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Liam Thorp

@liamthorp.bsky.social

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Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. 3 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year. 2 X Orwell Prize and Paul Foot Award nominee. Loves overpriced craft ale.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · Mar 12

Totally delighted to be named Regional Press Specialist Journalist of the Year for the third time today

This job is hard, exhausting and amazing but there are so many people who make it brilliant and I’m grateful to them all

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 15h

Liverpool, UK (City *and* Metro). H/t @liamthorp.bsky.social

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool's busiest road could go 'underground' in £1bn plan

Mayor outlines transformational idea to sink The Strand in order to accommodate huge King Edward Triangle development

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 12h

Oh I understood, it was just irrelevant to my initial point that was about your lack of knowledge about the story and yet your willingness to comment. Ta ra now.

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 12h

You were wrong in your initial comments about spending £1 billion to work on a road. As I have already explained the plan is much, much bigger than that. Makes sense to read an article before commenting.

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sure I will cope. What untruths have I posted exactly?

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 15h

Yes you are wrong. The £1bn plan is a much wider and huge regeneration plan including skyscrapers, an arena and commercial space. Just shows why its important to read a piece before commenting.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t think you’ve read it

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 16h

Still the plan

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool to have a new park by 2027 as work to begin this year

The park will be the centrepiece of a new neighbourhood

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 16h

I think it also encourages car usage. Most cities don’t have a big dual carriageway through the centre of them and I think it’s a factor why so many people drive into the city centre here.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 16h

An interesting idea

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool's busiest road could go 'underground' in £1bn plan

Mayor outlines transformational idea to sink The Strand in order to accommodate huge King Edward Triangle development

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Surely a shoo-in for a best supporting Oscar

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Penn was unbelievably good, Dicaprio and del Toro not far behind

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

You will not regret

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

And delivers one of the best lines of all time

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and one of my favourite movie lines of all time

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Worrying times in Toxteth right now

'They are firing gunshots at random houses. Everyone is scared'

Two shootings, a stabbing and an arson attack have left many people in one part of Liverpool worried for their community

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, Pynchon and Thomas Anderson are a superb match up

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible score

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 3d

Dicaprio cements himself as the greatest leading man of his generation. Unbelievable performances from Sean Penn and Benecio del Toro. Paul Thomas Anderson has created another piece of insane magic.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 3d

The best films leave you befuddled, astounded and frantically trying to process. One Battle After Another is a tour de force of a film. Both politically profound and absurdly silly. An effervescent commentary of the evils of America and a poignant take on parental relationships. Just amazing.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

I hardly knew him!

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

Cheers pal

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

😉

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for proving my point