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Interested in #tech #sustainability and politics. Prefers facts to conspiracy theories

Guildford, England
Joined April 2013
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Trying to follow Man City accounting story you won't go better than here
The cope from some Man City fans is that the sham sponsorship income meant the club overstated revenue and so overpaid corporation tax. So they are due a refund! Awesome! Um, no. City paid *zero* corporation tax because they lost buckets of money. The receipts:
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Glad to see professional solidarity, rather than politics, coming out on top in Washington.
Bryan Boughton, who runs the Fox News Washington bureau and is the current TV pool chair, says in an email; ”This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President.” “This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.” Via @brianstelter
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A message from the family of Dolly Parton.
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Well that woke me up government emergency #alert pushed out to phones .. Common sense you'd hope
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I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
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Start the Count.
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If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Summer robin spotted #photography better than any capture in winter
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Sometimes you can point towards the sun. Experimenting with #photography
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BREAKING: UEFA declares loss of confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Statement talks of "shabby, back-room deal".
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We stand shoulder to shoulder with our European colleagues and fully support the collective view. We oppose FIFA’s plans. The FIFA World Cup belongs to football and always will. uefa.com/news-media/news/02a…
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Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

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BINGO
This world isn’t collapsing because humanity became too compassionate, too equal or too free. It is collapsing because greedy fucking sociopaths converted governments into protection rackets for wealth and empire.
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Job opportunity: I'm looking for a Manchester based cat to join the Chief Mouser department. Must be good at catching mice but not good at getting attention on social media (that's covered)
"This is what No. 10 North is all about. Putting power in every postcode." New PM Andy Burnham declares today as the "best day of my life", as he opens new No. 10 North and emphasises he wants to get "the whole country facing the same way". trib.al/WDRslIR 📺 Sky 501
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"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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OH MY GOD! SPAIN JUST SCORED!!! #WorldCupFinal
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Not even a shot on goal by Argentina #WorldCupFinal
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Sit back and watch Jude Bellingham at work 👊
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