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gabyhinsliff

those of you who think 'mummybloggers' just write about cupcakes & potty training: dozens of 'em today blogging on Houla (see #tippingpoint) about 2 hours ago via web
tho of course, is always possible he was rolling around in a bed of hookers WHILE doing all that. but still. about 4 hours ago via web
..but tweeting advice at people abt bank fraud & being stitched up by mobile phone providers. that & giving £10m of sale profit to charity about 4 hours ago via web
why i like @martinslewis is that having sold his site for £87m, yday he wasn't rolling about in a bed of hookers yelling 'MORE COCAINE'... about 4 hours ago via web
...but what's the answer? only the unelected can make decisions on sthing for which decisiontaker needs to be publicly accountable? about 14 hours ago via web
'all politicians come with baggage, particularly when it comes to newspapers' says @markoaten. which i think is absolutely true... about 14 hours ago via web
'no, if i'm honest, i don't think this is the right thing to do' says @stellacreasy when asked if Drs are right to go on strike #bbcqt about 14 hours ago via web
so #bbcqt in 10 mins: with Labour's @stellacreasy, ex-MP @markoaten (got a settlement off NI re hacking); & @alanduncan4mp batting for govt about 14 hours ago via web
@langtry_girl @GuidoFawkes @DPJHodges that's shorter. always a bonus. about 15 hours ago via web in reply to langtry_girl
@GuidoFawkes @DPJHodges i could always write 'VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE' on them all in icing. Foundation class'll never know the difference. about 15 hours ago via web in reply to GuidoFawkes
& yes, anyone who remembers last 3 Tory leaderships: that IS an overwhelming sense of deja vu you're feeling about 15 hours ago via web
significant, i think: @frasernelson says govt 'need a gamechanger' & increasingly think head-on clash with EU is it tgr.ph/Mczorx about 15 hours ago via web
Making scones for school Jubilee picnic. While reading @pollytoynbee on the case for republicanism bit.ly/LKXYde about 15 hours ago via web
@langtry_girl @KateVWilliams ouch. not looking forward to that stage of parenting. tho maybe by then FBook will've gone spectacularly bust about 15 hours ago via web in reply to langtry_girl
@oflynnexpress i think some emergency private tutoring could be necessary... about 16 hours ago via web in reply to oflynnexpress
andrewpolitics tonight's interesting fact (verified with treasury): cutting #fuel duty by 3p is same cost as employing 20,000 police or 30,000 nurses about 16 hours ago via Twitter for Android Retweeted by gabyhinsliff and 38 others
@David_J_Ward what, MPs shd fund themselves rather than be paid? & exactly how many non-millionaires do you think wd then go into politics? about 16 hours ago via web in reply to David_J_Ward
@MrGrahamPrice i'd love to think this was all part of some fiendishly cunning plan, because at least then there would BE a plan. but i dont about 16 hours ago via web in reply to MrGrahamPrice
@David_J_Ward ..just because Commons is not sitting. it's a mistake to think being an MP is just about what happens at HoC about 21 hours ago via web in reply to David_J_Ward
@David_J_Ward but HoC is only half their work at best: rest is constituency based (& if ministers, also dept'l work) that doesn't stop... about 21 hours ago via web in reply to David_J_Ward

Name Gaby Hinsliff
Location London
Web http://usedtobeso...
Bio Used to be a political editor. But feeling better now. Journo, policy anorak, downshifter, mum, & author of Half A Wife.