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🎥 Producer for @Channel4News Foreign Unit 📺 Via France24 | ITV News | BBC Newsnight 🗣️ Views are my own

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Freddie Gower
5 months
❗️A mysterious new zombie drug is ravaging the young generation in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱Myself and @JamalMOsman went to Freetown to see the impact of Kush first-hand 🦴The latest twist: people mixing the drug with ground-up human bones 👇Full story #kush
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5 years
Leaving an uncovered bowl of pickled eggs in the work fridge is quite an aggressive thing to do
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@FormulaGe Demonstrators tell @Channel4News that even when the bill is passed, it’s far from the end of the story. They see this as an existential fight, and they’re not going away until the government changes course, or is removed. @Mikiashvili_M @paraicobrien
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5 years
Is it sinister to read Mein Kampf on the Piccadilly line? Genuine question
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3 years
Can confirm Joe and his McCoys are now safe
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2 years
What a privilege to share a newsroom with this incredible man on his last day. In the time I’ve worked for @Channel4News it’s been clear to see how Jon’s humanity and decency influence everyone around him. No ego, pure class. He’ll be so missed.
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5 years
@robfuller91 @MrHarryCole This tweet has honestly made my day
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4 years
@Tim_Cahill @roadto2022 Tim you're one of my favourite former players so I'm quite saddened you've chosen to be the face of a project which has seen migrants working in slave-like conditions. Please read up on what some vulnerable people have endured to make this a reality
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There’s a way out of every bad situation life can throw at you. There’s nothing that can’t be fixed, with time and right people around you. Depression is an illness for which there are highly effective treatments. I really hope El's story can help someone
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@Freddie_G7
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6 years
Feels so weird to be producing @Matthew_Wright last ever show!! End of an era !! #wrightstuff
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5 years
Why is Kate Winslet so shocked and upset that all her ancestors are dead??! Presented with a death record “oh no, another death!” Yes Kate, all these people were born in the 19th century #BBCOne
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2 years
Showing @jonsnowC4 the programme’s end slate after he came off air last night
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7 years
@Nigel_Farage surely being a career diplomat would make you the ideal candidate to head up crucial diplomatic negotiations?
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1 year
Less than a year ago, myself @paraicobrien and @FlavianCharuel met Yeva in a refugee centre in Ukraine, where she read us her diary. Today, I watched her deliver a Ted talk in perfect English, and got her to sign my copy of the diary, which has been translated into 17 languages!
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Marseille is in the grip of a brutal turf war between rival drug gangs. Myself, @RiaChatter and @FlavianCharuel were granted rare access to a gang in the city’s deprived northern quarters. Watch our full story here, edited by @SophieL_T 👇
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7 years
@SpursOfficial This man is the best thing to happen to Spurs in my lifetime
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@Freddie_G7
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5 years
PERSONAL NEWS: Moving to Paris at the start of September to work for @FRANCE24 ! In the market for Paris recommendations/ farewell drinks 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
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@DPJHodges The only thing that’s nuts is sleepwalking into a climate disaster and doing nothing about it. Well done to these kids for making their voices heard and doing what their parent’s generation seems incapable of - seeing the bigger picture
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4 years
It’s sad but this is how I get my kicks, writing this kind of strap
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Stray dogs of Tblisi: a thread
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This week in news
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3 years
What an evening, what a team! Here’s me sweating my way through four and a half hours of live output of the #BidenHarrisInauguration via @HayaHaddad7 World class coverage from @markowenf24 @FrancoisF24 @ketgorjestani @dougf24 @cntrentF24 @lemasurierjess
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@ketgorjestani @JoeBiden @Selina_Sykes @alexjourno @lemasurierjess @WeActRadio @FrancoisF24 "I feel like there's a ray of hope" Our senior reporter @cntrentf24 is at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, talking to some members of the public about the #inauguration ⤵️
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5 years
@SundayTimesFood @One_Angry_Chef This article assumes vegans are solely motivated by health benefits and does nothing to refute the moral + environmental benefits veganism brings
