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Peter Smith

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Lifelong Leeds United supporter and aesthete.

North Yorkshire
Joined June 2011
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Peter Smith
6 years
Been chatting to my wife while twitter was down. She seems nice.
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6 years
Forget she's the Queen. She's a 92 year old woman walking on uneven ground in baking hot weather. Trump set a brisk pace without checking on her welfare. An utter self obsessed twat.
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2 years
Hats off to the person responsible. Annoyed English teachers can be pretty fearsome.
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2 months
Teachers, like me, who were teaching 30 years ago will testify that every point below is weapons grade bollocks.
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Thoughts?
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4 years
My wife just asked an elderly neighbour if they required anything from the shop. They want a Daily Mail. These are truly testing times for us all.
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6 years
Brexiters are like my dog Stan. He spent 15 years chasing neighbour's cats. One day he cornered one and didn't have a clue what to do next. So he sat down and licked his balls. #BrexitShambles
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3 years
I look at Liz Truss and think Prime Minister in the same way as I look at Jacob Rees Mogg and think prop forward for Castleford.
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2 years
Nadine Dorries has just said she's loved tennis since watching Gary Lineker score a century at Twickenham.
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Just heard someone on the radio from Reform saying there's no room for racists in the party. Is there now a waiting list?
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2 years
"I think there was a misunderstanding when I asked for three drips to be delivered to the ward...."
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3 years
Rees Mogg launches study into reintroducing Imperial weights and measures. The bloke is one barleycorn short of a cubitt.
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2 years
Rees Mogg is odious. The Eton drawl hides a nasty, rather dim and vastly over promoted creep. #C4News
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7 months
The most fortunate generation ever. Free NHS, too young for WW2 conscription or National Service, affordable housing, secure well paid jobs, free HE, excellent final salary pension schemes. Why are they so angry?
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Young people… If you don’t take an interest and vote for your future This lot will.
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7 years
The more I hear and see of Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg the more I'm convinced Eton should be in Special Measures.
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5 years
Forget her climate change campaigning, the way this young woman boils the piss of the world's most loathsome people is reason enough for the award.
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Thank you GQ Magazine for the Game Changer Of The Year - award! #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate
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2 months
When you've football at 8pm and the dissolution of the monasteries at 11pm.
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Peter Smith
4 years
If this government had been in charge in 1944 thousands of British troops would have landed on the Normandy beaches wearing badges saying GUN.
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3 years
Trashing the Good Friday Agreement so that the easily offended don't hear Polish spoken in a Tesco Local is a helluva price to pay.
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2 years
"C'mon Madam. Surely you can spare a few quid to help a family in Tunbridge Wells get some more gravel in their drive"
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1 year
Good news about your hip replacement operation, Brenda. The bus driver has agreed to have a go after he's finished his shift.
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3 years
Poor lass. When her teacher said the class was getting a visit from a really important person who ran the country she was expecting Marcus Rashford.
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3 months
A near billionaire, who doesn't pay his fair share of tax, calling for Benefit cuts for the very poorest in society is an immoral mission.
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Politics UK
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🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak says it’s his “moral mission” to crack down on benefits as he unveils a new manifesto pledge to save up to £12 billion [@ @kateferguson4 ]
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4 months
"You must be very disappointed by the election results. Have you thought of resigning and giving someone else a chance?" "Not really, Prime Minister"
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1 year
A PM who spends more than the annual state pension on a meal may be a tad out of touch.
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5 years
Liz Truss isn't afraid of a No Deal Brexit in the same way my gerbil isn't afraid of A Level Physics.
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2 years
Starmer didn't "escape a fine" HE DID NOTHING ILLEGAL.
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5 years
Surely Mark Francois VC can't accept a worse Brexit deal than the ones he's voted against 3 times? He didn't survive the Falklands, El Alamein and Rorke's Drift to surrender so easily.
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3 years
Merseyside Police confiscate 17 stones of dope.
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The uncertainty, the sleep deprivation and the knowledge at any time you may be called into action. Spare a thought for Liz Truss' personal photographer today.
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6 months
Young workers. Be VERY wary about the Tories hinting at the abolition of National Insurance. It means the raising of the retirement age and then the eventual abolition of the State Pension and NHS.
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5 years
Not a single football has ever been returned by anyone at this event to a next door neighbour's child after they accidentally kicked it over the fence.
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The turnout at the Brexit Party event in Sedgefield - they’re waiting to hear from Nigel Farage on the day No10 turned down his offer of an electoral pact
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5 years
DID YOU KNOW that Boris Johnson spent £99,999,633 more on an campaign for a non existent event?
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TaxPayers' Alliance
5 years
DID YOU KNOW that John Bercow claimed £367 of taxpayers' money on a chauffeur-driven car to Luton in 2013, so that he could give a speech on how MPs were restoring their reputations after the expenses scandal?! 😱 #FridayThoughts
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6 years
I hope Prince Edward one day publishes his memoirs about his fortnight in the marines 'cos judging by his medals it was bloody eventful.
