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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16h

You can’t be an effective party for successful people in midlife (sort of the *point* of the Tory party ultimately) if you are at odds with them over the most consequential thing you did in office. This week’s column:

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

www.ft.com

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 15h

Brilliant column, crystal clear. You’re really good at that. Your ‘Which promise shd Labour break’ piece summed up the economic choice in terms even I can understand. (I’m pretty skilled on form, pulse & disruption in poems, but never learned any economics.) Well done & keep blazing.

Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 15h

Gawd.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 20h

Yet another wake up call about the scale & cost of #climate risk. That’s why we urgently need a National Climate Resilience Plan with emphasis on local funding, nature based solutions & community resilience - pls sign & share petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19h

If you have been in the Gaza strip in the two years since the 7th of October, you were at risk of getting murdered, tortured, abducted by Israeli forces. You were starved, expelled, regardless of who you were, how old you were, your profession or political views.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18h

🔵 Brexit has supercharged the fall of the Tories...

https://www.ft.com/content/a65fb9b9-a955-4a5d-80dd-bce014dc1cd2

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

www.ft.com

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

When I explain this to friends overseas I say: “in order to do a stupid Brexit we had to have a stupidly government. So they threw every clever person out of the party.”

Do you remember when they TOOK THE WHIP FROM KEN CLARKE?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, brilliantly put. Stephen Bush on how Brexit cut the Tories’ support base to retirees.

on.ft.com/3J8MnxY How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful, wonderful Martha Graham.

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Books and Tunes @booksandtunes.bsky.social · 2d

"As her company prepares to celebrate its centenary, the legendary choreographer’s groundbreaking work is finally getting the respect it deserves in the UK. What took so long?"

‘A certain bite’: how Martha Graham pushed dance in dazzling new directions

As her company prepares to celebrate its centenary, the legendary choreographer’s groundbreaking work is finally getting the respect it deserves in the UK. What took so long?

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 1d

If true, fantastic news.

But the most important is Marwan Barghouty. Because he’s the able, skilful, realist leader of the future.

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.

Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant summing up by Stephen Bush which people like me who don’t understand economics can understand.

Gift link.

on.ft.com/4nHWskF Which promise should Labour break?

Which promise should Labour break?

To fix spending problems the UK needs to raise taxes on median earners

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 3d

If reports are to be believed, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is to remain in Israeli prison (without charges or trial) even after the exchange of hostages.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Dec 29

Dr Husam Abu Safya, head of Kamal Adwan hospital, surrendering himself to a Israeli tank, December 2024

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 3d

“You can rail against mimicking Nigel Farage, or brief against the pesky Office for Budget Responsibility. You can foam in righteous fury about the Tory legacy. Foam away. You’re quite right. But these, folks, are the facts.”

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Is Shabana Mahmood the next prime minister?

Only Keir Starmer can solve Labour’s immigration bind

www.newstatesman.com

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 4d

I’d heard about the extinction of the slender-billed curlew and the poor bird hadn’t had a definite sighting since 1995 but official confirmation (96% probability it is correct) of its extinction is still profoundly sad - ask not for whom the bell tolls…

RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 4d

Slender-billed Curlew declared officially extinct by ICUN

This marks the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa and West Asia 🌍

Read on for a summary or check out the research which led to the decision here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global extinction of Slender‐billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

In the current biodiversity crisis, conservation efforts are often focused on extinction prevention. However, it can be difficult to determine if a species is extinct, especially if the species has…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 15d

Tony Harrison’s poem V to be performed in the Leeds cemetery that inspired it. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

Tony Harrison’s poem V to be performed in the Leeds cemetery that inspired it

The site-specific performance of the once controversial poem was planned for its 40th anniversary in October, but will now double as a tribute to the writer who died last week

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 4d

⬇️⬇️ For those lucky enough to be able to go.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d

This is on Sunday!

Tickets still available: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d

This is on Sunday!

Tickets still available: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 4d

Yup.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 4d

Excluding Marwan Barghouti from the list of prisoners for release means none of the parties are serious about the second stage of the agreement (replacing Hamas with an alternative administration) let along any "peace" prospects

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 5d

So they are trying to politicise the idea of education, a true education. What short-sighted, foolish bastards.

Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 5d

Ugh. Just ugh.

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 5d

Very good article, thank you Yezid.

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Lucy Seton-Watson @lucysetonw.bsky.social · 5d

Yes.