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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 7 Jan 2013

    David Cameron says UK coalition is "not a marriage, it's a Ronseal deal - it does exactly what it says on the tin"http://bbc.in/13dIOrx 

    6:53 AM - 7 Jan 2013
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      1. Tony Walsh‏Verified account @LongfellaPoet 7 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking "Take your tin of Ronseal and don't darken my door again!" (via Hovis Presley RIP)

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      1. Rob Zombie‏ @1970RobD 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Good for whitewashing and glossing over the cracks.

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      1. JerryLonsdale  🇨🇰‏ @JerryLonsdale1 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking yeah had them windows an the buggers leaked

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      1. Ian Ward‏ @Ian_C_Ward 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Free advertising, what next from the Government and the BBC?!!

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      1. Malcolm Morrell‏ @malkovich1984 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking wonder how much Ronseal paid him to say that! Not just sports stars on advertising contracts by the sounds of things!

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      1. Neil Shepherd‏ @NeilShep78 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking they're as wooden as the ronseal man and if ever there was a need for a product recall...

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      1. Jenny Scholfield‏ @jj_thescofe 7 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking do not inhale? Dispose of carefully? #ronseal #coalition #doeswhatitsaysontin

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      1. Adam Cooper‏ @MrALCooper 7 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        . @BBCBreaking it's a marmite deal. It stinks and I'd rather you kept the lid on it!

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      1. Michael Ross‏ @Mike_RossX 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Not what was promised at the election though!

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      1. footing funny‏ @richardkpage 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking good bit of product endorsing for ronseal had it have been anyone other than David Cameron saying it, it may have been valuable

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      1. carl briscoe‏ @carl_abriscoe 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking they have broken every promise they made.

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      1. Manu Williams‏ @manoobel 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking does that mean they do not have to be celibate?

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      1. mediate4u‏ @mediate4ueu 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Yes applying a tinted gloss over the cracks - just what you would expect from a PR man or a liar!

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      1. Dan Smith‏ @this_idle_man 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Which begs the question - "What does it say on the tin?"

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      1. Tim Allsop‏ @TimAllsop01 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking: David Cameron says UK coalition is "not a marriage, it's a Ronseal deal - it does exactly what it says on the tin" Prick!

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      1. irfinch‏ @_afinch 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Starving its electorate while it feasts. Time for their heads on a spike.

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      1. Liz Bewley‏ @bewlers 7 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking other wood preservative products are available.

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      1. Richard Priest‏ @rp84 7 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking does that mean other coalitions are also available? #hereshoping

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      1. Tw‏ @ttjw88 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Which is totally conflicted with the fact that whatever they have said & promised is anything but what is said on the tin.

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