Peter O'Connell
@PeterOConnell99
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New look Breakfast show 📺 Coming up from 7am... What do -11, -25 and snow in Europe all have in common? ❄️ And how to be cheerful even if it's blue Monday #KayBurley #SkyNews
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Reports of hope for a ceasefire in Gaza Just stop oil protester in the studio to tell of their latest demonstrations A week’s a long time in politics Live from 7 #KayBurley #SkyNews
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Are we any closer to a ceasefire in Gaza? Week ahead in politics with Jack and Sam RIP Chandler Live from 7 #KayBurley #SkyNews
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Latest from the Middle East Is it safe for you to go there? SNP conference Live from 7 #KayBurley #SkyNews
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Students are braced for lower A-Level results today as exam boards return to pre-pandemic grading @JayneSeckerSky asks Labour's Shadow Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP if this was the right decision
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Inflation has dropped to its lowest level since spring 2022. Lib Dem leader @EdwardJDavey tells @JayneSeckerSky this is "positive news" but families and pensioners are still seeing big price rises.
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Ease in inflation is "no means for celebration", says Labour's Deputy Leader @JayneSeckerSky gets @AngelaRayner reaction to this morning's inflation figures
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Does @AngelaRayner have more in common with @RishiSunak than she likes to admit? @JayneSeckerSky asks the Deputy Labour Leader if she's a Swiftie like the Prime Minister
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Inflation falls to 6.8% in year to July. @JayneSeckerSky gets reaction from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury @JohnGlenUK on the latest ONS figures.
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Olga Henderson was held in a notorious prisoner of war camp in Singapore aged just 9 years old. The 91-year-old tells @JayneSeckerSky her story...
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The Government faces questions after asylum seekers were removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge on Friday due to a potentially deadly bacteria @JayneSeckerSky asks Glasgow City Cllr @RuairiKelly_,who stayed on the vessel in 2013, if the health concerns raised surprise him.
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382 jobs lost, 85yrs of history written off, and 8 million listeners abandoned to save just £28m - less than 0.5% of BBC licence fee, or less than 0.001% of HMG spending. It makes a mockery of 'global Britain' when we need World Service more than ever. https://t.co/ido006oggg
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The first foreign language radio of the British Empire Service, set up to counter the German and Italian propaganda, began its life in 1938
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The NHS has more funding and more staff than it had pre-pandemic. At the same time, across most types of care, the NHS is treating fewer patients than it was pre-Covid and is clearly struggling heading into the winter. What's going on? A thread, based on new @TheIFS research 🧵
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High private rents mean the UK now spends more on housing benefit each year than on most government departments – today's @NewStatesman Chart of the Day. https://t.co/6fatmfGYl1
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Expectations of Bank Rate peak down from about 6.25% after the mini-budget to about 4.75%. That reduces annual government debt interest spending by about £15bn using the OBR ready reckoners.
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Today, I filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for engaging in years of financial fraud to enrich himself, his family, and the Trump Organization. There aren't two sets of laws for people in this nation: former presidents must be held to the same standards as everyday Americans.
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So what's the problem? One likely culprit (of several) is investment. Compared to other countries, UK companies don't invest as much in equipment, tech, etc, to help workers do their jobs more efficiently. Brits aren't lazy, it's worse than that. They're running to stand still.
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The tale of Newport Wafer Fab is a parable for our times. Tells you everything u need to know abt: - UK's industrial strategy; or complete lack of it. - UK's inability to decide what to do abt China. - Most of all, UK's complete obliviousness to what our economy actually DOES 🧵
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Have you ever wondered why older places look so much more interesting? It's not just because they're old. It's because of something called "vernacular"...
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