Chris Morris
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CEO, Full Fact @FullFact . Former Senior Correspondent, BBC News. Facts matter. So do stories. Author: The New Turkey #SFC
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I'm sure most politicos don't think so, but PMQs is much better in my opinion with empty benches behind the leaders. No place for either of them to hide.
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French PM Castex letter to Boris Johnson: We cannot accept British police or soldiers patrolling our coastline. It's a question of sovereignty and I know your government's sensitivity towards respecting the sovereignty of others.
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Hello 2021. I’ve been down with Covid since New Year's Day and it’s been pretty brutal. When I lived in India a few years ago I got dengue fever and typhoid at the same time. This has felt worse. And more scary. Thread. 1/12
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Man standing on top of the bus stop - I'm a Muslim not a terrorist. Passing crowds applaud.
http://t.co/6eA7PmZBPE
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Blair on Brexit: Even now, I grind my teeth at the mind-boggling ineptitude of the Labour Party in helping facilitate it, first by failing to provide coherent opposition to it, and then by collapsing into a Brexit General Election, only to complain about it dominating the debate.
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‘Tis true! After a month on long service leave (it’s a BBC thing), watching friends and colleagues reporting brilliantly from Ukraine, today was time to hand in the badge. And what a privilege it’s been for (ahem) 32+ years… 1/8
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Quote of the day goes to
@PeterBoneUK
: “I'm fed up. It’s been a complete waste of time. And it’s spoilt my birthday because it’s my birthday today.”
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And finally... others have already said this, but how brave is this man? Sadly, it reminded me of the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan in 2007. Hopefully this story ends in a better way. 12/12.
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Having written early on in the pandemic about the many weird ways Covid can attack the body, I knew what could be coming. Please take it seriously, and don’t listen to the loons who tell you it’s just flu. 2/12
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So, what’s been happening? Apparently it’s a lot more difficult to trade with the single market. Which must have come as a shock to anyone who thought talking to actual experts about practical problems - and, you know, facts - was just the latest iteration of Project Fear. 5/12
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Simon Clarke tells
@BBCr4today
that being part of the single market with free movement of labour wouldn’t help address the hgv driver shortage. Which must be why we’re bringing in an emergency visa system 🤷♂️
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Commiserations to all those businesses who are having to deal with the huge number of new non-tariff barriers that the Prime Minister assured us on Christmas Eve didn’t exist. 6/12
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Muslim traders handing out free flowers in the crowd - rousing chorus of the national anthem follows...
#ParisMarch
http://t.co/KlAYPXIEam
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Other things you could spend about 43p a day on - just over half a Mars bar, about a tenth of a pint of beer in a London pub, an extra large onion, just under an eighth of a Big Mac.
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Anyone unsure how big some of the bangs are in
#Gaza
should look at this photo. Met too many terrified people today.
http://t.co/HDqdjO5KlA
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I'm hopefully on the mend now, but still feel like I’ve been hit by a baseball bat. And I'm generally healthy with no underlying conditions. Thanks to the
#NHS
and the marvellous paramedics who keep everything moving and turned up twice at my house when I really needed them. 4/12
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I had excruciating back pain and headaches, a temperature but luckily not too much trouble breathing. My heart had a couple of funny turns, and 1 day last week I just burst into tears every time I tried to read or watch TV. Covid finds your vulnerabilities and attacks them. 3/12
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Meanwhile, I'm able to read interesting stuff again. This, by the incomparable
@TimothyDSnyder
, on the United States: "When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place." 9/12
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And this, beautifully written by
@rafaelbehr
about his heart, strangely reminded me of the brain fog that seemed to have enveloped British politics when I came back in 2016 after 25 years as a foreign correspondent. 10/12
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Because of this ghastly pandemic, the fog is even thicker at the moment. When it lifts, facts will matter more than ever. But the best current fact is vaccines - congratulations and thanks to everyone who has created them, distributed them, and is now administering them. 11/12
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I’m delighted to have been appointed the next CEO of
@FullFact
, starting next month. We’ve got lots to do! 1/4
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Thanks to everyone who talked to me over the years, and all the amazing colleagues I’m so proud to have worked with. Time for a bit of a break, before coming back stronger. The name of this account is changing, but I don’t look a day older than when it all began 8/ENDS
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And this, by Kate Hoey, seems to suggest that Northern Ireland is now being treated very differently than the rest of the UK. I mean, who could have known? Even 15 months ago? Can anyone confirm -
@JP_Biz
perhaps? 8/12
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I’m proud to be taking over as CEO of
@FullFact
today. I’ll be leading a brilliant team of fact checkers, campaigners promoting good information, and experts in technology and artificial intelligence. 1/2
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The second time in a week that audience members have laughed when the PM says truth is important in politics - not a great look.
