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Chief Political Correspondent with The i Paper. Generally tired.

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Beef Monster Munch and Bacon Fries face being renamed under Brexit laws Campaign groups are preparing a legal challenge if the new rules are adopted

Favourite snacks, such as Roast Beef Monster Munch and Bacon Fries, face being forced to rename under new Brexit deal

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10.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At the risk of boring everyone,a little context.

$100 oil in isolation isn’t that bad. It averaged around that level from 2011-2014 without severe economic ramifications*.

It’s the pace of the rise that has people spooked. And not knowing where it might stop.

08.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16

Classic vox pop on Sky News in Texas.

"No, the President didnt start a war."
"He just did didn't he?"
"How?"
"By bombing Iran...?"

06.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour MPs are sharing this after the Gorton and Denton result 😬
(For the uninitiated, it’s an Arsenal TV reference…the PM being an Arsenal fan)

27.02.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Bogeyman' Farage pushing Labour and Tory voters into unlikely alliance Lifelong Labour and SNP supporters are willing to vote Conservative for the first time to keep out 'Marmite' Nigel Farage

NEW: "Bogeyman Farage" is pushing Labour and SNP voters to do the previously unthinkable - vote Conservative

Me for @theipaper.com

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26.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has popped up at my kid's school. The advice from authorities was to just delete it and not circulate it further as it only amplifies the content...

26.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fairly striking that Bridget Phillipson echoes the "soft bigotry of low expectations" line so often trotted out by her predecessor Michael Gove (and coined by former US president George W Bush)

23.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My children now ask what it was like in the time before the rains came.

And I tell them, I cannot remember....

15.02.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have to say, I am getting fairly sick of people in AI warning the piece of world ending technology they designed is going to end the world.

I dunno, maybe you should not have designed it then?

11.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Quitsβ€”And Warns Of World β€˜In Peril’ Mrinank Sharma, who led the safeguards research team at Anthropic, shared his resignation letter on X, which quickly garnered nearly 1 million views.

Meanwhile, in AI news:

www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

11.02.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

What is Bad Bunny?

I was hip once...

10.02.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anything, I would say those of us in the lobby have been among the most bemused by how quickly Starmer has ended up where he has ended up. Certainly those of us old enough to remember as far back as...2022.

10.02.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm going to go with...yes.

05.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the mad thing is that when Mandelson went on the BBC earlier this month for a grand Sunday geopolitical interview, he knew that the FT knew about the Epstein payments to his husband, and that they were about to come out

02.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 280 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
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You can't even get three pints for Β£20 these days...and my work is worth at least a couple of pints. Maybe a pint and a half.

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29.01.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reckon Jesus would have thoughts on this…

29.01.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Hero’ bus driver who chased thief is sacked for misconduct Mark Hehir retrieved the necklace ripped from a passenger’s neck and later punched and restrained the man before police arrived, but was accused of assault

Good work all round.

www.thetimes.com/article/b215...

29.01.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes he’s cute now. But just wait until he grows up, crosses the Danube and plunders Bohemia.

28.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Did it?

28.01.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dario Amodei β€”Β The Adolescence of Technology Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI

Whatever the carping about Starmer travelling to China, the decision of far greater significance when it comes to Beijing is Donald Trump's choice to sell AI chips to China.

As per Dario Amodei here:
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...

28.01.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to the Lib Dems for their successful local elections campaign.

28.01.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

Not sure who will be celebrating hardest on this one...

26.01.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New details about Labour's radical overhaul of the SEND system reveal EHCPs are expected to be reserved for children with the highest level of need

trib.al/fot5eN1

26.01.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukrainians without power in freezing Kyiv can still get same day emergency dental appointments. Try getting that in the UK!

From this great dispatch in Politico: www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

22.01.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You'll have to watch it to find out!

(Dont watch it)

21.01.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Has anyone considered that Trump may have watched the Gerard Butler film Greenland...and believed it to be real?

21.01.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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homer simpson says in america first you get the sugar then you get the power then you get the women .. ALT: homer simpson says in america first you get the sugar then you get the power then you get the women ..
21.01.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've grown a beard during this speech...

21.01.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump now saying Greenland - "a piece of ice" - is "poorly located"... despite rambling on about how important its location is. Superb stuff.

21.01.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Without us you'd all be speaking German", Donald Trump tells an audience in Davos, in Switzerland. Where the most common language is German.

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