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Matthew d'Ancona
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Editor at large THE NEW WORLD; Contributing Editor, @prospect_uk; Podcast @the2Matts with Matt Kelly Thurs/Sun. Visiting research fellow @QMUL
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Jun 26, 2019
    RIP John Edward William d’Ancona CB (May 28, 1935-June 24, 2019). Beloved husband, father, grandfather, public servant, footballer, and patriot. He played for Newcastle and rose to the heights of Whitehall. But love of family came first. There was nobody like you, Dad. Thank you.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    May 25, 2022
    Just so I understand it: it was absolutely fine to say farewell to Number Ten officials in person. But not for families to say farewell to their dying relatives in person?
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Aug 12, 2022
    This is the book. It’s fantastic. Read it tonight. Defend its author’s freedom to write and publish it without apology or compromise.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    May 27, 2020
    An error to bench the brilliant @maitlis. Absolutely nothing she said was incorrect. ⁦@BBCNewsnight⁩ is a magazine programme, not a news bulletin. It is not a breach of impartiality to speak the truth incisively. This is no time to go wobbly.
    Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks
    From theguardian.com
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Oct 14, 2019
    Lest we forget: deal or no deal, Brexit is a rubbish idea.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    May 23, 2020
    Was thinking of staying put this evening, but not sure I can face the 250-mile drive.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Aug 19, 2019
    Notice the speed with which Number Ten has tried to turn the Yellowhammer leak into a process/faction story - who leaked it, and why? Don’t be distracted. All eyes on the content. If there’s a fire, who cares about who sounded the alarm?
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Dec 16, 2018
    Imagine what it must be like being Jeremy Corbyn. To face the most broken, delapidated and fragmented government in living memory and yet not have a clear poll lead. Good job he has a nice big cult to tell him he’s perfect.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    May 17, 2019
    This is where we are. This is where we live. Happy now, all you nativists, take-back-controllers, supposed-somewheres, sovereignty-not-racism-bullshit-merchants?
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Jun 12, 2019
    It’s the applause that is really worrying.
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Aug 8, 2020
    You know a government is in deep trouble when it very publicly turns its fire on migrants in dinghies.
    thetimes.com
    Migrant boats may be blocked in Channel
    Ministers are considering blocking migrant boats in the Channel before they can enter British waters in an increasingly desperate effort to stem the rising number of crossings.The approach, modelled...
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Mar 7, 2019
    What would it actually take for the Brexiteers to acknowledge that 'Project Fear' might conceivably be 'Project Justified Anxiety About Imminent Olympic-class, Ocean-going National Fuck-Up'?
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Oct 14, 2023
    You would never guess from today’s protests that - only a week ago - more Jews were murdered than on any day since the Holocaust. Or that a great many brutally abducted Israelis, of all ages, still languish in captivity. What is the matter with us?
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    Matthew d'Ancona
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    Feb 18, 2022
    I look forward to the day when somebody will explain to me how this is, in any meaningful use of the word, fair.
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    Emily Kreps
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    Feb 18, 2022
    500 free final @IvyLeague championships: Lia Thomas, formerly of the @PennSwimDive men's team, won by over 7 seconds. You can hardly see the other women swimming at the far end of the pool by the time the race is over. For the women, "it was a race for second place."
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