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Tom Copley
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Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Former Member • Former councillor • Trustee • Geriatric Millennial
Lewisham, Londonlondon.gov.ukBorn May 11Joined April 2010

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“I will not rest in continuing to pull out all the stops to crack London’s housing crisis.” announced at Royal Eden Docks this morning that we have hit the hugely ambitious 116,000 affordable homes target. More than 25,000 were started last year alone.
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This morning @SadiqKhan will announce he has hit his hugely ambitious target of starting 116,000 affordable homes in London. This is an incredible achievement by London’s housing associations and councils, and the superb team at City Hall, in extremely challenging circumstances. twitter.com/guardian/statu…
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Russia is a magical land where no prominent public figure has sided with Prigozhin, and yet his mercenary convoy seems to be cruising through cities, seizing military installations almost unmolested en route to Moscow.
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Perhaps the plane fell out of a window.
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Kremlin denies Putin has fled Moscow as Russia president’s plane ‘disappears’ independent.co.uk/news/world/eur
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BREAKING: In a recorded address, Vladimir Putin says the Wagner group rebellion is a 'criminal adventuristic campaign' and "equivalent to armed mutiny". He says: "It is an attempt to subvert us from inside. This is treason." Latest: trib.al/QTC8as2 📺 Sky 501
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The cost cutting, bean counting, hollowing out of journalistic talent and more that has befallen the BBC over the last 20 or so years are really starting to bite. It’s never been so poor in my lifetime
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BBC Today Programme not providing live coverage of the coup in Russia. Extraordinary. A pivotal moment in Russian history, one that will be studied for years to come, and the BBC is discussing monetary policy!!
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🚨 Russian soldiers surrendered en masse to Wagner PMC in Voronezh. Wagner now controls both Rostov (population 1.1 million) and Voronezh (also population 1.1 million). Wagner is now approaching Krasnodar (1 million) and Volgograd (950k) without any resistance.
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“Now, commercials. And then… commercials.” Russian state TV is in chaos as anchors wait for info on producers who themselves need instructions from the Kremlin on how to cover this attempted coup. Today has been lots of ads & occasional, very brief MOD statements.
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At the Bugaevka border crossing, Voronezh Oblast, an entire company of Russian troops surrendered to Wagner mercenaries without a fight.
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Погранпереход Бугаевка, Воронежская область. "ЧВК Вагнер" без сопротивления разоружил роту российских военных
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How it started: we'll take Kyiv in three days How it's going: "Obey the will and orders of the elected president of Russia, stop the columns, turn back to base, and solve all our problems peacefully under the leadership of the commander-in-chief of Russia"
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Sergei Surovikin, hitherto the most Wagner-friendly general, calls on the group not to obey Prigozhin's orders. "The enemy is only waiting for our domestic political situation to get inflamed. Don't play into the enemy's hands in this difficult time for the country!"
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin is aware of Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin basically declaring a coup against the army and claims "all the necessary measures are being taken." Whatever those are. t.me/rian_ru/206666
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