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6 years
Have to say #SU2C on @Channel4 is properly, properly good TV 👏👏👏 escpially the Danny/i Dyers doing gogglebox, so much better than Comic Relief. Donating
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3 years
@RivkahBrown 100%. Economically to the left but culturally so far to the right. See also, Macron's interior minister Darmanin saying on TV he's shocked when he sees foreign food in the supermarket
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@AaronBastani Tbf impressive from the Tories to win Davidson over from UKIP. And all it took was for them to steer their party massively to the right
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5 years
Just produced my last ep of @JeremyVineOn5 . Such a great show and a great team. Now on to @FRANCE24 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
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5 years
@piersmorgan @Ofcom Also @Ofcom doesn’t regulate twitter
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2 years
Nobody wanna see us together
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5 years
Excited to be working on the @Channel4News Tory leadership debate. Important times - we’re live in 15 minutes #ToryLeadershipElection
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4 months
🇵🇰 We’re in Pakistan, where the run-up to tomorrow’s election has been marked with deadly violence and an unprecedented crackdown on Imran Khan’s PTI party 🗳️ With Khan and many of his allies in jail, we’ve been finding out how his party are fighting back Tonight @Channel4News
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In Pakistan's elections, amidst an intense crackdown on Imran Khan's party, some of his candidates are contesting from prison We met a 17 year old girl campaigning on behalf of her jailed mother Aliya Hamza More to follow tomorrow: @ibmhere @SuhaibZuberi @Freddie_G7
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4 years
@GuidoFawkes @piersmorgan The post you've circled says March 10th?
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4 years
Oh my god
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4 years
Wow. 👀
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4 years
@MediaGuido Bold of you to claim medics are lying about the tough conditions they’re facing in order to score political points? Do you dispute what they’re saying on any ground other than disliking their politics?
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@MrNiallMcGarry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @PremierLeague Goals + Assists by the age of 22: ⚪️ Dele Alli: 64 🔵 Frank Lampard: 33 🔴 Paul Scholes: 18 🔴 Steven Gerrard: 13
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6 years
Produced my last ep of @JeremyVineOn5 today for the time being, four years after starting on The Wright Stuff as a runner. MAD. So glad I got @OwenJones84 as a guest at the very last oppurtunity.
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5 years
Story of your life @StormHuntley
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Potentially the most hungover I’ve ever been in my life and my Air bnb host - a 60-year-old lady - just walked into my bedroom unannounced, woke me up, opened the curtains and started tidying up my things and and asking what I got up to last night. Sooo brutal
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2 years
@PedderSophie France is the destination for Charles’ first state visit as King…
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6 years
Ashurbanipal at the @britishmuseum was quality. As brutal near-eastern rulers go, he was definitely up there. Cyrus the Great will always be my number 1 tho
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2 years
@StuartNorval nice to see you welcoming me back to the U.K. at St Pancras - looking very dapper!
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5 years
You can see EVERYTHING in London from the bell tower at @StMarysE17 in Walthamstow, including Ally Pally, Crystal Palace, QE2 Bridge, Olympic Park and most important of all the @SpursOfficial stadium
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Love some of the stuff I overhear from the pub garden below my window. “It really fucks me off how Cat Deeley doesn’t sound Brummy anymore” Imagine being fucked off by that. With everything that’s going on in the world. Cat Deeley
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5 years
YESSSS ❤️ @ShaunWilliamson what a legend
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3 years
Every day I wish my brother had talked about his mental health. Charities like @PAPYRUS_tweets save lives, and if you’re able to donate to them please do. And thanks to his lovely friends for doing this ❤️
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10 months
Pleased to be able to share this piece I’ve been working on with @JamalMOsman We went to Malawi to see how lack of palliative care impacts those with terminal illnesses - a reality for a huge number of people globally Grateful to those who shared their stories with us
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2 years
Filming in my beautiful Canterbury for @Channel4News with @ameliaajenne and @topshoulder
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4 years
#TroyExhibition @britishmuseum was excellent, sucker for a tote bag me
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4 years
@SpursOfficial not loading, is it the Damião announcement???
