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Victory for Sunday Express “Better Bones” campaign as Health Secretary unveils plans to extend screening for osteoporosis nationwide. @RoyalOsteoSoc @VictoriaAtkins
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The Brexit Bill is passed in the Commons by 330 voted to 231 - a majority of 99. No fuss, no plotting and no longer dominating the news.
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This makes Gove the first Cabinet minister to be sacked by three different Prime Ministers - Cameron, May and Johnson.
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"As Prime Minister I am not prepared to delay #Brexit any further than June 30," says, Theresa May who has said on 108 occasions that "we are leaving the EU on March 29". #PMQs
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News flash: USA officially demands Britain hands over Prince Andrew to be quizzed over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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@eucopresident It's probably the same place where they'll send many others involved in this appalling process - MPs who tried to overturn the result and EU chiefs determined to give UK a punishment beating.
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@PoliticsForAlI "Shame on you," they yell. No, shame on you, LSE students.
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Here's my opinion. I don't buy goods from firms who are easily intimidated. I am cutting up my loyalty card, will never enter your stores again and will encourage friends and colleagues to do the same.
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That’s all, folks! Well, not quite. After 25 years as a political journalist, during which time I interviewed five Prime Ministers, I’m leaving the Westminster bubble to become Editor of the Sunday Express.
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Downing Street have applied for so many extensions they must be in breach of local planning regulations. #brexit
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Jeremy Corbyn announces be tables a no confidence motion to be debated tomorrow so, he says, "that this House may debate the total incompetence of this government". #Brexit
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We journalist are working to keep you informed. Start the day by reading a paper - for as little as 50p. #buyapaper
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It's not Brexit that's to blame for Britain's problems, it's our leaders, writes @GoodwinMJ
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Jail water company bosses who allow rivers to be polluted with raw sewage, says Sunday Express columnist Nick Ferrari on #bbcqt @NickFerrariLBC @FansofBBCQT
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Nick Ferrari, "Any water company chief executive who continues to allows their company to put raw sewage into the water should go to jail for five years.. Put them behind bars, it will be solved overnight." #BBCQT Helen Whately's expression at the end..
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Donald Trump said he wouldn’t want NHS included in trade deals if Britain “handed it to us on a silver platter”. Arriving at NATO summit he says he has no idea where the rumour started. I think we know. Somebody tell him there’s an election on.
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Huge send off in Westminster tonight for the talented and likeable Chris “Chopper” Hope who’s leaving the Daily Telegraph to be Political Editor of GB News. Good luck to a fine man! @christopherhope
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Remembering PC Keith Palmer who died in the line of duty, defending Parliament, two years ago today.
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Political leaders past and present were invited by to pick their fave Matt cartoon to mark 30 years at the Daily Tel. Mr Corbyn‘s response was thus:
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Hilarious clip of @JonAshworth v weather on @RidgeOnSunday . “This is one of those clips that will go viral,” he said. Happy to oblige, Jonny!
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On my way to a football match on the London-Liverpool train. At 11am a two-minute silence was emphatically observed by passengers. This is the real silent majority of Britain. #remembrance @AvantiWestCoast #LestWeForget2023
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French national anthem played at start of First Night of the #Proms in solidarity with Nice. #NiceAttack #BBCProms
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@guyverhofstadt And I hope the UK will not allow the populism, racism, rioting and extremism in swathes of the EU to infect our politics.
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Harry: “I’m not complaining ... our life is great.” So why two hours of telling the world you’re both victims?
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Kevin Maguire
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Harry Windsor, 36, moaning his family stopped funding him isn't pulling my heartstrings. Should've got a job like the rest of us #MeghanandHarryonOprah
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Biggest demonstration of how out of touch Corbyn is with working classes is that he is addressing a demo when England are about to kick off.
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I just asked a supermarket check-out assistant when face masks become compulsory. "It doesn't affect us - only retail shops," he said, then asked supervisor who confirmed his view. Both wrong. Stand by for chaos on July 24.
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@TheWislon Not all of Fleet Street.
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PM confirms three-tier lockdown system will come into force on Wednesday. He adds the next few weeks will be difficult and will “test the mettle” of the nation.
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BBC's @afneil is on fire on Daily Politics. He's ripped Andrew Gwynne to shreds over Labour's Press censorship threats and now he's duffing up Tory Steve Baker over Brexit.
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Tomorrow’s Sun on Sunday poll shows 53pc don’t like PM’s Brexit blueprint and 62pc think she should go before next election at latest.
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4 years
The frothy coffee shops might be closed but our newspapers are still available - providing trusted information, not myths, for millions during the crisis. For less than that cup of cappuccino. Do your bit. #buyapaper
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Don’t know which PR came up with this but it is genius.
