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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 13h

Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 3d

Curious to know whether Syed gets to keep all his BBC gigs now that’s he’s done The Reverse Linekar.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

Next speaker is Times columnist Matthew Syed who shocked everybody - EVERYBODY - the other week by saying he had become a Conservative.

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like ‘Mickey Mouse Degrees Day’ comes round earlier every year

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

By integrating sharia law into our legal system? Not bothering with democracy?

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 2d

Choon!

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 2d

3am eternal

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 2d

if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 2d

perfect detail

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 2d

A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 2d

This is grim…

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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Alison @finger-post.blog · 2d

My favourite Jilly Cooper story is recounted in Graham Hoyland's 2013 book Last Hours on Everest. What a trooper.

"We lay in a tent for three days in a blizzard. After the first morning we had each told our life stories, and we lay there gazing at the roof of the tent, wondering what to do next.

Luckily Mark had brought a copy of Jilly Cooper's Rivals, a breathily written romance, and Brice had a penknife. We carefully cut it up into three parts. Mark, as owner, was allowed to read it in sequence: A, B, then C. Brice got B, C, then A, but I - as the youngest - was lumbered with C, A, then B, and struggled to comprehend both the plot and the characters.

On our return Mark contacted Jilly Cooper and told her the story. She was delighted to have been able to satisfy three large men at once with only one book."

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 2d

See also people on Politics podcasts who pronounce polling as ‘pollen’ rather than pole-in

a woman with a surprised look on her face is asking what is wrong with you

ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face is asking what is wrong with you

media.tenor.com

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 2d

Listening to podcasts and grimacing at people who pronounce data as dar-ta instead of day-ta

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wall with his eyes closed .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wall with his eyes closed .

media.tenor.com

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly the same vibes here

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 3d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

This is total rambling dementia nonsense. He talks about calling Pete Hegseth a year before 9/11, when Hegseth was an unknown 20-year-old college student.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure what I would have said!

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 3d

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Where nobody knows your name...

Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

joelmorris.substack.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3d

Might do a separate sketch on Matthew Syed's speech, which is the most batshit crazy thing I have heard from a conference stage in years. And believe me, I've seen some things.