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Paul Scully

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Paul Scully

@scullyp

Former MP & Minister for London, Small Business & Technology. Back to the real world of work

Sutton, UK

Joined November 2008

Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 16
Another fan comment on @LBC whilst doing Cross Questions and sharing my view on the absurdity of keeping the pension triple lock. @SimonMarksFSN did tell me afterwards that the subject matter was an emotive ones for listeners! Anyway, thanks for the feedback James!
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 15
Feels like everyone is rushing to a ban on social media for young people. I agree with Ian Russell of @mollyroseorg that this looks rushed for political reasons after such a short consultation. Disappointingly, Conservatives will be happy to support having pushed it first 1/10
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 15
Replying to @scullyp
It's a popular policy but that doesn't make it right. My children are grown up so I don't have personal experience of such pressures, but that gives me a chance to take a step back just as I did with the gambling white paper, trying to balance benefits vs harm 9/10
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 15
Bans should be a last resort, not first. Social media needs a robust response to further avoid the rot that is undoubtedly developing but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Yes, let children be children, but a ban removes any room for education & moderation /END
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 9
London Tech week is on; the shop window for the UK. Day 1, the PM bollocks the social media giants; day 2, the Tech SoS fuels talk against Palantir. Important issues but where's the call as to why bother with the UK? A UK Playbook for tech investment is needed now more than ever
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 8
There's a saying in politics, "Never ask a question for which you don't already know the answer." This is "Never threaten US tech companies with deep pockets, unless you know they're already launching an answer to your demands."
Calum Macdonald
@CalumAM
Jun 8
NEW: Apple is currently announcing many of the child-safety features the Prime Minister asked tech companies to implement *this morning.* Apple’s WWDC keynote is pre-recorded, in California.
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 5
x.com/i/status/20625… selective quotes have even been outlawed for theatre reviews. Reform don't like it when they are quoted selectively but double down when they twist something for their own benefit. There's plenty of real debating points. Just be better.
Robert Jenrick
@RobertJenrick
Jun 2
Kemi Badenoch: “I don’t want to hear” white lives matter. Keir Starmer: “There’s no such thing as two-tier policing”. Never have politicians been so out of touch with the people they’re paid to represent.
Readers added context
This post selectively quotes Kemi Badenoch. Her full statement criticized identity politics from all sides, stating: "I don’t want to hear about Black Lives Matter. I don’t want to hear about White Lives Matter. We all matter." telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/0…
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Hanbaobao
@HanbaoDynasty
Jun 3
Replying to @tnewtondunn
Just remember a story he told about his wife. Before they married she knew he was a spy, she told him that she couldn't marry a man who could be so secretive with his own mother and that he had to tell her that her son was a spy. So he did, and his mother said, so was I.
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 3
So basically a local hustings on national television based on national vote share and ignoring a major local issue: the constituency polls. Just pull the programme. It's a ridiculous premise and another self-inflicted wound for the BBC.
Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
Jun 3
Replying to @PolitlcsUK
A BBC spokesperson said: "There are 14 candidates in the Makerfield by-election on the 18 June. Question Time has invited five parties to take part in our debate in the constituency based - as is always the case - on their past and current electoral support. The programme will
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 3
BBC are either putting a local hustings onto national TV, or giving Andy Burnham a boost as the only currently nationally recognised politician on the panel and are leaving themselves open again, given they've forgotten about the candidate currently polling 3rd
BBC Question Time
@bbcquestiontime
Jun 2
Join Question Time for a Makerfield By-Election Special On the panel: Andy Burnham, Michael Winstanley, Jake Austin, Sarah Wakefield, and Robert Kenyon Thurs 4th June at 9pm on @BBCiPlayer, @BBCSounds, and the @BBCNews channel Apply now: eu.castitreach.com/ag/mentorn/que… #bbcqt
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 3
and of course the Restore candidate isn't the only one left out. We demand @CountBinface
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
Jun 2
Do government ministers not back up their Whatsapp messages?
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Paul Scully
@scullyp
May 27
Amazing news about Crystal Palace. It's been a while since I was told as a young fan that they'd be the Team of the 80s. Now, European success to add to the FA cup and Community Shield.
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