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OK am going to be in London a bit this week and am now determined to find somewhere to watch at least one part (struggling to find screenings of part one in Leeds…)

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Actually I take that back. Great day to be an Arsenal fan resident in Leeds.

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Not a great day to be an Arsenal fan resident in Leeds

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Maybe it’s a typo and they meant brass off- make sure you don’t have a stray tuba lying around

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Sorry to my husband and child I guess, family Christmas PJs sorted

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Really sorry to see this- @ukandeu.bsky.social have done vital work over the last decade-plus and have really demonstrated the value of rigorous research and analysis in a politically contested area

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Unfortunately I am now mentally compiling a list of Celeb Traitor contestants as cabinet positions and may inflict it on you all at some point

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Reading Erskine May with a framed photo of Gareth Southgate in the background, probably

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Hannah Fry would make a great chief whip and I say this with respect

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People think parliamentary procedure is complicated but let me introduce you to: basic concepts in accountancy

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Aw! I've found that I tend to read books to my daughter in exactly the same tone/intonation etc as my parents used to read to me, clearly it really lodged itself in my mind!

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I do think there is such a thing (ironically enough) as AI brain in which people get so caught up in what AI could potentially do that they lose sight of... almost everything else. And, look, I've been as sick of reading The Gruffalo as anybody but... come on

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Oh, you want to link your accounting software to your business account? Easy! Just set up an account, verify your email, download an authenticator app, answer these riddles three, turn around five times and recite the phonetic alphabet backwards

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I think you're probably right! But you really do have to wonder at the narrative of 'we are going to do a big piece of work on reform but no we won't tell you who is helping us on it, this is definitely good and fine'

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I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this.

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Very much worth reading. I'm really not sure I understand the Cabinet Office's position on this.

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Made the mistake of reading the comments. Off to yeet myself into the sun.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

but when will there be a Nobel Prize for Memes, asking for a friend

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Oh, no, this is actually just a migraine aura

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Showed this to The Geographer Husband (sans label) and asked him to guess what it was Pause. Sheep?

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State of the Future @sotf.org.uk · 07/10/2026

Very interested to hear from anyone with any insights into the government’s approach towards AVR and data, or ideas for ‘retrospectives’ - previous government data projects that might have faced similar challenges

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s only Tuesday and so far I’ve had to take the toddler for an urgent GP appointment while experiencing my second migraine in two days and unable to properly see (no I wasn’t driving and had somebody else with me, it was fine)

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This may yet be the funniest thing that’s happened in F1 this season

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My toddler just said “football” for the first time 🥹

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A traitor in The Traitors saying ‘I am a traitor’ from the outset but people hearing it and going ‘hm, no, seems unlikely’ is the perfect analogy for our broader age. In this essay I will

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Kristin Scott Thomas Bob Mortimer (though I think he’d break the format)

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A v tiny but nice thing: when people find a kid’s stuffed toy that’s clearly been lost and put it somewhere safe and visible in the hope the kid may find it. Whoever did that had no idea who the toy belonged to or whether they’d ever find it but they chose to do it anyway just in case.

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Also- and far be it for me to critique Liam’s logic- but teams trying to stop other teams winning things is quite a standard part of football. It’s why you have things like “goalkeepers” and “defenders” and “coaches”. That’s a bit different from trying so hard to win it requires forensic accounting

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And also: you are clearly going to be asked about this. Sort out your line!

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I also think when you have a PM who is a known football fan and is clearly going to be asked about this, you need to ensure that there’s a bit of coordination of comms with the Culture Secretary

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Was going to do a glib tweet the other day about how the PM would be worrying about what to say re Man City- as both a former Mayor of Greater Manchester and a huge football and Everton fan- but I didn’t think it would end up in this level of mess.

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my late dad used to respond to news that somebody was expecting a baby with "do they know what's causing it?" separately a near-daily conversation with my other half is "what you want for dinner?" "don't know" "oh, I don't think we have any of that". 18 years we have been together. EIGHTEEN.

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