Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.

No cheating; your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. And the quote bodes well…

This is stenography, not news reporting. The BBC ought to provide some context, such as putting the scale of the changes which Reform claim are possible into context. This omits the major policy of revoking ILR and deporting legal migrants at unprecedented scale. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hard mode, eh?) 10 Authors I've read 10 books or more from: Stephen King Terry Pratchett Lee Child Colin Dexter Agatha Christie Charles Dickens Ben Aaronovitch Bill Bryson Neil Gaiman George RR Martin

5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by, not the usual suspects edition: David Mitchell Iain Banks Agatha Christie Richard Osman Bill Bryson

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🔧📚 I’ve written an article for this week’s New Statesman about the challenges and opportunities of reforming our skills sector. Skills are at the heart of so many of the ambitious changes we need to rebuild our economy and country. Read the full article here:

Was a please to meet @sundersays.bsky.social and talk about @britishfuture.bsky.social

We met @sundersays.bsky.social in a Dartford café for a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation where we talked about identity, immigration, free speech and the 'anxious middle'...

Can the Greens finally win in Medway? We met Grace Duffy, the party’s new local chair, to talk about unity after AGM tensions, defence policy differences, and why she believes next year could be the breakthrough.

Help @melissaschuh.bsky.social have a better day and help yourself to a great free book because her recommendations are 👨‍🍳😘

NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you. Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked! But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊 1/

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What is the point of Keir Starmer staying as prime minister?

Thanks so much x

The only trans people mentioned in the epstein files are victims. Hundreds of known anti-trans people are in them, though, either rubbing shoulders with the rape-cult, an active part of the clique, or trying to gain access. Are you getting it yet?

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Please join us and help make history at the Gorton and Denton by-election! 💚. We have a brilliant candidate, Hannah Spencer, we have momentum and we have a vital message - that the politics of hope *can* win over the politics of hate. We can win this! @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk

If you cannot buy directly from us then please use bookshop.org. You can select a preferred bookshop to receive a percentage of the sale (like us) and money goes into a pot which gets distributed amongst all the small bookshops in the country. Nothing goes to that bald fraud or his rocket designers.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

@helenzaltzman.bsky.social hi Helen. Hope you are well. Haven’t heard from you since you said yes to an interview. Just checking if you got my emails and if you are still available for interview. Sorry to hassle you

Can't believe I forgot to celebrate Justin Webb Day yesterday. Must have been distracted by all that normality in America

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The reading pile. #Shelfie #BookSky #Books

The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans

i do find it a fascinating assumption rightwingers are making that they should be able to walk into any daycare center and observe random peoples children whenever they want

• The best fiction book I read this year • The best book I read FROM this year • The best comic book I read this year • The best non-fiction book I read this year

Top 10 Books read this year. 3 fiction #BookVirtueSignalling #BookSky

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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇

Did you get any books for Christmas? Thanks for asking #BookBragging #BookSky

It’s a new one to me too. Straight in the to be read pile. Looking forward to it.

I've just opened my surprise book from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social - no spoilers for my book buddy @stevenkeevil.bsky.social but it's a new to me author which is exciting!

Melissa really does know her thing. Take advantage of this great offer

The to be read shelf. #Shelfie #Books #BookSky

I only watched five films on #Mubi this year and I consider that a personal failing. #Filmsky

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This has arrived in the post and this years book buddie is @elsie2110.bsky.social! Hi 👋 I’ll be opening mine Christmas Eve. Let me know if that’s too soon for you and I won’t spoil it!

Our interview this week is with Philip Hesketh, Dean of Rochester, on what it costs to keep Rochester Cathedral running, how the church works in practice, and why “people are always searching for something."

This week’s reading shelfie. #Books #BooksSky #BookVirtueSignalling

Halfway through my @biggreenbooks.bsky.social advent calendar. And so far no misses! Books I haven’t read and am looking forward to. Ya man has good taste