Clare Baws
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👀"For a sense of how hard it is to find new blood you need only look at the Reform councillors.
This band of out-of-their-depth neophytes in charge of multi-million pound budgets and staff are the result of poor vetting, deficient training and a hubristic disregard for what’s needed to manage stuff"
This band of out-of-their-depth neophytes in charge of multi-million pound budgets and staff are the result of poor vetting, deficient training and a hubristic disregard for what’s needed to manage stuff"
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
👀"For a sense of how hard it is to find new blood you need only look at the Reform councillors.
This band of out-of-their-depth neophytes in charge of multi-million pound budgets and staff are the result of poor vetting, deficient training and a hubristic disregard for what’s needed to manage stuff"
This band of out-of-their-depth neophytes in charge of multi-million pound budgets and staff are the result of poor vetting, deficient training and a hubristic disregard for what’s needed to manage stuff"
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We don’t want Trump’s dangerous policies here.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
Reform UK's Plans For a British ICE
Key figures in Nigel Farage's party are demanding a UK version of Trump's immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of
bylinetimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 AM
We don’t want Trump’s dangerous policies here.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
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Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
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The Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection has refused to disown his claim that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British.
Matthew Goodwin, a hard-right activist, was unveiled on Tuesday as the party’s candidate in the demographically diverse seat in south-east Manchester. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
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Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
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He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
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How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
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“According to a new large sample YouGov poll of UK voters, a grand total of 0% of voters who backed Reform at the last general election now plan to vote for Labour.” @adambienkov.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
“According to a new large sample YouGov poll of UK voters, a grand total of 0% of voters who backed Reform at the last general election now plan to vote for Labour.” @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage attended Davos as adviser to Iranian billionaire ft.trib.al/iYjrEx4
Nigel Farage attended Davos as adviser to Iranian billionaire
Reform UK leader’s pass and hotel costs for World Economic Forum event were paid for by Sasan Ghandehari
ft.trib.al
January 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Nigel Farage attended Davos as adviser to Iranian billionaire ft.trib.al/iYjrEx4
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Carole Cadwalladr, "He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure"
"He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right"
"What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"
"He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right"
"What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Carole Cadwalladr, "He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure"
"He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right"
"What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"
"He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right"
"What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"
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Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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Britain isn't broken.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Britain isn't broken.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
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Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism.
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism.
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If you’ve shared StopReformUK.Vote
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
StopReformUK.Vote
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you’ve shared StopReformUK.Vote
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
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Jenrick's talking the country down. All while listing a litany of problems his Government created.
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Jenrick's talking the country down. All while listing a litany of problems his Government created.
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The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?"
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?"
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband
With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband
The only way that Britain’s energy bills can come down is if we are no longer reliant on fossil fuels. Today marks a big step towards that goal, says energy secretary Ed Miliband
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband
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In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
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Very accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
January 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Very accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
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Banning X would have loads of upsides and really not many downsides for the government. The argument for shutting it down (distribution of CSAM) is incontrovertible, the people who are its most avid users hate the government anyway, and it would address threats to social cohesion and public order.
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Banning X would have loads of upsides and really not many downsides for the government. The argument for shutting it down (distribution of CSAM) is incontrovertible, the people who are its most avid users hate the government anyway, and it would address threats to social cohesion and public order.
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.