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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 10h

Not watching, does she look anything like this?

a woman stands at a podium with the words pork markets written on it

ALT: a woman stands at a podium with the words pork markets written on it

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 10h

All while abolishing stamp duty!

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 15h

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Never gets old.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 2d

They should absolutely give it to Obama again, just for lulz.

Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 2d

Basically the most likely outcome of the collapse of the Tory party is the conservative/right coalescing around Farage while the liberal/left remains fragmented. Not Ed Davey displacing both Farage and Badenoch to become a Major/Cameron-like PM in waiting, comforting(ish) a thought as that might be.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 2d

A significant part of that was due to Tory voters going to Reform or staying home, and tactical voting by Labour types. Plus Tory voters who want low taxes and high house prices but were disgusted by Brexit and Rwanda are now a depleted well. Not many Rory Stewarts left for the Lib Dems to pick up.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 2d

Chart nicked from @dylandifford.bsky.social

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 2d

If the Lib Dems are in a position to replace the Tory party and scoop up the voters that they are losing, there is little evidence of it in the polls so far. And given where their activist and current voter base is, I don't think a center right niche is actually an easy one for them to move into.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 3d

That's why all those long haired dope smoking hippies were so keen to join the army.

Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 3d

Sounded better in the original German.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 3d

If there is no credible centre right party, with a clear distinction from the far right, then the only way to keep the far right out of power is for the left (broadly defined) to win every election from now until the end of time. Which is... unlikely to happen.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 4d

From a quick Google the total value of all the fish landed in the UK is around a billion pounds a year, and there are around 200 UK companies with more than that in annual turnover. I suspect you could say the same about a lot of obscure sounding companies.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 4d

Saving grace is that this plan would involve her becoming prime minister, so it's not that different from me announcing my plan to sleep with Taylor Swift.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 5d

Erm, the original is still there. It's important to know if you're from Devon, apparently.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Archbishop of Canterbury 'one of Devon's own'

Former Bishop of Plymouth Nick McKinnel says Dame Sarah Mullally is well respected in the church.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 5d

Always fine the local angle...

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 5d

I assumed Eamonn Mullally must be really, really famous but it turns out that he's mostly known for... being Sarah Mullally's husband. Which makes this even weirder.

Search result describing Eamonn Mullally as a former head teacher who is married to Dame Sarah Mullally

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 5d

Nick Clegg sold out years and years ago.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 5d

BBC guidelines say the word "terrorist"should only be used with attribution, ie "police described it as a terrorist attack". They are rather controversial and other outlets have different guidelines, though the story at the top of the thread would pass the BBC ones. www.bbc.co.uk/newsstylegui...

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 7d

Didn't he also say that his greatest regret was being born too late to have been on the beaches on D-Day?

Not sure whether he specified which end of the beach he would have wanted to be on.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 7d

That's a Gmail address, I don't think Elsevier had much to do with it.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 10d

Dan may have had a few words to say about that as well. www.legalcheek.com/2023/01/sleu...

Sleuthing former Clifford Chance lawyer leaves Nadhim Zahawi fighting for his political life - Legal Cheek

Dan Neidle calls for former chancellor to apologise after he reportedly paid around £5 million to HMRC

www.legalcheek.com

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 11d

I see you woke up this morning and chose violence. 😂

Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 12d

Think she got to the top of the shortlist mainly by having a name that begins with A.

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Iain Simpson @iainsimpson.bsky.social · 12d

Starmer had a head of communications?