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NEW: The FCA has dropped plans to include trans women in new female diversity targets following a backlash from City bosses.
Out of 439 responses to a consultation, 438 said targets should be based on sex rather than gender identity.
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Former WTO DG Pascal Lamy’s reaction to IDS saying the UK could leave the single market without erecting a fixed border is one of the greatest ever Brexit moments
#politicslive
@BBCPolitics
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The joys of quarantining on a peninsula: my new 5km radius for exercising extends even further into the Irish Sea
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Katie Ascough doesn’t represent my generation. That much is abundantly clear tonight
#Repealthe8th
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Not something you see everyday on a run in your local park.
@RoryStewartUK
has a crowd of ~80 listening to him.
Though he wants to hear what ppl want Britain to look like in 15yrs, not the other way round. Unprecedented public access to cabinet minister/potential PM
#RoryWalks
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Simon Harris deserves every message of gratitude he is getting, he was sublime. But let’s not forget the women:
@campaignforkate
,
@MaryLouMcDonald
,
@ailbhes
,
@ReginaDo
& so so many more. Plus all the women who shared their personal stories. This is your victory
#repealedthe8th
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The faces of modern Ireland? A spokesperson for a fundamentalist Catholic lobby group and a person who repeatedly ridicules mental health. Are these people we want to follow? I know I don’t. We can and must do better.
Yes for compassion. Yes for choice
#repealthe8th
#Pkshow
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Miriam Lord is stellar, but this is on another level. She’s written one of the best articles of her career and what a day to do it. Sums up the feelings of a nation
#RepealedThe8th
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🚨 Job News
After 4 great years, today was my last day at the Telegraph.
Excited to be joining the Financial Times next month as accountancy correspondent. Can’t wait to get stuck in.
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🚨 JOB NEWS 🚨
Delighted to become the
@Telegraph
's new Financial & Professional Services reporter.
I'll be covering accountants, insurers, law firms, stock exchanges, workplace conduct, regulation, green finance, lending & asset management.
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An eye-watering stat from easyJet this morning.
Last year from April-June, the airline made £1.76bn in revenue. The same period this year? Just £7m.
A 99.6% drop.
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Some work-related news 🗞✍🏼
After placements at Bloomberg and the Spectator over the last few months, I’m excited to be joining the
@Telegraph
full-time as a Business Reporter.
Any stories/tips to simon.foy
@telegraph
.co.uk
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Mary-Lou McDonald says the Iona Institute is “peculiarly tone deaf towards women”. David Quinn gets offended by that “caricature” and “stereotype”. Does he sincerely think Iona is some beacon of modern feminism?
#CBLive
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The mother saw Will & Kate on a stroll in Howth earlier on and has spent the evening spamming every family WhatsApp group we have.
A career as a tabloid snapper awaits...
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Personal news: excited to be starting at Bloomberg in London where I’ll be covering the transport industry for the next few months.
Any stories/thoughts about 🚙s, ✈️s, 🚂s, etc., get in touch.
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‘Human rights activist’ seems like a strange label to include in Katie Ascough’s bio
@IrishTimes
. She might think that, but most people don’t. Perhaps ‘anti-abortion activist’ would have been more fitting?
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Delighted to have won a
#30ToWatch
award for my coverage of the City and to be named among such a great group of colleagues.
A big thanks to the
@telebusiness
team (including our lawyers) and especially to the sources who shared their stories with me.
This year's MHP Mischief
#30ToWatch
Young Journalist Awards winners in the City & Business category judged by
@olivershah
and
@Petercampbell1
are:
@LukeVanceBarr
@louisaclarence
and
@Simon_Foy
. See the full list of all 30 winners at:
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Final self-congratulatory tweet on this: Chuffed to win the gold award in the City & Business category at last night's ceremony.
Thanks to
@Petercampbell1
,
@olivershah
and
@MHPC
.
Congratulations to
@Simon_Foy
who is our
#30ToWatch
Young Journalist Awards gold winner in the City and Business category. Hear from Judge
@olivershah
on why Simon stood out. See the full list at
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A number of people said they’ve never voted Tory before but would if Stewart became leader
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Highly unlikely this would've made it into a FG/FF programme for gov.
A win for the Greens but also proof that shouting from the sidelines only gets you so far – if you want real change, go into government
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Why did Boris Johnson quickly get tested for
#COVID19
when others didn't?
Because he's the f**king prime minister.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk
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This time last year I was writing about “Santa science” as an intern at the Irish Times.
If you look closely, my first front page byline for the Telegraph is an equally unbelievable story and not a bad way to start 2020. Happy new year
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🚨Dog-related scoop 🐶
Slaughter and May, one of the most conservative institutions in the City, has told its lawyers they can bring their dogs to the office as part of a new wellbeing drive
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#AudrieandDaisy
on Netflix is a truly eye-opening story of a society's neglect and apathy toward rape and sexual assault. Shameful
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Irish markets pretty bearish this morning about the prospect of Sinn Féin in gov - bank and property stocks hit hardest.
