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“Ultimately, we are an organisation that is set up to represent the under-represented. That has traditionally meant minorities. It has meant LGBT and minority ethnic communities."

The byelection was triggered to replace Owen Paterson after the Standards Committee recommended the former Conservative minister should be suspended from Parliament for 30 days over an “egregious” breach of a ban on paid lobbying by MPs.

Some jab from Jimmy here...

UK is pressing for an easing of checks on goods moving from mainland Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the protocol, arguing they are damaging business and straining community relations.

Matt Hancock take note."Snog. But check for cctv first."

There were people “jumping over fans in wheelchairs”, adding: “It wasn’t human behaviour. You don’t expect people to behave like that.”

"The only reason publishers turn down a potential book is because they think its sh*t!" Wrote a frank Twitter user.

"I've built 15 schools in Africa" must be the most ambitious use of the "but some of my best friends are black" defence ever," wrote one person on Twitter.

One person said a member of their team had only appointed white men, and when challenged on not appointing a colleague with a Nigerian name, said it was because “‘no-one can pronounce their name’ and ‘I don’t understand them when they speak’.”