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Robert Hutton
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RobDotHutton from the broken site. Parliamentary sketches and film columnist for The Critic, co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. New spy book "The Illusionist" is out now.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · Apr 26
The Illusionist is now out in paperback! It's the "enthralling", "superbly entertaining", "delightful", and "satisfying" true story of an eccentric genius who made magic into a weapon of war.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1h
Will do! And thank you!
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 7h
But think what they could achieve, if they only existed!
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Karim Palant @karimpalant.bsky.social · 9h
What an absolute pleasure to join @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social on their podcast to talk films, the French resistance and the ultimate defeat of Nazis.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 10h
Please join my campaign for the British government to set up a department that would deal with issues around culture, media (and sport - why not?). And also to set up a specific regulator for broadcast media.
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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 11h
If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h
The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
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Karim Palant @karimpalant.bsky.social · 12h
This was so much fun recording and just listening back to …. Thanks @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social for having me along!
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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.bsky.social · 14h
Zut alors! Sacre bleu! Cette semaine sur Theatre des Movies de la Guerre, nous voyons une filme Francais! Bien sur, c'est "Is Paris Burning?" comme tous les grands stars de la France et aussi les Etats-Unis! Bof.

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 13h
‘The closest she got was telling us she wanted a country “where people are judged by the content of their character and not the colour of their skin.” Right now, she doesn’t even have a shadow cabinet like that.’
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.
One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 13h
I apologise to French listeners for so many things about this post, which is almost as bad as my pronunciations in the episode itself.
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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.bsky.social · 14h
Zut alors! Sacre bleu! Cette semaine sur Theatre des Movies de la Guerre, nous voyons une filme Francais! Bien sur, c'est "Is Paris Burning?" comme tous les grands stars de la France et aussi les Etats-Unis! Bof.

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.bsky.social · 14h
Zut alors! Sacre bleu! Cette semaine sur Theatre des Movies de la Guerre, nous voyons une filme Francais! Bien sur, c'est "Is Paris Burning?" comme tous les grands stars de la France et aussi les Etats-Unis! Bof.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.
One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 23h
As ever, better to skip the News at Ten and read @roberthutton.co.uk instead. "Whatever else you can say about Badenoch, she doesn’t let anything hold her back, not her record, not her ability and certainly not reality." thecritic.co.uk/one-small-st...
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 1d
‘You could, on the fringes of the conference, hear people muttering that the Tory pitch boiled down to “what if Reform, but led by people who conspicuously failed to do the things they’re now promising?”’
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One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.
One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
Badenoch is the perfect leader for a party that has retreated into fantasy.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.
One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
Just imagine how great they'll be when they get down to 10%!
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redneeraj.bsky.social @redneeraj.bsky.social · 1d
Mel Stride is overcome
a man wearing a striped shirt and tie is sleeping
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
We now go live to the Labour Party's opposition research unit.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
"Yeah, I don't really remember any of it. I was high the whole time. Did we... did we... promise to abolish stamp duty?"
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
Gonna be amazing at next year's Tory conference when they just describe 2025 as "the gas leak conference".
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
The livestream of Kemi Badenoch's speech is here, FYI.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
"But enough about past glory."
THAT'S THE SUPER-MAGIC DEFEAT-O EFFECT!
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Super Magic Defeat-O! | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Are YOU a politician struggling with the big challenges facing twenty-first century economies? Are you UNCERTAIN how to satisfy an aging population that wants to be looked after but doesn’t want to…
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
Wondering how Kemi Badenoch can stand up and complain that no one can get a GP appointment? She's taken SUPER MAGIC DEFEAT-O! thecritic.co.uk/super-magic-...
Super Magic Defeat-O! | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Are YOU a politician struggling with the big challenges facing twenty-first century economies? Are you UNCERTAIN how to satisfy an aging population that wants to be looked after but doesn’t want to…
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 2d
You can get my book Borderlines in electronic form for an amazing 99p at the moment; at a time when politicians are fetishising borders, why not look at them in a bit more detail, and get the view from Europe’s borders? www.amazon.co.uk/Borderlines-...
Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders
Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders eBook : Baston, Lewis: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 1d
If James Cleverly was serious about a run for London mayor he'd quit the shadow cabinet and publicly attack Jenrick's comments. But he won't because there's another big job he'd prefer to do more
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 2d
James Cleverly admits he's not ruling out bid to be Tory mayor of London in 2028 - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 1d
Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr
The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 2d
It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
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