Esther Webber
estwebber.bsky.social
Esther Webber
@estwebber.bsky.social
Senior correspondent, POLITICO
This would once have fed Twitter for a whole week
March 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Committee stage on the hereditary peerages bill began with a classic
March 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Simon Hart's diaries 🤝 what people think everyone at Westminster is secretly up to
February 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Earl Howe finally addresses allegations that he is a legend

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February 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
somehow wrong that you can apply for the role of Black Rod on LinkedIn
February 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Feels very British on a nihilistic level.

2016: Do you want to leave the EU? yeah fuck it
2025: Do you think anything's better? nah not really
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Chancellor's plans for growth don't currently include uploading her speech :(

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January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Favourite entry on the register of MPs' interests to date

(Tory MP Lewis Cocking)
January 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Unintended consequences of scrapping hereditary peerages (from the Earl of Shrewsbury)
December 12, 2024 at 10:09 AM
A sign of things to come?

Labour's Lord Foulkes says "to hell with the bishops" as one tries to get in
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This does not seem great, adding to pre-existing grumbles that No. 10 lacks foreign policy heft

via @samblewett.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 11:32 AM
When John Prescott waited on Anthony Eden on a cruise liner

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November 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM
catching up on a Lords reform debate from earlier this week and I am a big fan of the argument hereditary peers are *more* in tune with the public than other members of the Lords

Former Lords leader Baroness Stowell:
November 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
welcome to the House of Lords where people sometimes make personal statements after having inconvenienced others
November 15, 2024 at 3:23 PM