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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Oct 2013

    George Osborne announces Chinese companies will be able to buy into next generation of British nuclear powerhttp://bbc.in/19TiFVl 

    11:03 PM - 16 Oct 2013
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    • Jesudoss Midden Gem sara sadat Richard Van Sant Cameron Addicott Oliver Ajay Sabumei Iyaz Khan Khilji Luc Haedrich
    53 replies 165 retweets 28 likes
      1. bachulus‏ @bachulus 17 Oct 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews lets all do the Wonga kowtow-lets all learn mandarin-Osborne's great economic begging bowl trip-U heap-ever so humble

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      1. nick elliott‏ @nickelliottrock 16 Oct 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: George Osborne announces Chinese companies will be able to buy into next generation of British nuclear power Tosspot!!

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      1. Alan Bishop  ❄️  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🤝‏ @swingyerkilt 16 Oct 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Is there anything truely 'British' anymore? Most household names now owned by foreign companies & they wont be paying UK tax

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      1. Tim Carter‏ @TimCarter10 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Apparently it was a choice between china and Iran to run our nuclear power stations

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      1. Room101b‏ @room101b 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking can't we build our own reactors ? I fear we no longer have the skills or means.

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      1. phil‏ @ppjkis 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking is there nothing that a democratic country would not do in there search for investors. Have all moral rights gone.

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      1. World Metro Maps‏ @Communicarta 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Britain puts China in a very special position!

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      1. Jimmy Styles‏ @stylesway 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking so we flooded china with opium back in the day and now they can do the same with nuclear waste, o the irony

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      1. Ga®y ღ ♥♡ Hartley™©‏ @Hartley_Gary 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Are the British not capable or is it all about the money? Giving away the jobs again but at what cost?

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      1. Paul Vincent Wiper‏ @pvwiper 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Is this exclusive to the Chinese or can other countries buy?

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      1. Owain Roberts‏ @OwainTRoberts 17 Oct 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: George Osborne announces Chinese companies will be able to buy into next generation of British nuclear power” fucking idiot

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      1. Tw‏ @ttjw88 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking trying to F**k up this Country even more before they are finally ousted in 2015. I can't believe Britain is under tyranny.

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      1. Mark Thomas‏ @warp9976 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Desperate !!!!

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      1. April Janes‏ @Apriljanes 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that's nuclear!

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      1. Grant Murchie‏ @LeopoldStotch11 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews So will the profits go to China and taxes go unpaid with that deal then?

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      1. Woz Griffiths‏ @wozgriffiths 17 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking its now obvious MP's work for world investors,so selling your own countries power supply abroad is very clever warfare #treason

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