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🇯🇵Japan
Population: 126m
COVID19 deaths: 624
🇬🇧UK
Population: 66m
COVID19 deaths: 31,855
This is staggering by any estimation.
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Watch Trump and Obama greet the same couple. V different styles.
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I asked
@MichaelGove
if it was True or False the Conservatives were building 40 new hospitals and got this response👇
“What you're doing…is mounting a rigorous left-wing case for a particular political point of view.”
Michael Gove responds to
@C4Ciaran
asking him whether the Conservatives will build six or 40 new hospitals.
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A wise person once told me if you don’t challenge lies and obfuscation, call out prejudice and racism, you’re not a journalist, you’re a microphone stand.
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Spot our closest ally..
🇫🇷More than ever at Britain's side
🇩🇪Resolutely at Britain's side
🇮🇹We stand together
🇺🇸London Mayor pathetic
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Approval ratings for next PM:
-18% Sajid Javid
-19% David Davis
-21% Dominic Raab
-23% Amber Rudd
-35% Boris Johnson
-45% Michael Gove
(Source: YouGov. Yes, they are all minuses.)
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This is Catherine Sweeney from Dumbarton. A care worker who died from Coronavirus on April 4. Her family said she dedicated 20 years of her life to supporting the most vulnerable in society.
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Edinburgh protest outside St Giles Cathedral where The Queen lies at rest.
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Liz Truss has just told a Tory Leadership hustings that ‘the best thing to do with
@NicolaSturgeon
is to ignore her’.
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1.5 million have fled Ukraine.
Priti Patel says 10,000 have applied for UK visas.
50 have been approved so far.
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Important detail: I was told I could only ask Jeremy Corbyn *one* question.
"Do you honestly believe that Britain is better off outside of the EU?"
That was the question Channel 4 News asked Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn six times.
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Formerly straight A pupil from a deprived area who ended up with Cs and Ds:
‘Somehow I’ve failed an exam I didn’t sit.’
I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
and
@JohnSwinney
why poorest pupils’ results were downgraded so much more than the best well off.
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It’s no longer on the front pages, but you should know the elderly are STILL dying in tragic numbers in our care homes.
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Should the next Prime Minister be someone who can't spell 'independence'?
There will be no second referendums on my watch - not on Scottish Independance and not on EU membership. I respect the result of referendums!
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FIVE times I asked
@Douglas4Moray
to spell out the democratic path to holding
#indyref2
@Channel4News
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Could you start by having your handlers let us ask you more than one question?
We need to set journalists and citizens free to hold power to account, by breaking the grip of tech giants and billionaires on our media.
#ChangeTheMedia
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Theresa May says she will 'stand up for Britain'. If only there were some immediate opportunity for her to demonstrate this...
Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his "no reason to be alarmed" statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!
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Bit of a gift to sketch writers at the Tory conference where there is literally a barrier to opportunity. (Photo:
@Labour4EU
)
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I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
about Katie Dolatowski - a transgender woman with a record of sexual offences against girls who was sent to a women's prison last year:
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Something odd is happening..
Never have so many people approached me in the real world to thank
@Channel4News
for its coverage.
Big thanks💕to you all for watching and do tune in for
#C4AltElection
tonight with
@Rylan
@krishgm
myself and others.
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For those worried about Fatima she’s almost certainly not called Fatima and almost certainly will never work in cyber. The image is from a US photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Not essential: Baby Clothes
Essential: Vodka (bottom right)
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Need cheer? Here’s
@jonsnowC4
showing why he’s the perfect ‘anchor’ for Sea Shanty Tik Tok..
@Channel4News
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Honoured to present
@Channel4News
for the first time this week with two of my news heroes
@jonsnowC4
and
@krishgm
At school in 🏴 this would have seemed like the stuff of fantasy! If you feel that way, wherever you’re from, don’t ever be afraid to ask for advice.
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Note:
🔥Trump did not fire Flynn
🔥Trump did fire the woman who warned him about Flynn
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One of the biggest cheers in Rishi Sunak's speech was his pledge to deliver an "A1 upgrade" (with scrapped HS2 funds).
Is this a new announcement?
No.
In fact, the story of the A1 upgrade under successive Conservative Prime Ministers truly is remarkable..🧵
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Came across this quote from
@BarackObama
to the media at his final presidential press conference:
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Trump's day:
✔️Shoves Montenegro PM
✔️Yanks French President
✔️Calls Germany evil
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Have a peek at the newly re-named Queen Elizabeth Arms in Glasgow.
