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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 2d

"Whale interviewed a large number of whips and ex-whips, enabling him to write an accurate and sympathetic account"

📚 Lord George Young reviews @sebwhale.bsky.social 'The Usual Channels: Inside the Mysterious World of Political Whips' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'A serious piece of work': Lord Young reviews 'The Usual Channels'

Sebastian Whale has produced a well researched and accurate account of how the whips’ office works

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 5d

It was an honour to visit The Purpose of Light exhibition by the incredible @misanharriman.bsky.social at Hope 93 gallery.

An unforgettable experience, unlike anything I’ve ever encountered - it must be seen in person. Runs til 30th Oct.

My review👇🏾

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Raw and moving: Dawn Butler reviews 'The Purpose of Light'

A collection of extraordinary photographs, Misan Harriman’s work needs to be seen in person in order to appreciate how truly impressive it is

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 5d

"In terms of their XR work, there is so much insight to be gained here about events that were only a few years ago – but divided from today by a sea change in authoritarianism towards civil disobedience"

🎥 @sianberry.bsky.social reviews 'Ackroyd & Harvey' | @tullstories.bsky.social
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'Vivid and insightful': Sian Berry reviews 'Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism'

An intimate portrait of two internationally renowned artists as they attempt to galvanise humanity into action over climate change, Fiona Cunningha...

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 5d

"He takes us through a fascinating journey, and he does it with charm and wit"

📚 Lord Chris Smith reviews @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social's 'A Life and a Half: The Unexpected Making of a Politician' | @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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A rattling good read: Lord Smith reviews Chris Bryant's 'A Life and a Half'

Chris Bryant’s memoir has frequent laugh-out-loud moments – which is more than can be said of most political autobiographies

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 6d

A collection of extraordinary photographs, Misan Harriman’s work needs to be seen in person in order to appreciate how truly impressive it is

📸 @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social reviews @misanharriman.bsky.social's 'The Purpose of Light' | #Hope93 gallery
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Raw and moving: Dawn Butler reviews 'The Purpose of Light'

A collection of extraordinary photographs, Misan Harriman’s work needs to be seen in person in order to appreciate how truly impressive it is

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 7d

A brutal and electric documentary following a Ukrainian brigade as it attempts to liberate a strategically important village, Chernov’s film is breathtaking and unmissable

🎥 @tomthescribe.bsky.social reviews Mstyslav Chernov’s '2000 Meters to Andriivka' | @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social
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'Masterful': Tom Mutch reviews '2000 Meters to Andriivka'

A brutal and electric documentary following one of Ukraine’s most elite brigades as it attempts to liberate a strategically important village from ...

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 8d

A significant re-examination of the Labour leader’s legacy, Steve Richards’ insightful book is worth buying just for the chapter looking at Tony Blair’s self-entrapment over Iraq

📚 Jon Cruddas reviews @steverichards.bsky.social's 'Tony Blair' | @swiftpress.bsky.social
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The Labour leadership should 'read this book and learn lessons': Jon Cruddas reviews 'Tony Blair'

A significant re-examination of the Labour leader’s legacy, Steve Richards’ insightful book is worth buying just for the chapter looking at Tony Bl...

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 9d

Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 9d

'Iron Ladies' is a sensitive and respectful portrayal of women whose stories are too rarely told

🎬Baroness O’Grady reviews 'Iron Ladies' | @sotl-films.bsky.social #IronLadies #MinersStrike
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A treasure trove of social history: Baroness O’Grady reviews 'Iron Ladies'

Focusing on the individual testimony of female veterans of the miners’ strike, this film is a sensitive portrayal of women whose stories are too ra...

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 10d

'An aristocratic maths wizard, with an infectious smile and hair like Don King, Meghnad Desai was impossible to ignore. I grieve the loss of my friend, professor of Marxist economics, secular socialist – and Bollywood aficionado'

🕊️ Lord Glasman pays tribute to Lord Desai
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Tribute to Lord Desai: an aristocratic maths wizard, with an infectious smile and hair like Don King

A larger-than-life character, Meghnad Desai was impossible to ignore. I grieve the loss of my friend, professor of Marxist economics, secular socia...

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 16d

Every Brilliant Thing is well worth seeing. Here’s my review about it. Lenny was amazing ❤️ www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

'Outstanding': Baroness Benjamin reviews 'Every Brilliant Thing'

With its novel approach to audience participation, allow yourself to be drawn in by this uplifting play and its moving portrayal of a child’s attem...

