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Wine, food, music, sports and fashion raconteur.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2016
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Stephen Lounton
6 months
@POTUS @UN @JoeBiden @NATO @RishiSunak @vonderleyen @SecBlinken URGENT: A United Nations Peacekeeping Force must be sent immediately to Gaza on the proviso that all IDF troops permanently withdraw to Israeli territory so hostages can be released and a diplomatic solution agreed.
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@ron_panaggio @BeschlossDC The investigation by the Republican-controlled Senate Homeland Security and Finance Committees concluded in September 2020 that there was no evidence of improper influence or wrongdoing.
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@mrjamesob Where would the UK be now if Churchill had quit half way through WW2 ?
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@Peston Which begs the question why did the worst Prime Minister in British history, Cameron, hold a totally unnecessary referendum in the first place ?
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@campbellclaret Considering that @RishiSunak was born 30 years after RAA Concrete was first used in the 1950's and he was 10 years old when they stopped using it in 1990, he might well ask what did the Blair Government do to prevent the "Chickens Coming Home to Roost Week", 33 years later ? 🤔
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@Lukedutchh My advice is to you is to remove this libellous post before it costs you a lot of money.
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5 years
@HelleThorning_S @BBCRadio4 @POTUS tried to buy the Country just in time for Christmas so he could put tariffs on all of the gifts delivered by Greenland's Santa Clause and keep the revenue plus the best gifts himself.
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@HKane @BBCMOTD @England "Brilliant" ? I saw three young and relatively inexperienced lads thrown under the bus by Southgate and his senior players who lacked the courage to show them leadership. In any event Italy thoroughly deserved to win as they outplayed, outthought and outfought England.
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2 years
@BBCPhilipSim How can a political party ( @theSNP ) which won just 3% of the popular vote at the last General Election and lost in the 2014 referendum, claim to have a mandate to change the constitution of the UK ?
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@RepAdamSchiff "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." How could anyone claim to defend something they freely told others to destroy?
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2 years
@Telegraph And Northern Ireland belongs in the UK.
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5 years
@kickass_sushi @RepAdamSchiff The thing is that EVERYONE was in the loop, they all knew about it !
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2 years
@RED_PILL_BCAST @BBCBreaking Not even close ! Pele won 3 World Cups with his first at just 17 years of age.
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2 years
@GaryLineker And not a World Cup in sight, whilst playing in an uncompetitive two team La Liga, with some of the best players in the World as team mates.
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3 years
@SkySports_Keith At the home game against Spurs it would be a good moment, in front of a full-house at St James' Park, to invite the family and friends of Glenn Roeder to observe a one minute applause before kick-off to celebrate Glenn's life.
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6 years
@BBCSport Looks like Fergie is still pulling the strings at Old Trafford !
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2 years
@MrKennethClarke Do I detect a tad of jealousy or maybe even bitterness at the lack of a portrait on the hallowed walls of No. 10 ?
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2 years
@olex_scherba Then those small groups posing as civilians need to prove 1. Who they are. 2. Where their homes are. 3. How long they've lived there. 4. Who their relatives are. 5. Where they work(ed). The key to success is, trust no one, believe nothing and question everything. Slava Ukraini !
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3 years
@bbclaurak Since when was taking socially distanced sustenance outdoors whilst at work, against the law ?
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2 years
@ChronicleNUFC The overwhelming majority of fans want this badge -
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@vicderbyshire @fusr2018 Whatever happened to the good old Local Education Authorities, rather than commercialising schools with expensive CEO's ?
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2 years
@PaulUpton1971 @DFImpressionist And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. As King Kenny once said, "You get to the end of the season, add up the points and see where you are in the league". The league table never lies.
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2 years
@mrdanwalker Someone uses their mobile phone to take a picture and then posts it on social media, rather than taking positive action to resolve the problem.
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3 years
@MartineBBC @AnkurDesai_ I'm sorry to say Martine but your questioning of George Galloway was infantile, biased and partial. The standards of the BBC journalists involved with you in the preparation & execution of this interview was embarrassing and actually made Galloway look respectable.
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@USASteeplechase Right on my doorstep, it's the once mighty Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, home of the Pitman's Derby (Northumberland Plate). Sadly the facilities and racing are no longer befitting of a Grade 1 track.
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3 years
@kaitlancollins If the DOJ fail to recover full costs then civil lawsuits should be brought for damages against those responsible for attacking the Capitol.
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2 years
@pcs_union An excellent case made by Mark Serwotka for a decent pay and conditions settlement for @pcs_union members.
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4 years
@BBCWalesNews @BBCNews @BorisJohnson - UK citizens are free to travel anywhere within it's borders irrespective of the tin pot dictator's, @MarkDrakeford , unlawful & unenforceable attempted travel restriction. If Drakeford is man enough I'll see him anytime, anywhere in Wales.
