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    Am mysteriously down from 25/1 to 50/1. THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN'T WANT ME TO GET THIS. This is a CONSPIRACY.

    Important: now 50/1 to be Guardian political editor. Get those bets in while the price is good.
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    1 hour ago

    Diane Abbott just explained that we can't afford Trident because we're in an age of austerity. A minute ago she said austerity is myth.

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    48 minutes ago

    Diane Abbott becoming Corbyn's media enforcer reminded me of this quote: 'Inside every revolutionary, there's a police officer'

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  5. 1 hour ago

    You really are going to have to read it for the articles...

    Playboy magazine to stop publishing pictures of naked women
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    3 hours ago Wandsworth, London

    If McDonnell U-turned because he didn't know it was an ABSOLUTE surplus, then a. Right not to sign b. What a screwup

    "A total fucking shambles." What happened at tonight's Labour MPs' meeting, from
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    3 hours ago

    Iran's parliament approves deal on its nuclear programme agreed with six world powers, Iranian state media say

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  8. 9 hours ago

    Two wheels good. Two wheels bad.

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  9. 11 hours ago

    23% of Brits outside London, 19% in London doesn't equal 1 in 4.

    Tuesday's i front page: 1 in 4 Brits paid less than Living Wage
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    Oct 11

    Fox steals report word-for-word, attributes to "source"

    7:41 AM - 11 Oct 2015 · Details
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    14 hours ago

    "close down issue of deficit denial" how Mcdonnell defended backing Osborne charter to me:

    11:33 AM - 12 Oct 2015 · Details
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    14 hours ago

    Revealed: why Nigel Farage is distancing himself from Arron Banks by

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    20 hours ago Washington Post

    Just one thing on the Post's headline ticker. Repeats over and over.

    5:41 AM - 12 Oct 2015 · Details
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    15 hours ago

    So we can finally report MI5 & MI6 demanded the extraordinary secrecy in Incedal trial. But why? We still can't say:

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  15. 15 hours ago

    Freedom of expression group threatening to sue, here. (They do this a lot. They never follow through.)

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  16. 15 hours ago

    Who within Labour will get to vote/weigh in on this alternative plan? What if gov says it's done on the hoof?

    McDonnell says Labour won't want to be seen "as deficit deniers" so will on weds publish his own statement on fiscal responsibility
  17. 15 hours ago

    This is classic top-down politics. "I've changed my mind, so now you all have to say you've changed them too".

    McDonnell telling PLP meeting why Labour will now oppose Osborne's fiscal charter.
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    15 hours ago

    This exchange is amazing

    At no time during the siege has delivered food been ordered. It is a high stakes embassy siege. Think.
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  19. 15 hours ago

    Ace post, this: This Is What Dating Is Like When You’re LGBT And Disabled

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    18 hours ago

    Facebook's UK tax affairs - and why it's unlikely ever to make a taxable profit

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    16 hours ago

    It's official — McClatchy is closing its foreign bureaus. Full memo here:

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