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Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. bevan.shields@smh.com.au

London, United Kingdom
Joined May 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Aug 29

    That’s a wrap on my five years at Parliament House. Thanks for everything. And now, a three-month holiday.

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  2. 17 hours ago

    Tony Abbott on a Jeremy Corbyn-led government: "A Corbyn Labour victory would not only be a disaster for Britain; it would also be a shocking setback for the wider world which has always looked to this country for inspiration."

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  3. 17 hours ago

    When Theresa May was asked this question in 2017, she responded: "I have to confess, when me and my friend, sort of, used to run through the fields of wheat, the farmers weren’t too pleased about that."

    Asked the naughtiest thing he has ever done, Boris Johnson replies: "I may sometimes, when I was riding a bicycle everyday, may sometimes have not always obeyed the law by cycling on the pavement."
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  4. 18 hours ago

    Asked the naughtiest thing he has ever done, Boris Johnson replies: "I may sometimes, when I was riding a bicycle everyday, may sometimes have not always obeyed the law by cycling on the pavement."

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  5. Dec 7

    😍🎅🏼

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  6. Dec 6

    Haha. The exact numbers for leave/remain in the Brexit referendum.

    On who performed best in the : Boris Johnson: 52% Jeremy Corbyn: 48% via Representative survey of viewers
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  7. Dec 6

    Don’t vote for the Tories: former Tory PM Sir John Major

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  8. Dec 6

    Is Jeremy Corbyn lying when he says Britain’s universal public health system will be “sold off”? Yep. But there are legitimate concerns about what happens to medicine prices under a new post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK. Feature here:

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  9. Dec 6

    Malcolm Turnbull has urged Boris Johnson to confront "absurd" claims that Britain's health system would be sold off, warning his own experience with "Mediscare" proved "even the most implausible, ridiculous lie" can derail an election campaign.

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  10. Dec 5

    You have got to be kidding. This loser not only keeps his job but also avoids any internal disciplinary proceedings.

    Wombat-stoning police officer will keep his job
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  11. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    Trump calls Trudeau “two-faced” after he’s caught on camera mocking the President

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    REPORTER: Have you seen the video of Prime Minster Trudeau talking about you? TRUMP: "Well, he's two-faced ... he's not paying 2 percent and he should be paying 2 percent. It's Canada, they have money."
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  12. Dec 3

    Trump’s tariff hit on luxury French goods is a vindication of sorts for Australia's go-slow on introducing a digital tax.

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  13. Dec 3

    The Turner Prize has been awarded to all four nominees. Unprecedented for it to be shared between two, let alone all four finalists.

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  14. Dec 3

    One big happy NATO family.

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  15. Dec 3

    Bill Shorten was going to send Kristina Keneally to Washington as Australia’s ambassador to the United States had Labor won the May election. has all the details of the deal

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  16. Dec 2

    'Jack would be livid': Father of London Bridge victim condemns the political response to his son's death

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  17. Dec 1

    More on this: it seems the guy who has been arrested was part of the group planning to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2010. The London Bridge attacker Usman Khan was part of this group.

    Development: Police have arrested a convicted terrorist over fears he was planning a fresh attack. This is significant because the plot was picked up during a snap review of parole conditions in the wake of the London Bridge assault.
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  18. Dec 1

    "I'm glad in one sense that we are here so we suffer alongside the rest of the community, because that is quite right for the church. It's how it should be." Struck twice by terror, Southwark Cathedral looks to God for answers.

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  19. Dec 1

    UK police arrest man over alleged plans for another terrorist attack

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  20. Dec 1

    Development: Police have arrested a convicted terrorist over fears he was planning a fresh attack. This is significant because the plot was picked up during a snap review of parole conditions in the wake of the London Bridge assault.

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  21. Dec 1

    Saskia Jones, the second victim of the London Bridge terror attack, was a 23-year-old volunteer who 'always saw the best in people'

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