Josh Russell → @MVTFWD
@joshfwd.bsky.social
Coordinator at @mvtfwd.bsky.social (on sabbatical)
#GE2024
helped 1.5 million voters getting an extra 91 Tory MPs out
#GE2029
let’s use our millions of votes together to get policy
Join: https://MVTFWD.com
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#FBPE #FBPPR
#GE2024
helped 1.5 million voters getting an extra 91 Tory MPs out
#GE2029
let’s use our millions of votes together to get policy
Join: https://MVTFWD.com
Links: https://MVTFWD.com/links
#FBPE #FBPPR
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Progressives,
*just* attacking Labour isn’t as useful as creating leverage over them and using that to push them forward.
If we only attack, we help the people that are *much* worse.
That’s not a lesser-of-two-evils argument, it’s our broken system, that we can use our leverage to get them to fix
*just* attacking Labour isn’t as useful as creating leverage over them and using that to push them forward.
If we only attack, we help the people that are *much* worse.
That’s not a lesser-of-two-evils argument, it’s our broken system, that we can use our leverage to get them to fix
Did Jen drop the box with Cloudflare in it?
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Did Jen drop the box with Cloudflare in it?
So more people are discovering Cloudflare exists today.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So more people are discovering Cloudflare exists today.
It’s 2025 and already people can’t tell what’s real because of AI.
In 2028/2029 our elections will be dominated by disinformation at a scale that will be impossible to deal with.
Instead of acting before it’s too late, our governments are embracing the AI tech bros.
This was their response to us:
In 2028/2029 our elections will be dominated by disinformation at a scale that will be impossible to deal with.
Instead of acting before it’s too late, our governments are embracing the AI tech bros.
This was their response to us:
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It’s 2025 and already people can’t tell what’s real because of AI.
In 2028/2029 our elections will be dominated by disinformation at a scale that will be impossible to deal with.
Instead of acting before it’s too late, our governments are embracing the AI tech bros.
This was their response to us:
In 2028/2029 our elections will be dominated by disinformation at a scale that will be impossible to deal with.
Instead of acting before it’s too late, our governments are embracing the AI tech bros.
This was their response to us:
I’m keen to understand how we beat fascism without voting against it, anyone?
Seems to me the real power is our votes, together, coordinated, at scale.
That’s the real revolution.
I know that’s a bit boring.
But it’s how Reform will actually be able to DO their fascism.
By mobilising voters.
Seems to me the real power is our votes, together, coordinated, at scale.
That’s the real revolution.
I know that’s a bit boring.
But it’s how Reform will actually be able to DO their fascism.
By mobilising voters.
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’m keen to understand how we beat fascism without voting against it, anyone?
Seems to me the real power is our votes, together, coordinated, at scale.
That’s the real revolution.
I know that’s a bit boring.
But it’s how Reform will actually be able to DO their fascism.
By mobilising voters.
Seems to me the real power is our votes, together, coordinated, at scale.
That’s the real revolution.
I know that’s a bit boring.
But it’s how Reform will actually be able to DO their fascism.
By mobilising voters.
Reposted by Josh Russell → @MVTFWD
More disturbing reporting from The Nerve.
How can a scrappy startup in 3 weeks leave BBC trailing in its coverage of Russian interference in our politics?
How can a scrappy startup in 3 weeks leave BBC trailing in its coverage of Russian interference in our politics?
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news.
We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
8/
🙏🙏🙏
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
8/
🙏🙏🙏
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
www.thenerve.news
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
More disturbing reporting from The Nerve.
How can a scrappy startup in 3 weeks leave BBC trailing in its coverage of Russian interference in our politics?
How can a scrappy startup in 3 weeks leave BBC trailing in its coverage of Russian interference in our politics?
Reposted by Josh Russell → @MVTFWD
🚨 when people in Caerphilly wake up October 24th to discover they have a Reform MP,
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨 when people in Caerphilly wake up October 24th to discover they have a Reform MP,
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
🚨 when people in Caerphilly wake up October 24th to discover they have a Reform MP,
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨 when people in Caerphilly wake up October 24th to discover they have a Reform MP,
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
- it won't be because most people wanted that.
