Elliot Bidgood
@ElliotBidgood
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Work in charity public affairs and campaigns. Also VP Public Relations for Manor House Speakers (@ToastmastersUKI club). All views are my own.
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Joined August 2011
Interesting from @HansardSociety on the wonderfully arcane MP resignation procedure (sadly the @chiltern_100s/@northsteadmanor accounts have fallen dormant), the vital #ArmedForcesBill and the potential of pre-legislative scrutiny.
NEW: Why can’t MPs just resign? 🤔 Why does leaving the House of Commons still involve the medieval-sounding Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead? We explain the history, legal fudges, and some remarkable episodes from the past. 🎧 Listen & subscribe
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📢 Help keep Veterans visible in the 2031 census The veteran question was first asked in England and Wales’ Census 2021, and Scotland’s Census 2022, following RBL’s successful ‘Count Them In’ campaign: https://t.co/E1EHQNqE9n 1/5
britishlegion.org.uk
Following a campaign by RBL and Poppyscotland, the Government will for the first time include a question on the Armed Forces in the next UK Census in 2021.
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Moira Rose taught us how to fall apart with dignity. Catherine O’Hara taught us how to build a career that peaks at 66. She started as a waitress at Second City Toronto. The director told her to keep waitressing. She replaced Gilda Radner anyway. For 50 years she played women
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Okay this is less worrying about Britain's entry.🇬🇧 #Eurovision2026
https://t.co/TjZh5Z6afH
🚨🇬🇧 NEW: A report in The Sun last night saying that the UK's 2026 #Eurovision act had been axed isn't exactly what it seems Full story with details for @EuroTripPodcast
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From Germany🇩🇪, "Fire" by Sarah Engels seems to be getting talked up and can see why, but "Wonderland" by Laura Nahr not bad. Engels also has a more stomp-clap song called "Keep You Safe", Nahr has a track called "Worst Day" that reminds of Remember Monday's "Laugh About It".
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Wow. Poor @bbceurovision team - can't be easy, but especially in less than 2 months. #Eurovision2026
thesun.co.uk
EUROVISION 2026 has been rocked by another scandal – this time after BBC bosses were forced to secretly axe the planned UK act. The Sun can reveal that the BBC were left with no choice b…
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Now found (with correct names)! Twitter can be a force for good - thank you all.
Please share: Did you serve in Kosovo in 1999? I’m trying to find the following gentlemen who saved a pair of young women in Kosovo. Sergeant Iain "Spike" Laidlaw Corporal Martin "Jock" Calder Lance Corporal John "Potts" Potts Private Gary "Robbo" Robertson Thank you for
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Ukraine. Kyiv, frozen but unbroken. A military choir sings a Jewish prayer on #HolocaustMemorialDay. Just listen! #StandWithUkraine
#WarmthForUkraine
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The best of the eight that are guaranteed for Norway's final - reminds of "Husavik" from the Eurovision movie. https://t.co/5PlU2I3zYC
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Even if this number is exaggerated, the brutality of the violence unleashed by the Iranian regime against its own people is beyond horrifying. This cannot, must not continue. - vía @TIME
https://t.co/KuJPLIppbu
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🕯️ Today, we recognise Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The King and Queen hosted a reception for Holocaust survivors and their families. During the reception, they viewed portraits of seven Holocaust survivors who had been
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. My grandfather arrived here as a refugee, a Holocaust survivor and helped build the life and the democracy I stand in. Now denial grows. Antisemitism shapeshifts into “debate,” into “what about,” into language that makes hatred feel normal. He was
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking over 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than
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Also, Sydney Sweeney being the spit of Amanda Seyfried but playing the role Seyfried could've played 10-15 years ago, with Seyfried playing a mum instead, was disorienting.
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Saw this yesterday, solid film. The twist about the bloke you can sense coming but not the specifics, although I didn't quite follow the Sweeney character's uncritical acceptance that it was fine for her to be thrown into a trap, with only the gardener pointing it out.
THE HOUSEMAID crossed $295M at the global box office this weekend. It’s now tracking to hit $350M+ worldwide, becoming the BIGGEST @Lionsgate movie since JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4.
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"Hush Hush" was catchy and a little Tate McRae-ish, figured it'd be a good entry for Lux. But this winner seems talented and the song is a bit indie, might grow on me. Neither as good as Laura Thorn with La poupee monte le son, mind, which got robbed. https://t.co/u4YCo2e7HF
After her victory at #LuxembourgSongContest2026, Eva Marija will represent to Luxembourg🇱🇺 at #Eurovision2026 with “Mother Nature“ 👇 https://t.co/vrBHxbVmVu Top 3: 🔹Eva Marija: “Mother Nature”🏆 🔹Steve Castile: “Sweet Tooth”🥈 🔹️ Irem: “Bad Decisions”🥉 #Eurovision
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A periodic reminder that the best route to shared national talking points is when you have UK-based broadcasters that everyone can access.
9.4 million for #TheTraitors finale (9.6 million peak), up 2 million on last year. The Celeb Traitors was out ahead with 11 million
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Complicated process for Norway's entry, with some decent songs and two past national entrants (Alexander Rybak and EMMY). Sad to see EMMY knocked out, her new song probably might've wider appeal than her 2025 bid for Ireland. https://t.co/UYroOWmyNm
🇳🇴 Skrellex has won the first radio duel of Melodi Grand Prix 2026, with EMMY eliminated from the competition. Skrellex will now advance to compete in one of the duels on 24 or 25 January.
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