Eric Lynch
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Please will BBC broadcasters stop saying: "Today is the hottest May day ever.". Today is not May day. Instead they should say "Today is the hottest day ever recorded in May."
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@afneil Andrew to something useful and investigate Farage. Murrell is only amateur compared to Farage and Tories who sold PPE. Keep feeding the peasants with your bull.
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And now he’s pleaded guilty to the whole caboodle. Does this mean he obstructed the investigation by lying for years?
Andrew Neil@afneil
The Peter Murrell/SNP embezzlement trial begins in Edinburgh today. It has taken Police Scotland and the Procurator Fiscal Service five years investigation and process — at a cost of >£2m — to get to here. All for a £1/2m embezzlement charge.
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@MichaelLCrick What about the 5 million Farage received- Fomer CEO of the SNP was an amateur compared to Farage.
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In almost any other household, if a man suddenly parked a brand new £125,000 motorhome in the driveway - and acquired other new vehicles - his wife would ask where on earth he got the money from.
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@DavidVance Sold off all our assets. Deregulated the banks that broke the UK. Should have stayed in the kitchen.
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Thatcher understood that a nation must live within its means, just like a household. She’s never been forgiven for it.
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@NoelMcRugby He deserves a major role within irish rugby. Great strategist. Delighted to see an Irish person reach the top in French rugby. Best league in the world.
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This is kind of depressing to hear. Its same bubble that exists in the Ireland camp.
The adherence to the system is killing Irish rugby. The notion is to just work harder and harder.
We are burning away a golden crop of player because we are too afraid to bring in disrupters
Cian Tracey@CianTracey1
Caelan Doris: ‘I believe we’ve got the right people in the right places and the right systems’ independent.ie/sport/rugby/ch…
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@stephenjones9 You love putting the boot in on the Irish- diagnosis anti Irish syndrome. Post complete piffle. Leinster have won three and reached at least finals.
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Bordeaux have carried this Euro final on their own. Leinster - after their usual endless run of home games - have been boring and dreadful. So too their helplessly biased commentators. We knew during the Lions tour that too many of their players have gone well over the top. The next final needs Leinster not to be in it.
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IN plain English: we’re going to send a ton of money to the warmongering Kremlin regime for fuel while refusing further exploitation of our own oil and gas in the North Sea. Brilliant.
Times Radio@TimesRadio
“A flow of money is going to go through Russia?” “Yes but Stig you’re trying to set this out in a really absolutist way.” Chief secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby defends the government’s decision to water down sanctions on Russian oil. @StigAbell | @KateEMcCann
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@paulmasonnews @wesstreeting At last the lunacy of Brexit will be debated. It will highlight that UK's economy was sacrificed for personal and political gain.
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This is welcome from @wesstreeting and should form the platform for Labour's 2029 manifesto. The red lines were also a mistake and should be abandoned - we need to get into the Customs Union asap... commitment alone would raise growth projections and increase fiscal headroom...
Sky News@SkyNews
"Britain's future lies with Europe - and one day, back in the European Union." Former health secretary Wes Streeting says the UK needs a new special relationship with Europe, as he calls Brexit a 'catastrophic mistake'. trib.al/zxwWsWg 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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@afneil Water companies are bust-and if company law was applied properly Directors would be heavily sanctioned. Do your research and be a serious Journalist.
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OK — you tell me — how do you nationalise energy, water and ‘housing’ (whatever that means) without borrowing tens of billions more to do so?
The Red Resistance (Keith Davies)@resistance_red
@afneil Are you happy with ANYONE trying to do something different Andrew. He has been a big success in Manchester. Maybe he knows something. You've derided any new ideas as the status quo fails catastrophically. Do you want the far right spivs with their huge medical bills policies?
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Given the ridiculous volume of Prime Ministers that Britain’s endured in recent years, I think it should now be law that if a PM quits or is forced out during his/her term, it automatically triggers a new general election. That might concentrate their minds to do a better job.
