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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 07/10/2026

An absolute masterclass in short-form writing this, from @timharford.ft.com It even has a twist! www.ft.com/content/f5d0...

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh god! Just seen the feed. In my defence I was having a very long day!

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Obviously RyanAir isn’t as bad as the Tribunal system. It’s only 2 in the morning and I’m nearly back to the car!

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On the plane now so starting to think we might make it. Bloody hell though!

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jarrow Song, anyone? youtu.be/198t_7lOjpg?...

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Jarrow Song - Alan Price

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Since a sick note - sorry ‘fit note’ - is not needed to treat patients and only works to help employers manage sickness absence I think we should leave it to employers to manage it themselves. Why should the NHS subsidise it?

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think it does make a difference if when you first read it you actually think that digital watches are a pretty neat idea

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This Apocalypse thing on channel 4 is a drama right? It isn’t actually a reality show?

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

John Lennon clearly surprised to be there!

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?”

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

As Bertie Wooster says: “The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well caste can certainly be an issue in the UK within certain communities and businesses. Another ground on which it was resisted as a protected characteristic was that the suggestion that it was needed was taken as an accusation targeted at a specific community. It was all very tricky

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I seem to remember that in the debate on whether caste should be a protected characteristic (social descent) one of the diffuses was how you could distinguish that from class which also has a social descent element.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And ‘Ever After’ from Into the Woods

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is how we do things. It reflects basic British values of fair play and good manners. Farage should feel ashamed that he does not have the strength of character to uphold those values #Clacton

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you win you make a speech in which you: Thank the returning officer and his or her staff Thank the police Thank your fellow candidates Thank your supporters and those who voted for you Promise to work hard in the interests of everyone no matter who they voted for.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You can’t guarantee that everyone will behave well. There may be some heckling. I disapprove of that because you should respect the result but if it happens you put up with it. Many more important people than Farage have had to do that.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In Britain the candidates turn up to the election count to hear the result. They listen to the verdict of the electorate. Michael Portillo did this - even Liz Truss did this (just about). The police work hard to ensure that it is safe.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If people have worked through the night to count votes because of a pointless by election you have caused then you should have the courage to stand on the platform and say thank you to them. #Clacton

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

From my experience, my sister in law in Virginia had what they callled a ‘garden’ which seemed just like an allotment to me and my father in law had one in PG County Maryland. Both were just outside Washington DC

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hopefully they will upgrade it to under active consideration

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That’s probably the answer - but it’s not a question tribunals have had to tackle before. Similar issues arise in relation to the provision of social care for vulnerable adults.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

From October employers will be liable for racial harassment of their staff by third parties such as patients if they have failed to take reasonable steps to prevent. The extent to which reasonable steps might involve withholding treatment will be an interesting question for Tribunals

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 07/07/2026

Thinking of opening a book on how long it will be between Farage finally shutting up and the first emergency podcast dropping

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Remember that episode of The Thick of It with the press conference where the announcement is that there is no announcement...?

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Is it a punk reaction against the film Grease from 1978? “Grease is the word” is the refrain from the title song

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

But I don’t think it’s intended to be helpful, it’s entitled to provide them with cover for whatever service failures occur over the next two days. Essentially it’s no advice at all.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

LNER is telling people not to travel today or tomorrow - but their trains are still running. Are they hoping that the trains will be empty? Or are they hoping that just the right number of people ignore their advice? It really isn’t a helpful thing to say to people with travel plans.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our quote for a heat pump was twice that of replacing our boiler with a new efficient model and because of its size and noise we were told that we would either need planning permission or to build a garden wall to separate our house from the neighbours. So we just got a new boiler.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

‘Prudduh’ - at least in my family. I suppose it’s possible that other pronunciations are equally valid.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just North of Blyth on the North East Coast you will find Cambois - which has a nice beach. It’s pronounced ‘Cammus’

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I mean if you’re going to misjudge that - better to err on the side of being overdressed

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

His habit of playing loud music to try to drown out what others are saying does not make me want to find out more about his views. He is not directing a spotlight to his cause, just his own orneriness

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I just don’t think that’s true. And SB is not some sort of hero standing to the powerful. He’s just annoying and is not saying or doing anything constructive

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

He’s not expressing an opinion, he is disrupting events by making noise. The (still) PMs departure is nothing to do with Brexit and SB’s behaviour is now just annoying and self-absorbed. I think being obnoxious is a bad thing.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Personally I think that Steve Bray has entertained us all for long enough. I would like him to announce a timetable for his departure.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I like the fact that it covers 8 of the 9 protected characteristics. It doesn’t cover marriage and civil partnership. If it did then public sector bodies would be obliged to foster good relations between married people and single people - which could get complicated.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

And it’s a duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote good relations. Hard to see the objection reallly

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Quite. We don’t have any legal tradition - unlike some other countries - of treating overtime as belonging in some separate legal category. So deciding to give it a different tax treatment is actually hugely difficult

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

That’s true. If the Government wanted to take a different approach it would have to legislate. Of course it is in a position to do that if it felt the Supreme Court had got it wrong.

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

So is this morning all about watching for a lectern in Downing Street?

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Sure - and I always give Macbeth a chance!

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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I suppose it depends on whether you are reading the play or watching it. I think the fact that productions are often dull or confusing or grim or implausible is part of how good or bad they are.

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