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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 2d

This looks terrific!

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

Labour isn’t just divided – it’s strategically trapped.

This analysis dissects the factions, the panic, and the threat reshaping British politics.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @seththevoz.bsky.social
@opendemocracy.net with thanks

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 5d

🚨ICYMI🚨
Starmer went hard against Farage in his conference speech. But has he done enough to show he’s in control, or is the Labour messaging still all over the place?

@seththevoz.bsky.social is joined by @jonnelledge.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5d

Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.

That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.

A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 6d

Starmer vs. Farage 🥊

In Starmer's recent speech he went hard against Farage, but has he done enough to show he's in control? @seththevoz.bsky.social is joined by @jasonhazeley.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 6d

This is very clear and succinct, well worth a read.

Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 7d

My second piece, coming out of covering this week’s Labour conference for openDemocracy, on Labour’s strategic dilemma. www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-st...

On Reform, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

www.opendemocracy.net

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 7d

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 7d

My second piece, coming out of covering this week’s Labour conference for openDemocracy, on Labour’s strategic dilemma. www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-st...

On Reform, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

www.opendemocracy.net

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 8d

Get your questioning brain in gear… it’s #ButYourEmails time. Whether you’re a Patreon person or not, we need YOUR queries for today’s podcast.
Ask ’em here: www.patreon.com/posts/its-bu...

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 9d

www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-pa...

Inside the many, many Labour Party Conferences taking place

So disjointed is Labour’s annual meet, the messaging differs from room to room. Attendees agree only on fear of Reform

www.opendemocracy.net

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 9d

Since Saturday I've been here in Liverpool covering the Labour Party conference for @openDemocracy getting a feel for the many different fringes on the ground, talking to Labour members and activists, and this is what I make of it so far.
(More to come...)
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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-conference-keir-starmer-fear-of-reform-uk-mixed-messaging/

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 12d

If you read just one thing on ID cards, then make it this piece by Ian Dunt - it’s fair and balanced, and goes into the many of advantages of them; and why they’re still an absolutely terrible idea. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea

Many people I admire believe firmly in ID cards, or have grown to accept them. This is why they're wrong.

open.substack.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13d

Mandatory ID cards are a terrible, terrible idea
iandunt.substack.com/p/id-cards-a...

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 12d

2006.

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13d

RIP Menzies Campbell.

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13d

I’m an immigrant. No, I did not come here illegally.

As a child, we were able to settle in the UK, thanks to the EEC/EU; as a🇫🇷&🇨🇭citizen, I was able to get indefinite leave to remain. 13 years ago, I naturalised as🇬🇧. (I also lapsed my🇫🇷citizenship - 🇨🇭only lets its citizens have 1 other nationality.)

Joe Twyman @joetwyman.bsky.social · 13d

Nearly half of British adults believe a majority of immigrants to this country in the last year came here illegally.
Just under a third (32%) believe the majority came here legally and a further one in five (20%) don't know.

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13d

“What are you doing in the States?!?”
“Shameless cash-in.”
“Same, babe, same.”

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13d

James Forsyth. Or Harry Lime. Take your pick.

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13d

Tony Blair and Rishi Sunak snapped after they bumped into one another outside Trump Tower in New York, four days ago.

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 14d

Banks said "a potential Reform government should scrap the Financial Conduct Authority, the City regulator, along with media and internet watchdog Ofcom, the Electoral Commission and the Competition and Markets Authority."

Rather telling selection of regulators, there

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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 14d

Excellent piece of Who-ology by eminent Prydonian and authority on London’s private members’ clubs @seththevoz.bsky.social

clubland.substack.com/p/clubs-in-p...

To which club did 'Doctor Who' belong?

Extrapolating the Doctor's club - which and when...

clubland.substack.com

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 14d

I always try to be thorough!

I’ve actually previously written about the Bellona Club. From Sayers’ description, as a rather faded place on its last legs in the 1920s (& from my other work on the economics of clubs), I imagine it would have vanished by the 70s. clubland.substack.com/p/clubs-in-p...

From the Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L. Sayers

clubland.substack.com

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 14d

'Doctor Who' has nothing to do with the world of private members' clubs...does it?

A deep dive into how the 3rd Doctor came to have a London club - and which one - and how it was probably the 1st Doctor who first put his name down for it.
clubland.substack.com/p/clubs-in-p...

To which club did 'Doctor Who' belong?

Extrapolating the Doctor's club - which and when...

clubland.substack.com

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 17d

If this policy had been enacted, a first-generation immigrant like me would not have been allowed to have become a UK citizen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants

The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 17d

There’s a bit more about the building’s time as the Constitutional Club in my piece here. clubland.substack.com/p/lost-clubs...

Lost Clubs: The Constitutional Club (1883-1979)

The first attempt at a mass-membership club for Conservatives

clubland.substack.com

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