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Important note on Israeli elections: The votes of serving soldiers will not be counted and published in full until nearer towards the end of the week.
In the 2022 election, approximately 463,000 double envelopes were received, representing nearly 10% of votes cast.
One of the most difficult things for me about living with heart failure is the impact on my ability to read “full length” novels due to exhaustion/leading to concentration lapses
After my total failure with audio books *we* are trying short stories
Lucky to have great support
If you’ve read this far … a request
Any suggestions for collections of short stories would be welcomed
Only criteria is not science fiction
Thanks
On the basis of the exit polls in Israel being right, the only thing certain is that this isn’t going to be sorted quickly
My advice is ignore those who claim it will be
Tim (totally unremarkable and officially stubborn) retweeted
🗳️🇮🇱 20 minutes before polls close in Israel’s 2026 Election, those looking at exit polls say: this will be a surprising result.
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How dare Neal Lawson declare this? Has he dropped a tab of acid?
‘Neal Lawson, founder of the cross-party pressure group Compass, says Labour and the Greens are “connected”’
"Sadly, it’s distracting, and it’s going to distract for a long period of time"
The Greens' Zionism is racism conference motion has left Zack Polanski's party in what insiders call “a very challenging place”
For The House mag, @zoenora6 & @matilda__martin look at the internal division it has created and what different parts of the party believe should happen next
“It has caused a split and a significant rift"
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When I hear people say “turn out is huge and that favours X” I think back to the 2004 US election when people (including me) were sure the high turnout favoured John Kerry
One friend campaigning in Florida bucked the trend and said “I’m worried . Big turnout but feels strange”
Tim (totally unremarkable and officially stubborn) retweeted
🧵In the Budget one of the govt's risks comes from the 'squeezed middle' who feel they're working hard, but don't get any support. Labour leads with the most comfortable at one end & those who can only just/cant afford costs at other. But Reform still leads with the middle group
Tim (totally unremarkable and officially stubborn) retweeted
Reeves’ two budgets did the heavy-lifting, this is basically a non-event.
Healey expected to set £15bn fiscal headroom with £5bn in tax hikes bit.ly/4i5I4Cu
To avoid the manifesto addicts having have any future gotchas the next @UKLabour manifesto should be very short
The Manifesto
“We will act to make life for the many better at the time of the next general election than it is now”
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NEW: John Healey will pledge £15 million to a 'misogyny prevention fund' in tomorrow's Budget
It's the first cash commitment to @bphillipsonMP's VAWG taskforce
Story first reported by The Guardian
If @UKLabour or any Labour MP uses Paddington Bear to promote the “everyday fix” of cheaper marmalade I think I will scream
