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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Jul 2015

    Tim Farron named as new leader of @LibDems in UK http://bbc.in/1K9gWdO pic.twitter.com/HwRfs92G2q

    8:34 AM - 16 Jul 2015
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    72 replies 293 retweets 211 likes
      1. AllFord‏ @AFNotBricktop 16 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @LibDems No one cares!!

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      2. Mr B‏ @MrBlueSky1704 16 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @LibDems Tim Nice-But-Dim

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Ade Beaufoy‏ @BluenoseBeau 16 Jul 2015
        Replying to @MrBlueSky1704

        @MrBlueSky1704 @BBCBreaking @LibDems Thats hilarious

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      1. COYQ1866‏ @COYQ1866 16 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Krys2549 @LibDems great news pleased to have him as leader #Integrity #LibDemFightback

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      1. James in Leeds‏ @jamesoffofleeds 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems Who?The only reason we're now on the way to £12,500 personal allowance. Who?See what the Tory's have done now majority

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      1. Ellis Alden‏ @picard25 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems Did the other MP not want the job?

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      1. RainbowChazer‏ @RainbowChazer 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems woohoo! Well done Tim! Couldn't happen to a nicer fellow. Good luck and God bless you in your new role.

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      1. riding the moment48% #FBPE‏ @sydturner1 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews @LibDems wow I'm underwhelmed

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      1. cm‏ @CarloMalka 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems as the football crowd would say. WHO?

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      2. Cathy Crowther‏ @CatbytheC 17 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @VividRicky @LibDems Doomed to spend a lifetime in the wilderness!

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      3. Vivid Ricky‏ @VividRicky 17 Jul 2015
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        @CatbytheC @BBCBreaking @LibDems Dunno, Tim will bring some cred, but nowhere near height of principle that late great Charles Kennedy did.

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      1. Robert Friel‏ @RobertFriel1 17 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems @timfarron Bad move. http://scottishindependence.com/2015/07/new-lib-dem-leader-tim-farron-backs-disgraced-alistair-carmichael-over-sturgeon-memo-leak/ …

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      1. brian nason‏ @noseypeople2 17 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @LibDems What are his views on:- Overseas Trade - Drugs - Border Control - Immigration & the EU

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      1. Bernard Tedowl‏ @BernardTedowl 17 Jul 2015
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        Bernard Tedowl Retweeted Bernard Tedowl

        @BBCBreaking An unfortunate summary of this event is in his name, ^oo^https://twitter.com/BernardTedowl/status/621826514439569412 …

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        #Anagram of stop-the-press-its-the-new-liberal-democratic-leader #TimFarron is 'Minor Fart', ^oo^ #Leaders
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      1. Judith Collinson‏ @JudithCollinso1 17 Jul 2015
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        “@BBCBreaking: Tim Farron named as new leader of @LibDems . Politics aside, best MP I've ever had - by a mile.

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      1. KT‏ @KentyTron 16 Jul 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews @LibDems He abstained from Gay rights votes in parliament due to his 'strong Christian belief's'. #SMH

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      1. Julie Latimer‏ @imeldageordie 16 Jul 2015
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        “@BBCBreaking: Tim Farron named as new leader of @LibDems in UK http://bbc.in/1K9gWdO  pic.twitter.com/4l6aCtN778” eek Tim Tim nice but dim!

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