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NEW: Keir Starmer ups the ante and accuses Sunak of "breach[ing] the ministerial code"
Speaking to
@LBC
's
@JosephDraper5
, Starmer said Sunak "lied, and he lied deliberately... he knew very well what he was doing. He lied about our plans and that is a true test of character."
Rishi Sunak ‘breached ministerial code’ over Labour tax hike claim, Keir Starmer tells LBC
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NEW:
@LBC
can confirm that Labour councillor Ricky Jones has been suspended from the party after a clip emerged of him call for a crowd to "cut all the throats" of far-right protestors.
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NEW: UK statistics watchdog confirms the Office for Statistics Regulation is investigating Rishi Sunak's claims that Labour's tax rises will cost families £2000 each.
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NEW: Officers now investigating the Walthamstow video,
@metpoliceuk
confirms:
"We are aware of the significant public concern around this video.
"Officers are investigating as a matter of urgency.
"We will update as soon as we can."
@LBC
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It comes after the head of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Robert Chote, wrote to parties just YESTERDAY urging them to use data 'appropriately and transparently' throughout the course of campaign.
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@LBC
This is the clip in question.
A Labour spox said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. The councillor has been suspended from the party.”
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I'm nowhere near as professional as Nick makes out.
When this caller tells
@NickFerrariLBC
he's 'lost the plot' for allowing mobile phones at the dinner table, Nick replies with his unique reason...
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One sharp-eyed
@NickFerrariLBC
listener noticed the Home Sec liked
@GeorgeWParker
’s analysis on today’s show:
“If she slips up again… she may not be able to survive”
Now retracted, it appears ‘Leaky Sue’s’ apparent mistake was corrected more quickly than a couple of weeks ago
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Shock and euphoria in the LBC newsroom as
@jonesthengineer
gets today's Wordle in one.
Spontaneous applause breaks out.
More as we get it.
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Looking to speak to somebody who has recently left their NHS role due to stress/work-life balance or concerns over pay for a feature on
@LBC
tomorrow morning. Please feel free to get in touch if this applies to you
#journorequest
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Admirable performance from
@Ed_Miliband
.
He would make a great set-up producer.
'Will my friends laugh at me when I arrive at the pub in an electric car?'
Nick Ferrari asks "honest Ed, the car dealer" why he should buy an electric vehicle.
@NickFerrariLBC
|
@Ed_Miliband
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@AmberRuddHR
Amber, it was 2-1 to Valencia. They are fifteenth in La Liga. That's not a strong result by anyone's measure.
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Just got a nine letter word on Countdown. I've reached the pinnacle for an unemployed mid-afternoon TV watcher.
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NEW:
@LBC
has learned Jason Hoganson, who received an 18-month sentence just three weeks ago for assaulting his ex-partner in the street, has been released from HMP Durham today.
@Fraser_Knight
with the full report from 1pm with
@ShelaghFogarty
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Whatever your stance on the £80,000 tax bracket proposals, can we please agree that salary is not necessarily a function of your effort at work? Frankly, this assumption is an insult to the millions who work themselves to the bone for a fraction of that sum.
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Got a bit pissed off with binary debates today, so wrote something on it. Discussion mainly about Remembrance Day but takes no imagination to link today's events. Tried to keep it lighthearted... okay, its not that lighthearted. Miserable bastard.
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Horrific treatment of our reporter
@charlotterlynch
.
In a statement to
@LBC
, Hertfordshire Police made no reference to Charlotte’s case, the treatment of a young journalist and this questions raises about press freedom. The local MP,
@deanrussell
, was approached for comment.
'The only question was how I knew to be there.'
After being arrested while covering an eco-protest LBC Reporter
@charlotterlynch
recounts her experience.
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Guys, I relapsed. I took a razor and shaved the hair resting on my top lip... without shaving cream. The razors were 30 for £1. My face is destroyed. I'd like to apologise to everyone who has shown my kindness in the past. I was not worthy of your time.
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David Davis with the most impactful moment of PMQs: “In the name of God, go”.
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NEW:
@LBC
understands that Kyle Clifford, who is wanted on suspicion of killing three people with a crossbow in Bushey, was a member of the UK's armed forces.
Sources have told LBC Clifford's stint was brief and ended a couple of years ago.
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LBC has joined forces with
@Feargal_Sharkey
to reveal the true state of Britain's rivers.
It makes for uncomfortable viewing...
“We’re going to do the Environment Agency’s job for it."
