Madeline Grant
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I like how Louis is considered too much of a loose cannon to have at the funeral. Not even 5 and already the Princess Margaret of his generation
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As wedding pictures go it doesn't get much better than Queen Victoria insisting on photobombing her son and his wife, by sitting between them wearing full mourning dress and staring at a bust of her dead husband
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1,500 drown during largely successful maiden voyage of the Titanic
27 police officers injured during largely peaceful anti-racism protests in London
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A depressingly large segment of society seems unable to get its head around the idea that we cannot be completely safe from covid-19, in the same way that we can never be entirely safe from cancer, road accidents and all the other horrible ways people die every minute of the day
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My beloved grandma died this morning, all out at 94 after an incredible innings. She meant the world to us, and I will miss her more than I can say
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Oh good grief my mum has gone and prepared an Easter egg hunt for my brother and me. We’re 28 and 26. There are no children staying with us 😬
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Presumably Justin Welby will also have to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury now, for contradicting Meghan's truth
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Love how the PM/Hancock congratulated Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and the Scilly Isles for managing to stay in Tier 1 today. Silly old the rest of us for not happening to live on an island, or in one of the most sparsely populated counties in the UK. Must do better next time!
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Suspect Beth Rigby has just swelled the ranks of Team Cummings by a few thousand
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I’m sure the wounded policewoman will be delighted to hear that the violence that hospitalised her was of a morally superior variety
Don't both sides this. They are not morally equivalent. The vandalism committed on Black Lives Matter protests, whether you approve of it or not, was in a campaign for equal rights for all. The violence today is for white supremacy.
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I might go for a jog in Islington wearing some Vote Leave merch or my Reagan/Bush '84 shirt to try and deflect some of the loons from Cummings's house. Anyone want to join? Safety in numbers
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Sensible decision by the BBC to rethink the proms a little. I don’t know about you, but when I hear Rule Britannia I get this terrible urge to hop aboard an 18th century frigate and wage war with the French so it’s probably for the best
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"I did not breach the social distancing guidance with that woman"
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Next up I want Kate Winslet’s advice on surviving a shipwreck and erasing all your memories after a bad relationship
Kate Winslet starred in the film Contagion about a hypothetical virus outbreak and gives tips on how to keep safe during the
#coronavirus
pandemic.
Get the latest
#COVID19
news here:
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Would be a sign of strength if we journos could get a bit better at admitting our mistakes too, showing our working and interrogating politicians in the spirit of inquiry rather than cheap gotchas
Why it would be a sign of strength if ministers could admit their Covid19 mistakes
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I think they’re getting the English Civil War mixed up with the slavery-related American one... It’s *almost* as if they know very little about the history they’re getting so irate about
A reminder that schools can’t reopen quickly enough
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After the murder of George Floyd, taking the knee went on at football matches for months and anyone not in favour of players doing this each week was branded a racist. Days after the murder of 1300 Israelis, English football won't even offer the simplest act of commemoration
The hypocrisy of English football again there for all to see. We had it with the armband in Qatar, and here it is again. Taking a knee was a brand management exercise, and nothing else.
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We would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky mainstream broadcasters which constantly invite us onto their shows
We can't rely on the mainstream media, which is stacked against us, to secure a victory for the left. We have to look for alternatives.
- Ash responds to the exit poll results.
#electionsesh
#UKElection
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The only people who get to decide whether Christmas gets ‘cancelled’ this year are you, your family, and possibly the White Witch from the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Certainly not the government
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Remember when the Lib Dems were the party of freedom, civil liberties, anti-surveillance, the inheritors of Gladstonian liberalism and authors of the Orange Book? Their descent into
#FBPE
and ritual bedwetting has been a profoundly depressing shift in UK politics
I've written to Kent Police asking them to investigate whether Nigel Farage has broken quarantine rules. He was in the USA on the evening of June 20th but was out and about earlier today.
Millions of people have had to abide by the rules, and he should as well.
