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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 3h

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 12h

Your argument wouldn’t be my argument for why it’s a tough sell tbh

Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 12h

On one level it doesn’t matter (he’s gone away now for the timebeing) but when I saw what Labour nationally were saying tonight, I did a slight double take

Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 12h

I assume it was part of the general pitch to the membership, but was struck by his stance when people rang into Radio Mcr - few days before conference, when he made a notably big deal of being married to a European and Farage being to blame for loads of things (my notes from Sept 25, not quotes)

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 12h

No 10 may hate Burnham, but he was out on the radio well before conference arguing this general pivot towards “it’s his fault”

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 12h

AB did, as the article says, shoot and miss. What it doesn’t note is he did also make a distinct pitch in the run-up to and during conference that Labour should blame Farage for a lot of what’s happening. My recollection is hearing that first from AB, not Starmer

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely thankyou. I’ve still not forgiven selfridges for replacing its mad food bit full of dried scorpions with makeup

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone know if the food floor in the Manchester Harvey Nichols still exists? I’ve only been there once and that was 15 years ago so I’m not going to go to the effort of going upstairs again if it’s not there. Thanks in advance, this feels like a good use of social media #journorequest

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn’t don’t worry

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 2d

Alan Carr is going to be amazing on this #celebritytraitors

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a place I came across over the summer but it was in Cumbria, I’m not sure about Manchester. Nothing is getting chucked yet, it’s an initial sifting process. There are a lot of

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

This isn’t helping my attempts to be brutal

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Goddamit

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Thats what they’re called. Demijohns. Couldn’t remember the word

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Or are these also going to turn out to be modern classics i’ve overlooked

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

What about these. Are we all ok if I get rid of these?

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Ok ok everyone is saying this is great, I’ll take it back out of the charity shop bag

Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

And… guess you had to be there

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

And… guess you had to be there

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

That’s more like it

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Maths entertainment (first printed 1917)

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Think it was because the product was undrinkable. iirc once it had been sampled the rest was abandoned

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

😬

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 4d

Today’s task is to go through many dusty books I scooped up when clearing out my parents’ house, from a high shelf on the landing. Retro. I remember the winemaking phase, but only because the “wine” remained in the airing cupboard gathering dust through the 90s

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 5d

Final thought is that I think there will be a strong desire at national level - for obvious national electoral reasons - that Reform councils dont appear financially wild. So despite council tax/DOGE promises, needing to balance the books in a sober way has to ultimately win out.

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