Bank of Ireland & AIB plunge as much as 7.8% & 6%, while Irish Residential Properties & Glenveagh as much as 8.3% and 7% lower.
Bonds also weaker
#GE2020
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Monday, Feb 8 vaccinations:
NI: 14,254
ROI: 1,296
Would be great if Irish pols stopped lauding its transparently poor rollout and did something about it.
"The roll-out of Ireland’s largest ever vaccination programme, less than one year after Covid-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern, is a huge achievement."
#Dail
#COVID19
@roinnslainte
@fiannafailparty
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Players are coached properly and know the risks when they take the field. No time for this anti-rugby agenda
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Has covered topics ranging from the lack of opportunity for minority communities, defence/security, AI, climate change and had a pop at Tony Blair’s view on a second ref.
Says this conversation is “much more interesting than those we have in Westminster”.
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No. After 3 years of living away from home, it turns out having your mother there to ask "how many is that this week now?" anytime you go to get a drink is a good way to cut down..
Are we really drinking more wine during the coronavirus crisis?
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My scoop leading
@telebusiness
tomorrow:
Ministers agreed to dish out up to £119m on its Covid marketing campaign 3 weeks before March lockdown
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Brendan Cox, husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, decries the “bear pit of polarisation” that has gripped public discourse. He criticises the use of words such as coup/dictatorship as much as surrender/betrayal.
Says both approaches are unacceptable. MPs should take note
#r4today
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Absolutely delighted to get offered a place (conditionally until I graduate) on
@CityUniLondon
's MA in Financial Journalism. Exciting times ahead
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@NoelRock
Feels like the persistent “the next few days will be crucial/we’re at a critical juncture”message was exhausted when the situation wasn’t that severe.
Now – when it’s most needed – it’s lost its potency
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If Twitter has taught us anything today it's that you should never listen to Twitter to establish what an electorate thinks.
The usual mind-boggling analysis from
@OxfordDiplomat
Election
isn’t even called
and a United Ireland
is already trending.
Pretty telling.
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Peter Boylan’s opening contribution was one of the best speeches in this country in decades. Factual. Compassionate. Composed. Brilliant
#LateLate
#Repeal8th
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EXC: KPMG's 16,000 UK staff to be given one afternoon or morning off every week until the end of August and told they will only return to the office 2 days a week post-pandemic.
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Get him to take it on the Late Late tonight and reverse some of the damage that's been done
The Taoiseach has told reporters in Cork that he would take the AstraZeneca vaccine if offered it
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🚨 THE ENTIRE CABINET IS SELF-ISOLATING AND THE DÁIL IS ABANDONED FOR THE WEEK
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The FT's WFH tips are *very* FT:
"Do not be seduced by Ikea’s desks...they will never feel of high-enough quality. Buy something old. Victorian and Edwardian desks made from lovely warm wood can be picked up for peanuts at auction."
Yeah, on my way to auction right now..
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Why is there such pushback against anyone who questions NPHET's recommendations?
It's much too early for anyone to conclude what approach is the correct one, so we should at least be open to the idea that a light-touch approach is an effective & more sustainable strategy.
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Think this is the first time I’ve been blocked by anyone. Big day
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Absolutely spot on from
@PatLeahyIT
. Calling out the far-left on its utterly deplorable tactics and contempt for the state's institutions
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Ventured into the City to see how dead it was.
Turns out not too dead.
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Sinn Fein:
It’s misogynistic to question the shady power structure/culture of our party.
Also Sinn Fein:
We’re not convinced by
#MeToo
and Woody Allen and Kevin Spacey are great lads
Michelle O’Neill has claimed that it is misogynistic to suggest that Sinn Féin is not a normal political party and is instead still an offshoot of the IRA.
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Judging by my social media feeds, Jeremy Corbyn is set to win a 287 seat majority tonight. Fair play to him
#GeneralElection2019
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Want to see the deep divisions in British society that
#Brexit
has exposed? Spend an afternoon or two outside Westminster.
My feature in today’s
@sundaybusiness
on Westminster’s Brexit protestors
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Just finished
#leavingneverland
and the answer to this is unquestionably: yes.
Parents abandoning their children, fans treating him as an innocent deity, staff presumably knowing he was sleeping with kids in his bed, etc.
An infatuation that blinded ppl & destroyed lives
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The mother has uncovered my earliest appearance in print: The Irish Times education supplement and the Northside People, Feb ‘02.
Good to see the Irish education system extolling the virtues of the single currency to 6-year-olds
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“Fintech Wise valued close to £9bn after record London direct listing”
What a day
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A few high-profile Tories who will be v concerned after the latest
@YouGov
MRP poll vs last one:
IDS – Con 47/Lab 45 vs 51/40
Raab – Con 46/Lab 44 vs 49/39
Villiers – Con 41/Lab 45 vs 41/41
Goldsmith – Con 40/LD 54 vs 40/53
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Wrote a feature about a subject close to my heart: Irish pubs.
