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Rachel Cunliffe

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Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea

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@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:38 PM

Yes - given that, prior to the British arriving (before Argentina was a country) the islands were uninhabited. Unless you count penguins. And to my knowledge the penguins were not allowed to vote in the referendum

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:28 PM

Cf Chagos Islands

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:20 AM

Umm, the people who actually live there care rather a lot…

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:49 PM

I think I saw that production! My cousin was a singing dormouse

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:13 PM

I would 100% watch this

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:42 PM

Yes! We tell her this a lot! Cat dragon, sitting on her pile of cosy warms

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:09 PM

Nightmare scenario

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:32 AM

That’s exactly what she’s been doing!

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:07 AM

I have on occasion fed cat food to a sad and hungry fox that showed up at the back door (yes I know I know, don’t shout at me). So maybe it’s that? Then again, I know someone who ate dog ice cream once because the packaging was so similar to the human version of that brand. Apparent it was not nice

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:01 AM

At least someone is happy #caturday

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:00 AM

And yet, the more you feed them and let them and make them feel loved, the more furniture scratches you acquire!

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:30 AM

There should be a word for the specific type of disappointment when you realise that yes you do have some biscuits in the cupboard, but unfortunately they are biscuits for cats

@philtinline.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:53 PMReposted by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social

Kind of imagining that guy in 2042, suddenly bereft when his kid leaves home for college, realising his terrible selfishness, and calling the kid for a chat. And eventually realising he's talking to a chatbot they've trained in vengeance.

@katebevan.comOct 9, 2026, 11:53 AMReposted by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social

"Many of us were persuaded not to campaign" - so basically you all abdicated any responsibility to step up and provide the leadership your actual leader was ducking.

@newstatesman1913.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:59 AMReposted by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social

The Green Party has urgent work to do, writes @carolinelucas.bsky.social

The "Zionism is racism" motion crossed a very significant red line

@anooshc.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:02 AMReposted by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social

Very sleep-deprived and surrounded by by-election count detritus, here's the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
podcast on-the-whistle of the Holborn & St Pancras result with @meganekenyon.bsky.social, @benwalker.org.uk and our valiant producers @roblemare.bsky.social and Biba Kang!

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

Quite a few look (or looked) Green friendly after the locals, around east London. I always thought his plan was to pick one of those for the next GE

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:58 AM

Not for definite, and that’s my point. I thought he’d get a free pass for this one because it’s not an obviously easy seat for the Greens - any Green - to win. That was before the ZiR debacle. But if he gets a run at a better Green seat and loses, he’s toast

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:53 AM

What a book!

@rmcunliffe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:51 AM

Yeah. Dislodging him is going to be hard. My prediction was always that he’d get a second shot at a London seat, and if he fluffs that then the MPs would turn on him and the pressure would reach a tipping point

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