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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 29/03/2025

Touch of the "Accidental Partridge" here.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/03/2026

Buttigieg: "Trump's political operation was raising money off images at a dignified transfer. Any politician who does that has no business leading American troops into war. If the president is willing to raise campaign funds over the bodies of America's war dead, he's unfit to be commander in chief"

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Economic warfare, even of the most “kinetic” blowing up bits of your opponent’s economy sort, works slowly. It adds cumulative costs to the enemy’s ability to fight. It is not about knock-out blows. Seizing or destroying the facilities at Kharg does not instantly end Iran’s ability to fight.

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Alistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Comedian doing his first hour after starting comedy 5 weeks ago and doing 2 open spots

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Deeply proud to be backed by Alan Johnson, a giant of the Labour movement. The deputy leadership is a choice between a strong government true to our values and ready to win again, or the divided party for which Farage is desperate. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson for next Labour deputy

The former home secretary said that the No 10 favourite was one of the party’s ‘star performers’ and her rival Lucy Powell would ‘destabilise’ the leadership

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

In 2022 I received the wholesome DM in the image on the left on the Other Site, tonight I received the one on the right 🥹🥹🥹🥹

A Twitter DM from June 2022 reads:

Hi Mollie, I hope you're well. Just sending a message to say thanks. Early this year you tweeted a Guardian Blind Date, where the guy dragged the girl a little bit. After seeing a couple of people saying some pretty shit things about her on Twitter, I DM'd her to balance it out a bit - just say I thought she came across as really funny and fuck the haters etc (but with no other real intention other than that).
Well we hit it off, talked every day for a month (I was working out of the UK at the time) and agreed to meet as soon as I returned. I ended up coming home early and we've been dating ever since. It might sound a bit over the top but l've never felt like this about anyone else before, and I'm pretty sure she feels the same way. I've honestly had some of the best months of my life with her around, and I want to say thanks

A Twitter DM from tonight reads:

Hey Mollie, I hope you don't mind an update on the above.
I asked her if she'd marry me, she said yes!
She's my world.
I'm so incredibly thankful for you tweeting that thing that led me and meet - I'm eternally in your debt.
Thanks!

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dylan matthews @dylanmatt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is an impressive, intellectually honest decision.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Elon Musk just called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, so it’s worth reiterating: All functional retirement schemes, public or private, pre funded or pay as you go, are claims on future production - there's just no way, at scale, of storing current production for use during retirement

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Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

UK 10 year bond yields have risen 14 basis points in the last month. Germany's have risen by 30 bp and the USA's by 21 bp, confirming both the fickleness of markets and the media. #soundmoney

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My latest with thoughts on the state of the UK in the wake of recent bond market gyrations, including Reeves’s reprieve, Labour’s credibility trap, how (not) to grow an economy, breaking the Brexit omertà and some unsolicited advice for Kemi Badenoch… open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...

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The State of Britain

Thoughts on Rachel Reeve's uneasy reprieve, Labour's credibility trap, how (not) to grow an economy, Britain's lost competitiveness, breaking the Brexit omerta and advice for Kemi Badenoch

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

And on this day Le Monde, the bible of the French elite, has also quit X

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Simon Radford @sradford22.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I am biased but check out my better Half's excellent latest article in the @newstatesman.com Why are we having fewer children? - New Statesman search.app/5oibaF6d4Jy7...

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Why are we having fewer children?

Birth rates are declining around the world - Tom Gatti explores why.

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Childs Hill Labour Campaign Team @childshilllab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Support the re-election of Barnet Labour cllrs @annebclarke.bsky.social, @arjunmittra.bsky.social, @rossshouston.bsky.social, @vellstells.bsky.social, @sradford22.bsky.social et al at their annual Burn's Night Fundraiser: events.labour.org.uk/event/475841

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 04/01/2025

I need an Achen and Bartels laser-eyes graphic.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Simple story: causes of diminished support for left parties and rise of populists/far right are affecting many countries, but US two-party system (because of our electoral rules) and counter-majoritarian institutions that boost the right make the consequences more dramatic here - at least for now

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

people who don't believe in biblical prophecy and aren't old enough to understand that both Minnesota and Detroit being 12-2 is some flapping wings of apocalypse business smdh

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 14/12/2024

For the sixth time since becoming Mayor in 2016, I’m freezing bus fares in London. More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Freezes Bus Fares For Sixth Time

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Sebastian Salek @sebastiansalek.com · 14/12/2024

Is this the least scandalous government ever? Big political ‘stories’ from the last month: • A 10-year-old blunder by the transport secretary • A petition for a general election • Kemi Badenoch’s lunch order Shame competence doesn’t write headlines.

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Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk · 05/12/2024

👏 A huge Thank You to local government workers on @unison.org.uk #ChampionsDay! 👏 Over a million workers, delivering 800 services in every community. 👏 They are the best of public service and rooted in the communities they serve. Nominate ⏩ unsn.uk/champions

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Simon Radford @sradford22.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Please do pop down to the Builders Arms in Barnet and show some solidarity as Cllr Mitra did!

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Simon Radford @sradford22.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Was honoured to be invited to the Macmillan Ball at the V+A this year. An amazing amount raised for cancer care with some incredibly inspiring stories thrown in. Congrats to CEO Gemma Peters and team on a fantastic night

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Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk · 18/11/2024

Great to discuss devolution and local growth opportunities for our regions at the #NSRegDev event in Manchester last week. Our English Devolution White Paper will set out our plan for shifting power out of Whitehall with wider and deeper devolution. @newstatesman.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

✅Trump vs Harris SCHADENFREUDE ✅Arlene on Me ✅My impression of Darth Vader ✅Gambling Reform ✅College football ✅Binge recommendations ✅@pimlicat.bsky.social @alexisconran.bsky.social @sradford22.bsky.social ✅ @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social in his corner Laughs. Warmth. Context. In short... Quiet Riot

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