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Just a quick visit. Seeing Gove questioned about keeping things quiet and hidden emails, I wondered if PorFavor was reminded of Mrs Blurts emails.

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Wimbledon cleaning staff 'take food from bins due to low pay' Housekeepers claim club provides insufficient money for food during their shifts https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/16/wimbledon-cleaning-staff-food-from-bins-low-pay?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" onclick="window.open(this.hre...

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David Lammy
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When Trump describes the EU as a greater foe than Russia and China, he shows disdain for democracy, human rights and social freedom.

At this crucial turning point in history, you need to pick a side. I know who I'm with, and it's not the dictators.

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PorFavor wrote:Just an aside - what was Donald Trump suggesting that Theresa May sue the EU for?

Edited to add -

PTO

I doubt if even Trump knows. But it makes for a good soundbite.

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“Trump’s unpredictability and inability to concentrate is concerning many people here,” says Alexey Sushenikov, program director of the Valdai Club, a discussion forum associated with the Kremlin. “US-Russian problems are of a systemic nature, and there can be no takeoff without proper preparation ...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Johnson is desperate to be sacked, May is well aware of this.

And its quite possible that the longer he remains in "office", the more ridiculous he looks.

But, but, but, he's our Foreign Secretary.

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Robert Peston 10 hrs · If like the legend that is Danny Dyer on ITV last night, you think “no one has a ****ing clue what Brexit is”, this note won’t help. Because it is going to tell you what continues to divide ministers about our future trading relationship with the EU, ahead of their supposedly ...

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David Davis has spent just 4 hours in talks with Michel Barnier this year
EU leaders cite lack of engagement as they rebuke UK for slow progress on Brexit

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Marcus Chown
@marcuschown

I am getting an ever-so-slight, incy-wincy feeling Boris Johnson might not be completely trustworthy. Anyone else getting it?

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Robert Peston 3 hrs · Facebook I've been asking MPs of a certain age and endowed with parliamentary memory whether they can think of any precedent for what will happen on Tuesday - namely a government asking MPs to reject serious proposals that would shape the economy and governance of the UK for ge...

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Robert Peston 13 hrs · Theresa May is arguably the most cautious and methodical politician of this generation or perhaps any generation. So it more than beggars belief that today she announced she would be rolling the dice in the biggest parliamentary gamble I can recall being taken by any PM of mod...

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Chronic mismanagement' at Liam Fox's trade department could derail May's Brexit plans

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Robert Peston ‏ Verified account @Peston It has started. This from erstwhile May loyalist: “We can’t go on with TM for much longer. Her inability to show leadership or make a decision is creating a vacuum the remainers use to run riot in. Once the votes are over next week, she has to go!” 10:39 PM -...

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Power at any price in play.... The Tories are 'paying a private smear factory' with links to Donald Trump 'to dig up dirt on Labour' Employees of the company dig into the personal histories, online videos and posts of Labour candidates, collecting dossiers to be handed to the Tory party, according t...

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[youtube][/youtube] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/31/amazon-accused-of-treating-uk-warehouse-staff-like-robots Amazon accused of treating UK warehouse staff like robots..... .....The GMB added that four-fifths of the 200 union members working for the American firm who had responded t...

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Ipswich Unemployed Action. Campaigning for Unemployed Rights. Universal Credit in Great Yarmouth, ” Food Bank has seen a 90pc increase in use since Universal Credit was introduced.” https://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/universal-credit-in-great-yarmouth-food-bank-has-seen-a-90pc-increa...

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Twenty8Sixty8 ‏@WilliamPMack In light of a possible #Election2018 in the Autumn, when the wheels spectacularly fall off the Tory #Brexit bandwagon, it'd be hugely honest of us all to preface Tory Party, or Conservative party with the words 'The Institutionally Racist'. Makes for long tweets, but its...

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Will Dry OFOC! ‏@Will_DryOFOC .@Jacob_Rees_Mogg has millions in: £84m in Yandex - Kremlin's google £44.5m in Sberbank - Kremlin's bank £15m in Lukoil - US sanctioned oligarch owned company, which has dodgy dealings with Cambridge Analytica His love of Brexit looking a little less pure Mr Eton Oldboy...

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Peter Stefanovic ‏Verified account @PeterStefanovi2 Let me get this straight,Tory Rees-Mogg's investment firm has stakes in string of Russian firms linked to Kremlin,Tory peer William Hague pockets cash from law firm slammed over links to Putin &Boris Johnson plays tennis with wife of Putin's ex...

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Will Black ‏Verified account @WillBlackWriter First they came for Stephen Yaxley-Lennon but I didn't speak out because I don't assault the police Then they came for Andrew McMaster but I didn't speak out because I'm not a fraudster Then the came for Tommy Robinson and I didn't speak out because I'm ...