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The Left is good at tearing down statues, the Right is good at winning elections
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I'm sorry but this is absolutely iconic from Princess Margaret. 10/10 Dursley behaviour
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Egypt loves Palestine so much it won’t open its border to Palestinians
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I had assumed the underground parties in lockdown would be 90s-style warehouse raves, but now I'm eagerly awaiting my first invitation to an illicit screening of Fawlty Towers or Gone with the Wind
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Rather than yet again giving over our national broadcaster to the pulpit of St Greta, why not commission a series where politicians and ministers are grilled on the practicalities of meeting the Net Zero target, and how much our taxes are expected to rise in order to pay for it?
BBC Studios’ Science Unit announces series with Greta Thunberg.
@bbcstudios
’ award winning Science Unit announces a brand new series with Swedish environmental activist
@GretaThunberg
at Showcase 2020 event.
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Sophia, you're shouting at food
I don’t actually need my fridge to be a UKIP advert, thanks, Morrison’s
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What on earth does Nadhim Zahawi have to gain from this? Weird decision, like grabbing the box of Celebrations when all that's left are a couple of Topic and Bounty and some mournful Milky Way wrappers
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Brilliant by
@Tom_Slater_
on the outrageous double-standards of Huw Edwards's media defenders. I'm old enough to remember when the press pack set up camp outside Dominic Cummings's house and intimidated his family for days. That was ok, apparently
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I always enjoy how Royals and eco-celebs float the idea of wearing your clothes multiple times as if they're the first to have thought of it
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Just me and my dog on my gaz-guzzling boat on a foreign holiday paid for with my hundreds of millions earnt from flying around the world driving gaz-guzzling cars for a living
(Love F1 but this is so un self-aware it defies belief)
Took the day off on Tuesday, a day for myself and no phone, no training, just me and Roscoe on the water. I had time to reflect on where we are in the world today, everyday I see something upsetting happening, people being abused, people suffering... /1
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I'm reminded of Christopher Hitchens here:
"You see how far the termites have spread, and how long and well they have dined."
Watch this.
Two presidents of IVY league universities were asked if calling for the genocide of Jews goes against the school’s rules.
You won’t believe their answers.
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Dunno about you, but when I go along to a peace rally I always bring my knife with me in case a beheading opportunity presents itself
I would like to thank the London
@metpoliceuk
who I believe saved my life from certain death on Saturday, when I was attacked by the supporters of terrorist organisations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic's IRGC. One of these pro-Palestinian protesters threatened
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Be proud Owen, this was the world you encouraged
There was no demand for this from anyone and all it will achieve is to provide fodder for bad faith actors to ridicule the growing movement against systemic racism.
@UKTV
should reverse a stupid decision.
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The sight of Alastair Campbell touring the studios as self-appointed national ethics adviser is akin to hearing of King Herod’s appointment as the new children’s commissioner
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Unpopular opinion: I think the PM has done the right thing here - not tinkering with rules/household numbers and spreading confusion at the final hour but stressing personal responsibility and considering how to minimise contacts/risks at gatherings etc. Working in the real world
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Would a British PM have pulled a stunt so deliberately insulting to a foreign leader as the stitch-up in Luxembourg? Let alone towards a longtime ally and contributor to EU finances? I rather doubt it.
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Turns out the slippery slope argument was actually a very good one
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Even if you agree with every word, this is blatant editorialising. The TV anchors I grew up watching did not feel the need to indulge in partisan monologues to get their point across - they opted for show rather than tell
.
@maitlis
: “Good evening. Dominic Cummings broke the rules. The country can see that and it’s shocked the government cannot.”
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All the people judging the EU in the comments here, are you honestly saying that you’ve never had a bit of an off-day at work and accidentally erected a hard border with Northern Ireland?
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No big deal, just the youth wing of the largest party in the NI assembly, openly celebrating the massacre of hundreds of innocent civilians by Islamist terrorists
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If vaccines are obligatory for nightclubs/big events (not just proof of negative test) why not for religious gatherings, weddings, pubs etc? Yes nightclubs are an easy first target since no one cares about young but once the principle accepted it'll be harder to resist everywhere
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When I was at school the playground bullies also targeted me for not having a peerage
Dawn Butler suggests that the Tory Party not giving John Bercow a peerage could be “a form of bullying too”
@RidgeOnSunday
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New column: the double-think of the woke elite blinds them to their own ridiculousness
How else could Cambridge University and the Booker Prize claim to be defending free speech, while simultaneously cancelling people they disagree with?
