@HipsDontWork

Old crock with LongCovid, osteo-arthritis and multiple health issues. I chat about Corrie, Cats, Columbo, Teeline Shorthand, and politics.

 United Kingdom
Joined December 2022
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🧵 In 2016 I rented a studio flat in Chiswick for £750 pcm. I was earning £37,000 as a Legal PA. The rent was 24% of my gross salary. Today the rent wd be £1,800 pcm and even with a salary of £70,000 the rent would be 31% of the salary of a young city lawyer (for example).../2
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My best guess is the 5 Green MPs might be taking advantage of the rest of recess to decide whether to declare independence from The Green Party. They don't want to spend the next 2+ years defending this shit. And everywhere they go they will rightly be questioned about it.
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6 October 1910. Barbara Castle was born in Chesterfield. She was Labour MP for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979. As Labour Transport Minister, she introduced permanent speed limits, breathalysers and seat belts. As Employment Minister, she introduced the Equal Pay Act 1970.
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Miss Ally@MissAlly_01
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Apparently, bears know the rule: if a cat sits on your lap, you can't move. ❤️❤️❤️
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Arthur Smith@ArfurSmith
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‘Strictly come farting’, Come fart with me’. What other TV fart shows?
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TELL US: What’s the best freebie you’ve ever (legitimately) got and what’s the story behind how you got it? Please post your replies here, like your favourites, and podcast producer Simon will collate them.
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Ross Kemp meeting Prince William and looking just as paranoid being touched as on The Traitors 😂
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Replying to @Nigel_Farage
"If Brexit is a disaster I'll go and live abroad." Nigel Farage, 17 March 2017 What part of your Brexit HASN'T been a disaster for Britain? I just wonder if the Brexiteers truth is being withheld from us.
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Dmdav@Dmdav1
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Facts ‘There were 2 million claims receiving Housing Benefit (HB), a decrease of 350,000 on the last year. There were 1.1 million Pension Age and 880,000 Working Age claims. The number of Working Age recipients will continue to fall as claimants move to Universal Credit’
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The reaction to death of Archer, who was out and about as recently as the weekend, tells us something powerful about how modern Britain thinks death is something that will be foreshadowed and lingered up to. You can be here one hour and gone the next. That’s why it’s all precious
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It’s been 10 years since Ronnie O’Sullivan produced this AMAZING clearance you will ever see.🔥 With no position on the reds, Mark Selby plays a safety shot while leading 70-0 in the frame. The rest is history…
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The only person ever to walk out on me during a live interview. I think of him as a charming (and sometimes not very charming) liar in the tradition of Maundy Gregory. And he seems to have died a pretty enviable death. Unlike Monica Coghlan, killed in a car crash aged 50.
Michael Crick
@MichaelLCrick
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As well as being a politician and highly successful novelist, don't forget Jeffrey Archer was a pretty nasty fraudster - like his father. In short, he was a crook. Many broadcasters - some who never dared ask him any tough questions - will gloss over that today.
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70sFan@70sStreetFan
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Wishing a Happy Birthday to Eileen Derbyshire, who turns 95 today.
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I'm going to London in 3 weeks time. I'm thinking of calling in at Harrods and complaining to the manager about how expensive everything is in their store and telling them Lidl is a lot cheaper.
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I've quit my job at the cat shelter... I had no choice as they reduced meowers!
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Wow, Jeffrey Archer has passed away. Clearly a checkered life, but I still remember reading and being absolutely gripped by Kane & Able as a tween, and read many of his other books in my teens. He certainly could write a page turner!
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So sad to learn of the passing of Jeffrey Archer on the 10 pm news. But grateful that I saw this short interview last week. Archer was talking about how he was good friends with John Smith and was actually at John's bedside when he passed away. Godspeed, Jeffrey.
Sharon@HipsDontWork
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On BBC lunchtime news today Jon Kay interviewed Jeffrey Archer. Archer talked about how how he was friends with John Smith (former Labour leader) and thought Smith would make an excellent Prime Minister and how politics was less tribal back then. It's a fabulous interview. .../2
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Some men just don't know when to piss off
BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreaking
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taking legal action against Thames Valley Police, England, over his arrest in February bbc.in/4AVscdd

Andrew takes legal action on search warrants during his arrest

Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released under investigation in February.

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Eric@erics_escapades
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Good evening pals, I’ve been a great help today with Mammy’s admin tasks . I believe I’m an integral part in process of Mammy writing her books, I just don’t know how she’d do it without me . Have a lovely evening everyone 😻🧡 #adoptdontshop
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Friends, the neighbour decided to adopt Mila. everyone at home was terribly disappointed, especially Mum. However it seems that Mila is very happy at our neighbour’s house and has become great friends with her cats. And after all, that is the most important thing. #cats
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keith flett@kmflett
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Cost of Royals 24/25 £52m to 27/28 £100m(Mountbatten Windsor's legal costs not included) kmflett.blog/2026/09/13/cost…

Cost of Royals 24/25 £52m 27/8 £100m

MPs are due to vote on the Sovereign Grant. This is the amount of public money that goes to the Royal Family. It was introduced in 2012 when it was £31m and is set to almost double in 27//8 from th…

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