I had to double check that this really is "our" Steve Hilton, who padded around Downing Street for Cameron and inspired so many Thick Of It gags.

Truly we live in an age of wonders.

Will look forward to catching you in Edinburgh.

Andrew, we need a wind turbine on that terrace.

The Tories still can’t accept that when they come on to lecture others about probity, conflicts of interest and standards, our visceral response is “Too soon!”

Apparently @bbc5live.bsky.social have invited John Whittingdale to opine. Have they googled him?

Just saw this. Many congratulations @sarahfinch.bsky.social

I recall Mandelson’s appointment hearing for the European Commissioner post. All those MEPs, from Left and Right, saying ahead of time they were going to a lynching, but in fact he flattered and charmed them.

Not FriedDay?

Also Robinson and Mason (of course) being explicit that whatever Robbins actually says, they are going to spend weeks gleefully interpreting what he DIDN’T say.

"We're going to ban smartphones in schools."

"Okay, I guess you want kids to engage with the lesson and not resort to whatever slop chatGPT spits out"

"Exactly, now let me explain how we're planning to intergrate AI into the classroom."

Patriotic Millionaires UK 🇬🇧 Britmaxxing since 2021

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Genius.

Further entries welcome.

Yes, I thought briefly about just saying “someone once said” but then would have had to deal with posts helpfully telling me who that person was.

Woody Allen said 80% of life is showing up.
If 80% of us showed up to vote, Reform wouldn’t stand a chance.

I originally didn’t believe Billericay was a real place - thought Ian Dury had just made it up for his song.

I very quickly cycled through the seven stages to “acceptance”.

I was in that a few weeks ago. Flight duration 40 minutes. Queue at Zaventem, 1h 50.

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PS David, I was on Nolan just after you yesterday evening.

I quite enjoy being on planes but airports are my idea, not of hell but certainly of purgatory.

As was I, until he blocked me for (very politely) questioning a post that was demonstrably factually wrong.
How I have missed him.

Had a good discussion just now with Stephen Nolan on @bbc5live.bsky.social regarding the pressures on our defence and welfare budgets, and how a wealth tax could help.
@patmillsuk.bsky.social

I think most of us neutrals would like to see the football finance rules enforced fairly and fearlessly.

I love this.

I thought @pimlicat.bsky.social gave a good explanation of the thinking and evolution on @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Making corporations and wealthy individuals (and Reform politicians) pay their fair share of taxes would be so impactful and so politically popular that the continued hesitancy around it is baffling.

@patmillsuk.bsky.social

Are we asked to believe this is the only time he has taken such an approach to taxation?

Move aside Woodward and Bernstein.

Wow

And this reminds me of a list circulated some time ago purporting to be from the Tory whips and frankly discussing sexual misconduct of a disturbing number of their MPs.
I would post here but it contains a few dozen clear libels.