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Thing is, I can just imagine Henry Bolton doing this...typical "and I'll tell you something else" pub bore.

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Good afternoon. I seem to remember the Telegraph posting up a risible column from one of their stars complaining that Labour were going to going to make use of something the ONS have been doing for years - a full Government Balance Sheet - by claiming that nationalisation didn't actually cost anythi...

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Sparrow on Badenoch. As well as Badenoch’s new-found Brexit pragmatism, the other stand-out feature of her performance during her urgent question today was her astonishing rudeness. Badenoch has always been abrasive, and in the past her blunt, scornful, no-nonsense response to critcism from oppositi...

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Ooh!

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refitman wrote: ↑Thu 11 May, 2023 7:24 am

So had that been in force 50 years ago, that would have included every book that Jan Morris wrote after 1972?

Hmm...

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Interesting. There's a Miriam Cates parody Twitter account (yeah, I know she really doesn't need one...) which picked up on this new company formed only last week called The New Conservatives Ltd. Directors are cates and Danny Kruger https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company...

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Good evening.

So crank MP joins crank Party.

And has refused a by-election after he told Ann Soubry that she should do exactly that a few years ago. Shocked etc.

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Oh dear, someone doesn't understand the difference between an Epistle and a Gospel. Or know what 'heathen' means...

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Good afternoon. An...interesting day today. 'Er indoors felt lousy this morning - dizzy, high temperature, extreme tiredness - so after talking to the nurse phoned 999...and they turned up really quickly. Anyway, they've kept her in hospital overnight, so got the bus home and await for news. Coronat...

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Excellent news.

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This is hilarious. Fury as 'arrogant' BBC threatens Coronation TV BLACKOUT - 'Deeply concerning behaviour' https://www.gbnews.com/royal/bbc-coronation-tv-blackout The BBC has sparked outrage by threatening a TV blackout of King Charles III's Coronation. With just hours to go until the historic cerem...

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Yes, Tories down 1,031 according to the BBC.

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Good evening.

Day in the library, back home and 'er indoors eats some dinner for the first time in a few days.

And this...

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Good morning.

Today looks slightly more promising in more ways than one - 'er indoors seems a bit better today although still very tired.

Early results looking good - Windsor & Maidenhead fallen? Oh dear...

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Good evening. Apologies for my absence lately - 'er indoors hasn't been so good and instead of going back to doing 5 hours a day part-time working from home, she now thinks it's best to go for retirement due to ill-health. Sad but rather inevitable. Anyway, why did they simply not require people to ...

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Good afternoon. It's worth - no, really it is - having a look at Spiked right now. Having gone down the route of edgy populist contrarian stuff and attracted a lot of right wing cranks, they've taken a potshot at Andrew Bridgen...and oh dear, they're getting the push-back from the people they courte...

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For today's breathtaking hypocrisy, this takes some beating...look at when she was allowed to stay in the UK...

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Bye bye Andrew Bridgen...apparently this was on April 12th.

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Good morning.

Oh look...simple c&p error or deliberate?

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I note that Tucker Carlson seems to have fallen on a sword that Fox positioned right in front of him...I'm assuming this is to do with that rather whopping payout last week.

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Good afternoon.

What on earth is this? Bizarre.

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And while I'm here...well, we got promoted to League 1 tonight.

Utterly bizarre - we were 2-0 at Gillingham and there was a power cut. So the players were taken off, and just after they came back on, it was clear from a match being played elsewhere that we were certain to be promoted.

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And while we're on media orgs, some from the UK...

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Good evening. Shocked I was really... She also denies that the word ‘wog’ is racist. She said: “I won’t use that word because I’ve been told not to. But I don’t find that offensive. ” Well, you wouldn't, would you? Jeez, you'd have to be really dim not to know this. https://twitter.com/Otto_English/...

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Good afternoon.

According to the these days very-crankish Matt Goodwin, apparently there is a 'New Elite'. I notice that Goodwin, railing against universities was careful not to disclose where he works these days...

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Good afternoon. I see that the SNP's auditors have now decided to quit - the Party imploding nicely...I also note there are calls from the person that lost that they should, therefore, have the leadership election re-run. Not sure I follow the logic but all adds to the feeling that they are in a bit...

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Good afternoon.

Oops. No wonder they supressed the report...

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In amongst all of the "Oh, wasn't he just brilliant" there have been a few "Er...hang on..." Lawson was incredibly lucky (like Howe) in having the income from North Sea oil coming in, and incredibly risky - Big Bang and the late 80s boom. https://twitter.com/philipstephens/status...

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Good afternoon.

Out all day yesterday at an event where I gave a talk which seemed to be well-received.

A former Home Office official writes...Braverman is just a front for the EFG isn't she?

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Good morning.

More on that Policy Exchange report.

Quite why a Labour MP is putting their name to this given PE's rightward drift* over the past couple of years is quite beyond me.

* they were quite socially liberal at one time.

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Good evening.

"Oh, hang on. I didn't mean them..."

Wonder whether it's examples that this that will sink the Bill?

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"Well, I didn't mean Simon Case...I was talking about the other ones...whose names I forget now"

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Good morning.

Oh dear...

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Oh look.

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Good evening.

I note that ex-BBC man John Ware is giving Gary Linekar lectures in how he should keep his mouth shut as he is passionate about BBC impartiality.

In other news, John Ware was part of a consortium that bought the JC led by one Robbie Gibb.

Anyone know what Gibb is up to these days?

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One of interest probably only to me but... Ofsted wants experienced school leader to take over from Spielman https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-wants-experienced-school-leader-to-take-over-from-spielman/ An advisory assessment panel will carry out interviews and recommend candidates to the education s...

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Good evening.

And no, he didn't get a satisfactory answer. If they are a news channel, doesn't that make every programme a "news programme"?

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This letter relating to the decision to axe the BBC Singers is worth reading...I'd say they need a complete clear-out of BBC management - some of this is just amazing. https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leaked-letter-a-toxic-culture-of-fear-and-paranoia-at-the-bbc-from-the-d-g-down/ We have recently dis...

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Interesting - no, really it is... - article from Nick Timothy (read using the ladder). https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2F2023%2F03%2F12%2Fbbc-faces-collapse-needs-royal-commission-reshape%2F Some counterpoints are valid but still do not exonerate Lineker. The rules a...

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Good morning.

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"The thing about Arsenal is that they'll always try and walk it in"

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Interesting - how many other people who present for BBC write or opine elsewhere?

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Dearie me...as has been pointed out a fair number of times the very first line of "f First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller is...

First they came for the Communists

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Good morning.

Interesting comments given Wheatcroft's background...

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And no commentary either...

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RogerOThornhill wrote: ↑Fri 10 Mar, 2023 6:45 pm MOTD might be fun to watch tomorrow just to see who decides to turn up.

Having made Linekar 'step back' Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have said they won't do it.

Edit - neither will Alex Scott. Or Mark Chapman.

Add Jermaine Jenas who wasn't down to present but would say no now.

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BBC management playing a blinder this week...plus axing the BBC Singers.

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MOTD might be fun to watch tomorrow just to see who decides to turn up.

Having made Linekar 'step back' Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have said they won't do it.

Edit - neither will Alex Scott. Or Mark Chapman.

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He shoots! He Scores!

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Sigh Sex education review is ‘politically motivated’, say teaching unions https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/08/sex-education-review-is-politically-motivated-say-teaching-unions James Bowen, director of policy for the National Association of Head Teachers, said: “It is hard to be anythin...

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