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Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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North of England correspondent @guardian, council estate dweller, injustice complainer, joke attempter. Fellow @risj_oxford 🏳️‍🌈
Leeds, England
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Sep 16, 2024
    For the pin: I'm not really using this hellsite currently. If you're that one person who reads my work (thank you), every depressing story is on the Guardian app. To contact me, [email protected]. If you're after bants/japes, I'm doing my best over on insta 💪
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    Feb 7, 2020
    Person at an event: oh hi, I know you from twitter Me: ...sorry remind me? Person: *says his name, full job title, things we talked about* Me: ...er...? Person: my profile picture is a banana? Me: Banana!!! How are you?! So great to meet in real life!
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    Jun 13, 2020
    Weird how black people protesting are "rioters" but white people rioting are "protesters". English is such a quirky language
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    Oct 19, 2022
    Do you remember when Gordon Brown wrote a handwritten letter to the mother of a dead soldier and his handwriting was bad because he's blind in one eye and it occupied a week's worth of headlines, with The Sun calling it "shameful"? Seems like a different world
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Jul 22, 2020
    Britain be like Drive: 40 min Public transport: 9 hrs 25 min
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Apr 30, 2020
    One of Enid Blyton's more adventurous stories
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    BBC Yorkshire
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    Apr 30, 2020
    Five arrested after 110mph police pursuit in North Yorkshire bbc.in/2WeFKO6
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Sep 30, 2021
    Such a grim day for women
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Nov 13, 2022
    I recently learnt a fun fact: the reason the streets on the Monopoly board are a mix of well-known and obscure London locations is because the UK rights were bought by Waddingtons, based in Leeds, and they had no idea about London. They decided it all based on one research trip
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    May 16, 2020
    Inspired by this BBC piece, I would like to see the last normal pic on your phone
    A selection of people's last 'normal' photos
    Coronavirus: The last 'normal' photo on your phone
    From bbc.com
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Jul 31, 2022
    This guy sits unelected in the House of Lords
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    Lord Sugar
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    Jul 31, 2022
    The moon rising in the Artice circle between Russia and Canada
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    This was debunked by Snopes in May 2021: snopes.com/fact-check/gia…
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Apr 25, 2023
    Sorry but this cannot be a new concept for Americans
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Jan 17, 2020
    Oh hai, it's Camilla, the producer on a TV show. I'm casting a debate about the Premier League. Is there anyone who has never seen a football match, has never played football and who doesn't think football exists? You'll be up against a professional footballer and we need balance
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Oct 21, 2022
    The last 60-year-old ex-miner I met was a Corbynite who cycled round his ex-colliery town because he was passionate about climate change. Working class northerners are not the bigoted people you're looking for
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    Paul Embery
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    Oct 20, 2022
    Tip for Labour: care a little less about the views of 19-year-old gender studies students and a little more about those of 60-year-old ex-miners.
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    Robyn Vinter [email protected]
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    Dec 8, 2021
    My mum and dad coming back from a weekend away in 2005: "why is the windowsill broken and this picture smashed?" Me: "I understand and share the anger but I have been assured there was no party and I apologise unreservedly for the impression given"