Andy Payne

Internal Comms chap. Rugby fan. Family man. All views my own.

[Advita CommsRebel @Advita_p]

I don’t understand why people think memes of number 10 looking like a Londis is funny - is it about shaming people? I’m extremely proud that my parents had a shop. They grafted 24/7, 365 days a year for 30 years so my sister and I could have the life we have today.

[Richard Morris @richardmorrisuk]

University Education of UK PMs since the war.

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[Andy Payne @commsdad]

@russyork Does it work? Does it mask the damp paper/plaster smell? Because if it does, that’s genius!!

[Andy Payne @commsdad]

@gloucesterrugby Big win 🍒⚪️

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

Honestly, someone should take advantage of this chaos and colonize England.

[Andy Payne @commsdad]

This is the perfect example of commissioning editors signing up a TV series on the show’s title, and then post-rationalising the actual content as an after-thought @AccidentalP

[emily m @maitlis]

Worth considering this could be exactly the end game Boris Johnson had in mind when he endorsed a weak candidate he could see would quickly and irredeemably fail.
Whilst it may look like a shambles from the outside, it might just have been playbook politics…

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

Still the thing that has led to all this political unraveling, that has karmically imploded the Tories, is left at press conferences unsaid, unasked about. I’ll give you a clue. It starts with a B and rhymes with shit.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

I wish everyone was on this page.

[Julien Hoez @JulienHoez]

There's no other way of saying it:

The British people are being betrayed by their @Conservatives government.

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

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Kwasi Kwarteng attended a private champagne reception hours after delivering his mini-budget where hedge fund managers who would gain from a crash in the pound egged him on to commit to his plans

https://t.co/QurQIMCRNW

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

I have a joke about trickle down economics.

99% of you won’t ever get it.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

This is HILARIOUS!

Republican Jesus is the funniest thing you will see on this site ALL DAY. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

A thread:

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Dear @trussliz / @RishiSunak the cost of living crisis has left millions worried how they'll make ends meet.

I'd like to formally invite you, as the new PM, to join me asap once you take office for a special hour's @itvMLshow discussion/Q&A to answer/ease people's concerns.

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

Emmanuel Macron:
"France & the UK are friends. In a world with growing illiberal, authoritarian and destabilising powers, if you [implying Liz Truss] can't tell whether France and the UK are friends or enemies, we're going towards some serious problems."

[Tom Fletcher @TFletcher]

I spent several years briefing UK PMs on foreign leaders. So, just to be clear:

Friend. Foe.

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

Here's exactly what Macron just said replying to the Truss "friend or foe" comment (my Eng subtitles 👇)

(although I think his silence and look when asked the question says it all 😀👇)

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

This . Just this . Sums it all up really . . . we are in deep shit . . . and they are on holiday . . .

[Andy Payne @commsdad]

@WestYorksPolice Why are you posting this? You’re not Netflix.