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4 years
This is like when Tory HQ changed to FactCheckUK and declared Boris winner of the debate
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4 years
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR "ALBUM OF THE DECADE". IT IS OF COURSE "TASTY TUNES" BY RACHEL STEVENS FEATURING THE HIT SONGS "VEG HOKEY COKEY", "YUMMY, YUMMY, YUM" and "EAT TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD". @MsRachelStevens @EllasKitchenUK @EllasKitchen
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2 years
POTUS in Camden!
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3 years
It’s been genuinely heartbreaking to hear from people like Janet who are losing their social care due to staff shortages. From Monday, she doesn’t know how she’ll physically get out of bed in the morning. Tonight on @Channel4News
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Meet Yeva, a 12-year-old refugee from Kharkiv who began writing a book the day the war started. It’s called War Through The Eyes Of Children. One of the many remarkable people we’ve met here. Our latest piece, from the town of Uzhhorod @paraicobrien @FlavianCharuel @zakowiecki
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Inside a refugee centre on the Ukraine border we met one 12-year-old who is writing an account of Russia's invasion. More than 1.3 million people have now fled Ukraine. @paraicobrien reports from the country.
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4 years
UK health secretary publishes his Coronavirus response behind a paywall. Bravo
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NEWS: My Telegraph article on the next stage of our #coronavirus plan: We must all do everything in our power to protect lives
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@camillalong Oh dear 😂 impressive to be able to lose all credibility in one tweet
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5 years
Just putting it out there...I think this Coleen/ Rebekah thing is potentially the most exhilarating news story I’ve ever lived through
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2 years
“Send help.” That was this Ukrainian lady’s message to the West, after fleeing Lviv with her two children and crossing to Poland on foot. Tonight on @Channel4News @paraicobrien #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineConflict
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4 years
@AnthonyJ_48 @MediaGuido Ahhh yes. So the pregnant nurse who died this week -- do you reckon she just did it to make the Tories look bad?
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4 years
If we can get 6,500 100-year-olds to do 100 laps each of their garden we can basically pay for HS2.
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5 years
29-years-old. This woman is incredible. She’ll be in the Oval Office one day #aoc #CohenHearing #CohenTestimony
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2 years
Great to be back in Paris for the #Presidentielle2022
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5 years
The circle of life
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South Africa: Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions
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6 years
First half marathon (at the beautiful Dorney lake) was unreal. Happy with 1:48 - next time will be 1:30 tho 🙏 (well done Kieron for smashing me by ten minutes)
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9 years
Richard III...wow. Can't believe he's gone
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5 years
A superhuman
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5 years
The moment Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in World Championships HISTORY 🙌
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5 years
Love how on Dinner Date they put the recipes online, As if someone might want to make that shite they serve up
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Here’s our piece after a dramatic day here in #Tblisi where protesters battered the gates of parliament, while MPs brawled inside. The Russian-style ‘foreign influence’ bill has now been passed by lawmakers. @paraicobrien @Worldwidewebb1
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4 years
@JuliaHB1 Yes because non-Schengen countries like Iran, South Korea and the USA are famously coronavirus-free....
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We’re in #Tblisi where thousands of protesters have gathered once again outside the parliament. They’re determined to block the Russian-style ‘foreign influence’ bill which puts Georgia’s EU accession in jeopardy.
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4 years
Every frame of #NormalPeople could be printed and hung on a wall. The director and DP have done such a beautiful job
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2 years
Big day
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3 years
Today has been by the far the most challenging and upsetting day I’ve had working for @Channel4News . The complete political failure and disregard for human lives that has lead to this shames us all.