@NickFerrariLBC
has challenged
@Feargal_Sharkey
to test the toxicity of England’s rivers.
First up is the River Avon in Bristol…
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🚨Alarming takeaways for the Met Police from today’s
@LBC
poll:
- Only 39% still trust the Met.
- 50% Increase in the number of Londoners who distrust the force.
- A mere 4% of women under 35 strongly trust the force.
- 1 in 5 would support disbanding the Met and replacing it
Damning new polling shows less than half of Londoners have faith in the Met - and just 4% of young women strongly trust their city's force
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Looking to speak to a parent who's tried to book in a Covid-19 test for their child this afternoon as part of a conversation on Nick Ferrari's breakfast show
#journorequest
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EXCL:
- A quarter of cases requiring skin grafts, surgery and stitches involved children under 10.
- LBC analysis finds over 108,000 NHS treatments for dog attack injuries in 15 years.
- Sir Keir Starmer tells
@HenryRiley1
that there is a "strong case" for banning XL bully
Hospital consultants undertake more than 100,000 treatments for dog attacks in the last 15 years
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Powerful testimony this evening at Westminster Chapel from the mother of Joanna Simpson, Diana Parkes; together with
@carrielbjohnson
, she’s launched a campaign to prevent Joanna’s killer being released after just 13 years in prison.
@JRCSFoundation
#NotAnotherJo
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Shocking story. This comes despite a specific law being introduced just days earlier legislating against the sharing of images of people in an “intimate state” without their consent. Former Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird criticised decision not to investigate.
@LBC
EXCL: Police will not investigate an NHS worker who filmed and shared video of a patient whilst naked
Lancashire Police say no crime took place when a female mental health patient was covertly recorded by a staff member, who then showed it to others
@LBC
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Just relayed a simple ten minute story to
@JackAbbey97
. Unbelievable. The boy has no capacity to follow a narrative. Never watch a film, play, documentary or children's puppet show with Jack Abbey... Not that you would anyway.
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Looking to speak to somebody who runs a business in the hospitality sector as part of piece we're doing on LBC tomorrow morning. We'll be focusing on social distancing measures. Please get in touch if you'd be willing to speak to us.
#journorequest
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If you haven't already, it's now time to play Three Lions 96 AND 98, World in Motion and Vindaloo on repeat - non-stop until kick-off.
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Congratulations on 40 years at
@LBC
,
@steveallenshow
! It’s been been a tremendous pleasure working with you. Here’s to the next 40 years!
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Looking to speak to anybody who runs their own hotel, hairdressers/barbers or is involved in the theater industry as part of LBC's coverage of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. Feel free to drop me a message
#journorequest
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Interesting to see whether this tweet remains up by the end of the day...
Today’s decision on HS2 is the wrong one. It will help to fuel the views of those who argue that we can no longer think or act for the long-term as a country; that we are heading in the wrong direction.
HS2 was about investing for the long-term, bringing the country together,
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Dear humanity, if ever I dab, know I do so ironically - do not take me seriously. Regards, Connor
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@piersmorgan
@sajidjavid
Forget the actions of the parent: a British citizen - a child - has died needlessly and people are distressed. We flouted our obligations to that child. Shemima Begum is not the subject of this discussion, her child is. Her dead child. Don't forget that, Piers.
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Astonishing line in this that the UK could be completely out of heroin in one year’s time…
@BronWeatherby
@Chris_Chambo_
@TRJourno
Drugs 1000 times stronger than heroin could ruin this summer's music festivals, charities warn
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Former adviser to Boris Johnson, Andrew Gilligan, reveals that the former PM is currently enjoying a Caribbean holiday.
@NickFerrariLBC
Nick Ferrari quizzes Andrew Gilligan over his former boss Boris Johnson.
'Do you think he'd make a return?'
'I think at the moment his position is, I don't want to go anywhere near it.'
@NickFerrariLBC
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Thanks once again to my boys,
@mellornator
@BRTMerrill
@FaheemTheFirst
and
@Quaker
for a terrific stag. Not sure I can stomach this next one
#oatslammers
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Best innings I've ever seen. Dogged at the start - scoring just 3 off his first 60-odd - and ending with a flurry of eccentric, expansive, extraordinary shots. All under immeasurable pressure. Unspeakably good. Fucking brilliant.
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Why would somebody who was apparently ‘humbled’ by the contents of a report published - *checks notes* - two days ago seek to diminish ministerial accountability like this?
