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📢 Posting Schedule 📢

Parliament sitting: 2–3 posts a week.
Conference Season: 1 post per party conference + extra content from Conservative Party Conference.

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. @KemiBadenoch just reshaped the @Conservatives Party - and the energy at Conference was electric!!

5 standing ovations. 20 minutes of applause!

Read my full breakdown at: https://t.co/gr4B4A2TTJ

#CPC25 #KemiBadenoch #Conservatives #StampDuty

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Charlie Kirk - an American Patriot, Father and Conservative.
A young man taken from this world to soon.
Regardless of your political views - violence should never be used.
My thoughts are with his family and all who loved him.
#CharlieKirk

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Angela Rayner’s resignation.
Starmer’s reshuffle.
Lammy as Deputy PM.
What does it all mean for Labour and the country? My latest take on a week of political chaos.
#UKPolitics #Labour #cabinetreshuffle #AngelaRayner #Starmer #StarmerOut

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And in times like these, recognising shared humanity isn’t controversial. It’s essential.

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At My Take, Unfiltered I usually resist posting on the Israel–Gaza conflict. But today, I’ll make an exception — just this once.

@yaronsamid Chris Martin chose to emphasise equality, addressing both Israeli and Palestinian fans as “equally human.” That line matters.

[Yaron Samid 🇮🇱🇺🇸 @yaronsamid]

My wife and I, both Israeli, have been avid fans of @coldplay for two decades, traveling around the world to see them in concert several times. That’s why this slip up by Chris Martin at Wembley Stadium is especially hurtful.

When two young Israeli fans joined him on stage Chris says “I’m treating you as equal humans on earth, regardless of where you come from.” And “Although it’s controversial maybe, I also want to welcome people in the audience from Palestine.”

Chris, you’ve always seemed to be a kind, loving person that used music to bring people together. This was a tactless misstep that further tears people apart and deeply hurts some of your most loyal fans. I hope you can take a quiet moment to look back at your choice of words and realize they came from a place of growing prejudice against Israeli people that have been drawn into a war they never asked for. A people that were brutally slaughtered, raped and burnt alive by Palestinians while dancing at a peace music festival similar to yours, and that are still held hostage nearly two years later while you’re on stage patronizing two of our sisters.

You’re better than this. Or at least I thought so.

- A deeply disappointed fan

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If Chris had only mentioned Israelis, Palestinians would protest. If he’d only mentioned Palestinians, Israelis would. By including both, he acknowledged all ordinary people caught up in a conflict they never asked for.

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Populism wins headlines, not elections.
The centre ground wins trust.

#Disraeli #Conservatives #OneNation #CentreRight #OneNationConservatives #CentreGround

https://t.co/gr4B4A2m4b

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Like him or loathe him, Robert Clive put Market Drayton on the map. Empire-builder, soldier, controversial figure – yes. But to erase him is to erase our history.

#CliveOfIndia #Shropshire @jwindsorclive #Substack

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@cristo_radio @iamtomskinner @bbcstrictly You are correct, Cristo. BOSH.
I, as the editor of this Substack, I look up to your journalism!

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From Lady Chatterley to Lucy Connolly - Britain’s free speech story is one long balancing act. But right now, the scales aren’t in our favour.

My latest: Britain’s Free Speech Problem: From Chatterley to Connolly
🔗 https://t.co/gr4B4A2TTJ

#FreeSpeech #UKPolitics #LucyConnolly

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Caden Brauch is electric. Cory English is unmissable. Brian Conley is arriving.
And yes — the DeLorean flies.

My review of Back to the Future: The Musical is live.
Great Scott, it’s a good one.
🕒👉 https://t.co/gr4B4A2m4b

#MyTakeUnfiltered #BTTFmusical #WestEnd

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🏆 BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS!
The Lionesses roar again.
Sarina’s leadership. Chloe Kelly’s pride. A team inspiring a generation.

Here’s My Take, Unfiltered 👇
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#Lionesses #WEURO2025 #England #SarinaWiegman #ChloeKelly #ProudToBeEnglish

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Chloe Kelly ‘I feel proud to be English’

So you should be. You star. You legend.

Well done. We love you all @Lionesses

#WEURO2025

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🔁 The Tory reshuffle is here - and it's more strategic than it looks.
Sir @JamesCleverly returns to take on Angela Rayner, and Policy gets a reboot. But is it enough to rebuild trust? My Unfiltered Take on Shadow Cabinet 2.0. 🧠⚔️

📖 Read now on Substack. #Politics #Substack

[Nigel Huddleston MP @HuddlestonNigel]

It has been a privilege to serve as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside the brilliant Lord Johnson.

Thank you CCHQ team and the thousands of loyal activists I met fighting the Conservative cause right across the country (showcased in my CCHQ wall of campaign photos in the pic, below).

I've made many new friends and leave the Chairman's role with some amazing memories.

I know that Kevin Hollinrake will do a fantastic job as the new Chairman.

And I am also delighted to take over the shadow DCMS brief so ably championed by Stuart Andrew.

I am passionate about all DCMS sectors and am honoured to have been asked by Kemi to take on this new challenge.

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@JuliaLopezMP @AlanMakMP @RicHolden @GarethBaconMP @christopherhope A well deserved promotion to @KemiBadenoch's Shadow Cabinet is @NeilDotObrien, who takes up a policy development role. A brilliant voice for the Renewal of the Conservative Party!

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First 4 Tory Reshuffle Cabinet Announcements:

Sir @JamesCleverly at Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
@StuartAndrew at Health and Social Care
@HuddlestonNigel at Culture
@kevinhollinrake as Chairman.

Will there be a DPM, more announcements today I suspect!

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Additional names:
@JuliaLopezMP in at Science, Innovation and Technology, replacing @AlanMakMP

Former party Chairman and Transport Minister @RicHolden in at Transport replacing @GarethBaconMP

Source: @christopherhope

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Just one piece this week: my take on the new Tory Shadow Cabinet.

With Parliament in summer recess, I’ll post once a week - focusing on crime, social affairs, and, naturally, any political drama that needs my Unfiltered Take. Stay tuned. #Politics #PoliticsUK #culture