More on
@Channel4News
in a bit as we ask about public appetite for
#PlatinumJubilee
celebrations in Scotland.
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Japan has the oldest population in the world.
The UK is 24th.
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I keep hearing 'anti-establishment'. I keep seeing super-rich having time of their lives.
#inauguration
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‘Can you guarantee to the bereaved families that you will disclose emails, WhatsApps, private emails if you’ve been using them. Whatever. That nothing will be off limits in this inquiry?’
My question to
@NicolaSturgeon
August 2021
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Sure sounds like Obama just said to Bob Dole: "I bet he won't last long."
#Trump
#Inauguration
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This video features a nurse fighting tears with the implication she works for the NHS and wants ‘answers’ from
@NicolaSturgeon
In fact, the footage has been taken without permission from one of my TV reports and the woman is not an NHS nurse. She works in a private care home.
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Early test for new
@ScotTories
leader. If results debacle was a resignation issue in Scotland, why not England too?
Our schools build Scotland's future.
@JohnSwinney
and
@NicolaSturgeon
are letting pupils down. They are letting Scotland down.
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One mad Welshman bouncing around a Glasgow beer garden. Got some strange looks. What a performance. Anhygoel.
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Scot Burgess is the factory manager at Whitelink, a major Scottish seafood producer.
Single biggest challenge? ‘Labour shortage.’
Single biggest reason? ‘Brexit’.
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A whistleblower has told
@Channel4News
they fear Coronavirus is sometimes entirely left off death certificates in care homes and in the community, meaning the true number who die from the virus may never be properly recorded.
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Paying a *billion pounds* after someone implausibly does what you want - would probably look a lot like a bribe.
‘Ministers expect to funnel another £1bn into the province - but only after the deal passes, so it does not appear to be a bribe.’ -Sunday Times
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Just heard it reported on a news channel that the 'plan was to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda'.
That was not the plan.
The plan was to allow Rwanda to decide whether or not an asylum claim was valid.
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I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
if she could substantiate her remarks about some opponents of gender recognition reform being misogynistic, homophobic and racist?
Ms Sturgeon says she’s not suggesting opponents are ‘by definition badly motivated’ and was talking in ‘general terms’.
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CNN
Support 47%
Oppose 53%
Negative poll so fake news right?
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Before Brexit £1 was worth €1.3051
At Cardiff airport yesterday £1 got you €0.90
💷💶〽️
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Fox
Support 48
Oppose 42
Don't know 10
Positive poll so real news right?
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On Thursday, Mr Corbyn is giving a keynote lecture in Edinburgh on how ‘good journalism challenges the powerful and what is holding it back’.
Important detail: I was told I could only ask Jeremy Corbyn *one* question.
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I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
whether she has conducted an analysis of the economic consequences of independence
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After the interview we asked
@ScottishLabour
to back up this claim.
They were not able to point us to any statements from Anas Sarwar to that effect from March and April 2020.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar insists he spoke out about discharging patients into care homes in March and April last year.
@C4Ciaran
asks: “Are you sure?”
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@michaelgove
Michael Gove is not the Conservative Party leader.
However, we did interview him on
@Channel4News
last week and it was quite revealing 👇
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One frame from our Tory secretive call centre investigation I can't get out of my head 👇
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Buchanan Street Glasgow, midday Sunday, less than a month before Christmas 🎄
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It is becoming abundantly clear a certain number of people believe they voted to deport migrants already living in UK.
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🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴C’mon 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Any 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Other 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Home 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Nation 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴That 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴May 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Be 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Competing🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
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We asked the government to clarify or provide the data backing up
@RishiSunak
’s big claims on the expansion of
#NorthSea
oil and gas.
They did not.
They referred us instead to
@RishiSunak
’s comments today, in which he repeated those very claims.
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The policy of the official Leave Campaign was for a deal.
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JOB NEWS: After five wonderful years covering Scotland I am taking up a new Correspondent-Presenter role at the heart of our brand new Leeds studio. Super excited to be leading a new data specialism and absolutely thrilled to be joining the
@Channel4News
presenting team.
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Just heard a senior BBC interviewer use the term ‘illegals’.
That’s how pervasive this vocabulary is.
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Thank you very much, First Minister. (I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else so you’re stuck with my questions for a while yet!)
Scotland certainly is your home
@C4Ciaran
- and we are lucky to have you here (even if you do ask me tough questions!)
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An NHS trust in England has withdrawn its own guidance for doctors recording the cause of death after a legal challenge by
@GoodLawProject
The guidance said there was ‘no requirement to write COVID 19’ on medical certificates of cause of death.
#COVID19
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Glasgow bin men decide to sacrifice day’s pay and strike in solidarity with
#EqualPayGlasgow
women.
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@theresa_may
Gentle reminder that this is not a Presidential election. MPs are elected by and accountable to their constituents.
If I lose just six seats I will lose this election and Jeremy Corbyn will be sitting down to negotiate with Europe:
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Have been asking
@NicolaSturgeon
if she can evidence these claims. 👇
I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
if she could substantiate her remarks about some opponents of gender recognition reform being misogynistic, homophobic and racist?
Ms Sturgeon says she’s not suggesting opponents are ‘by definition badly motivated’ and was talking in ‘general terms’.
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On his recent visit to Scotland Boris Johnson gleefully reflected on Nicola Sturgeon’s challenging exchange with
@afneil
the night before.
He had no problem with the format then.
Johnson confirms he is rejecting Neil interview
Senior Con source: “The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. The format is tired and broken and needs to change if it is to start engaging and informing the public again.”
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Nicola Sturgeon says if you're coming from England to Scotland for reasons not deemed essential purposes you may be breaking the law.
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🇬🇧no hard border
🇮🇪ok..
🇬🇧no sea border
🇮🇪ok..
🇬🇧we want frictionless border
🇮🇪like now?
🇬🇧yes but different in some as yet uncertain way
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Nando’s, McDonald’s.. now fish.
The fishing industry is warning of supermarket seafood shortages because of a Covid and Brexit-related staffing crisis. 🧵..
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Scottish Conservatives campaigned to ‘send Nicola Sturgeon a message’. So far the message appears to be affirmative.
So far, with ten councils having declared, the results in Scotland are:
SNP: 38.7%
Brexit Party: 15.9%
Liberal Democrats: 12.3%
Conservatives: 12.1%
Labour: 9.1%
Greens: 7.1%
#EuropeanElection2019
#EuropeanElectionResults
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Around 40% of results were downgraded in England compared to roughly 25% in Scotland.
Early test for new
@ScotTories
leader. If results debacle was a resignation issue in Scotland, why not England too?
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EXCL: SNP Leadership candidate Ash Regan walks away when asked about comments from a key adviser who said Nicola Sturgeon was ‘up to her dark eyes’ in a ‘coverup’ in 2021.
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The legendary
@jonsnowC4
presents
@Channel4News
for the last time tonight. A superb journalist, unique communicator and an inspiration to so many of us.
‘One day when the tonguing is done we’ll take our leave and go.’
We’ll miss you so much Jon 💜
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Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump is 'obsessed' with him and should find 'other things to do'.
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"The £350m was an extrapolation. It was never total." -Iain Duncan Smith
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NEW: SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes tells me: ‘I don’t support self-identification.’
Big moment.
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Vile, weirdo, fucking moron, fud, arse, nasty little rat..
Some of the things I’ve been called following my interview with
@NicolaSturgeon
today. Oh and the old trope of me ‘not being Scottish’ enough.
I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
about the decision to discharge COVID positive and untested patients into care homes in Scotland, where 3,000 residents have died with Coronavirus
@Channel4News
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Donald Trump, Dec 2016:
“The unemployment number, as you know, is totally fiction.”
@realDonaldTrump
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Why did
@NicolaSturgeon
intervene last week over rapist Isla Bryson and not last year over sexual offender Katie Dolatowksi? 🎥👇
I asked
@NicolaSturgeon
about Katie Dolatowski - a transgender woman with a record of sexual offences against girls who was sent to a women's prison last year:
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Bombarded with complaints last week that we give Corbyn harder time than May— after asking him one question, which was all Labour Press would allow.
As
@MichaelLCrick
shows 👇 we’re ready for any senior politician on the rare occasions they actually allow us to interview them.
"Mrs Thatcher believed that Nelson Mandela was a terrorist...Did you think the same thing?"
@Theresa_May
is questioned by
@MichaelLCrick
about her stance on apartheid ahead of her visit to Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned.
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Is it premature to declare ‘apparent success’ when we don’t know how many tens of thousands of people have died from Covid-19 in the UK. Or whether we’re even counting them all.
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