NEW: Boris Johnson has watered down the ministerial code - allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning - and blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to investigate him…
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@HenryRiley1
Yeah, sweet and salt popcorn shall fly all around your living room in a barrage of middle-class rage...
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🚨Immaterial now, but the recommended suspension is mind-blowing: If Mr Johnson were still a Member he should be suspended from the service of the House for 90 days for repeated contempts and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process
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Despite being afforded not one, not two, but EIGHT opportunities by
@NickFerrariLBC
, Cabinet Office Minister Steve Barclay fails to apologise to families for ‘one of the most important public health failures the U.K. has ever experienced’.
Ferrari: “Minister, what’s so hard about the word ‘sorry’?”
Cabinet Office Minister Steve Barclay: “Because we followed the advice we had at the time.”
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Looking to speak to somebody who's affected by Jet2's decision to ask people in the Balearic and Canary Islands to cut their holidays short as part of a piece for
@LBC
.
#journorequest
#jet2
#magaluf
#lanzarote
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@itvnews
Simple answer. If I were fleeing a country which was torn apart by denominational strife, for instance, leaving behind everything that has been a part of my life thus far, I would try to reach the most tolerant country I could. That should be a source of national pride.
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@mellornator
@JackAbbey97
@HenryRiley1
@RAWRamblings
This tweet is in no particular order - it's down to the reader's own prejudices
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Excoriating stuff from Boris Johnson's former director of communications, Will Walden: 'Is he running a country or a frat house?'
'Where are the grown-ups? Is he running a country or is he running a frat house?'
Will Walden, Boris Johnson's former comms chief, warns the PM needs to 'change' or he will 'sleepwalk into the next disaster.'
@NickFerrariLBC
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🚨🚨🚨NEW:
@marksandspencer
Chairman Archie Norman responds to
@NickFerrariLBC
’s question as to whether corporation tax should go to 25%:
“I don’t think - right now - the level of corporation tax is what matters to most companies”.
@LBC
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No offence caused. Not a single Manchester United fan would disagree. We are rubbish.
UPDATE: BBC News have apologised.
They say that a trainee was learning how to write text for the ticker and accidentally published them onto the BBC News Channel.
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"You can't look me in the eye and say there's not another Wayne Couzens in the force at the moment, can you?"
Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the
@metpoliceuk
, responds to
@NickFerrariLBC
's question...
Nick Ferrari: You can't look me in the eye and say there's not another Wayne Couzens in the force at the moment, can you?
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: I can't look you in the eye and say that we haven't got officers who are treating women appallingly.
@NickFerrariLBC
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A few words on the role of Russian finance in the UK and the need to tackle its influence.
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Looking to speak to somebody who's been struggling to sleep since the outbreak of coronavirus, as part of a feature we're doing for Nick Ferrari's show on LBC.
#journorequest
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The most extraordinary revelation of the day
Boris Johnson admits he "probably did" meet ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev *without* officials when he was Foreign Secretary on a 2018 trip to Italy.
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Puzzled by my current state: my lips are parched, my throat is dry, I feel dehydrated - yet I'm also desparate for a piss. I fear I've awoken in purgatory
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In response to these comments from
@ABridgen
, a Conservative Party spokesman said:
“The vaccine is the best defence that we have against COVID. Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives.”
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How have your Christmas plans changed as a result of Boris Johnson’s announcement?
Working on a piece for
@LBC
, and would be interested in hearing your story.
#journorequest
#tier4
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If you start playing
@RAW1251AM
's interview with CBBC's Raven,
@jarmackenzie
, at 23:49:37 tonight, you'll discover which celebrity would be his first to face the Way of the Warrior as the clock strikes midnight. What a perfect start to 2018.
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Joanna’s husband Robert Brown bludgeoned her to death with a claw hammer in 2010, but is due to be released later this year just halfway through a 26-year manslaughter sentence.
@JRCSFoundation
#NotAnotherJo
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Full credit to whoever is in charge of the tannoy at Wigan, playing Oasis immediately after the final whistle - Gallaghers must be seething
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Met now confirms a man has been arrested in connection with this video.
UPDATE: Officers have arrested a man aged in his 50s at an address in South East London.
He was held on suspicion of encouraging murder and for an offence under the Public Order Act.
He is in custody at a south London police station.
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🚨REMINDER: Asked by
@NickFerrariLBC
whether energy rationing was a possibility this winter, Liz Truss ruled it out emphatically.
Six weeks later, the National Grid has warned that three-hour blackouts may be necessary in the coming months.
