Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3muabmrymrk27This can’t be real, surely?29 Aug 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muabmrymrk27https://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mua5ffssi22eAnyone happen to know at what point, if you're filling in an HMRC self-assessment income tax form ONLINE (rainy day job!), you claim professional subs? Found it last year but I can't find the effing bit on the online return anywhere now. I know it's box 19 on the paper form but that doesn't help. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/f2/e3/wbLmVTO2.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=H3I6YItCmijucZC&webm=RD4aMXoG9iN7cKW29 Aug 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5ffssi22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu7hgnhr2c2tI think @robfordmancs.bsky.social has convinced me - and not just because, like him, @psurridge.bsky.social snd @drjennings.bsky.social, I could probably do with a year or two before tackling "The British General Election of 202?" https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/snap-election-not-worth-the-risk-for-andy-burnham29 Aug 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7hgnhr2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu7fochon22d"The children’s educational programme host said her initial redundancy offer was 10 months’ salary for the use of her face, voice and likeness in perpetuity. She eventually settled on a five-year contract, one year’s salary and veto rights." https://www.ft.com/content/7117ff02-d495-4936-8f05-fa73a7a5c66929 Aug 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7fochon22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu7b6lvrtc2sAfrica accidentally in tarmac - pity about Madagascar.29 Aug 2026 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7b6lvrtc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu67q5ndmk2xNow feeling smug for convincing Mrs Tim it would be every bit as bad as the trailer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu67q5ndmk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu54daibak2w"Where you stand", as they say, "is where you sit"! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu54daibak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu5houw4bk23Very useful, as per from @ukandeu.bsky.social https://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-collapse-in-immigration/28 Aug 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5houw4bk23https://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu54daibak2w"Where you stand", as they say, "is where you sit"! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu54daibak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu2i6rvwdk2a"If Labour’s strategy is essentially to do what Starmer did, but with better comms and more social-media dopamine, it will get the same result as he did." @chakrabortty.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/27/does-nigel-farage-know-what-people-really-think-of-him-i-do-and-he-wont-like-it27 Aug 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2i6rvwdk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu2i6rvwdk2a"If Labour’s strategy is essentially to do what Starmer did, but with better comms and more social-media dopamine, it will get the same result as he did." @chakrabortty.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/27/does-nigel-farage-know-what-people-really-think-of-him-i-do-and-he-wont-like-it27 Aug 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2i6rvwdk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timbale.bsky.social/post/3mu2byaia6k24#BACO (Burnham always chickens out)? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/26/andy-burnham-undemocratic-first-past-the-post-system-labour27 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2byaia6k24