John Harrison
@johnaharrison.bsky.social
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Aliens is my fave film
Dog lover
Labour
Loathe Trump
Boxing fan
Star Trek nut
PTSD sufferer
Aliens is my fave film
Dog lover
Labour
Loathe Trump
Boxing fan
Star Trek nut
PTSD sufferer
Acid test for media outlets.
Seeing how they describe the clowns, jokers and wannabe Mussolinis Farage has appointed as spokes-people for various areas of government
If the media outlet says 'shadow Chancellor' or 'shadow Home Secretary,' they are dopes.
Reform is not the official opposition
Seeing how they describe the clowns, jokers and wannabe Mussolinis Farage has appointed as spokes-people for various areas of government
If the media outlet says 'shadow Chancellor' or 'shadow Home Secretary,' they are dopes.
Reform is not the official opposition
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Acid test for media outlets.
Seeing how they describe the clowns, jokers and wannabe Mussolinis Farage has appointed as spokes-people for various areas of government
If the media outlet says 'shadow Chancellor' or 'shadow Home Secretary,' they are dopes.
Reform is not the official opposition
Seeing how they describe the clowns, jokers and wannabe Mussolinis Farage has appointed as spokes-people for various areas of government
If the media outlet says 'shadow Chancellor' or 'shadow Home Secretary,' they are dopes.
Reform is not the official opposition
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ICYMI: "Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the Russian interference debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics"
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 AM
ICYMI: "Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the Russian interference debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics"
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
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Reform have eight MPs. Reform are not the main opposition party, ergo that makes Robert Jenrick a Treasury Spokesperson not Shadow Chancellor. The Telegraph, proving yet again that they don't know how things work.
February 17, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Reform have eight MPs. Reform are not the main opposition party, ergo that makes Robert Jenrick a Treasury Spokesperson not Shadow Chancellor. The Telegraph, proving yet again that they don't know how things work.
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As Mandelson and the Andrew formerly known as Prince are now being looked at by the police I assume Johnson and Farage will be. Is it treason to plot with foreign agents to overthrow a British govt?
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
As Mandelson and the Andrew formerly known as Prince are now being looked at by the police I assume Johnson and Farage will be. Is it treason to plot with foreign agents to overthrow a British govt?
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Feb 17: Feast of Finán (†661), monk of Iona, bishop of Lindisfarne. Bede says Finán built a church ‘of hewn oak, thatched with reeds after the Irish manner’. He baptised Peada, king of the Middle Angles, and Sigeberht II, king of the East Saxons. Colmán succeeded him. 📸xlibber #medievalsky
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Feb 17: Feast of Finán (†661), monk of Iona, bishop of Lindisfarne. Bede says Finán built a church ‘of hewn oak, thatched with reeds after the Irish manner’. He baptised Peada, king of the Middle Angles, and Sigeberht II, king of the East Saxons. Colmán succeeded him. 📸xlibber #medievalsky
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Reform UK have selected a Treasury spokesperson with zero qualifications in economics, business or running a department related to the field.
Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman, reports say
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman, reports say
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman
Robert Jenrick will be unveiled as Reform’s chancellor-in-waiting alongside several other new appointments on Tuesday
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Reform UK have selected a Treasury spokesperson with zero qualifications in economics, business or running a department related to the field.
Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman, reports say
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman, reports say
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I felt absolutely sick when Trump won the US elections & he has proven to be as bad, if not worse, than feared
But the upside is that Reform is in inextricably linked to Trump - who is less popular than VD in Britain
Vote Farage, get Trump!
Only fascists are happy with that, not ordinary voters
But the upside is that Reform is in inextricably linked to Trump - who is less popular than VD in Britain
Vote Farage, get Trump!
Only fascists are happy with that, not ordinary voters
February 17, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I felt absolutely sick when Trump won the US elections & he has proven to be as bad, if not worse, than feared
But the upside is that Reform is in inextricably linked to Trump - who is less popular than VD in Britain
Vote Farage, get Trump!
