Elliot 💫

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[Tim (still totally unremarkable) @forwardnotback]

I cannot believe Kim Leadbeater has said on R4 “the UK has some of the best palliative care in the world”
Many palliative care doctors would publicly disagree with this and the Health Secretary has said the poor state of palliative care is one of the reasons he opposes the Bill

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

@jackseale That would raise some awkward questions about liberalism though. Easier just not to think about it too much.

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

You know it’s serious analysis when someone says ‘Go woke, go politically broke.’

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

The thing that baffles me is that good and serious people have seen versions of what happened tonight in the US for eight years and are still surprised that people don’t see the world as they do.
1) Voters think “the economy” is “can I afford to live” NOT “we are doing better nationally than others”. Inflation is politically more important than GDP
2) Immigration matters, both the sense of control/uncontrolled and the raw numbers, particularly when money is tight. See 1
3) Don’t take voters for fools: in this case don’t insist a clearly gaga leader is up to the job
4) Don’t try to fight a charismatic opponent with someone who can’t answer basic questions about why they want to be in charge. The ability to communicate is not an optional extra for politicians, it is a core part of the job description
5) Go woke, go politically broke
6) What the metro elites regard as an illogical vote is not necessarily illogical for people who are struggling and angry - see 1,2,3,4,5
Personally I think democracy matters very much and some/much of what Trump says is appalling but until his opponents learn the lessons above, voters will keep voting for someone who manages to encapsulate what they feel

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

Evergreen tweet

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

Really underscores how unready we are as a country to debate assisted suicide. If you’ve got doctors pushing palliative care for anorexia patients god knows what happens when there’s a legal euthanasia pathway.

[Kate Plummer @KateEPlummer]

New: Some anorexia patients are being offered palliative care instead of treatment despite campaigners asserting that eating disorders are not terminal illnesses ⤵️
https://t.co/uw6JSBROyX

[x west ham united nostalgia page boleyn badges @boleynbadges]

A mass of Hammers supporters take their positions at the East London venue for an FA Cup fourth-round replay with Corinthians in 1929

[anna (on uh) is seeing hozier again @hoziersno1hater]

Boygenius

[mathletes @poisonjr]

if Kenan and Kel decide that they both are satisfied

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

These guys are going to be so mad when they hear about how the first 100 days have gone

[Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla]

EXCL: ‘Old right’ group Labour First has started a new parliamentary network focused on “discipline” & “delivery”

A statement inviting MPs/peers to join warned “the left are still waiting in the wings to take advantage of any discord within the party”:
https://t.co/dYgZCtAxsk

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

@MarkHarrison23 Feels like they wanted to latch onto something to talk about because objectively every fan is going to go ‘Champions League winner? Yep.’ Imagine the same sections of the press would be going bananas if the FA had appointed Carsley and then found out Tuchel had been rejected

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

@johnb78 I feel like the truth is between those two numbers. An MPs office will deal with more than a 1000 separate casework enquiries in a year. So Corbyn will have helped a lot more people than that during his time as an MP. Duffield must be counting every single separate email

[Dan Douglas @dandouglas]

this whole 2012 interview with kevin shields is great but this little anecdote especially cracked me up https://t.co/OtChgR9je2

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

@gizzi_m Runs a great poker night for his mates

[Noah Oskow 🇺🇸ノア🇯🇵 נח🔯 @NoahOskow]

Burning half the rainforest to create a slop version of a movie about respecting the primordial world around you directed by a master craftsman diametrically opposed to AI

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

Real, final proof that ‘loving’ a piece of media isn’t predicated on understanding it even slightly.

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

Anthems for a Forty-Five Year Old Man

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

Takeshi’s Castle.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

How should Tories choose their next leader? https://t.co/hCQWtWiftr

[Elliot 💫 @elliotmstratton]

@willuminare 100%