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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 11 Jul 2017

    Inquiry to be held into contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister sayshttp://bbc.in/2uMpHJ4 

    4:18 AM - 11 Jul 2017
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    • Lost Focus Martin Stephens Amanda Richards #GTTO Lila Bennett #JC4PM Shamla Tsegai 🇪🇷 Georgie Jones Elyse Wright Kara Applesauce Sheron Wilkie #ExtremeEULoyalty  #FBPE
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      1. cycleoptic‏ @cycleoptic 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @cyclist_london

        England: ‛Clean Air in London’ estimates 12,212 deaths attributable to human-made particle air pollution so 2017 http://bit.ly/2qjkJS0 

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      1. Your Voice Matters‏ @YVMatters 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        When will we have Inquiry into early avoidable deaths in care homes? I would image this would be bigger than any Inquiry ever done #coverup

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      1. Heather #FundOurNHS‏ @heather_c_c 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @VictoriaLIVE

        Good. This needs looking into too.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/25/uk-blood-plasma-company-sale-nhs-supplies …

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      1. Joshua.Liam.Goddard  🔮‏ @GoddardOrGoHome 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        This gives people like my dad who always affected a voice! This is a long time coming!

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      2. Phillydude 41-33‏ @Fairwinds10 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        2.400 people?? - that seems like an awful lot of people - who's going to jail for this?

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      3. Magnamundian‏ @magnamundian 12 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Fairwinds10 @BBCBreaking

        Most likely no one,isn't that the point of making something "an inquiry" these days

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      1. Gary  🇪🇺‏ @garyduffynl 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        This is good, but why now? Is it intended to distract us from something else?

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      1. nando mele‏ @mele_nando 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        I have some mistrust of the medical profession. The cover up was more important than the patients.

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      1. LJS‏ @NorthernEnglish 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        What in the living fuck, they kept this quite

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      1. Mel‏ @Melindola 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @hammersmithandy

        Good news. Long overdue. However I suspect @Number10gov are desperate to discredit the #NHS at the moment

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      1. Tom  🌚‏ @PassingPrince 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        that's bloody annoying

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      2. Joe‏ @MrJoeGooch 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @VictoriaLIVE

        I'll save the inquiry some time and money:https://youtu.be/spnEaO3yumk 

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      2. Phillydude 41-33‏ @Fairwinds10 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Intentionally giving contaminated blood to people to use them as guinea pigs? - that's some real Nazi Germany shit -http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4662690/Patients-infected-contaminated-samples.html …

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      1. Bev‏ @bevvybooo22 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Successive governments let this issue slide as gradually over time the victims died .. was this so that compensation due would be reduced?

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      1. Michelle Evans‏ @evans028 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Amazing news! At long last, please let them get it right and put am end to this tragedy so we can move on with our lives #campaignTB

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      1. Peter Smit Gary‏ @PeterSmitGary 11 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        That's some Resident Evil shit.

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