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Shambrarian, beer drinker, code monkey. Library Systems Manager at a northern university.

Joined March 2007
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Nadine Dorries says “we will be able to bring the full weight of the law against those who use the internet as a weapon to ruin people’s lives and do so quicker and more effectively.” Also Nadine (in response to a journalist asking about her daughter’s taxpayer-funded job):
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Surprisingly @Jacob_Rees_Mogg was talking out of a hole in the back of his head. Again
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Remember when the High Priests of Brexit derided expert analysis showing that Brexit would increase the cost of living… …and instead told us that Brexit would dramatically drive down living costs across the board? xitter.cf/luckyma_man/status/148…
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“He's thrown a kettle over a pub. What have you ever done?”
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As the Prime Minister repeats far-right conspiracy falsehoods about Jimmy Savile to score political points, a reminder that he is on record as saying that investigating child sexual abuse is “spaffing money up the wall”. news.sky.com/video/boris-joh…
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This is what truth to power looks like at Westminster. A liar is allowed to keep his place- I am forced to leave for telling the truth. He misled the house, he must go. Tories must look themselves in the mirror and ask if they can allow this to go on much longer? Remove him now.
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BREAKING: Leaked Sue Gray report reveals shocking abuse of the rules. Hard to see how the PM can cling on after this.
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LOL funny:-) Which is to say, not at all funny...
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We are about to be collectively gaslit about the Spring of 2020 and what really happened. It will be implied that your memory was the problem, not the rules. This is a common experience dealt out from governments to both disaster and conflict survivors and responders. A few tips:
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.@BootstrapCook is an astonishingly effective campaigner & such a force for social good. She’s sincere, she cares, she has decency & integrity. She’s everything I long for in our political leaders. theguardian.com/business/202…
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It was just ten minutes. Ten minutes is a good long cuddle with a newborn grandchild. Ten minutes is enough to hug and giggle with a close friend to lighten a difficult day. Ten minutes is time to touch, hug and say farewell to a dying parent. But we didn’t get ten minutes
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AMBUSHED BY A CAKE
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Reported Covid deaths are always artificially higher on a Tuesday. But still - another 439 deaths reported today. How - *how* - has dying on this scale from a single disease been so utterly normalised & ignored?
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