Steve Barraud

You can only pick one. Which one?

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A huge step forward in finally giving a voice to those who actually have to do the dying

It would be far better if they moved out of that absurd, archaic building which is costing upward of a billion to make even vaguely suitable for a parliament, let it become a wonderful museum and built a new parliament, perhaps in the Midlands

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts diner was immortalized in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant,” died on Thursday — just a week before Thanksgiving, the holiday during which the story at the center of the song takes place. She was 83.

Disappointing from LDs on farms. I get that they see opportunity in rural seats, but to say NO landowners, of any size, should pay inheritance tax, attack gov’t for NICs, and not even mention Brexit, duff deals, etc. is pretty poor. We need more heft on the left & they’re going Cleggy again. #BBCQT

bro the Vatican is literally a 15-minute country

I 100% agree! It was a feisty, persuasive, brilliant, succinct summary of everything that is wrong with the House of Lords. Bravo, @pimlicat.bsky.social.

Hi Matt, i had a similar idea. Great if you could share. Lots of overlap go.bsky.app/KPzKog1

We’ll add this to our Liszt of terrible jokes.

He ran the most extreme campaign in American history, using language that no presidential candidate has ever used. Why would anyone be surprised that he wants to run an extreme presidency?

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Looking forward to learning how appointing an accused child-sex-trafficker as AG and a suspected Russian asset as DNI will lower the price of eggs

"I am genuinely embarrassed by our second chamber. Too old, too rich, too Southern, too bloated in number, too male, too white, and far too many there through patronage. And don't start me on the Lords Spiritual." 🎧👇

Sen. Susan Collins is “shocked” by the pick of Matt Gaetz as AG. Lucy is asking us to try and kick the football again.

If Rodin designed a sports centre. Rue Neuve St-Pierre. (/end)

Here’s an idea from the old days of Twitter. When you see a post you like, repost it as well as (or instead of) “liking” it.

New series of Wolf Hall starts this Sunday.