Alex Partridge
@alexpartridge87.bsky.social
BBC News in Westminster
If this is a success they should do an animated version
Oh boy a live action remake of a Disney movie but instead of nice animation it’s people acting in front of digital backgrounds that look like dogshit!
youtu.be/QKYFfYLe5rs?...
youtu.be/QKYFfYLe5rs?...
Moana | Official Teaser
YouTube video by Disney
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November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If this is a success they should do an animated version
I’ve had a sense of deep foreboding all day and I just realised why: the first ashes test is on Friday
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’ve had a sense of deep foreboding all day and I just realised why: the first ashes test is on Friday
Deputy speaker telling the government off for the amount of pre briefing of the asylum announcement in the media over the weekend, ahead of the Commons.
Caroline Noakes says Labour criticised the same practice in opposition but seem to have a “particular problem” with doing it in government
Caroline Noakes says Labour criticised the same practice in opposition but seem to have a “particular problem” with doing it in government
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Deputy speaker telling the government off for the amount of pre briefing of the asylum announcement in the media over the weekend, ahead of the Commons.
Caroline Noakes says Labour criticised the same practice in opposition but seem to have a “particular problem” with doing it in government
Caroline Noakes says Labour criticised the same practice in opposition but seem to have a “particular problem” with doing it in government
Govt's asylum policy statement is UP www.gov.uk/government/p...
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Govt's asylum policy statement is UP www.gov.uk/government/p...
Didn’t really appreciate quite how unusual Denmark’s political situation is atm. They’ve got a govt led by, essentially, Labour, in coalition with a sort of rump of the Conservatives and a centrist party whose leader and founder, David Cameron, is foreign secretary.
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Didn’t really appreciate quite how unusual Denmark’s political situation is atm. They’ve got a govt led by, essentially, Labour, in coalition with a sort of rump of the Conservatives and a centrist party whose leader and founder, David Cameron, is foreign secretary.
No. Noooooo. Goodbye sweet prince.
Niclas Füllkrug has decided to leave West Ham in the upcoming winter transfer window. (Florian Plettenberg)
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No. Noooooo. Goodbye sweet prince.
Richard Tice says the Home Secretary “sounds like she’s putting in an application for vetting to join Reform” with her immigration announcement today.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Richard Tice says the Home Secretary “sounds like she’s putting in an application for vetting to join Reform” with her immigration announcement today.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
"Political considerations don’t come into this" says Home Office minister Alex Norris, when asked on BBC Breakfast if the government is chasing Reform UK with its asylum and immigration announcement today
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Political considerations don’t come into this" says Home Office minister Alex Norris, when asked on BBC Breakfast if the government is chasing Reform UK with its asylum and immigration announcement today
Another appointment from the world of newspapers on the Number 10 media team
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Another appointment from the world of newspapers on the Number 10 media team
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I love it when an organisation accidentally puts its desktop on a projector, it’s like seeing your most straitlaced friend get drunk.
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I love it when an organisation accidentally puts its desktop on a projector, it’s like seeing your most straitlaced friend get drunk.
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Delighted to discover the national anthem of Lichtenstein has the same tune as God Save the King
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Delighted to discover the national anthem of Lichtenstein has the same tune as God Save the King
Long term obsession of mine is “normal person vs elite sport”, eg club cricketer Piers Morgan facing Brett Lee youtu.be/_ePx61TkXKY
Piers shown no mercy from Lee
YouTube video by cricket.com.au
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Long term obsession of mine is “normal person vs elite sport”, eg club cricketer Piers Morgan facing Brett Lee youtu.be/_ePx61TkXKY
Properly good elections fact this
A “fun” manifestation of that is that is that Labour in 1964, 1974 and 2024 all won with fewer votes than they got in the heavy defeat they suffered in the election before, while Blair got fewer votes in 1997 than Major in 1992.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Properly good elections fact this
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Blimey. Major new split in Your Party. Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain -who is secretary of the Your Party company - says he's quitting due to "persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good."
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Blimey. Major new split in Your Party. Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain -who is secretary of the Your Party company - says he's quitting due to "persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good."
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Arrest after suspected fake admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Arrest after suspected fake admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Police say a naval uniform and a selection of medals have been seized from the man's home.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Arrest after suspected fake admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Got this on my screen right now. Hoping it’ll be Pages from Ceefax next.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Got this on my screen right now. Hoping it’ll be Pages from Ceefax next.
Amazing stat from the Today prog sport news: the men’s tennis world number 3, Alexander Zverev, is closer in ranking points terms to the world number 1,000 than he is to the number 2, Jannick Sinner
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Amazing stat from the Today prog sport news: the men’s tennis world number 3, Alexander Zverev, is closer in ranking points terms to the world number 1,000 than he is to the number 2, Jannick Sinner
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getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
When you’re up early enough go hear the Shipping Forecast 🔥🔥🔥
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
When you’re up early enough go hear the Shipping Forecast 🔥🔥🔥
Ed Miliband on Today on if he’d stand for leader if the position became available: “no no no”.
Says he’s “inoculated” against wanting the job of leader of the Labour Party having done it once before
Says he’s “inoculated” against wanting the job of leader of the Labour Party having done it once before
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ed Miliband on Today on if he’d stand for leader if the position became available: “no no no”.
Says he’s “inoculated” against wanting the job of leader of the Labour Party having done it once before
Says he’s “inoculated” against wanting the job of leader of the Labour Party having done it once before
Democrats on the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee release email exchange between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2016 (page 9) oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Democrats on the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee release email exchange between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2016 (page 9) oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Someone has been going round Westminster putting stickers of Princess Diana on street furniture 🤷♂️
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Someone has been going round Westminster putting stickers of Princess Diana on street furniture 🤷♂️
Wes Streeting at a NHS conference in Manchester says the briefing against him is "the most unwarranted attack on a faithful since Joe Marler was banished in the Traitors final"
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wes Streeting at a NHS conference in Manchester says the briefing against him is "the most unwarranted attack on a faithful since Joe Marler was banished in the Traitors final"