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@CianTracey1 Amazing coach and a fabulous team. Delighted for the great Rugby folk in the West. The West Awake .
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For a team that had been so leaky, Connacht have only conceded two tries in their last two games.
Kept Munster scoreless for 68 mins.
Kept Edinburgh scoreless for 73 mins.
Remarkable turnaround under Stuart Lancaster, who has also managed to enhance Connacht’s attacking DNA.
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Champions Cup isnt working for SA teams, the travel kills them and at the CC level the margins are so fine for the top teams its just not feasible for them to ever win it.
As for the URC though, SA are vital to its competitiveness, vitality and intrigue. They make it unique 😎
Stephen Jones@stephenjones9
So SA teams may leave the two Euro rugby events as Sunday Times predicted in February. They should never have been invited in the first place and have added nothing. Let's hope they dump the URC too, the event sorely needs more focus and less bonkers travel.
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@stephenjones9 Farage like rugby journalist. Just like Brexit you want to discredit URC. A league that is proving as fascinating as Top 14. SA should be invited into 6 Nations.
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So SA teams may leave the two Euro rugby events as Sunday Times predicted in February. They should never have been invited in the first place and have added nothing. Let's hope they dump the URC too, the event sorely needs more focus and less bonkers travel.
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Hang on a second…
First Farage says the £5m was nothing to do with politics and was for his security
Now he’s saying it was a reward for Brexit?!
Keep digging Farage.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage says the £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne was a "reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years"
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@PippaCrerar This ongoing political psychodrama is political suicide.
Reform will probably run Boris against Burnham. This lunacy will only lead to a Farage led government. Why the press & media do not investigate Farages financial bungs - are they in collusion?
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BREAKING: Andy Burnham now has a route back to parliament after Josh Simons, MP for Makerfield announced he would stand down, triggering a byelection, and putting the Greater Manchester mayor in contention to become the next Labour leader.
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@PippaCrerar Not a wet week in government. Good minister, not enough experience to become PM.
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👀Sounds like this may not be over yet - though still unclear whether Wes Streeting has the numbers...
Aubrey Allegretti@breeallegretti
Exc with @patrickkmaguire: Wes Streeting has told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon as tomorrow. The health secretary confronted Sir Keir Starmer this morning during a meeting ahead of the King’s Speech that lasted just 16 minutes over the turmoil engulfing the Labour Party. Allies of Streeting who have spoken to him directly said that he has made clear that he is “going to go for it”. They said that he is likely to resign on Thursday and mount a formal challenge for the leadership One Streeting ally who has spoken to him said: “He is going to go for it. He’s going tomorrow.” Discussions have also been held to prepare for MPs to sign Streeting’s nomination papers, according to one of those with knowledge of the plans. Another who has spoken to him said that claims by Starmer’s allies that he has “bottled it” are wide of the mark and that he made clear in private that he will make a bid for the leadership. A third senior source organising for Streeting said: “If they [Starmer’s supporters] think this is over, they’re going to be disappointed. I’m expecting a move before the end of the week.” A spokesman for Streeting said: “Wes is the Health Secretary, he is proud of his record of falling waiting lists and a recovering NHS. He is not planning to say anything following his meeting with the Prime Minister that might distract from the King’s Speech.”
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@SkyNews @SamCoatesSky Ms Mahmood would better serve the country investigating Farage extracurricular activities. Especially on this evening disclosures on election fixing.
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BREAKING: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is not resigning from government, Sky News has been told.
Mahmood had reportedly urged the PM to set out a timetable for his departure yesterday.
Sky's @SamCoatesSky reports.
trib.al/KR7l0VR
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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@Tush27J @BethRigby British press and media will not investigate. If it's proven all involved should face a criminal investigation. No matter what Farage does the folk in Wales Essex, Kent and Sunderland will vote for him.
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Dear @BethRigby
Where are your sources regarding the latest Nigel Farage /Boris Johnson scandal.
Have they gone into hiding?
#SkyNews
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