Personal account of Rt Hon. Jim Murphy, CEO @ArdenStrategies and lots of other things.
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🧵What does it feel like to be elected as a new MP as part of a landslide victory?
Here are 17 lessons and tips for the new MPs arriving in Westminster today, based on my memories of being elected unexpectedly for the first time in that 1997 win.
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Arrived at Sky for the rehearsal for tonight’s live show of the War Game Aftermath.
Sharing a changing room with the ‘PM’
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This week I make my TV drama debut.
It’s the Wargame on Sky.
There was no script for the show, it’s entirely spontaneous across the four days of filming - and the four episodes.
It’s a low likelihood, huge impact scenario. No plot spoilers.
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Jim Murphy retweeted
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Our volunteers give their time freely to help those with nowhere else to turn. No one should face violence for showing compassion.
Please share this post to help us identify the individual and support the police investigation. Thank you for your continued support.
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At last, the final one of my videos on understanding Andy Burnham.
This one’s on his foreign policy approach.
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Andy Burnham will be the first social media literate PM in our history. But…
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Is Andy Burnham more left wing than some of his Labour predecessors?
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What is Manchesterism?
Will it survive being in government?
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This is Andy Burnham’s irreducible core?
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There are four things in Andy Burnham’s cultural and emotional hinterland.
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Andy Burnham is the most French of British politicians.
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10 things to know about Andy Burnham as PM
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Five things he to watch out for in the Defence Investment Plan
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This was fun and challenging to film.
And was enjoyable being on the same side as @NicolaSturgeon for only the second time in our lives (Remain)…
No plot spoilers. 4-part drama to run for 4 consecutive nights in September.
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Just a sense of sadness that is what I feel.
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Here’s why the current Labour leadership disputes will make ministers bolder.
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West Wing or The Thick Of It?
My take via the BBC on current events.
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