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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Aug 2015

    UK government raises £2.1bn by selling #RBS shareshttp://bbc.in/1ICB9VN 

    11:12 PM - 3 Aug 2015
    • 152 Retweets
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    • Karolyn Gregory Varsha Doshi Jacqueline Harvey Saheed Akinbode Keith Sutherland Christina Richardson David Atwani Caroline Sylvie Kadzo Kisiwa
    62 replies 152 retweets 93 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Sale of #RBS shares represents £1bn loss for UK taxpayers http://bbc.in/1IlOkLC 

        67 replies 450 retweets 122 likes
      3. BobDak‏ @BigBobDak 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCScotlandNews Let's get this right.... So it's OK to lose £1b selling shares but it's not OK to pay our public services?????

        0 replies 9 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Mr Ethical‏Verified account @nw_nicholas 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Extremely biased - loses £1bn, you mean “@BBCBreaking: UK government raises £2.1bn by selling #RBS shares http://bbc.in/1ICB9VN ”

        6 replies 25 retweets 6 likes
      3. Mr Ethical‏Verified account @nw_nicholas 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @nw_nicholas

        Mr Ethical Retweeted Mr Ethical

        .@BBCBreaking has now changed headline from this https://twitter.com/nw_nicholas/status/628449668725387264 … to this https://twitter.com/nw_nicholas/status/628520249063809024 … #RBS

        Mr Ethical added,

        Mr EthicalVerified account @nw_nicholas
        Replying to @BBCBreaking
        That's better “@BBCBreaking: Sale of #RBS shares represents £1bn loss for UK taxpayers http://bbc.in/1IlOkLC ”
        0 replies 12 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Billy Sangster‏ @BillySangster 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking Shouldn't that be "UK taxpayer loses £1bn by selling #RBS shares"?

        1 reply 16 retweets 5 likes
      3. Janey  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #FBSI  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @jmacdeee 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BillySangster

        @BillySangster @bmc875 @BBCBreaking Typical #BBCspin. They are incapable of telling the whole story.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Billy Sangster‏ @BillySangster 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @jmacdeee

        @jmacdeee @bmc875 @BBCBreaking To be fair, there was a "loss" tweet a minute later. Still.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Jim Gallagher‏ @jimgall47 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Is it a corrupt practice for Osborne to sell public assets to city multi millionaires losing billions & not balancing books.

        0 replies 7 retweets 1 like
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      1. Mike McBot Ramsay‏ @MikeRamsay4 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "UK Government loses taxpayers £1bn by selling off RBS shares to institutional Tory donors at a loss"?

        0 replies 7 retweets 1 like
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      2. Codename: Gary Seven‏ @Supervisor1_9_4 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking That's a pretty +ve spin on a £1bn loss

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Mike McBot Ramsay‏ @MikeRamsay4 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @Supervisor1_9_4

        @GiganticDays @BBCBreaking #bbcbias #PROPAGANDA

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. FuriEUse #FBPE #PeoplesVote‏ @fourasienne 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @MikeRamsay4

        @MikeRamsay4 @GiganticDays @BBCBreaking only what I have come to expect from #bbc #whowantstoSaveBBC?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. John Dempster‏ @juandedumbarton 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking wow. Spin machine in action again!

        0 replies 3 retweets 1 like
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      1. Fanxxxxtastic-Trada‏ @Fanxxxxtastic 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking No it lost £1 Billion get your headline right.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. jay73‏ @janer900 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking does the 'tax payer' not own this institution already?

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      1. Keith Moir‏ @KeeefyM 3 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCBreakfast it's ridiculous that they sold them at a loss. @DavidCameron_MP wouldn't trust him to run a ménage !

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      1. The Messenger‏ @Messenger_Augur 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking More "family silver" into the hands of robbers er "investors" Rail, Gas, Water, Electricity, Motor industry...Once gone...

        0 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
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      1.  🏍 Lynne Gee  📱+ 🚗 = ❌!‏ @GL650_LynneG 4 Aug 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "RBS is among the biggest fallers on the market with shares DOWN 👇 1.7% to 331.90p"

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      1. Odenore Williams‏ @OdenoreWilliams 4 Aug 2015
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        @BBCBreaking A plan to revamp

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