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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 32m

An accurate appraisal of Jeffrey Archer. anwilson.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ar...

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Jeffrey Archer

Fraudulence on a criminal scale

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1h

They're polling eight points lower than their general election result, which was itself the worst in their entire history, their leader couldn't explain the big defense policy they opened conference with, none of their big new tax cuts are funded, and yet it's still covered as a triumph

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Micah @rincewind.run · 8h

Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 17h

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h

Trump: "I can do whatever I want, if I want." He's telling you exactly how he sees his power. Now apply that to an election he's desperate to control.

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 14h

The man is a fucking sociopath and I am so very deeply tired of people refusing to say so.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 21h

Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h

Listening to Kemi Badenoch list her many supposed triumphs you wouldn't have any idea that the Conservatives just suffered their worst set of election defeats in their history and are now polling eight points lower than when she first took over as leader

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

💙💛 Described as "the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War”, writer and poet Paul Muldoon has received the UCD Ulysses Medal, the highest honour the University can bestow. @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social #poetry

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026

In a normal world, the 26 Republicans up for election in our target districts would condemn Trump for his treasonous comments last night. But they won’t.

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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Donald Trump is the most dependably pro-sexual-abuse president America has ever had 🍊🤡 Every single time he has the opportunity to speak out on behalf of people accused of sexual abuse, he does." www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...

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Why Trump’s Worst Scandal Is About to Haunt Him: Political Guru

The president can’t escape his past, political guru David Rothkopf says.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“A rational billionaire would see the merits of buying social peace. An enlightened one would acknowledge his debts to federal science, public education and chance.Alas, there are few such super-rich to be found.” Me on the demagoguery against Prop 40. as.ft.com/r/4f1869f4-5...

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California’s oligarch tax would change America

The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW | A corrective to the obituaries… HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...

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Here lies Jeffrey Archer

The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are some fixtures in life. The sun rising and setting, and Frasier still circling and circling Channel 4 mornings.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 06/10/2026

The chef's kiss moment was following this with a complaint that people in politics are too tribal.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Monica Coglan was cross-examined for 13 hours by Archer’s lawyers in the libel trial. She was frequently in tears as her entire life and character was attacked. She died in a car crash before Archer was found guilty of perjury in that trial. Before it was found she’d told the truth all along.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Quietly moving tribute to Jeffrey Archer.

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The Economist @economist.com · 05/10/2026

If mirror bacteria were created, the consequences might be irreversible. They could become wildly pathogenic and ravage human and non-human life. We explain what must be done to prevent such a fate

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Mirror life is dangerous. Regulators must act before it becomes real

Playing catch-up with the technology is not an option

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Love that DeNiro has spent his career trying to keep out of the media spotlight but then realised Trump was the anti-Christ & that he had to speak out against him. And won’t stop speaking out. Surprised he didn’t call him a fucking mook here.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 05/10/2026

In Gaza, Palestine, Israel continues to systematically destroy the conditions people need to survive through violence, the deliberate blockade of essential supplies, and the destruction of healthcare and vital infrastructure.

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Three years on: Israel is asphyxiating Gaza and dismantling the means of survival | MSF

In Gaza, Palestine, Israel continues to systematically destroy the conditions people need to survive.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m back…with a column focused on the one thing on which Democrats (and everyone) must focus should we win in November…or should we ever have any hope of undoing the damage of Trump and the past half century of democratic decay in America. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...

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One Priority Above All Others

We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch: not for turning, on anything, ever. thecritic.co.uk/welc...

“There is nothing that has happened that has made me change my mind,” Badenoch told Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning. It was the all-purpose Kemi answer, along with another one she gave later on: “I fundamentally disagree with David Gauke’s approach.”

The Conservative leader was explaining that when she sweeps to power, she’ll make sure that “people who work harder don’t get punished for doing so.” Badenoch’s belief that people currently get punished for hard work explains a lot about her approach to her job. Kuenssberg spent some time pressing her for the number of people who would be affected by the welfare cuts that Badenoch argues are going to pay for everything. “And that’s a number that I’m sure that we can send to you,” the Tory leader replied, unembarrassed. Could Badenoch’s office in fact send over that number? See if you can guess.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I feel like I’m the only one writing about realistic deliverables in the next two years: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... and www.salon.com/2026/09/24/t...

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The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms

The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We had tobacco plants in the garden a couple of years ago but this short grandiosity is self-seeded and thriving, possibly because of the earlier weeks of drought.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If we lived in a functioning democracy, major newspapers would run Page 1 editorials pleading with people to vote out the Republicans to save us from a fascist dictatorship. But most of the mainstream media have run out of bravery, if they ever had any.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Immiserate the poor, throw money at the rich! Magnifique!

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 03/10/2026

Kemistry sounds like a sticky-floor nightclub that got closed down in 2013 for fire safety reasons

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Matthew Syed says we need more bankruptcies and unemployment; unclear if this extends to Sunday Times columnists.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reporter: "What do you say to those who are struggling to afford gas, groceries, diesel?" Trump: You're losers. It's the greatest. If you're struggling in this economy, you're a loser. There's your midterm messaging from the GOP 🤬🤡🎪

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“I do not recognise your face”, one of the most wounding things your phone can say. Though I know the feeling.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/10/2026

‘Reading about the kaleidoscope of failures and basic mistakes that attended each production, some of them life-threatening many times over, one wonders how any film makes it to the cinema at all.’ Malin Hay on bad movies. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Malin Hay · Stylish Disregard: Flops

It’s not enjoyable to look at a crap painting (though Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, two of the biggest Hollywood...

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Coincidentally…..

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seen on James Marriott’s Substack Cultural Capital, interesting take on American social class identifiers in 1949, the year Bruce, Tom, Billy, Jeff, Meryl, Lionel, Sigourney, and other less famous people were born.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Saw a teenager wearing a Grateful Dead t-shirt. Asked them to name their seventeen favourite recordings of Me And My Uncle citing date and venue. They had nothing to say.

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