Only fascists are happy with that, not ordinary voters
But the upside is that Reform is in inextricably linked to Trump - who is less popular than VD in Britain
Vote Farage, get Trump!
Only fascists are happy with that, not ordinary voters
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This is absolute rubbish. You do know that local elections which should have been held in 2021 were postponed until 2022, and approved by Badenoch. Lib Dems have just done something similar last month too. I'm sick to death of this biased crap.
February 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is absolute rubbish. You do know that local elections which should have been held in 2021 were postponed until 2022, and approved by Badenoch. Lib Dems have just done something similar last month too. I'm sick to death of this biased crap.
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Zilch to do with Starmer, but The Scum knows that. Councils about to be reorganised applied for delays to avoid them having to have a second election in quick succession. It's about not wasting everyone's time and saving taxpayers' money.
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Zilch to do with Starmer, but The Scum knows that. Councils about to be reorganised applied for delays to avoid them having to have a second election in quick succession. It's about not wasting everyone's time and saving taxpayers' money.
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We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Not a single strategic goal has been met. Russia's losing a Vietnam's worth of soldiers every few months. The economy is sprinting toward stagnation, while Moscow is turning more and more every month into a Chinese vassal—all while the Kremlin's allies topple elsewhere.
Staggering historic failure.
Staggering historic failure.
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
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A dozen bits of positive news in the last week. From a drop in our debt payments, to mobile job centres to the most competitive mortgages since 2008 and cleaning up the waterways in Anglia.
Labour Fixing Britain
Labour Fixing Britain
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A dozen bits of positive news in the last week. From a drop in our debt payments, to mobile job centres to the most competitive mortgages since 2008 and cleaning up the waterways in Anglia.
Labour Fixing Britain
Labour Fixing Britain
My personal favourite Robert Duvall performance in Lonesome Dove
He was awesome
He was awesome
February 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My personal favourite Robert Duvall performance in Lonesome Dove
He was awesome
He was awesome
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So is this a U turn you wanted and you’re criticising or a U turn you wanted and you’re happy about or a U turn you don’t approve of and you’re happy with or a U turn you don’t approve of and you’re unhappy with? I’m confused
February 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
So is this a U turn you wanted and you’re criticising or a U turn you wanted and you’re happy about or a U turn you don’t approve of and you’re happy with or a U turn you don’t approve of and you’re unhappy with? I’m confused
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That’s not how everyone sees it
You and farage just cost the country £63 million for a headline
Once an austerity enabling right wing enabler, always an austerity enabling right wing enabler
You and farage just cost the country £63 million for a headline
Once an austerity enabling right wing enabler, always an austerity enabling right wing enabler
February 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
That’s not how everyone sees it
You and farage just cost the country £63 million for a headline
Once an austerity enabling right wing enabler, always an austerity enabling right wing enabler
You and farage just cost the country £63 million for a headline
Once an austerity enabling right wing enabler, always an austerity enabling right wing enabler
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Did you fight tooth and nail when the Tories were planning to do this in May 2024. You know local councils requested the delay not the Government because these elections will be a waste of money due to council reorganisation. And please, stop with the u-turn claptrap.
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Did you fight tooth and nail when the Tories were planning to do this in May 2024. You know local councils requested the delay not the Government because these elections will be a waste of money due to council reorganisation. And please, stop with the u-turn claptrap.
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Read and share all over..he nails it
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More misleading BS from the beeb.
Stop spinning it like some scandal BBC. It’s dishonest Reform UK bias. Most of these councils won’t even exist in a year because of reorganisation. So these votes are basically a pointless waste of time and money. Councils asked for delays - most of them under Tories. The Government just agreed.
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
More misleading BS from the beeb.
