Lovely to see this being shared (I used part of this wonderful tribute as my dedication to Shoshana for #PoliticsOnTheEdge )

Mostly to annoy Rory Stewart- here is Wadi Rum at sunset tonight.

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𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢🇧🇪 Carlisle United probably

𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢🇧🇪 Carlisle United no one hates us (ignore my header)

𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢🇧🇪 Carlisle? Always one of the top supported clubs this year in League 1 even while being rock bottom. No rivals as we were the only cumbria league team for so long so I don't think Barrow really dislike us but I could be wrong. Maybe Scarborough hate us for Jimmy Glass?

Did Proto-Indo-Europeans really swear at the start of every word? Steppe life must have been tough I suppose

Packed The Rest Is Politics Q&A- media bias; cliches we hate; Sunak interview style; AfD non-person; Modi on Muslims; turnout; football regulator; Bertie Ahern; Rwanda again; Brexit again; and Rory Stewart name-drops Arsene Wenger alastaircampbell.org/2024/05/243-qu…

Next electoral cycle I might run for Police and Crime Commissioner on a platform of restoring authority over the appointment of Constables to PARISH VESTRIES and bringing back BEADLES

Rory Stewart the light we are detecting now is as old as Atilla the Hun, I think that’s neat to reflect on

Rory Stewart Crazy to think it has taken the length of time from the Spartan Earthquake in 464AD to now for the light waves to reach us.

Rory Stewart .. which just makes the Italian's scientist Enrico Fermi's comment 'Where is everybody?' even more prevalent surely .. ?!

Rory Stewart Light years make distances sound big, so astronomers use 'parsecs' instead. 1,560 lights years is only 478 parsecs - less than half a kiloparsec. Astronomically that's not far at all! By comparison, the nearest galaxy is ~780 kiloparsecs away.

Rory Stewart I can’t really comprehend numbers of that magnitude even though at university I studied maths, physics and chemistry. I often have to remind myself that 30,000 days would be a good life expectancy for most people.(82 years)

A world first. An indoor Tree of the Day, a beautiful artwork inside the office of 🇬🇷 PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. I really want one Fiona Millar Xmas idea. Runner up outside next to EU flag and 🥉 orange tree in the street. Another great interview for ⁦The Rest Is Politics⁩ LEADING

When secret service intelligence should be used openly...and when it shouldn't...

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Another ringing endorsement! This time from none other than Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics. And don’t worry, ALASTAIR CAMPBELL, I won’t put it on a leaflet. I didn’t print any leaflets. (Unlike the Greens, I want to save the environment.) #BindependenceDay

Occupational Hazards - on my time on the ground in Iraq - and one of the books I’m most proud of - and found most challenging to think about - is now on Kindle - 99p for this month…

Rory Stewart Can we have it in London buses, please?