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Iain Aitch

@iainaitch.bsky.social

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Author, journalist, thought leadership, copywriter, ghost, PR ideas man, artistic working class histories, subculture, THFC fan. Trouble caused or solved. VG+, some surface noise. https://www.iainaitch.com & https://thisidea.co.uk/ London via Margate

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 22m

If you're keeping track of the schisms, MOU Operations Ltd has three directors: Jamie Driscoll, Andrew Feinstein, Bethan Winter find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1635...

(There's also a fourth guarantor: Leah Jennings, who I gather used to be Jon Trickett's chief of staff)

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 33m

I'm rooting for the success of Your Party but with my data protection hat on ROFL

I signed up under Zarah's portal on the 18th September only, am I a member? Do I need to do anything?
Yes, you are a member of Your Party, with full rights to take part in our democratic founding process. To exercise these rights, you must take action.

To transfer your membership onto our portal, you must fill in this form if you haven't already. Simply select the 'I already paid' option under 'Membership type', and the relevant subscription period (i.e. whether you paid monthly or annually). This is a necessary step to take part in the rest of our democratic founding process. As an apology for the inconvenience and anxiety caused, you will receive 3 months' free membership.

We regret it hasn't been possible to automatically transfer your membership onto our portal as intended. Over the past month, we have done everything possible to secure the transfer of your membership data. Both Zarah and Jeremy, along with Shockat, Adnan, Ayoub and Iqbal, have made written requests to MOU Operations Ltd – the group who hold your data – for the transfer to happen. But legal issues around ownership of the data – which are beyond Your Party’s control – have so far proved intractable. The pressing need to involve all members in our democratic process means we can no longer wait for the lawyers. We have been assured by MOU Operations Ltd that your money and data are secure.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27m

Is the UK addicted to “full independent inquiries”? Does it really take a years-long process costing millions to say it was a mistake to release Hadush Kebatu on Friday? Wouldn’t a faster internal process into what went wrong allow the government to *fix* it faster?

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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 30m

Imagine getting dressed in a suit and tie to go sit in your garage 😂 x

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19h

Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7m

For ‘adverts’, see also: ‘hospitals’, ‘the Cabinet’, ‘kindergartens’, ‘the England football team’ and, of course, ‘the country’. The only way you can miss this is deliberately. And just watch them try.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

"Massive shovel for Ms Pochin!!!"

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d

New Reform MP and former Tory Danny Kruger says the police in England and Wales would lose ‘operational independence’ and be put under the control of any Reform government. This is how MAGA fascism creeps in.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 6d

New Half Man Half Biscuit song-title drops.

Text from an email that reads “new auction begins for steve albini's billiards table”

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 6d

Ring doorbell is down, lads

a manatee is swimming in a tank with the caption succce.exe

Alt: a huge manatee is swimming in a tank

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 7d

How on earth do you bring Reform into disrepute?

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 7d

I think we’re approaching the Prince William on Celebrity Traitors 2 stage of need for royal family rehabilitation. The connections are already there. #BigSuze

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 9d

The good-natured fun days when some football fans in Midlands wore Kkk hoods to matches

Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 9d

Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn

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Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social · 11d

One cannot hope to bribe or twist/ The British-Iranian humourist…

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 11d

The best thing about Traitors (bar Celia dropping one) is how the celebrity hierarchy starts to break down. Loving Ruth! #celebritytraitors

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 11d

Bit of a mic drop on China from Starmer at #pmqs Badenoch looking rattled

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 13d

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Brand: New You - THIS IDEA

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 13d

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17d

Portland sure put a bird on it!!! 👏🦄💪🦖🐥

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 17d

FB Memories reminds me of the time those lads who were selling a bowl of Lucky Charms for six quid a pop got a book deal and produced the laziest 'Will this do?' thing ever published.

Cereal Killer. Like serial killer. Those people who murder people. Geddit?

If you put a gun to my head on a rollercoaster while defusing a bomb I could still think of something better than what they've farted onto this page.

Cut out masks of the two perpetrators of the cafe should you wish to look like a prick or a twat.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 18d

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 18d

Quite an awkward speech, as Badenoch is just listing problems caused by her party and saying they did great. You can smell the cognitive dissonance from here.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 18d

Conservative conference was quiet this year. How quiet? Well, 5 months ago I gave a speech on procurement at the same venue that was better attended than Robert Jenrick’s keynote

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 18d

So far so year 9 debate club. #kemibadenoch