Mark Storer
@markstorer.bsky.social
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New post just out
A fascinating guest post from @profjanegreen.bsky.social and @martamiori.bsky.social looking at Reform's performance last week.
Are we seeing an end to two-party politics or its reinvention?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
A fascinating guest post from @profjanegreen.bsky.social and @martamiori.bsky.social looking at Reform's performance last week.
Are we seeing an end to two-party politics or its reinvention?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Reform Revolution
And end to two-party politics or its reinvention?
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New post just out
A fascinating guest post from @profjanegreen.bsky.social and @martamiori.bsky.social looking at Reform's performance last week.
Are we seeing an end to two-party politics or its reinvention?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
A fascinating guest post from @profjanegreen.bsky.social and @martamiori.bsky.social looking at Reform's performance last week.
Are we seeing an end to two-party politics or its reinvention?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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jesus, Andrea Jenkyns is back as a democratically elected politician? Andrea Jenkyns? people voted, again, for Andrea Jenkyns?
May 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
jesus, Andrea Jenkyns is back as a democratically elected politician? Andrea Jenkyns? people voted, again, for Andrea Jenkyns?
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
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For 150 years they thrived as the party of economic aspiration for the working age middle classes. And then they decided to piss that away.
May 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
For 150 years they thrived as the party of economic aspiration for the working age middle classes. And then they decided to piss that away.
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As the years go by, it does look more and more like the main long-term political consequence of Brexit will be to kill the Conservative Party.
May 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
As the years go by, it does look more and more like the main long-term political consequence of Brexit will be to kill the Conservative Party.
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(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")
February 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")
This is incredibly sad.
Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market
https://www.ft.com/content/67e02eb0-e6b8-45b2-b23a-4585330ea7d2
https://www.ft.com/content/67e02eb0-e6b8-45b2-b23a-4585330ea7d2
Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market
It has been the heart of the UK capital’s food trade for 900 years, now butchers mourn its closure
www.ft.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:43 AM
This is incredibly sad.
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1818
December 3, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1818
Many Happy Returns of the Day, William Powell Frith (1856)
December 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Many Happy Returns of the Day, William Powell Frith (1856)
Alfred Morgan - An Omnibus Ride to Picadilly (Mr Gladstone Travelling with Ordinary Passengers) (1885)
December 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Alfred Morgan - An Omnibus Ride to Picadilly (Mr Gladstone Travelling with Ordinary Passengers) (1885)
Rex Whistler’s self-portrait in Welsh Guards uniform, May 1940 by Rex Whistler.
December 3, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Rex Whistler’s self-portrait in Welsh Guards uniform, May 1940 by Rex Whistler.
A walk around Lincoln Cathedral in the snow. 🥶
November 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
A walk around Lincoln Cathedral in the snow. 🥶
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What! Another starter pack!
I know… but I haven’t seen one yet on the civil service. And with the cabinet secretary appointment imminent, and lots else to discuss, it seems a good time to get civil servicing
Here’s a first run through. Plenty to add - please share suggestions
go.bsky.app/PFA8PcZ
I know… but I haven’t seen one yet on the civil service. And with the cabinet secretary appointment imminent, and lots else to discuss, it seems a good time to get civil servicing
Here’s a first run through. Plenty to add - please share suggestions
go.bsky.app/PFA8PcZ
November 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
What! Another starter pack!
I know… but I haven’t seen one yet on the civil service. And with the cabinet secretary appointment imminent, and lots else to discuss, it seems a good time to get civil servicing
Here’s a first run through. Plenty to add - please share suggestions
go.bsky.app/PFA8PcZ
I know… but I haven’t seen one yet on the civil service. And with the cabinet secretary appointment imminent, and lots else to discuss, it seems a good time to get civil servicing
Here’s a first run through. Plenty to add - please share suggestions
go.bsky.app/PFA8PcZ
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Updated this throughout today with new names - keep 'em coming
Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu
November 15, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Updated this throughout today with new names - keep 'em coming
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I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
November 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM
I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
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Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu