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Dr Thom Oliver

@Thomoli

Senior Lecturer in Politics, UWE Bristol. Interest in Local Gov't, Representation & Accountability. Tweets mix of personal, academic, pointed & pointless.

Bristol, England Katılım Şubat 2009
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Dr Thom Oliver
Dr Thom Oliver@Thomoli·
BBC asks how to solve space debris, God I hope in a lab somewhere they are cross-breeding a clanger and a womble.
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Charlton Athletic FC
Charlton Athletic FC@CAFCofficial·
“Godden again allez, allez!” 🎶 #cafc
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David Yelland
David Yelland@davidyelland·
Personal View: BBC journalism is disgracefully maligned by my old newspaper world, by Trump and commercially-focussed idealogues, yet here at home I just watched @BowenBBC on Iran, followed by @FrankRGardner, followed by the wonderful @VitalyBBC from Kyiv…. I was in US last week… let me tell you NO news organisation is as good as this, no journalists as clear and free, the new DG needs to fill the newsroom with confidence and….defiance…. it is time to wave the BBC flag.
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Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan·
Two possible things going on here: 1) Trump, the man-child, was manipulated into this war by people around him with their own political (Rubio), financial (Witkoff/Kushner), religious (Hegseth) agendas. 2) Trump is trying to divert the blame for this unpopular war onto others.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

Trump: "Based on what Steve and Jared and Pete and others were telling me, Marco is so involved, I thought they were going to attack us"

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Ben Ansell
Ben Ansell@benwansell·
With a little bit of help from Claude Code I've made a UK Constituency app that lets you look at descriptive data about British constituencies through a variety of maps and graphs. A short thread... 1/n
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Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧
Behind every helicopter built in Yeovil there's a network of almost 70 UK businesses making it possible, each bringing something unique to the table. This £1 billion deal doesn't just secure 3,300 jobs at one site, it backs UK industry across all nations from the ground up. 🇬🇧
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Wales Centre for Public Policy
💡How can the next @WelshGovernment work with local government to support a sustainable future for Welsh local government? 🧑‍💻Our third pre-election webinar, hosted by @IWA_Wales will build on our work on sustainable future local government with @WelshLGA and Welsh local authority leaders 📲READ and sign up 🔗bit.ly/WCPPLocalGovIWA
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David Yelland
David Yelland@davidyelland·
The fact vastly more commentators in my old world, British popular journalism, attacked Pep Guardiola for his politics last week than Jim Ratcliffe for his politics this week, is depressing, alarming and a disgrace all at the same time.
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Tristan Cork Post
Tristan Cork Post@TristanCorkPost·
I hope I’m not telling tales out of school, but Adam said this morning ‘I’ll live-tweet the budget meeting, if nothing else to keep myself awake’. It’s actually a masterclass in informing & entertaining us all about something dull-but-important, so follow his thread here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
AdamPostansLDR@adam_ldr

Welcome to City Hall for the five-hour pantomime that is annual budget council, which I’ll be live-tweeting to within an inch of its life. The calm before the storm…

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Dr Thom Oliver@Thomoli·
Spoke on @BBCRB yesterday about the political fallout from the Mandelson appointment and the pressure now facing Keir Starmer. When controversy hits, voters quickly turns to questions about judgement, competence and trust. Listen @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… [Starts: 52:45]
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Richard Cawley
Richard Cawley@RichSCawley·
A first away win since Ipswich Town at the end of October. Bosh. #cafc
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Michael Crick
Michael Crick@MichaelLCrick·
Newsnight are bonkers to mention an opinion poll in Gorton & Denton with a sample of just 143. 1,000 is the normal respectable sample size.
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Chris Brown
Chris Brown@P0st_News·
Bristol Post website sees 42% drop in unique visitors and 51% drop in page views YoY in December. Seems AI Overviews putting a big dent in the traffic (and thus business model) of regional news holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/ipso…
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Calum Macdonald
Calum Macdonald@CalumAM·
I *think* - thanks to @Moreincommon_ and @LukeTryl - the @HolyroodSources podcast has become the first place to broadcast the results of a focus group, this one was carried out in Falkirk. Stream it now on your podcast app and on YouTube.
Holyrood Sources@HolyroodSources

🚨 “I don’t trust him.” Falkirk voters give their unfiltered verdict on Keir Starmer, John Swinney, Anas Sarwar & Nigel Farage in a focus group run by @Moreincommon_ 🎧 New Holyrood Sources episode, streaming now on podcast apps and YouTube. @CalumAM | @akmaciver | @geoffaberdein | @LukeTryl

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