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Just nipping outside to collect a pint of milk and the omicron variant
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There is something totalitarian about the fact that we're supposed to sit back and pretend this is normal, when it's hard to imagine a cruder, more flagrant example of injustice. Echoes of "Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia"
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I will vote for any politician who promises to stop using the phrase “Build Back Better”
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Such upsetting news about the Sycamore Gap. It's the senselessness of it that gets me – centuries of history brought to an end by some utter prick with a chainsaw. What would compel someone to do this? Unfathomable
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Nihilistic little turds. No respect, no values. Who is bringing up these kids - or rather not bringing them up? My mother would have absolutely pulverised me for behaving like this
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Cannot wait for the reaction when Prince Harry discovers there's a second amendment 🍿
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We did this in Year 11
This map has been hidden from you all your life. This is how they carved up Africa
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No one should be fined or arrested for organising a peaceful protest. This is Britain, not Cuba or East Germany. Why do so few seem to care that our government can suddenly behave like this & rule on whether relatives can embrace each other? It’s sickening
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Break the goddam rule of six. Don't leave elderly relatives isolated unless that's their wish. Take precautions depending on your circumstances
It's absurd and terrible that our govt is ruling on such things, And if millions say 'no', what on earth are they going to do about it?
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No biggie, just open calls for genocidal destruction of the Jewish state on our capital city's public transport networks
Scream out "Smash the Zionist settler state" on the train. In case they weren't loud enough someone brought a drum.
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Major scoop from the BBC. I'm also hearing from my sources that drunk people are more likely to form questionable romantic attachments and buy a really awful kebab on the way home
Coronavirus: 'Crystal clear' drunk people will not socially distance
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True heroism. I really hope there'll be a proper plaque or memorial to this wonderful man on London Bridge 🙏
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Like that ex-boyfriend who still sends bitchy texts years after you dumped them
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Oh come on, if it wasn't for JK Rowling, they'd have barely made it onto Holby City. Even on the most optimistic scenario we're looking at a minor Midsomer Murders character who gets taken out by a combine harvester within the first 20 minutes
The tremendous trio will be reniting on our screens: that's Harry Potter himself a.k.a. Daniel Radcliffe, flanked by our very own Hermione (Emma Watson, natch) and Ron (played by Rupert Grint).
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Thankfully, the far-Left Twitter cesspit isn’t reflective of this wonderful country. Millions of people went to bed hoping and praying that the PM pulls through. Get well soon, Boris, and thanks for all you’ve done for us 🙏🏻
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IMO, the strongest argument for the licence fee was that we don’t want UK news to go the way of Fox/CNN, and need a genuinely impartial outlet. However if they’ve already got to that point with blatant activism and editorialising then why on earth should taxpayers foot the bill?
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I thought there was something strangely familiar about the junior Karen in this video, and then I realised she has exactly the same mockney accent the champagne socialists at my nice private school used to put on too...
Look & listen to the scrotes bullying these kids who are cleaning up the mess left behind by protests...and the scrotes think they’re morally superior.
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Brexit-deranged comedians are now Britain's biggest bores
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One of the funnier bits of BBC comedy I've seen recently
The BBC is getting worse. They invite guests on only to repeatedly interrupt and speak over them.
@SteveBakerHW
held his own here, but interviewees shouldn’t have to face this level of rudeness, and it doesn’t make interesting TV.
#DefundTheBBC
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Can't wait for the pubs to reopen so we can all stop drinking so much
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This is appalling and totally beyond their remit. Could have serious consequences for Darren, though probably none for the BBC staffers currently smearing him and twisting his words. This isn’t trivial stuff. I’m making a complaint and I hope others will join me
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The last few weeks have left me genuinely wondering whether the BBC has a death wish. My Sunday column on the national broadcaster and its baffling priorities
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No, I was a die-hard
#FBPE
Remainer until Ivan handed me that briefcase full of roubles on Waterloo Bridge that fateful day
Brexiteers...were you influenced to Vote Leave by social media?
