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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Dec 2013

    UK to sell 40% stake in Eurostar rail service as part of £375bn infrastructure spending planhttp://bbc.in/18g4h7n 

    4:28 PM - 3 Dec 2013
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      1. Margaret Nelson‏ @Flashmaggie 3 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking @BBCNews Let's just put UKplc up for the highest bidder, instead of flogging it piecemeal.

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      1. Alistair Gellatly‏ @aligellatly 3 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews bit of a Gordon brown selling off the gold moment?

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      1. OPEN DEBATE SOCIETY,‏ @stevano_b 3 Dec 2013
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        @jamiegirvin @BBCBreaking Polute the atmosphere,then put 30% VAT on oxygen cylinders & masks maybe!

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      1. Simon Stoddart‏ @nomis1066 4 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @PaulBigland1 - vague waffle, nothing specific. I await with bated indifference.

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      1. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 4 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Wonder if French will buy it as it links Britain with France!

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      1. Ronnie Trafford‏ @Ronnietrafford 4 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that's what Ham face Cameron was doing in China, what a fucking spiv

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      1. Dorothy Charnley‏ @Dorothycharnley 4 Dec 2013
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        Dorothy Charnley Retweeted BBC Breaking News

        @BBCBreaking https://twitter.com/bbcbreaking/status/408030076392194048 …. Don't you mean infrastructure selling plan.

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        BBC Breaking NewsVerified account @BBCBreaking
        UK to sell 40% stake in Eurostar rail service as part of £375bn infrastructure spending plan http://bbc.in/18g4h7n 
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      1. Dr Clifford C. Hodge‏ @DrCliffordHodge 4 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #ConTrickTories #Eurostar #LittleMansTrainSet #FlogIt to pay for UK's £375bn infrastructure plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25201064 …

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      1. Paul Peacock‏ @paulspeacock 4 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why are we allowing them to do this. Quick bucks for Tory friends. #torygreed

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      1. Simon Taylor‏ @sjtaylor1975 3 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking will they ever learn?

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      1. hjarta‏ @hjarta50 3 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking why, money saved on not being in EU would pay for new infrastructure. How much have we left to sell,it is not in gvmt remit

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      1. Fred Saunderson‏ @fredsaunderson 3 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Is there anything the UK won't sell? “@BBCBreaking: UK to sell 40% stake in Eurostar http://bbc.in/18g4h7n ”

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      1. Richard Nicholson‏ @RichardNAtDell 3 Dec 2013
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        UK to sell 40% stake in #Eurostar rail service as part of £375bn infrastructure spending plan http://bbc.in/18g4h7n  via @BBCBreaking

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      1. Red Alert‏ @CathysndChris 3 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Will this country own anything by the time this Govt leaves office?

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      1. Ian Ansdell‏ @IanAnsdell152 3 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Water, electricity, telecoms, rail. What's next, maybe our nukes

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      1. Asa Chandler‏ @acechandler 3 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I've just paid for that! Why would I sell it, when it's due to start paying back it's building cost? Chance to add to coffers.

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      1. Benjamin J. Merrill‏ @BenMerrill 3 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking bloody 'liberal' fascists!

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      1. Hebbes‏ @HebbesAlex 3 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Surely the profit from the shares is worth more than a one time cash grab

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