Rob Rinder
@RobbieRinder
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‘Telling the truth is a revolutionary act’
Joined February 2013
My Rocco died suddenly yesterday. He blessed me with a lifetime of loyalty & limitless joy. I don’t speak about my private world normally. But wanted to share my profound sadness with anybody who has ever loved a dog. It is the deepest gift of unconditional love imaginable. 💔
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My Grandma Lottie was born 97 years ago, working fearlessly through the bombs of the Blitz. She died this morning without a day of complaint or bitterness. Her generation defeated tyranny, safeguarding freedom for us all. We must never forget their sacrifice!. #RemembranceDay2021
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Packed train from London to Plymouth due to storm disruption. Elderly people made to stand in the isles for the 4 hour journey. I’m FAR from perfect but gave up my seat whilst other young & able passengers sit in total indifference. It’s sad & disappointing. Thank you mum for.
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This man didn’t think he was special. He told me he was from Romania but didn’t want any praise: ‘it’s just my job.’ . His Job? Primrose Hill this morning cleaning up a sea of debris. Leaving your rubbish for others to pick up is halitosis of the human soul.
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I’ve just had my phone grabbed out my hands by 3 boys wearing balaclavas on bikes (Finchley Road & Canfield gardens). They laughed as I shouted to drop it. Im in shock but am insured & privileged. Others are less lucky. Help me find these people & stop them (financial reward).
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Oksana’s family: Auntie Lidya and Grandma Zoya. We managed to reach them this morning with a wheelchair & some medical supplies. Despite having nearly nothing. they are ‘grateful for everything’.🇬🇧 🇺🇦
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“Art is to console those who are broken by life” Van Gough. This isn’t activism. Its an attack on every person, especially the least privileged amongst us, who can enter a shared space (free of charge), look upon those Sunflowers & dare to dream. I wish I was sentencing them.
Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall.
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For my family and for every human being who shares our planet. Be the light. #LightTheDarkness .#HolocaustMemorialDay
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Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow.’. Tom Daley. Olympic Gold Medalist. Dad. Legend. @TomDaley1994 .#legend 🌈
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Mum, Your unconditional love & delight in humanity is my inspiration. We receive this honour together as a proud example that we share the burden of teaching the horrors of the past for the future & enduring hope of everybody. #QueensBirthdayHonours #MBE #humbled
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Oksana Platero my Ukrainian dance partner on @bbcstrictly gifted me so much. Right now her grandparents are a week into their struggle to find sanctuary in a safe country. I’ll be trying to meet them on the border next week. They’re just a few of the millions who need us. @GMB
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Finally lawful to see my grandma. Its been months. She had her 93rd birthday alone. A year since my Pappa - her partner of 7 decades - died. As we remember the Duke of Edinburgh we celebrate a generation of men & woman who knew what it meant to put service before themselves.
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Eating turnips could help ease vegetable shortage, suggests Therese Coffey - BBC News. Just to be clear. This is real.
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The team looking after my dad; from England, Nigeria, Bangladesh & The Philippines. Many nations; one mission: To care for us all. This rich tapestry of humankind give their service with dedication & love: There would be no NHS without them. Thank you @NHSEnglandLDN
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Today Jewish infants go to school in the UK with armed response protection. Today in the UK Jewish worshippers (including me) go to pray for peace under the threat of death. Today in the UK Jewish businesses are attacked & Jews spat on in the street. Today in the UK I’ve received.
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Am I wrong Great British Public?.@GMB.
'It doesn't matter what your politicial complexion is, what the great British public care about is fairness.'. @RobbieRinder reacts to the news that CEOs of the country's biggest companies are getting a 39% pay rise, while nurses have only seen an increase of 5%.
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British Gas profits £969m after price cap rises allowed it to make more money from household bills. They now propose a 33% hike in dividends & £450m extension of share buyback. Meanwhile 2 million households can’t afford their gas bill. What am I missing?
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Libellous & disgusting.
Hi @Independent would you mind editing or removing this Facebook post, it suggests I’m the person in question and frankly the comments are disgusting.
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‘Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.’ Yehuda Bauer. What a gift to share with my mum MBE who has taught me always to see the best in humankind. @HolocaustUK .@HMD_UK
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This message was just sent to me by Hassan, a Syrian refugee who found sanctuary in Ukraine. Tonight he is prepared to die to defend the country he calls home. This is the message he wants to send to his children.
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“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” Maya Angelou. @kategarraway fought every day and never lost hope. How proud of you I am. May we all be blessed to have found a love like yours. 💔
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On the way to Warsaw to collect 52 orphans and their carers from @DniproKids with @SaveaChildUK My role? Connecting these amazing charities to @MDAUK_ and @VirginAtlantic who have provided the plane. Privilege is what you can do & who can reach in power to help others.
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Eh? Coma?! No I didn’t. I mean I did watch a lot of Kardashians so it’s possible I slipped into one.
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‘Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.’ My grandmother’s love and heavenly bias (‘You’re perfect Robert’) is forever and always. Happy 95th Birthday Grandma Frances.
