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Benjamin Butterworth
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Benjamin Butterworth
@benjaminbutter
Journalist and broadcaster. Senior Reporter for @theipaper. Also written for @WashingtonPost and @guardian. Indefatigable 🙌
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Mar 21, 2019
    Don’t know why people think kids learning about gay relationships in school will turn them gay. I learned about World War Two, but am yet to invade Poland.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    May 25, 2020
    Hang on. Dominic Cummings just said he went home to his wife, who was sick, during the lockdown, then left his home and returned to Downing Street in the afternoon. That’s a breach in itself.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Jan 18, 2023
    My beloved grandmother, my whole world, died earlier today. Everything I am is thanks to her. She saved me from violent, addicted parents to give me a chance at life. She gave me love and discipline and dreams. I am heartbroken. I cannot imagine a day in the world without her.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Nov 29, 2021
    Replying to @jack
    Even the founder of Twitter has quit Twitter.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Nov 2, 2023
    [Graphic warning] I have just seen the raw footage from Hamas terrorists of their attacks on 7 October. The screams of civilians murdered in their cars, babies slain in Disney pyjamas, children begging for “daddy” as he is blown up, the dead spat on. As they mercilessly
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    Benjamin Butterworth
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    Sep 19, 2022
    Kirsty Young’s monologue on the final departure of the Queen is utterly beautiful.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Sep 21, 2020
    Only a matter of days until Dominic Cummings is caught drinking at 22:30 to test his eyesight.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Dec 8, 2022
    This is just nasty and unbecoming. Meghan looks like a school bully. x.com/CountessCommon…
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Nov 24, 2024
    Love this idea of people signing to say who should run the country. Maybe we should do it on a bigger scale every 4 or 5 years, sort of Greek themed, and people debate their ideas before signing? Just an idea. Might not catch on.
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    Politics UK
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    Nov 23, 2024
    🚨 NEW: An online petition on Parliament's website calling for a General Election has gathered over 100,000 signatures in just over 4 hours
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Aug 22, 2022
    Replying to @IndieWire
    Harry Styles needs to stop cosplaying as gay. Quit toying with us and our experience for your own commercial exposure.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Sep 10, 2019
    This normal looking photo is an historic first: the gay prime minister of Luxembourg and his husband meeting with the lesbian prime minister of Serbia and her girlfriend. Progress often seems far too slow. But it’s real, and it’s worth celebrating 🌈
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Jun 9, 2025
    THIS is what kidnapping looks like, @GretaThunberg. Thank god you are just an attention seeker on a yacht and did not face horrors like this at the hands of Hamas. 251 men, women and children on October 7th did not have the same luck as you.
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Mar 7, 2019
    My mum has lost her job as a school cleaner because they found out she had a drug dealing conviction *23 years* ago. How can our criminal justice system say it aims to rehabilitate people when someone who hasn’t re-offended can be made unemployed for a crime decades later?
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    Benjamin Butterworth
    @benjaminbutter
    Jan 6, 2025
    My god, a prime minister with a backbone and principles. This is outstanding.
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