Tom Larkin
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Tom Larkin
@TomLarkinObs
Head of @ObserverUK TV, making all things video. Ex Sky News.
London, England เข้าร่วม Nisan 2009
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Some personal/professional news: today is my last day at the IFS. There’s nowhere else I’d rather have spent the last nine years and leaving is such a wrench. But it’s time for something new, and I’m excited to be joining The Observer as Economics Editor from 7 April.
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EXCL: A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for family of ultra-secretive Kazakhstan-born billionaire is man behind £200K of donations to Reform UK
John “Bill” Simpson would not discuss the source of funds when reached by phone last week
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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A truly insane twist in the Salt Path story.
Raynor Winn seemingly wrote a confession letter admitting to stealing tens of thousands of pounds from her own mother and her in-laws. It left them struggling to pay their rent.
Winn said she was 'addicted' to theft.
The Observer@ObserverUK
Don't look for the money, I've taken it all' @chloehadj on Raynor Winn's alleged confession that she stole from her family. Watch more revelations in The Salt Path Scandal on @skytv, Monday 9pm, and read the full story on our website: bit.ly/4rWQ0IX
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Did Keir Starmer give land to his parents via a trust, guaranteeing their estate, of which he was beneficiary, would never pay inheritance tax on its eventual value?
Legal experts say yes.
Curiously No10 will not answer - despite having a list of straightforward questions for weeks and Starmer retaining a leading tax KC following our original approach.
@DanNeidle, @manumidolo, @venetiamenzies and I have done our detective work regardless. Read the Sunday Times and Tax Policy Associates tomorrow to find out more!
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Can't wait to get to party conference so I can buy my 'choosing a path of renewal towards a fairer country' merch.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Together, we are choosing a path of renewal towards a fairer country.
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EXC: Sky News / Times YouGov polling projection
Reform UK 15 seats short of an overall majority
WATCH:
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NEW: Morgan McSweeney received a £50k donation for Labour Together on the *same day* he was warned he had a legal duty to declare his funding. He never declared it and years later the think tank later claimed it was an ‘admin error’ mol.im/a/15135739
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Are you smart, creative and racked with dread that your employer's strategic errors could leave you unemployed? Or maybe just fancy a new challenge?
Come join the new Observer video team!
We're looking for a video producer and a motion gfx designer: observer.co.uk/careers
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My DMs are open for legitimate enquiries from anyone not mad/shilling crypto
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Confession. I publicly opposed @ObserverUK leaving the Guardian stable. I now think I was wrong. It’s done really well. Today I have especially enjoyed Rachel Sylvester on ECHR and @kenanmalik on violence weaponised in the culture wars. And more to come.
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Letter in The Observer today.
“I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”
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Incredible @SamCoatesSky scoop. To appoint Mandelson, Starmer ignored:
- 2 previous resignations for financial impropriety
- A well-publicised friendship with the world's most notorious paedophile
- AND warnings from his own security services
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76% of extremist-related killings in the last decade have been committed by right-wingers. 4% by leftists.
Trump, Musk and co are trying to paint political violence as just a left issue. It's not even close to true.
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issuing correction on a previous post of mine. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
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Growing evidence that Starmer's only savvy political appointment has been making his US Ambassador the one guy in the world who wrote creepier stuff to Epstein than Trump.
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Growing evidence that Starmer's only savvy political appointment has been making his US Ambassador the one guy in the world who wrote creepier stuff to Epstein than Trump.
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Wild to have a 4 point swing against you off the back of a conference that was definitely a triumph with no massive glaring fuck-ups
Stefan Boscia@Stefan_Boscia
NEW: Weekly YouGov voting intention poll for The Times/Sky News Reform goes backward after party conference RFM 27% (-2) LAB 22% (+2) CON 17% (=) LDEM 15% (=) GRN 10% (+2)
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To the swarm of conspiracy theorists still replying to this, I accept that trying to argue with you using evidence might be a little optimistic.
But you are simply wrong if you think the views of your echo chamber represent the UK -
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Big support on crank Twitter for me being an out-of-touch 'libtard' because I said the positions on vaccines, climate change and Lucy Connolly promoted at Reform conference are wildly unpopular with the public. So are they right? Short answer: no. Long answer below 🧵
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If the aim of Reform conference was to look like a 'normal' electable party, it was surely a total disaster.
- Anti-vax quack on main stage linking King's cancer to covid jab
- Lucy Connolly, guilty of stirring racial hatred, hailed as a hero
- Climate change deniers sponsoring events
- Andrea Jenkyns doing Stars in Their Eyes (less bad, just mad)
This stuff is popular with a niche on X but not with the public. Can Farage win an election if it looks like he's leading a party of cranks?
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