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Off on hols for 2 weeks, kick murdoch for me while I'm gone 1:02 PM Jan 7th via N900 Desktop Widget
@tomeagles stick some fishes in as well to be sure 4:23 AM Jan 7th via web in reply to tomeagles
JohnRentoul Michael Gove writes to NSPCC: it is "positively right" for teachers to touch pupils eg when "introducing new subtleties in oboe playing" 4:13 AM Jan 7th via web Retweeted by scatatkins and 72 others
@tomeagles he'll no doubt arse this up as well.... 4:07 AM Jan 7th via web in reply to tomeagles
Despite loving Danny Boyle, I will NOT see 127 hours. I'm so pathetically squeamish I can't even watch holby. 3:39 AM Jan 7th via web
@keithnewby65 thanks! 3:36 AM Jan 7th via web in reply to keithnewby65
brian haw is unwell. Hoping he returns to being the bane of the government's life very soon. 3:36 AM Jan 7th via web
Interesting that the police use facebook in Yeates inquiry. If I put "murder" in my likes will I get the ad? 2:03 AM Jan 7th via TweetDeck
MinorityThought If you haven't seen today's disgraceful @Daily_Star front page yet, see it here: http://bit.ly/eJVo53 (via @jdthndr) 12:57 AM Jan 7th via web Retweeted by scatatkins and 8 others
Cops likely to re-start NOTW investigation. It's a classic open and shut and open and shut and open case http://j.mp/hO1sKb 1:06 AM Jan 7th via TweetDeck
JonathanHaynes Awful story: Mass rape of more than 30 women in coordinated attack in Congo http://t.co/Vt8Xtiw 4:24 PM Jan 6th via Tweet Button Retweeted by scatatkins and 2 others
Ivory coast expels UK ambassador, who had already upped sticks to Ghana. Bless. http://bbc.in/fwwN2P 1:02 AM Jan 7th via TweetDeck
tom_watson Bloomin 'eck: RT @YouGov: Latest YouGov/Sun voting intention: CON 39%, LAB 43%, LDEM 7% 2:47 PM Jan 6th via Echofon Retweeted by scatatkins and 13 others
@JonathanHaynes you just did that on photoshop, admit it.... 2:35 PM Jan 6th via TweetDeck in reply to JonathanHaynes
Ed Milliband getting mauled on jeremy vine is pure parody http://bbc.in/fxQZrs 2:34 PM Jan 6th via TweetDeck
Suspended NOTW editor calls in Max Clifford, who also had his phone hacked by, er, the news of the world http://bit.ly/husPEK 12:57 PM Jan 6th via TweetDeck
just had mildly threatening sadsack neighbour complaining about 8am music on new years eve, 6 days late. 12:37 PM Jan 6th via TweetDeck
@SimonNRicketts could you ask him to sort he out with a couple of haddock? 10:45 AM Jan 6th via TweetDeck in reply to SimonNRicketts
hugorifkind You know when Julian Assange gets really old? Just saying . . . http://bit.ly/he2hKY 10:09 AM Jan 6th via web Retweeted by scatatkins and 3 others
RT @vacuumcleaner: Starbucks drops its name and the word coffee from logo http://bbc.in/hF0UOE because of website http://bit.ly/fzuHhL 5:04 AM Jan 6th via TweetDeck