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 16d

"I left the theatre reassured, not just having watched a play, but having participated in an optimistic and hopeful experience, feeling a renewed sense of gratitude"

🎭 @floellabenjamin.bsky.social reviews #EveryBrilliantThing at @SohoPlace theatre| @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social
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'Outstanding': Baroness Benjamin reviews 'Every Brilliant Thing'

With its novel approach to audience participation, allow yourself to be drawn in by this uplifting play and its moving portrayal of a child’s attem...

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 21d

"Rachel Reeves must start treating Scotch Whisky like the national asset it is"

✍️ @wendychambld.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves must start treating Scotch Whisky like the national asset it is

The whisky industry is getting fleeced by a deeply unfair alcohol duty system – the Chancellor must give Scotch parity with beer

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 22d

Elizabeth Buchanan has produced a well-written and timely study of this hotly contested, gigantic frozen island

📚 Brendan O'Hara MP reviews Elizabeth Buchanan’s 'So You Want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump' | @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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'Change is coming': Brendan O’Hara reviews 'So You Want to Own Greenland?'

Elizabeth Buchanan has produced a well-written and timely study of this hotly contested, gigantic frozen island

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 27d

"Perhaps it is because she is still in politician mode and does not want to damage her party. Whatever the reason, 'Frankly' could do with a touch more frankness"

📚 @kieranandrews.bsky.social reviews Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly' | @panmacmillan.bsky.social
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Less than candid: Kieran Andrews reviews Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly'

Highly readable yet also guarded, the former Scottish first minister's memoir could be a tad more frank

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28d

"The whole volume is suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement." Natch - it's by @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @philipjcowley.bsky.social

'Not just for nerds': Lord Newby reviews 'The Smallest Room in the House'

Suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement, Philip Cowley has produced a valuable book

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 29d

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 28d

"I challenge any parliamentarian – however nerdish – not to discover new facts which help explain why our democracy operates as it does and how it is changing"

📚 Lord Dick Newby reviews @philipjcowley.bsky.social 'The Smallest Room in the House' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Not just for nerds': Lord Newby reviews 'The Smallest Room in the House'

Suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement, Philip Cowley has produced a valuable book

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Sep 5

Reminds me of how Warren Buffett emphasizes how he spends 80% of his working day reading.

Significantly, this is business school faculty expressing enough concern to lead to this @financialtimes.com story.

Decline in reading is inhibiting learning, academics warn
Business school faculty say changing consumption of news and longer form writing limits understanding

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Andrew McCabe @kraxis.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nationalise Sienna Rodgers, she’s actually an essential service to our body politic at this point

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Sep 6

Inside the founding of Jeremy Corbyn's new party – how it started, the factions forming, the debates raging

Can they unite? What challenges lie ahead? How big a threat is the project to Keir Starmer?

@siennarodgers.bsky.social reports

Inside The Founding Of Jeremy Corbyn's New Party: 'End This Horrible Power Struggle'

The trials and tribulations of founding a new party on the left. Can they unite? What challenges lie ahead? Sienna Rodgers reports

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Annette didn’t just serve her community – she shaped it, and those of us who follow in her footsteps do so in the hope of honouring her example"

🕊️ @vikkislademp.bsky.social‬ pays tribute to Annette Brooke
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Tribute to Annette Brooke by Vikki Slade: 'She was the epitome of a great constituency MP'

The longest-serving female Liberal Democrat MP to date, Annette Brooke was an inspiration to many women in politics. Known for her quiet determinat...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · Aug 15

Agree with all this but also, when Cummings et al say they'd like to *sink* the small boats, who do they imagine is going to do the sinking? Cummings seems to think it's the Navy, but the Royal Navy does its best to stop *enemy sailors* from drowning. Are they going to let asylum seekers drown?

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Some cheery thoughts before I go on holiday in today's note:

Human rights reckoning behind stopping ‘small boats’

Government must find a solution before it loses to proponents of idea you can eradicate the problem by sinking vessels

Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · Aug 15

Japan’s unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945 coincided with the state opening of a new parliament following the Labour government’s election just three weeks before

✍️ Lord Lexden looks back on a day when patriotic pride dove-tailed with a promise of national renewal #VJDay
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A tale of two speeches: how VJ Day 1945 played out in Parliament

Japan’s unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945 coincided with the state opening of a new parliament following the Labour government’s election j...

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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · Aug 11

Letter of the day (in the Times)