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The estimable ⁦ @SophyRidgeSky ⁩ just called ⁦ @LeeAndersonMP_ ⁩ a “Prick”. Delicious Freudian slip. And so true.

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There are presenters on air today @BBC LR who know they have lost their jobs. They were warned to say nothing as it might jeopardise redundancy or future “cover” work.They are expected to sound like all is well when they are in pieces. I admire each and every one.

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Music legend ⁦ @ronniewood ⁩ backstage tonight at Royal Albert Hall. He’s a big fan of @bbc Local Radio and wants it to stay local. Bravo Ronnie. Nx

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My mother is 97 today. We are ⁦ @Harrods ⁩ for lunch. My mother quite likes it.

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@ProjectLincoln Fool On The Hill. ( too easy )

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I am shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Steve Wright. He was one of a kind, who took the craft of radio to new, previously unexplored heights. The word “genius” is fitting. Love the show Steve. Farewell. Nx

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This is the state of @bbc Local Radio. It would be funny if it weren’t so accurate.

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He just gets better and better.Bravo @mrjamesob

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James O'Brien apologises to Shaun Bailey's campaign team for suggesting that no senior Conservatives would be stupid enough to employ professional caterers for their illegal parties... @mrjamesob

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A double celebration birthday and 50 years ago on this day in 1973 I joined Capital Radio for what became the adventure of a lifetime!

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A friend is an experienced presenter @bbc local radio.He had 2 audition 2 “save his job”. He was told he would hear his fate today.He has wife,family,mortgage waiting in high anxiety for 👍 or 👎.Got ☎️ today “manager is on leave U won’t hear4 2 more weeks” THIS IS CRUELTY.

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I know some of the very best politicians are not good at this. But Sunak has a special gift of being both a bad politician and an appallingly bad, insincere, inauthentic, robotic TV performer. A charismatic black hole.

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

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In his New Year message, Prime Minister @RishiSunak looks forward to 2024 and the work we will continue to do to build a better future for people across the UK 🇬🇧

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@danwootton HeyDanny boy you r in @guardian “It is hardly breaking news,but I can confirm that Dan Wootton still doesn’t understand the difference between choosing to reveal something about yourself on your own terms,and having people chase you around to take pictures of you without consent.

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At 6.29 this evening this pic will be exactly 50 years old, the very first “Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It” on Capital Radio. My1st guest was a very “well lubricated” Pete Townshend, and it was the start of the most wonderful adventure. Note my very rock and roll Angora jumpr

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Going through some stuff at my mother’s flat and found this. I have never seen this before! ⁦ @DavidBowieReal ⁩ at Talk Radio 31st Jan 1999

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@realTuckFrumper 'Cockroaches, lice and bed bugs are my only friends'. No change there then.

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A highly experienced presenter @BBC local radio was asked by a senior manager at interview to save his job “You have 60 seconds to summarise why you should be saved.Think of this like a gameshow”. Lawyers should be all over this as should the press. # BBCHungerGames

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My mother is 94 and in a nursing home. She is tuned in ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩ to hear her little boy. I think my mother likes it !!

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Tim Davie “I am in listening mode. I want to make sure that going forward we have a workable solution”

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1 year

At last………bravo @RachelReevesMP

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@BestForBritain

1 year

YES @RachelReevesMP - great to hear this Brexit truth bomb from the Shadow Chancellor. "The Brexit deal the government secured has cost our economy dearly."

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When did @BBC become a small spiteful organisation ?

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@JamesCleverly Hey @JamesCleverly . Best keep shtum if I were you

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Haven’t we suffered enough?

TV Zone

@tvukzone

5 months

BBC confirm the return of #MrsBrownsBoys for two festive specials, airing over Christmas and New Year. More details:

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@NickyHorne

2 years

And speaking of @SuellaBraverman thanks as ever to @secrettory12 for this “Suella Braverman -the UK’s first no-win-no-fee attorney general, she has yet to collect a fee”

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It’s personal: the reaction to Steve Wright’s death is proof of the power of radio

It’s personal: the reaction to Steve Wright’s death is proof of the power of radio | Gillian...

