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Felicity Morse

@FelicityMorse

Felicity Morse is social media editor at the Independent

UK

Grant Shapps makes beautifully awkward Twitter typo

Features

Why I'm afraid of childbirth...

Hamish we loved you
People

Hamish McHamish dead: St Andrew's town cat passes away after battling

Comment

Why black cats make amazing pets, and take good selfies too

Labour promised an owl for every man.. but Balls appeared to pose with a pigeon
UK Politics

Ed Balls poses with a 'pigeon' in bizarre Twitter picture

Yvette Cooper, Lab, Pontefract: Wife of Ed Balls, Lab, Morley
UK Politics

Yvette Cooper on domestic violence: 'Two women are killed each week.

Comment

Katie Hopkins is a true Twitter villain

Ukraine had a jet flying close to the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, Russia has claimed
Comment

These horrific images have a role to play

Here come the boys...
People

Reshuffle sexism: The Downing Street catwalk for men

Features

The best contraception is an IUD: Why I love having a coil

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to speak at a news conference at Facebook headquarters July 6, 2011 in Palo Alto, California.
Comment

Facebook can make you happy...if Mark Zuckerberg wants you to be

Facebook is down
Tech

Facebook is down: Twitter is up as users complain about social network

Comment

Letter from the Social Media Editor: Social media can't handle complex

Comment

Letter from the Social Media Editor: Social media can't handle complex

Why do we like to watch Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham watching football?
Comment

This World Cup, let's stop calling women WAGs

UK Politics

Scottish Independence: Andy Murray, The Proclaimers and the arguments

Comment

Your religious beliefs have no place in an abortion clinic

Banking on social networks: Facebook is entering a market that is said by consumer groups to be long overdue for a shake-up
Tech

Facebook and Twitter 'could die overnight' over branded content

Banking on social networks: Facebook is entering a market that is said by consumer groups to be long overdue for a shake-up
Tech

Facebook and Twitter 'could die overnight' over branded content

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage sits wearing make-up before appearing in the "BBC Vote 2013" studio at Milbank in London
UK

Farage 'refuses to go on London Live without professional make-up

Voices

Cats are for life, not just life-saving situations

Voices

If beauty comes in all sizes, why does fashion force-feed us skinny?

Comment

Bring Back Our Girls: Boko Haram should be scared of a hashtag

Gary Turk's short film 'Look Up' has proved hugely popular among social media users - despite the irony involved
Comment

'Look Up' if you must, but the viral video is cloying, reductionist

UK

Disabled boy's tricycle stolen: Help find Harry's trike

News

Nigel Farage hit by an egg on Ukip campaign trail in Nottingham

Saudi women, forbidden to drive, board a taxi in Riyadh
News

Norway's human rights record comes under fire ... from Saudi Arabia

UK

Disabled boy's tricycle stolen: Help find Harry's trike

News

Nigel Farage hit by an egg on Ukip campaign trail in Nottingham

Saudi women, forbidden to drive, board a taxi in Riyadh
News

Norway's human rights record comes under fire ... from Saudi Arabia

David Cameron sings a hymn during the enthronement service of The Most Rev Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral last year
UK Politics

Cameron staff called police on church leaders handing over petition

UK Politics

Cameron staff called police on church leaders handing over petition

David Cameron sings a hymn during the enthronement service of The Most Rev Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral last year
Wha'ts that coming over the hill?
UK Politics

David Cameron in bubble wrap? Prime Minister appears to be stuck on

The man was unfazed by the dirty pavement
UK

Man on a leash in London: Mystery of 'walkies' solved

President Hollande has insisted on one particular brand to be used at all Cabinet meetings
Voices

Hollande bans phones in cabinet meetings, but is checking updates

Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education
UK Politics

Michael Gove 'eliminating literacy like our forefathers'

Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education
UK Politics

Michael Gove 'eliminating literacy like our forefathers'

Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg after their EU debate
UK Politics

Nigel Farage v Nick Clegg Europe debate: Their shocking statements,

World

Mother's Day messages: Quotes about motherhood

Atos has regularly come under fire over the assessments
UK Politics

Atos is out: Government ends contract with scandal-hit company

'Because we have a right to self-determination that shouldn't be belittled as petty, throwaway, braveheart nationalism' one supporter tweeted.
UK Politics

Scottish Independence: Twitter weighs in with reasons to vote Yes

Home base: Facebook HQ
Comment

Twitter and Facebook get a hard time, but make our lives better

Rare breed newborn Portland lambs soak up the early spring sunshine at Wimpole Hall farm in Cambridgeshire
UK

Spring Equinox: on the first day of spring the weird and wonderful

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leads his Treasury team as they prepare to leave number 11 Downing Street to pose for photographers before going to the House of Commons to present the Budget
UK Politics

Budget 2014: A good day to bury bad news? The stories you missed

Designer L'Wren Scott attends the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on June 6, 2011 in New York City.
Voices

L'Wren Scott was a fashion designer, not just a famous man's

Voices

Lady Gaga: Indefensible that she's glamourising bulimia in her SXSW

His first fictional character to hit the spotlight was Ali G in the late 90s. In 2002, Ali G Indahouse was released
People

