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fleetstreetfox

@fleetstreetfox

Investigative reporter, author, academic and broadcaster. Pen for hire. Apply within.

Fleet Street, of course

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Joined October 2009

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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jun 5
Ministers parrot lines about looking after veterans of the armed forces with straight faces, despite the fact everyone knows it's total bollocks. Here's What They Don't Want You To Know: open.substack.com/pub/whattheydo… cc @Louise_Jones_MP @atomiclabrats
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jul 22, 2019
No, because sexual assault is a crime, not romance.
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Oct 19, 2022
I keep thinking about this Matthew Parris column from August 20.
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Mar 5, 2022
Drinks giant @CocaCola says it’ll keep trading with Russia. Fine. I won’t keep trading with it. Goodbye @CostaCoffee and @SchweppesGB tonic water. yourcoca-cola.co.uk/brands.list
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Sep 19, 2022
Well I reckon those pallbearers all deserve to be knighted. Lead lined English oak with the Crown Jewels on top, and it didn’t wobble once. Those lads must be knackered. 👑
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Oct 6, 2025
Gay existence; not to be raped by your husband; female right to work; black civil rights; no fault divorce; the right for married women to own property; equal pay; protection from sex discrimination; access to abortion; statutory maternity pay; disability rights...
John Lish
@LostTransport
Oct 6, 2025
Replying to @fleetstreetfox
Which rights didn't we have in 1952?
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Oct 14, 2019
Can we all please ignore every single announcement of "new laws" from the Queen's Speech today. He has a majority of -43. Not a single one can be passed. Please go about your day.
Boris Johnson to unveil 22 new bills at Queen's Speech - all you need to know
From mirror.co.uk
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jun 6, 2024
80 years ago, my grandad was spending his first night on a Liberty boat off the Normandy coast, watching the carnage, hearing the bodies thump against the boat, with other people's vomit up to his ankles. He was a 32 year old furniture salesman from Gillingham, a conscript, and
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jul 31, 2024
You never see those who claim to be worried about their country outside sweeping up the mess they made of it.
Richard Gaisford
@richardgaisford
Jul 31, 2024
Replying to @richardgaisford
And now, the community clear up. A local construction company deployed men and machines in Southport, locals turning out with brooms and wheelbarrows to clear the debris. @GMB
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Aug 29, 2019
These cunts are lying. 1. Prorogation is not the same as recess. 2. Prorogation closes all scrutiny, all select committees, and House of Lords. 3. Those things continue during a normal conference recess. 4. Prorogation is average of 5-10 days. This is 35. 5. Why lie?
Damian Green
@DamianGreen
Aug 29, 2019
Many people have contacted me about the prorogation of Parliament. I would urge everyone to look at the facts. The number of days Parliament is not sitting is only six more than was planned. Most importantly, Parliament is back well before October 31st. (1/5)
fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jul 29, 2019
He's got two degrees, was an international lawyer, and is still, somehow, a complete fucking moron.
Daniel Hewitt
@DanielHewittITV
Jul 29, 2019
WATCH: The new Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told me the the "balance has shifted" towards no deal, but says "there's a deal to be done if the EU shows the flexibility we've shown." I asked him what flexibility the UK government has shown:
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Jan 20, 2025
Suella Braverman, 2019, on her own website: "Time and again we hear of people convicted for serious violence or sexual assault who don't receive a sentence that properly reflects the severity of their crimes." 2024, giving a thumbs-up that a rapist is leading the free world:
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Aug 31, 2024
From someone who said partying during lockdown was fine for a Prime Minister.
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fleetstreetfox
@fleetstreetfox
Oct 22, 2019
So Boris Johnson: * asked for an extension * got a deal worse than May’s * won’t Brexit by Oct 31 * and all because Parliament is sovereign Please could people report this accurately as his failure.