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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 16m

A lesser man than me would make a 'things are looking up' for Kemi but I'm better than that

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 21m

Calm down this isn't North Korea. Kemi's not going to send you to a labour camp for not clapping enthusiastically enough. At least I'm 90% certain she won't.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 34m

Base recovery after yesterday's intervals

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 47m

Considerably less painful than listening to Kemi's speech 🏃‍♂️

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 3h

Kemi's been reading my bloots

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3h

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…

thecritic.co.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 3h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 3h

I wrote about the Tory conference, having watched most of it on GB News:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/con...

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 4h

Conservative conference was quiet this year. How quiet? Well, 5 months ago I gave a speech on procurement at the same venue that was better attended than Robert Jenrick’s keynote

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 6h

nope

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 6h

Happy #CelebrityTraitors day to all who celebrate

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Traitors UK

David Olusoga OBE is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, BAFTA winning film-maker and Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester

The Traitors US

Rob Rausch is an American snake wrangler and television personality who has appeared on Love Island USA

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 17h

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

Tory party conference got you down?

Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?

Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜

www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 19h

Robert Jenrick prefers the Pat Boone version of Tutti Frutti

(this is niche but hilarious, trust me)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20h

"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…

thecritic.co.uk

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 21h

Wildly successful photo of Felix this evening in the fading light looking like some kind of dog elf king.

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Dr Nick Dickinson @nickdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Having four parties within 10pts of each other and no one over 30% is a recipe for an almost completely random vote-to-seat conversion. Any majority government that managed to emerge will be the least legitimate in history since the 1918 RPA.

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Dr Nick Dickinson @nickdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Don't mind sounding like a broken record here.

This will be a constitutional disaster if it persists into 2028/9 under FPTP.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (5-6 October 2025)

Reform UK: 27% (-2 from 28-29 Sept)
Labour: 20% (-2)
Conservatives: 17% (+1)
Lib Dems: 17% (+2)
Greens: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 22h

**taps mic**

"So, where do you sit?"

"The Rod Hull Courts of Justice."

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 22h

Hey this really blew up. If any editors would like me to spin it out to 10k words I'll throw in whatever bits of Rawls I can remember from my degree, some personal anecdotes of when I lived in Jumeirah and a couple of photoshops.

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 22h

Gwlad, Gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r heniaith barhau.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 22h

I used to have to use Photoshop to make the Tories look ridiculous and now I just post pics straight from the agency feeds so you could say Mel Stride's efficiency drive is working a treat.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 22h

"I'm in the main hall......no you shouldn't have any problems finding me" #CPC25

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 22h

Mummy and daddy are fighting again #CPC25

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