Hugo Rifkind

“It’s so nice to support a politician who is too young to have been friends with Jeffrey Epstein,” says Gianmarco Soresi, a stand-up comic who hosted the October rally in upper Manhattan.

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Oh come on. We're covering PMQs live and in the middle of it he puts on a poppy. That's legitimately amusing. We also, btw, admitted that none of us were wearing them, either.

We must love the country we are How to make the most of an ageing society

Loving your country means loving it as it is — not as you wish it were.

Britain is getting old. Instead of fearing it, we should lead the world in how to live longer, better.

My new piece on making the most of an ageing society is out.

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Good to meet you!

Times Radio on X: "“They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50" / X “They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50

Crossposting this, from @thetimes.com and @hugorifkind.bsky.social, who asked excellent questions about The Immortalists today. Positively a pleasure! Thank you!

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Shame it's only 3.01 mins long.

Ok now he's playing a cover of Another Girl, Another Planet and the dads are fucking loving it.

In better news, there's absolutely no queue at the bar.

Deteriorating scenes at this Finn Wolfhard gig in Brixton as a zealous security guard won't let a knackered accompanying dad even older than me sit on the floor.

It’s the despair that’s going to kill us Time to cheer up

My hero is a farmer, not a duck. Which will only make sense if you read this new piece by me, the start of a new substack which I am bravely calling How To Run A Country.

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Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…

It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.

It's a retaliation for the recognition of Palestine, clearly. And pathetic.

Immoral, grim and pathetic.

Actually, I think I did once know that. Thank you for the reminder.

Today's super-speedy How To Win... from Liverpool, following Keir Starmer's speech. pod.fo/e/334474

Politics Unpacked Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or ...

Today's Politics Unpacked is our latest focus group of disillusioned Labour voters. Worth a listen, not only for just how glum they are, but also for the strong steer that the one thing that would keep them voting Labour is the prospect of getting Reform instead. podfollow.com/politics-unp...

I've got nothing. But I hope you're right.

Utter, utter mea culpa. It's a podcast designed to extract people's expertise rather than to hold them to account, and that distinction is very important to why it works. But there are times where I really ought to shift gear, and this was one of them.

Latest How To Win.... with added Jeremy Hunt. Really enjoyed this one. Very candid and funny on the timely matter of how it feels when you're in a government that is falling apart.

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Thank you too! Really did want to hit the universal thru the very specific weirdness, so that is much appreciated.

Thank you Tom!

Column. On Elon Musk's appropriation of George Orwell.

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I'm trying

Music | Dame Andrea Jenkyns Andrea Jenkyns Songs, Dame Andrea is a soprano who loves singing Classical Crossover and Musical Theatre. She has been singing since her childhood. She self-released her own album which she co-wrote, ...

Ok, so there's this, but it mentions no band and is about as rock as Katherine Jenkins.
www.dameandreajenkyns.com/music

My hunch would be that she didn't really get his music, but thought his politics were a big plus.

Search cuts, all I can see is that she used to be in a Tory MP group called "House of Cerulean" which descended into in-fighting because they didn't all like Eric Clapton. Which is somewhat on-brand. But I feel I need the origin story to understand whether she was the pro or anti Clapton faction.

Anyone?

I find I have an unlimited appetite for further information about the "rock group" Andrea Jenkyns used to be in.

Our Week: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

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