#Sunderland Councillor for St Chad's Ward, works in the charity sector. #SAFC fan. Contributor to @WashingtonPost @Independent @BBC @NYTimes

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Joined August 2009
A point is a point but feel like we’re deluding ourselves. We’re still nowhere near good enough and can’t score goals #safc
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Why can’t people accept that the reason that leave won was that the remain campaign was a shambles? I worked for the remain campaign and it was awful. Ran by the same people who lost the 2015 General Election, Labour and Lib Dem ‘strategists’. It was arrogant and out of touch
Andy Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Russian interference in Brexit referendum @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK's exclusive interview with @andyburnham on tomorrow's episode of Leading is out in full at midnight.
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It’s been an absolute honour to be supporting the Kevin Sinfield challenge over the last few days. An incredible team behind the scenes. After many months of planning we’ve made it happen and met some of the best people along the way.
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Being a neutral tonight. An absolutely lovely welcome from @FCHTOnline. Haway the Shaymen!
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I really wish I knew what Bucks Fizz think of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. As celebrities they MUST have an opinion on these things or else they’re monsters. That’s how it works isn’t it???
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We need governments brave enough to say no.
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Send in this fella
The UK is reportely weighing Saudi requests for military support against the Houthis and has already sent advisers to the kingdom.
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Can’t wait to see #SAFC begin their first European campaign in over 50 years on Wednesday. Still hate the Europa League name though. Here’s what we could have had…
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Enjoyed #GNR26 this year but if you’re going to walk it then please don’t put yourself in the front wave. So frustrating having to dodge past people who should be further back on the start line and want to walk it.
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“I call app Britain”
"I dedicate myself to this mission as chancellor, to make Great Britain, growth Britain again," John Healey says "I want to see this country as a country of wealth creation," he adds Follow live: bbc.in/46Jxfzm
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In terms of power projection and technology. The British forces on the Falklands are among the most powerful air forces in South America.
⚡️🔊 Hear the Rumble…🛫 ✈️@RoyalAirForce Typhoon FGR4s, Atlas C1 and Voyager combine to deliver air power across the South Atlantic. 🛡️@BFSouthAtlantic defends the UK’s South Atlantic Territories, maintains regional security and supports polar science and logistics.
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“Taxi for Braverman”
Suella Braverman MP checking out the arena floor at Reform UK Conference, Birmingham . 📸
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Milan here we come!! All booked! #safc
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Can he get any more Brent?
Andy Burnham was handed a guitar by a Ukrainian soldier and played a Smiths song as he continued his visit to Kyiv. He said music can help “lift spirits” on the frontline and was serenaded by soldiers from the Cultural Forces group singing Oasis
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Go North East, the biggest private bus operator in Kim’s area saw a £95,000 loss last year. No brainer alright 🙄
Stopping huge profits to private companies so our bus service improves...sounds like a no brainer to me 🚌 Tell me what you think northeast-ca.gov.uk/haveyour…
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That bloody alert made me drop my fag. Local field currently in flames.
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Reform using a ship for its poster that isn’t even a Royal Navy ship. It’s Brazilian. Just shows how rushed and I’ll thought out this announcement is
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2/2 Type 23s or 45s? Big, expensive pieces of kit not designed for the job and needed elsewhere. The aircraft carriers? It’s all a bit silly isn’t it…
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1/2 Which Royal Navy ships would Reform use to block the channel? River class? All defending the Falkland’s, our Caribbean overseas territories, our fishing areas and our oil and gas platforms.
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Dominic McDonough retweeted
Ed Miliband's Syria 2013 vote was the single most consequential UK foreign policy decision post-Iraq and pre-Brexit, and there basically seems to be nobody even mentioning it with regards to his promotion to the only office where this decision actually matters.
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