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Peter Smith
2 years
The Daily Mail must be keeping the story about Keir Starmer's late library book under wraps until the General Election.
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3 years
Credit to the skill of editors at @BBCNews It was almost impossible to see that Boris Johnson was absent for the minute's silence for David Amess.
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7 years
Another client at foodbank who says his dog is only reason for not killing himself. Used to think stocking dog food was a luxury. It ain't.
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1 year
Blimey, that's a novelty. A Tory who still leads a Council.
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Penny Mordaunt, Lord President of the Council
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3 years
Listening to Djokovic's family you'd think Novak had gone over the top at The Somme in 1916 not played silly buggers to enter Australia. @SkyNews
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2 months
Not sure the Tories wheeling out the piss head who killed our Nan is the electoral winner some people seem to think.
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2 years
The patronising Eton drawl of Jacob Rees Mogg has served him well for decades. He's been rumbled. He's dim and any decent interviewer would demolish his industrial level sophistry. @BBCBreakfast
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5 years
Jacob Rees Mogg has a degree in History and no training or experience of working in the legal profession. His opinion on #SupremeCourtJudgement carry as much weight as his views on rugby league or Fiat Panda wiring problems.
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6 years
I'll never forget the Christmas years ago when my grandad sold a little bottle of olive oil he bought at Boots for £1.30 to a tall bloke with a plummy voice for £500.
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2 years
Gordon Brown has more commitment to the job he lost in 2010 than the current waste of DNA who's now supposed to be in charge.
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3 months
Er, 83% don't.
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3 months
🚨 NEW: 17% of voters think Keir Starmer is too old to be PM in the latest poll [ @business ]
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3 years
It isn't in the least bit surprising Carrie Johnson broke lockdown rules last Christmas and it won't be the least bit surprising when there are zero consequences.
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2 years
Congratulations to John Redwood on his uninterrupted 30 year run of being wrong about everything. #r4today
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3 years
I believed Johnson had been in this country for the last 10 days until the moment he said he'd been in this country for the last 10 days.
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Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
3 years
Where have you been for the last 10 days? Boris Johnson - "I've been in this country, where do you think" ... sheepish laugh
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2 months
I was worried Starmer could be a one term Prime Minister until I read that Camilla Tominey has written an article saying Starmer could be a one term Prime Minister.
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Normandy 1944.
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3 years
Tired of a the Novak Djokavic saga. He's a millionaire sportsman not Rosa Parks with a better forehand.
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3 years
It's a demotion for Rees Mogg. He really wanted Viceroy of India.
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8 months
An elderly lady makes huge donations to our foodbank every few weeks, probably over £250 worth of stuff. Sheila doesn't want fuss or recognition just to help. Sheila is worth an infinite number of Sunaks.
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Sky News
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been seen at King's Cross railway station purchasing seasonal treats, which were reportedly for key workers. Latest politics news 👉
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2 years
The more is revealed about Johnson and Lebedev the more it appears it's Johnson's longest ever relationship.
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"I've loved rugby ever since I saw Gary Lineker score a century at Wimbledon"
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The lack of self awareness of Tory MPs being photographed at Health Centres and Foodbanks is breathtaking.
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The most fortunate generation ever want the return of National Service. Free NHS, too young for WW2 conscription or National Service, affordable housing, secure well paid jobs, free HE, excellent final salary pension schemes. Why are they so angry?
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Rich need a pay RISE to work harder. Poor need a pay CUT to work harder. I've never understood why and never will.
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Ed Davey and his wife arrive at the Polling Station.
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The assumption that every voter who wasn't part of the 34% who actually voted Labour didn't want Labour to win is utterly moronic.
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4 years
The more I read about the Johnson family the more I believe that only their wealth prevented them from being guests on the Jeremy Kyle Show.
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1 year
A photo that should make everyone responsible hang their heads in shame. A catastrophic failure of government.
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3 months
The Championship play off final will be a unique sporting occasion. It will be the first time the country has wanted Leeds United to win. #lufc
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For the record, I have my frustrations with Keir Starmer but my 67 years on earth has convinced me an imperfect Labour government is better than perfect Labour Opposition.
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4 years
Stanley Johnson applies in writing for French citizenship. Wish he'd known about french letters 56 years ago.
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"Starter for ten. Who is the shortest serving Chancellor of the Exchequer in history who didn't die in office...?"
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Don't think I'm unique. My car insurance was £131* last year, the cheapest quote for this year is £262. An increase of exactly 100%. Wish Sunak would take his war on the motorist up with avaricious insurance companies. *I last had a claim in 1978
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Shit. I was planning a day in London stealing wedding rings and watches from great cricketers who are now complete tossers.
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Kevin Pietersen🦏
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Gotta go into London today. NO WATCH and a plastic ring! Congrats, @SadiqKhan ! 👍🏼
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9 months
Banning over 65s from reading The Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express would make more sense.
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EXC: Rishi Sunak's government considers crackdown on young teens' social media use 🧵 - Possible legal ban on use of social media by under-16s - Consultation to begin as soon as January - Currently industry standard is for 13+ on Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook via @twseal and me
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The reason Johnson subjected himself to #mumsnet was the anticipation of a soft interview, a few hair ruffles and he'd charm the little ladies. How wrong he was.
