Sinn Féin holds the largest share of first preference votes with first counts completed in all 39 constituencies #GE2020 | https://t.co/sWaNgiGjU4 pic.twitter.com/2yXndRDpwa
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 9, 2020
Well hello Mary Lou! The Sinn Fein leader didn’t win the Irish election but she may as well have. #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/bc7k6mguab
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) February 9, 2020
Front page of Monday's @irish_news #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/lP6SXEanbh
— Ryan McAleer (@RyanMcAleerbiz) February 10, 2020
Ireland, national parliament election: Left-wing Sinn Féin(LEFT) become the most popular party on first preference votes for the first time since the foundation of the state in 1922. Centre-right Fine Gael(EPP) finishes in 3rd place for the first time ever.#GE2020 #Ireland
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) February 9, 2020
If you’re in GB, you can watch coverage @rtenews #GE2020 via friends @BBCNews. https://t.co/5Re4Rrwm6a
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) February 9, 2020
Irish PM Varadkar says coalition with Sinn Fein is not an option https://t.co/70pfWadmJ0 pic.twitter.com/MmievDB1tZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2020
Éamon Ó Cuív says any decision on entering coalition with Sinn Féin is a matter for the Fianna Fáil party.
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) February 9, 2020
Confidence and supply agreement has backfired for Fianna Fáil https://t.co/0IoTuvUsDg
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) February 9, 2020
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy tells @rtenews that regardless of who makes up the next Government, people will expect that Government to plan for Irish unity #GE2020 | https://t.co/ftKyRF2tgU pic.twitter.com/IWOmlIg79E
— RTÉ (@rte) February 9, 2020
Ireland: the counting of the votes in the constituency of Dublin Finegal—electing 5/160 MPs to the national parliament—has been delayed, as there has been a confusion over two Smiths, two O'Brien's, a Reilly and an O'Reilly appearing on the same ballot.#GE2020 #Ireland
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) February 9, 2020
You can literally say ‘to hell with the planet’ and win a seat in Kerry.
I mean Brexit was national self-harm but global self-destruction’s even a step better, I grant you. https://t.co/IlXqsYfnJW
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) February 9, 2020
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WORLD
BREAKING: China's health ministry reports 3,062 new cases of a respiratory virus, raising the Chinese mainland's total to more than 40,000. The number of deaths have risen by 97 to 908. https://t.co/sMSZpJ3aUa
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 10, 2020
WHO advance team on coronavirus on way to China: Tedros tweet https://t.co/sc3Fx7rmQm pic.twitter.com/RreXos86Ku
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2020
The impact of the spreading coronavirus risks bringing to life the worst-case economic scenarios contained in China’s annual banking stress tests https://t.co/a3SFhgcJsD
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) February 9, 2020
elsewhere…
From Johnson's UK to Trump's US the right takes inspiration from Hungary's corrupt and racist dictatorship. Me in @ObserverUK on judging political movements by the company they keephttps://t.co/6pPVHopjrh
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) February 9, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
But wait ’til he’s up against a named opponent…
Here is Trump's approval rating as of today in all 50 states among Independents, converted into Electoral College format. https://t.co/54JvjrWRtd pic.twitter.com/acLUYLH76t
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) February 9, 2020
Remarkable. Sen. Graham says he talked to AG Barr this morning and they have set up a "process" by which Rudy Giuliani will now send his Biden "dirt" directly to AG Barr. pic.twitter.com/gteVz53jIG
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 9, 2020
Lev Parnas says he’s got plenty of dirt that goes ‘well beyond’ Trump impeachment https://t.co/AIpdYxah0o
— Nick #FBR #FBPE 🇦🇺 (@hazydav) February 9, 2020
Me to @seanilling 1/21: "He’s been totally brazen about his collaboration with the White House. And my guess is that he’ll once again be hailed as a great tactician for having pulled this off."
NYT headline 2/7: "McConnell's Moment: A Master Strategist Secures a Swift Acquittal"
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) February 9, 2020
“Among the Republicans who warned the White House was Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who after voting to acquit Mr. Trump said she thought he had learned a lesson.” https://t.co/re4k2XBh35
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 9, 2020
"Nice senator, you got there, Utah. Be a shame if anything happened to him…" https://t.co/8NtPsv4NJs
— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) February 9, 2020
“He has completely decimated the entire diplomatic corps. He’s completely decimated the CIA. The senior military can hardly be in the same room with him. The EPA is an instrument to help polluters, not to regulate polluters.But otherwise I’m a happy camper https://t.co/5W7pAGJTVe
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) February 9, 2020
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
#StormCiara: In pictures https://t.co/xFo9Lk2xkA
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/search?q=brexit&src=typed_query
An important column. Brexit is at bottom a retreat from Enlightenment values and embrace of faith based reasoning – the world as Brexiters believe it should be. Of course the media must be manipulated to conform. Chilling. https://t.co/6tgLI80vRw
— Will Hutton (@williamnhutton) February 9, 2020
The Roman Emperor Caligula was fond of building pointless bridges. In AD 37 as the Roman Empire plunged into financial turmoil he spaffed considerable resources on a pontoon one into the middle of the sea. Shortly afterwards he appointed his horse a Senator pic.twitter.com/ay53BNlnyD
— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 9, 2020
British thread of the day…
Okay, so a really bizarre thing happened today. I was in the (amazing vegan co-op) Bonnington Cafe in Vauxhall with my brother.
He goes for a piss and comes back with an odd look on his face.
‘I think you should go to the toilet.’
I don’t really need to go, but whatever…
— Medium Driis (@driscolltheque) February 8, 2020
And finally…
Who will win at the Oscars this year? Here are predictions from @kylebuchanan, our Carpetbagger columnist. https://t.co/07HIGXVTym
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2020
The 2020 #Oscars have begun! Follow our live updates https://t.co/T42HgpXTiZ
— The Independent (@Independent) February 10, 2020