Gavin Barwell

@GavinBarwell

Former No 10 Chief of Staff, Housing Minister & Croydon MP. Now running NorthStar, which advises on UK and geo-politics #LFC fan, Tolkien nerd & Nandos addict

Croydon linkedin.com/in/gavinbarwell Joined January 2011

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Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell Aug 12, 2024

Never change Britain

YouGov Verified account @YouGov Aug 10, 2024

27% of Britons reckon that they could qualify for a sport at the 2028 Olympics, if they started training today

% saying they would definitely/probably qualify for...
10m Air Rifle: 15%
Archery: 13%
Badminton: 10%
Table tennis: 9%
Rowing: 7%
100m sprint: 6%
Road race: 6%
100m Breaststroke: 6%
Trampoline: 6%
Shot Put: 5%
Cycle sprint: 5%
Dressage: 5%
Fencing: 5%
Golf: 5%
Volleyball: 5%
Basketball: 4%
Football: 4%
Windsurfing: 4%
Triathlon: 4%
Water polo: 4%
Rhythmic Gymnastics: 3%
Artistic Gymnastics: 3%
Diving: 3%
Rugby Sevens: 3%
Skateboarding: 3%

yougov.co.uk/sport/articles…

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Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell 1d

What a moment

Watch this man - he is a special talent

The Associated Press Verified account @AP 2d

Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881.

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Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell 2d

I guess Stevens is fairly self explanatory, but why did these 10 other Democrats miss this vote?

Jake Tapper 🦅 Verified account @jaketapper 3d

The 11 House Democrats who didn’t vote in the effort to kill the Hegseth impeachment resolution (which succeeded 210-204) were:

Brownley
Correa
Hollen
Hosford
Jackson (IL)
Pelosi
Pettersen
Stansbury
Stevens
Strickland
Wilson (FL)
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Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell 3d

"Michael Carrick's future will be decided at a meeting in Monaco"

Says it all really

bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

www.bbc.co.uk Michael Carrick expected to be sacked LIVE: Manchester United manager latest All the latest as Michael Carrick's future as Manchester United manager will be decided at a meeting of executives in Monaco on Wednesday.

Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell 5d

Comedy analysis

Gerrymandering means there are far fewer marginal districts. The thing to look at by way of historical comparison is national share of the vote or number of Governors or seats in state legislatures. By any objective measure, this was a real hammering

Ellie Hodges Verified account @EllieHodgesxx 6d

Trump’s midterm losses are interesting when put into historical context.

Obama lost 63 House seats in 2010.
Clinton lost 54 in 1994.
Trump lost 41 in 2018.
Trump’s Republicans have lost around 40 in 2026.

While undoubtedly a blow for Trump, his House losses are actually smaller than those suffered by Obama and Clinton…..
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