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Ian Moss

@ian.allenmoss.co.uk
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Politics, policy, music and blah. www.thestory-network.com ,ex Senior Civil Servant, ex Labour Advisor From Stoke on Trent to the Sussex countryside.

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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 8h
Maybe the first thing they have to do is pick a third? #TheTraitors
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 13h
A memory reminder popped up today for this moment from a Scritti Politti gog in 2021. Happy birthday @rhodri.biz
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Labour doesn’t get into power very often - so it needs to just get on with stuff. I think that’s where Andy’s head is.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 29/09/2026
By god it’s good to listen to someone in politics who actually has thought about some stuff and said it. Sure, as he said, we can disagree about some conclusions but he’s saying it because that’s the conclusion ‘he’ has reached.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 29/09/2026
That forward policy on pension rises - a double lock if you will - is the right answer and perfectly generous.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Definitely not made in Stoke on Trent. No backstamp. ‘Orca Coatings’, I’m guessing China?
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 26/09/2026
Back to my holiday home. Same room as last year. #Labour2026
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 25/09/2026
It is now 21 years since the HMT review where I was told I hadn’t done enough to build the third runway at Heathrow. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Burnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubt
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Burnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubt
New prime minister has been a longstanding critic of the project
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Everything comes back to tech company liability. The DMCA and its equivalents meant tech companies/exexs took no responsibility, and were actively discouraged from responsibility to avoid "actual knowledge". The legal framework for AI must create a liability. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
bbc.co.uk
Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
Experts believe it's the world's first known AI breach of a government system.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Why are there 26 fishfingers in a box? Everyone knows a sandwich takes 4. What are we supposed to do with the 2 left over? Half a sandwich?
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 23/09/2026
And because Programmatic Advertising is the wild west, they also get paid to do it, by brands advertising on their websites! Win Win.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 22/09/2026
This is a really good idea. Thomas Aurbrey has been doing some excellent work trying to push this.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 21/09/2026
The new Johnny Marr single came onto the radio and, as with all his recent solo stuff, I could weep at how bad the lyrics are. I know, I know, I know, we can't resolve that thing, but please at least get a lyricist.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Well that was quite a win to celebrate 125 years. #BHAFC
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Sam Coates has got a pot presentation from an awayday and he’s emoting as if it’s the Watergate recordings. I think the story is that No10 advisors to a Labour PM come up with policy. The new Labour PM implements some of them with some of the same advisors.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Our village got there first. cuckfieldstate.org
cuckfieldstate.org
The Independent State of Cuckfield
Established 1966
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 12/09/2026
"If everyone who gets this message gives just £1, we can match Reform's donation and take the fight to them" *sends to entire population of the UK*
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 11/09/2026
After a painful series, seeing Razaullah emerge is an absolute joy. Test Cricket needs competitive sides and 4/5 day matches. #thecricket
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 10/09/2026
Oh dear, Pakistan. #thecricket
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Finally get a chance to see this week’s Reacher. Luckily I managed to miss any spoilers on Bluesky.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Reform could have saved themselves an enormous amount of effort and the potential of criminal proceedings by just setting up a few websites and washing the money through programmatic advertising.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 02/09/2026
My inciteful remark on PMQs: I give Andy Burnham about three months of this job before he's completely grey.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 01/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... THIS IS MY CHURCH. THIS IS WHERE I HEAL MY HURTS. (waits for the drop)
bbc.co.uk
St Paul's Cathedral to host gigs in four-year Fabric deal
The cathedral has signed a deal with its exclusive contemporary music partner until 2030.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Josh Simons isn't an MP... #banter
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 31/08/2026
Increasingly I click on BBC news headlines to find it is a video and not a text opinion piece that I can actually read whilst I'm watching/listening to other things. I am now too old for the media world. Or it's gone mad. Or both.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 30/08/2026
He doesn't control that without handballing it, so he doesn't get to shoot. The law is an ass. #thefootball
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 28/08/2026
Not sure this idiot knows what he is talking about. Root is a genius at reviewing. #thecricket
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 28/08/2026
Ah, back to Joe Root and his dreadful reviews. It was Buttler’s job to keep saying no to him last time as captain. #thecricket
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry was the Pirate King the first time I went to a West End show. Theatre Royal Dury Lane in 1982. His performance was captivating to this young lad. Always loved his marvellous over the top scene stealing.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 25/08/2026
Farewell Dolly. What a life, what a contribution to music and to culture. Absolute top tier.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 25/08/2026
I make this bread a lot - it's incredibly easy to make and tastes great. Every so often I post the recipe again to gain converts. www.lazycatkitchen.com/no-knead-tur...
lazycatkitchen.com
No-knead Turkish bread - Lazy Cat Kitchen
Our no-knead Turkish bread is the easiest bread you will make as it requires no kneading, only just mixing the ingredients and then shaping. It comes out light and airy.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 23/08/2026
theory: the only people left in provincial nightclubs are England cricket players and people trying to start fights with England cricket players
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 23/08/2026
Did Maresca win the Man City manager's position in a Pep Guardiola lookalike competition?
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 21/08/2026
So no promoting gambling on Premier League shirts but every hoarding around the pitch can promote bitcoin.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 21/08/2026
It's hard to judge this Arsenal team, as Coverntry are so awful.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 11/08/2026
I took my kids back to my home town of Newcastle-Under-Lyme last year and they gave up counting vape shops on the high street at "eight". A nice enough market town from my childhood looks awful. This stuff matters.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 10/08/2026
I don't think Starmer's problem was comms - it was much deeper than that - but the contrast with Burnham's masterclass in a constant new daily message is stark. Defining himself by fronting up things that are sensible, practical and fill a "why has this just not been done before" narrative.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 09/08/2026
"The Housemartins in London 0 Hull 4" on BBC4. I know every minute of it, so I must have recorded it at the time and watched it over a few times.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 03/08/2026
Phew. I thought they woudn't but it's good they have confirmed this government will not do something which is completely crazy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Angela Rayner rules out rent controls in England
The housing secretary tells the BBC that the Renters Rights' Act is already having a significant impact on the market.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 31/07/2026
I'm giving A1 E- #TOTP
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 31/07/2026
Pure Shores. Banger #TOTP
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 25/07/2026
I'm watching TOTP story of 2002 and here's my favourite bit of The Hives trivia:. They owed a load of money to The Cardigans www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
bbc.co.uk
Hives ordered to repay Cardigans 'loan'
Rock band The Hives are ordered by a court in Stockholm to repay a 18.5 million Swedish kronor (£1.9m) loan to fellow Swedes The Cardigans, money they say they had no idea it received.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 23/07/2026
Is he Ebenezer goode in this?
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Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I have exciting news!!! I have a new book coming out in 2027 - a contemporary crime novel, but set in the Tower of London, featuring the first beheading in the Tower in 300 years. I'm so excited for you to meet Brontë Hayes and the Brontëverse! Available to pre-order now! More to follow soon...
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 20/07/2026
Dept of BISciT
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You can tell from Clearsky which identifies the user that changed their handle to DowningSt... clearsky.app/downingstree...
clearsky.app
ClearSky
ClearSky - Bringing information closer to you
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 20/07/2026
Seems like they are going to hold all the Cabinet in No10 and announce them all at once.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 20/07/2026
The bloke from the office opposite me in 1997 becomes PM. Good on him and good luck. Whatever the ups and downs of being PM will bring, he is genuinely a nice person.
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 19/07/2026
I really miss the World Cup. 4 years wait ... #thefootball
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 19/07/2026
Spain should really have picked a striker for this match.
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