Bill McIntyre

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Bill McIntyre

Bill McIntyre

@billmcintyre

Communications & PR type. Fan of books, media and a G&T. Views mine, except for the borrowed ones.

London town most of the time Katılım Eylül 2008
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Bill McIntyre
Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@FunkoEurope hi ordered in early December, well ahead of your Christmas delivery cut off date. Currently says one part of order will arrive after Christmas, no update on rest. Can’t get hold of your customer service team - can you get back to me please.
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London Marathon Events
London Marathon Events@LDNMEvents·
We have announced a record-breaking ten year partnership extension with @enthuseco. 🤝 Enthuse will continue to be the official online fundraising partner across London Marathon Events’ existing event portfolio, as well as any new events. Learn more ▶️ londonmarathongroup.org/latest-news/20…
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Jim Robottom@jimrobottom·
Did anyone hear a report on @BBCr4today on a modern slavery case this morning and know what time? It’s my case and I can’t find it. Ha ha so profesh
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar Could you point me to an article about where number of votes, rather than MPs, is taken into account for make up of committees. I’ve not heard of that before so interested to read more.
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Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett@SBarrettBar·
The Government's assertion is that the only relevant metric is Total Number of MPs That is wrong Legitimacy is a constitutional concept and it derives from total votes - Total Votes matter and can't be dismissed
Lee Anderson MP@LeeAndersonMP_

Political Stitch Up Labour has decided to modernise the way Parliament works. They have decided that smaller parties like @reformparty_uk are not allowed to sit on the Select Committees and hold them to account. I said this earlier 👇

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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
Just finished the Price of Life by @jennykleeman . Great read. The chapters on the market price of ransom demands and effective altruism are particularly enlightening (and disturbing).
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar Important context: Virtually no UK government gets over 30% of the registered electorate voting for them (Blair in 1997 the last one). In terms of seats, 411 is only beaten by Blair and Baldwin in the last 200 years. There is zero legitimacy issue.
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Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett@SBarrettBar·
A Government whose support is so shallow (9.7 total voters, 80% did not vote for them) Has no legitimacy Our constitution is not some weak victim, to be played Our constitution is a wily old bird and legitimacy is how it stops Stammer trying to change it 😐
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar The normal measure of turnout is votes counted as a proportion of adults who have registered to vote. This implies the previous government set up for people registering to vote has significant issues rather than any legitimacy issue with the current government.
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
Great quote about Jimmy Anderson from Kraigg Brathwaite: "He is a legend of the game. I won't miss him at all!"
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar There is zero legitimacy issue. Labour has 411 seats - that is the third most seats in the last 200 years (only beaten by Baldwin in 31 and Blair in 97). It's very rare a party gets over 30% of the registered electorate voting for them.
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Wisden
Wisden@WisdenCricket·
Former Australia captain Tim Paine believes England's claim of "completely changing the game" is misplaced. Agree with him? 🤔 Read more: wisden.com/cricket-news/t…
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar Strange that graph is only done on percentage of votes case not on percentage of the registered electorate voting. You'd see then that pretty much every government is down at 30% or less. Still one of the advantages of FPTP is it produces a clear legitimate winner
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Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett@SBarrettBar·
This Government is the least legitimate since 1945 Legitimacy is a constitutional concept - it is a check, or fetter, on the illegitimate Governments' ability to act I realise we haven't really discussed it since 2005 (and look at the graph to see why) We're going to be talking about it more 😐
Tim Bale@ProfTimBale

Really, really useful graphic for anyone who teaches British politics and/or political history at sixth form or university, c/o @spectator

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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@SBarrettBar Blair in 97 was the last leader to get more than 30% of registered electorate voting (just). In the last 200 years Starmer has won the most seats aside from Blair in 1997 and Baldwin in 1931. So I assume you think every government outside of those has no legitmacy.
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Steven Barrett@SBarrettBar·
This is what I mean by Legitimacy There is no question that Starmer must form a Government - that's our way But once formed, this Government simply is not going to be able to do much - because it has no Legitimacy (it's effectively a caretaker) 😐 express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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The Sutton Trust
The Sutton Trust@suttontrust·
🚨 THE NEW CABINET 🚨 The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has appointed his cabinet. This new cabinet marks a historic moment in British politics, with a record number of state-educated Ministers and the lowest proportion of privately educated Ministers since 1945 🧵👇
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
Election campaign called in the rain, and looks like the result will be called in the rain. Tomorrow we shall see if Starmer has a better plan for doing a speech when it's hammering it down - than just standing there getting wet. #GeneralElection2024
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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
Such a weird attack ad. Basically saying the Tories are going to lose so badly they’ll be out for at least 10 years. It’s probably bang on factually, but strange choice of attack ad to say you’re utterly hopeless. #GeneralElection24
Conservatives@Conservatives

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Bill McIntyre@billmcintyre·
@JamesCleverly James, it’s easy to get confused by all the lies about tax tonight that have been pushed out by @CCHQPress pretending to be a tax checking organisation. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s shameful behaviour.
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@FunkoEurope @TorrianoJuniorS @ParcAsterix @enthuseco @jimrobottom @BBCr4today @SBarrettBar @jennykleeman