It was six years ago, and my mate, Pink, had just been told he was going to die. He accepted the news with a grace I can only marvel at, but he said heโd a list of things heโd still like to do.
We sat in a pub one night and read it over. Eight things? Four months? Ok. Deal.
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Tell me the Christmas break isnโt stressful ๐ซฃ
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Recent reporting may have given the impression there are 800 to 1,000 Met officers actively under investigation for sexual misconduct.
That is not the case.
The work being reported on is a review of 10 years of completed cases, not live investigations.
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"Kind - but - Strong
Empathetic - but - Decisive
Optimistic - but - Focussed
You can be your own kind of leader."
Jacinda Ardern is a huge inspiration of mine - her handling of so many complex situations has been exemplary - what a woman.
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Our global Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Brand Strategy Director will be leading our West Coast operation and bringing Manifestโs creative flair and strategic rigor to the City of Angels. Weโre sure this little baby will grow up fast! 2023 weโre coming for ya!
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Itโs official, Manifest is expanding! We're really pleased to announce we will be opening our sixth studio - HELLO Los Angeles. ๐ด
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Big news is afoot as we step into LA LA Land! prweek.com/article/181017 Hello Manifest LA ๐. And who better to launch our new studio than ๐ญ ๐Yes, we are already mourning in LDN. ๐ค
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๐ฎOne of Britain's most PROLIFIC rapists.
๐Pleaded guilty to 80 sex offences in 20 years
๐คฌCommitted dozens of depraved attacks on at least 13 women
๐.... Oh, he was also a serving officer of the law.
WTAF is going on here. We'll ask again, WHO can we trust.
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A teacher in the city of Newport News, Virginia has been critically injured after a child took a gun into school and shot her.
This reaction, from an Englishwoman living there, is visceral. And justified.
The USA has a *major* problem:
Guns.
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And hereโs the first tweet, if you want to retweet this thread. Thanks for reading this far! And happy new year...
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Hmmm. I just had a bizarre experience, involving a global news organisation and a trillion dollar corporation. (I got caught in the middle, so... owch.)
Itโs not the sort of experience the people involved usually talk about in publicโฆ so I think Iโll talk about it in public.
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Me: Ooh look a fellow female from Thurrock is making a name for herself. ๐๐โ girl power lessgo.
...Takes a closer look...
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Woahhhh the London Fireworks looked epic. Defo crying ๐ญ happy new year guys!
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Watching the last episode of is the best way to see in the new year ๐ itโs Claudiaโs finest hour I am OBSESSEDโฆ turning off notifications in case any of you fuckers send me spoilers โ๐ผโ๐ผโ๐ผโ๐ผ
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Kinda forgot you were Prime Minister ๐คช๐
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2023 will have its challenges, but the government I lead will always put your priorities first.
My New Year message 
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29th December 2022.ย
Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London.
The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better.
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I *think* we've done our last pitch for the year.
We are now on the wind down to Christmas and I cannot bloody wait, big shout out to the entire for their efforts over the past few weeks as pitch season came with a vengeance. Now we wait. ๐
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Our elderly neighbour passed away recently. His daughter popped round a few moments ago clutching a large plastic sack. In the sack were all the Christmas presents heโd bought for *our* daughter for the next thirteen years. ๐ข
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The *cheek* of this email from my estate agent. We canโt keep the heating on sufficiently warm because we canโt afford to! And even with it on for 5+ hours the living room is still only getting to about 10ยฐCโฆ
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I can't even imagine what those parents in Solihull are experiencing right now - it's a horrific tragedy - thoughts are all with them ๐ค
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Bad day to have your ankles out ๐ฅถ
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My latest column for goes a little hard, Iโm afraid.
But Iโve come to realise lately that despite all our talk of equality & progression & mental health & respectโฆ things might be getting worse.
Because not enough people actually care
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Bit of a chilly un this morning! Officially turned in to my dad when it comes to thermostat these days ๐ซ๐กโ
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How does everyone on love is blind want 6-7 kids. WOT!?
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Rolling out this afternoonโs #TheDrumAwards with a couple more Drums 
Most Innovative Agency of the Year
Best Global Development Strategy
And a highly commended for our own @AlexMyers for CEO of the Year 
Most Innovative Agency of the Year
Best Global Development Strategy
And a highly commended for our own @AlexMyers for CEO of the Year 
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Yassss Akon City is go go go
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One of my favourite things from last World Cup
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Can't get enough of this #SEN #Senegal #WorldCup twitter.com/vonstrenginho/
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Four years ago in the 2018 World Cup, I heavily supported and shared facts every day they were in the comp. Now weโre playing them in the knockouts ๐ซ๐ซ Iโve still got a lot of love for them ๐
Wonder if Akon ever did set up Akonland there๐ง
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The Traitor is just a massively high production game of Werewolf, right? Iโm in ๐
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โฆ. Guess who got my headline spot ๐๐๐
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Jeeeezus. ๐๐๐๐
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While this PPE scandal is erupting again I'll tell you a little story and it is absolutely and 100% true. Get yourself a cup of tea - this might be one of my threads.
I started a youth representation panel in 2016, I was a police officer. 1/
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Who on earth created the house alarm feature that it should BEEP incredibly loudly EVERY 5 minutes when you have either a power cut or disconnect from telephone line. That person is a verifiedโ๐ผโ๐ผ
New series of prison break looks shit ๐ฅฒ
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Brazilian prisoner spent 5 years digging a tunnel that ended up in the guard room.
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So you forget a password on Keynote doc and there's REALLY no way to recover. doh.
Comments below for suggestions of what on earth I may have put the password as, please.
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Nothing like a renewal letter from EDF to completely ruin your year .... 442% increase. get in the sea
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From yesterday's protest by Albanians in London!
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