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14 Aug, 8 tweets, 1 min read
Came up with these for the @CPSThinkTank weekly quiz but thought they deserved a wider audience. Each is an anagram of a well-known MP...
Some easy/prominent ones to start:

HAM ICE GLOVE
ZIT SLURS
JOBS HONOR SIN
RAISIN HUSK
HARMS KOALA
Getting a bit harder...

MEDIA BLIND
REMARKS TIRE (or MR STRAINER)
ODD WOLVERINE (or WOODEN DRIVEL)
LEAVERS CHEER
MINOR FART
A bit rude...

JOCOSE GERM BAG
ANALLY ROAM
REVEALS IS HITLER
SMEARY HEAT
ME TERRIBLY HORNY
Two more to go...

GRISLY CHAGRIN
ME CRAVES JELLY
COVERT PEYOTE
SHAMANIC DIN UNIT
BIONIC DRAMA
And finally...

DANDELION SEEDS
MAFIA LIMBO
BACKHOE DENIM
CHEERY TOFFEES
BARON SWINDLE
OK, one last round:

RACIAL COUNSEL
WANTON REPOSE
MUTATED THONG
GRAPHS PANTS
PUNY ADORNMENT
Yes, I did spend way too much time on this, thanks for asking.

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Question for Keir Starmer - when he says we can cut 'the substantial majority of our emissions' by the end of this decade, does he mean 'more than half'? If so, can I have some of whatever he's smoking? Image
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My column is on how working from home is becoming political, and the growing gap between what workers and bosses want. But I also expose (yet another) issue with govt guidance thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…
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Tweeting the answers to my Olympic quiz from here - spoilers beyond this point obvs.
1) What is the Olympic motto? (Either in Latin or English). Bonus point: which word was added to it this year? FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER - CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS. (BONUS: TOGETHER/COMMUNITER)

2) How many gold medals did Steve Redgrave win in consecutive Games? FIVE (1984-2000)
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4) The rowing lake for the London 2012 Olympics is owned by which school? ETON
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30 Jul
For all Olympics fans, have just set this as the @CPSThinkTank weekly quiz, and thought others might be interested in trying it. 20 fiendish Olympic questions, plus tiebreaker... answers in separate thread which I'll link to at the end.
1) What is the Olympic motto? (Either in Latin or English). Bonus point: which word was added to it this year?
2) How many gold medals did Steve Redgrave win in consecutive Games?
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Here's my column today. Annoyingly, I made a mistake in it. It's worth explaining why, because it shows how messed up policy on self-isolation really is. thetimes.co.uk/article/all-th…
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As we've pointed out, this seems a cumbersome, bureaucratic, economy-destroying, Whitehall-knows-best approach.
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