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I'm pretty sure border disruption will ease over time, as companies are forced to adjust to more red tape and higher costs. But it’ll get much worse before it gets better. Some businesses won't survive in their current form, or at all; others will emerge to meet new demands. 7/12
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🚨 After nearly four years I have checked out of checking reality for the BBC (it was all too much)! Truth, after all, is stranger than fiction. For the next few months I'll be covering Global Trade, and look forward to
#tradetwitter
helping me out...
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Macron on the Brits: If 6 months later, they say 'we don't know how to respect what we negotiated with you' then nothing can be respected anymore. I believe in the strength of treaties, I believe in the spirit of seriousness, nothing is renegotiable, everything is applicable.
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I'm about to start my last working month at the BBC, so anyone out there dying to give me a major exclusive... now is probably the time. Or I could take it with me.
Meanwhile, looking forward to presenting The World Tonight on
@BBCRadio4
at 10pm this evening. Do tune in!
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Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders already calling for referenda in France and the Netherlands respectively. Future of the EU is at stake.
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French news agency AFP says security forces have stormed the Bataclan concert hall
#ParisShooting
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Jeremy Corbyn up first and gets hit early with the accusation of reckless socialism. Doesn't look too impressed, to be honest.
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These are staggering numbers for UK-Germany trade in January.
UPDATE: German trade with China is doing well. EU holding up better than average. UK in uncharted territory.
Jan. 2021 vs Jan. 2020
German 🇩🇪 exports to:
-8.0% total
-6.0% 🇪🇺
+3.1% 🇨🇳
-29.0% 🇬🇧
German 🇩🇪 imports from:
-9.8% total
-5.9% 🇪🇺
+1.1% 🇨🇳
-56.2% 🇬🇧
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At the funeral of police officer Ahmed Merabet - Je Suis Ahmed signs
http://t.co/xwSZH4wec9
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So Cameron gambled on winning and lost. And Johnson gambled on losing and won. Eton mess for pudding.
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👀Leo Varadkar on Cummings claim that HMG had no intention of sticking to the Brexit deal: ‘Those comments are very alarming because that would indicate that this is a government, an administration, that acted in bad faith and that message needs to be heard around the world.’ 👀
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Dominic Raab appears to be pinning his hopes on the Gymnich at the end of August, which is an informal meeting of foreign ministers at which no formal decisions are ever taken. Sorted.
#r4today
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I look forward to
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
hosting a visit to the House of Commons by Sir Mo Farah, our reigning Olympic champion at both 3.106856 miles and 6.213712 miles.
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Then there was Turkey, wonderful challenging Turkey… this was my house next to the Bosphorus which is now a dental surgery… still my favourite city in the world… 4/
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What was it they said about
@yanisvaroufakis
in Brussels? Sidelined? The faithful don't think so - watch this
#Greece
http://t.co/RXG7huP5zf
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Stretching the cake analogy well beyond the biscuit tin, I told
@BBCr4today
the return of 'having your cake and eating it' is all a bit Christmas pantomime. "We've won the formal sovereign right to eat the cake, but if we do the EU might send us the bill."
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The federal prosecutor's office says police found a nail bomb, an ISIS flag and chemical products during searches in Schaerbeek
#Brussels
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We're putting twenty thousand more officers on the streets of this country says BJ - only replacing those you've cut says Corbyn.
#BBCdebate
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We've looked back through half a century of data. In the week ending 10 April, London registered its highest number of deaths in a single week for more than forty years. Nearly three times higher than the average for the same week in 2015-19.