- it won't be because the information about how to stop it wasn't available.
stopreformuk.vote/senedd/caerp...
tactical voting sucks, but fascism will suck more.
What’s your biggest fear or concern about the next UK General Election?
Let’s see if we can help in the replies 🙌
Let’s see if we can help in the replies 🙌
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What’s your biggest fear or concern about the next UK General Election?
Let’s see if we can help in the replies 🙌
Let’s see if we can help in the replies 🙌
Reposted by Josh Russell → @MVTFWD
If you want to see what Reform voters are saying about this, head over to my post on Threads www.threads.com/@joshfwd/pos...
Josh Russell @MVTFWD (@joshfwd) on Threads
How would you feel if:
- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election
- who only got 20% of the vote
- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP
- and th...
www.threads.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you want to see what Reform voters are saying about this, head over to my post on Threads www.threads.com/@joshfwd/pos...
If we win ‘tax the rich’ what comes next?
Policy change needs to be continuous, evergreen, and campaigning needs to be strategically designed for that.
Otherwise, the rug can be pulled when you ‘win’.
Policy change needs to be continuous, evergreen, and campaigning needs to be strategically designed for that.
Otherwise, the rug can be pulled when you ‘win’.
Rachel Reeves will raise taxes for the wealthy in next month’s budget
Chancellor may need £40bn more to avoid ‘groundhog day’, Institute for Fiscal Studies warns
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Chancellor may need £40bn more to avoid ‘groundhog day’, Institute for Fiscal Studies warns
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will raise taxes for the wealthy in next month’s budget
Chancellor may need £40bn more to avoid ‘groundhog day’, Institute for Fiscal Studies warns
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If we win ‘tax the rich’ what comes next?
Policy change needs to be continuous, evergreen, and campaigning needs to be strategically designed for that.
Otherwise, the rug can be pulled when you ‘win’.
Policy change needs to be continuous, evergreen, and campaigning needs to be strategically designed for that.
Otherwise, the rug can be pulled when you ‘win’.
Fans of real democracy, of fair elections, of Proportional Representation..
You probably don’t know this..
But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social
Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.
www.fairelections.uk
You probably don’t know this..
But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social
Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.
www.fairelections.uk
APPG for Fair Elections
www.fairelections.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fans of real democracy, of fair elections, of Proportional Representation..
You probably don’t know this..
But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social
Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.
www.fairelections.uk
You probably don’t know this..
But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social
Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.
www.fairelections.uk
How would you feel if:
- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election
- who only got 20% of the vote
- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP
- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power
Don’t forget FPTP.
- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election
- who only got 20% of the vote
- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP
- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power
Don’t forget FPTP.
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
How would you feel if:
- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election
- who only got 20% of the vote
- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP
- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power
Don’t forget FPTP.
- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election
- who only got 20% of the vote
- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP
- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power
Don’t forget FPTP.
every single political commentator,
should be talking about FPTP.
how it doesn't represent you.
how it can be hacked (for good, and bad)
it's relevance when talking about how the parties compare, how we _should_ vote
and how to fix our election system for good, with Proportional Representation.
should be talking about FPTP.
how it doesn't represent you.
how it can be hacked (for good, and bad)
it's relevance when talking about how the parties compare, how we _should_ vote
and how to fix our election system for good, with Proportional Representation.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
every single political commentator,
should be talking about FPTP.
how it doesn't represent you.
how it can be hacked (for good, and bad)
it's relevance when talking about how the parties compare, how we _should_ vote
and how to fix our election system for good, with Proportional Representation.
should be talking about FPTP.
how it doesn't represent you.
how it can be hacked (for good, and bad)
it's relevance when talking about how the parties compare, how we _should_ vote
and how to fix our election system for good, with Proportional Representation.
I've spent the last 5yrs helping people understand and navigate our voting system.
Because if we're smart, we can use our majority to stop fascism AND elect candidates we believe in.
But people are still just arguing about which party is better.
