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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Nov 2012

    David Cameron says #PCC election winners "will have a mandate" despite turnouts as low as 12%http://bbc.in/SwFQYb 

    6:04 AM - 16 Nov 2012
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      1. Jethro Dull‏ @DrWolfgangD 18 Nov 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking LOL , did'nt think that about trade union ballots though did he.Disingenuous t**t.

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      1. Aaron Cook‏ @aaronbepacook 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking oh was that this week. Never mind ey,

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      1. Donna Gill‏ @D21Gill 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Police Commissioner election .. Maybe someone will tell us what it's all about before the next one happens #give us a clue

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      1. Ian W‏ @iwheatseeker 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking David Cameron says unions have 'no mandate' for strikes despite clear majority of ballot votes cast favouring action

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      1. portinoxdog‏ @portinoxdog 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking just like his mandate - 50% of 12 is 6% - about the number people who think DC and GO know what they r doing!

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      1. kirsty‏ @klstidever 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking i sat at a polling station for 15hrs yesterday for 9 people to turn up and vote!

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      1. General Von Klinkerhoffen‏ @Trulyoftheyard 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking He continually deceives himself and I voted Conservative so I have no axe to grind.

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      1. Louis Minchella‏ @LMinchella 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking very low turnout, people voted with their feet, unhappy/unsure what it was all about? Lets see if it last the next gen'election

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      1. Gary Sheffield‏ @ProfGSheffield 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Yeah, right.

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      1. PCSCroydon‏ @PCSCroydon 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I assume he continued on & apologised for saying the exact opposite about PCS members in the Home Office strike? @PCSHOGroup

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      1. Mr Ranty‏ @rantypete 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking same as the tory mandate to govern then ? No mandate at all ! #exposebbctorybias

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      1. Patrick Wise‏ @rockanroldie 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking His definition of 'mandate' and mine are very different.

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      1. Maggie Preston‏ @maggiesden 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking best joke of the day! Clear mandate?? Clear as mud!!!!!!

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      1. Dennis Hamilton‏ @HamiltonDennis 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Just like his non-existing mandate to run the country then?

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      1. David Harman  🇪🇺‏ @david_harman_uk 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Why is it Any vote regarding industrial action from a union is deemed invalid if the turnout is not 50% or more? @unitetheunion

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      1. Billy Pollock‏ @billympollock 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking how can you have a mandate when 88% haven't bothered voting. Something not right.

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      1. Spillsypoole‏ @Spiller32 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking So does that mean he will accept mandate of Unions to go on strike with higher turnouts?

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      1. Chris Fevre‏ @ChrisFevre 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking The whole thing is a WASTE OF MONEY

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      1. Blue Canary - Emma‏ @bluecanaryemma 16 Nov 2012
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        @BBCBreaking why is the PM @number10gov making the country have something the country clearly doesn't want? #pcc election

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