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1 year
@ToonPolls @ChronicleLive Even more concerning is a multi £billion organisation charging a child to be a mascot ! 😡
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3 years
@wesstreeting What is having NHS surgery got to do with employees working long hard hours in Downing Street to keep the nation functioning, other than paying their taxes to fund the NHS who undertook the operation ?
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2 years
@toonarmy_com @alanshearer Two players with the same desire, spirit and winning mentality were bound to clash whenever they were in opposition on the field. Whilst they may not be the best of friends, I'm sure there's a bit of respect between them. Would have loved to see them play together for #NUFC .
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3 years
@piersmorgan @GaryLineker You make a lovely couple. I hope you'll both be very happy together.
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2 years
@BBCNews There's nothing like a bit of gentrification to keep greedy private landlords speculating in the buy to let market to monopolise starter homes and prevent hard working, tax paying, prospective 1st time buyers from getting on the property ladder. @RishiSunak a rent cap is needed.
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4 years
@NASA The thing is THIS ! I could understand anyone who lived on Mars desperately wanting to escape to live on the beautiful planet Earth. But why would anyone in their right mind not want to protect planet Earth so that they don't need to travel or have a barren existence on Mars?
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4 years
@BBCSport The BEST manager was Bob Paisley but the GREATEST managers would be a dead-heat between Cloughie & Shankly who didn't just manage their respective clubs, they practically managed their respective cities & supporters. Before Cloughie's miracle act at Forest he said Shanks was God
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4 years
@BBCNews @BBCScotlandNews Cash for votes is bribery by any other word by a desperate @NicolaSturgeon And what about other key workers in supermarkets, pharmacists, bereavement services, transport services, utility services (gas, water, electricity), refuse collectors, sewerage services etc. ?
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Stephen Lounton
5 years
@RacingPost The racing media have brought this upon the sport by constantly highlighting this subject in response to a tiny number of anti racing ignoramuses who appear to have won the political debate. The word "whip" should have been banned by @BHAStewards on introduction of the "air-cush"
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9 months
@Magpie24_7 Many qualifiers who are initially new to European competition usually struggle to adapt to the extra burden it places on their resources and always impacts upon league performances. Top clubs learn from that experience, but it usually takes 2 - 3 transfer windows to adapt.
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2 years
@BBCPolitics @BBCNews @BorisJohnson - There has to be a role for Gordon Brown to advise world leaders on having a coordinated response to global problems affecting the whole planet.
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3 years
@HillaryClinton @NAACP_LDF The best solution is for Congress to pass the same gun laws they have in the UK where it's illegal to carry guns in public places.
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@AndyBurnhamGM A new way of doing politics would be for politicians to stop pontificating, roll their sleeves up and actually do some physical work to achieve something tangible for the community and the nation.
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@alanshearer @TheAthleticUK Every team needs a Scott Parker. I remember him being injured a number of times during a game at St James' and eventually ended up trying to crawl on his hands and knees back onto the pitch with blood dripping from his mouth whilst the medical staff were trying to treat him.
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3 years
@NUFC Before the home game against Brighton on Saturday there MUST be a one minute applause to commemorate Glenn's life and hopefully his family will be invited.
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2 years
@kaitlancollins The prime motivation for all shootings is lawful availability and access to millions of guns.
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4 years
@BBCSport It makes you wonder why so many ethnic minorities risk their lives traveling across thousands of miles, sometimes in small dinghies in treacherous seas, to get to the UK, if it's such an oppressive & appalling place to live?
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Stephen Lounton
3 years
@Binkum @lionelbarber The NHS wasn't a dinosaur when it was operated and managed by medical professionals i.e. Doctors, Matrons, Nurses, but soon deteriorated upon the introduction of the internal market and associated plethora of accountants and bureaucrats to ascertain the price of saving a life.
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4 years
@lewis_goodall @BBCNewsnight @maitlis @maitlis opening statement was purely a character assassination without producing ANY substantive evidence to justify her personal attack on a private individual & his family. It was lazy, bigoted journalism without giving a right of reply. Bring back Paxman !
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4 years
@BBCSport Hopefully it brings the Premier League down to earth by redistributing footballs wealth & face the same reality that other clubs face week in & week out.
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2 years
@Peston The EU regulations which successive Tory governments helped formulate to ensure a safer environment, clean water, clean air, safe food, safe goods, cheaper mobile phone use etc.
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5 years
@NUFC I'm very sad to learn of the death of my old school friend Kenny Mitchell. I clearly remember the day he signed for #NUFC & subsequently at matches telling the fans in the Leazes End that he was my mate at school. A naturally gifted footballer with the heart of a lion. RIP Mate.
