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44, Husband, Father, Socialist, Pro tea drinker ☕, loves Football (Hibs/Chorley), History, Politics, Genealogy, Classical Music, Travel, and Photography.

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4 years
Interested in watching the @chorleyfc v Wolves F.A. Cup 4th round? Then please contribute via the purchase of a virtual ticket. Non-league clubs aren't sustainable without crowds, and the restrictions have decimated the finances of many community clubs.
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Sunset on Leith" Last night's view of Easter Road and the latest pre-season friendly. Hibernian 2 FC Groningen (Netherlands) 1 Attendance: 9113
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@KarinBBC @bbcukrainian @Yollika This brings home the reality and pain of war and the palpable horror involved. My heart goes out to @Yollika and her family. In this day of 24 hour news and social media, it's easy to become a spectator and removed from the reality and destruction involved.
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@AdamConlon15 @RMTunion The state of this calling someone else inbred. 🤭
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Robert Peston: "When do you think there'll be no tiers or restrictions?" Me: "Probably about the time you finally get to the end of a fucking question."
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@ProfDBernstein @DaliaHatuqa The Israeli government would know all about that David, as you well know.
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@BBCSportScot Just checking, but is this guy the CEO of a club that recently went into administration due to corrupt, debt-fuelled investment, and was also used as a vehicle in a multi-club structure? They don't do irony down Tynecastle, do they. 🤣
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@JeaneF1MSP @ScotGovFM @BBCScotlandNews @STVNews @scottishcare @DHSCgovuk @ScotNational @DrDMacaskill @CareShopUK now the latest PPE provider refusing to sell equipment to companies registered in Scotland. They are "following government guidelines." Confirmed at 9:59am.
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@mrevgenylebedev @MoS_Politics "CHERISED FREEDOMS" he cries, whilst entering an unelected House of Lords on the back of corruption and deceit. If you didn’t laugh you'd cry.
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3 years
Watching Question Time and I'm beginning to think John Bercow is the leader of the opposition. #bbcqt
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1 year
@ProfDBernstein @DaliaHatuqa There are many thousands of dead Palestinians as a result of the apartheid state of Israel and illegal occupation of Palestine. I understand your embarrassment though, especially when a group of guys on gliders humiliate the supposed 'elite' Israeli intelligence services.
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@piersmorgan @Madonna The depths some people will sink to in a bid to try and stay relevant. What an embarrassment.
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4 years
@OwenJones84 I rest my case, on the BBC newspaper review right now, they're talking about lifting the restrictions. Not a single word about the most shocking article throughout this whole crisis. Unbelievable!
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3 years
@19Shadylady @GMB So you believe Johnson? The guy who's been sacked twice for lying?
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3 years
@doctor_oxford The amount of drinking that takes place at his 'work' might be the answer as to why the country is in such a state. On that point, I'd be disciplined and likely sacked for drinking during working hours.
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4 years
@OwenJones84 There is no feasible possibility that a government should survive such a damning assessment of their response to a crisis. However, this is the UK - where support for the government has actually increased. Every journalist at press conference tomorrow should be all over this!
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The iconic and ornate roof and waiting room of Edinburgh Waverley Station. Edinburgh Waverly sits in a prominent position between the Old and New Towns and was the flagship station for the North British Railway when it first opened.
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@IanDunt There should be mass resignations on the back of that. Tomorrow should see every journalist hound the government press conference with questions on this. Nothing will happen though. Britain is fucked!
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@piersmorgan The same guy who demanded testing for NHS staff and then voted against it in parliament. No shame.
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4 years
@CountrywideCare are now the latest provider to confirm that they too shall not provide PPE to any organisation registered in Scotland. Confirmed to me via a call at 10:28 @afneil @citizentommy @LouiseScottSTV @TheScotsman @Adamprice @ScotlandTonight @Daily_Record @jasonleitch
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@hmfcalum @Awaydays23 The interview was in the morning. 🤓 It was copious amounts of alcohol that made me look this stupid though. 🙈🤣
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@Hairy_Laphroaig @SamanthaTaghoy Then goes on to mention that she was the only woman of colour to hold a position in the society. She tweeted this on the 22nd August. Her memory doesn't stretch beyond a fortnight it seems.
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@_StateOfFB They love a bit of it (Parklife!)
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2 years
@evolvepolitics Glad I wasn't the only one who heard it. What a country!
