Helen Salmon
@bristolgal.bsky.social
Retired headteacher. Interests- education, books, history,travelling, staying fit. Politics and pro EU rejoining. Also grandparent. Bristol resident.
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Listening to Richard Tice on the radio, denying the reason for mayoral election cancellation, shooting over the interviewer and sounding like a petulant child. So I now know how a spoilt millionaire behaves when they don't get their own way and it isn't pretty
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Listening to Richard Tice on the radio, denying the reason for mayoral election cancellation, shooting over the interviewer and sounding like a petulant child. So I now know how a spoilt millionaire behaves when they don't get their own way and it isn't pretty
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The BBC ambushing Reform on Farage's past racism of course it's made up according to Tice.😳
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The BBC ambushing Reform on Farage's past racism of course it's made up according to Tice.😳
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Firstly, Richard Tice clutching pearls over lack of democracy is laughable. Secondly, this is hugely missed opportunity by Emma Barnett. Move on from Farage, ask about Nathan Gill. That's what we want to hear about #R4Today
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Firstly, Richard Tice clutching pearls over lack of democracy is laughable. Secondly, this is hugely missed opportunity by Emma Barnett. Move on from Farage, ask about Nathan Gill. That's what we want to hear about #R4Today
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Sir Keir Starmer Wants Growth—Perhaps He Should Learn Spanish. Spain's socialist government has delivered economic growth three times faster than Britain's; Labour would do well to study how. Denis MacShane
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sir Keir Starmer Wants Growth—Perhaps He Should Learn Spanish. Spain's socialist government has delivered economic growth three times faster than Britain's; Labour would do well to study how. Denis MacShane
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I didn't really get past 'What's the point of Keir Starmer' first time I read this.
What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I didn't really get past 'What's the point of Keir Starmer' first time I read this.
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Badenoch says Labour blame everyone but themselves.
I'm old enough to remember the Tory government blaming Labour for everything, even though they hadn't been in power for over 10 years!
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Badenoch says Labour blame everyone but themselves.
I'm old enough to remember the Tory government blaming Labour for everything, even though they hadn't been in power for over 10 years!
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Kemi Badenoch Shows her TRUE COLOURS In Disgraceful Rant
YouTube video by Byline TV
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December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Badenoch says Labour blame everyone but themselves.
I'm old enough to remember the Tory government blaming Labour for everything, even though they hadn't been in power for over 10 years!
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Badenoch says Labour blame everyone but themselves.
I'm old enough to remember the Tory government blaming Labour for everything, even though they hadn't been in power for over 10 years!
🤦
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We need to remember her name every time Putin says that he doesn't want to attack the west. We need to remind ourselves that he already did multiple times. For anyone (That means you Nigel Farage) who says the West provoked Russia, no Putin has been killing people for years.
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Novichok inquiry: Who was Dawn Sturgess and how was she poisoned?
A report into the death of Dawn Sturgess, poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018, will be released on Thursday.
bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We need to remember her name every time Putin says that he doesn't want to attack the west. We need to remind ourselves that he already did multiple times. For anyone (That means you Nigel Farage) who says the West provoked Russia, no Putin has been killing people for years.
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'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
Nigel Farage has been slated for a 'repulsive' and 'deeply racist' attack on Glasgow schoolchildren as part of his Scottish campaign
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
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Utter garbage from Farage as usual
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Utter garbage from Farage as usual
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Go, PM Starmer!
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Go, PM Starmer!
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Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph.
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph.
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
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The U.K. right-wing press (that includes Chris Mason of the BBC) are in a feverish frenzy of pushing forward ReformUK, ignoring the misdeeds and frauds of Farage, while scraping the barrel to find something to use against Reeves and the Labour government.
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The U.K. right-wing press (that includes Chris Mason of the BBC) are in a feverish frenzy of pushing forward ReformUK, ignoring the misdeeds and frauds of Farage, while scraping the barrel to find something to use against Reeves and the Labour government.
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Let it collapse and the UK government take over. #Water should NEVER be in private ownership. It is one think we all need to actually survive
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water faces collapse as crisis talks take ‘longer than expected’
Debt-ridden utility company warns of ‘material uncertainty’ despite seeing profits rise to more than £400m
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Let it collapse and the UK government take over. #Water should NEVER be in private ownership. It is one think we all need to actually survive
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Of course Brexit is the cause of the UK's problems.
Brexit has made the country poorer.
Starmer has said the UK won't rejoin in his lifetime. Not the EU. Not the SM. Not the CU.
Starmer needs to step aside and let somebidy who wants to fix the problems of Brexit take charge.
#bbcpm
Brexit has made the country poorer.
Starmer has said the UK won't rejoin in his lifetime. Not the EU. Not the SM. Not the CU.
Starmer needs to step aside and let somebidy who wants to fix the problems of Brexit take charge.
