Next Substack as part of my Reflections series 😁. open.substack.com/pub/marionsa...

#deluxewaffle183 1/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🥇 #wafflegoldteam wafflegame.net/deluxe

Wordle 1,620 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🤔 Wordle 1,617 4/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Reflections on Impatience (in Politics) open.substack.com/pub/marionsa...

The story of Labour continues, from Attlee to Callaghan. Such big personalities. Such drama. So much achieved despite everything. Some lessons here for the current government

New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...

I finally finished some knitting last night. It has taken me ages, so I wrote some reflections on it... open.substack.com/pub/marionsa...

Wordle 1,602 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Need to start my day. Hang Five 824 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅ 100%

Earlier than usual, the latest episode of Politics Weekly America is on Mamdani’s big win in New York - and a clutch of other Democratic victories across the US. With my excellent colleague @edpilkington.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0vAn...

After years of waving away electoral reform, Labour and the Tories have a reason to question First Past The Post – the prospect of a Reform government. Has PR’s time finally come? @dmk1793.bsky.social joins @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

Maybe it will be a lucky day after all. 🧩 Puzzle #833 🤔 4 guesses ⏱️ 33s 🔗 alphaguess.com

Wordle 1,593 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amagrama 257 - Bright Ideas 💡0 4️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.31s 5️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.1s 6️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.01s 7️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 5.61s 8️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.6s 9️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 4s www.amagrama.com

www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1... My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)

Phew. (That's my procrastination done. Better clean the kitchen.) #waffle1374 1/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 27 🥈 #wafflesilverteam wafflegame.net

Easy if you are over 50... Llamagrama 195 - Classroom 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 💡0 🔤 0 www.llamagrama.com

Top 5% apparently. Hang Five 812 ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 ✅ 100%

Well, that took no time at all. 🧩 Puzzle #824 🤔 7 guesses ⏱️ 20s 🔗 alphaguess.com

Nice to have an extra hour in bed.

Huge news - Parliament is going to debate the #parkypetition on November 17th

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist

Tickets just dropped for the new Origin Story Live - coming to you from Notting Hill. Be there or be completely unaware of OED definitions.

🧩 Puzzle #817 🤔 8 guesses ⏱️ 32s 🔗 alphaguess.com

I've created a substack... open.substack.com/pub/marionsa...

Labour want to bring in digital I.D. and many people do NOT like it. Are they right? Are they wrong? And what is the “Lethal Trifecta” that makes the plan so risky? @hannahfearn.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social, @hern.bsky.social and @mattgreencomedy.com discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

Do you live in Birmingham? Have you signed the Brum Together statement yet? #BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism #Pride #Unity #Grassroots #RaiseTheLove Add your name here: tinyurl.com/brumtogether...

Book your FREE tickets for Women Against the Far Right Midlands Launch Event 💪🏽✨ Join us for an inspiring evening of solidarity and creativity ❤️ 📅 Saturday 18 October 📍 Nexus Café, Birmingham City Centre 🕖 7pm bit.ly/Watfrlaunch #TogetherWeRise #WomenAgainstTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism

SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP ☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump? 💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts 📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel open.spotify.com/episode/2jKt... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

How annoying. Wordle 1,575 5/6* 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ICYMI The Tory Party looks fatally damaged. Who hijacked the corpse at their conference in Manchester – Reform or Robert Jenrick? @joshglancy.bsky.social of The Sunday Times was there & he explains whether there’s any life in the old party yet 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow... #jenrick #reform

Wow. Lucky or what? 😁 🧩 Puzzle #809 🤔 3 guesses ⏱️ 9s 🔗 alphaguess.com

Amagrama 240 - Symphony Night 💡0 4️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.51s 5️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 2.4s 6️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵 2.51s 7️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.4s 8️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 3.51s 9️⃣ 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 4.01s www.amagrama.com

🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: Bishops, Buggers and Health Freaks Adam, Ian and Jane discuss the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the police forces prepared to break the rules to look after their own, and RFK Jr’s very peculiar ideas about Making America Healthy Again. pod.fo/e/339047

@rmcunliffe.bsky.social Just listened to your interview on the New Statesman podcast. Thank you for articulating MY feelings so clearly. ❤️ pca.st/episode/d637...

Best time yet 😁. Got to find positive things where you can. 🧩 Puzzle #803 🤔 10 guesses ⏱️ 46s 🔗 alphaguess.com

A slightly better performance today. Unzoomed #618 3/6 🟡🔴🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️ unzoomed.com

So far this walk has been rain or intermittent heavy showers so it was with some pleasure I started this morning in cool dry weather. I came to a bench and stopped for breakfast. The sun rising sun dissolved the pain of the previous week. Please sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-...

😁❤️ youtu.be/DyoYRN8cc-g?...

Project 2025 gave Trump a roadmap for his authoritarian presidency, and with Reform UK on the rise we ask whether such a project could be undertaken here? @petergeoghegan.bsky.social joins @alisonjourno.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

I *really* enjoyed talking Project 2025, Trump, Reform and Farage with @alisonjourno.bsky.social and @jonnelledge.bsky.social Listen in link below!