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4 years
@thetimes I'm aged 40, and have suffered with mental health problems all my life. I repeatedly asked myself if having a child would risk my mental health even further. Having now had a child, I continue to ask myself has this been for the best, or is this a mistake? I feel very guilty.
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@emilyhewertson WHAT THERE IS MONEY FOR: £37bn on failed Test & Trace £16bn on bombs & guns £billions to pals for dodgy PPE etc £200bn+ on Brexit £7k a day for consultants £370k to cover Priti Patel bullying WHAT THERE ISN'T MONEY FOR: A proper pay rise for NHS staff. Aye, read the room.
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@solange_lebourg @PrivateEyeNews Whenever I see this phrase, it's always a clear sign someone is uncovering the latest Israeli atrocity, apartheid policy, or fascist diktat.
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@danhett If you didn't laugh you'd cry. This country is fucked.
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3 years
@EmiratesFACup Chorley beating Wolves 3-0 in the First Round in December 1986. One of the first games I attended.
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2 years
@MPExpense @GlosGreen @BootstrapCook @CatharineHoey I always find it remarkable how many of their 'staff' happen to be family members too. All riding the same gravy train at our expense.
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@chorleyfc @CurzonAshton My daughter and I on the train down from Glasgow. Come on you Magpies!
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3 years
@AndyBurnhamGM More of an opposition than the official opposition.
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4 years
@all_magestic @BettGunther @NadineDorries Couldn't agree more. 1000+ deaths a day according to ONS figures and still our media have nothing put platitudes for the man, and the government, partly responsible for the mess we find ourselves in now.
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4 years
@helen_reinsure @theAliceRoberts Rather offensive comment, and I speak as a WFH father juggling the very things you mention - just like many others.
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@BosnianHistory My wife and I had our honeymoon here in September 2017. An unforgettable city, country, and people. I can't wait to return.
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@msm_monitor See the two calls I placed this morning trying to obtain PPE.
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@JeaneF1MSP @ScotGovFM @BBCScotlandNews @STVNews @scottishcare @DHSCgovuk @ScotNational @DrDMacaskill @CareShopUK now the latest PPE provider refusing to sell equipment to companies registered in Scotland. They are "following government guidelines." Confirmed at 9:59am.
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2 years
@ClubPhotos_ England in a single scene. Could pass a great from the era of romanticism. The Greggs in the background completes it.
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@chorleyfc @MagpiesTrust @ChorleyFCCF A huge thank you to all involved and a special thank you to @MCalveley for taking care of Ailish on the pitch, Darren from @ChorleyFCCF and Jue from the @MagpiesTrust .
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@donscot17 @msm_monitor @CountrywideCare @afneil @citizentommy @LouiseScottSTV @TheScotsman @Adamprice @ScotlandTonight @Daily_Record @jasonleitch @petermacmahon @BBCLisaSummers 4 of the 7 UK wide distributors mentioned in the DHSC publication as responsible for PPE supplies to the UK care sector, still refuse to supply PPE to the Scottish care sector. I have phoned all 7 of them today.
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1 year
Reliving my youth with a portion of chips on the South Queensferry shore earlier this week. A view that never grows old.
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@BBCScotNine @jasonleitch Yet it was unsafe for Hampden to host 600 fans only a week ago - despite figures being better then than they are now. It's hard to take you seriously.
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@Jeremy_Hunt You've the backbone of a snake. C'mon, let's hear your explanation for voting against the very proposal you were supposedly championing? On the same bloody day too!
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@sid_lambert Tonton Zola Moukoko
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2 years
"Idea for a gameshow" "Russian roulette, with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield spinning the barrel of a gun. The winner gets shot and therefore avoids astronomical energy bill this winter."
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2 years
@mwilliamsthomas @LancsPolice I thought the tone was most unhelpful and doesn't paint the investigation, or the force, in a good light. I understand frustration around 'armchair' detectives, but this conference will bring further criticism.
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@helen_reinsure @theAliceRoberts You mentioned Dads as a whole, not a minority of them. There will be a minority of mothers equally guilty of the charge you mention. Also, why look to sow division instead of reflecting upon the difficulties we all face? A disappointing stance from a school governor.
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4 years
@itvnews Does William still think it's been blown out of proportion, as per his quotes in Dublin?
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@philliphodson @toryboypierce @BorisJohnson "bail out their banks" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I take it you were in a coma when the British public had to rescue our own? "Work harder" is another phrase for the UK now having become the sweatshop of Western Europe.
