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Digital News Editor @BBCNews
Oct 30, 2018 4 tweets 3 min read
Hostile environment latest...

This gay couple have been together for 11 years but the Home Office refused their visa application because their utility bills were in only one name

buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/hom… via @emilydugan @emilydugan Adam Armstrong, from Adelaide, applied for a settlement visa to join his long-term partner Duke Westwood who had moved back to Swansea for work.

The submitted evidence, including joint tenancy, joint bank statements, joint car ownership + statements from lawyer, doctor etc
Jul 13, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
Oops. Trump wanted a question from Fox News - "a real network" - and now the reporter is pressing him on engaging positively with Russia while it's still occupying Crimea And now once again Trump is repeating the lie that he predicted the Brexit result the day before the vote when he opened his Turnberry course.

It was the day after.
Jul 12, 2018 9 tweets 2 min read
Trump presser under way now and it's pretty wtf...
• Says they've made "a tremendous amount of progress"
• US commitment to NATO "very strong"
• Praises the "spirit" in the room to increase spending Trump basically claiming victory. Says the commitment on spending by other NATO members "much greater" than two days ago.
"The US was not being treated fairly but now we are because the commitment has been upped so much"
Jul 9, 2018 5 tweets 4 min read
NEW: The Times Has Sacked An Award Winning Reporter For Running A Fake Review Scam buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/… via @MarkDiStef @MarkDiStef Five sources told @BuzzFeedNews that Peter Yeung was sacked last month after a Times editor on the travel desk discovered that he'd been posting reviews behind the backs of editors and sending them to companies to get free tickets and travel.
buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/…
Jun 16, 2018 8 tweets 4 min read
Exclusive: Tory Vice-Chair Ben Bradley Defended A Conservative Councillor Who Shared Anti-Muslim Memes On Facebook buzzfeed.com/alexspence/tor… Tory chairman @BrandonLewis said on Friday the party had zero tolerance of abuse.

But emails seen by @BuzzFeedNews shows that in Nov 2016 Bradley defended a Tory councillor posting offensive memes as “fantastic”, “honest” and “says what he thinks”

buzzfeed.com/alexspence/tor…