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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 10h

Do you have a favourite number? Why not tell the previous Prime Minister about it?

The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 10h

We’re pleased to partnering with former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty on Number Nation, a new initiative to conduct the UK’s largest ever study into attitudes to everyday numbers – in partnership with the Richmond Project, Purposeful Ventures and Public First

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 11h

One from the archives: Discovering the tragic tale of the last French soldier to die in World War I.

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Visiting the Glade of the Armistice: History, museum highlights, and how to get there

The story of Augustin Trébuchon The small memorial garden outside is dedicated to Augustin Trébuchon. It’s not a familiar name. He was no great general or war leader, like Marechal Foch, whose statue ...

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 13h

Just checking whether enough time has passed for us to be able to say Charlie Kirk was a despicable human being, or whether we still have to pretend he wasn't absolute poison.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 14h

Wolf Hall from Gladiators.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 14h

If the Fast Show ever gets another revival, I would very much enjoy Man Whose Phone Plays Sandstorm By Darude At Inappropriate Moments as a character.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry my phone started playing Sandstorm by Darude as your dad's coffin was lowered.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 14h

What's the time, Mr Wolf Hall?

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 15h

And now it's just Sebastian Payne, stretching his hand up at the back of the class, still being ignored.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 23h

We gave Big Flump to Big 'Un on the same day. She won't admit it to friends, but she hugs Big Flump every night, too. Grade A teddies.

Top advice to newish parents: Invest in a teddy you think looks BRILLIANT.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 23h

Here's Little Flump (alongside Big Momma the Wombat). The first teddy we ever gave her, and a genuinely excellent teddy.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 23h

One day, Little 'Un is going to stop falling asleep with her lamp on, holding her stuffed elephant, and as much as I protest about turning her lamp off, I will be quietly devastated.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

No itinerary before departure.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

It's a secret cabal of tradies who want to break road/ parking rules and not get done for it.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Most people are looking for plumber recommendations or discussing planning applications. Yet there's always one bloke posting sexist jokes or embarking on diatribes that are nothing to do with the local area, seemingly oblivious to the purpose of the platform.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

In all the chat about social media harm, I feel one particularly cooked group is overlooked: The weirdos who use Nextdoor as if it's another Facebook.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I'm an American using the Discover tab. Today I will be replying to every post about things I don't understand with indignant ignorance, as this improves everyone's experience.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously. The carnage would be completely out of character.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Well, everything from the top of her wardrobe was on the floor. And the chair in precisely the position where she could reach everything from the top of her wardrobe and pull in onto the floor.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

I hope you've enjoyed your day as designated drive-by fuckwit, and feel good about how you've used your opportunity.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

It's just far, far, far too big. Only needs to be a room.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Little 'Un, upon being questioned about clumping around her room at 10pm: "Everything just fell out of the top of my wardrobe."

Her chair, curiously, was next to her wardrobe.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Also good: Ridiculously over-the-top buildings and infrastructure projects funded by Taiwan in order to win votes at the UN.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

My best haul on this vague front is that I've been inside Palau's (ludicrous) capitol building.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

I want to go to every US presidential museum/ library/ birthplace.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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