
This is genius.
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Danté Banks
3 years
Lord knows how I missed seeing this. 😂 @shaunwkeaveny @matteveritt #ShaunLeaveny
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
Forty-seven years ago today my mother died. Such a long time and yet, as every year, I have the same thought - if she was still alive, I hope she'd be proud of me. Miss you, mum. xx
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@MPritchardUK You're an MP? We are totally screwed.
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3 years
@adlynch @dannywallace They're going to run out of beer and drink the Thames dry? 😳
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@Dante_Banks
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4 years
Gemma Collins and Darren Day doing a duet of Baby, It's Cold Outside. Hopefully, cold enough to freeze these two insufferable bastards.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
@BBCNews How much did it cost taxpayers to fly Johnson back from a private break in Cornwall? Give it a rest with the client media, you used to be better than this.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
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@AlisonMoyet I had a terrible referdnfumyou, but a strong antibiotic cleared it up in no time. 😏
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
9 years
@Ed_Miliband If your pigheadedness on this point gives us another five years on the Tories you'll be the most hated man in the UK.
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Danté Banks
7 years
@MarinaHyde I'd happily pay a few quid extra on my council tax for a Hopkins Exclusion Zone.
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Danté Banks
6 years
@zerojaay @redskyatnight She calls herself his PA, but it's actually his gran.
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Danté Banks
3 years
What have we become?
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Danté Banks
3 years
This is your two hour warning. Get dinner sorted, put the kids to bed, then settle down for @shaunwkeaveny on @BBCRadio2 . #Onions
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
@darrengrimes_ Did you have to pay someone to be with you today? 😏
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
If you believe Johnson's claims of more money for police, NHS or schools, you're a fucking nose-led idiot.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
An FB memory thing from 4 years ago. Juvenile, yes. Funny, I thought so.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
2 years
Today, is the fiftieth anniversary of my mother's death. It's been such a long time, but I still think about her every day. Her strength, her compassion, but especially, when I see something I know would have made her laugh, her fabulous laugh. Love you, mum. xx
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8 years
@KenLoachSixteen If Toby Young thinks it's rubbish, then everyone should see it... ...twice.
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1 year
@lilyallen Eventually, karma always wins. I'll raise a cup of tea in celebration.
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Danté Banks
3 years
@CCfunkandsoul @shaunwkeaveny I was, and am still struggling to accept Shaun's leaving. But, out of all the people who could have taken over, I'm glad it's you. Congratulations, Craig. Looking forward to the good times ahead. ♥️
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Danté Banks
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@PhelpsieSarah GOD, YES! I would run, at full throttle, to buy one if it came with her voice. 'Kathy, remind me to buy cat food' Kathy: 'Yes, babe'.
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Danté Banks
3 years
@pritipatel If football came home, you'd try to deport it.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
Get to fuck. Of all the people who could and should be blamed you pick on men and women who put their own lives on the line to save others.
@C4Dispatches
Channel 4 Dispatches
5 years
Next week - #Dispatches investigates the response of the London Fire Brigade to the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, and asks did the Fire Brigade fail? Monday at 8pm on @Channel4
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I'm rarely, if ever, moved to tears. But I was then and I am now. @shaunwkeaveny IS the very best of us. Humble, self-effacing, in real life as down to earth as you'd imagine. It's been a privilege to listen and interact with you all these years. Love you, mate. x
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1 year
@metpoliceuk You don't regret anything. It went exactly as planned by your bosses. 😡
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
5 years
@WonderKatu @StaceyHunterEdi I'd like to see more of this. Watching that Victorian bodysnatcher squirm fills me with joy.
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Danté Banks
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Yes, today is my birthday. I'm 58, so there will be no jelly and ice-cream. But, if I play my cards right, there might be cake.
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
6 years
Do you see this @BorisJohnson ? That's you, that is.
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@MittenDAmour Let's be honest, leftovers are always the best bit. 😁
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@Dante_Banks
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6 years
@SeatInTheStalls Had some pretty severe mental health issues this year, so it's helping me as much as him. 🙂
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Danté Banks
2 years
Andrew Pierce really is a snivelling, fame hungry, little shit. Isn't he. Rhetorical question. I know the answer is, yes.
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Danté Banks
5 years
How? How have the Tories got a 19 point lead? What sort of person sees the results of the last nine years and thinks 'yes, I want another five years of that, but with extra cuntery'.
@BritainElects
Britain Elects
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Westminster voting intention: CON: 47% (+3) LAB: 28% (-) LDEM: 12% (-2) BREX: 3% (-3) via @OpiniumResearch Chgs. w/ 15 Nov
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6 years
I know Dan is a 'stay at home dad' but I guarantee, when he worked he grassed somebody up and got promoted for it. #GBBO
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@Dante_Banks
Danté Banks
4 years
It is, with deepest regret I must inform you that my daughter is one of those queuing outside a shop. I respectfully ask for privacy at this difficult time.
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@Dante_Banks
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1 year
I'm not exactly enjoying life at the moment. But, I unexpectedly came across this today, and it made me smile.
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2 years
@BootstrapCook Branston pickle, eaten using a spoon, straight from the jar. 🤤
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8 years
This lad Rashford What what... #MOTD
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It's a bit early for 'Dick of the Year', but Richard Madeley calling junior doctors 'apprentices' is a strong contender.
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Danté Banks
5 years
@caitlinmoran Also, worrying that @BBCPolitics , @BBCNews and @bbclaurak seem to think the man being a labour activist is a bigger story than Johnson lying to him and electioneering when no election has been called.
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3 years
Massive media hatchet job on the BBC being orchestrated by people with axes to grind. Sick to death of hearing Johnson's pious mewling when he's the most crooked fucker around.
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@Dante_Banks
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2 years
@AaronJBrand1 @RMTunion Aww, you really thought you'd found a winner there, didn't you. 🤭
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Danté Banks
6 years
I feel traumatised and I haven't watched East Enders since 1986.
@MirrorTV
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#EastEnders fans traumatised as Keanu listens to Sharon and Phil having sex
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Danté Banks
7 years
Colin Johnson ( @wollygogg ) The gift that keeps on giving...
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@SkyNews Paedophile protector.
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