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  "We've got to the state where a man is arrested for carrying a joke." Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on the arrest of a man under the Terrorism Act for holding up a cartoon from the magazine during a protest against the ban of the group Palestine Action at the weekend.#BBCPM
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  Coming up on #BBCPM today at 5 – what is happening with government debt? Join us to find out, after this interview on yesterday’s programme by
  @EvanHD
  with the Treasury Chief Secretary Laura Trott ⬇️
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  What is the point in getting a Gender Recognition Certificate? Laura Kate Dale -- who has one -- explains:
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  "With the greatest of respect, Michael Gove knows politics, I know supply chains and anything other than silky smooth at our borders on Oct 31st will have a significant impact on food availability" Ex-Sainsburys CEO Justin King tells
  @EvanHD
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  "The launch of it was phenomenal... The sight of the PM in the rain... It was fabulous." Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop says the upcoming general election won't be 'boring'.#BBCPM
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  Today the #Glastonbury line-up was announced, with #SEVENTEEN making history as the first K-Pop group to play the festival. But who are they? Self-confessed fan
  @lucyj_ford
  explains for the #BBCPM listeners who might not know 🔊
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  “Our family’s story has a different ending than I’d hoped for” - Rob Delaney on caring for his "beautiful" son Henry who died aged two bbc.in/2Domp6W #BBCPM
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  “The phrase aims to deny me citizenship of the only country I have known and loved, because of my race. If that ain’t racism, I really don’t know what is.”
  @Sathnam
  talks to #bbcbh about the impact of ‘go home’ chants.
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  Why did a government minister suggest local councils will be able to decide how often you can go to the shops at the Conservative conference today?
  @AndrewBowie_MP
  , Minister for Nuclear and Networks at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, explained on #BBCPM
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  Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands, who works as counsel for the Mauritius government, tells #BBCPM the new deal that will see the UK give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is a 'win, win, win, win situation', and calls the criticism from some top Conservatives 'peculiar'.
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  Keir Starmer has chaired the first Council of the Nations and Regions as he seeks to devolve Westminster's control in local government. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, was in attendance, and tells #BBCPM he felt it was a 'historic' moment. 📸 OLI SCARFF/AFP