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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 4h

Could you give us a review of Satantango, largely on whether reading it will make us cooler and more attractive

Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 5h

I met @nerak3l.bsky.social, which is one of the best things to ever happen to me, also found at various points a job, a home, a load of friends

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 5h

So I suppose I'll have to read Satantango now...

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 8h

Listening to some of it this morning and, obvious 10 year old opinion, but Hamilton really is a work of genius isn't it?

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 18h

I literally had to phone Octopus up and go, sorry what's happened here

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, you make an entirely good point, if I thought she could win I'd now feel bad

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, there is, my energy bill was a pound a month for a good while, best thing she did imo

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 18h

The good parts of Mrs T's legacy
Talking about climate change
The Single European Act
Harry Heath

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 18h

No, I think Harry's right, almost no other leader would have fought back militarily as she did

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, an uncontested election would have been better for all involved, that said I voted for her because a) Powell is rubbish b) she's going to lose anyway c) I don't imagine the leadership will listen

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 1d

The criticism that they just hate their opponents, and don't understand their appeal, is usually a problem Labour faces - it is interesting to see it on the other side

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

I just think, both at an intellectual level (it means you oppose ID cards and then announce measures that require them) and at a 'how politician should present themselves for votes', that Badenoch just viscerally and indiscriminately hates Labour is a bit of a problem.

Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

What is Heseltine, a decent moderate, pro-European, doing in 2025's Conservative Party

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

Quiz teaches you that all of your cultural interests have value, last night I was able to answer the question 'what clothing items do lucchese make?', because i am possibly the unlikeliest fan of country musician Erin Kinsey

Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

Although the flu jab on its own has made me feel somewhat under the weather

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

This is like my favourite, Stephen King was the first person to have chosen a Rhinanna record (the excellent Pon De Replay)

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

This seems wholly plausible to me and raises my thought about my own reading, which is that I probably don't read enough great conservative literature, and will take your recommendations

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a good idea, that I will be rearranging my plans to make sure I can go

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

Israel at the moment feels like the US, a country I would really like to go to but wouldn't do so under the current leadership

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

That is a good thing to do that I am not good enough at resisting the lure of my phone

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews - on.ft.com/3Wp43Zc via @FT
This is a classic great article by @stephenkb.bsky.social actually finding the nuance in a notoriously thorny subject

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews

[FREE TO READ] Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

on.ft.com

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's really notable that I have no idea what this controversy is about

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 3d

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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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

That's what I did, but they're being a lot tighter with it this year

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

I fear that the next step is going to use this as an excuse to deport people

Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 2d

Got my flu jab this evening, I note that I'm no longer eligible for a COVID jab - so it's good that the illness isn't back in circulation...

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Simon Alvey @salvey1.bsky.social · 3d

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