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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 11 Jun 2013

    Former HBOS boss James Crosby formally stripped of his knighthood at his request, UK Cabinet Office says http://bbc.in/11F22a9 

    10:17 AM - 11 Jun 2013
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    • Paul Martin Ceri Davies BernadetteStrickland 🇪🇺#FBPE Donald Campbell S.C. AnalPoetNL Sean Lewthwaite Samuel Doyle Derek 👨‍🔬
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      1. Bill Kay‏ @shedpal8 11 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: James Crosby is stripped of his knighthood at his request, http://bbc.in/11F22a9 ” A brave and sad decision by an honest man.

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      1. Sirius Comms‏ @Siriuschat 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking was he stripped, I thought he asked for it to be returned as per your story...

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      1. laine‏ @lainenorthern 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews If he`s that deeply sorry, he can pay back all the money I lost investing in a sharesave scheme that "could not lose"

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      1. Robert Carswell‏ @robbsart 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews HAHAHAHA!!! I request the bastard pays back everything he owes in either money or time in chokey the robbing git.

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      1. me‏ @fubar2u_2000 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking hyperlink not working

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      1. Humi Bibi Bajwa‏ @HumiBajwa 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Humiliation on a grand scale Other countries could learn & take decisive action on those abusing their positions of power

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      1. Sophie Banwell‏ @Banners27 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking When is Jimmy Saville going to be stripped of his?

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      1. Its meitis‏ @alsblackberry_7 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking so, he wasn't 'stripped' of it the fact is he 'returned' it. Tabloid reporting me thinks.

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      1. Sean Lewthwaite‏ @SeanLewthwaite 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why on earth are bosses given knighthoods in the first place?!

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      1. Thedarkeyedgirl‏ @EmmisMiddleMa 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I'm now picturing the scene on Mary Poppins when Mr Banks was sacked by the bosses. They ripped up his flower and broke his hat

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      1.  ⭐  ⭐Harry Alffa ⭐  ⭐‏ @HarryAlffa 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews His wikipedia page has already been amended! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crosby_(banker) …

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      1. Kris Wood‏ @KrisWould 11 Jun 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @Within123 can someone ask if I can have it?

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