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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 5m

The irony is of course that the 'Labour to Win' faction are likely to lose this deputy leadership election...

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3h

Also, Conservatives should abandon their "Capitalism is great!" messaging if they want to appeal to young people.

Not saying they have to become full on state-interventionist.

But venerating it as perfect when people have grown up in the context of economic and environmental decline ain't it

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3h

Personal choice, and media selectiveness, and all that.

But I can't recall a video of a young Tory not wearing a suit, which I actually think is a problem.

Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 4h

A surprisingly large number of them think the way to connect with Gen Z is "dress like Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who."

A screen grab of a Times article. The photograph depicts three men and a woman - according to the caption these are Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin, Daniel Campbell and Glesni Reece.

Charles is in tweeds and a fedora, Rhys sports a combover and a question mark pullover as worn by the seventh Doctor Who. Daniel wears a blue "Make Britain Great Again" baseball cap. Glesni, unlike the others, is not wearing an outlandish costume, just a black tailored jacket over a white blouse.

Text reads:

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future
The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Sigh...

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also an own goal for Labour to celebrate, who are building nuclear power stations.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

This was a well known issue with the Department for Gender Definition and Nuclear Power...

It didn't take on it's full brief.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts on celebrating: youtu.be/0k5aVLi_yhM?...

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Will never understand how senior figures in the Conservative party have not asked, in a way that has cut through to the leadership,

"Have we not tried this before?"
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

www.itv.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

This guy needs to be put in team with Danny Kruger.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

No respect from the elders these days... Tsk tsk...

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

While the young wouldn't impose 1yr of "mandatory social service" on new retirees, the reverse isn't true

Support for new retirees
18-24: 16%
25-49: 13%
50-64: 11%
65+: 19%

Support for young
18-24: 16%
25-49: 24%
50-64: 42%
65+: 50%

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Until then, the tightrope.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 2d

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, the instant vs coffee shop takeaway journalism.

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Probably because it sounds like something that should have been left in the distant past.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Is it me, or does it seem like all the conferences have cancelled each other out?

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives won't recover until they realise just how weird this is.

Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Date idea: Doing literally anything else

A leaflet for a party celebrating Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

He is so close to doing an effective job of trying to reduce tensions in the face of antisemitism and wider public concerns about horrific military action.

And then he throws it all away with the most unhelpful, incendiary terminology.

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 2d

Sir Keir Starmer has branded pro-Palestinian protests that look set to go ahead on the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks “unpatriotic” trib.al/OJsV9Pa

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Reform probably won't have them.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Oh

#CPC2025

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Don't worry guys Bezos said it was a "good bubble".

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Another question is whether that leads to more extreme options.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3d

I think I can trace our failure in politics to the belief that every leader needed an "-ism".

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Freedom to listen follows from freedom of speech.

Glad to see how wisely it is being used.

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3d

Packed hall for Toby Young.

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3d

The centre between two extreme groups who are both terminally online would also be spending too much time online.

Don't get me wrong, love the idea. But have you thought of rebranding as a radical?

Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 3d

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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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