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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 28 Aug 2014

    Tory MP Douglas Carswell is to join the UK Independence Partyhttp://bbc.in/1C5unYS 

    3:08 AM - 28 Aug 2014
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    • IMaD kHaN kulyennie chipeta خالد عبدالله القحص sxc #Commonwealth Daniel Francis Biomass RHI Scandal Expired 🏃🏾‍♂️
    48 replies 202 retweets 76 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Douglas Carswell says he will resign as MP & stand for UKIP in the resulting by-electionhttp://bbc.in/VPpz8Y 

        23 replies 112 retweets 54 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Douglas Carswell's defection to UKIP is "regrettable & counter-productive", Conservative Party spokesman sayshttp://bbc.in/VPpz8Y 

        14 replies 42 retweets 29 likes
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      1. James‏ @JamesEdmonds90 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking More evidence of ukip and Tories being essentially the same.

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      2. toby‏ @tobyornot_ 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        UKIP have their first MP… “@BBCBreaking: Tory MP Douglas Carswell is to join the UK Independence Party http://bbc.in/1C5unYS ”

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. H S Quelch‏ @murn1 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @tobyornot_

        @tobyornot_ @havantacluOTMP @BBCBreaking There was that Castle Point guy who defected but bottled a by-election. Bob somebody ?

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      2. Kevin Higgins‏ @Boglawyer 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @DearbhailDibs @SiCarswell You can choose your friends but you can't chose your namesakes .....

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      3. Simon Carswell‏Verified account @SiCarswell 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @Boglawyer

        @Boglawyer @DearbhailDibs I would thought more of him, being a Carswell and all

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Kevin Higgins‏ @Boglawyer 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @SiCarswell

        @SiCarswell @DearbhailDibs Yup a Carswell in the Monster Raving Loony Party .... at least you have a black sheep as a dinner topic

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Pragmatic_Green #MVM‏ @Green_Aitch 28 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Tory MP Douglas Carswell to join UKip http://bbc.in/1C5unYS  via @BBCBreaking Scary times !pic.twitter.com/WKaukqy0Of

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      1. Kimberly Boolman‏ @craighill13 28 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Finally, a Politican grows a Back Bone, Well Done Mr Carswell. I will defo vote UKIP at election.

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      1. Morgan Irvine‏ @Morrggz 28 Aug 2014
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        @katyshicks @BBCBreaking OMG

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      1. The Steeple Times‏ @SteepleTimes 28 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Was @DouglasCarswell honourable or stupid in defecting? http://thesteepletimes.com/the-fog/considering-carswell/ …

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      1. hjarta‏ @hjarta50 28 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Why does nearly everyone say a vote for Ukip is a vote for labour, haven't u heard of landslides

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      1. Stewart Mac‏ @bodyart99uk 28 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking at least Carsewell is being honourable by forcing by election unlike some of his MSP colleagues

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