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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC

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At times like this, I guess all you can do is laugh.

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · Aug 18

The reviews are in

Queergsire @queergsire.bsky.social · Aug 18

If I end up proscribed for being your mutual I’m going to be furious

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you for all that you do.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3h

While Celia Imrie's fart on last night's Celebrity Traitors might have sparked howls of laughter from the other contestants, do Britons think farts are a laughing matter?

Very/fairly funny: 44%
Not very/at all funny: 51%

Men
Funny: 51%
Not funny: 44%

Women
Funny: 38%
Not funny: 57%

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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 2d

“I think politicians are ignoring prices and bills and hoping we’ll forget about them and find something else to complain about…”

My report on how the flighty Westminster bubble forgot about the cost-of-living crisis, which certainly isn't over:

Energy bills rise while Westminster talks immigration

Why have our politicians forgotten about the cost-of-living crisis?

www.newstatesman.com

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 6h

Isn't the right Sean Penn in One Battle After Another?

bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 7h

This is incredibly homoerotic

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 6h

Dropped your gay card mate.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Oscar Wilde's British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction

The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.

www.bbc.com

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 6h

Ok this is getting silly now.
bsky.app/profile/brit...

Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 7h

📊 Ref lead of 15pts
‼️ Labour and Greens tied
Westminster voting intention

REF: 32% (-)
CON: 17% (-)
GRN: 15% (-)
LAB: 15% (-2)
LDEM: 12% (-)

via @FindoutnowUK, 45945
Chgs. w/ 08 Oct
britainelects.com

Britain Elects | Substack

Cutting through the noise with Ben Walker. Click to read Britain Elects, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 7h

Fully tapping out of UK politics, you've all gone nuts

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 8h

I am not seeing anything today that dispels this.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10h

urgently need you guys to know that this French politician below 1) didn't know he'd been appointed as a minister until he saw it on TV 2) reacted by going: "bah pfff voilà"

Libération @liberation.fr · 10h

Le nouveau ministre de la Ruralité, Michel Fournier, raconte avoir appris sa nomination à la télé

Le plus vieux ministre nommé sous la Ve République précise avoir discuté avec le Premier ministre «deux jours avant», sans que rien ne soit arrêté. «Comment j’ai réagi ? Bah pfff voilà», résume-t-il.

Le nouveau ministre de la Ruralité, Michel Fournier, raconte avoir appris sa nomination à la télé

Le plus vieux ministre nommé sous la Ve République a précisé avoir discuté avec le Premier ministre «deux jours avant», sans que rien ne soit arrêté.

www.liberation.fr

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 21h

Aaron Ramsey's lost dog posts are breaking me 😭

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 21h

Agree. I of the recent ones think Tenet is his most incoherent but God Interstellar bored me to tears. Loved Oppenheimer and enjoyed Dunkirk!

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 21h

Somehow attractive when not doing his comedy persona?

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 21h

Might be wrong but reading the BBC article alone the China thing seems like a Twitter obsession that's gotten out of hand because Kemi woke up briefly.

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Globe Emoji Žižek Capital @cesigno.bsky.social · 1d

you haven't done an equalities impact assessment on your policy to ban trans people from public places

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 22h

And they'll all be signing' autographs!

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small amuseables clementine @greyjoying.bsky.social · 22h

terrible fact but undeniable: Peter Mandelson would have been soooo good on celebrity traitors

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Patrick @patrickwb95.bsky.social · May 13

Therapist: Tom Daley's Celebrity Traitors portrait isn't real, it cannot hurt you

Tom Daley's Celebrity Traitors portrait:

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

One day.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane 'safe' after unscheduled UK landing

The Pentagon says Hegseth and other military leaders on board, who were travelling back from a Nato meeting, are safe.

www.bbc.com

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

OH IT'S SO GOOD

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

How to make an essentially 10/10 film even better? Whack American Girl on the end of it of course. Oof!

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Tom Garry @tomjgarry.bsky.social · 1d

Words for @sport.theguardian.com as Jess Fishlock, Wales' greatest player, retires from international football www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Wales legend Jess Fishlock announces international retirement after ‘incredible journey’

Jess Fishlock, widely regarded as Wales women’s greatest player, has announced she will retire from international football after this month’s friendly against Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

And what better treat than massive norks for all?

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

Again: Lisa Nandy and Ofcom do your fucking jobs challenge.

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

The problem is because for some reason our political and journo class deem them legitimate they disproportionately influence everyone else, especially online, so I wouldn't be surprised if quite literally everyone in the UK thought net migration was at an all time high and going up.

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 1d

Although we're now in peak Evil Twitter I think peak This is Fucking Stupid (negative) Twitter was when the TL got really into the Markey/Kennedy primary. COVID was absolutely no excuse.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., is running for Senate. “We’re in a crisis. And with everything we learned last election, I just don’t believe Senator Markey should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old,” he says in his announcement video. Moulton is 46; Markey is 79.

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