Lucy Tobin @lucytobin Twitter profile

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Lucy Tobin

5 months

Two weeks without my amazing Dad, Philip Tobin. A man who did everything for us, whilst building up @Strettons1931 . We learn how to live without him, and how incredibly kind people are. Unendingly grateful for the care of @NGHHammerson @NLondonHospice

Obituary: Former Strettons boss Philip Tobin | EG News

Founding family member of Strettons Philip Tobin has died aged 76

www.egi.co.uk

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2 years

This is my life now.

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7 years

Best use of brackets this week. ( via @ZoeParamour )

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8 years

So this could be what November looks like. Terrifying. #brexit #euref #trump

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5 years

Richer Sounds founder hands company over to staff - & gives each £1k per year worked. 39 receive £20k+. Richer also donates 15% profits to charity - that's compassionate business, not corporate bullshit slogans. (It's also made Richer, er, richer).

Richer Sounds founder hands over control of hi-fi and TV firm to staff

Chain joins John Lewis in employee ownership as staff get £1,000 for each year they have worked

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My 6yo bought Covid home from school, & passed it to his younger brother (asymptomatic) and doubled vaxxed dad. He was ill for few days, I (also double vaxxed) remained negative, as did my breastfed baby. Thank you, science, for diminishing Covid19. @UniofOxford @nadhimzahawi

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6 years

As opposed to the other one..

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Am hugely proud of my honourable and principled brother Jo who has put the interests of the country ahead of his political career

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9 years

Mind blown. Take your shoe size. Times by 5. Add 50. Times by 20. Add 1015. Subtract yr you were born. Answer = your shoe size and your age.

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2 years

Nothing reinforces @Baddiel 's #JewsDontCount like looking at the comments under the hashtag. Or the fact that he has to log off social media when it's broadcast. Or the fact that people are claiming he has privilege to even talk about anti-Semitism.

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2 years

For those asking… this is the kind of top quality fart action you too can find via Alexa.. and the extension pack, btw, promotes ‘dragon fart’ and asks if your kids ‘want to hear farted happy birthday for just £1.60’..

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9 years

Well this is weird. Goodbye Gary. http://t.co/3GWhg3qICZ

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2 years

Of all the possible dreams in the world.. this is hers.

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@matt_dathan

2 years

Suella Braverman says it would be “my dream” to see a flight deporting migrants to Rwanda by Christmas. But she warns it will take much longer because of the lengthy process of legal challenges. #ChoppersPolitics

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4 years

This is definitely not the world I expected to bring a new person into, but very happy to have given birth to a baby girl on Friday. I guess this is what the 'confinement' of the old days was like - with added emergency nappies via Prime..

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7 years

Florida school offers bullet-proof backpacks: the saddest uniform in the world.

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9 years

This is a totally normal scene in British politics. http://t.co/BrXzEGcvUC

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1 year

The #CoronationConcert ballot appears shambolic. Emailed told I'd secured two tickets and had two days to claim them. Clicked to claim seconds later, no tickets available. So the 'ballot' was to join a queue starting at an unspecified time? Poor again by @TicketmasterCS .

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3 years

Amazing. @Tesco ’s Santa holds a vaccine passport up in its Christmas ad, so the idiotic antivaxxers have launched a campaign to #BoycottTesco and hey presto.. we can go shop at Tesco without fear of running into a Covid-y antivaxxer.

Adam Brooks AKA EssexPR 🇬🇧

@EssexPR

3 years

Blimey, I missed this last night, but I bet Tesco bosses are sweating right now . Who the hell thought it was a good idea to show a Vaccine Passport in their Xmas advert?! I’m not surprised #BoycottTesco is trending. Idiotic.

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9 years

When even the subtitle people give up.. On a US presidential debate.. seriously depressing. #GOPDebate via @5tefanK

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10 months

Thank you, Britain. #MarchAgainstAntisemitism

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8 years

Clever cartoon...

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10 months

Every Jew I know is hiding away or on guard for their safety today. 2023.

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This isn’t 1930 Europe, it’s 2023 London. My non-Jewish friends are telling me to hide at home.

