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Nick Barlow
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Four days of the great English national argument being whether Kane or Watkins should start on Sunday.
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Writer, walker, Who and Wolves fan. Lots of other things that don't begin with W. linktr.ee/nickbarlow He/him
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Nick Barlow
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Four days of the great English national argument being whether Kane or Watkins should start on Sunday.
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Nick Barlow
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Back-to-back European Championship finals: USSR (60-64), (West) Germany (72-80, 92-96), Spain (08-12), England (20-24).
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Nick Barlow
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Someone obviously told Ollie Watkins that.
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Nick Barlow
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What you really want when playing Spain is a day less rest than them after a gruelling match that runs into extra time. #Euro2024
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Nick Barlow
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A referee would be embarrassed to give that penalty to Liverpool at Anfield. England are going to make it to the final and bear Spain with a shot that goes in off Kieran Trippier's right buttock.
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Nick Barlow
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Always enjoy the "send herim victorious" section.
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Nick Barlow
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"The defining words come from those who say very little" says Sam Matterface, finally confirming that his mouth and brain aren't connected. #Euro2024
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K. A. “Kick Åss” Pillë
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Your move, Hemingway
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Nick Barlow
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Applied to be in the audience at Question Time as they're filming near me tomorrow. So if you see lots of ranting and raving here tomorrow night, I've probably been chosen.
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Nick Barlow
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Also a final where one of the anthems mentions allegiance to the King of Spain, but not the one you'd expect.
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Nick Barlow
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Is it wrong to want England to lose tomorrow to spare us having to witness them being torn apart by Spain on Sunday?
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Nick Barlow
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They were plugging some "sitcom summer" thing earlier, so I think there's just an episode of everything they can still show going in there.
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Nick Barlow
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I think England and the Netherlands will be hoping that Spain have played two games that could have been finals so they'll relax and take it easy for the actual one.
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Nick Barlow
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Last three LOTOs to become PM weren't even MPs when their party went into Opposition.
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Nick Barlow
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secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/153047/...
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Nick Barlow
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Especially at the start of a new session, BBC Parliament really needs an interactive mode where you can click on a member and find out who they are.
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Nick Barlow
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Calling Discovery+ to cancel my subscription. They might point out that I don't actually subscribe to them but I'm taking no chances of even accidentally watching this.
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Nick Barlow
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Interesting take on the LD position and future options. Worth noting that the party's MPs are now much more skewed towards wealthy seats in Southern England than they ever were from 1997 to 2015.
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Nick Barlow
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Farage's first speech in Parliament was a sign of how he'll go from here. Taking a break from congratulating the Speaker on his re-election to whinge about John Bercow and Brexit.
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Nick Barlow
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I think yesterday included a lot of training on how to work within the Palace of Westminster, so he probably regards it as beneath him.
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Nick Barlow
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Every Tory speech right now is "after 14 years of playing stupid games, why are people giving us stupid prizes?"
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Nick Barlow
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Hannah now blatantly trolling @jonnelledge.bsky.social in an attempt to get a column about him so he can pretend to still be relevant
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Nick Barlow
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The gap between Blair and Starmer as PM is about the same as the one between Callaghan and Blair, so I Starmer's free to tell Blair he'll pay him about as much attention as he gave his predecessor.
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Anna Meier
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.
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Chris Kendall オトクラット
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A parliamentary pal tells me: “the register of financial interests is retroactive to one year before members take their seats. As of today Farage and Tice have 28 days to make a complete declaration” 🍿
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Major Clanger
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As long as she’s allowed to insert five swear words per minute I’m completely up for this.
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Nick Barlow
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I have been heard, and the new government has done something I think we can all heartily agree with. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ro-gue Algorithm
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The Lancet conservatively estimates that the death toll in Gaza could be 186,000 or more. 8% of the population. This is edging towards decimation. A belated call for a ceasefire isn't enough. We need to stop supply of arms.
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Nick Barlow
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Probably not, but all adds to the "the party left me" narrative.
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Nick Barlow
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She'll probably fuel the grift by trying to run for the leadership and not getting enough nominations or similar so she can present herself as the one who could have saved them but they were all too woke to listen to her.
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Nick Barlow
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Tories: We need to pause and humbly reflect on why we lost so badly, not rush into anything.
Suella Braverman: Thanks for your message. I can't currently reply as I'm flying to Washington to launch an openly transphobic culture war.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Nick Barlow
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He should take his own advice to shut up and go away.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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“Fascism sucks up power left unattended” deserves to be carved over the entrances to grand public buildings
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Nick Barlow
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A lot of it is wandering round town centres in midweek finding people, and that's precisely the demographic likeliest to be there.
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Nick Barlow
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Sharing this because Arthur was a friend of mine and can't quite believe he's died in such a random way. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nick Barlow
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Still in the period where they talk about the Prime Minister on the news and it's weird when they then cut to Starmer.
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Nick Barlow
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I remember 20 years ago we'd get endless pieces about the rise of the BNP when they gained one or two seats, but nothing about the Greens gaining dozens more. How many reporters will be heading for Clacton and Great Yarmouth to find Reform voters but ignoring the Green voters in Waveney Valley?
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Nick Barlow
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Literally just saw this on the BBC report where they talked about an electorate going to the right but a government of the left, and it's as though people who vote for the left turn instantly invisible while every far-right voter gets their fifteen minutes of fame.
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Nick Barlow
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"Every trick in the book" from the very short book Getting The Non-Fascist Majority To Vote.
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Nick Barlow
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Probably submitting a series of names to JKR for approval and getting a no on every one who's not Duffield.
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Nick Barlow
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"And when you get there, the local version of the Daily Mail will denounce you as an economic migrant."
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Nick Barlow
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Assumong a contest in a few years time, Burnham. Clearly still wants it, and would argue the best way to reinvigorate a government is someone from outside.
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Nick Barlow
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One key lesson of the French election is that when the voters turn out en masse, the hard Right lose.
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Alan Beattie
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OK EVERYONE TIME TO ADJUST THE NARRATIVE - CENTRE-LEFT NOW ASCENDANT IN EUROPE, POPULIST RIGHT IN DISARRAY, WE’VE ALL GOT THAT CLEMENT ATTLEE/LEON BLUM FEELING. THAT IS ALL.
amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Marcas Ó Doibhilin
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Sometimes it takes bullets and bombs to beat Nazis. But sometimes all it takes is for normal people to serious up and vote the fuckers down.
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Tim Morton
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Sean Jones
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Listening to James Timpson's interview, it is clear that he would like to see a sea-change in sentencing policy. That will not be his remit, but if the new PM supports such a change, I think it would have very significant ramifications for our political culture. Let me explain. /1
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Nick Barlow
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The same people who claim capitalism drives innovation also think you should keep throwing money at companies who sell you duff products.
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Mark Chadbourn
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It’s unsustainable. Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian oil facilities have also been economically devastating. Russia can’t carry on like this which is why Putin is shifting focus to get puppets elected in western democracies so they can push for a peace deal that will save Russia. 2/2
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