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Happy birthday to Timothy Dalton – the most underrated Bond; perhaps the best Bond ever. The fact that he only got two outings remains a terrible missed opportunity. He also did the edgy Craig thing (and better), long before DC hulked onto our screens in his ill-fitting suits
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This is misogyny, and it makes a mockery of women's sport and female athletes everywhere
New Zealand names transgender athlete Hubbard to women's Tokyo Olympics weightlifting team
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The PM self-isolating for 2 weeks is lunacy. We can test Premier League footballers to keep them playing, but Boris Johnson can't have a test (or two) and resume work even though he's *had covid*! Are they saying reinfections common? If so, what does this say about vaccine hopes?
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I don't understand why the disclaimer at the beginning was even necessary. Why does it occur to left-wingers to signal their politics before they reach the all-important "get well" bit? Do they expect us to applaud their magnanimity?
Whilst l almost never agree with Nadine Dorries on anything politically, l do wish her a speedy recovery against this wretched
#coronavirus
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Policing walkers who are observing social distancing rules is pretty bloody non-essential if you ask me. Still at least it's a break from pursuing nasty tweets and 'mis-gendering'
I believe we can fight Covid without behaving like a communist dictatorship, hope I'm right
Despite posts yesterday highlighting issues of people still visiting the
#PeakDistrict
despite government guidance, the message is still not getting through.
@DerPolDroneUnit
have been out at beauty spots across the county, and this footage was captured at
#CurbarEdge
last night.
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This example is not just tasteless but also incredibly stupid. One group fought for democracy while the other is against it - hence the hatred of the free press and love of “Citizens’ Assemblies” to bypass conventional democratic forums which won’t yield the outcomes they want
Diane Abbott Defends Extinction Rebellion’s Press Protest, Compares them to Suffragettes
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Something desperately cringe about performative Oirish-Americans and their panto hatred of Britain. Must be annoying for actual Irish people
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I seem to be in a minority of people who attended a single-sex school and loved it. I'd send any daughters to an all-girls school if I could. Anyone else?
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I wonder if Adil Ray thought Liam Neeson was the baddie in Taken?
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I am Angela Rayner: Deputy Leader, Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next
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The National: “really wish they’d stop banging on about something that happened in 1966”
Also The National: “have some of that 1290s energy, you bastards!”
Tomorrow's front page: Save us Roberto, you're our final hope!
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Rebelling against the government before you’ve made a maiden speech or even had your new MP photo taken - absolutely top drawer from Louie French
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The only way this story can get any more perfect is if it emerges that Emma Thompson et al used a private jet to get back to 'cake filled, grey old Britain' after four days in Venice
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'It's what she would have wanted', a thread
1. Cutting back tomorrow's weather forecasts for the Queen
We are saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with her family and all those affected by this news.
As a mark of respect during this time of national mourning we will only be posting daily forecasts and warnings.
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One of the worst things about this website is getting a ringside seat to watch your childhood heroes intellectually soiling themselves to an audience of millions
Saying this as clearly as I can: Boris Johnson is removing the Covid restrictions because he WANTS the NHS to collapse, so that he has a political excuse for privatising it. Nothing else, not even stupidity, can explain what's going on.
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All this "It was the horse's fault" stuff is just a tad "what was the victim wearing" isn't it? I thought the Left hated that kind of thinking... 🧐
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I am so here for Alyn Smith zooming in from a backdrop of his own press clippings
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The "looool what do these idiots on Parliament Square have to protest about" tweets are already ageing like a fine milk
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I'd say I'm a libertarian but nothing brings out my inner General Franco more than litter
My mum would have flayed us alive for this
This is what beautiful Endcliffe Park looks like today after one day of warm weather. Barbecues, clothes, booze bottles, and at least one wallet that people didn’t bother to take home
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I hope the evil ghouls who hounded her so relentlessly are happy
🚨 BREAKING: Kate Middleton has cancer - Kensington Palace
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My favourite rebel so far is Richard Burgon, who is voting against renewing the Coronavirus Act because it's not close enough to a Zero Covid strategy. Sensational
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In my view, people complaining that the new BBC Director-General is male have rather missed the point. The Beeb's overwhelming problem is the lack diversity of opinion in its ranks
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The only misogyny on display here is coming from Stonewall. There’s no other way to describe their indifference to the physical safety of female athletes in a sport like rugby
We’re deeply disappointed in World Rugby’s decision to move ahead with proposals to stop most trans women playing in competitions they govern.
We stand in solidarity with those who will feel shut out from the sport they love.
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