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Writer of crime fiction, repd. by Clare at @LiverpoolLit . A Nuclear Reaction, Antonia Conti Thriller, 3, pubd by Thomas & Mercer on 23rd May 2023

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Book 3 of the Antonia Conti series, A Nuclear Reaction, is now published. "Gripping, intelligent and original with heart-stopping action and a phenomenal cast of characters led by a fearless heroine." #politicalcorruption #thrillerbooks
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@murray_nyc @UkraineLive2022 Have you missed all the shit in Syria, Afghanistan and Ethiopia? I'm sure it wasn't 'decades ago'. Some of it is still going on.
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For anyone who thinks the firefighters are being greedy.
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Just finished my jigsaw and need a lie down.
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@EU_NO_MORE Most of us do, and it was shit, which is why those who can, live in centrally heated homes with double glazing. We also had rickets, TB and nearly everyone who got cancer died. Many people died in their 60s. Do you think we should make some people go back to those days?
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@superwoman135 @murray_nyc @UkraineLive2022 And your implication being that the people from those other countries are not, "Normal men, women and children who are just working for a better life are the same as us."
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@BigZombieMonkey @bunkerline @georgia_coan You'll be saying next that not everything is for sale. That's going to blow a lot of people's minds.
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@nicsadventure @BiffaBacon1 There's always one. What's gone wrong in your life that you can't celebrate an act of generosity without having a dig?
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@robin_stafford @omid9 15,000 Russians have been arrested for protesting. Why do you feel the need to use the protests in Iran, to disparage their protests?
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When the PM says 'We have a problem with human rights law stopping us achieving our objectives.' We should be a bit more concerned.
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Whilst Rishi Sunak distracts us with small boats the Gov’ts anti strike bill will rob millions of workers of their democratic right to strike, its Elections Act will lock millions out of the electoral process & new laws will strip back our right to protest. UK media must wake up!
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@synackopsis @murray_nyc @UkraineLive2022 Yes, I thought three was enough. I could have listed at least a dozen without going back more than a decade.
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@emmaroc33249448 @JezParton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg I appreciate you racists can't distinguish between different brown people but her parents came from Bangladesh a country 2200km away. It's like saying a Romanian is from England. She's never been a citizen of that country.
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@EmmetUnity @shaunjlawson @MarinaPurkiss And Levison 2 was supposed to investigate collusion between The Met and press. Cancelled by Hancock after a long delay.
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@LouCalvey Is that so they can use the subsidised bars without worrying about getting home?
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Do you need a proof reader?
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@ontologoff They're attacking her because she dared accuse someone from the royal household of racism. They're using anything they can to discredit her. We're supposed to put up with it and not rock the boat. Same people who accused BLM of stirring up racism.
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@KateEMcCann @SamCoatesSky Really? Anyone who watched that can see you're attempting to spin a perfectly harmless reaction from a group of supporters celebrating a win.
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@tomkXY @PhilipProudfoot As someone pointed out, the queue numbers the equivalent of 5% of the NHS waiting list.
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@hullfc123 @JustinWelby We've taken 88,000 HK Chinese - with up to 3m to come - and 120,000 Ukrainians, yet you're focussed on a few hundred brown people being shipped to Rwanda. What is your 'main issue?'
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@Acruelpastime @josiahmortimer @fittontom No, just for thinking about doing it.
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@MrMescudi__ @CATACLYSTA Unfortunately people can't afford decent food. He should be campaigning to make healthy food cheaper.
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@donwinslow I believe it's already happened.
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@davemacladd A teacher's got hold of it.
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@steppenhorse @katherinemzhou None of the 'non-white' nations wanted European invaders who came and took their wealth. Now they've taken all they can and can't lord it over other people, they want to slink back to their own countries and be left alone? It doesn't work like that.
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@Caffeinefreak @OleHippieChick @PatriciaRaye @PaulMayATL @SAfricaphotog Too many people see aggression and the willingness to use force as a sign of strength when it is the opposite.
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@shakkazulu @umpteenthtym Colonisation wasn't confined to governments taking over other countries. A huge proportion of Africa's wealth is "owned" by Western companies. They continue to exploit the continent. Here's an example of a Swiss company doing it. .
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How words change.
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@archied009 @benandjerrysUK @pritipatel They do. The UK takes fewer per capita than any of the countries you mentioned, despite being more responsible for creating refugees. Do you think that because we're further from the wars we start and provide weapons for, we should be exempt from the consequences?
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@magicj3 @raisedkountry @AntonioArellano @realDonaldTrump Unfortunately many supporters agree with him. They would say the same.
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@ChrisDo13718796 @DavidLammy @zarahsultana Chris, do you think you should delete this. You're clearly "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Which under the IHRA definitions is AS.
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@AmazingInsights @lotsofadhd The 'war' on drugs is designed to improve the funding of drug enforcement and increase the profits of drug dealers. Believe it or not, making guns harder to obtain, reduces shootings, but I suspect logical thinking isn't your forte.
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@JohnAmaechi The 'apology' lamented the reaction and the damage to Clarkson's reputation. He has sympathy for one person.
