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  1. @DannyShawBBC I always believed it was Judge Baltasar Garzon in an indictment dating from November 2001 - immediately after 9/11 11:56 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPad in reply to DannyShawBBC
  2. Former police federation chairman,Jan Berry, has joined the race to be Tory candidate for Kent's elected police commissioner 11:28 AM May 27th via Twitter for iPad
  3. Economics guru, @jdportes, lacerates @damiangreenmp for boasting of 62% fall in overseas student numbers as a success bit.ly/KdejKu 1:53 AM May 25th via web
  4. Economics guru, @adjportes, lacerates @damiangreenmp for boasting of 62% fall in overseas student numbers as a success bit.ly/KdejKu 1:52 AM May 25th via web
  5. @khan_sophie interesting but not sure they will be rushing to tell us or that we will learn that much more when they do 12:27 AM May 25th via web in reply to khan_sophie
  6. @DannyShawBBC under 18s commit 25% of crime but only10% of pop - over 60s making them look bad by not doing their fair share? 11:31 PM May 24th via web in reply to DannyShawBBC
  7. Economics guru, @adjortes, lacerates @damiangreenmp for boasting of 62% fall in overseas student numbers as a success bit.ly/KdejKu 11:25 PM May 24th via web
  8. @jaxrafferty @seismicshed but you will always find some excel files that open office won't open. Had that problem today with migration figs 1:00 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad in reply to jaxrafferty
  9. @AldermanGeo Home Office figures show that overseas student visas are down by 21% in year to March 2012 - can't have all been 'bogus' 5:18 AM May 24th via web from Westminster, London in reply to AldermanGeo
  10. Downing Street on net migration remaining at record high over 250,000 when pledged to cut it to 100k: "This is clearly going to take time" 4:43 AM May 24th via web from Westminster, London
  11. Home office figures show 53 children entered UK immigration detention Jan to March this year - despite Coalition declaration it had ended 2:34 AM May 24th via web
  12. Home Office say there were 3,034 people being held in immigration detention on March 31 - a record number since 2001 and 14% up on year 2:33 AM May 24th via web
  13. Annual net migration to UK at 252,000 on latest figures - fall of just 3,000 dealing new blow to govt hopes of cutting it to 100,000 1:32 AM May 24th via web
  14. Police minister, Nick Herbert, announces elected police commissioner to swear oath of impartiality although they will stand on party basis 8:06 AM May 23rd via web from Westminster, London
  15. Ken Clarke blames the 'popular press' for rising jail numbers - he says they are responsible for tens of thousands needlessly being jailed 7:57 AM May 23rd via web from Westminster, London
  16. Ken Clarke calls for a pause in the inexorable rise in prison numbers and says Newt Gringrich is campaigning to cut US jail numbers 7:51 AM May 23rd via web from Westminster, London
  17. David Cameron raises flag of rebellion against Strasbourg on prisoner voting - it is for Parliament to decide 'not some foreign court' 4:17 AM May 23rd via web from Westminster, London