jydenham.bsky.social
Professor | Former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister | Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics | Writing about how ideas of nation and nationhood shape politics today at nationstateandpolitics.substack.com ✍️
👤 Joined on 07 November 2023
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@jydenham.bsky.socialFunny, that. "Hancock and pandemic-era PM Boris Johnson declined to comment when Playbook PM approached them. Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, who served as health secretary between 2012 and 2018 and might have been expected to oversee pandemic preparedness, did not respond to a request to comment."
Show PostAlthough Hunt is always on hand to comment on economic policy.
Show PostWhy is a retired banjo playing, public school nepo-baby on the BBC's flagship Newsnight commenting on the Red Wall? And why no mention that: Winston Marshall only has a political platform because his Dad is billionaire Paul Marshall... owner of GB NEWS and the Spectator.
Show PostProducer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”
Show PostTelegraph asked me to comment on 4,102 babies with the surname Smith and 3,772 with the surname Khan being among 558, 988 babies born in England."These new Smiths and Khans will all go to school together in a few years, alongside children with many other surnames" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
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