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Jo Kibble (Political Animal)

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politic_animal from the Musk shop. Local government policy adviser by day. Timetable wrangler/travel challenge story-teller by day and night. Once branded ‘Twitter’s answer to Phileas Fogg’ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@travelling_turtle?si=WGsuH_ffy0bqKr2

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · Jun 21

Where to find the Travelling Turtle Adventures

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t believe we have the same people on both jobs. It’s a failure of planning if anything.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2h

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 23h

The modern world is sorely lacking in the Gus Hedges GIFs I need to illustrate this.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely the combo. Loves a bit of Yo-Yo Ma when not distracted by the other things, does Ed.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Strange combination of dislikes, but you do you, Ed.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

The Lib Dem leader on why he couldn’t get into Succession, playing the cello and listening to Christmas music all year round

Ed Davey: Middlemarch struck a chord when I became an orphan at 15

The Lib Dem leader on why he couldn’t get into Succession, playing the cello and listening to Christmas music all year round

www.thetimes.com

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Always a shock how bad the scansion is in the second verse.

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 1d

The rain in Spain will turn heavy and thundery later this week 🌧️

@aemet.es have named Storm Alice, which will impact eastern regions of the country from Thursday

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 1d

RISQUE GALORE

Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

It does have that effect.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes, he is clearly a huge block to much in the way of left unity. And while not that relevant to the current crisis, a lot of his foreign policy positions are pretty…urgh.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know about Ireland, but here in Britain you need a fishing license if you’re going to use bait like this.

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t worry, I’m sure Mr Jenrick is on the public record expressing similar concerns about a lack of skin colour diversity in some of the villages in his 96% white constituency.

Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 1d

Because of course in the world according to Robert Jenrick there are only two groups of people - white people and 'other' people who need to integrate.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 1d

‘After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith”’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Going to put it out there that getting the chap who used to run Swiss Postbuses to be shadow chancellor would actually be a decent coup for the Tories.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, it sure would be.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Amusingly, our antenatal classes are taking place in the same wine bar that Lisa and I had our third date in eleven years ago. Had Lisa taken greater offence that I forgot to buy her dinner that night and she had to go home and eat marmite on toast alone, things could have turned out v differently.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Not any more - while the curve was physically kept in the Thameslink remodelling, I believe it is basically unusable in signalling terms.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Ha, that is amusing and telling…

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Someone on my train just described the London Bridge to Cannon Street line as ‘a branch line’, which is impressively both accurate and totally inaccurate at the same time.

(Outside the peaks, I prefer to think of it as ‘the world’s most expensive - in real estate terms - reversing siding’.)

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Mathilde Larrère @mathildelarrere.bsky.social · 1d

les supermarchés ferment dans peu de temps
courrez acheter du popcorn il n'y en aura bientôt plus
(ou des pavés, mais ça se trouve pas à Intermarché)

info BFM
Lecornu ne souhaite pas être renommé premier ministre par Emmanuel Macron

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes, the Berlins are a classic one!

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, the idea of ‘better’ is highly contextual when the range of things under discussion is ‘MOB’s longer-distance trains’.

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Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 1d

Really hoped this would be, like, "Satan" and "Witches" or even "Popish conspiracies" but turns out to just be "reconciling the worldwide anglican communion" as you were

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve only travelled on the gauge changing trains from Interlaken Ost to Interlaken West, so not long enough to have an informed view! (Though they seemed very nice.)

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a close run thing with lots of other lines (big fan of most of the narrow gauge lines branching off the Lausanne-Brig route). I especially like how the Zweisimmen line is stupidly spectacular while also being a run-of-the-mill Montreux suburban railway.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

No, those are just their 'normal' panoramic trains, unfortunately (which are still very nice!) www.mob.ch/en/stories/p.... Fantastic route - I think the climb from Montreux to the summit tunnel and then emerging into the highland scenery at Les Cases might be Switzerland's best bit of railway.

GoldenPass Panoramic

The world’s first fully panoramic train!

www.mob.ch

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

My tip for that route is to take the Golden Pass Belle Époque (departs Montreux at 14:43, ten minutes behind the gauge-changing through service), in part for the fun of watching people do a double take that their ordinary 2nd class ticket is valid on this thing that looks like a mini-Orient Express.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

What is fascinating is how the two-syllable name works much more effectively paired with the single-syllable verb. Keir! Keir! Keir! Out! Out! Out! just seems humdrum and unimaginative by comparison.