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Oh little, did I know he was a Polly Toynbee Grandfather.

This is good.. and well framed…’in our interest’:

James Murray MP Rachel Reeves Polly Toynbee Is it true Labour will accept anyone these days?

Wondering who made these spectacular politicians' heads at Machynlleth Comedy fest? Lee Anderson, JHunt etc It was brilliant [email protected]

British Electoral Politics Given that this was a blind list election I don’t have a big problem with it.

Conservatives keep backing things that hurt their own side.

Voter ID laws which stop Tory MPs from voting, electoral system changes which encouraged tactical votes for Sadiq Khan and now a postal vote ban which would have meant Ken Livingstone won in 2012 bylinetimes.com/2024/05/07/bre…

Your chance to meet authors such as James O'Brien Polly Toynbee Alison Weir Dan Cruickshank & many more - the Derby Book Festival gets better each year, thanks to support from the likes of Geldards LLP University of Derby & of course Marketing Derby marketingderby.co.uk/news/law-firm-…

'Extreme caution has gained Labour rare public trust on the economy'

Polly Toynbee on Labour plans & Tory gaslighting

#r4today #green #Labour #RachelReeves #KeirStarmer #RishiSunak

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Rachel Reeves is right: this government is gaslighting us over the economy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How old is too old? This is a nice piece on being older by ⁦Polly Toynbee⁩. A Twitter nasty called me ‘a coffin dodger’ today. Maybe it’s a compliment? 😊 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'Tufton Street thinktankers carry on like the orchestra on the Titanic'

The narrative around #regulation is changing and the libertarians are losing 🙌🙏 Excellent article from Polly Toynbee

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Robert Peston Nick Davies Prospect This is an important and enthralling read about the extraordinary, malign power of Rupert Murdoch.

How old is too old? I’m 77 and I don’t know yet. But I will when I get there theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Well this is interesting:

I hate to be pedantic (and no doubt this will mean I'll be labelled as one of those doomsters Kemi Badenoch is calling out here) but there's a few problems with the data the biz/trade sec is quoting here.
When you correct them, the picture looks a little different...
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Lord Frost is the gift that keeps on giving. In his Telegraph column tonight he argues we need to rethink the Irish border problem more carefully. That was literally his job

So that’s military veterans, Tory MP Tom Hunt & Boris Johnson falling foul of Tory voter ID rules. Well played, lads.

If you were interested in my piece yesterday about Gordon Brown calling for a second criminal investigation into phone hacking, you will be gripped by this amazing long read by ⁦Nick Davies⁩ in ⁦Prospect⁩ prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

I’m slightly late to this, but the recent fall in the number of visa applications from health and social care workers is truly remarkable. Down from 18,300 applicants in August 2023 to 2,400 in March 2024.

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