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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 24m

Oh my word – of ALL the authors Badenoch claims to love and to have read, she's chosen Terry Pratchett? To which I must turn to @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and this excellent piece asking: has she actually *read him*? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

It’s not just that Badenoch would be quick to decry a magical university full of wizards messing around with space and time as “woke” and dismiss the orangutan as a DEI hire. If there’s one theme that runs throughout Pratchett’s work, it is an inherent distrust of people who think they know better, who are arrogant enough to assume they have the answers which have evaded lesser mortals. Whether aristocratic snobs attempting to bring down the monarchy, headstrong would-be witches thinking they can harness demonic forces, or generals sending troops out to die for a cause no one can remember, Pratchett’s antagonists are consumed by a misguided self-belief which blinds them to the corrosive effect of power.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1h

Abolishing stamp duty would put a £24.5 billion a year black hole in Government finances by 2030, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1h

the tories will not abolish stamp duty lol. this country would collapse. it needs more reform but property taxes are so important for tax revenue. as for shrinking the civil service, please note that the civil service grew since Brexit because 80,000+ people had to be hired to deliver brexit lol

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 2h

"These people at Daylesford Organic have never set foot inside a Tesco Metro."

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2h

In this video I go to the Cotswolds and complain about the lack of integration

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 2h

The Conservatives are the Slow Horses of Parliament.

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 2h

Badenoch's loathing of English degrees makes sense. She shows all the empathy of someone who hasn't read a novel since school.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

Badenoch's brain should be studied. Visibly believes that she has put the hours in working while all her policy suggestions are just obviously picked up on Twitter without any critical thought before they end up as policy. Visibly confused as to who was in office 2010 to 2024.

Digitalis @buzzocular.bsky.social · 3h

"while we were arguing about what a woman is, china was building five nuclear reactors"

Yes but that is very explicitly your fault, more than most, kemi.

She's such a strange perception of herself

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 3h

After listening to Badenoch's speech, I am hereby banning all women from saying they have imposter syndrome. I have rarely heard so much blind self-confidence with so little to back it up. Inspiring!

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Indy Voices @independentvoices.bsky.social · 4h

When @katbrownwrites.com started a book club for Jilly Cooper devotees, she made friends with people she would never have otherwise met – and landed an invitation to a jolly lunch with endless champagne at the bonkbuster queen’s Cotswolds home… www.independent.co.uk/voices/jilly...

Simply super! Jilly Cooper showed me how to live life to the full

When Kat Brown started a book club for Jilly Cooper devotees, she made friends with people she would never have otherwise met – and landed an invitation to a jolly lunch with endless champagne at the ...

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 7h

Control the borders!

Not like that!

Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 7h

Brexit - the gift that keeps on taking bit.ly/48ZnxLs

Britons could be banned from holiday homes under EU’s 90-day rule

Brussels has warned that new biometric checks, which come into place on Sunday, will identify those overstaying on the continent

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 15h

Isn’t it brilliant! You can get a Chrome plugin for it too.

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 15h

(This is bionic text by the way!)

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Rob Freeman 🩷💜💙 @robfreemanfluff.bsky.social · 23h

I have no idea what bionic text is, but what I do know is that I’m reading this book at the moment, and as someone diagnosed with ADHD in April, this is a fantastic, informative and funny read that will teach you more about the ADHD brain.

Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 23h

Hello! For ADHD Awareness Month, the bionic text eBook of 'It's Not a Bloody Trend' is down to £2.99.

If you find you have trouble with your eyes sliding off words, bionic text is a wonderful innovation that makes it much, much easier to read a book: www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Not-Bloo...

The beautiful blue and gold cover for my book It's Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult. At the top, there's a quote from Bryony Gordon: "An incisive, brilliantly written and - above all - deeply comforting book."

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 18h

That is so kind, thank you!! I’m so pleased. And I haven’t even paid you!

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 23h

Hello! For ADHD Awareness Month, the bionic text eBook of 'It's Not a Bloody Trend' is down to £2.99.

If you find you have trouble with your eyes sliding off words, bionic text is a wonderful innovation that makes it much, much easier to read a book: www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Not-Bloo...

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