Tom King
@tallgeekychap
Social liberal unaligned political type of mixed ethnicity; international human of limited mystery. Work: Outside In, ex-Global Counsel (left 2022 fwiw), ex-OCCRP, worked for Lib Dem MPs, etc. I like the arts, and people. And cricket (Plastics CC).
This specific moment (around 2.05) but you have to watch the whole scene: youtu.be/0F6Ilu4LJio?...
Unusual for me to leap to Nick Clegg's defence at this point in history, but no, @Politico, he did not introduce tuition fees. That was Blair's Labour (who had promised not to do so and had a majority). A pointless battle, I know, but a hill I feel someone ought to die on.
So you don't like Steve Bray playing loud music during speeches in Downing Street. Fine. Neither do I. I do like the principle that streets are for the public and a fit place for protest. Seeing far too many people who typically have healthy respect for civil liberties applauding this.
He's found a lovely B&B in the Peak District, is doing some fishing this afternoon, and intends to curl up in front of Kes with a Bakewell tart later this evening.
It continues, unfortunately. The lack of care and thought going into this is painfully obvious. (If something is not affordable, it is by definition not sustainable. The last two sentences are meaningless guff.)
Literally in the introduction to the Milburn interim review of youth unemployment, and, well, nothing says "We care deeply about this problem" than getting the bullshit machine to write the report for you.
For some reason, this quote from the Financial Times' pre-inauguration article (Jan 14th, 2025) returned to my mind. I hope you're happy.
Well I guess you might say... He got... booooored... of peace. *The Who's Who Are You cuts in*
Ha, I was just screenshotting that (yet again) Maybe the extent of the vetting was reading this interview and doing a big sigh of relief. Glad that's solved!
He hates both the socialist left AND liberals. I take this from all the times he criticises liberals and liberalism, including today. He even extends this to those on the centre right who have more liberal policies than him on immigration. Like Rishi Sunak.
In the same piece, Mandelson says there won't be any conflicts of interest while he's ambassador, because he simply 'won't allow one', and then dismissively calls the subject of conflict a 'debating point'. Appointing someone with this attitude to this job should in itself be a sackable offence.
Sunder's thread has Philp doubling down on Labour being wrong to scrap it.
let's not forget they were upset when he left and considered him a victim
Nah. If they offered anything it was legislation for a referendum on AV (which is the same as what the Tories then offered). From here: www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Welcome to the UK, a country where you can be sacked in disgrace however many times you like, but your position as a legislator for life is secure because it's too hard to remove you.
imagine doing that when this is your own (very worthy, but definitely not entrepreneurial) career path!
Business Secretary Peter Kyle thinks British students lack vigour and drive because they don't want to start businesses. Never mind that he's coming across like a particularly unhinged co-author of Britannia Unchained, here's his own career. (It's a very worthy career too. Shame he despises it.)