{"id":57731,"date":"2017-11-08T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/priti-patels-resignation-was-a-24-hour-social-media-rollercoaster\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:15:39","slug":"priti-patels-resignation-was-a-24-hour-social-media-rollercoaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/priti-patels-resignation-was-a-24-hour-social-media-rollercoaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Priti Patel&#8217;s Resignation Was A 24-Hour Social Media Rollercoaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Priti Patel&#8217;s Resignation Was A 24-Hour Social Media Rollercoaster<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-hls=\"https:\/\/delivery.vidible.tv\/video\/redirect\/5a0331d346bd1e7ab2c251ff?bcid=551473d31146fb0cb8f35daf&#038;w=1080&#038;h=1080&#038;enc=m3u8\">\n<div><!-- TAG START { player: \"Huff Post UK News&Pols - Click to Play\", owner: \"HuffPost UK (PUB)\", for: \"HuffPost UK (PUB)\" } --><\/p>\n<div vdb_params=\"m.embeded=cms_video_plugin_uk.edit.huffpost.net&#038;m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3DSPONSORSHIP_NAME&#038;m.fwsitesection=composer\" data-placeholder=\"\/\/img.vidible.tv\/prod\/2017-11\/08\/5a0331d346bd1e7ab2c251ff\/5a03344c6a94702a072d82bb_o_U_v1.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=900\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- TAG END { date: 11\/08\/17 } --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The moon landing. The JFK assassination. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/30\/lillith-the-lynx-missing-from-welsh-wildlife-park\" target=\"_blank\">Lilith the lynx escaping<\/a> from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Everyone says they knows where they were during these seismic moments in human history.<\/p>\n<p>While the resignation of Conservative minister Priti Patel probably won\u2019t <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> as long in the memory, those who do remember it will know precisely where they were. They were on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>So how did we get to the stage where a politician\u2019s downfall was so absorbing it probably dented Britain\u2019s GDP?<\/p>\n<h4>Let\u2019s recap &#8230;\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Patel, the UK\u2019s international development secretary, got into hot water after she admitted to holding meetings in Israel while on holiday in August, including with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Foreign Office was only made aware of the \u2018secret\u2019 meetings on August 24 &#8211; after they took place.<\/p>\n<p>The problem here is that Patel could have been seen as freelancing and making government policy on the hoof.<\/p>\n<h4>By Tuesday night, amid increasingly loud <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> for her to resign, things got appreciably worse.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So I am hearing that Priti Patel is likely to be sacked within hours. That would be two cabinet ministers gone in a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Peston (@Peston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peston\/status\/928017894465769472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Ruh-roh!<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Priti Patel has admitted to two more unauthorised meetings with senior Israeli officials since her return from Israel in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnewtondunn\/status\/928032855665635334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Except removing Patel from her ministerial berth for breaking the ministerial code was problematic for Theresa May, chiefly because they were more than 4,000 miles apart.<\/p>\n<p>Patel was on an official trip to Uganda, and firing a colleague while in another continent when you don\u2019t have a parliamentary majority is probably not good form.<\/p>\n<h4>Why she was in Uganda in the first place is itself intriguing.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bizarre thing about today&#8217;s Uganda trip is a rumour that it was brought forward by a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> of weeks to give Patel easy escape from current controversy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulwaugh\/status\/928036550780342280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Undeterred by geography, May ordered Patel to abandon her visit, and it was briefed a nine-hour flight from Nairobi in Kenya to Heathrow had been hastily arranged.<\/p>\n<h4>Meanwhile, the MP\u2019s recall left a Daily Telegraph journalist high and dry.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flew a few thousand miles overnight for interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patel4witham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@patel4witham<\/a>&#8230; have a feeling it\u2019s cancelled &#8211; she missed our flight this AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TJTYm0edca\">pic.twitter.com\/TJTYm0edca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Isaac (@Annaisaac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Annaisaac\/status\/928172336087556096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>British political Twitter swiftly identified a Kenyan Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner was probably carrying the imperilled Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<h4>But back on terra firma, more allegations were ping-ponging around.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haaretzcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@haaretzcom<\/a> is reporting that Priti Patel visited the Golan Heights &#8211; which the UK does not recognise &#8211; on her trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lUaHVmKbvk\">t.co\/lUaHVmKbvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joey D&#8217;Urso (@josephmdurso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephmdurso\/status\/928191638018625536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>And there was more &#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>This time in Patel\u2019s favour: the Jewish Chronicle reported how Number 10 instructed Patel not to include her meeting with an Israel foreign ministry in her list of undisclosed meetings.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAc3Hjbwuo\">t.co\/pAc3Hjbwuo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenpollard\/status\/928206302685421568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>If true, it would have meant Downing Street had in effect lied to journalists.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this is true &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenpollard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenpollard<\/a> is very good &#8211; then Number 10 have been misleading journalists all week about what Theresa May knew and when. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfJDwmgJPM\">t.co\/kfJDwmgJPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolhomeEditor\/status\/928209068921163776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>No. 10 flatly denied the story. Regardless, Patel may well have been blissfully unaware of the unfolding crisis.<\/p>\n<h4>\u201cThere is no wi-fi on board\u201d.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six hours until Priti Patel lands.<br \/>The Kenya Airways flight is due to land at Heathrow at 3.30pm GMT. There is no WiFi on board <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEtM2TFLVf\">t.co\/yEtM2TFLVf<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PritiPatel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PritiPatel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nf6gAcGOgY\">pic.twitter.com\/nf6gAcGOgY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuffPostUK\/status\/928192705083203584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Plus &#8230;<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">can\u2019t get sacked if you never turn airplane mode off <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RetPdFH7nS\">pic.twitter.com\/RetPdFH7nS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Phillips (@flashboy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flashboy\/status\/928029870071930882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Patel\u2019s epic journey was now more than just Twitter fodder. The state broadcaster\u2019s interest was very much piqued.