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James Cook
James Cook
James Cook
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@BBCJamesCook

James CookVerified account

@BBCJamesCook

California-based correspondent for BBC News, covering the US west coast and beyond. Ex-Scotland Correspondent.

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Joined October 2008
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James Cook Verified account ‏@BBCJamesCook May 1

Some children looked pretty upset as they were brought through a hostile crowd to hear Ed Miliband speak. #ge2015

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10:52 AM - 1 May 2015
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    1. Scraggy ‏@scraggy78 May 1

      @bbcjamescook Please please make sure this is on the News James, i know people who are voting SNP who haven't seen their true face yet.

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    3. Jeanette ‏@LadyJinty May 1 Glasgow, Scotland

      @scraggy78 @BBCJamesCook Eh? Who would take CHILDREN to a thing like this considering last night? Irresponsible parents.

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    5. AllanKClarke ‏@allanclarke74 May 1

      @JeanetteOShea2 @scraggy78 @BBCJamesCook You SNP louts are scum.Plain and simple...

      1 retweet 3 favorites
    6. Jeanette ‏@LadyJinty May 1 Glasgow, Scotland

      @allanclarke74 @scraggy78 @BBCJamesCook From an "Ulsterman" that is ironic.

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    8. AllanKClarke ‏@allanclarke74 May 1

      @JeanetteOShea2 @scraggy78 @BBCJamesCook I don't follow? You are scum,plenty of evidence. Where is yours?

      0 retweets 1 favorite
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    10. Jamie McGuckin ‏@Gux7McGuckin May 3

      @allanclarke74 @JeanetteOShea2 @scraggy78 @BBCJamesCook Arsehole! pic.twitter.com/nHOMFHbswT

      8:21 AM - 3 May 2015 · Details
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    12. Scraggy ‏@scraggy78 May 3

      @gux7mcguckin @allanclarke74 @jeanetteoshea2 @bbcjamescook They aren't representing a party. The vermin at Tollcross was.

      0 retweets 1 favorite
    13. Jamie McGuckin ‏@Gux7McGuckin May 3

      @scraggy78 @allanclarke74 @JeanetteOShea2 @BBCJamesCook Thick as shit and blinded by your hatred! You are the lowest form of life!

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    1. Dek Bannan ‏@DekBannan May 1

      .@BBCJamesCook Absolute disgrace, obvious to any sane person that this would be an event not to take young kids to, so who is to blame??

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    3. Alex Wilson ‏@Wilsalx May 1

      @DekBannan @Deasbad @BBCJamesCook No way they didn't know there would be protesters after last nights statement. Probably why he's here

      2 retweets 5 favorites
    4. Alexander Robinson ‏@rob9son May 1

      .@Wilsalx @DekBannan @Deasbad so you think people should give in to intimidation?! apologetics of #snp supporters speak volumes

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    6. Alex Wilson ‏@Wilsalx May 1

      @rob9son @DekBannan @Deasbad Is it okay for Scotland to be disregarded? Told our democratic choice is illegitimate? Our pensioners will lose

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    7. Alexander Robinson ‏@rob9son May 1

      .@Wilsalx @DekBannan @Deasbad your pensioners? You think political intimidation is acceptable then?

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    9. Alex Wilson ‏@Wilsalx May 1

      @rob9son @DekBannan @Deasbad No I don't. But I do believe people have a right to make their opinion known

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    10. Alexander Robinson ‏@rob9son May 1

      .@Wilsalx @DekBannan @Deasbad you seem to be blaming the victims of such intimidation.

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    12. Alex Wilson ‏@Wilsalx May 1

      Alex Wilson retweeted Barbie Sturgeon

      @rob9son @DekBannan @Deasbad should look at this tweet re: @BBCJamesCook about kids etc being scared on the way in https://twitter.com/sturgeon_barbie/status/594206199056310275 …

      Alex Wilson added,

      Barbie Sturgeon @sturgeon_barbie
      @BBCJamesCook rubbish, our child was one of them. She was fine and wasn't there to see ed speak, there to swim It's a leisure centre
      5 retweets 2 favorites
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    1. George Wallis ‏@george_wallis May 1

      @BBCJamesCook please tell me slab didn't drag kids through that lot? jesus.

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    3. Buzzfeed Aldrin ‏@weedroid May 1

      @george_wallis @BBCJamesCook yes, the people not hurling abuse are the ones to blame here

      0 retweets 8 favorites
    4. George Wallis ‏@george_wallis May 1

      @weedroid plan to bring kids, fine. take them through a noisy protest? not so much @BBCJamesCook

      1 retweet 3 favorites
    5. Buzzfeed Aldrin ‏@weedroid May 1

      @george_wallis @BBCJamesCook how about the protesters have a shred of decency and ease up on the abuse while there's kids about?

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    7. George Wallis ‏@george_wallis May 1

      @weedroid you're suggesting labour in scotland need to use children as human shields? @BBCJamesCook

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    8. Buzzfeed Aldrin ‏@weedroid May 1

      @george_wallis @BBCJamesCook ...aye that's exactly what I said. Jim Murphy straps a maternity ward to his chest to go canvassing every night

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    9. George Wallis ‏@george_wallis May 1

      @weedroid right. i happen to agree a bit of decency would have been in order. fact remains: why take kids through a protest? @BBCJamesCook

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    11. Buzzfeed Aldrin ‏@weedroid May 1

      @george_wallis @BBCJamesCook or that any protesters would have the presence of mind not to sling abuse while there's kids about. Mad stuff

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