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3 years
@SKMorefield @fred_guttenberg @RepThomasMassie The simple way to reduce gun violence is to ban the ownership, possession and carrying of guns in public places because NO GUNS = NO SHOOTINGS. It works in the UK, so why not in the USA ?
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6 years
@MbetheGiven @BBCSport The greatest and most famous sportsman that ever lived.
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@msybibi There's a time and place to "practice" religion and a time and place where you cannot. And that applies equally to ALL religions.
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1 year
@IonaFarrell @bbcproms Remember this name: DARRELL SMITH ! This boy is destined for stardom. He has it all.
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Stephen Lounton
6 years
@thesundaytimes The "People's Vote" happened in the EU Referendum of 2016 and the democratic outcome was that the people of the U.K. voted to leave the bureaucratic EU nightmare which is sucking the lifeblood out of countries across Europe.
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5 years
@MrJoshMParr @NUFC Steve Bruce is an untrustworthy, disloyal, disreputable, money grabbing mercenary who agreed to become Ashley's latest puppet before he resigned from #SWFC . He is an insult & embarrassment to the people of this region & will forever be an outcast among the Geordies.
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1 year
@ChronicleNUFC Tonali was caught off balance when trying to clear the ball and the goal was down to Pope's continuing problem of controlling the ball with his feet, which is something he needs to concentrate on in training.
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8 years
@TheGardenBridge @BBCNews A typical London centric extravagant waste of money on pure vanity.
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11 months
@paarsons I’m sure they’d do the same for you on the return fixture.
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4 years
@juicyfr92534626 @RacingPost It's totally unacceptable for a jockey to go one stride further once a horse goes lame & this is a real riding offence that cannot go unpunished.
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4 years
@WelshLabour @SKinnock @MarcusRashford @MarkDrakeford @thefabians If ever there was an argument to get rid of the wasteful, useless, unproductive, bureaucratic devolved institutions, then this is it. They're simply an drain on society that contribute nothing to the public purse. The electorate only need 1 local representative & 1 MP.
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@Jordankara @SpursIL Just to add a bit of balance 👉
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@vcrosby1974 @BBCNews Because you would end up with Mafia financed dictators like Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un etc., instead of having a powerless constitutional Monarch who brings £19 billion per annum into the Exchequer via tourism, whilst preserving and sustaining 1,000 years of history.
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3 years
@RolandS13014285 @dg_4499 @BBCNews More ignorant political posturing by the @SNP as vaccination doesn't prevent anyone from being infected with Covid or prevent them transmitting it to other people.
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11 months
@SixsmithTV £50 to park in 6 bays all day is a bargain, divided among 50 passengers = £1 to visit the seaside. Mind it cost them nothing to park the bus for 90 minutes at St James’ Park and deliver sucker punches to #NUFC .
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@BBCNews Shocking that supposed highly trained police investigators/detectives and CPS lawyers didn't question how 700 Post Masters acting independently of each other all managed to coordinate to undertake the same alleged wrongdoing at exactly the same time a new IT system was installed.
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2 years
@VillaWatch1 @toonarmy_com The whole of @NUFC will also take an own goal from Rashford 👌
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4 years
@DanZelnis FACT: Goshen didn't fall, he over-reached after jumping the last & his left hind shoe caught his left front shoe, with the result that he tripped over his own feet because he couldn't release his front leg in time. Nothing Jamie could do about it.
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@MrPMHarrison @ashleybravo @STass99_ @GaryLineker @Madders10 @England Bored his way to the final with dull, turgid, football by numbers and then got found out by the Italians who completely outplayed and embarrassed England in their home stadium in front of their own fans. Southgate is nice guy, but a born loser who will never win anything.
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2 years
@BBCNews Whilst it is absolutely right to protect a woman's dignity, the fact is that the period products ARE NOT FREE. Either taxes will increase at the expense of working people or public services will be cut elsewhere to fund the free handout.
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3 years
@ChronicleNUFC Even when Wilson was fit #NUFC needed and still need another 2 top class strikers.
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5 years
@LindaTallons @RLong_Bailey @LabourLeft Man U. footballer Alexi Sanchez on £510,000 per week & can't even get into the team. The time has come to TAX the greedy rich at 90% on every £ earned above £1 million to create more high skill, decent wage jobs & pay for much needed public services, including infrastructure.
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2 years
@RiversStuart @JoeBiden THE 2ND AMENDMENT RELATES TO AND IS ONLY INTENDED TO BE ENACTED DURING A TIME WHEN AMERICA IS AT WAR ? And when The Constitution was drawn up the only gun available was a musket which fired one round every 20 - 30 secs. Therefore Congress must confirm when 2nd Amnd. applies.
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4 years
@alanshearer @TheAthleticUK Modern day #NUFC was built on the back of one man, Kevin Keegan, who showed fans he could turn their dreams into reality. Hopefully when a new owner takes over they will ask Kevin to become lifetime President of the club with a permanent seat on the board of directors.
