Henry Mendoza
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Moonlighting between here and the Other Place
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Look at the options.
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Look at the options.
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A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
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ANAS COULDN'T EVEN GET IAN MURRAY - THE MAN WHO WAS SACKED UNCEREMONIOUSLY IN THE MANDELSON RESHUFFLE - TO TAKE HIS SIDE?
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And Alexander's predecessor:
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
ANAS COULDN'T EVEN GET IAN MURRAY - THE MAN WHO WAS SACKED UNCEREMONIOUSLY IN THE MANDELSON RESHUFFLE - TO TAKE HIS SIDE?
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
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Listening to Matt Chorley's show and Patrick Maguire on there hit it right - none of the contenders are ready and organised. All a bit dramatic today but I reckon Starmer stays for now.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Listening to Matt Chorley's show and Patrick Maguire on there hit it right - none of the contenders are ready and organised. All a bit dramatic today but I reckon Starmer stays for now.
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EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January
angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered – but MP’s team dismiss half-finished site as ‘fake’ that was created without her knowledge
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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arguably the biggest news of the week that Lisa Nandy is currently doing something related to her brief
Only three cabinet ministers have not Tweeted or put out a message of support for Starmer:
Wes Streeting
Shabana Mahmood
Lisa Nandy (who is at the Winter Olympics)
This could of course change, but it's where we're at just before 3:30pm
Wes Streeting
Shabana Mahmood
Lisa Nandy (who is at the Winter Olympics)
This could of course change, but it's where we're at just before 3:30pm
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
arguably the biggest news of the week that Lisa Nandy is currently doing something related to her brief
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In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
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Whether it's the job itself is structurally impossible, or just reflective of the extreme instability/volatility of British politics the average length of service of Downing Street Chief of Staff since Ed Llewellyn is both pretty bleak and sobering.
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Whether it's the job itself is structurally impossible, or just reflective of the extreme instability/volatility of British politics the average length of service of Downing Street Chief of Staff since Ed Llewellyn is both pretty bleak and sobering.
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Someone just ran into the pub I was in and shouted "The war on the Soft Left is over!" and everyone started cheering and crying and making toasts to Ed Miliband and a state driven green energy transition. Never seen anything quite like it
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Someone just ran into the pub I was in and shouted "The war on the Soft Left is over!" and everyone started cheering and crying and making toasts to Ed Miliband and a state driven green energy transition. Never seen anything quite like it
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I mean if Get Out is to be believed Starmer will be gone by this evening as he's locked himself in the bathroom and forgot how to wipe his own arse
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I mean if Get Out is to be believed Starmer will be gone by this evening as he's locked himself in the bathroom and forgot how to wipe his own arse
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Right that the prime minister has resigned. His successor, Keir Starmer, has a very difficult inheritance.
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff
Exit of Mandelson protégé comes as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to stave off leadership speculation
www.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Right that the prime minister has resigned. His successor, Keir Starmer, has a very difficult inheritance.
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In keeping with Keir Starmer Thought, this comes three days too late to be of any political value or appease anyone
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In keeping with Keir Starmer Thought, this comes three days too late to be of any political value or appease anyone
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Half the press treats any labour government as illegitimate anyway, so who cares?
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Half the press treats any labour government as illegitimate anyway, so who cares?
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Tbh the counter to that argument is "too bad bitch"
February 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Tbh the counter to that argument is "too bad bitch"
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think the one obvious problem about Ed Miliband as PM is that it really would make the opposition's argument that there should be a GE stronger - "this bloke stood in 2015 and lost, you can't just impose him on the country" - but aside from that? ........................choo choo
February 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
think the one obvious problem about Ed Miliband as PM is that it really would make the opposition's argument that there should be a GE stronger - "this bloke stood in 2015 and lost, you can't just impose him on the country" - but aside from that? ........................choo choo
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had three glasses of wine at dinner last night and told my Labour friend "THE MILITRAIN IS COMING BACK INTO TOWN, CHOO CHOO" so I guess that's where I'm at, personally
The value bet here is Ed Miliband.
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
had three glasses of wine at dinner last night and told my Labour friend "THE MILITRAIN IS COMING BACK INTO TOWN, CHOO CHOO" so I guess that's where I'm at, personally
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"Can never master it"
The guy became mayor of New York like a month ago
The guy became mayor of New York like a month ago
Apollo gift of prophecy
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"Can never master it"
The guy became mayor of New York like a month ago
The guy became mayor of New York like a month ago
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BBC Election Coverage (2005, Colorised)
What is this? Have I been drugged? Is this what heaven/hell looks like?
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
BBC Election Coverage (2005, Colorised)
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Not really, because the likelihood of “the Labour government actually doing anything about it” runs through “what does ‘some twerp’ do to break the government out of its stupor?”
This is, and I will be blunt here, enormously more important a political story than what some twerp of a Labour backbench MP may be whispering.
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe - www.ft.com/content/f869... via @FT
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Not really, because the likelihood of “the Labour government actually doing anything about it” runs through “what does ‘some twerp’ do to break the government out of its stupor?”
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"This is why people don't like Democrats. The Democrats are constantly going, 'How can we talk to Republicans?'... Your attitude needs to be 'How do we beat Republicans?'"
The one and only Jennifer Welch on the 'We're Not Kidding' podcast with me today.
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
The one and only Jennifer Welch on the 'We're Not Kidding' podcast with me today.
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"This is why people don't like Democrats. The Democrats are constantly going, 'How can we talk to Republicans?'... Your attitude needs to be 'How do we beat Republicans?'"
The one and only Jennifer Welch on the 'We're Not Kidding' podcast with me today.
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
The one and only Jennifer Welch on the 'We're Not Kidding' podcast with me today.
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
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This operation can do two things: lie, sometimes to itself, sometimes to other people (2020, 2024) or lose (2015). Perhaps it is now learning a third: both!
Could someone explain to these people that this is not how it works, even more so when you have a 160 seat majority, and only Reform voting headbangers seriously believe it does?
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This operation can do two things: lie, sometimes to itself, sometimes to other people (2020, 2024) or lose (2015). Perhaps it is now learning a third: both!
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The value bet here is Ed Miliband.
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The value bet here is Ed Miliband.
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
A competent minister, has an agenda, possesses politics.
Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist