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Tanya_Marlow Is it me, or is it weird that 40p extra on a pasty should create more pressure on the g'ment than removal of benefits for 500,000 disabled? about 20 hours ago via Echofon Retweeted by JZThompson and 104 others
Peston I wondered about that RT @afneil: If, as Boris claims, the BBC is so left wing, why does he keep hiring BBC staff to be his spin doctors? about 20 hours ago via Osfoora HD Retweeted by JZThompson and 50 others
"We really absolutely must quit drinking" "Contraceptives are totally completely important". That sort of thing. about 19 hours ago via web
I find a pleasant way of passing cramped railway journeys is to invent stories about Charlie and Lola's difficult teenange years. about 19 hours ago via web
@Lucy_T I am, but have a prior engagement tomorrow. Are you free Thursday? Could grab a pint in the euston tap before heading back north? 11:23 AM May 28th via Twitter for Android in reply to Lucy_T
@James_Hellyer My brother has to carry a card listing the symptoms of Weill's Disease. True Story. 9:57 AM May 28th via web in reply to James_Hellyer
@5greenway Went to both of these last night; The Crooked Billet was the nicer pub but the Hand in Hand had nicer beer. Good recomendations. 9:54 AM May 28th via web
@5greenway i'll check them out in the 'hair of the dog' spirit. 11:05 AM May 27th via txt
Spent the last 4 & a half hours asleep on wombledon common. That'll do Sunday. That'll do. 11:01 AM May 27th via txt
Full immersion in the Thames earlier. When can I expect the superpowers to kick in. 7:39 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android
@5greenway gove would never clear it. 3:14 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android in reply to 5greenway
@james__clayton also a very wise move. 3:11 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android in reply to james__clayton
@james__clayton I don't think English people do patriotism very well, it always either baffled tweeness or football related negativity. 3:10 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android in reply to james__clayton
reelmolesworth when DR WHO reach london with olimpik torch will he mete the version of himself wich kept BLUBBING? #BlinovitchLimitationEffect 2:33 AM May 26th via web Retweeted by JZThompson and 64 others
@james__clayton It's worse than the Royal Wedding last year. Are we going to have one of these every year? 1:16 AM May 26th via web in reply to james__clayton
@patrick_hurley If I ever think of anything original to say that hasn't already been said better elsewhere I will. 1:15 AM May 26th via web
@patrick_hurley All of those articles on the #rurallabour hashtag are great (although #tweedlabour would be better) 1:14 AM May 26th via web in reply to patrick_hurley
@james__clayton Oh no. I didn't think MCR would be too bad... I was hoping to escape Jubilee shiteness when I got back up north. 1:13 AM May 26th via web in reply to james__clayton
The most sinister the yukky kiddie drawings all over the jubilee line; pressganging our childhood into the deferenece conga. 1:12 AM May 26th via web
The most egregious has to be the smug middle class couple toasting "her majesty" for the long weekend she has graciously bestowed. 1:08 AM May 26th via web