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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 8h

7 policies Britain’s Tories nabbed from Donald Trump 👇

Noah Keate @noahkeate.bsky.social · 8h

Where Donald Trump's policies are concerned, the Conservatives have mastered the art of the steal.

My @politico.eu rundown of *seven* copycat Tory policies the U.S. president could almost certainly give the thumbs up.

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7 policies Britain’s Tories nabbed from Donald Trump

Beleaguered Conservatives are scrambling for policies to counter Nigel Farage’s popularity. They’ve looked across the pond for inspiration.

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 10h

In the Conservative conference hall for the Robert Jenrick speech: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 1d

🪖 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below, plus ...

🥛 Top Tories argue dregs defecting to Reform

🦞 Badenoch pal attacks Katie Lam EU welfare cut call

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Sascha O'Sullivan @saschaosullivan.bsky.social · 5d

🎙️NEW ep 🎙️ Postcard from Liverpool: is Starmerism is already over?

w/ Deputy PM David Lammy
Lucy Powell
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@stephenkb.bsky.social
@peterhyman.bsky.social
@morganwild.bsky.social
@noahkeate.bsky.social & @ecasalicchio.bsky.social

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Postcard from Liverpool: is Starmerism over already?

Host Sascha O’Sullivan goes behind-the-scenes of Labour Party conference in Liverpool, talking to senior politicians and advisors as she tries to hunt for Keir Starmer’s ideology – once…

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 1d

🦵 IN PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🦵 What happened to Kemi's no policies b4 2027 plan?

🦵 Top Tories argue she junked her core brand

🦵 Aides argue 2027 was never a thing

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 6d

🚓 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🚔 All the latest on the Manchester terror attack

🔵 First lines dropping from glut of Kemi interviews

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 6d

Lucy Powell clearly won this battle: www.flickr.com/photos/europ...

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 6d

Oops! Bridget Phillipson's effort to pull a pint in our POLITICO Pub at Labour conference: www.flickr.com/photos/europ...

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 8d

🌹 PLUS PLUS PLUS ... How Burnham burned out ... SCOOP from @danbloom1.bsky.social on GMB woes ... Powell/Phillipson Insta-beef ... Labour passes on Owen Jones at conference

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 8d

🌹 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: How the Starmer speech is landing

🌹 One Starmer-skeptic MP: “I think he smashed it. And I came here thinking there was no way he could pull things back.”

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 9d

IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

👀 That speech from Shabana Mahmood was quite something

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 12d

🪴 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

⛄️ A day at the center-left mum's and dad's conference in Westminster, where the PM appeared

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 13d

🦘 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below plus ...

🪲 Digital IDs / local funding deets / Trump win on NHS drug prices / court backlogs / new Lab Together boss

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 15d

Lots of weird stuff happened today. But was this the weirdest? Michael Gove spraying bullets at the Duchess of York.

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 15d

Not to mention ... various machinations from Lib Dem land, including the thinking behind *that* Nigel Farage school shootings attack, and how an internal Lib Dem race could determine whether they lean further into their MAGA-esque approach.

Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 15d

🥊 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🥊 Scoop: Lab conference squabbling re Gaza (via @danbloom1)

🥊 Scoop: Phillipson & Powell TV showdown?

🥊 Scoop: Lab MP ballot to watch Starmer/Reeves speeches

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 15d

🥊 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🥊 Scoop: Lab conference squabbling re Gaza (via @danbloom1)

🥊 Scoop: Phillipson & Powell TV showdown?

🥊 Scoop: Lab MP ballot to watch Starmer/Reeves speeches

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 15d

Ed Davey stunt in action. Cricket on Bournemouth beach

Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 16d

🥀 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🥀 SCOOP: Lib Dems ditch 2045 net zero pledge (via @nearlblog)

🥀 SCOOP: Top Starmer project aide Matt Faulding quits

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 18d

Well worth reading among SW1 crowd 👇

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18d

New post just out:

"Three seconds"

What links Charlie Kirk, the overthrow of the Nepalese government, the US-China trade deal, and the trial of a Romanian Presidential candidate?

TikTok.

Here's why it's changing politics and what that means.

(£/free trial)

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Three seconds

TikTok and the future of politics

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 19d

🍔 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT: All the below, plus ...

✈️ Scoop: THIRD migrant deported to France

🪦 Scoop: New assisted death cttee makeup

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 21d

🛺 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

🪦 SCOOP: Peers close to deal on assisted death committee Luciana Berger pushed for

⚰️ MPs would hold sessions until mid-Nov with legislation on pause

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 22d

🐌 Apologies — editing quirk in Playbook PM meant it came out in a weird order. Now fixed in the online version!

Read here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 22d

🏊‍♂️ IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

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Graham Lanktree @glanktree.bsky.social · 22d

What Britain needs from Donald Trump

Keir Starmer will be keen to shout about tech and nuclear deals during Donald Trump’s U.K. state visit — but Ukraine, steel and other issues remain thorny

www.politico.eu/article/brit...

What Britain needs from Donald Trump

Keir Starmer will be keen to shout about tech and nuclear deals during Donald Trump’s U.K. state visit — but Ukraine, steel and other issues remain thorny

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Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social · 23d

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London Playbook PM: Phase two keeps on giving

Presented by SSE By EMILIO CASALICCHIO with NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good afternoon. This is Emilio Casalicchio. MON…

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