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Irish Political Maps
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Here it is, the final result. 66.4% Yes, 33.6% No. Ireland has #Repealedthe8th

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This is just nonsense: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-secretly-plotting-replace-theresa-12599237.amp?__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Tories' 'secretly plotting to replace Theresa May with Michael Gove - before Ruth Davidson steps in'...

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gilsey wrote:Swifts have arrived.

Here too. I love hearing them swooping over the roofs....

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ian bremmer
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Nikki Haley walking out as Palestine's envoy to the UN begins to speak pretty much summarizes the US stance towards the Palestinians.

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David Lammy ‏ Verified account @DavidLammy Shocking and unacceptable. @emmadentcoad tells Parliament that a fourth food bank is opening in the Grenfell area. In the richest borough in the country with a council that has £ millions in reserves. A shocking indictment of a broken system. 5:01 PM - 14 M...

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Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump Big week next week when the American Embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem. Congratulations to all! Translate Trump @TranslateRealDT Big week next week when I defy the United Nations and move the American Embassy to a disputed city in a volat...

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Donald Trump makes no secret of the fact that he has no use for subject-matter experts. By all appearances, the president is especially indifferent to the judgment of scholars and authorities in matters of foreign policy. The Washington Post had an interesting piece last week on Trump’s approach to ...

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Jim Waterson
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Press regulation is back back back! The House of Lords has just rejected the verdict of the House of Commons and voted by 252 to 213 to establish a new Leveson-style public inquiry into the conduct of the media. Now MPs will have to vote *again*.

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Guy Verhofstadt ‏Verified account @guyverhofstadt 43 killed & 1800 wounded in a few hours is pure atrocity! Throwing matches into a powder keg for the sake of symbolism & regressing moves towards peaceful solution is how POTUS conceives his policy in the #MiddleEast. This is not the way to p...

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AmnestyInternational‏ Verified account @amnesty We are witnessing an abhorrent violation of international law & human rights in #Gaza. 38 confirmed dead, including 6 children, with close to 2000 people injured. Many are reporting injuries to the head and chest. Over 500 injured with live ammunit...

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Michael Avenatti @MichaelAvenatti After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k...

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Borzou Daragahi

@borzou
BREAKING: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has confirmed Iran will continue the nuclear deal members of the P5+1 even without US. (State TV)

7:55 PM - May 8, 2018

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The BBC has used a graphic showing the results from last week’s local elections that depicts a Conservative party net loss of thirty-three councillors: However, other news sources quote a much higher figure, such as the Guardian and Press Association: https://skwawkbox.org/2018/05/06/tory-local-ele...

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The BBC has used a graphic showing the results from last week’s local elections that depicts a Conservative party net loss of thirty-three councillors: However, other news sources quote a much higher figure, such as the Guardian and Press Association: https://skwawkbox.org/2018/05/06/tory-local-elec...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Tory supporters still go on about the "leftie BBC" though.

Which prompts the answer - they would, wouldn't they!

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Lizzie Dearden
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Astounding - it's Friday, local election results day, before bank holiday, and the Home Office has quietly dropped announcement on its website that it extended G4S's contract to run Brook House and another immigration removal centre for two more years

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London local elections;

1998 - Lab 1050, Con 538, Lib 301
2002 - Lab 866, Con 652, Lib 310
2006 - Lab 684, Con 785, Lib 317
2010 - Lab 875, Con 717, Lib 246
2014 - Lab 1060, Con 612, Lib 116
2018 - Lab 1114, Con 511, Lib 151

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Sarah
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"No clear winners" say the BBC. That really is quite concerning, #LocalElections2018 #ChangeIsComing #JC4PM

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Rachael Swindon ‏@Rachael_Swindon It's been revealed nearly 4,000 voters were turned away in the pilot voter ID areas. To put this in to context, there was found to be 28 cases of voter fraud after the 2017 General Election. This pilot was no more than an utterly disgraceful attempt at voter suppres...

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@stellacreasey ‘Gutted to see good Labour councillors in Barnet lose their seats and hear of Jewish residents fearful of voting Labour – pledge to fight to win back trust and confidence of every progressive in Britain to be able to deliver a more socially just society for all #enoughisenough Jon Sto...

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Last one today.

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Mark Hebden
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I'm hearing UKIP have managed to keep hold of their seat on Question Time despite huge losses elsewhere in the #LocalElections2018

9:04 AM - 4 May 2018

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The BBC national projection of yesterday's vote puts Labour as the largest party at 283 seats. Professor John Curtice says the SNP would just have enough to form a government with Labour.

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Electoral Reform Society
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We're working out how many people might have been turned away from voting today by the ID requirements. Should be able to announce soon...

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Labour are now on 2117 + 63

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Britain Elects
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Swindon, vote share:

Lab: 42.4% (+10.2)
Con: 41.4% (+9.1)
LDem: 7.7% (-0.8)
Grn: 4.6% (+0.5)
UKIP: 3.9% (-18.1)

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