Jane Clemetson
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Jane Clemetson
@JaneClemetson
Militant wet liberal. Media/IP/commercial lawyer, for the most part. Likes Spurs, trashy novelettes, racing. #girlyswot #legaltech
London Katılım Şubat 2009
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Who had the COVID vaccine and had zero side effects except for a sore arm and feeling little rough for a day
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There is a precedent for today's ele tion results. In 1968 Labour under Harold Wilson lost among other strongholds, Glasgow, Hull and Sunderland and yet came withon a whisker of winning the 1970 general election. Have yet to any mention of this by our esteemed commentariat.
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@peaklass1 ‘‘Twas pleasant and delightful on a bright summer’s morn…
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I hope you can picture how large was my grin as I stood here in the quiet dawn and watched these ladies walk determinedly, solemnly, across their field. They were cheered on by a couple of skylarks high above, and the light spilling over those layers of hills was perfect, soft and golden. For those few moments, in this little patch of England, all felt well with the world.
📍 Peak District, England
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The bandwidth sucked up by the Mandelson non-story is embarrassing. A minor appointment taken in what was perceived to be the national interest. Astonishing that the Westminster bubble is still obsessed but then tittle tattle started to define British politics a long time ago
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@DPJHodges Our ambassador rose hugely in my estimation tbh - telling it like it is - quelle horreur!
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Congrats to the enterprising school kid who secretly transcribed him, then bunged it to the FT for a tip fee…
Sam Coates Sky@SamCoatesSky
The full leaked quotes by the new UK ambassador to Washington Christian Turner to school kids are NUTS - and reckless? ❌It includes saying the PM's future looked "quite touch and go" in February ❌Keir Starmer is a "stubborn guy" ❌Speculating that Labour - if it does badly next week " will be able to go over that threshold (of 80 MPs) and remove him" ❌And on Mandelson affair speculated: "The vetting thing’s a bit of a red herring”. “The problem was he had a bunch of associations that were embarrassing to him and the government that had not been revealed. And, arguably, once they were uncovered, the prime minister moved to sack him.”
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Israel’s murder of journalists continues. The details of what happened to Amal Khalil are horrific. The Red Cross tried to rescue her but were themselves fired on.
How is Israel allowed such total impunity? Why is the international press not in uproar?
Alex Crawford@AlexCrawfordSky
Civil Defence crews were finally able to access the site where Leb journalist Amal Khalil was trapped under rubble but only hours later. They retrieved her body. Her newspaper Al Akbar has put out a video tribute. Lebanon’s Minister of Information condemned the incident describing the targeting of journalists as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and calling for international action.
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The body of the Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was found by rescuers after several hours of digging in the rubble after an Israeli strike. She is the fourth journalist to have been killed by Israeli forces in seven weeks. This is why the word ‘journacide’ is now being used.
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@BarrieEditor1 Barrie was a total star - so sorry for your loss
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Hi everyone, this is Jen, Barrie’s daughter. I’m very sorry to share the news that Barrie passed away yesterday. He loved interacting on X with you all and making the contacts that he has. He thought of many of you as friends. He asked me to let you know.
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Me last week outside the old Finsbury Park Rainbow — I loved that place.
Saw great bands there in the late 70s incl Clash, Jam, Ramones, Buzzcocks, Joy Division.
This Saturday we celebrate London’s Lost Music Venues.
What were your favourites & why?
And who did you see there?
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@80_mcswan @RaymondSnoddy Don’t understand why we “need” handguns - have not noticed their absence
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Nigel Farage has said that the handgun ban in the UK is ridiculous.
The ban was introduced after the tragedy of Dunblane.
His comments are a disgrace and an insult to all those who lost their lives at Dunblane.
The ban must never be reversed.
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@HarrietHarman Agree but tbh it is an extraordinary colour combo
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What a ridiculous post. Comment on what she says and does. She can wear whatever she likes!!
Falcon Malteser@Falcon_Malteser
I didn't think I cared about formal clothes and dressing as a sign of respect but come off it you have gone to work dressed like an actual clown
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@pjm1kbw Of course - now we have finally got to this point
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Obviously I know nothing of what went on in Noosa, nor really care, but since Adelaide was their best Test maybe the lesson to be learnt is that they didn’t get drunk enough early in the tour?
Lawrence Booth@BoothCricket
BREAKING England launch investigation into claims their four-day break in Noosa was more like a beery stag-do - even though Rob Key insists the players behaved well dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/…
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@BarristerSecret @BBCr4today That it is effectively a huge constitutional change is nowhere mentioned - by him at least.
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Listening to David Lammy on @BBCr4today attempting to justify abolishing trial by jury, it is increasingly and terrifyingly clear that he simply does not understand the issues.
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@pjm1kbw I know - I wasn’t expecting miracles but I did think they’d have a Plan for governing - they had 14 years to draft one. And the first thing they do - remove the winter fuel allowance!!
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Just 1 year in and the current prime minister is hanging on for the next general election by his finger nails. Where is the vision? Where is the charisma? Where is the follow-me attitude? Frankly it’s all very dull and it opens the door wide for Farage 🤨 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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