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@Adamprice @JeaneF1MSP @NicolaSturgeon @ScotNational @afneil @citizentommy Perhaps the Scottish government could look into this further too. They could also provide support organisations with a clear process regards obtaining PPE - I'm still awaiting an answer from them.
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@MariaMacSNP @ScotlandNT I find it laughable that you're trying to portray this as a good news story. Thousands left the area like an open sewer, whilst a handful decided it might be responsible to dispose of their rubbish appropriately. Well done to the few, perhaps you could condemn the rest instead.
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3 years
@GMB Dubai, one of the most corrupt places on earth and a state (UAE) and economy built upon the virtual slavery of Asian and African workers. Anyone involved in this playground of the rich is complicit in the whole scandal.
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@JayJay08752584 @thismorning @ITV Brought to you by two of the people who've helped enable these bastards bringing us to a point where a basic necessity is a now a gameshow prize. Fuck the lot of them. Rise up!
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@LonelyGoomba @fuckyouiquit It's a pity my energy supplier doesn't accept fulfilment as an acceptable payment option.
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3 years
@HibernianFC @Edinburgh_CC Any chance you guys could get the finger out your arse! It's a disgrace that you still haven't dealt with this!
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4 years
@sco77gil1888 @SkyNews He doesn't work weekends - or any day that ends in a y.
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@2primates @ThatTimWalker @BorisJohnson I think he was right on the Titanic part. The UK is being piloted straight towards an iceberg by gross incompetence which will cause the death of many. He's probably never been more right in that respect.
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@_RustamRoy @devisridhar @NicolaSturgeon Leadership isn't agreeing to something you know is wrong. Leadership would have been her standing up to this frankly ridiculous decision. She's as culpable as Westminster for the cases/deaths that follow.
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3 years
@BBCScotlandNews @NicolaSturgeon Figures in Glasgow worse than when you kept Glasgow in Level 3. Figures worse than when you decided 600 couldn't attend the cup final, but now it's okay for 12,000 at Hampden and 6,000 a day at Glasgow Green. You're taking the piss! UEFA dictating public health policy.
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8 months
@stusfootyflash Barry Davies is, quite simply the best. How I miss those crackly commentaries from the far outposts of Europe and the World. It always added an aura of mystery, fear and excitement to the occasion too.
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@tandem21 @SussexHenryVIII Stand in a queue, drink tea and talk about the weather.
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4 years
@BBCNews The chief medical officer has endangered lives, that is the long and the short of it. Her position is untenable, and her actions will now encourage other idiots in our society to do the same. Unforgivable.
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@thatplateguy1 @SarahC2612 @ThatTimWalker @DeborahMeaden ONS figures confirm the daily number of hospital deaths in England are under-reported by an average of 80%. This would mean that today circa 1500 people died in the last 24 hours. That's before we even start on deaths in the community. So the figures certainly aren't better!
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@chorleyfc Stop taking people for fools. HMRC issuing a winding-up order isn't an 'oversight' or 'clerical error' and you'll have had ample opportunity to address this prior to a winding-up petition being served. Explain to us then, why have the league placed an embargo on the club?
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@NicolaSturgeon It's abundantly transparent you will ease restrictions in order that the Euro 2021 games take place with fans - despite the fact you've refused fans in any such numbers throughout the entire season. Clear that UEFA and their payments now dictate health policy in Scotland.
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3 years
@Peston Why the pretence with the mask?
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1 year
@HumzaYousaf 10 weeks, and counting, awaiting the result of biopsies for suspected Oesophageal cancer. An utter disgrace.
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3 years
@Record_Sport He also claimed going to the panto was okay as "it's a Christmas event". There's a village missing an idiot somewhere.
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2 years
@onejobbaltimore @jleahy607 @fuckyouiquit Ironically it's all the people with the flash new cars who will likely be up to their eyes in debt, not the person with the older model.
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@implausibleblog Hopefully, the GMC will speak out about this further assault upon the competence of highly skilled professionals in favour of unqualified, profit-driven charlatans.
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2 years
@days_scottish If clubs can't afford a grass pitch, or the upkeep of one, then they don't belong in the top division.
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4 years
@faizashaheen @doctor_oxford This country seems to be suffering a collective form of Stockholm Syndrome.
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3 years
@Stephen4_2 @hibsprogrammes @KM1875 @SimonPia1 @HibernianRetro Alan Freeland 🤬🤬🤬 Will never forget his 'performance' in that game at home to Falkirk. Was on the verge of starting a riot and the nearest I've seen to a referee getting lynched.
