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Tom Peck

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Parliamentary Sketch Writer and TV columnist @thetimes

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I might be wrong, I don’t say it with much confidence, but I’m not really sure what Twitter’s little Aventine Secession moment will achieve. It’s not for me Clive.


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An Open Flame being considered for Secretary of Gasoline


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We used to be a proper country with pub crèches. A proper country.

The American mind cannot comprehend Pintbaby

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“The public don’t quite understand the subtle ways that automation affects their attention [but] it’s like giving people a sedative” - why expecting human drivers to vigilantly monitor partially-automated cars isn't a great idea ft.com/content/6734cd…


At this point you have to feel like it's a deliberate psy op strategy to just wear everyone down until they beg for no more elections.

BREAKING: Germany is expected to hold early elections on February 23. The governing SPD and the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary groups have reportedly agreed on the date. It comes after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition.



You can bet that all these people complaining about the £100m HS2 bat shed would have been the first to moan when the area had been terrorised by various escapees from the local asylum.


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But no Dem can change the fact that millions of ungettable GOP votes are set in stone not because of economic conditions - which were the best any candidate could have hoped for - but because even relatively affluent voters have spent years marinating in complete craziness. /6


Lavia in, Courtois still out. You never do see a Tibalt and a Romeo on the same side do you…

The last gathering of 2024. 🇧🇪 #DEVILTIME

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Some thoughts on US election coverage, after yet another very long night of sofa, laptop and haribo. Why can’t British TV get its US election coverage right? Just ask Boris Johnson thetimes.com/article/94d9cb…


I see we appear to be having an actual serious conversation about whether Keir Starmer should appoint Nigel Farage as ambassador to the US.


Turns on radio. Hears crazy American saying “mainstream so called media.” Turns off radio.


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The paywall is down today and tomorrow on The Times and Sunday Times website. If you need a bit of light relief, this is the perfect opportunity to read my vital investigation, conducted last year, into the science of disappearing socks 🧦🧦👇 @thetimes thetimes.com/article/98c4b0…


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The i, Sept 2020 - what a difference four years makes

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I think the main news this morning is that the times paywall is down so if you want you can read about how I built a pub in my back garden. thetimes.com/article/182f2e…


Still haven’t forgotten, eight years ago, sitting in a bar in Mexico on US election night, with a card pre-loaded with US dollars. Bought two beers for seven dollars. Bought two more half an hour later and they were $6.40.

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How do you stop “undermining the aspirations of working class families”? That’s easy. You raise tuition fees. Sketch here… Bridget knows just what working class kids want — to pay more for uni thetimes.com/article/138316…


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