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The French interior minister has said four people have been arrested after 31 people died in the English Channel after their boat sank.
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3 years
It was so great to have @philippesands as our guest on @FRANCE24 this morning. An incredible true story that spans past and present. And a brilliant story teller. Cannot recommend The Ratline podcast highly enough, soon to be available in French.
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3 years
On mornings like this I won’t hear a word against London
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5 years
Finally beat the man with the pushchair at Parkrun. What a result
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@theJeremyVine @StormHuntley This is traditional Glasgow etiquette - food over a bin, drink over a scrunched up copy of the morning Herald
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Naqsh-Rustam, Iran. Burial place of the Kings of Persia, Darius I, Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I. Beautiful #classics http://t.co/MFWzNTiOAG
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Our piece last night from the Ukraine/ Slovakia border
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Paraic O'Brien
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The border crossing barrier with Ukraine that cuts families in half. Thanks you for all your feedback on this produced by @Freddie_G7
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First time at #Latitude filming with @wolfalicemusic and @Hot_Chip for @Channel4News . Big time pole-wielding from @MinnieStephC4
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This is majestic
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Gemma Collins 😂😂😂
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@KTHopkins Katie, flu kills more people here than Muslims do. Government is actually doing something about the flu problem, why not support it?
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Well it wasn’t to be this time, but what a journey to the final and really proud of the team for making us dream big And the great thing about football is THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT SEASON #COYS
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Macron’s soirée kicked off with One More Time by Daft Punk. Relief rather than joy here.
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Welcome to the EU. This child is being welcomed by Hungarian officials at Zahony train station this morning. Roughly the 2 millionth Ukrainian to flee their country. #C4News #Ukraine
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5 years
Don’t think I’ve ever watched an episode of Dad’s Army without it being completely drowned out by my family’s discussion of which cast members are still alive
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The devastating civil war in Sudan has largely been hidden from the eyes of the world. My colleagues @lindseyhilsum @Zahra_ZW and @munksoren gained rare access to areas close to the frontline, and heard the testimony of those affected by the violence. Here’s their report 👇
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Inside Sudan: An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe
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5 years
Well done @StormHuntley - hosting the show this morning did AMAZING!!!
@JeremyVineOn5
Jeremy Vine & Storm Huntley on 5
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‼️ Beware the Carole Malone death stare! ‼️ @TheCaroleMalone | @StormHuntley | @mattjohnsons | @William_Njo
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5 years
I think on some level we can all relate to that
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@JeremyVineOn5 Her word - and the word of several other women
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3 years
@FootballJOE George Frideric Handel composed it for the coronation of King George II in 1727. This guy just changed the words
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Let's do it
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3 years
Powerful talk by @ChimamandaReal on grief @southbanklondon . What a wonderful writer she is
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5 years
My new roomie ❤️ je l’aime
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@FraserNelson Disingenuous and a straw man. The reason people are criticising Boris is not because he critiqued Islamd but because he chose to use inflamatory language (when none was required) to give a nod to genuinely hateful elements of the electorate and boost his leadership ambitions
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If you wanna get tested in the US: be a tiger
@BNOFeed
BNO News
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BREAKING: Bronx Zoo says one of its tigers has tested positive for coronavirus
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#Gogglebox is just the best reality show ever made. Will not hear a word against this format
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@barneyronay Hearing the POV of the people around him is great. Plus on a surface level just watching the archive of someone at the top end of human athletic performance (with a great soundtrack) is a winner. As a complete newcomer to basketball, it’s made me appreciate the sport
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@JOE_co_uk @FootballJOE Weird that no other white Irish players get the same abuse 🤔
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2 years
We need to normalise not being at Glastonbury
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Don’t normally take photos with guests but had to make an exception for this man. Big Sam - a pleasure #wrightstuff
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