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7 years

All common sense now evaporated. The seedy event isn’t happening again. The seedy event’s money could still do a lot of good. Change your mind, charities.

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@Baddiel

7 years

So something is wrong here. Surely you can call out and shut down sexual harassment without children who need an intensive care unit losing that unit.

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8 years

May and Hammond are running the country - presumably Theresa checked if anyone's dad was called Clark to create the #topgearcabinet

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6 years

Jog on, flamingos, this is the lilo of dreams.

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3 years

Reports of domestic abuse increase by at least 38% when the England team loses. The Refuge number: 08082000247. Website:

Homepage - National Domestic Abuse Helpline

Are you experiencing domestic abuse? You are not alone. Find out how the National Domestic Abuse helpline can support you.

www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk

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8 years

Private Eye. Just. So. Good. #PanamaPapers

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9 years

Interesting graph comparing work, pay, strikes of Tube drivers and hospital doctors (via Facebook) #tubestrike http://t.co/dN4p4hSGUN

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2 years

@MrLiveEra Her snapshot, my reality.. I cancelled via Alexa so no pic. But my child’s friend really did order it.

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7 years

Friend spotted this street in Burgundy, France, named after Jo Cox; a lovely tribute.

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10 years

Typo of the day .. http://t.co/3TdeWdCWo5 via @picardonhealth

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5 years

Column: Not even my rabbi or mum has made me feel as Jewish as Corbyn has

Not even my rabbi or mum has made me feel as Jewish as Corbyn has

A friend jabs her hand at another anti-Semitism headline and asks: “What does it mean to you, being Jewish?” Not being religious, I ponder a bit.

www.standard.co.uk

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7 years

@Sathnam We��re missing the climax here. DID THEY UNTANGLE IN THE END???

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8 years

Have her kids been verified? Or did she once drive quite close to a soft play and think she'd given birth?

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Row as Andrea Leadsom 'claims being a mother would make her a better leader'

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6 years

The radio is on so much that my 18m old calls ‘breakfast’ ‘Brexit’. Every morning he joyfully shouts ‘ready for Brexit!’... which might make him the only person in the world who is.

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11 years

Chaos at Earls Court. #tubestrike But thanks to the 4 working Tube drivers who got me this far.. http://t.co/yhlpze0XSJ

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2 years

Is this Britain’s highest diplomat telling gay football fans to be less gay “so people can enjoy the football”?

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🚨🚨🚨Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on LGBT football fans travelling to the World Cup in Qatar. "One of the things I'd say to football fans is please do be respectful of the host nation. "They're trying to ensure that people can be themselves and enjoy the football...

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10 years

Great Matt cartoon.. http://t.co/Vfxq2Zq0bB

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10 years

Spotted by commuter @byronhamburgers this morning: "Well played, Transport for London" http://t.co/Yd0RL8IgXf

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10 years

This dog has worked out the bus timetable and hops on for a lift to the local park.. http://t.co/NZze42EDur

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5 years

Now fuck off Corbyn.

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5 years

Email from school announcing election day closure. Almost 1000 kids don't get taught; parents forced not to work. Meanwhile, 1000s of church halls stand empty. 10,000s of shops would benefit from the extra footfall. Or empty ones could open. Polling stations needs to change.

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7 years

When an embassy takes on its president's tweets...

U.S. Embassy London

@USAinUK

7 years

I commend the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack. – LLukens 3/3

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2 years

Instead of gritting the perilously icy pavements, the council is advising people to bend their knees.

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7 years

Britain.

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10 years

Brand loyalty http://t.co/jFi2ScPAPy

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4 years

And so it begins. Waitrose, West Hampstead. Devoid of loo roll. Deja vu..

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2 years

They’re goooood.

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5 years

My order of preference for delivery firms: 1. DPD 2. Royal Mail ... 37. Pigeon 38. Flying pig 39. UPS ... 740. Yodel

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3 years

May 2020: “introducing” my longed-for newborn baby to my parents in the only permitted safe way we thought possible.. feels all the more upsetting when see this was happening at the same time.

