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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

James Cleverly, a stunningly successful one-man campaign to disprove nominative determinism, has just quit Semi Goodenough's shadow cabinet so he can badly lose an election in 2 years time. As a reminder of how good he is at this stuff, remember... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

thetimes.com

James Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for London mayor

The Tory former home secretary aims to challenge Labour’s Sir Sadiq Khan, who is in his third term running the capital

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Grumpy @grumpybb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This should be plastered on billboards around London one month before the election. H/T to @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social

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Before he entered the world of politics, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly was a big-shot at Caspian Publishing, where he became the subject of an excellent anecdote among his former colleagues.
It happened one evening, when some of the team decamped to the pub for after-work drinks. Cleverly got chatting to a co-worker who jokingly asked him if he was trying to flirt with her. His gallant riposte?
"Trust me love, if I were flirting with you you'd be foaming at the gash right now."

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