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Kids don’t know they’re born these days. I’d give my right arm for a government-mandated digital detox
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'Keir Starmer, what does that mean?' This child speaks for Britain
Some tricky conversations this evening about the impending social media ban. ‘I don’t even know who this government guy is’ ‘Keir Starmer’ ‘Keir Starmer, what does that mean’
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What pubs in London are showing the Scotland game tonight?
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This is the moment that pro-Palestine protesters heard that Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona (Ellie) Kamio and Fatema Rajwani would be sentenced for more than 22 years in total
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Can’t say that on the BBC…
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The crowd at Woolwich Crown Court has just been told the judge has made the ‘terrorist connection’ in sentencing the Filton prisoners
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It appears protesters have blocked vehicles including a prisoner transport van from leaving the court
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Police have used public order powers to move protestors off the road to resume the flow of traffic. The protest goes on at either side
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Festival atmosphere here at Woolwich Crown Court for the Filton prisoners. This is *after* 72 people were arrested for supporting Palestine Action
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We’re waiting to find out whether people involved in the Elbit Systems raid will be sentenced as terrorists - despite the jury being banned from hearing about this during their trial
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In which Lee Anderson opens up on his feelings of 'imposter syndrome'
Lee Anderson has a chat with Rob Kenyon about what being an MP means to him. 👇
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Mark Rowley should not be weighing in on things he clearly knows nothing about
Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley very strong on scenes in Belfast: "I was watching a bit of the news last night, and I can't remember what channel it was, but a journalist was talking about 'these protesters.' "I thought, that isn't a protest. People are setting fire to cars. That's not a protest. That's violent disorder, that's criminality. I really feel for Northern Ireland colleagues who are wrestling with that. It's really, really difficult. "We live in these volatile times and, some of what goes on online whips up, sentiment on the street. "We know that Russian state actors, Iranian state actors, they want to sow discord on the streets of the UK. So this is a really complex issue we're wrestling with. So you've got very polarised debates in the UK, and you've got other people overseas who want to drive wedge issues to create disorder, and you've got the great men and women of Police Service Northern Ireland on the streets in the middle of that, trying to sort of protect people and stop people burning down houses and things. It's awful."
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NEW: A Reform UK activist who campaigns with top party figures joined the racist rioters in Glasgow on Tuesday and has claimed that “Jews" are trying "to dilute our Protestant stock and shatter the Union”, The National can reveal.
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I really canny be annoyed with his cheeky wee scripted gags
Exclusive: #wesstreeting says that he will not allow #AndyBurnham "a coronation" as the next Prime Minister and confirms that he would stand against the Mayor of Manchester in any future Labour leadership race. Read the full interview with The Observer's @RSylvester1 this Sunday.
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This doesn't exactly scream 'fox in the hen house' if you ask me
The Fox is in the Hen House. Let's get to work folks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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A mass hallucination event has hit SW1 where people are convinced Tony Blair has said something interesting (he hasn't; it's the same stuff he's been saying for years) and that his intervention is in some way intellectual (it isn't; it's badly written, contradictory and vague)
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It's nuts that Peter Murrell bought every luxury item he could get his hands on except a decent pair of glasses
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