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2 years
Congratulations to Nadhim Zahawi on his new appointment as Minister for Implausible Excuses. #r4today
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Is it possible to be appalled by the atrocities committed by Hamas and be appalled by the reaction of Israel?
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5 months
At this very moment advisors in Downing Street will be explaining to the Prime Minister what a taxi, a bar and a round are.
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🚨 NEW: Angela Rayner: “We have a Prime Minister who's the equivalent of that friend who says he'll get the first round in if you pay for the taxi, and yet when you get to the bar he's nowhere to be seen”
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"Look Carrie, there's a family over there who've paid for their own holiday..."
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No proper football fan looks as happy as this at a game.
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SOCCER!
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3 years
Brexiters are denying that the Australia deal is worth £1.22 to every household. The true figure is £1 4s 5d.
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2 years
I was 18 when I voted Labour in a winning General Election, I was nearly 41 when it happened again. It was a bloody long time. Anyone wanting Starmer out when victory is a real possibility needs to give their head a wobble.
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Fifty eight years ago today a minister admitted lying to Parliament and resigned. To atone, John Profumo then devoted the rest of his life to helping the poor. How times change.
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2 years
Can't help thinking Tuesday will see the start of a very different country. Smaller, meaner and poorer. How far have we sunk since 2010.
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An admirable quality of Gordon Brown is, unlike many Prime Ministers, his complete lack of concern for getting rich.
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Angela Rayner has been underestimated all her life. She is far smarter than Mordaunt. #bbcdebate
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The silence from Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance is deafening. Johnson is putting keeping his job before public health. @BBCBreakfast
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Admit it, Brenda. You've been sitting on your arse and not thanking Gillian Keegan haven't you?
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The look of a Year 9 kid in the Head of Year's office denying he called the Supply Teacher a knobhead despite there being 30 witnesses.
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Andrew Neil trashing Starmer has the feel of the bloke who turned down The Beatles in 1962 because he thought guitar bands were on the way out.
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A functioning cerebral cortex
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Which is the main reason you won't vote Conservative in the next election?
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6 years
Nigel Farage and Steve Bannon on a national radio station. We're normalising fascism. Shame on @LBC
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. @AndyBurnhamGM may be the Mayor of Manchester but he enjoys the total support of many of us on the other side of the Pennines.
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"Sports Direct? Can I return an item? I've kept the receipt. Worn it, very briefly...."
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Bet a few hacks at The Sun are secretly hoping the paper closes and they are made redundant. The prospect of the job centre giving them a 99" flat screen TV, a £40,000 car and never working again must be appealing.
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2 years
Bet you haven't been in a room this packed since Father's Day.
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8 months
Don't forget to mention the drop in shoplifting on Christmas Day
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James Cleverly🇬🇧
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There were no small boat arrivals over Christmas for the first time since they started in 2018. Last night, our Border Force officers and their French partners worked together to stop a boat launching on the beaches. They've played a crucial role in cutting crossings by 35%.
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8 months
If Rees Mogg had a Brum or Leeds accent he would be a laughing stock. The Eton drawl is a cloak that hides a rather dim, very nasty man.
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BBC Newsnight
8 months
"Will it stop the boats?" @vicderbyshire asks former minister Sir Jacob-Rees Mogg, a number of times, whether the Rwanda bill will work in practice. #Newsnight
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"You turn up once a month. Get filmed insulting the other MEPs, leave in a strop and then trouser €1000s. You need never do pantomime again, Ann..."
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The generation in this photo -Were born into the NHS -Were too young for National Service -Had the opportunity to enjoy free Higher Education -Had access to affordable housing -Many have excellent final salary pensions And they're still f*ckin' miserable
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John Redwood decides not to stand. Retires with an unbroken 35 year record of being wrong about absolutely everything.
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3 months
My neighbour is a widow in her early 60s, when her husband died she trained to be a foster parent. She fosters babies, giving structure to ones born into a chaotic life. Occasionally, police bring one who has been a victim of abuse. People like her merit an honor.
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Otto English
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Lulu Lytle, the interior designer who did that over the top refurb of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat and who attended a lockdown breaking party gets an OBE in Birthday Honours.
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3 years
Delighted at the front page of the Daily Mail. Is this the best they've got on Starmer? Tomorrow it'll be an overdue library book or the time he accidentally put the wrong bin out.
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Peter Smith
2 months
The feeling of waking up in a country led by a grown up and a team with a decent set of priorities is rather pleasant.
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Peter Smith
4 years
I've lived under every Prime Minister since Anthony Eden but I've never detested one more Boris Johnson. I loathe the combination of laziness, entitlement, dishonesty, shallowness and inability to accept responsibility. @SkyNews
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4 years
Got to admire the lack of self awareness by BBC journalists when they report Sturgeon will be forced to resign if she's found to have broken the ministerial code. Does the code only apply north of the border?
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