Martin Loat

This is my personal account for music, sport, TV, politics. Got an OBE for equal civil partnerships campaign.

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@geordieboy1956 @bbclaurak @mollyroseorg Fair point.

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@muller7uk @bbclaurak @mollyroseorg I don’t understand why Ian Russell is alarmed either. Whether Keir Starmer’s proposed ban is “opportunist” or not, surely Mr Russell is getting a lot of what he (seems) to want. And everything is “political” when it comes to social policy!

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@EldarQuotient @RichardDawkins What are Dianetics?

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@cityoflondon I didn’t notice Mr Hayward mentioned the term “trans -inclusive” in his video, even though the @cityoflondon social team did. Consistency?

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@allandray08 And they didn’t play on the Sunday (4th June 1978) in those days.

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@MrPaulSimpson1 @LNFGlasgow Exciting news. I look forward to hearing it.

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“Future of the Left - Jeremy Corbyn […] replaces Zarah Sultana”.

A comment on the “Your Party” power struggles?

No, just a blackboard update on speakers at the How The Light Gets In festival in Hay-on-Wye.

#HTLGI26

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Come on @thetimes ! You are doing
@j_amesmarriott @dcsandbrook
a disservice getting the date wrong - twice - for their forthcoming talk. I assume it’s on 16 June 2026, not April
and not ten years ago (see second error)! Now, do I get a free ticket?

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@nicharrison24 @cleanupbritain @artemisnow40939 What’s the issue there? “Pure” vegetarian is usually good quality nosh because the establishment stands or falls by the tastiness/ nutrition/ value of its fare.

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@ziplamak Is he anti-trans?

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@Forthelols12 @davidyelland @FT Hmm. On first point, I think that’s because @davidyelland has to dial down in the “blokiness”and shared nostalgia since Simon Lewis got the push. Second, I think Fazana Baduel brings a fresh perspective from the “regular” PR world away from Simon’s “elite” Buck Pal and No 10 days

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@JuliaHB1 @TheSun Who is the second figure behind Keir Starmer on the posters ?

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@AndyWandy777 @failtesheff @cityoflondon @limebike Er people want to use Lime Bikes (and others) or they would not exist.

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@failtesheff @cityoflondon @limebike It’s not Lime Bikes that are the disgrace (they are very useful to many people). It is the way people with little or no community spirit leave them that is the disgrace.

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@failtesheff @_LimeAID @cityoflondon @limebike That was a reasonable request by Lime Bike. Give them a couple of numbers at least. They have regular staff without your freedom trying to follow processes.

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@rationalgridai It’s not just “physical” place but also contentment to by “close” to changing and progressive concepts.

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I don’t know who does the PR for Panini FIFA World Cup stickers, but they’ll sleep easy tonight. Full item on BBC News at Ten with branding and credit (as well as a spread of other media) #GoodPR #PR #FIFA

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Is it just me or do the key figures involved in the current London Underground RMT strike look like the bosses and trade union leaders of the high point of industrial disputes in the Seventies?

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@davidyelland come on David! Vine is just making a fair comment about the BBC reality given its creative nature. You didn’t actually quote him. Gist is
“I think basically it’s a very big, sprawling,creative organisation that is more like a disorganisation,and fundamentally it’s ungovernable.”

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@officialfournil Absolute scenes!