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stephenkb.bsky.social • 6 days ago

The week I left the Telegraph, Putin invaded Crimea.
The week I left the New Statesman, Putin invaded the rest of Ukraine.
Subscribe to my newsletter, none of us wants to find out what happens if I have to leave the FT: https://www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics

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chelseachemist1.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is a hell of an opening gambit for your next salary negotiations Stephen

miladylilburn.bsky.social•6 days ago

So hadn't you better stay at the FY to prevent him invading anywhere else (except the USA of course)?

miladylilburn.bsky.social•6 days ago

*FT!

stephencobden.bsky.social•6 days ago

My father had an unerring knack for leaving a country a year before something dramatic happened. Left the US a year before they invaded Iraq. Egypt before the Arab spring. Sofia? A year later Communism fell. Bombay: the year before Indira Ghandi's assassination...

labourbusiness.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh no! Not another thing to get anxious about!

jumilhac.bsky.social•6 days ago

I was born on the same day of the same year as ………..(wait for it)……… Christine Keeler!!!!!!

beagare.bsky.social•6 days ago

I visited S. Ossetia (went right up to the Roki tunnel entrance) - 2 weeks later the Russians invaded Georgia. We clearly all share the blame 😉

konallis.bsky.social•6 days ago

'The last time I trusted a dame was in Paris in 1940. She said she was going out to get a bottle of wine. Two hours later, the Germans marched into France.'
- Sam Diamond, Murder by Death

emmahaslett.bsky.social•6 days ago

For quite a while, every time I went on holiday abroad there was a terror attack in London. Londoners: I've got a couple of holidays planned this year.

bowser1805.bsky.social•6 days ago

I moved house on 24 June 2016

danirussell.bsky.social•6 days ago

Please don’t leave the FT! I always look forward to reading your insights each morning (ofc nothing to do with the fact it coincides with my next coffee ☕️ of the day!) 😀

stephenkb.bsky.social•6 days ago

Very kind of you - don't worry, I don't want to!

educhazan.bsky.social•6 days ago

We have finally found the real culprit!

gillybee66.bsky.social•6 days ago

😭😭

treeoftea.bsky.social•6 days ago

🫡

winchesterlunch.bsky.social•6 days ago

Stephen "art of the deal" Bush

tensegrityfan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ummm…. I’m sure you’re going to be able to explain it to me in ways I currently don’t comprehend.

But how does a journalist go from the Telegraph, to The New Statesman, to the FT?

How does that even work?

nigelingledew.bsky.social•6 days ago

The week I was born, Russ Conway shot to Number 1 with Side Saddle. Frankly, he's not given me the recognition I deserve.

georgebas5.bsky.social•6 days ago

Will clicking subscribe trigger WW3? The day I was in the FT, Penny Mordaunt said she’d help fix the cost of living crisis. Happy to report she’s done a great job: https://www.ft.com/content/af633a2e-3e46-4eaa-9173-167b87dc8c3e

fairlysadpanda.bsky.social•6 days ago

invalid-handle.com•6 days ago

It’s on my list for my birthday this year.

A newsletter subscription that is. Not another invasion. That would be weird

jeremyhead.bsky.social•6 days ago

Glad you left the Telegraph. It's lurch right has been horrible to watch ☹️

jeremyhead.bsky.social•6 days ago

Its... Damn auto-incorrect

laura-elseplace.bsky.social•6 days ago

For a while, my holiday trips were a little time-delay-destructive… flew to US on flight PA103 a year before it blew up over Lockerbie… enjoyed the Staten Island Ferry a year before it crashed spectacularly killing iirc 12… & other smaller incidents…!

Just so you know- watch out for Dorset in July!

astroclassicist.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9M34DzAKo

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