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Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social |
Through my childhood, on election nights, my dad was the man under Peter Snow’s desk putting interesting facts on notecards into his socks. That’s how it was done before Google, kids. You got a very clever ASD man with some Oxford degrees to just remember interesting constituency histories.
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Lorna
@florilegia.bsky.social
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Honestly, that’s pretty wonderful
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Beth Cooper
@bethcooperer.bsky.social
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That is sooooo cool 😍
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Deborah
@deborah-c.bsky.social
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That is a wonderful story!
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Frank
@frankhopper.bsky.social
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From which, of course, we have the phrase “Sock it to me.”
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Stephanie Merritt
@stephmerritt.bsky.social
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This is marvellous on so many levels!
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Veronica
@veronicafrance.bsky.social
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Amazing! Peter Snow was so much more entertaining than today's talking heads too. Missed the landslide visuals last night.
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Disciple of Telesto
@zaliachimera.bsky.social
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I *love* this fact!!!
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JL Kaufmann
@jlkaufmann.bsky.social
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This is so wonderful I had a tiny scream of delight.
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Robin Johnson
@robinjohnson.bsky.social
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I did wonder why Peter Snow walked like that
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Becca Von Hattifnatt
@vonhatti.bsky.social
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This is utterly delightful.
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Antiqueight
@antiqueight.bsky.social
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@nwhyte.bsky.social this seems like a story for you
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Katherine 🐑
@katvanzan.bsky.social
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Nowadays. We rely on Steve Kornacki for the minutia of constituency histories.
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Johnathan Reid
@reiditwrite.bsky.social
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Finally, an explanation for Peter Snow's eyebrows twitching every few minutes on election nights... 😛
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Reid Walley
@reidwalley.bsky.social
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💪
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midgie
@midgie.bsky.social
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please confirm LITERALLY into the socks i’ll be disappointed if not
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Roslyn Reid
@the-moonshadow.bsky.social
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Sounds like the kind of job people draw straws to avoid!
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Helen Lovatt
@helenlovatt.bsky.social
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My kids call me ‘The walking dictionary’
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Elizabeth Bear
@matociquala.bsky.social
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This story made my night
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Ed Fenn
@fennit.bsky.social
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I like to imagine this is just how your dad delivered all his bon mots in life.
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Virginia Sapiro
@vsapiro.bsky.social
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I remember sitting in the Green Room at BBC East with a calculator turning raw numbers into percentages .
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Kristy Koth
@kothinadream.bsky.social
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Amazing bit of trivia. Thanks for sharing!
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Catherine
@rikikikitaco.bsky.social
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Best job
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Cis PeeBee🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈BLM🍉
@peebeejaybee.bsky.social
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We need to return to the old ways, the ways of (y)our forefathers
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Bill Higgins-- Retired Beam Jockey
@beamjockey.bsky.social
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If I had to hire someone in 2024 to do the job your dad did back then, it would definitely be @generalising.bsky.social.
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Kate W
@kateweb.bsky.social
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Wow! A part of election history.
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Judy
@judetheconfused.bsky.social
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Hurray for your Dad. How wonderful
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