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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2h

The one exception was Corbyn but as he couldn’t even manage IDS’s trick of reading some words in front of him it was qualitatively different.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2h

It’s not new. IDS in 2003 (dreadful) and Brown in 2007 (poor even if not in the IDS league) both saluted as Cicero in a lounge suit at the time. It’s just how it goes.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 4h

I hope this all happens but terrible feeling that all the celebrations are premature: not a single hostage has been released and Israeli raids in Gaza continue.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 5h

One for the kidzzzz

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 23h

Unlike you I grew up in a society where there was a an attempt to impose monoculturalism - because that's the opposite to multiculturalism - it ended in a low intensity civil war and many thousands dead. It was called Northern Ireland - you should look it up.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 23h

In 2003 the BBC waxed lyrical about IDS's speech, it was rubbish. They did the same with Gordon Brown in 2007 and now they are doing it for Kemi Badenoch. It's not political bias, it's just an unwillingness to take the risk needed to be honest.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to win over younger voters, telling them they can't go to university is probably not going to help.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

Do any schools in the North still do ‘juniors’? Was a big deal at St. Mary’s when I was there (though that’s 48 years ago now!) but I left before actually sat any.

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

Quite possibly could have won the League Cup before Christmas (still could of course). Celtic haven’t beaten them since last year’s League Cup final and that was, ahem, quite a lucky win (you can no doubt tell me if that’s right statistically). League looks out of sight for them right now though.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

<doff hat dot gif>

You are good at this. 😂

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick literally called on Tories to ‘build this new order’ in his speech today - he’s either very stupid, or very dangerous or both.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

By someone who never gaffes no less

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

A Tory Party that thinks "Reform are a socialist party to the left of Jeremy Corbyn" is high on its own supply.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 1d

Why are they asking Cleverly about the chocolate bar? He's the guy who can't count, nobody has questioned his spelling.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 2d

But at least Ofcom's going after the real troublemakers... right?

Right?? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

???

In 2022, Ofcom had previously ruled that Juice ‘was not meeting its requirement to broadcast LGBT anthems as part of its music output’ and was instead ‘a dance music service’.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair they aren’t exactly known for their support for the Legions of the Rearguard. Was setting up a rival not the reason Dev stole all that money after all?

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

Generally take the view that quantum computing is to computing like fusion power is to power, myself. I’m sure there will be a practical use case soon enough.

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

You *read*? Scotland’s other national pastime right enough 🤪

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

Reminds me of the (possibly apocryphal but maybe not) story that in the late 60s Roy Jenkins was told he needed to be more clubbable and curry favour by buying his colleagues drinks - he bought them a drink and then left the bar rather than talk to them.

Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorche... - apparently

Scorcher (magazine) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

Didn’t the Tories say the convention was a dead letter twenty odd years ago (as they claimed it related to a house where they were in permanent majority?) Guess they could just pack the Lords too of course.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

Technically the Lords could block them for a year though

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

Where did that Lags 11 comic strip appear? Pretty sure it was a DC Thompson publication.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 2d

RTÉ Morning Ireland seriously asking what if Jim Gavin won. Total waste of 60 seconds there lads.