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alexhilton

  1. @sukesbad I reckon if I nicked £40k in my office, they'd sack me about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to sukesbad
  2. @colingale Someone on housing benefit who has a relationship with their landlord they want to keep private would face a year in jail about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to colingale
  3. @sukesbad since when has "repaying" been a punishment? And DL only lost half a six figure salary about 18 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to sukesbad
  4. Sally's latest cake for Ava G, sprung from @lolrp and @DavidPrescott yfrog.com/odm4zpdtj about 20 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  5. @sukesbad I didn't mean she was justified. I meant that MPs getting away with theft diminished my respect for the rule of law about 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to sukesbad
  6. I don't want to single out David Laws but he stole 40k and received no punishment. It's enough to make someone feel justified for rioting 1:30 PM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  7. 20 year old girl gets 2 years for one day of looting. MPs steal shed loads of cash over years and bugger all happens #democracy 1:21 PM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  8. 1000 txt msgs is a lot. Is it possible that there was a romantic element to this correspondence? Or did they just have a good phone package? 1:38 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  9. @HLAB8 shorts? 12:37 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to HLAB8
  10. @loubylou07 sod that, we have utterly failed to have a pint. How do we fix this? 12:36 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to loubylou07
  11. @RebeccaFront @ben_cavey it will be like an eastenders wedding 12:33 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to RebeccaFront
  12. #abbottabad there's a danger that "fake" CIA vaccinations harm the effectiveness of real programmes and the safety of aid workers 5:23 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  13. @caz_w I haven't yet convinced sarah of my "bold and bullets" email philosophy btw 9:05 AM May 23rd via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to caz_w
  14. @caz_w I blame you personally 6:25 AM May 23rd via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to caz_w
  15. Let's stop female genital mutilation in the #UK! Tens of thousands of girls are at risk. #FGM avaaz.org/en/petition/St… 5:04 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  16. So now they find yet something else that's dangerous in Australia telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… 4:55 AM May 23rd via web
  17. @vsampyne yes indeed - thanks for that! 1:58 AM May 23rd via web in reply to vsampyne
  18. @vsampyne @SimonPyne1 So all of Team Pyne is now on twitter? you still need to work on Mabel 1:37 AM May 23rd via web in reply to vsampyne
  • Name Alex Hilton
  • Location London
  • Bio Policy & Public Affairs Manager for a cancer charity. All the views expressed are my own, though I may well have changed my mind since expressing them.
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