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Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · May 23
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 23
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’

https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’
The former chief executive of the Timpson Group on his plans to modernise the penal system — and how to stop ex-convicts reoffending
www.ft.com
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 1h
Slippery.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d
Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1h
🪙 👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🪙
me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on GOLD (gold)

-Always believe in your soul
-super soaraway pet rocks
-Rob being wrong

open.spotify.com/episode/1p21...
Spotify – Web Player
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
Can’t stop laughing at this Vinted seller
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
‘Pretty good.’
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
So good
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
This is like that but more fun

So good - esp from series one!!!
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
I thought it was your job
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 11h
This looked better in his head
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
A history phd enters the chat
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
Blue Lights is 6 episodes? WTF
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
Her trajectory is quite odd
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
Quite possibly
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
Dance like no one’s watching;

fact-check like that factoid you threw halfway down the story moves to the intro
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 12h
Nostalgia for a time you’ve never lived in
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 13h
What is nick candy talking about? Did he grow up the son of a landowner in feudal times
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h
Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 13h
🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 14h
It’s not the worst idea at all
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 14h
Followed by, ‘is news different to opinion writing?’
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 19h
Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 14h
I would die if someone said this in my presence.
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 16h
Are saunas the latest office perk?—The popularity of saunas, often paired with ice baths, has increased alongside interest in wellness and alternatives to socialising with alcohol… www.ft.com/content/2183... @emmavj.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Are saunas the latest office perk?
Sweating in a hot box followed by an icy plunge is one way to ease the daily grind
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 21h
Great piece from @emmavj.bsky.social who is calling Peak Vibe www.ft.com/content/14ef...
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 18h
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 23h
One rule for him
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 1d
‘This conference is more like an old-fashioned English wake in the parish hall with bad sandwiches and people muttering about what a nice send-off it has been,” said one jaded Tory. “At least you can get to the bar.”
on.ft.com/4h0TqW3 ‘Sparse’: Reality of election defeat hits home at Tory conference
‘Sparse’: Reality of election defeat hits home at Tory conference
[FREE TO READ] Manchester venue shows tell-tale signs of Conservative decline and party’s urgent need to regain relevance
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 1d
Totally