Former Lib Dem Spad in Downing St, now helping others replicate that storming political triumph. I now post on BlueSky
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The fact this one can still be regularly deployed because people still make points like this in all seriousness seems incredible
Is there a @vizcomic Letter or Top Tip that lives rent-free in your head? EVERY time I'm driving, I think of the person who wrote in to say "Why should I use my indicators? It's none of your business where I'm going"
Sean Kemp retweeted
Having spent last 2 weeks in the US I now feel qualified to say there are tons of US-based political journalists/pollsters/etc whose life’s work is covering US politics & srsly get your Trump/Harris takes from them not from Brits free styling, sorry etc
I’ve got a few new followers off the back of the election, so am going to take advantage of that to say: read My Phantoms. It is an extraordinary book.
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This isn’t an MP swearing in account now, I promise, but Calum winning the most interesting constituency battle in the country was the highlight of the election night for me. He’s brilliant.
It was my honour formally to take my place as an MP by “swearing in” today.
This allows me to take my seat in debates and fully represent #BicesterandWoodstock in the House of Commons.
Look, I’m not saying having me as your line manager guarantees that you’ll become an MP. But it clearly doesn’t hurt.
Party staff tearfully packing away 72 orange velcro jumpsuits and a massive blue wall made of fuzzy felt
New - House of Commons authorities have demanded assurances from @EdwardJDavey that he will not pull any stunts at his 4pm photoshoot with 71 fellow new Lib Dem MPs. Seriously
Some sensible points about why suspending judgment and jumping on every anti-Reform story just because you want it to be true, even when it’s clearly nonsense, is a dead end
Will miss doing these, they were fun chats and dealing with Adam Boulton’s consistent dismay at Ed Davey’s antics were a highlight of my week.
The final pod of the campaign, with @thhamilton @StraightTie & @Sean_Kemp who’ve given up their Sundays to join us, cut through the noise & give us a smile. Have loved it.
The Election Shortcut with @KateEMcCann & @adamboultonTABB - out now: open.spotify.com/episode/4ls…
These have been fun (for me at least, not sure about for the people listening) tune in tomorrow for my first-hand account of Ed Davey dancing to Sweet Caroline
Sunday Morning with @KateEMcCann & @AdamBoultonTABB - @TimesRadio from 10:
🔴@JReynoldsMP
🔵@BenHouchen
🩺@DrPhilBanfield
🌍@CarlBildt
📊Robert Hayward
🔵@EricPickles
🔴@JohnMcDonnellMP
🗞️@SalBrinton @KirstyBuchanan4
🇫🇷@sophiepedder_
🗳️@StraightTie @thhamilton @Sean_Kemp
This is a good and wise thread for ex-spads, and not just because it namechecks my employers
This election has increasingly felt it was about pollsters competing to say ‘brace yourselves for a poll that will melt the flesh from your bones’ and everyone reacting rather than following the campaign
Sean Kemp retweeted
Errrr, I would suggest that using ChatGPT to get data and analysis about the election that you’re then explaining on a live TV show is… not smart
We are all still awake here on @Channel4News - I fear however that @campbellclaret may be about to morph into a French intellectual on a late night culture show - as we wait for the Liz Truss news…😎
This metaphor is definitely the work of someone who has been up all night
ELECTION 2024: Keir Starmer has built a four hundred foot high giant seesaw.
He has assembled it atop the ruins of a split right. At the moment he gazes down upon all from it — he will now set the agenda over the coming weeks and months.
But the tower is made precarious by how tall it is. On one side of the seesaw stands his less affluent, more socially conservative, Leave-backing voters: who may be tempted by Reform.
On the other side stands his younger, more liberal, affluent voter base: who may be tempted by the Greens, or independents.
Step too far, and the other side tips. Some of his team — like his Deputy Leader, who had a swing to Reform in her seat, or his Health Secretary, who nearly lost to a Gaza-backing Independent — will have views on where to stand.
Whether Starmer keeps his balance will determine not just the next election but the next five years.
