caroline slocock
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Director of think tank Civil Exchange, media commentator, former Private Secretary to two PMs, first feminist book on Thatcher, People Like Us. Also on BlueSky
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Joined March 2011
Looking forward to talking about Thatcher's 50th anniversary on @TimesRadio around 8.45 today.
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Her Iron Lady image was shaped by political advisers, but she was guided by her vision and values, not headlines, focus groups or spin doctors, and was honest with the public. She respected democratic institutions. I'm no political supporter but I'd like to see more of that today
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RT @joshglancy: EXC Dominic Cummings reveals publicly for the first time that he was behind the Partygate stories that brought down Boris…
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Odd that Cummings thinks everyone and everything is useless in UK politics and the civil service, except him. He thinks Trump is doing the right thing, and Blue Labour, allegedly backed by McSweeney, seem to want to ape Trump too. What could go wrong?
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Those who admire Trump in this country should reflect on why he has done this.
In Trump’s first few days in office, he made another move that will let corruption flourish in his White House. He got rid of something called Executive Order 13989: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel. It barred political appointees in the government from accepting gifts from lobbyists, taking cash from former employers while serving in the government, or leaving their job in the government and then showing up the next day as a lobbyist to influence their former coworkers.
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Be yourself, don’t dress yourself in other’s clothes. PM rails at ‘complacent liberals’ and seeks to outdo Reform by becoming tougher on migration, even taking lessons from Trump the disruptor. Tactics adopted by the Tories and look what happened to them
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RT @FCDOGovUK: The @Telegraph front page today is wrong and mendacious. ❌ There will be no such delegation of Caribbean leaders or officia…
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Remember Braverman, who told govt lawyers to weaken advice on breaking the law - a govt that illegally prorogued Parliament, passed the illegal, Illegal Migration Act and threatened to leave the ECHR. Hermer, who re-committed govt to the rule of law, is now attacked by Ministers
Times weekend read: * Keir Starmer to take the fight to Reform on migration with series of videos of illegal migrants being removed from UK * No 10 had feedback that voters didn’t believe deportations were at highest level since 2017 - this is their attempt to show them * But will it be enough? Small boats keep coming - 1,400+ this year - and most of those deported didn’t come on small boats in first place * Labour MPs worried about Reform want hotels housing asylum seekers in their constituencies closed plus more hardline policies from Govt * Starmer allies say he is up for fight and not ‘squeamish’ - he’s prepared to go harder on migration, planning and other issues * But ministers question how rhetoric squares with Attorney General’s approach to legal risk. Talk of ‘Hermerisarion’ of govt * Starmer allies insist no reshuffle this year, but he’s only given assurances to Rachel Reeves and David Lammy that their jobs are safe * Starmer told Cabinet ministers on Friday that they have to govern like disruptors - or they will be disrupted themselves
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Not enough. ‘This country plans to spend over £3,000 per person on the NHS next year, compared with less than £70 per person for local authorities to prevent people from getting ill in the first place.’
Today, the #DHSC announced Public Health Grant allocations for 2025/26.The grant is the 'bread and butter' for local authorities implementing services to improve people’s health says @davidjbuck, Senior Fellow. Read our response in full 👇
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And so the slide begins. Cabinet Ministers and aides now briefing against Attorney General Lord Hermer for his insistence on adhering to the law, including international law, which is preventing them from pursuing their goals. So old fashioned, apparently.
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Losing it. Global warming’s totally out of control, while Trump’s reality denying tactics take hold. Tories announce cruel, fag packet, citizenship policy that can’t be administered, for votes. Govt says it’ll sack civil servants unless they deliver 5% cuts, on paper, this June.
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Goodness, Mrs T the opera, 'an exploration of Thatcher the woman: her isolation in a world dominated by men; her often fractious relationships with members of her cabinet; and the dramatic events that led to her resignation.' Sounds quite like my book!
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As he explains, people who are not British voters are able to use loopholes to make political donations which are supposed to be banned under our rules, and these should be closed. Absolutely.
Vijay Rangarajan, from the Electoral Commission, says there should be a greater 'transparency' around who is donating to political parties in the UK, after the commission warns the UK's electoral rules are 'out of date'. #R4Today
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RT @robertshrimsley: It's perfectly legit for the Tories to oppose and attack the Chagos deal. Many will agree. But when a front-bencher @R…
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RT @pollyn1: 2/2 It would be great if the government consulted the sector more on cross-cutting themes and took steps to ensure the sector…
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RT @pollyn1: 1/2 🧵It is the job of individual charities to point out the implications of government choices for the people those charities…
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Work to do. The PM has promised to reset the relationship with civil society and build a new partnership. Meanwhile, Streeting caught on camera says he wants to 'break the culture' of voluntary sector lobbying, and they are stakeholders, not partners.
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What worries me about Starmer's voice coach is why politicians feel they have to tell us about themselves to connect with the public. With her help, he's managed to talk about his parents with emotion, but don't we actually want politicians to get better at listening to us?
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Pernicious, and getting worse. Trump blames a crash on DEI, Douglas Carswell starts tweeting about the poor quality of the Tory front bench due to DEI. It’s Brexit lies, Johnson’s and Truss’ premierships and pursuing culture wars rather than governing that did it for the Tories.
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