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@euanmccolm Course not. It wasn’t him, remember? It was his lads. And before anyone casts the first stone, who amongst us hasn’t, in the teeth of a crisis, tearfully blamed it all on the children we said that all along we wanted to protect?
O tempora, o mores.
In 2011, @GeorgeOsborn disastrously agreed to replace Civil List with Sovereign Grant.
The Palace pushed for it.
In 2011, Civil List gave royals £7.9M and now its replacement over £86.3M, and the King’s new so-called slimmed down monarchy spent £107.5M.
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Ding Liren is the World Chess Champion!
Liren beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in a rapid-play tiebreak at the end of one of the most dramatic matches in chess history.
The 30-year-old is the first Chinese player to hold the title.
Tomatoes #BrexitFoodRationing#Peston
Didn't really know anything about Jay Rayner, but he's more than just a 'food critic'.
Best analysis of our current for veggies crisis.
He's a clever bloke. Says it like it is.
Retweet.
@vicderbyshire@BBCNews@c4newsteam
I reckon Brexit will be a lot like prohibition in the US - something we do for about a decade that pretty much everyone in the country eventually realises is a really bad idea and we then reverse it as quietly as possible.
So much promise, but to what great purpose? Nicola Sturgeon's government privileged style over substance, gimmicks over real achievement. https://t.co/yt4u7hrzWd
I asked @NicolaSturgeon about her record in government - on health, drugs deaths and her promise to close the poverty-related attainment gap in schools