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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 11 May 2015

    John Whittingdale appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, No.10 announces http://bbc.in/1Iw4pkO pic.twitter.com/7drzmt7ta8

    2:33 AM - 11 May 2015
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      1. O‏ @WANDAGROUP 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking VOTED AGAINST SAME SEX MARRIAGE BACK IN 2013. HOWS THAT FOR CULTURE.

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      2. Tommy Thomason‏ @Sillmyril 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking The only thing Conservatives know about culture is that of foot fungus

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      2. anton newcombe‏Verified account @antonnewcombe 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Death of Culture #Vulture

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      3. Complete Control PR‏ @pollybirkbeck 11 May 2015
        Replying to @antonnewcombe

        @antonnewcombe @BBCBreaking I bet he likes Mumford & Sons.

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      4. Complete Control PR‏ @pollybirkbeck 11 May 2015
        Replying to @pollybirkbeck

        @antonnewcombe @BBCBreaking Actually, looking at him, he's probably never even heard of Mumford & Sons.

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      5. anton newcombe‏Verified account @antonnewcombe 11 May 2015
        Replying to @pollybirkbeck

        @pollybirkbeck @BBCBreaking it's all so depressing - hire a woman that knows a thing or two about the arts and has a history of caring

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      2. tweetSP0RT‏ @tweetSP0RT 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking so after taking aim human rights and privacy the Tories now have someone in post to dismantle the BBC

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      1. Abby Jan DHARAMSEY‏ @UK999ers 11 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Delighted clueless @sajidjavid has been moved to @bisgovuk after disastrous time at @DCMS! Belated Happy Birthday @vincecable

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      1. Max‏ @MAXtmpu 11 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking he doesn't seem like a particularly sporty bloke. Terrible choice.

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      1. Col. Mortimer  ❌‏ @amysteron 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "The BBC licence fee is "worse than the poll tax" and is "unsustainable" in the long term." (Whittingdale) :D :D :D

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      2. O‏ @WANDAGROUP 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking HAHA

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      1. Frank West‏ @frankgwest 12 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @pollytoynbee Have we gone from a Culture Secretary who likes ticket touts to one who wants to dismantle the BBC?

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      1. Rebel‏ @bikerrebel1 12 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking brilliant he may now get rid of the leftist bias bloated overpaid pc condescending ideological people who run it #UKIP

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      1. NEWS.U.S.A.@cwn24 +e‏ @EnergyDrinkRen 12 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking http://newspaper24.eu/ 

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      1. Bravehearthandhome‏ @bravehurt7 11 May 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Great. This man will 100% end public funding of the BBC. Bet you BBC lemmings regret backing the Tories now. Idiots.

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      1. Jake Blunt‏ @JakeBlunt 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking a fat old white man who voted against gay marriage? What a prime candidate!

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      1. Tajinder  🌸‏ @JaM99percent 11 May 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BiancaJagger Oh good? He used to manage this portfolio in Margaret Thatcher government. Will know how to manage BBC bias.

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