Leaving the gym at 2 am. If it weren’t for three year-olds the 24-hour gym industry would be DEMOLISHED.
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Pádraig Belton
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Rishi seems to have hit the magic number with 102 backers, vs 68 Boris, 25 Penny. Meanwhile bookmakers (oddschecker) are giving Rishi a 57% chance, Boris 23%, Penny 17%.
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Friday. 9 pm. I want to want to go to the gym. So the second-order desire is there.
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As of 4:30 pm, Rishi Sunak has 81 MP supporters (up from 46 at 9 am). Meanwhile Boris Johnson has risen only from 52 to 62.
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There is a good chance that only one candidate will cross the threshold of 100 supporters - which could mean @RishiSunak is PM on Monday @RestIsPolitics
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Wait till it sinks in she gets a Resignation Honours List….
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Mufti day before half term. We’re still working on the ‘jaunty angle’.
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Government puts millions into safeguarding electoral register & process; parties don't have resources to verify everyone who signs up.
So duly signed up his tortoise to Tory party membership. (No clue yet who the tortoise supports) At 2:45
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Happy Trafalgar Day. Of the about 12,000 sailors in Nelson's navy for whom records survive, some 3,573, an astonishing 30 per cent, came from Ireland. (893 from Dublin, 632 from Cork, 187 Waterford, 154 Limerick, 116 Wexford and 112 from Antrim). #TrafalgarDay
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Raindrops keep falling on my head ... 💦
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At least they wouldn’t have to change the wallpaper: Boris Johnson with an early lead along MPs declaring their support (38), to Rishi Sunak’s 27 and Penny Mordaunt’s 12.
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For those unfamiliar with UK units: 1 Truss is 1.16 Kwartengs which equals 4 Scaramuccis.
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My three year-old son has lived through two monarchs, six Chancellors, and three Prime Ministers.
So has the lettuce.
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Another journo tells me outriders and the PM’s car are ready at the back ‘as though she is off to see the King’ #LizTrussPM
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Hear me out, we all have a go at being first lord of the treasury, make it a reality show, and call it … the PM Programme.
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My online dating profile proclaimed me to be seven feet tall, from Vladivostock, an enthusiast of Baroque square dancing, and owner of two goldfish, both named for Ann Widdecombe’s cats. It was surprising how many people contacted me wanting exactly that.
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People are comparing UK politics to Italy and Anglo-Italian Twitter is not having it…
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This line from Chris Bryant "That is not how we should do our business - we are not the Italian parliament" is really irritating. I know the Italian parliament has seen many awful scenes but this is a perfectly british mess and they should own it.
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It’s 10 am and this three year-old at his scriptorium has written more than me
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Grant Shapps is a Braverman than me
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Thought it was my stomach but the Dublin sky is wearing its thunderpants. ⛈️
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Update. Turns out Ireland is a small place and my library follows me. AND so does my gym. But, I have LOADS of loo roll now.
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I am listening to the Commons
While shopping
I mean this is a completely normal thing to do in a grocery store
In Ireland.
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Realised I finally am the age of my first girlfriend. A Mexican author and professor who was into scarves. On reflection I am currently neither a professor, (much of) an author, or Mexican. But, on all these points there is time.
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I had the tuna and an off-menu pidgeon, Liam tried the dumplings and venison (considerately offered child portions), and Mary had a little lamb.
(*That joke is literally why they don’t let me write restaurant reviews.)
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9 am at the gym, like this is a cast of characters I never knew existed. Are they like from the previous season
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People who don’t go to the gym or library, where do you even get loo roll?
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I took this little guy & his sister to , to mark my mother's anniversary. Not every Michelin bib restaurant's so warm to 3 year-olds, but took them around the kitchens, gave them a tour, and now they're BOTH growing up & starting awesome restaurants too
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Me: I know every word in Irish
Carlotta: no way
Me: Gach focal as Gaeilge *wins* 🥳
*lit, 'every word in Irish'
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In a wet Dublin I am in a six year old violin class. (Don’t fret.)
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I'm looking forward HUGELY to chairing a dinner with Timothy Garton Ash, with a sneaky peak at his next book. (Homeland: about where Europe is now, with special reference to the Ukraine war. Do come!)
Also, it's at Buck's, so I'm looking forward a TINY bit to Buck's Fizz, too.
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(Witch & me, post disco - I threw foot powder over my head and drew lips on with a sharpie. Apparently that will linger for weeks…)
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I, a vampire in subfusc, have been disco dancing with a six year-old witch at her school. And consider myself terrifyingly lucky.
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Witch, please
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We could make a film about this year, Four chancellors and a funeral?
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Spending just four weeks in Italy they now talk with their hands 😂🤷♂️
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I'm prepping Lemsip and wondering how to cocktail it. Suggestions, Twitter?
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So Kwasi went straight from arrivals to departures...
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If that's the case, I have a surprise tip for the next candidate for Chancellor.
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Seems there are two views on twitter about Kwasi’s fate …
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