Tony Benn meets Ali G: Watch Labour veteran burn Sacha Baron Cohen

UK Politics

Tony Benn dead: Twitter tributes serve as moving eulogy to his

UK Politics

Tony Benn dead: Twitter tributes serve as moving eulogy to his

A still from the Disney film Frozen
Voices

It's about time somebody taught LGBT sex education

Nigel Farage appearing in a YouTube video endorsing electronic cigarettes
UK Politics

Ukip leader Nigel Farage accused of hiring 'former mistress Annabelle Fuller' on EU payroll

News

America has spent thousands examining Putin's body language: from

Bob Crow, the RMT General Secretary, died in 2014 
UK

Bob Crow dies: Twitter remembers a 'comrade, working class hero, a man

Bob Crow, the RMT General Secretary, died in 2014 
UK

Bob Crow dies: Twitter remembers a 'comrade, working class hero, a man

World

International Women's Day 2014: The shocking statistics that show why

Mixed message: Lily Allen's new video
Voices

Feminism needs women to stop being horrible to each other

Beth Whaanga had 100 friends on Facebook 'unfriend' her after she posted pictures of her scars from breast cancer
Voices

Page 3 v Breast Cancer: Using people's illnesses is 'sick'

An image from a Christian Louboutin advert
Voices

High heels are holding women back in business

Labour have accused Iain Duncan Smith of letting Atos spin out of control
UK Politics

Disability rights 'disgrace': Terminally ill facing distress and

Well that's embarrassing
UK

Louise Mensch thinks the real face of British Islam is a man of Sikh

Food costs have risen by around 30% while fuel costs have rocketed by up to 60%
News

Reverend to fast for 40 days and nights in solidarity with hungry

Atos has regularly come under fire over the assessments
News

Atos to work on NHS care data project despite ongoing 'mess' over

Atos has regularly come under fire over the assessments
UK Politics

Atos quietly dropped from repeat benefit claimant checks

President Robert Mugabe addressing a rally
People

Robert Mugabe's most eccentric quotes: from Hitler to Jesus Christ to

The shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says the benefits system is broken
UK Politics

Charge people to appeal benefit decision, DWP document proposes

UK Politics

Charge people to appeal benefit decision, DWP document proposes

The shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says the benefits system is broken
News

Brit Awards 2014: Twitter outrage after Brit Awards journalists

Protesters carry placards during a protest against Atos outside the company's head office in London last year
UK Politics

Atos itself not fit for work? Disability benefit test provider may

UK Politics

Destiny Miliband: dramatic Labour leader takes the internet by storm

UK Politics

Destiny Miliband: dramatic Labour leader takes the internet by storm

UK Politics

Destiny Miliband: dramatic Labour leader takes the internet by storm

The damning picture
UK Politics

Tories 'deliberately mock women MPs for their northern accents'

Comment

Valentine's Day press releases have sent me over the edge: this

The 'UKJobCentrePlus not' twitter page has been reactivated
Voices

Funniest spoof political accounts on Twitter

UK Politics

Facebook look back video for David Cameron

UK Politics

UK weather: Politicians are definitely not 'flood tourists' visiting

Online

Facebook exec aims to kick the sexism out of stock images

UK Politics

Cable warns: Ukip policies range from 'barmy to dangerous'

UK

Danny Alexander's face used to scam elderly Kentucky woman

News

Children read out loud to cats in adorable pictures

UK Politics

Dressing your daughter in pink 'damages the future of our economy'

The damning picture
UK Politics

Where are all the women Cameron? Prime Minister taunted over Tories'

UK

Selfie-obsessed? Tory MP Michael Fabricant's Twitter account reveals

UK

Facebook is 10: What you love (and hate) about the site

A sign informs members of the public on changes to Benefits on Lewisham high street on December 5, 2012 in London, England.
UK Politics

What Britain thinks about benefits

Mind the gaps: What the London Underground is predicted to look like during the strikes
UK

Tube strikes 2014: How to make the best of it

Swedish midfielder Kim Kallstrom comforts an agitated mascot named Max
News

Kim Kallstrom: How the Arsenal transfer target went viral after

A sign informs members of the public on changes to Benefits on Lewisham high street on December 5, 2012 in London, England.
UK Politics

What Britain thinks about benefits

Mind the gaps: What the London Underground is predicted to look like during the strikes
UK

Tube strikes 2014: How to make the best of it

Swedish midfielder Kim Kallstrom comforts an agitated mascot named Max
News

Kim Kallstrom: How the Arsenal transfer target went viral after

World

Colonel Meow dead: slave-beasts and minions mourn

Performers do the horse dance on the evening of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, at a park fair in Beijing
World

Chinese New Year 2014: Year of the Horse predictions

Children could face being at school for nine hours a day and see holidays cut under plans reportedly being examined by the Conservatives
Education News

Longer school days, shorter holidays and 45-hour weeks 'could be the

This Facebook post by Paul Cookson on the price increase during school holidays went viral
UK

School holiday price Facebook rant goes viral after father's rage at

In other news ... Jon Snow performed at last year's Newsroom's Got Talent charity event
Comment

Okay, I'll say it... Jon Snow is not alone in thinking about sex with

Cats could soon be coming to solve the vermin problem
UK Politics

Cats poised to descend on Parliament to help rid Westminster of vermin

Godfrey Bloom
UK Politics

Ukip's Godfrey Bloom mocks disability at Oxford Union, asks student

Waving and drowning: Nigel Farage’s local council success will not carry through to the next general election
New Articles

Ukip as much chance of winning European elections as finding alien

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