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re at \u201cOJ and the white bronco\u201d stage of the coverage as BBC News now showing Priti Patel\u2019s flight from Kenya on the online flight radar: \u201cYou can see its just over Greece at the moment&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xf407P2kRF\">pic.twitter.com\/Xf407P2kRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkDiStef\/status\/928234584021651456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC News have just flashed up the Kenyan Airways flight that we\u2019ve all been following &#038; everyone assumes Priti Patel is on. Extraordinary day in political journalism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mj66yH3W8x\">t.co\/mj66yH3W8x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janemerrick23\/status\/928233323356356608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>But it wasn\u2019t just journalists tuning in.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More than 22,000 users are currently tracking flight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KQ100?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KQ100<\/a> en route to London.<\/p>\n<p>According to media <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PritiPatel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PritiPatel<\/a> is on board this flight.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3GXUkQw0e3\">t.co\/3GXUkQw0e3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8uzL9usnRc\">pic.twitter.com\/8uzL9usnRc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flightradar24\/status\/928241878285344768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>That\u2019s right, 22,000 people were tracking her flight <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> online on a working Tuesday, and updates were constant.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING Priti Patel is now over Bosnia<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Hope  (@christopherhope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christopherhope\/status\/928245981119963137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Dfid Secretary is BACK IN UK AIRSPACE. In my experience, phone signal kicks in at about 15,000 feet, just above Kent, so if Theresa May&#8217;s got even half a pair of bollocks she&#8217;ll have sacked her by now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xEuUD52imC\">pic.twitter.com\/xEuUD52imC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Peck (@tompeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tompeck\/status\/928274259285340162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPriti Patel has just passed Heston Services\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JCCHicjD05\">pic.twitter.com\/JCCHicjD05<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LCC municipal (@lccmunicipal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lccmunicipal\/status\/928256122758352896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">she&#8217;s making a run for it! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7XuJ4TCOe\">pic.twitter.com\/y7XuJ4TCOe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Cook (@xtophercook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xtophercook\/status\/928275061366317058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>People started to imagine how her arrival in London might play out.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*Priti Patel walks through &#8220;nothing to declare&#8221; line*<br \/>Theresa May: Are you <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">fucking<\/a> kidding?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Felton (@JimMFelton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimMFelton\/status\/928231723535650816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>BBC News broadcast <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> pictures of Patel\u2019s plane as it landed at Heathrow &#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>&#8230; but Patel managed to side-step awaiting reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She is in the car &#8230; &#8230;promise we saw her get in &#8211; no time for duty free <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDKTM3l0LJ\">pic.twitter.com\/VDKTM3l0LJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbclaurak\/status\/928281595903135745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can confirm the atmosphere in Terminal 4 is one of intense disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeysmith\/status\/928282679996448768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Ah, but helicopters &#8230;<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like a scene from Rat Race, the BBC helicopter is now flying after Priti Patel&#8217;s car as it goes from Heathrow to Downing Street <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErG7bo0FAi\">pic.twitter.com\/ErG7bo0FAi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliamacfarlane\/status\/928283394513035265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reports: Priti Patel\u2019s car now heading for Cliff Richard\u2019s house as it\u2019s the only location safe from the BBC helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Niall Paterson (@skynewsniall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynewsniall\/status\/928284861839880193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EVERYONE HAS LOST IT AND I&#8217;M HERE FOR IT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXEEWMguZZ\">t.co\/gXEEWMguZZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngvulgarian\/status\/928284145024978947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Was everyone going too far, though?<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A misjudged tweet I think. We\u2019re not dealing with an on-the-run crim here. I can understand media bloodlust but only from declared Leftists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7I8HEUHBZX\">t.co\/7I8HEUHBZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick O&#8217;Flynn (@oflynnmep) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oflynnmep\/status\/928294449406468096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(this is stupid. A not particularly important person probably will resign because she had some meetings without telling more important people first. It&#8217;s being covered like a small war)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Morris (@JamesDMorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesDMorris\/status\/928285054891151360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was a break in the drama as Patel was forced to wait for more than an hour as May met the Queen for her weekly audience at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<h4>But Patel eventually arrived by Downing Street\u2019s back gate.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Priti Patel has arrived in Downing St <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3sOfqjtcNl\">pic.twitter.com\/3sOfqjtcNl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hansmollman\/status\/928326577737388032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Priti Patel waiting outside Theresa May&#8217;s office right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uD7ns3Gf1\">pic.twitter.com\/3uD7ns3Gf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hrtbps (@hrtbps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrtbps\/status\/928331314947817472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Explaining to my mum Priti Patel is inside No 10 but hasn&#8217;t resigned yet<\/p>\n<p>My mum: &#8216;Maybe they&#8217;re having a drink&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Esther Webber (@estwebber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/estwebber\/status\/928336527788298240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>After a 33-minute meeting, the inevitable came.<\/h4>\n<p>But even the resignation letter was not without drama.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This looks like Priti Patel has signed her own reply to her resignation letter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0frraKuxhw\">pic.twitter.com\/0frraKuxhw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aubrey Allegretti (@breeallegretti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/breeallegretti\/status\/928342455694618629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/priti-patel-twitter_uk_5a033238e4b09205305991e4\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/priti-patel-twitter_uk_5a033238e4b09205305991e4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priti Patel&#8217;s Resignation Was A 24-Hour Social Media Rollercoaster The moon landing. The JFK assassination. Lilith the lynx escaping from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Everyone says they knows where they were during these seismic moments in human history. 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