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It is remarkable and, for me at least, baffling that he has undone the offer of hope so quickly & so completely. twitter.com/mrjamesob/stat…
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This is an entirely accurate description of Sunak's speech about his intentions in government delivered at 11.30 this morning. Turns out the speech had absolutely nothing to do with his actual intentions in government. What a time to be alive. twitter.com/LBC/status/158…
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The most significant thing about Sunak's epic reverse ferret is the way it's peed off so many Tory MPs. No matter that some 'libs' (like me) were temporarily & wrongly hopeful, he's inexplicably alienated parliamentary colleagues who thought he genuinely intended to stop the rot.
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He's going to be on one of those 'anti-woke' British TV stations that nobody watches soon, isn't he? twitter.com/PopCrave/statu…
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Oh boy. I think Nadine Dorries might actually be better at TV presenting than she is at politics.
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It's as if the speech and the appointments were made by completely different people.
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Liz Truss's farewell speech was an attempted lap of honour after seven weeks of unprecedented self-inflicted catastrophe. It was, in many ways, the most perfect Brexit moment yet.
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What fresh hell is this?
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He’s not wrong. twitter.com/rclarkie/statu…
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A patriotic thirst for some stability & good sense in government popped some rather rose-tinted spectacles on my bonce yesterday. I will be making amends from 10am.
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An unbelievably awful PMQs debut from Rishi Sunak. Like a tone deaf karaoke singer doing Boris Johnson's greatest hits.
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Boris Johnson’s egregious lie, protected from prosecution for libel by parliamentary privilege, continues to convince the furiously hard of thinking. I guess that’s why Sunak preferred ad hominem abuse to substance today. twitter.com/jake19790/stat…
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PMQs has inevitably divided opinion. On the one hand, people who think the failure to answer substantive questions about real issues is important will favour Starmer. On the other, people who enjoy provocative lies & baseless ad hominem attacks will think Sunak played a blinder.
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Station draws level, while my little offering has pulled ahead on all measures. Thank you for listening!
theguardian.com/media/2022/oct…
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She was appointed as Queen's (now King's) Counsel automatically on her appointment at Attorney General without regard to the extent of her experience as a barrister. twitter.com/johnredwood/st…
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An important thread from the coal face of Brexit Britain’s self-inflicted idiocy. twitter.com/TOrynski/statu…
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Years of practise. twitter.com/IanDunt/status…
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It's obvious that 'deliver' scores well in focus groups. I wonder, half-seriously, whether it has anything to do with the recent proliferation of home delivery services. twitter.com/10DowningStree…
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Good piece. opendemocracy.net/en/think-tanks…
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Quite apart from the lies & obfuscation, many of us have sent emails of moderate to high importance over the years without accidentally sending them to entirely the wrong recipient. You'd think basic competence on security matters would be a prerequisite.
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This is excellent. theverge.com/2022/10/28/234… via @verge
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“The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.”
Tony Benn didn’t get everything right but he was spot on with this one… twitter.com/matt_dathan/st…
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