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It's the path of yeast resistance. Marmite but May might not.
If Cameron had warned us that we might lose our Marmite Project Fear might just have worked. Brexit - you either love it or hate it
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Friday evening burn from
#Tusk
: If UK offer is unacceptable for Ireland, it will also be unacceptable for the EU. I realise for some British politicians this may be hard to understand. But such is the logic behind the fact that Ireland is the EU member while the UK is leaving.
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It started in Sri Lanka (check out the early 90s big glasses) covering civil war without really knowing what I was doing. Big thanks to the veterans who kept me alive and RIP Kurt Schork who took me to Jaffna on the back of a motorbike… 2/
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The No crowd in
#Syntagma
. No matter what the rest of Europe says - still seem to believe in this government
#Greece
http://t.co/5PFYxSM5Ot
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Senior EU official: Referendum was called by DC, decided on his terms, and lost on his terms: don’t blame anybody else for your own failures
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Finally back home, and – well, you know – all that Brexit stuff. Not a lot more to say about that, except it’ll live with us for years to come. And there was alot of climate explaining over the past year – the big challenge for the next decade. 7/
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Boris Johnson says it's not true that there will be checks between Britain and Northern Ireland - but not only Labour but the DUP and today's Treasury document says there will be
#BBCdebate
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Angela Merkel says 'the most important currency has been lost and that is trust.' I thought she was going to say the deutsche mark.
#Greece
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Nonsense. The idea that
@FullFact
and BBC Reality Check only fact check ‘those who go against the grain’ doesn’t stand up to any scrutiny. Facts should be the starting point for legitimate political debate, not part of an endless culture war.
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About to go on air for the first time since December. Thanks Covid.
At least I won’t have to talk about Brexit anymo... you what?
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Then it was Brussels (part one) followed by an incredible stint in Delhi… India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (as well as a failure to cover the appalling end of the Sri Lankan civil war properly). And at least a couple of meetings with this guy… 5/
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False alarm at Place de la Republique. But very real panic. Shows how nerves in this city are right on the edge
#parisattacks
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All of French life seems to be here - old & young; black & white; left & right; flags, slogans, chanting and applause
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And so back to Brussels and the start of a decade covering UK/EU… as well as the amazing diversity of the European continent we’re so lucky to call home. With the odd diversion elsewhere, like Gaza in 2014, and multiple trips to the eurozone crisis in Greece 6/
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Crowds still filing patiently out of Republique, plenty more arriving. Group of large yellow pencils just gone by...
http://t.co/8tLzgPxMdT
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I ask Mark Rutte what we have left if we have collapsed politically, economically etc as he said. You have the BBC he replied.
#Brexit
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This is very true
#TurkeyCoup
Think of the bravery of Turkish dissidents, journalists, politicians & citizens opposing a coup that's trying to remove a govt they despise.
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The RNLI says it has received a huge uplift in donations, with more than £200k in donations yesterday alone, although 'sadly, a small number of supporters have contacted us to withdraw their support.’ 'We remain focused on our core purpose,' it says, 'to save lives at sea.'
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Then there was Washington and travelling with the State Dept folk who (for better or worse) ran the world. Is the Dayton peace process about to fall apart? This photo at the White House proves that American sandwiches really are too big… 3/
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Ian Blackford in a witness protection programme there.
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Why do politicians do this? Why does the media do this? I've no idea, it's Friday afternoon.
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Biggest crowd I've seen in Syntagma for some time and
@tsipras_eu
is on his way to the stage
#Greece
http://t.co/MXvi39vJxP
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After our first interview in the Maldives 31 years ago,
@MohamedNasheed
was sentenced to 18 months in solitary confinement. Now we've talked again on the eve of
#COP26
, 6 months after someone tried to kill him. Listen to our podcast 5 Minutes On here:
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What is going on in the Conservative party? Bernard Jenkin describes Sir John Major as 'an enemy of democracy'...
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So to summarize: the UK will not accept a Northern Ireland-only backstop; the EU will not accept a UK-wide backstop; and Michel Barnier has poured a load of cold water over the UK customs proposal made yesterday.
