Yes and her speech at the count was really really good too to the wider audience

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Somali-born child refugee + local council leader was as popular as Andy Burnham with the constituency's electorate and with Labour voters in particular

Ok so this did raise a chuckle

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just saw someone say that if Starmer was still PM, Labour would have lost this by-election and while I don’t doubt the analysis of his personal popularity, I do feel like they’ve misunderstood the conditions necessary for a by-election to be held in his former seat.

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Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

Felicity Hannah@felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d ago

Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today

Again what exactly does Nandy do all day?

Heather Stewart@guardianheather.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

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The people nitpicking the welcome change (or clarification) of tone/position are fundamentally unserious about the threat and the extent of the drift to this point. We 100% need conservative politicians to start speaking like this, and any objection as to the form is a nth order concern right now

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Endlessly wearying that so many responses to this section of the speech are to point out that Badenoch's worked examples are wrong. Sure, but, in a very real sense, who cares?

Yes Kemi has spoken. But so has Janan.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 6d ago

Kemi Badenoch’s European nightmare ft.trib.al/C86YvTJ

Agree. I also think in general, politicians should always argue as if yesterday was slightly better than it was and that tomorrow will be even better. Particularly if you are actually a minority politician.

Chauman@chaudman.bsky.social · 6d ago

also IMO her examples aren't really wrong. Yes some people questioned whether those players were English but there was a pretty strong consensus at time that the people who did so were racists. The point isn't there wasn't racism (there def was). It's more society didn't say "and that's acceptable"

Kemi Badenoch attacks Reform UK: “I remember back in the day when Ian Wright and John Barnes were playing. Nobody was questioning whether they were English. We certainly didn't have sitting MPs question whether they were English. We must not let these people take us backwards.”

I see lots of suggestions Reform figures are suing/going to sue various organisations and individuals but I dont recall ever seeing details of one of the cases in court or settled? Do they just get settled quietly? It seems unlikely that they wouldn't want to make something of a successful case?

the tech industry is about to invent books

Amazing piece by @christinalamb.bsky.social - what a female war reporter sees when looking at the Bayeux Tapestry www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...

Former German spy chief arrested for treason ft.trib.al/vePDUVk

Former German spy chief arrested for treason

Former intelligence head August Hanning suspected of selling state secrets to a foreign power

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I'm sorry but our Bayeux Travesty was better so there and we had Healey's Comet and everything #SketchyPoliticsRuleth @financialtimes.com

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Since @timbale.bsky.social alerted me to what looks like a fab re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings in Oct, I now humbly share our attempt at the FT Festival @robertshrimsley.bsky.social to recreate the 'Bayeux Travesty' a narrative frieze for our own times. vue panoramique! @financialtimes.com

Late to posting this as I’ve been walking round a reservoir in Lancashire in pissing rain, apparently trying to be as northern as possible The prime minister is a conscious user of language, but possibly also an unconscious one as.ft.com/r/d9b8ea73-3...

The Burnham tell

The prime minister’s conference speech was authentically Andy

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it's the knitwear

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Why does Anthropic’s IPO feel so weird? ft.trib.al/ROS52p7

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What can Burnham learn from Scotland’s social care system?

What can Burnham learn from Scotland’s social care system?

Free personal care for the over-65s was rolled out in Scotland in 2002

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Dept of Seeking Comfort latest announcement from @elainemoore.bsky.social - AI can't smell. All hail the human nose. www.ft.com/content/dd33...

Why we can thumb our noses at AI

Our sense of smell helps us to keep a few shreds of privacy intact and maintains a dividing line between real and virtual worlds

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If Reform did something like this with mosques we might think they were a bit racist. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues

The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism

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This is a sublime piece www.ft.com/content/1849...

What the artist wore — unpacking a century of studio style

The recent rediscovery of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle’s workwear has inspired an exhibition in Paris exploring how artists use clothing as a creative act

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Happy to be proved wrong (if, that is, I am proved wrong).

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Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 2w ago

The Home Office is planning to spend £17,700 on 400 Economist subscriptions for the next year, saying the publication "will substantially improve" the advice officials can give to ministers www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/09184...

Was curious about the whole going "we need to be where we were 40 years ago" thing. Found this from the ONS - real disposable incomes today are almost twice that of 1986. Obviously there's a lot that needs fixing (housing!). But I feel like this is relevant...? www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gros...

You must forgive me for not writing for so long, but I just wanted to be on my own for a couple of years or so.

My five year old has the soul of Orson Welles. We were outside school and he 'put a kiss in my pocket for later.' Extremely touched by this, I gave him two back. He dug out the second one, THEATRICALLY CRUSHED IT IN HIS FIST and said 'one is enough.'

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