Kenny Everett, Alistair Cooke, now Wright: some voices are so familiar that they become part of the fabric of our own lives, says the radio critic Gillian Reynolds

www.theguardian.com

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1 year

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home donations hit £100,000 after death of Paul O’Grady

London charity ‘overwhelmed and touched’ by donations to tribute fund set up after death of ambassador

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@NickyHorne

6 months

Is it just me or does this look utterly ridiculous?

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6 years

It’s my birthday today & it’s also my anniversary of joining Capital Radio. 45 years ago today ( scary) Roger Scott and I walked into the office in Piccadilly together, beginning the most wonderful, joyous and sometimes surreal adventure. It was indeed, the time of my life.

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@NickyHorne

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At 6.28 tonight this photo will be exactly 49 years old. The very first “Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It” on Capital Radio, with a well lubricated Pete Townshend, and me ( inexplicably ) wearing Angora! The start of a wonderful,thrilling, and often surreal adventure.

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@NickyHorne

3 months

This 👇🏻

Stalled Movie

@StalledMovie

3 months

Audio Clip 5: Here's the BOMBSHELL. Last WEEK #BBCRadio2 called #SteveWright and asked him to return to #SteveWrightInTheAfternoon .... Clip below. (6/6) 👇

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Found these at Mum’s flat. Private firework party circa ‘58 at Winifred Atwell’s house attended by Liberace and Alma Cogan. The guy leaning nonchalantly on Liberace’s grand piano is my Dad

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4 years

@JoJoFromJerz @DrGJackBrown @vote4robgill @gtconway3d @GovWhitmer “The Deplorables”. Hillary was right.

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@ProjectLincoln The Unrighteous Brothers.

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Meet the new addition to the Horne Clan. As yet unnamed.Can bring her home in a few weeks. #Cockerpoo

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@NickyHorne

2 years

Tonight ⁦ @VirginRadioUK ⁩ from 7 “Conversations With Bowie” some of my archive encounters with this amazing man and a few personal memories. Including this, Jan 31st 1999 which was the first ever live radio webcast. Sound And Vision. Bowie once again a true innovator.

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1 year

Hey ⁦ @BBCRadio2 - Keep up the good work. ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩

Scott Mills drops Radio 2 classics from 60s and 70s for 00s hits

Fans feared a change of tune when Steve Wright's afternoon show was axed from Radio 2. And it seems their concerns were well founded after Scott Mills replaced him.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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5 years

Now there is a good man.

Christie's

@ChristiesInc

5 years

The David Gilmour Guitar Collection totaled US$21,490,750, with all the proceeds benefiting @ClientEarth . Thank you to all the fans today for an incredible 8-hour auction with bidders from 66 countries around the world!

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She has a name….."Lola” And she comes home in 2 weeks.

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2 years

@UberFacts Say that again and I’ll bite your knee caps

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1 month

This just appeared on my iPad. How many can you name ?

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1 year

Say hello to Lola. She comes home in two weeks. Ain’t she sweet ?

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1 year

96 today. Lunch ⁦ @Harrods ⁩. My Mother Likes It !

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@NickyHorne

4 months

Staff @bbc LR spent last Christmas under threat of redundancy.This Christmas many have been forced out,fired,or taken VR,and for the 1st time many local stations have NO local shows at all. And yet MORE mangers have been appointed to manage less staff. Shameful isn’t it ?

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@NickyHorne

4 months

At last we can reveal BOOM ROCK - The wide world of rock - is coming and I’ll be on it ! Rock on !

RadioToday UK

@RadioToday

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A new spin-off radio station is launching in February called Boom Rock to go with Boom Radio and Boom Light...

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@SteveDoherty1 I once played the jolly "Isn't it good to know Capital radio" jingle, out of the news when the last story- a breaking news story- was about the sinking of HMS Sheffield in Falklands war. I had been monitoring in prefade and had not heard the story. And yes, it haunts me still.

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The BBC’s betrayal of Steve Wright

Radio is my favourite medium. Always has been. It doesn’t shout ‘Look at me! Look at me!’ in the way newspapers and screens do. Radio informs and entertains as you drive a car, paint a ceiling or...

www.spectator.co.uk

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1 year

My small friend from @BoomRadioUK @grahamdene came round to our place to meet Lola. Graham is not a doggie person, but Lola eventually won him round. And who could resist that cute face? Lola that is.

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I have been married to this amazing human for 23 years today. We celebrate our wedding anniversary with Jenny in her happy place,in the famous market in Antibes

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@NickyHorne

3 years

Just had robocall from +44 7530 629346 saying there was a warrant out for my arrest from HMRC and to press 1 to speak to officer. I did. He told me he was in “Crown Court”. After a brief chat where he asked for my bank details I told him to “fuck off and explode”.

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@NickyHorne

2 years

@SirRogerGale Sir Roger. It wasn’t “careless” it was premeditated and deliberate. He was advised not to use the slur prior to his statement. He ignored the advice which triggered the resignation of Munira Mirza. He has to go and go now.

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3 months

ROCK ON TOMMY!

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@NickyHorne

2 years

Do you know what this could mean ? That we never have to see or hear from Jacob Rees Moog Nadine Dorries Mark Francois Simon Clarke Alok Sharma James Cleverly Chris Heaton Harris Nadim Zahawi EVER.AGAIN. Feel free to add to this list..

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@NickyHorne

1 year

In ⁦ @JohnLewisRetail ⁩ and have just tuned all of these to ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩ !

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@NickyHorne

1 year

@Britain_People Think someone should check his BP.

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@NickyHorne

5 months

This is rather lovely.

Greg Murphy 🤓

@TheGregMurphy

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This Christmas ad for a pub in Enniskillen is better than anything John Lewis has ever put out

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I am so proud of this not so little station of ours @BoomRadioUK

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@NickyHorne

1 year

Dear @NadineDorries I do think you need to decide if you are a television presenter or a Tory MP.

Rt Hon Nadine Dorries

@NadineDorries

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. @GaryLineker does need to decide though, is he a footie presenter or a candidate for the Labour Party? We discuss on my show tonight on @TalkTV 8pm !

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Paul O’Grady faced down Tory austerity, homophobia and shame – he was a true hero

Paul O’Grady faced down Tory austerity, homophobia and shame – he was a true hero | Matt Cain

As Lily Savage and as himself, he confronted prejudice and celebrated gay culture. His stories must not die with him, says author Matt Cain

www.theguardian.com

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@NickyHorne

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. @BoomRadioUK is BOOMING! “Boom Radio – aimed at baby boomers who have been turned off Radio 2 by its attempts to capture a younger audience – is reaching 443,000 listeners a week after only 18 months on air”. Thank you for listening and your amazing support. Boomers Rule!

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Amazed and very touched by all your wonderful comments to my last post. I never take for granted the support you have given me over the years. A huge thank you. And do give @BoomRadioUK a go. I feel like I’ve come home. I think you will as well. Nx

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@NickyHorne

2 years

The iconic HMV store in Oxford Street is now this. What an effing disgrace.

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@NickyHorne

1 year

@joncoopertweets Oedipal

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Today we are 2! This has been two of the best years I have had in radio, and the reaction to our station has been like nothing I have experienced before. And …….we have only just begun ! Happy Birthday to @BoomRadioUK

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@NickyHorne

1 year

@UberFacts God.

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@NickyHorne

7 months

Tonight & tomorrow 9.00pm ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩ David Symonds hosts a fascinating wonderful documentary on birth of Capital Radio 50 yrs ago This, btw,is the 1st proof of my poster ( a little ragged) but pride of place in my study!

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@NickyHorne

1 year

@TalkTV What utter bollocks.

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@NickyHorne

4 years

On ⁦ @StevieWonder ⁩ ‘s 70th birthday this from the night he stayed for 2 hours after my #CapitalRadio show and at his suggestion recorded jingles for us. One amazing man, one incredible night

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@NickyHorne

8 months

The @BBC don’t want you to hear this. It’s been removed ⁦ @BBCSounds ⁩ ⁦ @SophieLLittle ⁩ speaking truth to “power” “Ageist,”ableist” and “unfair” Bravo Sophie Bravo.

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@NickyHorne

4 years

My mother is 93 today. We are out celebrating. I think my mother likes it.

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@NickyHorne

1 year

More @ BBC #HungerGames “ I’ve given my working life to BBC and always felt valued.But in a 10 min Zoom I’ve been made to feel completely worthless and irrelevant.I was called a short time before I was on air and was expected to continue as normal.I was in pieces”

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@NickyHorne

1 year

More @BBC LR #HungerGames . From a senior presenter. EVERY word is true. And some were told jokingly to look at it “Like Speed Dating”.