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@campbellclaret @theresa_may @sajidjavid @Jeremy_Hunt Did you miss all the years when Hunt screwed over the NHS and May created the 'hostile environment'? And both enthusiastically supported austerity? I suppose it didn't affect you so you aren't bothered.
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@Sarahsimmons4 @drmdsmith Not sure that would fill a young defendant with confidence, to see a jury all in their 70s.
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@TedUrchin @StuartS34779380 The Starmer who has thrown the Muslim population under a bus and undermined the speaker? The man who scuppered his candidate in Rochdale once he realised he'd lose? That Starmer?
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@AkanKwaku 'She's worked all her life.' She's 22 and a graduate. That's literally 1 year.
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@EsheruKwaku And the biggest shame is, she's indoctrinating her granddaughter. These are people I grew up with and I was hoping that when we die out these attitudes would go with them.
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@mermaidwrites I don't think anyone is saying that. But if you're going to write a character whose experience is outside yours, make sure you do it well. Don't use lazy tropes and caricatures. This is a good article.
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@mikeysmith So, all those claiming benefits but working a few hours will be let off? Or is it only posh people who get a pass?
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@oflynnsocial You're completely wrong, again. Veterans are prioritised for housing. Asylum seekers can't access council housing. Do a bit of research before spouting off in public.
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#UK for Lady(?) Susan Hussey… you started this shit, now you owned it. #WhereAreYouReallyFrom ?
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@PropertySpot A cross between Harry Enfield's 'Tim Nice But Dim' and 'Father Jack'.
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Horrifying that the most common age of Israeli victims killed in Gaza during the first twenty days of this invasion is 5, followed by 3. Yet, we're told most of them were Hamas terrorists.
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After some digging, this is the original source: A data analysis on those murdered between Oct 7th - 26th, carried out by Norwegian newspaper ‘VG.’ The death toll has since doubled, but with schools repeatedly targeted, I see no reason this would drastically change.
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The Parent Pack We share this every year. There is a child in both photos in the same position with a different colour coat on. Really important when choosing winter clothes. Pic credit: Christian Thomas
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@GBNEWS How to tell us you're a dreadful boss. 25% of sickness occurs on 20% of working days. Wow, shocking! Is it because people ill at at the end of the week struggle on? People get to Friday evening drained and they limp through the weekend. Often, they've not recovered by Monday.
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@implausibleblog @divadarlings1 When you're a tory minister and even Fiona Bruce is taking the piss, you know you're really crap.
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@KevinPascoe @vamroses Excellent. Some of the parents didn't seem to like it. Tough.
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Still wondering if a face mask is worth wearing?
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@SkyeCity_ We should follow the example of this 'Extreme Marxist' government
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@Sleazebuster Funnily enough, that reflects our household, but I haven't really noticed all these adverts you're so angry about. In fact, I don't think I've ever got angry about the ethnicity of anyone in an advert. Why would anyone who's not a racist be bothered?
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@Kellie_jw74 @TobyonTV I'm sorry, that's too milky. Try again.
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@DeanIvy3 @GaryLineker Dean, why would they pay thousands to come here for £40 a week in the first place? If they're "benefit shopping" they should say in France and get over £50 a week, cheaper bills and save the thousands. Not sure you've thought this through, genius.
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@welshindynow @spaceangel1964 Seen people praising tories for the foodbanks - we had none under Labour - and criticising anyone who wants to do away with them.
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@pascalhansen78 @LAbdelaaty Thanks for confirming your prejudices.
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@pixiesheena @DPJHodges The government asked retired staff to come back - at great risk to their lives - because they'd run down the NHS. They asked for volunteers because they've destroyed social services. The people who volunteered should be applauded, not the government.
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Captain foresight?
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Email to Labour Party members this morning from Jeremy Corbyn. More common sense and understanding than every Johnson press conference so far on #coronavirus
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@Trubshawe1 @hzeffman Just hoping China don't invoke the Opium Wars.
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@Peston Is there something wrong with your Twitter account? It seems to have a time lag of several weeks. This is another question which a serious journalist would have asked long ago.
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@TCArt0 @AnnamdevlinGma2 @DiamondLife2018 @JamesMelville You're using facts again Tracie. It always confuses Brexiters.
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@Peston One of the culprits.
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@cernusson @paulrob91017199 But the threat of homelessness would then disappear and people might then become justifiably outraged at having to pay so much for accommodation.
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@doctor_oxford Rachel, this was the same in 1983. It was horrible then and will be awful now. But we have to keep fighting. Johnson doesn't have the intellect or stomach for the job. We have to be ready for when he falters.
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@AdrianEdmondson @Stephenhasatuna She did well to recognise him. I wouldn't have known he was health secretary without the caption. I didn't realise we still had one.
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@DauphinRattle @WritesBright We make weapons and enable tax avoidance. Not a great CV.
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@helenmallam Is Hamas running the market stalls using stolen fresh produce? Why would they need to steal the food if there was no shortage? Israel supporters don't even bother having logical lies because they've got away with it for so long.
