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Keyboard warrior for @bbcpolitics 👩‍💻🤳 Formerly @bbcnewsnight. All views are mine, hands off.

London via Cymru
Joined March 2011
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My book “Cyber and the City” has now been published! So, to mark the occasion, here’s a short thread on the history and origins of cyber security in the UK financial sector. Book available here and elsewhere: amzn.eu/d/hvG6MNZ (1/12)
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Switched off over the weekend? Catch up on the all the election results and analysis here bbc.in/3eAAlM1 #BBCElections

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There is “no evidence of increased risk” of blood clots from using the AstraZeneca vaccine Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Jonathan Van Tam says “vaccines don’t save lives if they’re in fridges” bbc.in/3s9tayo
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💰 🍺 £100 #giveaway 🍺 💰 1st Prize: £100 to spend at @pivo_london pub! Opening May 2021. 2nd Prize: New PPFC shirt To enter: 1. Follow @PartisanPrague 2. Follow @pivo_london 3. Retweet this post Draw will take place on Sat 20th March at 7:00pm #Giveaways
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"Today is for Sarah," says Labour MP Rosie Duffield "The outpouring of collective rage over the last 24 hours shows that women are tired. We are tired of having to pre-empt possible violence, tired of having to risk-assess every ordinary everyday action" bbc.in/3exGCIy
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"Rather than telling women not to worry, listen to our experience" Conservative MP Maria Miller begins the International Women's Day debate in the Commons by saying "we should not accept a culture of violence towards women" bbc.in/2OfK4wW
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Jess Phillips MP reads the names of the women killed in the UK in the last year, where a man has been convicted or charged as the main perpetrator It takes her more than four minutes bbc.in/3evnZVU
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Just joining us? Here's what you've missed #Budget2021 bbc.in/388JoA9

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The UK’s music festival sector supports tens of thousands of jobs, but what chances do this year's events have? And how can the government help? bbc.in/2Mnvmmr
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Ex-MP Ann Clwyd says older people 'very afraid' about wait for Covid vaccine in Wales bbc.in/2WCi9ro
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The situation London and the south east cut off from rest of the country UK outward freight to Calais cut off UK travel prohibited for a swathe of countries More cases reported in last 24 hours than ever before 5 days til Christmas 11 days til the transition ends
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UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out his plans for government spending, saying the country is facing an “economic emergency” bbc.in/2UYkZGv

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Follow #ElectionNight with @BBCWorld teams across America & around the World 🗳Every result: @BBCNorthAmerica 💻Live analysis: bbc.in/US2020Live 📚Guide: bbc.in/US2020Guide 📍Key moments: bbc.in/US2020TheNight 📺: bbc.in/US2020Watch 🎙: bbc.in/US2020Listen
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"Britain is not about cheap, cheap, cheap" Jamie Oliver warns against lowering food standards post-Brexit The government says it won't sign any trade deal that compromises UK standards bbc.in/2FcHcw6
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Just when 2020 couldn’t get any stranger, we’re watching cakes being made of Sir David Attenborough, Lupita Nyong’o, Louis Theroux, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Miss Lou, Charles Darwin, Sir Chris Hoy, Marie Antoinette, Bill Bryson & Tom DeLonge from Blink 182. #GBBO
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Why has Sajid Javid - the former chancellor - been allowed to work for US bank JP Morgan? [Thread 👇] bbc.in/3kZTacK
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Why Wales' first minister hasn't lived at home during the whole of #lockdown What restrictions are being eased next: bbc.in/3ecSf3L
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From jobs and wages to eating out and moving home - here's what the chancellor's announcement means for you 👇 bbc.in/2VXWwSF
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“Mummy what's his name?” Dr Clare Wenham, we understand your struggles of working from home and looking after children 😂 bbc.co.uk/news
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