Mark Wallace
@wallaceme.bsky.social
Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
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More than 2500 citizens have been arrested in Iran during the protests, Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights says. Among the 700 names verified, 85 are women and 60 are children.
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
More than 2500 citizens have been arrested in Iran during the protests, Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights says. Among the 700 names verified, 85 are women and 60 are children.
I’ve never been so glad to see a Traitor caught. #traitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I’ve never been so glad to see a Traitor caught. #traitors #TheTraitorsUK
Fiona in one gif. #traitors #traitorsuk
a panda bear is sitting at a table with plates and candles .
ALT: a panda bear is sitting at a table with plates and candles .
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January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Fiona in one gif. #traitors #traitorsuk
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But you have to concede it's amazing telly, so one must assume the producers chose the Secret Traitor by assessing who was most likely to go totally bonkers with it
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
But you have to concede it's amazing telly, so one must assume the producers chose the Secret Traitor by assessing who was most likely to go totally bonkers with it
I called that Fiona was the secret traitor. I did not call that she appears to have become power mad and is now about to wreck the traitors’ game for no good reason. #traitors #traitorsuk
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I called that Fiona was the secret traitor. I did not call that she appears to have become power mad and is now about to wreck the traitors’ game for no good reason. #traitors #traitorsuk
The mullahs’ regime in Iran is wobbling more every day. So Trump spends the week threatening…Denmark.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The mullahs’ regime in Iran is wobbling more every day. So Trump spends the week threatening…Denmark.
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Will government finally quit X?
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Will government finally quit X?
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
Basically, bullying at school has long-term consequences. Leave the kids in cloaks alone.
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Basically, bullying at school has long-term consequences. Leave the kids in cloaks alone.
Part of the problem isn’t that governments say they can’t help, they repeatedly promise they can, on far too many fronts, but then prove incapable of doing so even on the basics.
Great @economist.com piece by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on state capacity. Am convinced next election winner will be who convinces people Government can actually just *do things* & politicians aren’t powerless to make good on promises. My reframe of Reagan maxim www.economist.com/britain/2026...
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Part of the problem isn’t that governments say they can’t help, they repeatedly promise they can, on far too many fronts, but then prove incapable of doing so even on the basics.
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Pretty sure I met that dude at Turnmills several times in the noughties
The Pazyryk Scythian male just arrived at your house party on a penny farthing.
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Pretty sure I met that dude at Turnmills several times in the noughties
The Pazyryk Scythian male just arrived at your house party on a penny farthing.
January 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The Pazyryk Scythian male just arrived at your house party on a penny farthing.
The current unraveling of Venezuela’s part in Russia’s shadow fleet of sanction-jumping oil tankers is the kind of thing I meant:
An undeniably good thing about the unseating of Maduro is that it means Putin has lost yet another of his dwindling band of allies. My latest for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
This is Putin’s moment of maximum weakness
The fall of Venezuela's president marks yet another loss from Russia's alliance of dictatorships
inews.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The current unraveling of Venezuela’s part in Russia’s shadow fleet of sanction-jumping oil tankers is the kind of thing I meant:
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Ah that explains the woad.
it is after all *Jazz Club look to camera* a kind of blue.
it is after all *Jazz Club look to camera* a kind of blue.
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Ah that explains the woad.
it is after all *Jazz Club look to camera* a kind of blue.
it is after all *Jazz Club look to camera* a kind of blue.
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Surprised to find out that the Iron Age Tribes of Britain went into battle to the sound of freeform jazz.
Given today’s very exciting news of the discovery of an intact Carnyx (Iron Age war-horn) in Thetford, Norfolk, here’s what they might have sounded like:
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Surprised to find out that the Iron Age Tribes of Britain went into battle to the sound of freeform jazz.
Given today’s very exciting news of the discovery of an intact Carnyx (Iron Age war-horn) in Thetford, Norfolk, here’s what they might have sounded like:
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Given today’s very exciting news of the discovery of an intact Carnyx (Iron Age war-horn) in Thetford, Norfolk, here’s what they might have sounded like:
Leader approval ratings aren’t everything but nonetheless interesting to note this chart (from @luketryl.bsky.social) that shows only party leader’s standings moving appreciably since the summer
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Leader approval ratings aren’t everything but nonetheless interesting to note this chart (from @luketryl.bsky.social) that shows only party leader’s standings moving appreciably since the summer
An epigraph (done well) is a part of the book. It illuminates the rest of the content.
On a related note, what I *hate* is editions of books with a foreword that include spoilers. Don’t do it!
On a related note, what I *hate* is editions of books with a foreword that include spoilers. Don’t do it!
Settle an argument: I told my wife I never read epigraphs in books because they are pointless and she was outraged. Who's right?
January 7, 2026 at 8:52 AM
An epigraph (done well) is a part of the book. It illuminates the rest of the content.
On a related note, what I *hate* is editions of books with a foreword that include spoilers. Don’t do it!
On a related note, what I *hate* is editions of books with a foreword that include spoilers. Don’t do it!
US “security guarantees” to Ukraine mean nothing when on the same day the US threatens a NATO ally.
🚨 BREAKING: The UK has agreed to deploy the military in Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia
This will be backed by a US security guarantee in the event they’re attacked by Russia
This will be backed by a US security guarantee in the event they’re attacked by Russia
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
US “security guarantees” to Ukraine mean nothing when on the same day the US threatens a NATO ally.
The government is legislating a 6-month wait before you can do your driving test. Which is ridiculous because the dysfunction of the DVSA site means learners have to wait longer than that (and pay extra £££ to scalpers) to book already. Maybe we should just solve the problems instead?
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The government is legislating a 6-month wait before you can do your driving test. Which is ridiculous because the dysfunction of the DVSA site means learners have to wait longer than that (and pay extra £££ to scalpers) to book already. Maybe we should just solve the problems instead?
The expression suggests Yarvin has to troubleshoot a home printer, which explains quite a lot if so.
often see curtis yarvin's name online. only thing i know about him is that he looks like this dog
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The expression suggests Yarvin has to troubleshoot a home printer, which explains quite a lot if so.
Why can't we just have a Maid Marian and Her Merry Men film (with the original 90s theme tune, obviously)
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Why can't we just have a Maid Marian and Her Merry Men film (with the original 90s theme tune, obviously)
An undeniably good thing about the unseating of Maduro is that it means Putin has lost yet another of his dwindling band of allies. My latest for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
This is Putin’s moment of maximum weakness
The fall of Venezuela's president marks yet another loss from Russia's alliance of dictatorships
inews.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
An undeniably good thing about the unseating of Maduro is that it means Putin has lost yet another of his dwindling band of allies. My latest for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
Some interesting uses of “sovereignty” being thrown around re Maduro. Dictatorships have no sovereignty and no right to rule. That doesn’t mean Venezuela itself has no sovereignty - its people hold that, and a government chosen by them democratically would embody it.
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Some interesting uses of “sovereignty” being thrown around re Maduro. Dictatorships have no sovereignty and no right to rule. That doesn’t mean Venezuela itself has no sovereignty - its people hold that, and a government chosen by them democratically would embody it.
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"I certainly keep open the possibility that Putin could suddenly disappear"
Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
I was the UK's last Soviet Union ambassador - here's how Putin can lose
These are dangerous times for Putin, according to Sir Rodric Braithwaite, a former British diplomat who has seen firsthand how Russia can unexpectedly turn on apparently powerful leaders
inews.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"I certainly keep open the possibility that Putin could suddenly disappear"
Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...