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1 year
@_nonameagain @BBCNews Because they weren't on strike and kept working 🤔
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@MrTimeform @MCYeeehaaa Because "punters" don't fund racing, they line bookmakers pockets who then use a tiny proportion of their profits in an attempt to control the sport. It is the owners who fund racing, many of whom never see any return on their investment. This doesn't happen in any other sport !
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4 years
@BBCPolitics @BBCNews @BorisJohnson is PM in name only, no longer commands the confidence of the public & has now completely lost the moral authority to lead the UK, which will result in all of the regions of the nation ignoring his rule by Cummings 3 word sound bites & incite civil disobedience.
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3 years
@garethblackwood @alanshearer 😂😂😂 In the very short 18 months Kenny was at #NUFC they finished 2nd in the PL, played in the CL (beating Barcelona) and the FA Cup final mostly without Alan who was badly injured pre season at Everton. Not since Joe Harvey 1968 has any other #NUFC manager got a better record.
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1 year
@JackSpitz5 @CNN The Ukrainians are the new version of your European allies, who’s citizens fought and died alongside Americans in 2 World Wars to save a Free World. The only difference here is no Americans are involved in the tens of thousands of Ukrainian deaths and casualties for a Free World
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2 years
@NE5westend Not only the worst signing #NUFC made, but the worst signing anyone ever made.
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3 years
@alanshearer What sort of transfer fee and add on's would a striker of that calibre command in today's market ? I think it would be a case of the player naming his price and then the club doubling it 😂.
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2 years
@MentalityGiants @mrdanwalker Have you ever thought that Dan’s family and friends were seriously worried to hear about him being involved in an accident and he merely posted a photograph to assure them he was in safe care.
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3 years
@MrKennethClarke Add the 300,000 new houses per annum proposed to be built by @michaelgove , will put further pressure on natural resources, energy supplies, food distribution and increase greenhouse emissions. @michaelgove could avoid this catastrophe with empty houses.
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4 years
@Bobble_Mama @kaitlancollins If Joe lets Trump off the hook, he'll come back to haunt him like the venomous fangs of a dead snake which need to be removed and burned to prevent it spreading poison.
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5 years
@TheMagpieGroup_ Ashley has heard & seen all of this before. He knows the 50,000 addicts can't stop filling his pockets with their hard earned cash & there is NO WAY he's going to walk away from millions of £'s of annual guaranteed income & free advertising for his shabby clothing business.
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2 years
@toonarmy_com Anywhere between 0 and 15.
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1 year
@mouldyscone @BBCNews Then your ignorance speaks volumes about your banal statement. "He' is Andrew Malkinson who was sentenced to life imprisonment and served 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. For 17 years the authorities withheld DNA evidence which proved his innocence.
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2 years
@knight_fury29 @kvltswingking @NUFC360 Is that the same Wood who saved #NUFC from certain relegation last season and spared #NUFC 's blushes against Div 2 Tranmere ?
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4 years
@kaitlancollins As everyone else has been fired, the cabinet meeting between Trump and Pence will look like the last scene from Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid as they plot to escape the White House without being noticed. 🔫🔫
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@mpmatthew34 @AngelaRayner @DominicRaab Strangely enough the Tory Party also believes @AngelaRayner should be leader of the Labour Party.
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5 years
@IfRafaGoesWeGo - Steve Bruce will forever be remembered as the "so called" Geordie who, against the advice of @alanshearer , sold his soul to the devil & betrayed the Geordies whilst disrespecting #SWFC
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1 year
@jamiereuben @NUFC Hopefully it’s a lesson learned for Eddie who was tactically inept on this occasion by trying to press fresh air, because City use their goalkeeper as an extra outfield player 🤔
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@RespectIsVital There's a time and place to "practice" religion and a time and place where you cannot. That applies equally to ALL religions. If it's someone's desire is to "practice" their religion at any time, in any place to the exclusion of all else, then find somewhere to meet their needs.
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6 years
@FairEconomist @Shelter Then the Government should ensure that everyone has a job which pays enough to at least keep a roof over your head, food on the table and pay essential bills.
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2 years
@SkySports_Keith Say's a player looking for a last big payday at the end of his career. Jonjo isn't good enough to take #NUFC to the next level.
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11 months
@NE5westend The "Hurricane" was greatest snooker player ever, who was a magician with a cue in his hand, but his downfall was suffering from boredom during matches watching other trying to play a game he found so easy.
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2 years
@NUFC That’s as close as any defender has ever got to @alanshearer 😂 Well done Dan !
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1 year
@elljanderson @NUFC 3 points is all that counts.
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2 years
@HillaryClinton @ericadamsfornyc @wutrain I wonder how the Mayors of Cities in Ukraine would respond to that question.
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