Seb Whale

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Seb Whale

@sebwhale

Freelance journalist and author. The Usual Channels out 25-09-2025. Ex @POLITICOEurope, @TheHousemag, @politicshome.

London Katılım Ocak 2011
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@Mike_Indian Very glad to hear it, Mike! Hope you enjoy what’s to come 😊
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Only a few pages in and I'm already enjoying it @sebwhale
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Keir Starmer and I need to get real Today you have to put yourself out there and make your case. Again and again and again. But the big question remains: what is it that you want to say? open.substack.com/pub/theusualch…
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A nice surprise - the Daily Mail had The Usual Channels as its book of the week in mid-November.
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‘The book is a huge hit for any Westminster political junkie, and what makes it work is the feast of political anecdotes that pepper the 500-plus pages.’ So thrilled with Roger Alton’s review of The Usual Channels in @DailyMail dailymail.co.uk/home/books/art…
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Inspired by @danbloom1's reporting on the Tories’ improved output in opposition, I’ve written about the ‘Fuck-Up Squad’, the Tory committee that wreaked havoc against the Jim Callaghan government in the late 70s. Is the old band back together? open.substack.com/pub/theusualch…
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Reynolds’ appointment to the whips’ office reminded me of Tim Renton’s and Jacqui Smith’s - two last gasp Chief Whips that, coincidentally or not, proved a prime minister’s last open.substack.com/pub/theusualch…
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Great review in @DailyMail for Sebastian Whale’s The Usual Channels: “The book is a huge hit for any Westminster political junkie, and what makes it work is the feast of political anecdotes that pepper the 500-plus pages.” Congratulations @sebwhale! dailymail.co.uk/home/books/art…
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‘The Tories were always better organised, their whipping arrangements more sophisticated, and their whole practice of dealing with the whips’ office was better.’ On Labour’s whipping inferiority complex - and why a new look team will be up against it open.substack.com/pub/theusualch…
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From Jeremy Corbyn to Zarah Sultana, Major’s Eurosceptics to Boris’s 21, leaders have sometimes taken drastic action. But is removing the whip the right call? With exclusive reporting from my book, this week’s The Usual Channels Substack is out now theusualchannels.substack.com/p/to-strip-or-…
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