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Simon Clarke

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Simon Clarke

@SirSimonClarke

Director @ukonward

Joined August 2013

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Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
Jul 13
As I said last night - Kemi means business x.com/sirsimonclarke…
Jason Groves
@JasonGroves1
Jul 13
NEW: Theresa May's former chief of staff loses the Tory whip after 'slagging off' Kemi Badenoch's efforts to toughen the partys stance on human rights and net zero dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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Guido Fawkes
@GuidoFawkes
6h
A few highlights from Matthew McGregor's now-deleted account below.
Guido Fawkes
@GuidoFawkes
6h
Burnham’s Incoming No10 Strategy Chief Deletes X Account order-order.com/2026/07/17/bur…
Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
9h
Absolutely - there are so many examples of @ZiaYusufUK whipping up hatred - here’s just one he threw at me. He has personally been a key driver of the further toxification of British politics since the last election.
Giles Dilnot
@reporterboy
Jul 15
Zia Yusuf is the very last person with a leg to stand on calling out people for creating ‘hostility’ - he’s been doing that on steroids 24/7 towards political opponents for the last two years since he left his membership of the Conservative Party in August 2024.
Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
12h
Reform are not economically centre-right. Nationalisation has been shown so many times in so many sectors to be the road only to industrial decline, lack of competitiveness and huge bills for British taxpayers.
Reform UK
@reformparty_uk
Jul 16
Reform UK has said it all along. We need to nationalise British steel and protect British workers. 🇬🇧
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Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Jul 16
Late to this but a really lovely and very moving tribute to Ann Widdecombe from @GHWTowler gawaintowler.substack.com/p/the-kindness…
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Mr Memory
@AmIRightSir
Jul 16
Replying to @AmIRightSir
Former head of the British Army Sir Patrick Sanders becomes a Conservative peer - other than those who also became Chief of the Defence Staff, he is the 2nd Chief of the General Staff to be made a peer (after Lord Dannatt) since the role was renamed in 1964
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Middlesbrough FC
@Boro
Jul 15
Good luck to Morgan, Djed and the rest of the Three Lions in tonight’s World Cup semi-final! 🦁 Bring it home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
@England
Jul 15
Ready for Argentina! 👊
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Steve Hawkes
@steve_hawkes
Jul 15
Imagine after the Labour victory in 2024 believing that Keir Starmer would be out two years later and Kemi Badenoch’s star would be rising as much as it evidently is.
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Kemi Badenoch
@KemiBadenoch
Jul 15
🚨When asked about new taxes, Andy Burnham said “at some point that might be having to ask for a little more"🚨 Andy Burnham isn't even Prime Minister yet but he's already talking about raising your taxes AGAIN. We are heading for another summer of chaos with Labour obsessing
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Harry Phibbs
@harryph
Jul 15
Insane. Andy Burnham putting up a giant message to wealth creators saying: “Leave the country while you still can.”
Steven Swinford
@Steven_Swinford
Jul 15
Breaking: Andy Burnham refuses to rule out a wealth tax as he says that people may have to pay 'a little bit more' in tax because of the state of the public finances He told @GaryLineker that he doesn't want to 'create new divisions' or to 'be perceived as somebody who's coming
Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
Jul 15
Really good from @Telegraph - the world situation is becoming progressively very serious indeed.
Richard Holmes 🕵🏻‍♂️
@Richard_AHolmes
Jul 15
This should serve as a severe wake up call. China is building models of US naval bases and fighter jets to test long-range weapons and new AI systems as part of preparations to take control of Taiwan. China’s military has also built to-scale models of Taiwan’s presidential
Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
Jul 15
Congratulations @LiamHalligan! Look forward to working together 👍
Centre for Policy Studies
@CPSThinkTank
Jul 15
The Centre for Policy Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Liam Halligan as its next Director. A leading economist, columnist and broadcaster, Liam takes up the role on 14 September, staying on as a Sunday Telegraph columnist and Planet Normal co-host along the
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Anna Firth
@Anna_Firth
Jul 15
This is so important. Great to see @ukonward taking a lead on this.
Simon Clarke
@SirSimonClarke
Jul 14
A great column in @CityAM today from Norbert Sobolak of @ukonward on why the plans @KemiBadenoch has set out to rejuvenate the City are so exciting and important👇 cityam.com/kemi-badenochs…
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Luke Tryl
@LukeTryl
Jul 15
Replying to @LukeTryl
Diverging fortunes in leader approvals. Badenoch has positive net approval for the first time on +3, the first party leader to do so since summer 2024 & tying with Burnham. But Farage drops to his lowest approval since the election -24. Davey is -6, Polanski -19, Starmer -42.