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Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social |
So... which senior Tories are most likely to lose their seats and give us the Portillo moment we all crave?
jonn.substack.com/p/the-portil...
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Nat Guest
@unfortunatalie.bsky.social
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I did not know IDS was Chingford!!!
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Kenny Stewart
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If we’re predicting, even speculating about, them in advance, surely they are by definition not Portillo moments? What made the Portillo moment the Portillo moment was that it came out of nowhere.
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M☿th
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Kemi is the obvious answer; rose quickly to Cabinet for ideological-over-talent reasons, is expected to hold her seat on a (greately) reduced majority, and is already prepping herself for leadership run
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Patrick Smith
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You've let Villiers off lightly. She was the pro-Leave NI Sec in the run-up to the referendum who said the border was all sorted and would be FINE. Looking forward to her going.
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@teaandsleep.bsky.social
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I think you’re very optimistic on Cates not bothering us for too much longer. I think she’s going to manoeuvre herself into being some sort of Helen Lovejoy/ Mary Whitehouse 2.0 figure leading an opaquely funded Institute for Families or some other bollocks and popping up on Politics Live
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Jonn Elledge
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Also this week: some gaffes, a map and a chart; and, away from the election, some notes on the axolotl.
jonn.substack.com/p/the-portil...
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Central NJ Yimby
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I may be a purist here but I think a real 'Portillo moment' needs to not just involve a major figure losing their seat, but also an extremely unlikely / contrasting figure like Steven Twigg winning the seat...
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Thom Beckett
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Glad to see Cracknell's 'shower of shit' comments on this week's gaffes list 😁
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