Sean Kemp

Former Lib Dem Spad in Downing St, now helping others replicate that storming political triumph

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

Politics really is a load of bollocks when you look back at it.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@mrianleslie Sorry I really don’t think that’s true. Apologies if I’ve missed someone saying that.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@mrianleslie Sorry that sounds overly snippy. But also I don’t think you can treat the Reform voters as one type. ‘Chasing Reform’ would mean to me a McSweeney strategy that has been tested to destruction. There are Reform voters who just hate Starmer for example who may well come back

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@mrianleslie It’s being presented as a test of his ability to beat Reform. That is different. If you know the argument you’d know they weren’t contradictory statements.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@mrianleslie Now you might disagree with that - I don’t FWIW - but the two statements in your post are not at all contradictory positions to hold when you look at the polling.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@mrianleslie They are losing more voters to the left than to Reform. There is a tonne of research into this. The argument is there is a route to the numbers you need to win seats like this (thus stopping Reform) without having to chase voters who have never and will never vote Labour.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@JAHeale Isn’t that the name of the ward?

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@_katedevlin @RobDotHutton For my own sanity (and whatever reputation I have) please confirm this was not me

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

Well, think it’s fair to say my first week as head of public affairs for the National Sausage Council has been a roaring success

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

The fact this one can still be regularly deployed because people still make points like this in all seriousness seems incredible

[Drivelcast @drivelcast]

Is there a @vizcomic Letter or Top Tip that lives rent-free in your head? EVERY time I'm driving, I think of the person who wrote in to say "Why should I use my indicators? It's none of your business where I'm going"

[gabyhinsliff @gabyhinsliff]

Having spent last 2 weeks in the US I now feel qualified to say there are tons of US-based political journalists/pollsters/etc whose life’s work is covering US politics & srsly get your Trump/Harris takes from them not from Brits free styling, sorry etc

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@DanKing_1974 Oh bloody hell, this was our chance to say hello!

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

@GeorgeWParker I literally seem to be going to all the same gigs at you at the moment

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

I’ve got a few new followers off the back of the election, so am going to take advantage of that to say: read My Phantoms. It is an extraordinary book.

[Andy Miller @i_am_mill_i_am]

@GeorgeBowling_ In no particular order, my favourite three novels of C21 thus far are: My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley; All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews; Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. Non-fiction, dunno.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

This isn’t an MP swearing in account now, I promise, but Calum winning the most interesting constituency battle in the country was the highlight of the election night for me. He’s brilliant.

[Calum Miller @CalumMillerLD]

It was my honour formally to take my place as an MP by “swearing in” today.

This allows me to take my seat in debates and fully represent #BicesterandWoodstock in the House of Commons.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

Joe is going to be a total star, his constituents have got someone terrific standing up for them.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

Look, I’m not saying having me as your line manager guarantees that you’ll become an MP. But it clearly doesn’t hurt.

[Joe Morris MP @JoeMorrisMP]

Today I was officially sworn in as MP for the Hexham constituency.

I promise to work tirelessly for all communities across our wonderful constituency.

The process of setting up my office is underway and surgeries will be advertised in due course. Thank you for your patience.

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

That’s fine BTW, it’s a job with a lot of inconveniences. But am unconvinced this is the first rule

[Sean Kemp @Sean_Kemp]

A ranked list of people who in my experience have complained about the inconveniences of their daily life:

1) Members of the lobby
2) My two-year-old daughter
…
3) Everyone else

[Kate Ferguson @kateferguson4]

First rule of lobby - don’t complain about life in the lobby.

Makes us look horribly entitled, playbook