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Count the number of pro- Tory headlines on the Times front page since the election was announced and you’ll understand why it has ‘fallen mute’ . I’m cancelling my subscription.
If you read right to the end of an interminable editorial today you will stumble on the fact that no party - not even Labour - can meet the exacting standards necessary to obtain the endorsement of The Times. The Thunderer has fallen mute.
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The Gaza war is a TOTAL DISASTER for Israel. Netanyahu wanted to collapse Hamas. This war could collapse Israel Israel’s actions can only be interpreted through the lens of revenge. It’s a bloodlust. it isn’t a well thought-out campaign with a clear end game. Whatever happens to Hamas, the Gaza war is laying the foundations for another 50 years of conflict because everyone would have witnessed what Israel has done, and every child that survives will grow up to be a man that seeks his revenge. @davidahearst
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Love it.. Even Rwanda’s president is sick of hearing about Rwanda. thetimes.co.uk/article/0c446…
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16 Sep 2023
Replying to @elizabethalker
@elizabethalker Lovely to hear The Gondoliers at 8. The West Yorkshire Savoyards are on tour across Yorkshire with it ..this Sunday Scarborough YMCA Theatre, next Saturday Bingley Arts Centre on at Yeadon Town Hall on Saturday 30 at 7.30!
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Please screen-grab this tweet and keep it handy when food prices soar , water-wars break out , your house burns down , your business is washed away , polar bears are extinct or in a few years time when a desperate and angry young person asks you who was responsible for killing their world . . .
Today we are saying no to @JustStop_Oil and their political wing the Labour Party  We will power ahead with new oil and gas because it’s in the best interests of the British people, of our economy and of our national security
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BREAKING HSBC profit more than DOUBLED with Pre-tax profit £16.9bn for first 6 months this year! Bank warns "More mortgage customers due to roll off fixed-term deals..further rate rises expected, tougher times are ahead" No windfall tax.Drinks all round🤷🏼‍♀️ bbc.co.uk/news/business-6636…
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Heartbreaking. Best wishes, Mark.
Such an unfair way to end his Tour de France career 💔🚑 🇫🇷14 Tours de France 🏆34 Stages 💚2 Green Jerseys What a legacy 🐐👑 #TDF2023 #ITVCycling #ThankYouCav
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Who will be the first one to arrive at The Hague? 🇳🇱 #TheOceanRace #VO65Sprint
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3 Apr 2023
'I'm so sorry to everybody, I bitterly, bitterly regret it.' A distraught Brexit voter, Tony, is comforted by @mrjamesob, who tells him not to blame himself because of the 'sheer weight of influence and bogus information' inflicted on him that contributed to his decision.
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250 yrs ago we chose to transport people to Australia because they were vulnerable enough to steal a loaf of bread. Today our govt repeats that it still plans to deport other vulnerable migrants to Rwanda even though we now know 12 refugees were shot by police there in 2018!
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Rehearsals in full swing for a 1940s version of the joyous #GandS comic opera The Sorcerer @FrazerTheatre May 19-21 @HGSS16 @VisitKnaresboro @Harrogate_News @HgateAdvertiser
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🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨
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If there’s a bandwagon to jump on …. Wordle 207 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
28 Nov 2021
Just get vaccinated people…
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27 Nov 2021
Sad news this morning . Stephen Sondheim one of the greats - Send in the Clowns sung by Judi Dench youtu.be/yvZex3Qf7QQ

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15 Jun 2021
Sadly, Dad-dancing still banned at weddings. Luckily they hadn’t even invented dancing at weddings as a ‘thing’ when I got married. #whataboutweddings
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The Home Office idea of housing - imprisoning - refugee families offshore in old disused ferries is literally a ‘dis-grace’. “The refugee who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love them as yourself..” The Bible
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