Sadly, it's not particularly cheery. Their prolonged closure typified Ireland's softly-softly approach to reopening its economy & they face months of uncertainty as new restrictions loom.
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London's Tier 2 looking awfully good right now..
Breaking: Cabinet to consider LEVEL FIVE restrictions for SIX WEEKS!
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My long-read in this weekend’s
@IrishTimes
on the upcoming local elections.
In it, I talk to some interesting candidates, take a look at issues that might dominate and examine the demands of the job
#LE19
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This is quite something from
@CliveMyrieBBC
.
Testimony from an undertaker in a Native American community in Arizona on the impact of the pandemic.
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Ireland plans to replace its Leapcard with more efficient cashless payments on public transport by...
*checks notes*
2027 🤦🏻♂️
The ambition of this is staggering
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Nothing like a sea swim and a healthy dose of democracy to start the day.
Now off to the aviva for the main event
#IREvWAL
#HomeToVote
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Varadkar extending some of the most draconian restrictions experienced anywhere, while refusing to take questions is a simply a terrible look
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CNN's commitment to the map at the expense of speculative punditry is a real triumph
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"Sinn Féin is not a normal political party. Discuss."
This is an important story from
@ConorGallaghe_r
A SF member had information about the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe but told investigating officers that he had to get permission from the party before making a statement.
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I travelled on the ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ bus around Dublin this morning.
Article below
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Surely
@labouryouth
is entitled to respectfully decline this invitation and not be ridiculed?
The Burkean is an alt-right rag that calls the xenophobic National Party an “essential alternative”.
I suspect they only launched this series to mock those who wouldn’t contribute
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Shocker. Lad who spent most of his career getting thumped in the head doesn’t think a guy with brown skin is Irish enough to run the country
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Women having to travel abroad for a termination due to a fatal foetal abnormality is simply "unfortunate" according to
@MaryButlerTD
. Does she think the same about the death of Savita Halappanavar?
#rtept
#8thref
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Something that has been playing on my mind the last few weeks. Ireland faced its first well-organised populist/anti-establishment/Trumpian campaign and absolutely kicked the shit out of it. Proud
#VoteYes
#RepealThe8th
Another reason to be cheerful is that Ireland is the first Anglophone country to face the full panoply of Trump/Brexit/Bannon tactics and withstand that onslaught.
#repealtheeigth
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First story for
@telebusiness
Energy suppliers to face ‘fit and proper’ scrutiny from watchdog Ofgem
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Spent some time in Hull last week speaking to people about the city's green energy revival & how a proposed £1.5bn project could hasten the industry's growth.
My dispatch from the North East (free to read to celebrate 25yrs of the Telegraph online)
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No rush, sure
nphet will issue a position tomorrow re the restarting of the Astrazeneca vaccine
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ugh
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@higginsdavidw
Think hesitation re 1 dose strategy was justified when there was scant data on efficacy.
But sticking with 2 doses now will lead to more deaths/hospitalisations & a prolonged lockdown.
Irish state has shown a real lack of nimbleness when it comes to adapting to changing facts
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(1/5) I quite admire
@LCreighton
despite disagreeing with her politically on a number of issues, including this one. But by international standards her views on abortion are extreme. Arguing that the government’s proposal (& we should remember that it’s a proposal that will be...
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If a GE is inevitable, and it looks like it is, this is an eminently sensible position to take
@greenparty_ie
We have asked
@fiannafailparty
&
@sinnfeinireland
to postpone confidence motions to the New Year, to help our Brexit negotiating position.
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Great first canvass tonight with
#Together4Yes
. Really positive response in Clare Hall
#8thref
#repealth8th
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Did this internship 2 summers ago – was a really thorough programme and a v good training ground.
Would recommend to any budding hacks.
Hi, we are looking to hire summer interns. It's a paid placement and you'll earn enough to be able to live in London. Finance journalism experience is not necessary, we're looking for people who want to be top-class journos.
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Finn Russell passing a rugby ball is a sight to behold 🤤
#ChampionsCupFinal
Finn Russell ➡️ Simon Zebo 🔥
It's that connection that comes good time and again for Racing 92!
Brilliant pass, clinical finish 🙌
#ChampionsCupFinal
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Buckle up. Oil prices have crashed by nearly a third, sending stock markets into chaos.
Here's how futures are currently looking:
FTSE 100 -8.9%
CAC 40 -8.9%
Stoxx 50 -8.5%
DAX -7.9%
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71.6% turnout in my own constituency. Average for Irish referenda is 52%. Huge
#RepealedThe8th
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The commitment to comic sans is pretty admirable tbf
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