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Oliver Wright

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Oliver Wright
9 years
Delighted and daunted to be taking over from Andy Grice as political editor of The Independent. Huge shoes to fill.
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9 years
Grants Shapps keeps referring to 'Stephen Simons' who is head of the NHS. Actually it's Simon Stevens. He should really get that right.
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9 years
Sometimes there is a case for pixelating horrific images. Other times it is vital not to. This is one of those times. http://t.co/o8yS0ytbSl
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10 years
@Louis_Tomlinson I'm not ginger but you're causing chaos to my twitter feed...
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Oliver Wright
9 years
Another headline written long before tonight's debate started http://t.co/d2rVvlWCcL”
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Oliver Wright
10 years
'I can't spell and now don't care': why we need more dyslexic journalists http://t.co/E28sjHACWf
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9 years
Depressing that @David_Cameron cannot find a single hour in the next 114 days to take part in #LeadersLive to encourage young to vote
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10 years
Fascinating blog from the photographer behind Obama/Cameron 'selfie' http://t.co/dq3r6RcqeE
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Oliver Wright
10 years
100 Muslim leaders call for Alan Henning to be freed. You can support them here: http://t.co/3S02lN1mbB Please retweet #NotInMyName
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Oliver Wright
9 years
In the longer term I wonder if this debate will make an Labour/SNP less unpalatable to the English electorate after May 7
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Oliver Wright
9 years
Osborne mentions Greece twice in first few minutes. Never let a good crisis go to waste #budget2015
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Oliver Wright
9 years
Green,SNP and Plaid leaders to meet up informally before tonight's debate to discuss tactics, I'm told
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Oliver Wright
11 years
For the record: The Independent was not leaked or ‘duped’ into publishing today's front page story by the Government. @ggreenwald
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Oliver Wright
9 years
So the Green Deal is dead. Killed off on the sly the day after Parliament rises. Not good.
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Oliver Wright
12 years
Ed Miliband asks a group of teenage girls in Northamptonshire:what can politicians do for you? Get a Nandos in town, they reply
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Oliver Wright
9 years
This is a long piece - but a superb analysis of how a man’s career got ruined by malevolence and sloppy journalism
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Isabel Hardman
9 years
All of us hacks should read this and remind ourselves of how by being lazy we could utterly destroy someone
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Oliver Wright
12 years
Starbucks, Google and Amazon up before Public Accounts Committee on Monday over tax dodging. Blood sport.
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Oliver Wright
10 years
Given a Ukrainian military plane was shot down in a same area four days ago - why were international flights still using that route?
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