Prof. Elaine Chalus

@profelainechalus.bsky.social

Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.

one thing I’d add is Andy’s not great at machine politics. Got blocked from G&D in part because he didn’t work to fix the NEC. He thought he was the union/left candidate in 2015 but lost that to Corbyn. He has advice from people who are better at it now, but it’s a big part of leading labour

I would like to call my Papa on the telephone today, said Wolf at breakfast. Old Fox came to sit next to Wolf & poured him a cup of cocoa. And he explained, as he did every couple of months, that Wolf's father had died, many years ago. He had loved Wolf greatly, but he had died.

Wolf.

The King's Speech has included the introduction of a bill to enable peerages to be removed. Always a tricky topic, in 1782 there was a rare attempt by the House of Lords to try to prevent a new peerage being conferred on Lord George Germain as Viscount Sackville. The motion was defeated 61 to 26.

🔵📣 Attic News for tonight. The main points: 🔹 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin criticized Armenia, warning Yerevan about the "unacceptability" of a course towards European integration without coordinating with the Kremlin, and threatened a "Ukrainian scenario".