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My Top 10 Elton John Songs

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By Matt Chorley Verified
| Substack
I have been off for a couple of weeks – pottering at home, and then pottering around the gorgeous town of Saltaire and surrounding Yorkshire countryside. It’s given me time to ponder something that I first mentioned on the radio a few weeks ago (and then on here), prompting emails and texts from people eager to help with compiling my Top 10 Elton John Songs. I have discounted all representations.
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The dangers of politicians being "too online" - or not online enough

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By Matt Chorley Verified
| Yahoo Singapore Verified
In early 2015, flower crowns started appearing on Ed Miliband's head. Petals and hearts were photoshopped on to the then-Labour leader by the "Milifandom", a movement of young, mostly female, voters sharing romanticised images on Twitter to protest against Miliband's "distorted media portrayal". It was the brainchild of Abby Tomlinson, a 17-year-old sixth-form student, who came to the defence of the man she called "Milibae". The hashtag #Milifandom trended. Then Labour lost the 2015 election.
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Are you a hot farmer?

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By Matt Chorley Verified
| Substack
Got a couple of weeks off now. Which I need to recover from the government emergency alarm arriving just as I was driving, alone, over Exmoor. Blaring out of my watch, and phone, simultaneously. And when I glanced at the screen, it was all in Welsh. Baffling. Anyway, stay safe and cool. WE LEARNED… how to pull a radio together at short notice: I had been in Exmouth for less than an hour, and had just taken a sip from my second pint, when the text arrived. The prime minister was not coming.
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