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9 years

21st century parenting. http://t.co/jHJ3WEwitK

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5 years

Excellent.

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8 years

Genius free fruit for kids idea @tesco - apple lasted the whole trip so I didn't have to dash (and spent way more..)

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5 years

Just took an Uber home from a London hospital, driver: “these houses must cost millions. Probably all owned by Jews.” Anti-semitism so casual, so harmful.

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1 year

Every week I write a page about one of London's brilliant entrepreneurs in the @EveningStandard . They're always inspirational, but inevitably those with the loudest PRs, the business school contacts, the heft of big investors, get through to my inbox more easily...

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8 years

Next time the Inland Revenue asks for a breakdown of earnings for a tax return, try this.

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5 years

Total Jobs press release headlined, "Want to clock off early? You're not alone.." about rising demand for flexible working. Flexible working isn't "clocking off early" @TJGJobs . It might involve working around family life - but often involves more working hours - not least as ..

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10 years

Amazing. Via @MalcolmBrown53 : http://t.co/OFPVbShpHK

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11 years

Best resignation letter Stansted bosses have surely ever received (from @ee_stu )

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2 years

My five year old son today: “wish I could be a woman’s footballer; they’re the best.” #Lionesses

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1 year

Last night I had the privilege of interviewing our woman in Ukraine, British ambassador @MelSimmonsFCDO . It’s one thing to read the news; another to hear from someone living in Kyiv of children being stolen from parents; concentration camps; life in modern-day war. She is ...

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9 years

great #tubestrike map: shows minutes it takes to walk between every station http://t.co/ekbgbuPyuy via @aryjoecreatives

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8 years

Nice one Wales. Cracking. #WALBEL #EURO2016

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1 year

If you like me just came here to see if WhatsApp is down... yes, yes it is.

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5 years

Went to test drive a car (on my own) on weekend. Dealership just sent this email.. #thehusband

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8 years

Good job my local greengrocer does itemised bills.

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10 years

Very detailed. Via @cdasilva : Best headline, even better story. What a read. http://t.co/Dg7YDj2BnJ

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5 years

Excellent.

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5 years

Wow - Air New Zealand quits London, ending its route to LHR after nearly 40 years - with the loss of up to 155 London jobs.

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6 years

@chrissyteigen The only spilt milk worth crying over.. is expressed milk.

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4 years

Still harbouring an unofficial person in our household as the horse races can open but birth registry can’t.. 🤔

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8 years

You voted for this doom and gloom. All I'm doing is reporting the resultant financial and economic carnage.

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7 years

This is what's known as a 'shop'.

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7 years

Amazon customers in the US can now click and collect in minutes at 'Instant Pickup' points

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9 years

Palestinian kills two Israelis; the attacker is shot dead - and this is the headline? (Just changed) http://t.co/B2hjP4DY8v

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5 years

Can we have a refund for the wedding, mansion and renovation? #canthaveitbothways

Sky News Breaking

@SkyNewsBreak

5 years

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said in a statement they "intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent"

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Odd to have to learn about Govt’s Coronavirus strategy - and shape of our lives for next while - by zooming in and squinting through a tweeted screen grab of a newspaper splash.

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10 years

Is this what George Orwell meant? http://t.co/pdKI9IUUyi via @willhanrahan

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3 years

Djokovic has no explanation about how he is opposed to the vaccine but is not an anti-vaxxer. He’s being promoted, barely challenged. He praises the global impact of vaccines - but thinks it’s up to ‘everyone else’ to have them. He’s a disgrace & BBC should limit his airtime.

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10 years

Wow - inspirational @_StephensStory has raised over £2m for @teenagecancer . How about @JustGiving waive their 5% (£100k) fee? #stephensstory

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8 years

If Laura Trott+Jason Kenny were a country they'd be 12th on medal table (above Spain, Canada, Brazil..) via @teamgb

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4 years

@Emmabarnett No. Here’s my arm please take it and jab me now. One of my (mum) friends said she’d never been so keen for an injection since her epidural. Am breastfeeding and so glad they changed the guidance.