#TheweekinBrexit
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#MNI
still very much on the case. 0655 and
#Eurozone
summit has resumed
#Greece
http://t.co/era1ExqJgb
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The mistake Labour will make is to borrow too much, says Johnson. Mentions the £1.2 trillion figure for Labour spending that
@BBCRealityCheck
doesn't think is right.
#BBCdebate
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Angela Merkel one of the few leaders who seems to be laying down a line in the sand
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Well, The Boss
@springsteen
wasn’t there, but
@jakeclemons
owned it in Oxford. Welcome back to the UK, Jake. Go see this guy!
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So Angela Merkel is either going to fall out with her finance minister or she's going to fall out with France. Is that a fair assessment?
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BBC in ‘a lot less money than it used to have’ shock
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Just completed my first post-Covid run, and I appear to be breathing still. But
@Mo_Farah
, no need to worry just yet.
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Theresa May will give a big speech on
#Brexit
in Florence on Sept 22nd. That's Florence, home of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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I suppose the words 'Not Armageddon' would fit quite neatly on the side of a bus.
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This exit poll suggests
1) The UK will leave the EU in January
2) Scotland voted decisively against that
Which means trouble ahead.
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We need a 'serious British response' on issue of rights for EU citizens says
@eucopresident
Donald Tusk, implying that he hasn't had one yet
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Where we’ve got to so far
NEW: Michel Barnier has told EU ambasssors that there has been no progress. Brits keep on banging on about time limit and exit mechanism - but we keep on telling them it isn’t going to happen.
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“It is absolutely fair for us to be calling out the facts,”
@BrandonLewis
tells
@BBCNews
. It most certainly is. But maybe do it in your own name like we do, rather than pretending to be someone else.
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To summarise: Greece says how about this? Commission says looks promising. Eurogroup says let's talk tomorrow. And Germany says no.
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From Rushdi's home RT
@rushdibbc
from my window in Tal al-Hawa
#Gaza
, explosions shaking the building,Kids screaming
http://t.co/TZIY4aTbQo
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Best wishes to the PM but Prof Devi Sridhar from Univ of Edinburgh nails it here: “I fear the PM news today will swamp headlines & distract from core issues: What is the concrete plan for testing? What is the plan for PPE for health workers? What is the status of ventilators?" 1/
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They will be scratching their heads in Brussels. For now, they barely have anyone to negotiate with. And the Art. 50 clock ticks on.
#Brexit
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The internal count at
@BBCNews
is that the PM has 158 publicly declared votes in her favour which is enough to win the vote of confidence. So the question is: will all these Tory MPs do as they say, when it comes to a secret ballot?
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Pretty confident performance from Corbyn, whether you agree with him or not. Paxman didn't rattle him at all.
#GE2017
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Three nights in hospital, six hours of surgery, four metal plates in my hand. 🚲 Thanks for patching me up
@OUHospitals
@NHSMillion
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As the sun goes down in Rome, still waiting for a verdict in the
#Knox
appeal
#MeredithKercher
http://t.co/CfgS1G2UrR
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Former BBC correspondent Peter
#Greste
in a cage in court in Cairo. Shameful picture for
#Egypt
.
#FreeAJStaff
http://t.co/bctMlgOARx
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The UK’s European Commissioner, originally nominated by David Cameron, weighs in with his verdict on the PM’s comments: ‘crass and dangerous’
Crass and dangerous. If you think extreme language doesn’t fuel political violence across Europe, incl UK, then you’re not paying attention
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Whatever the EU and the UK might say, the issue of citizens' rights after
#Brexit
really isn't solved yet.
"I don't feel like a bargaining chip, I am a bargaining chip".
@BBCChrisMorris
asks what
#Brexit
means for UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU.
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‘Test, test, test’ said the World Health Organisation. Germany has been doing just that.
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Given that BBC often gets flak for 'not mentioning Brexit', it's worth saying that
@BBCChrisMorris
's reality check segment on HGVs etc on
@BBCRadio4
News at 6 today was an exemplar of absolutely fair and accurate reporting.
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The story so far: there were no protestors, the NHS is both on and off the table, the Irish border bears comparison with the Mexican Wall, and both Sadiq Khan and Bette Midler are losers. More as we get it.
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