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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 24 Feb 2015

    Ex-UK foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind steps down as security committee chairman after "cash for access" rowhttp://bbc.in/1LyCbUN 

    2:16 AM - 24 Feb 2015
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Sir Malcolm #Rifkind to step down as an MP at the UK general election after #CashForAccess row http://bbc.in/1vu2GZu pic.twitter.com/O4CuCPjyIu

        65 replies 309 retweets 210 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        "It's the right & proper action to take" - Sir Malcolm #Rifkind as he confirms he'll step down as Tory MP at #GE2015http://bbc.in/1BLDcZN 

        48 replies 142 retweets 162 likes
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      1. Rob Foster‏ @r0bwfoster 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Wow. Like we never saw that coming.

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      1. Just Leave EU‏ @JustLEAVEeu 24 Feb 2015
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        .@BBCBreaking a good man with distinguished service brought down by tittle tattle. Sir #MalcolmRifkind

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      1. kevin young‏ @kevyng3 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Now strip him of all his assets and make him survive on £71 week and food banks Arrogant twat.

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      1. Lorraine Mackay‏ @LHMackay 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking and as an MP

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      2. Asif B‏ @Asif_B 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking how corrupt are our leaders?

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      1. Mock the Afflicted‏ @johnstrange2008 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Look of the pair of them Fall down more to the point lives of riotous crooked living taken Toll Sir Malcolm Rifkind Jack Straw

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      1. John Allan‏ @JohnAllan8 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking There's also a GE upon us; he would likely have been dumped. But the arrogant git still claims the moral high ground..

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      1. Kevin‏ @kevinoils_kevin 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Thatchers henchman who tried to destroy the fabric of Scotland, he never understood poverty, but created it, he ruined lives

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      1. Jim Boylan‏ @Wiznyme1 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Rifkind staying on as MP till general election means he qualifies for golden handshake. At Westminster crime does pay

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      1. chris patrick brown‏ @christo94447553 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking has jack gone now

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      1. SIMON‏ @SGillLondonUK 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking maybe he should give Farage a ring. If ukip,will take neil Hamilton they'll take anyone

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      1. STEALTHFIRE2‏ @rob76s 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking good riddance to the tory scum that's one down.

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      1. John Pollock‏ @JohnChopperx 24 Feb 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Malcolm Rifkin can't live on 67 grand? How can he (and the rest of them) possibly relate to an average person's issues?

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      2. James Henry‏ @StrawberryMoonz 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Arkenor Just Jack Straw to GTFO now

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      3. Arkenor‏ @Arkenor 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @StrawberryMoonz

        @StrawberryMoonz @BBCBreaking He was already stepping down at the election.

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      4. James Henry‏ @StrawberryMoonz 24 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Arkenor

        @Arkenor @BBCBreaking He should be axed with immediate effect

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