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Jim Pickard πŸ‹

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Deputy Political Editor, Financial Times: Political Journalism team award 2019 (Corbyn’s Labour) & 2021 (Greensill Capital)

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Rishi Sunak is asked what the government is going to do about non-doms, for some reason he doesn’t answer the question

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the Corbyn line from Sunak would be somewhat more effective if Keir Starmer hadn’t defenestrated the hard left within the Labour Party machinery, stripped Corbyn of the whip and driven thousands of left-wingers out of the party en masse

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If rich countries are really going to help poorer countries pay for climate change action, what will it look like? Here's the first global experiment in South Africa. This is how it's going: ft.com/content/3c6495…

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someone on LBC just made the point that Hancock debasing himself on a reality show is less questionable than MPs having second jobs at banks, oil companies, etc because at least there’s no conflict of interest

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I guess this was only a matter of time but still, ROFL.

Boris Johnson to be a keynote speaker at the 'International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements'
benzinga.com/z/29482439#.Y2… via @benzinga

I guess this was only a matter of time but still, ROFL. Boris Johnson to be a keynote speaker at the 'International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements' benzinga.com/z/29482439#.Y2… via @benzinga
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Our one hope is that Matt Hancock constantly loses the entire camp precious food during the challenges he will inevitably be voted for until tensions reach a Lord of the Flies style crescendo and Sue Cleaver from Coronation Street pushes a boulder from a cliff onto his head

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Fair to say Matt Hancock's local Conservative Association is unimpressed. Andy Drummond, deputy chairman (political) of West Suffolk Conservative Association, told PA Media: 'I’m looking forward to him eating a kangaroo’s penis. Quote me. You can quote me that.”

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Having campaigned against PAID-FOR scam ads for years, I'm concerned at rumours Twitter will turn the verified into a paid-for option.

Scammers, shysters, criminals are likely to be happy to pay for, and manipulate this, for a veneer of legitimacy.

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- Lula won 50.89 per cent of the vote versus 49.11 for Bolsonaro after a cliffhanger three-hour count

- Lula wins Brazil presidential election in historic comeback

ft.com/content/979d9f…

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