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@Emmabarnett @MartinSLewis My now husband and I were 17 on first date.. pizza express (obv most romantic place). When the voucher came out, I was impressed as we could go again for ‘free’ 😂

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10 years

Another #universitychallenge episode that's fully representative of our diverse student populations.. #8whiteblokes http://t.co/OwSN98z5Eh

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9 years

Commuted through sunny London in new zero-emission black cab with @metrocabbie . Glassy; like the Shard..But on ground http://t.co/OLtOwYj10M

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1 year

I want to change that. Please DM if you've founded a London biz with £1m+ turnover. I'm especially keen to find entreps from a background that's under-represented in start-ups, or the media. London wants to hear about all of its entrepreneurs.

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8 years

Big thanks to @SadiqKhan for being the only commuter to hello shlep my buggy up the Tube stairs today.. and made him promise more lifts ☺️

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5 years

Imagine being so arrogant and self-confident that you can sit in the Houses of Parliament, representing the people of Britain, and.. lie down and lounge.

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7 years

This. 🙄

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@lucytobin

8 years

EU's medicine approvals body is in London. It's leaving. In UK, life-saving drugs + treatments will cost more.

Brexit vote sets off race to seat European Medicines Agency

Sweden was first out of the gate; expect others to come out today.

www.politico.eu

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11 years

Just your average living room. RT @fiatcurrency Mexican Drug Lord home after being raided http://t.co/ROWtC0J8A8 http://t.co/nylFk17VP8

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4 years

First snow ⛄️ 💓 👶🏻

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8 years

This. This is our new foreign secretary. This. #cake #boris #crap

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Men in suits.

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9 years

I swear there's something different about this #universitychallenge team http://t.co/y2dkwZhbbz

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8 years

Confirmation start of our collective financial downgrade.

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8 years

S&P confirms to the FT that UK will lose its final AAA credit rating

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1 year

Initially the #CoronationConcert terms - and BBC website - said the ballow would not be first come first served. Now broken that pledge @TicketmasterCS . Shift-workers, nurses, bus drivers etc can't have accessed their links at a random time on a Tuesday. They're locked out.

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7 years

Also known as ‘cooking’.

The Debrief

@TheDebrief

7 years

'Fakeaways' are for when you can't afford an actual takeaway... Try our recipes here:

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Working dads - those who have to feign an appt to leave early for the school run, those who work from home to help with childcare, those who'd like to but can't due to the boss, etc - send me your working parent-juggle stories! #journorequest

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@lucytobin

4 years

Rubbish. If there's spare vaccine of a day, get it in someone's arm; anyone's arm, rather than bin it. An MP volunteering at a hospital shouldn't say no to a vaccine because of how it looks. It's a perk of volunteering and means no vital vaccine went to waste.

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Also in Playbook ... 40 year-old Tory MP Brendan Clark-Smith, who got a leftover vaccine at the weekend, is rebuked for "idiotic behaviour" by a senior Whitehall source

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8 years

Never been to your GP? Or used public roads? Or street lights? Or the police? Or had a six-fig state-paid salary as an MEP?

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I worked it out one day, I have paid £1.5 million in tax since 1967. The only thing I have had from the state is my £500 per month pension.

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The comments on this - justifying the fact that a man who got close to being UK PM will not call Hamas terrorists. One month ago Hamas murdered, raped and kidnapped anyone Jewish from babies up. Corbyn still won’t condemn his pals there? And people agree with him. Terrifying.

Piers Morgan Uncensored

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Piers Morgan asks Jeremy Corbyn 15 times whether the former Labour leader thinks Hamas is a terror group. Jeremy Corbyn refuses to answer. @piersmorgan | @jeremycorbyn

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Column: on how in the office, the word “mum” is one of the dirtiest words you can utter. Maternity discrimination is rife. 54,000 women lose their jobs every year because they are pregnant or have children @PregnantScrewed @WomenintheCity @mother_pukka

Companies may boast of equality but mum’s the dirty word at work

Nothing makes you finesse your vocab faster than becoming a parent. You have to start thinking of other ways to describe your bad day because “s**t” doesn’t sound good when parroted back to you by a...

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