Sue Keogh

@davidyelland Extraordinary, isn't it!

“ We have temporarily removed this briefing while it undergoes an internal review..’’ What! Eh! Hang on! Amnesty’s reputation is collapsing and they are “reviewing” a public statement…. I have never seen such chaos-in-comms….

@palmerowenhere @dieworkwear I live in hope!!

@sookio @dieworkwear Exactly. The Bobby stepping out of the shower moment. Everything back to normal. #willwaitthisoutoptimist

I've never said "X" in real life. As a writer, I only use it to say "X, the platform formerly known as Twitter" because I get paid per word and this earns me enough money for an appetizer

@fionagilsenan I heard that earlier too - I did not know that!

til from a farmer on Radio 4 that cows sweat with their noses. Was that common knowledge?

@TheWordWell That's ok - they're going to try again when it's their new financial year, so all is not lost, or snaffled 😊

@sookio Snaffled is a fine word indeed, Sue. Sorry about the project…

Very much enjoying hearing the word 'trousered' a lot at the moment, as in "He trousered £5m..." Also a client told me today we don't have the green light on a project after all because the budget's been snaffled. Another good word!

@palmerowenhere @dieworkwear Yes. I'm working on the basis that a certain erratic trillionaire owner will at some point get bored, someone else will take over and it'll revert back #naiveoptimist

@sookio @dieworkwear I stubbornly call it Twitter regardless, in solidarity with the hardcore Twitter crowd. At some point they'll admit that X was a bad idea and we can then call it Twitter, initially known as Twitter and then dark times as X, before it reverted back. A substantial appetiser.

@ACarpenDigital @dieworkwear I still miss old Twitter!

Ely Markets is a brilliant example of a business incubator that does just that; we have so many examples of businesses that started with just a stall then went on to bricks and mortar, all part of Ely's thriving independent retail scene. Getting that first, small foothold is so important

If we are to rebuild our High Streets, we need to start from the bottom up. Protect our smaller independents, give them the support thats needed. In turn, get younger people back into jobs. The jobs that were lost by increasing National Insurance.

Really interesting on the Burnham comms strategy and the fresh approach, which is welcome. I do think he needs to come up against a Beth Rigby or to get a grilling on Today and other serious news programmes, so he can set out his policies and face some sort of scrutiny before just...taking power theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

1) It’s *literally* your job to regulate this platform. 2) If you can’t, what does that mean? Tell us. 3) The Dept of Culture is not ‘your’ department, it’s ours. You’re its temporary custodian 5) But Facebook is ok? Really?

@ACarpenDigital @johnelworthy I think this about the one in Ely all the time...

Another van has struck the notorious Stonea railway bridge near March. The driver escaped serious injury, but the latest collision adds to the long list of vehicles caught out by the 2m (6ft 6in) underpass despite warning signs #Stonea #Cambridgeshire #March cambsnews.co.uk/what-another-o…

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@AllanDavy1 @campbellclaret @andyburnham Interesting point. He does seem to have the media on his side at the moment though (enjoy it while it lasts!)

@sookio @campbellclaret @andyburnham With respect you’re missing the point, they won’t report he ‘handled it’ if he does, quite the opposite.

If true that @andyburnham not taking media questions after speech today then good move. Speeches matter and when important should speak for themselves. A problem with Keir S communications was that he would make a speech, then take Qs and the broadcast journalists in particular would make it more about them and their “take” than him. If and when he becomes PM Burnham will be answerable to Parliament, not the showbiz style media coverage of politics. The blah factory will go into overdrive today with journalists interviewing each other about how they ought to be allowed to ask Qs. The speech itself is more important than anything they say before during or after. Setting the agenda vital from the off.

@Callum96__ @campbellclaret Haha, you're right of course - I still think he's up to the job, and he needs to fend off accusations of just riding into town and taking the top job without any scrutiny

@sookio @campbellclaret I think that would be totally fine if the focus were on scrutinising policy. Instead, it’ll be: “Should there be a g election?”, “A senior Labour source said…”, “X from X said this about Miliband”, and an unhinged question from the Sun / GB News on some random r wing conspiracy

Don't know who came up with National Theatre Live, but the fact that you can see the best performances from the finest acting talent...local to you and for just the cost of a cinema ticket... is just brilliant, isn't it. I've seen loads of things I never would have made a special trip to see otherwise

Happy that the For You algorithm is serving me up PJ Harvey and clips from The Cure's recent live gigs, rather than wall-to-wall arguments and people reliving various airline-seating traumas

@cureation I think that song makes me even happier today than it did when I was 16

Just Like Heaven - Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 26th of June🔥

@angiefuz @hoffman_noa Why would you employ women if you knew you'd have to give them 7 weeks' extra paid leave a year - it's so obviously unworkable

@sookio @hoffman_noa As I said- crazy! We’ve spent all our careers trying to get actual equality in the workplace and this just doesn’t help! Even all the female bosses I’ve worked for would bin this idea! Compassion for any debilitating health issue yes, but not this!

EXCL: The Green Party is considering giving ‘all workers who menstruate’ an additional 36 days’ paid leave a year, The Spectator can reveal. Under the proposals, businesses would be forced to allow staff to take three days off every month during menstruation. Employees would not have to present a doctor’s note, and the time off would not be recorded as sickness absence or deducted from annual leave. The plan is laid out in a motion for Green Party Conference. The motion - which specifically refers to ‘workers who menstruate’ rather than ‘women’ - has been submitted by a male party member. It could become official party policy in October this year.