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Free but tormented until the last by masked faces of hate and a chorus of ‘Death to all Jews.’ If your reaction to this is; ‘well, what about…’ then you are not a lover of peace, you do not care about a Palestinian state. You just hate Jews.🎗️
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Any journalist can put questions to power; only great journalists can hold power to account. @susannareid100 .@GMB
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‘I’m not crying because I’ve come second, I’m crying because it took so much to get here’ @adam_peaty #HERO.
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‘The greatest prayer you could ever pray is to laugh every day’. and I always do because ‘laughter is the shortest distance between two people.’. Happy Birthday to me. Full of joy and only 40 (plus VAT)
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Robert Rinder and mother Angela Cohen made MBEs on same day - BBC News
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Good Morning Britain. Last day for a while. A privilege to be gifted a platform to put truth to power for all of us. Thank you @GMB and the brilliant team. @kategarraway .@ranvir01 .@CharlotteHawkns
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Families of children murdered by Lucy Letby gave impact statements today. They could not direct them at the nurse who killed their babies b/c Letby was allowed to stay away & not hear the unbearable pain of her victims. Her absence was lawful. It’s time to change that law. Now.
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Poor Jim Wells. I get that seeing 2 men dancing on Strictly is ‘worrying’ for him. It can be highly embarrassing hiding arousal in front of your spouse.
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We will remember him.
Remembering PC Andrew Harper, of Thames Valley Police, who was killed on duty on this day in 2019. Our thoughts are with Lissie and Andrew’s family today. #LestWeForget #HarpersLaw
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Meet Lala. It’s Ramadan so she’s fasting today but working hard caring for my dad. A few weeks ago she jumped out of a plane to raise money for his Jewish care home. Real love knows no race, colour or creed. @Jewish_Care
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This is Chulainn (pronounced ‘Colin’). He served in HM Armed Forces. He’s here to bring his friend’s young child (who lost his mother) to safety. This is the best of Britain.
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When can I came out to my brother he said to me, very genuinely, ‘I don’t care what you are, as long as you don’t support Arsenal’. @SpursOfficial.#coys .#pride
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Rob Rinder: My sexuality should be about as important to you as the size of my big toe – Metro
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First post lockdown drink at @TheTrafalgarT Greenwich. A group of strapping Royal Navy Sailors from @HMSTrent sent me over a glass rum. I countered with Prosecco. they responded with Rioja. I polished them off with champagne. Best fight ever. #PubsReopening .#royalnavy.
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Today, let us ALL make this pledge: I will not forget. I will choose courage & act against hatred & prejudice. I will continue to learn & impart what I know to those around me, young & old, to ensure that the Holocaust is never simply a turn of a page in a history book. @HMD_UK
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Happy birthday @Rylan beautiful on the inside and the outside… ‘Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . ’ ❤️ 🌈 ❤️
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Smiling for selfies is a duty. It’s part of the deal for the privileges & perks that celebrity brings. Asking nicely matters of course but by doing very little, you get to improve the chemistry of somebody’s day. Celebrities who grumble about it might consider getting a real job.
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Started the day holding politicians to account on @GMB & interviewing Lulu & Richie Sambora… Finished it having a prolapsed disc in my back repaired & healed. Life can change in a moment. Hold on to joy wherever you find it (thanks brilliant medical team).
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A rare gentleman: Kind, charming, exacting, encouraging & danced like a dream. Thank you for bringing so much joy. RIP Len Goodman. It’s a 10 from us all.
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Under existing rules, if you are WRONGLY convicted and your liberty taken away, savings made on living costs while in prison can be deducted from compensation. "Any fair-minded person thinks this is just wrong."
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This is Leon Ritz. He is the LAST human being on Earth to have survived Treblinka death camp. TONIGHT we hear his story. He agreed to return there for my family but mostly, “For all the living people of the world.”. YOU are a witness. YOU have the courage to end hate. BBC1 9PM.
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“I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service” HM The Queen. 🇬🇧 proud . With my mum at Trooping the Colour.
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If your birthday falls in lockdown it's optional whether you age or not. 🌈
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My close (non Jewish) friend got a call asking if the directors of her company were Jews. Baffled, ‘Yes.’ Reply: ‘I wont use your business.’ ‘Why?’ Reply: ‘Have you seen what’s happening in Gaza?’ If you think this is ok you don’t stand for anything good. You just hate Jews.
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My grandfather Morris. A Holocaust Survivor. Today in the country he loved millions believe he was a liar. He refused to give in to this hate & never lost hope that people would remember. In his memory, I choose hope. The courage to end antisemitism starts with you. #HMD2019
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When I was born, being LGBTQ+ meant hiding in the shadows. But communities of the brave fought for me to share in the light of equality. That sunlight doesn’t shine on all of us yet. Our struggle for justice marches on. The clouds shall NEVER rain on our parade. #PRIDE2020 🌈.
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Last night over 3 million people from every community, age & background, from every region watched a programme about the Holocaust. The usual hate on social media was silenced. This is why we are a great nation. We ALL understand: The responsibility to defeat evil starts with us.