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1 year

Lola chilling in my studio. ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩

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1 year

Lola’s on her way home.

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Walked into ⁦ @JohnLewisRetail ⁩ Brent Cross and greeted with this. It’s still effing September !

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@NickyHorne

1 year

Start ‘em young I say @BoomRadioUK

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@NickyHorne

2 years

Hey @RosieisaHolt looks like the charming @nadhimzahawi saw your vid and nicked your lines. Incredible.

Alex Andreou

@sturdyAlex

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Incredible by Zahawi. How can you bring back Braverman six days after being sacked? - "Because politics is so compressed now, time moves quickly. Why wait a month?" Why did you campaign for Johnson, months after he got sacked? - "Because I called him Boris Johnson 2.0." 👀

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@PennyMordaunt Er…no it doesn’t. Prices are just rising slower than they were. Stop with the gaslighting.

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2 years

If past history is anything to go by @BorisJohnson is unlikely to pull out at the last minute.

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@NickyHorne

4 months

Major incident declared in Nottinghamshire and BBC Radio Nottingham is relaying late show from Salford playing Steve Harvey "Come Up And See Me, Make Me Smile". @Ofcom YOU CAN’T KEEP IGNORING THIS CONTINUING BREACH OF OPERATING LICENCE AND Tim Davie NEITHER CAN YOU.

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3 months

Look, we found the Beatles and Bowie hiding in our basement! I want to share this discovery with you..Beatles Bowie & Me Tickets available now.

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1 year

We @BoomRadioUK really punching above our weight with @SimonBatesUK and later @malprin introduces #PaulOGrady and a repeat of his Christmas Show - a show he loved doing.

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3 years

My mum 94, in London nursing home, just got the vaccine. Mother said she liked it.

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2 years

Yesterday was the anniversary of #AlanFreeman ’s passing. Clearing out some stuff today I found this. Not quite sure where my right hand is resting, but Fluff and I were close!

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At around 6.45 tonight this pic will be 46 yrs old ! Pete Townshend arrives for 1st ever Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It. The start of a wonderful, incredible,sometimes surreal journey for me and all wearing a rather fetching angora jumper #RocknRoll

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1 year

A lot @BBC LR at risk had phone calls late last night. One guy told by phone he’s out. Editor was very blasé about it “ others performed better at interview” Now worried about paying his bills. A phone call late on a Thursday right before bank hol weekend. #Callous

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1 year

@StephenKerley4 @elliegrace321 @BBC Fool.

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10 months

Flying the flag ⁦ @BoomRadioUK ⁩ with Lola. She’s getting bigger !

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@NickyHorne

1 year

So many congratulations to Sir Brian May. We go back a long way, to the Trident times, and weirdly my sister was his PA! He is a lovely man, a special human. Mazeltov!

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@NickyHorne

1 year

So farewell #ChristineMcVie . An exceptional songwriter and musician. And a really wonderful human. RIP.

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1 year

Dear dear Fluff. Never ever ,not even for a nanosecond,took himself too seriously. A heart the size of a planet.

James Hogg 🖋

@JamesAHogg2

1 year

Smashy and Nicey visit Fluff Freeman in his retirement home, resulting in, what else, but a countdown. This is SO good!

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When Jenny was giving little Ozzy a cuddle, Lola wanted me to do the same to her.

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Miss Lola Horne is one year old today. 🎉🥳 Ain’t she sweet?

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I really didn’t think this man and this party could get any lower in my esteem, but for them it seems there is no bottom. They are a fucking disgrace. He is a fucking disgrace. #ElectionNow

Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’

PM criticised for personal independence payment review amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

www.theguardian.com

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@NickyHorne

2 years

It’s the officials @DCMS who I feel sorry for

Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

2 years

MP @MrJohnNicolson on Paul Dacre interviewing for the leader of Ofcom position: "You seemed to have bent over backwards to make it as easy as possible for this entirely unsuitable man, to get this very important post."

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Here we go !

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4 years

Just heard awful news that Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. 2020 can fuck right off.

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1 year

Lola has her first ride on the tube.

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1 year

This has been sent by someone quite senior in @BBC LR. An edit of the original ad for LR when local radio meant something special. Watch till the end.

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6 months

This isn’t a press release, this is an obituary.

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