Quondam academic and devolution adviser. Uneasy about a world where the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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Alan Trench retweeted
The war will indeed end, with Russia's conquest and annexation of Ukraine. This endorsement of Vance by Lavrov should be taken in deadly earnest.
Alan Trench retweeted
Liz Truss, who lost her seat in the general election, giving advice to the Tory party on how to win elections
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People are growing thoroughly fed up of a system that they don’t think is working, and increasingly opting for populist parties (or not voting at all).
This is not funny. Countries only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
Alan Trench retweeted
Austerity has fundamentally cracked our country’s public services. It harmed us all, those with least the most. It set the context for Brexit, our Covid response, the return of mass child poverty, our NHS crisis. On July 4th please remember: we are all still living with it. 3/3
Alan Trench retweeted
not saying the Tory campaign is getting desperate but it’s now…vote Labour if you hate puppies and kittens
Alan Trench retweeted
Reminding people that they should regret giving the Conservatives a majority five years ago is an interesting tactic.
ALT Rishi Sunak: "Once you make that decision on Thursday, there's no going back. Don't do something you might regret."
Alan Trench retweeted
🤯 when a Conservative cabinet decided the party was more important than the country’s well-being.
Astonishing moment from @ShippersUnbound account of May’s Brexit travails in Spring 2019. (Fall Out, p.485)
Alan Trench retweeted
Bold strategy, given what went up during the Conservative government.
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Alan Trench retweeted
In the last 24 hours both Donald Trump and Nigel Farage blamed NATO for the Ukraine war, speaking Russian propaganda lines exactly. If someone screams loudly and exactly what they are…you are best to believe them.
Alan Trench retweeted
The Conservative Party has paid for a series of Facebook video ads, designed to look like emergency alerts, and containing a series of outright lies about Labour's policies.
Alan Trench retweeted
Just Farage echoing Putin’s vile justification for the brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Alan Trench retweeted
Ok, I was wrong. THIS is my favourite chart about the last 14 years of British politics: ft.com/content/1cc50124-e19c…
Alan Trench retweeted
Stop the bets.
Conservative director of campaigning being looked into by Gambling Commission over UK general election bet, along with his candidate wife, BBC learns
Follow live: bbc.in/3VNDRbq
Alan Trench retweeted
“The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is”
Yes Minister, series 2, episode 4
Alan Trench retweeted
Exclusive from @MaxKendix
Rishi Sunak's hyper-defensive election strategy in numbers:
* The prime minister has spent the election campaign visiting seats with an average majority of 11,894
* Over the past 10 days that average has increased to **14,317**
* One in five of the seats he has visited have majorities of more than 20,000
* Just under half of his visit are to seats with 15,000 majorities
Alan Trench retweeted
Electoral metaphor disaster as North Devon sheep try to get as far away as possible from @RishiSunak - in spite of the goodies he is offering them
NEW
Rishi Sunak has trouble attracting sheep on a campaign visit with David Cameron to meet farmers in north Devon.
More at @GBNEWS.
Alan Trench retweeted
📢New @jrf_uk report
Primary schools and GP surgeries are staggering under the weight of hardship, as they divert resources to try deal with the consequences of people going without essentials.
Fixing our public services requires a plan for hardship.
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