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If like me you’ve had enough of this Prime Ministers absolute boll**** RT this widely
If like me you’ve had enough of this Prime Ministers absolute boll**** RT this widely
🎉Did we do it?... We did it!🎉 The best reviewed show in West End history has officially become a double winner of Best New Musical tonight at the @OlivierAwards! Boy oh boy, this is glitzy indeed!!!✨🤯
Congrats to @mincemeatlive for winning Mastercard Best New Musical 2024! 🎭✨ @OlivierAwards #OlivierAwards #Priceless
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL – The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical goes to Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat @OlivierAwards #oliviers #olivierawards #musicals #theatre #musicaltheatre #awards #Winners
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quad axel to the succession theme? this absolute diva
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2022: Rishi Sunak, "This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level" 2024: Diane Abbott, "No one from the Conservative party has apologised for Conservative donor Frank Hester saying I should be shot"
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Why are women still taken less seriously than men? Research shows that men have 6x more influence in group discussions than women. Women are twice as likely as men to have to provide evidence of their competence. ted.com/talks/mary_ann…
This is absolutely superb. A masterclass. If America chooses this, frankly it deserves its fate.
I see LK is taking dictation direct from No10 again: "The biggest swing since the war wasn't really a win for Labour". Aye, OK. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Victoria Derbyshire to replace Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC? RT if you agree.
In Moscow, people bring flowers in memory of Navalny to the Wall of Grief - a monument to the victims of political repressions. Police are supervising. Similar situations in other Russian cities. Russian Telegram channels reported that in some cities, people were detained or…
my mother is meeting with her zoom writing group (six 70-ish year olds), and in today’s crit they’re workshopping a story about a cruel woman who loses everything after wronging a colleague, and the writer named the character after another one of the women in the writing group
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@mincemeatlive Is it too late to request a live visual record be made of the original agents before this secondment?
They should put this in the National Gallery. A #bbcqt audience member originally from Congo cites conflict between Rwanda and DRC and asks if UK would send refugee from DRC to... Rwanda. A confused Chris Philp: "Well, Rwanda is a different country from Congo, isn't it?"
‘Are we…c**ts?’ A homage to one of mine and @AliWoodsGigs’ favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches.
“Pint-sized loser” is going stick #PMQs
Angela Rayner channels Nadine Dorries in PMQs Tells Oliver Dowden… “Does he realise that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back, he was ditching their biggest vote winner for a pint sized loser”
"Pint-sized loser" 🔥🔥 #PMQs #ToriesOut #GeneralElectionN0W
Angela Rayner to Oliver Dowden: “Does he realise that when he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back, his party was ditching their biggest vote winner for a pint sized loser?"
@ArchRose90 @lefoudubaron I once saw Pippa Crerar recommend to a colleague: “Tweet, then mute notifications. It keeps the trolls at bay. You can check in later if you’re feeling strong.” So when they make a huge howler, or lie, they’re oblivious and don’t correct as they’ve not seen replies/QTs….
This pleases my Gen X heart
Lucky view from the roof at @Guggenheim in Venice #VeniceBiennale
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Baby Reindeer is out now on Netflix worldwide. The response has been overwhelming, and I cannot express how much it meant for me to work with Richard, Jess, and our incredible cast + crew! I am so thrilled that people are seeing what I saw in this story years ago. Pure heart 🖤
#BabyReindeer might have been the best thing I've watched in a long time. What a ride that was. Sent from mmy iPohn
Checking in on everyone who also binge-watched #BabyReindeer
The Conservatives are going to need a bigger Angela Rayner story “Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’” thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…
Who thinks I should narrate chunks of Liz Truss book and upload the video of me doing it?
Most damaging bit of the Mark Menzies story is the allegation that government whips knew about this for months and chose to do nothing