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Darren McCaffrey
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BREAK: Duke of York has tested positive for #Covid and will no longer attend the Jubilee service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral - Buckingham Palace
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6 years
I feel obliged to inform politicians (and sadly some journalists) that nobody is bored of Brexit. They are bored with Brexit.
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Looking like October 31 is the new #Brexit date being touted by EU chiefs. Theresa May obviously won’t cave in this time. She’ll tell them June 30 was her “red line” and enough is enough...won’t she??
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"What happens if somebody vetos you?" asks man in audience on EU reforms. PM: "Well they've all agreed the won't." Howls of laughter. #bbcqt
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Brexit: What next? @Jacob_Rees_Mogg says: “The PM is a very decent, hard-working, good person. I think she will do her duty and her duty now is to go.”
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Meanwhile, the EU is marching towards that dream of a superstate.
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Guy Verhofstadt
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I am very pleased that both #Merkel and Macron are now fully behind a European army. We fought for this for many years. In the world of tomorrow, we have to take our destiny into our own hands! 🇪🇺 Watch my #EPlenary speech here:
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We’re all proud to be European - almost every one of us. It’s just that most of us don’t like your political project.
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Guy Verhofstadt
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So many British people feel and are proud to be European. The welcome I received today in London was overwhelming. It is my priority and that of the European Parliament to make sure that citizens' rights are protected after #Brexit #IamEuropean
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A fittingly beautiful memorial service for the much loved and greatly missed ITV journalist Emily Morgan at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, today, attended by her family, colleagues and many friends. @stbrideschurch @emilymorganitv
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The Sun's page one tribute to #Wogan tomorrow.
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Harsh...
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@GuyVerhofstadt It's not the car that's the problem, it's what the dodgy second-hand salesmen want to charge us - and the lunatics who drive it.
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@GuyVerhofstadt It's also time to stop being rude. Grow up, show some manners and negotiate in a polite way. No wonder UK voted to leave.
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Tomorrow’s paper, which includes a 16-page farewell tribute to the Queen, a magazine and all you need to know about Monday’s state funeral. #tomorrowspaperstoday
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Credit to Luis Suarez for keeping his promise not to celebrate after scoring at Anfield.
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Labour leadership hopeful Rebecca Long-Bailey faces exodus of moderate MPs if she wins party crown – The Sun on Sunday. Story by @ryansabey
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Newsflash: Hero fundraiser Colonel Tom Moore, 100, is to be knighted, after a special nomination from the PM.
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A blessed Easter to everyone - especially Christians being persecuted in other lands.
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@OwenJones84 @PeoplesMomentum @miqdaad @mehdirhasan @SayeedaWarsi @HackneyAbbott @rachshabi @Harryslaststand @akalamusic @MuslimCouncil @AyoCaesar The only “whipping up” is coming from you, Owen. I like you but you need to calm down, listen to others sometimes and stop letting your political views eat you away.
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@guyverhofstadt @SadiqKhan Indeed it shall. But not an EU one, of course. Pleased you are beginning to see the difference.
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This clips shows all that’s wrong with Brexit debate. Snooty types branding those on the other side of the argument bonkers. Here The FT’s excellent @LiamHalligan gives as good as he gets.
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"Stop calling me insane, you demean yourself, you demean our national debate" Liam Halligan "Are you going to let me speak or not?” Polly Toynbee “I will, just stop calling me insane” he replies Obviously, they were talking #Brexit #politicslive
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Sad to learn of death of Anfield iron man Tommy Smith. Watched him almost every week and was there when he headed in that goal in Rome to bring the European Cup to Liverpool for the first time.
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Andrew Neil tells PM: "This must be the first time in history that a party had broken a manifesto policy before the election."
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Sunset over London - view from my office window.
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Bernard Haitink and @londonsymphony dedicate Mahler 9 performance to victims of Manchester bombing. When words fail us, music speaks.
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Fury over pollution in England’s largest lake. Good to know @Feargal_Sharkey is at the forefront of the campaign.
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Straight from the EU horse's mouth. Can we all please stop fighting last year's battle and make this work as well as possible.
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Enjoyed waking up to read a free Press more than ever this morning. We must never take it for granted.
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Excellent closing statement by Gove, ending with "We can make this country truly great." #InOrOut
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This was the sixth time and I was there at all six! From Paris down to Turkey - I don’t just sing it, I live it!
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Christopher Hope📝
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We’ve won the European Cup! An honour to be there with ⁦ @DavidWooding ⁩. #YNWA #LFC
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I suspect the last thing the Middle East needs right now is EU negotiators getting involved.
