CEO of @TolkienSociety, Conservative Leader on @ArunDistrict, ex-@MankindCharity Chair, FRSA, bibliophile, Lego builder, gamer and good egg.
Rustington, Sussex, UK
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Rumour is that the Arun LibDem-Labour-Green coalition are trying to find some way around this so Labour still share power with the Greens. Is this true? Is that the right thing to do? @bphillipsonMP @labourpress @griffitha @BeccyCooper4Lab bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c63d…
This is good news but will @LibDems do the same thing? @JessBrownFuller @JoshBabarinde @EdwardJDavey Are LibDems on Arun going to carry on working with the Greens?
Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row bbc.in/3W8wP3I
Really looking forward to the BBC giving as much and as in-depth reporting on the 2027 local elections as they have to the US mid-terms. @BBCPolitics @hzeffman @adamfleming
More than 43 million ballots cast so far in midterms early voting surge bbc.in/4yTEzUS
"Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all this to blow over."
In a featurette about season 3, it’s revealed that The Balrog speaks this season… and he’ll speak with the voice of Simon Pegg. How’s that for a slice of fried gold? #RingsOfPower
You wouldn't belive that this guy was a cabinet minister 24 hours ago. To be publicly calling out the government so quickly shows that the country will continue to be trapped in Labour's civil war.
No wonder they wanted to avoid scrutiny and @KemiBadenoch's questions!
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Could the Westminster lobby delegate one person to tweet Cabinet appointments rather than having loads of identical “Breaking” excitement on my timeline, freeing up time for the rest to answer the more important questions about new ministers like “what’s their favourite cheese”
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Burnham thinks he can offset youth unemployment impact of big policies (much higher tax & regulation & higher youth rate of min wage) with micro policies ("devolve post 16 skills spending") . This will not work.
Maybe you can get on a carousel to demonstrate your point...
Surely what's good for the goose is good for the gander? Starmer, Rayner, Burnham and others all argued for a general election in 2022. If they have integrity they will hold an election.
One consequence of Andy Burnham's likely coronation is that the calls for an early election will be relentless
Expect Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch to argue on repeat that he has no mandate or legitimacy, that winning a by-election does not qualify you for No 10
Farage went there within minutes of Starmer confirming his resignation:
"I’ve had enough of waiting around. Britain needs change - real change, not another washed-up has-been shoved into place by the uniparty
"If Labour thinks it can shove another professional politician into No 10, it has another thing coming. Reform is ready for an election, and we are ready to deliver radical change.”
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That we are forced to endure people blasting music over such moments of national significance is indicative of our wider problem. It is - quite obviously - preposterously antisocial and rude, but we just allow it to continue with a shrug as if there is nothing we can do about it.
Worth remembering that if you had predicted this outcome at Christmas 1981 they would have thought you were bonkers. Similarly, the outcomes of the 1992, 2015, 2017, 2019 elections weren't successfully predicted even 6 months in advance.
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In almost any other household, if a man suddenly parked a brand new £125,000 motorhome in the driveway - and acquired other new vehicles - his wife would ask where on earth he got the money from.
Agree with this. One of the reasons the Conservatives went through leaders was they had a greater sense of loyalty to the party than the leader. Different dynamic
Labour MPs - even those who want the PM to stay - all seem to agree that the "scale of change" isn't enough. How has it taken them 2 years after the election to work this out, when it was clear before the election that incremental managerialism was exactly the plan?
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This means Starmer is complicit in any chaos that follows, despite what he says. If he had any self-awareness he’d agree a timetable to go with the Cabinet on condition they agree a unity ticket to succeed him. He has agency in this but he’s putting his own self interest first.
Starmer tells @PippaCrerar he would fight anyone who may choose to challenge him in a leadership election