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Stop spinning it like some scandal BBC. It’s dishonest Reform UK bias. Most of these councils won’t even exist in a year because of reorganisation. So these votes are basically a pointless waste of time and money. Councils asked for delays - most of them under Tories. The Government just agreed.
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Stop spinning it like some scandal BBC. It’s dishonest Reform UK bias. Most of these councils won’t even exist in a year because of reorganisation. So these votes are basically a pointless waste of time and money. Councils asked for delays - most of them under Tories. The Government just agreed.
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Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi wants to send in the ARMY in to London because he saw someone that looked tired in Knightsbridge.
Nadhim Zahawi 'didn't feel safe walking in London' after he saw a tired man
Reform UK MP Nadhim Zahawi said he feels unsafe in London after seeing a tired man walk past him, he revealed in an interview with LBC
metro.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi wants to send in the ARMY in to London because he saw someone that looked tired in Knightsbridge.
I watched the BBC News Channel for about twenty minutes today - first time I've watched ANY news programme for a couple of years
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I watched the BBC News Channel for about twenty minutes today - first time I've watched ANY news programme for a couple of years
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
Jeez, it was depressing. Rubio In Hungary; Navalny and the frog venom; Social Media and the under 16s
Depressing
I can see why people avoid the news...
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I cant remember the last time there was a Guardian self opinionated piece which had anything good to say about the Government. They've certainly never mentioned the 70 manifesto pledges which have been delivered or are in progress. I'm baffled by their endless Starmer bashing.
February 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I cant remember the last time there was a Guardian self opinionated piece which had anything good to say about the Government. They've certainly never mentioned the 70 manifesto pledges which have been delivered or are in progress. I'm baffled by their endless Starmer bashing.
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I'm sorry, but the sight of Ian Lavery talking about the party being controlled "not by the rich, not by the powerful but by ordinary working class people" when he was personally enriched from the coffers of a trade union to the tune of £165,000, including paying off loans and mortgages, is obscene.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I'm sorry, but the sight of Ian Lavery talking about the party being controlled "not by the rich, not by the powerful but by ordinary working class people" when he was personally enriched from the coffers of a trade union to the tune of £165,000, including paying off loans and mortgages, is obscene.
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Cuddly Uncle John looks like he's back to offering a free Parker pen even if you only enquire.
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Cuddly Uncle John looks like he's back to offering a free Parker pen even if you only enquire.
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Genuinely hilarious for this most factional of Labour factions to launch a campaign against factionalism.
Trade union leaders, over 25 Labour MPs and members' groups have launched a new call to end the factional culture coming from the top of the Labour Party and to restore Labour democracy and members’ rights.
🌹Add your name to the call here: tinyurl.com/RestoreLabou...
🌹Add your name to the call here: tinyurl.com/RestoreLabou...
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Genuinely hilarious for this most factional of Labour factions to launch a campaign against factionalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing sums up the utter self-absorbtion, special pleading & magical thinking of the Guardian better than this tosh from music writer Harris. Look what readers actually say !
No wonder they turned comments off
Ridiculous, privileged, middle-class Utopian pap
Nothing sums up the utter self-absorbtion, special pleading & magical thinking of the Guardian better than this tosh from music writer Harris. Look what readers actually say !
No wonder they turned comments off
Ridiculous, privileged, middle-class Utopian pap
I fear that Labour’s special needs revolution will instead be a catastrophic letdown | John Harris
A familiar story is unfolding: of lofty aims undermined by meagre budgets, constant anonymous briefing – and a drive to remove families’ basic rights, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing sums up the utter self-absorbtion, special pleading & magical thinking of the Guardian better than this tosh from music writer Harris. Look what readers actually say !
No wonder they turned comments off
Ridiculous, privileged, middle-class Utopian pap
Nothing sums up the utter self-absorbtion, special pleading & magical thinking of the Guardian better than this tosh from music writer Harris. Look what readers actually say !
No wonder they turned comments off
Ridiculous, privileged, middle-class Utopian pap