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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Mar 2013

    UK government will compensate its military personnel in #Cyprus affected by proposed bank levy - Chancellor George Osborne

    2:43 AM - 17 Mar 2013
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    • David Thomas Aaron John Moss | #BackBailey2020 Christine Simm James T. Kirk farhaanhamidy Pete Osborne The Rebel Owen Charnley
    27 replies 232 retweets 20 likes
      1. Rob Zombie‏ @1970RobD 17 Mar 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Can you please stop referring to it as a levy, and call it by it's proper name. THEFT.

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      2. Public Reporter‏ @gorgeousreport 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #Cyprus The proposed levy affects savers with more than 100k. Which military personnel is able to afford these monies?

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      2. Hadrian Moss‏ @drhmoss 17 Mar 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: UK government will compensate its military personnel in #Cyprus "but will they compensate UK civilians with savings accounts?

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      1. dameCranky‏ @crankyallAnimal 18 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. al faqoof‏ @alfaqoof 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why doesn't george condemn it for the theft it is? perhaps he's planning something similar. after all, they dreamt up bedrm tax

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      1. Steve Valentine‏ @121valentine 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking We need to deduct these payments from our EU payments. UK taxpayers should not pay for Euro failings

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      1.  🌈 Jacqs  🇪🇺  🇳🇱  🇬🇧‏ @jacqs70 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking disgusting mr Osborne. You are paying the rich on #cyprus from my tax money!!!

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      1. Nikolajs Calenko‏ @calenko 17 Mar 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: UK government will compensate its military personnel in #Cyprus affected by proposed bank levy - Chancellor George Osborne”

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      1. Anna Karafoulidou‏ @akarafou 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What about small depositors = ordinary (Cypriot) people who saw a lifetime's savings just vanishing?

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      1. Sue Robertson‏ @chiefmamasue 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Should think so!

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      1. British Sauce‏ @BritishSos 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ... Hurragh! Correct decision as forces personnel are forced to open a local cypriot account on arrival for pay

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      1. Andrea Bernardi 博安迪‏ @Bernardi_UK 17 Mar 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: UK government will compensate its military personnel in #Cyprus affected by proposed bank levy - Chancellor George Osborne”

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      1. Trudy #WOMAN‏ @PerfumeLodge 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking & Where's money coming from then 2 sort all that out? We have none in the kitty so we keep being told. What abt ex-pats as well

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      1. Shar Samuel Evalord‏ @Lordbernies 17 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that will be extremely great

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