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@AyoCaesar Politicians confuse low paid with low skill. In the same way they confuse high pay - themselves - with high skill.
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@JamesCleverly Looking at the time you posted this, I'm assuming you did it after a liquid lunch in one of the subsidised bars in the HOC. The only reason this won't make you go down in people's estimation is because you're already at rock bottom.
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@bakedpotato106 @itranslate123 I'm also waiting for an answer to: What is Israel's endgame? What are they trying to achieve? If it looks like ethnic cleansing, and sounds like ethnic cleansing...
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@JujuliaGrace Alan Johnson continues to disappoint. His review was an exercise in self-justification. He did little/nothing to reverse the creeping privatisation of the service. It was telling that he also favourably reviewed a book about the NHS from a Spectator journalist in the same piece.
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@Tamarindos9 @lickedspoon She's a Londoner and said so. Read the transcript and tell me if you'd be happy to be interrogated this way. I wouldn't.
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@AriaaJaeger @DKHundt1 This was my sister at a similar age.
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@graceblakeley One of my beliefs is we should always stand up to bullies, whatever their politics, and always speak out against racism. I'm sure you don't mean to suggest we let it slide because the victim comes from a privileged background, but that's what it's sounding like.
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@remittancegirl All they're doing is stopping safe abortion for all but the wealthy. The people pushing this will be able to pay for their girlfriend/daughters to get one.
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@Kmahoney456 @FlorenceHRScott @nminow It can't be much more than 80 or 90 years since women played guitar in public.
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@implausibleblog @divadarlings1 These extremists demanding peace for everyone will destroy the armaments industry. Won't anyone think of the shareholders?
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@Miss_Snuffy Can you explain the difference between the welcome refugees from Ukraine have had compared to that given to Syrians or even Afghanis, many of whom helped us during the ill fated war in their country?
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@JamesMelville Every country has problems, but to deny the fact that tens of thousands of EU based drivers leaving has had an impact, is deluded. We were short of drivers before they left.
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@MichaelRosenYes Plus these changes.
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@PhilSaltash @DrJamesKent3 Peston is "roasting the government"? What a strange take. He's pushing the government line that these antibody tests will be a 'game changer' when, as the professor pointed out, they will be nothing of the sort.
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@ValerieGoldst17 @Resist_05 Is protesting and speaking your mind illegal in the US, the "home of the free"?
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@Jest_Iris But if someone just said, 'I'm an owl' I'd assume they can swivel their heads through 360 degrees, eat mice and regurgitate the food they can't digest in the form of a pellet.
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@ShoaibMKhan @Alfie2604 They were 'economic migrants' which is the accusation most often thrown at refugees by anti-immigrant groups who cheer her rhetoric.
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@LozzaFox And firefighters wear masks because we're not selfish, entitled wan*ers and care about others. "Man who posts images of himself 'heroically' entering a shop without wearing a mask, accuses others of virtue signalling."
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@PeterStefanovi2 @maitlis Is that the same @maitlis who introduced Corbyn as Voldemort, sat in front of a mocked up image of him in a Russian hat in front of St Basils Cathedral and accused Dominic Greave of letting the country down by enabling a Corbyn government?
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@IanMaher7 @Peston @pritipatel Peston lives in a parallel universe where he doesn't appear to know anything negative about ministers. The rest of us know that Patel is incapable of answering questions and just regurgitates phrases she thinks will satisfy the right wing press.
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@posiekins @SkyNews @YannyBruere @SadiqKhan Pretty obvious he expected and hoped to be denied permission so he could deliver this 'speech'.
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@shakkazulu @umpteenthtym I agree bad leadership is a huge problem, but many of the companies that control Africa's wealth are a hangover from colonialism.
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@stand_for_all 'I'm in favour of free-markets.' 'Not those ones.'
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@Lirabyss @efaakelly The guys marching are members of a protestant group celebrating the massacre of Catholics and want NI to remain British. The sight of an Irish flag causes their brains to implode and makes them want to kill more Catholics. Something like that.
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@realAllanSiegel @QudsNen Yet you continue to do so. You Israeli supporters will try to justify any atrocity.
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@bohemiantoo @C0N5T1TUT10N @19hassan49 @BBCAfrica Gaddafi was proposing a Pan-African currency, which would reduce African reliance on $. This was his greatest "crime".
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@RichardJMurphy Richard, we're of a similar age. Remind me how many times you've been stopped by the police for no reason. How many times did gangs of skinheads chase you. How often did bus drivers refuse to let you on. My grandfather was Irish, but that's not why those things happened to me.
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@SenateandHouse @DailyMailUK They're not "illegal aliens", They're asylum seekers.
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This seems a bit harsh, but not totally surprising.
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@chrismcg21 @ErdmuteD @BBCr4today And those that survive will struggle even more because everyone will have less money to spend.
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@_RP_77 @nicsadventure @BiffaBacon1 He doesn't but plenty with more, do nothing to help others. Can't people celebrate his generosity without attacking him for his wealth. At least he hasn't directly exploited people to amass his wealth, as far as I know.
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