#bbcpm
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Of course Brexit is the cause of the UK's problems.
Brexit has made the country poorer.
Starmer has said the UK won't rejoin in his lifetime. Not the EU. Not the SM. Not the CU.
Starmer needs to step aside and let somebidy who wants to fix the problems of Brexit take charge.
#bbcpm
Brexit has made the country poorer.
Starmer has said the UK won't rejoin in his lifetime. Not the EU. Not the SM. Not the CU.
Starmer needs to step aside and let somebidy who wants to fix the problems of Brexit take charge.
#bbcpm
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Badenoch actually brought up the chess thing during PMQs? And you people still say Absolute Monarchy wouldn't be better.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Badenoch actually brought up the chess thing during PMQs? And you people still say Absolute Monarchy wouldn't be better.
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What's Nigel Farage's favourite Christmas song?
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ♫
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ♫
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What's Nigel Farage's favourite Christmas song?
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ♫
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ♫
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STARMER IN MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON PRICES OF BABY FORMULA!!! TORIES NEVER EVER THOUGHT OF OUR BABIES,CHILDREN, EVER. BADDENOCHS DAYS MUST SURELY BE NUMBERED NOW, SHE LEADS THE PARTY IN DEEPER HATRED,CONFLICT
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
STARMER IN MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON PRICES OF BABY FORMULA!!! TORIES NEVER EVER THOUGHT OF OUR BABIES,CHILDREN, EVER. BADDENOCHS DAYS MUST SURELY BE NUMBERED NOW, SHE LEADS THE PARTY IN DEEPER HATRED,CONFLICT
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'The new “mansion tax” announced by Rachel Reeves in last week’s budget is estimated to affect around 165,000 property owners, and on current trends the British media is forecast to have interviewed every single one of them by the end of the year.'
Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
'The new “mansion tax” announced by Rachel Reeves in last week’s budget is estimated to affect around 165,000 property owners, and on current trends the British media is forecast to have interviewed every single one of them by the end of the year.'
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The venue told Left Foot Forward that one of the reasons that the event was cancelled was due to comments online criticising the hotel for hosting Farage and his "racist cronies"
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BREAKING: Reform UK Christmas dinner fundraiser cancelled by venue over protests
The hotel has cancelled the booking after people complained about the venue hosting “racist cronies”
leftfootforward.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The venue told Left Foot Forward that one of the reasons that the event was cancelled was due to comments online criticising the hotel for hosting Farage and his "racist cronies"
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/refo...
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This should have been a good PMQs for Kemi Badenoch but I'm not sure it was. A bit unfocused, and felt like it was fighting the battle of a few days ago, given Reeves' position isn't really under any threat. Keir Starmer sounded quite strong on child poverty.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This should have been a good PMQs for Kemi Badenoch but I'm not sure it was. A bit unfocused, and felt like it was fighting the battle of a few days ago, given Reeves' position isn't really under any threat. Keir Starmer sounded quite strong on child poverty.
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#politicslive we need this narrative from Starmer more often
we are doing x because we believe in y which will benefit z
etc
we are doing x because we believe in y which will benefit z
etc
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#politicslive we need this narrative from Starmer more often
we are doing x because we believe in y which will benefit z
etc
we are doing x because we believe in y which will benefit z
etc
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My god; Badenoch is awful
Completely unhinged, rattled so much that her voice squeaks and hasn't got a clue what she's talking about
#PMQs
Completely unhinged, rattled so much that her voice squeaks and hasn't got a clue what she's talking about
#PMQs
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My god; Badenoch is awful
Completely unhinged, rattled so much that her voice squeaks and hasn't got a clue what she's talking about
#PMQs
Completely unhinged, rattled so much that her voice squeaks and hasn't got a clue what she's talking about
#PMQs
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All Starmer has to do at PMQs is to say to Badenoch - when is the leader of the opposition going to admit responsibility for the 14 years of chaotic failure. That’s all he has ti say- nothing else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
All Starmer has to do at PMQs is to say to Badenoch - when is the leader of the opposition going to admit responsibility for the 14 years of chaotic failure. That’s all he has ti say- nothing else.
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#PMQs
Badenoch asking where is the SEND money.
The Tories would cut the SEND budget first before everything else.
SEND has never been paid for properly, but since 2010 it was hit hardest by the Tories.
Badenoch asking where is the SEND money.
The Tories would cut the SEND budget first before everything else.
SEND has never been paid for properly, but since 2010 it was hit hardest by the Tories.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#PMQs
Badenoch asking where is the SEND money.
The Tories would cut the SEND budget first before everything else.
SEND has never been paid for properly, but since 2010 it was hit hardest by the Tories.
Badenoch asking where is the SEND money.
The Tories would cut the SEND budget first before everything else.
SEND has never been paid for properly, but since 2010 it was hit hardest by the Tories.