As National Grid release a warning of blackouts to combat the energy crisis, here's a reminder of the PM's promises during the leadership contest:
Nick Ferrari: The possibility of energy rationing, can you rule that out?
Liz Truss: I do rule that out, yes.
@NickFerrariLBC
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Shoutout my mate Graham, he's tweeted in every week to wish Azeem a great pop. All the best, buddy!
@DiscoDaveIII
@mellornator
@FaheemTheFirst
#warwickpop
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@HenryRiley1
@BringOnBevis
@laurenceriley10
@britainelects
@LBC
@IainDale
@SimonHughes
@lbcbreaking
Always knew you were fluent
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Shook
@andy_murray
's hand the day after first won Wimbledon. Now he's a knight I'm reconsidering my standing: I must be at least 1/8th sir
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Pictured are the 123 yellow roses - Joanna’s favourite - that were on display at tonight’s event, each one representing a women killed at the hands of a man between March 2021-22. Attendees were encouraged to take one home to remind themselves of this fact.
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In this clip, Michael Gove seems to be doing his best impression of Harry Enfield playing Michael Gove.
Michael Gove refuses to answer if he supports Prime Minister Theresa May or why he hasn't taken the job as Brexit Secretary.
There's speculation Gove could be next to quit the Cabinet after reportedly rejecting Brexit job.
Follow the story live here:
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Speaking to
@IainDale
last night, shadow chancellor
@RachelReevesMP
rejected the Huw Pill's assessment that Brits must accept they are poorer.
"I don't accept that and I think that idea that somehow things can't get better is just wrong."
@LBC
Accept you are poorer or you will just fuel inflation, top Bank of England expert tells Brits
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Excited to have contributed to this! The whole book is a cracking read and a great indicator of the twists and turns we might see later this year...
Grab your copy below!
This year, the UK is preparing for a
#generalelection
.
Prepare yourself by revisiting the 50 general election campaigns that shaped our modern politics with
@IainDale
’s latest book.
Available for pre-order:
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JP Morgan ruined United in financing the Glazers’ takeover.
JP Morgan are now trying to ruin European football and - surprise, surprise - Joel Glazer is at the top table of this cabal, sullying the club’s name in the process.
Sickening.
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@callmetils
@gregjames
I suppose if I ask the question 'what flowers?' I'd be making loud and clear exactly what you're getting at...
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My piece for
@LBC
today
More than a quarter of forces in England have fewer police officers in their ranks now than when the Conservatives came into power, LBC analysis shows
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@JackAbbey97
@FaheemTheFirst
@DanielW94447203
@mellornator
Jack, shut up. You eat an inordinate amount of beans, which are overflowing with tomato sauce, and you sit it on top of limp, non-toasted bread. If that's not in danger of creating a mess, then what is?
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Prime minister protests that he can't see how it's 'responsible' for him to leave his post given global challenges.
Half an hour ago he stated he 'probably did' meet ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev whilst foreign secretary without the presence of officials.
Responsibility.
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@charlisocks
@mellornator
@callmetils
The only way
@callmetils
is gonna make me scream is if she starts playing centre forward
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@mellornator
@BRTMerrill
My apparent dearth of lube is not up for discussion, nor, for that matter, are my BDSM tastes.
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Looking to speak to parents about their feelings sending their children back to school in September as part of a piece for LBC radio. Please feel free to message me with your thoughts.
#journorequest
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A few thoughts on Mark Harper’s 15-minute city comments yesterday👇
Mark Harper's attack on 15-minute cities risks legitimising dangerous conspiracy theories, writes
@HandyMan_18
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Seems a little ironic for Wetherspoons to abandon social media on account of its 'addictive nature'.
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A helpful reminder that the treble-winning united team - you know, the one that was apparently inferior to this city team - found themselves 2-0 down away from home in Europe and won in 90 mins. Against a Juventus with Zidane, Thuram and Inzaghi. Can we get real now?
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"We're back."
"Who?"
"The working-class voters who still, unaccountably, vote for inequality-promoting, xenophobic right-wing populists."
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Students in Sri Lanka are being told their exam timetable will be unaffected in order to match the dates of exams taken in London - in spite of Sunday's tragedy:
Please sign the petition against this:
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Essay: forty-six words in and writer's block hits. Forty-six is enough to justify a break. Just keep repeating that... it may hold true.
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@RaW_Speech
EVERYDAY?! WITH SHAMPOO? Last time I checked I wasn't an abundantly wealthy oligarch or land baron.
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