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I still believe that a two-state solution is the best option we have to move Israel&Palestine towards peace. Trump plays w/ fire at the worst possible time.Diplomacy should be about delivering solutions for the region,not about symbolic steps w/o solutions
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“I have more confidence in Theresa May than Jeremy Corbyn, but that’s not a high bar,” says @Jacob_Rees_Mogg Ouch!
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Coronavirus is serious - but lockdown seems to be worse than the disease itself, writes @SteveBakerHW deputy chair of new Covid Recovery Group of MPs.
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Official: Liz Truss has won Tory leadership race by 81,326 votes to 60,399 and will become new Prime Minister tomorrow. 82,6 per cent turnout.
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Pack Eur bags, deal or no deal we are walking out of the European Union in 25 days. @BorisJohnson writes for The Sun on Sunday. @TheSun @SunPolitics
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@BraegerEmily @michelledonelan @JFJustice @GlitchUK_ @GetSafeOnline You should take this up with the security industry regulator. It has power to investigate bouncers and can have them barred. It will stop others suffering a similar experience.
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We're British and we're not going to be bullied by anyone, least of all the charming Jean-Claude Juncker, says @Nigel_Farage #ITVEURef
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"I'm not especially bedazzled by Facebook. I actually find the messianic Californian new-worldy-touchy-feely culture...a little grating. Nor am I sure that companies such as Facebook really pay all the taxes they could." - Facebook's new £1m+ a year PR chief Nick Clegg, 2016.
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How quickly the news agenda changes these days. This was posted only a few hours ago.
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Dame Cressida Dick has "absolutely no intention" of leaving her post as Commissioner of the Met Police
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Russell Brand now says vote Labour. Bit late for young fans he urged not to vote, who missed registration deadline are now disenfranchised.
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The EU clearly has far more difficulties with countries that want to remain, than losing the money of a moderate, democratic nation that wants to leave.
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Guy Verhofstadt
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After the mess of #Brexit , the far-right won't campaign to leave the EU, they want to destroy it from within instead. Time that all pro-Europeans start to flex their muscles. We need a counter-movement to stop the nationalists destabilising our Europe 🇪🇺
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Overwhelming 62 per cent of voters want Mrs May to stand down as PM before next election.
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PM says there are bad ways of controlling immigration & leaving EU is one of them. Problem is, he hasn't come up with any other way. #bbcqt
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Ex-PM Theresa May is crowned Backbencher of the Year at Spectator Awards - and does a dancing queen bop to celebrate.
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Some tweeters creating sick mischief over front pages. Manchester bomb came too late for first editions. Most papers changed for 2nd.
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Flashback to the day the Ripper was caught - and look who was there to cover it and clap eyes on the beast.
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dead at 74 - Covid sees off serial killer who murdered 13 women.
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Queen in #Brexit news again.
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Iain Duncan Smith says the referendum was not a suggestion… we have to leave EU now and respect Brexit.
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Like @CamillaTominey , I don’t get threads. If you can’t say it in 240 chars, write a column, a blog or make a broadcast. And I speak as someone who has a pair of testicles.
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Shameful that we have to board up a statue to a national hero and a monument to those who died fighting the Nazis - to stop them from being defaced by ignorant vandals. .
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We should applaud this young journalist for doing her job in the face of appalling abuse. Another example of the Wild West social media running amok while politicians want to restrict trained professionals even more.
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Stephanie Finnegan
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Would just like to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone for all their support over the past 24 hours - it truly outweighs the abuse. As the former editor of the @sundayworld once told me: "If the bogeymen aren't threatening, you're not doing your job!"
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Poppies outside Westminster Abbey mark 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the #Somme . #Somme100
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EU flag can no longer be flown in UK without government permission.
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Devastated to hear Baroness Tessa Jowell has died. A giant in politics, loved by allies and opponents alike, who used her own misfortune to achieve changes for other brain cancer victims.
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The Brexit debate has sunk to such a level, I can't work out whether this is ironic or he actually means it!
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Dan Snow
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The British public is not thick. We are not against democracy. But we lost So we want another vote. No parliament can be bound by its predecessor. Nor can any electorate. Team Brexit can then push for a 3rd vote That's politics. They might win It's OK But we want to fight it
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What do MPs expect? They handed the stay or leave decision (note a binary choice) to the British people. How many choices do they expect on the deal? Yes, no, not sure, like some of it, ooh err can we ask a friend?
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looks like Dominic Raab is seeking to prevent any amendments to the meaningful vote - preventing any votes other than May deal or No Deal - if this letter is any guide
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I’ve been used to seeing my words in print almost from the day I left school but rarely feel as thrilled as seeing them in one of my favourite magazines. Thank you @GramophoneMag !
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Remembering the 96 on this sad anniversary. Much admiration and respect for the families who have behaved with dignity for the past 30 years.
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