Sean Kemp

It is my sincere regret to present to you…the different membership tiers for Amol Rajan’s thingy

My basic view on this Lib Dem drama is that timing your coup the day after the Greens have lost a by-election, and just a few days after a Tory conference where they have shifted focus onto your Southern seats, shows a lack of nous that should instantly disqualify you from running for the job.

Feels like a weird day to do this. Just at the point when a major source of Lib Dem angst - the rise of Polanski - has had a major setback.

Yep, when I catch up with other former Lib Dem Spads we just sit around cackling about how we destroyed the Tories by making them compromise on key issues. ‘Wow we totally screwed their electoral chances for a decade’ we say as we laugh into our drinks.

I know it’s not exactly a forgotten novel. But it baffles me this isn’t more widely read.

Well, that was an unexpected twist to me reading the four-year-old her bedtime story

This is a much more important group of disgruntled MPs than the hardcore group of (four? five?) Starmer loyalist MPs that some people have said could be a problem.

Taking the opportunity to repost this story (from John Boorman’s book) about how shooting the last shot of Zardoz caused Sean Connery to fall into so fierce a rage it led to a man changing his identity

AB, a 🧵

That whole 'calling the by-election means Farage can dominate the news agenda when Burnham thought it would be him' take is not aging well so far.

There are many things Matterface would like to say.... And he's written them all down the night before and will spend the whole match ham-fistedly trying to insert his shitty puns and quips into his commentary.

Cannot believe people are sharing this as if it's actually true. He has not only touched the ball eight times in this tournament. he touched it eight times in the match

Worst thing about this red card thing is I now have to hope that rubbish Belgium team wins.

‘Preparation matters’ he says in the interview, before ordering a pizza intended for a family of four because the pub’s chef has a day off.

This quote from the Morgan McSweeney interview is nuts. Labour had been miles ahead for years by this point. Every public affairs consultancy in the UK was preparing for an inevitable Labour Government. But Labour wasn't? Really?

And so, Penelope Keith goes to her grave having never faced justice.

With this and Al Carns, I’m starting to feel like serving in the military should actually disqualify you from being an MP

A decade+ since I was inadvertently invited to a Downing Street room with Facebook/Google/etc and Cameron walked in and asked everyone what they'd do to boost youth referendum turnout and a grand woman shouted "WE NEED GRIME ARTISTES, DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY GRIME ARTISTES" and I began to doubt Remain.

Al Carns reminds me of Owen Smith, in the way he gives strong vibes of someone who’s basing his whole style on some kind of ‘100 habits of successful politicians’ self-improvement book, and always manages to get it just a bit wrong.

People have gone mad expecting the Greens to stand aside. They’re going to have to criticise him if he’s PM, they can’t do that if they just basically decided to hand him the job. (Plus whether or not they stand will probably be of no relevance)

A change of prime minister would be a big opportunity for Nandy, a high-flier who for some reason hasn't had a government job for the last two years.

I'm afraid this is what a summer of sex looks like when Labour runs it

Feels to me like there needs to be a better answer than this to the question of 'how does Badenoch beat Farage?' before we start bigging up her chances of being PM too much. www.ft.com/content/d0f2...

Catherine West on the steps of No10 in six weeks

“In his view, the medal is not a forgery. A forgery implies that there is a genuine medal. As the genuine philology medal does not exist, his medal cannot be a forgery,” Lallois said. Alors là, chapeau. Bravo.This is impeccable logic.