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Warm wishes to all my friends who are celebrating the arrival of the year of the Ox today - 新年快乐
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It took him four days to say this… twitter.com/Number10cat/st…
1130
It would be hard to be “ashamed of our history” at the same time as saying “the best days are behind us” - who’s writing this stuff?!
1131
The National Health Service is 73 years old today. A very happy birthday to an incredible institution xx
1132
Me watching the torrential rain in London today:
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“When I saw the Colin the Caterpillar cake held by my wife and our interior designer I believed implicitly that this was a work event.” twitter.com/BBCNews/status…
1134
92 years ago the BBC announced there was no news to report that day so they played piano music for 15 minutes. The good old days: bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…
1135
@NASAPersevere If you find Ted Cruz up there, send him home...
1136
Apparently Nadhim Zahawi still hasn’t resigned. Rishi Sunak is looking worried that he might have to do something…
1138
When you wake up and remember that it’s a bank holiday:
1139
Jezza, I think the public have probably had enough of politicians telling them what they should think and why. They’ll judge this government however and whenever they want and when they’re finally permitted a vote their judgment will be clear and very likely damning. twitter.com/JasonGroves1/s…
1140
Still January… twitter.com/justin_ng/stat…
1141
I know you’re all wondering where I’m coming home from at 6 in the morning… well, keep wondering! twitter.com/iainjwatson/st…
1142
When will politicians learn? Refusing to answer the question IS answering the question. Sunak has managed to confirm in people’s minds that he’s registered with a private GP and wants to hide the fact. twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/s…
1143
Did Boris Johnson break covid rules? Does Larry poop in the flowerbeds?.. twitter.com/imageplotter/s…
1144
Fair to say it’ll be a few years before anyone can claim that the Conservatives are the natural party for stable government with a straight face. Johnson is scorching their reputation with every minute he refuses to bow to the inevitable. He was their choice.
1145
@amanpour @RoryStewartUK He’s not wrong.
1146
Nigel Farage quits politics again.
Next election: Mysterious candidate Figel Narage comes 5th in a seat in Essex
1147
OK, I’m feeling guilty about chasing off foxy. Here’s some advice from my pals @RSPCA_official about how to look after foxes:
rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfa…
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@spectator Examples of people with a “foreign-born” parent include The Prince of Wales, the Home Secretary, the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary, all of the Prime Minister’s children, and Sir Winston Churchill.
Is that who you had in mind, Lionel?
1150
Conservative Chair: Be cold or be rich. twitter.com/lisaocarroll/s…
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 15 year old tabby. Living with my fifth Prime Minister. Unofficial. A subpar odyssey.