Jen Barfoot
@jasbar.bsky.social
Unapologetically myself. Happy woman, Nan, wife, mum, sister, aunty, friend. Live in and love Abergavenny. Green Party member. Retired Housing Association CEO. Love life.🏴
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Morgan McSweeney does deserve some credit for helping to show the world that Blairite neoliberal privatisation politics is as dead as Blair's friend; Jeffrey Epstein.
Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
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February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Morgan McSweeney does deserve some credit for helping to show the world that Blairite neoliberal privatisation politics is as dead as Blair's friend; Jeffrey Epstein.
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Reform UK councillor David Taylor has quit live on TV, raging over a 10% council tax hike in Worcestershire. Weeks after council leader Monk swore it’d stay under 5%, and 9 months after Farage promised tax cuts, the mask had slipped. Vote Reform get lies. #UKPolitics
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Reform UK councillor David Taylor has quit live on TV, raging over a 10% council tax hike in Worcestershire. Weeks after council leader Monk swore it’d stay under 5%, and 9 months after Farage promised tax cuts, the mask had slipped. Vote Reform get lies. #UKPolitics
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Excellent work by Reform at Kent Council, who made a £40m saving by briefly proposing to spend £40m on something then deciding not to. Using this model, every Reform council can save £billions!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Excellent work by Reform at Kent Council, who made a £40m saving by briefly proposing to spend £40m on something then deciding not to. Using this model, every Reform council can save £billions!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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The prime minister must answer to survivors
Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed
Shanta Sundarason
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed
Shanta Sundarason
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The prime minister must answer to survivors
Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The prime minister must answer to survivors
Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed
Shanta Sundarason
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed
Shanta Sundarason
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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Listen to @zackpolanski.bsky.social
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Listen to @zackpolanski.bsky.social
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
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"I cannot understand why anyonr would ever vote for a bunch of millionaires that only care for the wealthy"
via Alan Gasparutti
via Alan Gasparutti
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"I cannot understand why anyonr would ever vote for a bunch of millionaires that only care for the wealthy"
via Alan Gasparutti
via Alan Gasparutti
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"Which theatre of war were you deployed to, grandpa?"
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"Which theatre of war were you deployed to, grandpa?"
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
"The movie theatre. It was hell."
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Necessary but not sufficient.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Necessary but not sufficient.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
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The Department of Homeland Security is using administrative subpoenas, a secretive tool issued without a judge's signature, to go after people lawfully reporting ICE activity or criticizing DHS policies.
This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.
This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations.
techcrunch.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is using administrative subpoenas, a secretive tool issued without a judge's signature, to go after people lawfully reporting ICE activity or criticizing DHS policies.
This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.
This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.
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Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thre...
skywriter.blue
February 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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This is a historic day for children and families across the UK as legislation to remove the two-child limit from our social security system starts to make its way through Parliament.
1/5
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February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
This is a historic day for children and families across the UK as legislation to remove the two-child limit from our social security system starts to make its way through Parliament.
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A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family secretly invested $500 million into the Trump family’s crypto company, gaining a major ownership stake.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family secretly invested $500 million into the Trump family’s crypto company, gaining a major ownership stake.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
Months after inking the deal, the U.S. gave the UAE access to 500,000 advanced AI chips per year.
The corruption is breathtaking.
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This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
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This is an abuse
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This is an abuse
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West Midlands Railways comes into public ownership today. That's great news. But it's only part of the journey.
There are 4 ways our railways could be made better so they truly deliver what passengers want, not private shareholders. 1/3
There are 4 ways our railways could be made better so they truly deliver what passengers want, not private shareholders. 1/3
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
West Midlands Railways comes into public ownership today. That's great news. But it's only part of the journey.
There are 4 ways our railways could be made better so they truly deliver what passengers want, not private shareholders. 1/3
There are 4 ways our railways could be made better so they truly deliver what passengers want, not private shareholders. 1/3
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Appeasing landlords.
Decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035.
Millions of renters are stuck paying hand over fist for shoddy homes that pose a real danger to their health.
Govts put profits before people.
Decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035.
Millions of renters are stuck paying hand over fist for shoddy homes that pose a real danger to their health.
Govts put profits before people.
‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Appeasing landlords.
Decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035.
Millions of renters are stuck paying hand over fist for shoddy homes that pose a real danger to their health.
Govts put profits before people.
Decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035.
Millions of renters are stuck paying hand over fist for shoddy homes that pose a real danger to their health.
Govts put profits before people.
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When is a fine on a company not a fine?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 AM
When is a fine on a company not a fine?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
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Elon Musk, refusing: "Hey man, when can I come to Epstein Island"
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Elon Musk, refusing: "Hey man, when can I come to Epstein Island"
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Fantastic - we can update Matt Goodwin's election publicity to say "As endorsed by a far right criminal thug"
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Fantastic - we can update Matt Goodwin's election publicity to say "As endorsed by a far right criminal thug"
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM