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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A big moment in tackling the UK’s skills crisis. @MakeUK_ has published Skills for Success—a blueprint to fix apprenticeships and secure our economic future. Read the full report: www.makeuk.org/make-uk-indu... #UKmfg #IndustrialStrategySkills

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Make UK Industrial Strategy Skills Commission Report 2025

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Welcome to the House of Lords on here.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/12/2024

ABBA Voyage is proving to be more than just a show—it's an economic powerhouse, bringing millions to Stratford and boosting jobs. A shining example of how our support for culture and creativity drives growth across London.

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Abba Voyage gives £1.4bn economic boost - and may stay in London 'forever'

Executive producer Michael Bolingbroke said the Swedish pop group ‘chose the UK when they could have gone anywhere else’

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This could work, but it also needs a psychologist involved, as it touches on themes of trauma and sacrifice.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

If you’ve not heard Mark Steel on desert island discs, you should. It’s about the most revealing episode I’ve ever heard. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The Guardian have missed the essential fact we need in this story. What’s on the other side of the window? Are they on the ground floor?

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Happy 90th birthday to the British Council, who open minds, doors and borders and promote human flourishing.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I’m very sad to see Louise Haigh resign. She was a highly able minister who brought energy and clarity to the transport brief. Her contributions will be missed.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Possibly the best interviewer the BBC Today programme has ever had. The corporation will regret letting her go. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

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Mishal Husain to leave BBC

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

You’re in my heart, you’re in my soul.

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Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This fella - Richard Dawson - has today released a brilliant cynical stab at the Xmas market… and I’m playing it TONIGHT! Of course I am! 👊💥 #rileyandcoe ⭐️

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This first ten years of multiplex with kids are the hardest.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I know I once had beef with jay over his utter contempt for Black Country chefs but I’m going to miss him in the Observer. I’d actually follow him to a new publication.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Brace yourselves. MPs will soon unveil their Christmas cards, featuring designs from local school competitions. The all-time winner? Former MP Michael Dugher’s entrant: an avant-garde kid who drew Santa nailed to a cross. Forget sleigh bells, that one rang alarm bells.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

There’s something almost transcendent about sitting in a 90-degree sauna, the gales whistling around the corners of your wooden box, as you gaze out at the snow.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This is one of my favourite photographs from the nineties. The look on his face says it all!

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I didn't know this. There's so much for the new government to put right after 14 years of decisions that were not thought through

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Age yourself with your first computer.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I grew up in a Midlands town called Kidderminster. If you want to know what it’s like, this screen grab from The Kidderminter Matters Facebook page gives a flavour.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Does this work? 1/ After opposing assisted dying in the Commons a decade ago, I was convinced to change my view by a constituent while serving as an MP. Their story stayed with me and shaped my perspective. #AssistedDyingBill

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It’s been a month since I put up my new bird feeder and this Robin is the main recipient. It’s looking beefed up for winter compared to a month ago.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I have to remember to use Blue Sky more than Twitter.

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Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Thinking of all those young people expecting exam results today. You're all amazing.

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Brendan Loper in the New Yorker

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

The employment rate could well be significantly higher than official data suggests. If so, there are implications for interest rates, productivity, an 80% employment target (& a post pandemic narrative). Important new note by Resolution Foundation. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

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