Dan Bloom
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Senior Playbook author for Politico - in inboxes at 7am Mon-Fri. Often drowsy.
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https://www.politico.eu/london-playbook 12-10-2009 16:08:38
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My insanely talented friend Caroline Crampton's book about hypochondria is Radio 4's Book of the Week — ranging from searingly honest accounts of her illness to the C17th Parisian glassmaker who was convinced his buttocks were broken. Definitely worth your time
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
NEW: I went to Japan, ate loads of noodles and wrote about how post-Trump & post-Brexit the UK and Japan have become best buds
Featuring Alessio Patalano, 小林 麻紀 KOBAYASHI MAKI, Yuichi Hosoya 細谷雄一, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦, Nigel Farage, Kazuto Suzuki and tons more
politico.eu/article/how-br…
V interesting story from Eleni Courea
Forget 80-20 (defend 80 gain 20) — CCHQ is quietly looking at defensive action in around 200 Tory seats
theguardian.com/politics/artic…
Great work by Aggie Chambre on one of the most confounding stories I’ve worked on — the Westminster honeytrap scandal
open.spotify.com/episode/4xJ9ir…
Dominic Cummings has given his first newspaper interview since leaving government to i newspaper.
Jordan Tyldesley reveals:
🗳️ his plans to smash the two-party system
🇷🇺 his view on how Putin sees the west
🔟 why 'the only MP who has real power is the PM'
Read: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Dominic Cummings running focus groups for 'The Startup Party.' Top scoop from Stefan Boscia:
politico.eu/article/domini…
EXC: Backlash over Natalie Elphicke defection
Seven female Labour MPs tell us they are unhappy at her admission, one left in tears by the news.
w/Aggie Chambre
politico.eu/article/tory-n…
👀 Rachel Reeves in Dec 2022: 'Natalie Elphicke - when Rashford missed a penalty her tweet was 'if he spent more time on football rather than trying to get free school meals for our kids maybe he'd be better'?
'F*** off!'
(h/t Tom Larkin)
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…