James Chapman
Director of PR firm Soho Communications. Former director of comms at HM Treasury. Former political editor, occasional columnist for @cityam.bsky.social. Views my own. www.sohocommunications.co.uk
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- Reposted by James ChapmanThis is an incredible story when you read it and discover what actually happened was: - Lammy paid in advance - The driver tried to extort him for a massive tip - Drove off with his luggage - At somepoint clocked he was a VIP - Is now selling the story to The Sun.
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- Reposted by James ChapmanI don’t think anybody has suggested Southport was “a fascist uprising”. Rather it presented an excuse for a lot of racist people to spread racist conspiracy theories and engage in and incite racist violence. That is a matter of record. The desperation to pretend otherwise is bizarre.
- Reposted by James ChapmanWhen you lose Laura Loomer...
- Reposted by James ChapmanIt's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
- Reposted by James ChapmanI'm not. I'm MANA. #MakeAmericaNormalAgain
- Reposted by James ChapmanHere's @peterkellner.bsky.social telling Labour it'd better restore frictionless trade asap with the EU. If not, "The economy won’t recover enough. Labour will be judged to have failed. It will be voted out of office." He's even more blunt on demographics! kellnerp.substack.com/p/three-reas...
- Reposted by James ChapmanNew from YouGov, probably the final nail in the coffin of UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. Lib Dems at the crossover point. RFM: 29% (+3) LAB: 22% (-1) CON: 17% (-3) LDM: 16% (+1) GRN: 10% (+1) 5-6 May, changes from 27-28 April.
- Reposted by James ChapmanConservatives a whisker away from fourth place. Astonishing. An opposition performance that makes Labour in 1981 seem impressive by comparison.
- Anyone - anyone - but Russia is to blame. Grotesque.
- Three convicted Russian spies at a Brexit event in Parliament, a few months before the disastrous Leave vote, according to the BBC. What could their interest possibly have been? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by James Chapman🚨🚨For those who believe (and it seems the correct inference imho) that #kremlin was working behind the scenes to orchestrate #brexit (a nation-dividing political event), this story is further evidence substantiating this narrative. 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Reposted by James ChapmanWelcome to Brexitland, US, in which waywardness is described as "strategic uncertainty", restrictions on trade boost performance and self harm is lauded.... Spoiler, it does not end happily www.ft.com/content/342d...
- Reposted by James ChapmanIn any other major city in Europe the streets of Soho would obviously be pedestrianised and businesses/visitors on a glorious day like today could enjoy al fresco dining. But thanks to Westminster Council and the way we give outsized power to absurd local complaints, not here!
- Jack Draper, world number 5
- Reposted by James Chapman1500 dead due to Brexit induced nursing shortages www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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- Incredible result for @biggive.bsky.social’s Green Match Fund which has raised £8.1m in 7 days and established itself as UK’s biggest eco fundraiser. Great to work on comms for the campaign and announce plans to relaunch as Earth Raise in 2026. Get involved! fundraising.co.uk/2025/04/29/b...
- I am really getting into Gregory Alan Isakov. So much so I’ve booked tickets to see him in London later this year. Not an artist I’ve encountered before but he’s giving me major Sufjan vibes. The Stable Song is brilliant. @gregoryalanisakov.bsky.social open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
- Reposted by James ChapmanIt really underscores that not a single person who works for him feels empowered to give him even good, obvious, necessary advice Think about how dangerous that is
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- Reposted by James Chapman“With Brexit, Farage helped embed the poor growth and state dysfunction that are even now providing fuel for his return.Britain has already spent one decade struggling to get by in the world Farage created. It can ill afford a second” Ffs. How much failure can we take? economist.com/leaders/2025...
- They’re arresting judges now in the US. Things there have got very dark very quickly.
- Reposted by James ChapmanBREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
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- Reposted by James ChapmanAmazing stuff. Just out there shaking down countries for their sovereign wealth funds.
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- Thrilled that Soho Comms' work on @biggive.bsky.social's Christmas Challenge has been shortlisted for Best Fundraising Campaign at the Purpose Awards 2025, run by @prweekuk.bsky.social. Our campaign helped it become the UK’s biggest public fundraiser, raising £44.7m www.prweek.co.uk/article/1913...
- Reposted by James ChapmanIf these Ukraine peace terms are as reported, they are a historic betrayal. Nothing in American history would come near to it. It would side the US squarely and definitively with dictatorship inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
- Stories like this make me miss being a science correspondent
- Reposted by James ChapmanBluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
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- What a ridiculous figure he is
- Jacob Alon performing tonight at Wilton’s, London’s oldest music hall, for the launch of Earth:Raise, the UK’s biggest environmental fundraiser run by @biggive.bsky.social. The aim is that by next World Earth Day, it has grown into a LiveAid style musical event. Great to be working on the comms.
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- Remember when Brexiteers lied that their project would lead to dramatic improvements in the NHS? What’s actually happened is that NHS cancer patients are being denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs. Well done everyone! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Reposted by James ChapmanBeautiful. Like an anxiety dream in which your idol tells you that you suck, but real and directed at one of the world’s worst people