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My dad was too unwell to make my sister’s wedding so today she bought the wedding to him. Have a joyful day whoever and wherever you are. @lewybodyint
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A stranger shouted ‘dirty Jew’ at my friend’s kids. I was entirely unsurprised. Its the tragic reality of being Jewish in London in 2022. All the more agonising because Thursday is Holocaust Memorial Day. But if we stand together this hate can be stopped!
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Craig Pearson & Gary Firmager. Kent Central Ambulance Service. On unpaid leave & drove 30 hours to Poland to deliver baby’s nappies, buggies and cots. Today, they’re here giving out sweets & toys to kids who have walked on foot across the border with nothing. Best of Britain.
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A bomb shelter in Kiev two hours ago. Where there is love & hope, there is resistance. #SlavaUkraini
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And is just about the loveliest human on the Planet X @susie_dent.
As Anne Robinson joins #Countdown a special mention to @susie_dent who tomorrow will have been on the show for 29 years.
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A truly lovely, bright & decent human. Bill Turnbull: Former BBC Breakfast presenter dies aged 66
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As we sadly lose our national treasures let’s not forget to celebrate the ones we still have. Happy 91st Birthday Thelma Barlow. #legend.
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A week of juicing & 70km. Now to making it last. !. “The body achieves what the mind believes.”. Thanks @juicemaster
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Delighted to say my dear friend @susannareid100 and I will be joining the esteemed @c4gogglebox sofa dwellers later this series. Susanna, my flatulent dog and I can be caught passing judgement from Friday 3rd July on @channel4 #celebritygogglebox.
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I just walked past a couple in Euston walking - smiling - with a hammer and sickle flag. Between 28 million & 126 million people were killed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1987. Utterly Chilling.
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Oksana’s grandma is 95. She spent a week fleeing Russian shelling & FINALLY crossed the Polish border with no wheelchair, food or medical supplies but she is resolute & strong. She remembers the last war & knows that ‘ultimately they will return home and Tyranny will fail.’ 🇺🇦 ✌🏻
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Walking through london…The flag of St George cloaked around people of every background, race & religion. 🏴. United & dancing in joy. It’s coming home.
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TODAY. Whoever & wherever you are, show your solidarity with our brothers & sisters fighting for their lives in Ukraine. And share the power of this platform by retweeting the brave voices demonstrating in Russia against tyranny. Use your freedom for good TODAY. #FreeUkraine
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Hey clever people, thanks for tuning in to @GMB this week. Last two days ratings have been off the scale… Proves my constant refrain … We are a nation that cares about truth & common sense. @CharlotteHawkns .@GMB
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Disgrace.
'372,533 times last year, raw sewage was discharged into our waterways' - @RobbieRinder. Therese Coffey is reportedly backing away from plans to hit water companies with fines of up to £250 million for spilling sewage into rivers and seas.
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Please light a candle and place it safely in your window at 8pm tonight. Show your neighbours, your community, your nation that you have the courage to stand against hate. @HMD_UK .FOR A BETTER FUTURE
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When you interrupt your grandma watching her favourite TV show. 🤔
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If you stay silent. If you think well what about? If you think this is ok, you are an Antisemite. You don’t support Palestinians. You aren’t for peace. You just hate Jews. Anti Jewish Hate Crime is up 150% What will you do… ?!
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After some speculation (and failed attempts at legal action as I do NOT talk openly about my private life), I am now in a position to confirm that @JamieLaing_UK is my REAL younger brother. I’m proud of you Jamie - Thanks for your enduring kindness.
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According to the NHS website, I’m 2 stone over my recommended weight. I needed a bit of a push so have entered into a contest with Alan Carr. From tonight we have 2 months to get as close as possible to our ‘healthy’ BMIs. Furthest away has to buy the other a cheeseburger.
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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”.
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore insists there was no intention to mislead the public after the Charity Commission found she and her husband personally benefited from charitable donations. @RobbieRinder asks Hannah to clarify how much of the advance from the
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The two part documentary I was proud to present; ‘My Family, The Holocaust & Me' is being reshown in back-to-back episodes in advance of Holocaust Memorial Day on BBC 4, 9-11pm Wed, 19 Jan. Please watch!. To forget history is to be doomed to repeat it.
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Happy Chanukah. Thank you to those (the overwhelming majority of you all) who stand alongside our community against growing threats & racist abuse. You are an enduring example of the power that a single light has to vanquish the darkness of hate. Be the light 🕯 .#chanukah
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Where are the protests?.
Taliban have invalidated all divorces granted under previous Afghan government, forcing divorced child brides to return to their former husbands. Thousands of young women, some of whom married as children, are now legally bound to return to adult husbands they had been freed
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8 MILLION people in our communities will go to sleep in unsafe rented housing tonight. 🤔
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‘’God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realise that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.’’. Desmond Tutu
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Yesterday in Cork a woman came over with her daughter & beautiful newborn granddaughter. Through her covid-mask, she said; “Its so lovely to see you, you are most welcome here with all our hearts.” Then she smiled and walked on. #KindnessMatters #iloveireland.
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