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After breaking my ankle a fortnight ago whilst playing football, I finally managed a day out with my daughter today (wheelchair assisted). The little rascal can never behave for a photo. 🤣
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@longbangers I'm not overly enthusiastic, to be honest. A 36 year old long past his best, isn't what I expected from the start of the window. Hopefully, the coming weeks bring better.
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2 years
@evolvepolitics The rich don't get richer if we're not working.
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3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 @BBCNews On the 28th April, during PMQs, he stated that he paid for the refurbishments 'personally'. He misled the House. Under the ministerial code he is now expected to resign isn't he?
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4 years
@Telegraph @moutet It's a complete anachronism in a supposedly democratic 21st century society. The utterly nonsensical belief in people being born into power and privilege is something I shall never understand.
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@Matt_Pinner A series of unfortunate events.
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2 years
HafenCity Universität is a rapid transit station on line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn network in the district of HafenCity in central Hamburg, Germany. The station is named after the nearby HafenCity Universität.
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@SkyNews Figures in Glasgow worse than when she kept Glasgow in Level 3. Figures worse than when she decided 600 couldn't attend the cup final, but now it's okay for 12,000 at Hampden and 6,000 a day at Glasgow Green. She's taking the piss! UEFA dictating public health policy.
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@BenGoldsmith @PrivateEyeNews Whenever I see this phrase, it's always a clear sign someone is uncovering the latest Israeli atrocity, apartheid policy, or fascist diktat.
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3 years
@HibernianFC Start fighting our corner Hibs instead of the obsequious "we are delighted" nonsense you mention. This is a ludicrous decision, particularly given this no doubt means the continued closure of two stands. Fir Park had almost the same attendance on Sunday!
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3 years
@scotsunsport Yet he's part of the Scottish Government still allowing games to go ahead with fans tomorrow. Incompetent doesn't even begin to cover it.
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@sid_lambert @90sfootball One of the most memorable 'tackles' of all time. Still brings out a chuckle.
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4 years
@jasonleitch Why are places of worship afforded a special exemption? It's nonsense like this that greatly weaken your argument. For clarity, I'm not a Covid-19 denier either.
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The Finnieston is a disused giant cantilever crane in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is no longer operational, but is retained as a symbol of the city's engineering heritage. The crane was used for loading cargo, in particular steam locomotives, onto ships to be exported.
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4 years
@JKBMeltdownII Quite a few businesses were left short of the "maroon pound" when they went in to administration too. Enjoy the Championship.
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@Illumination100 @ProfDBernstein @DaliaHatuqa He didn't forget, he just doesn't care about the indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians. That's how apartheid regimes work.
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2 years
@BBCNews Jimmy Saville all over again. Right down to the charity work, unhealthy interest in youngsters, and cover up by those around him.
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4 years
@msm_monitor Correct, that we have been told via our local council are responsible for the UK wide distribution of PPE to the care sector. I'm absolutely furious about this!
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3 years
@tic1967lisbon Remember their year long investigation into Hibs fans that invaded the pitch and the outrage from MSM too. I await the same response now with bated breath. 🙄
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@DeborahMeaden On the 28th April, during PMQs, he stated that he paid for the refurbishments 'personally'. He misled the House. Under the ministerial code he is now expected to resign isn't he?
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@BBCDavidWL Figures in Glasgow worse than when she kept Glasgow in Level 3. Figures worse than when she decided 600 couldn't attend the cup final, but now it's okay for 12,000 at Hampden and 6,000 a day at Glasgow Green. She's taking the piss! UEFA dictating public health policy.
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@donscot17 @msm_monitor @CountrywideCare @afneil @citizentommy @LouiseScottSTV @TheScotsman @Adamprice @ScotlandTonight @Daily_Record @jasonleitch @petermacmahon @BBCLisaSummers 2 refuse to open accounts for new customers, whilst only 1 offered a Scottish care organisation an account to obtain PPE. 1 out of the 7 assigned with providing PPE to the UK care sector!
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4 years
@InstituteGC @Jeremy_Hunt @WilliamJHague That the same Jeremy Hunt who voted against testing NHS staff? Hypocrisy beyond belief!
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7 months
@joshjamesfilms @samjacobs_01 Welcome to broken Britain. We know the train is fully booked, and there are no seats available, but we're going to endanger your safety (and other passengers) by continuing to sell tickets for this service (at a super-inflated price) because shareholder profit is king.
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