I am Casandra.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
Because if we're smart, we can use our majority to stop fascism AND elect candidates we believe in.
But people are still just arguing about which party is better.
I am Casandra.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
Cassandra (metaphor) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I've spent the last 5yrs helping people understand and navigate our voting system.
Because if we're smart, we can use our majority to stop fascism AND elect candidates we believe in.
But people are still just arguing about which party is better.
I am Casandra.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
Because if we're smart, we can use our majority to stop fascism AND elect candidates we believe in.
But people are still just arguing about which party is better.
I am Casandra.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
The progressive alliance.
The left wing coalition.
The majority.
That’s us, the voters.
Not the parties.
Don’t wait until the last minute to think about how the election will pan out under FPTP.
Choosing who to vote for will feel even more complicated if vote splitting isn’t considered today.
The left wing coalition.
The majority.
That’s us, the voters.
Not the parties.
Don’t wait until the last minute to think about how the election will pan out under FPTP.
Choosing who to vote for will feel even more complicated if vote splitting isn’t considered today.
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The progressive alliance.
The left wing coalition.
The majority.
That’s us, the voters.
Not the parties.
Don’t wait until the last minute to think about how the election will pan out under FPTP.
Choosing who to vote for will feel even more complicated if vote splitting isn’t considered today.
The left wing coalition.
The majority.
That’s us, the voters.
Not the parties.
Don’t wait until the last minute to think about how the election will pan out under FPTP.
Choosing who to vote for will feel even more complicated if vote splitting isn’t considered today.
But but… I thought Reform had all the answers?
This should be game over for them.
But they’ll find someone else to blame, and everyone will forget it within weeks.
This should be game over for them.
But they’ll find someone else to blame, and everyone will forget it within weeks.
October 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
But but… I thought Reform had all the answers?
This should be game over for them.
But they’ll find someone else to blame, and everyone will forget it within weeks.
This should be game over for them.
But they’ll find someone else to blame, and everyone will forget it within weeks.
Please, when you’re talking about politics, talk about elections too.
Mostly how dysfunctional and unrepresentative they are,
and what you have to do to make sure they don’t disappoint you.
Look up FPTP and Tactical Voting,
and integrate what you find out into all of your political commentary.
Mostly how dysfunctional and unrepresentative they are,
and what you have to do to make sure they don’t disappoint you.
Look up FPTP and Tactical Voting,
and integrate what you find out into all of your political commentary.
October 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Please, when you’re talking about politics, talk about elections too.
Mostly how dysfunctional and unrepresentative they are,
and what you have to do to make sure they don’t disappoint you.
Look up FPTP and Tactical Voting,
and integrate what you find out into all of your political commentary.
Mostly how dysfunctional and unrepresentative they are,
and what you have to do to make sure they don’t disappoint you.
Look up FPTP and Tactical Voting,
and integrate what you find out into all of your political commentary.
Not a single right wing idea has made any normal people’s lives better.
But people are being convinced they just need some REALLY right wing ideas.
And when they don’t work, it’ll all be someone else’s fault.
Maybe, just maybe, the ideas are bad.
And maybe it’s unproductive to pander to them.
But people are being convinced they just need some REALLY right wing ideas.
And when they don’t work, it’ll all be someone else’s fault.
Maybe, just maybe, the ideas are bad.
And maybe it’s unproductive to pander to them.
October 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not a single right wing idea has made any normal people’s lives better.
But people are being convinced they just need some REALLY right wing ideas.
And when they don’t work, it’ll all be someone else’s fault.
Maybe, just maybe, the ideas are bad.
And maybe it’s unproductive to pander to them.
But people are being convinced they just need some REALLY right wing ideas.
And when they don’t work, it’ll all be someone else’s fault.
Maybe, just maybe, the ideas are bad.
And maybe it’s unproductive to pander to them.
Our politicians being played.
It’s been obvious for decades of course.
And not just by the Russians.
But by the whole global greed-fuelled neoliberal ecosystem, in an evermore open and coordinated way.
It’s been obvious for decades of course.
And not just by the Russians.
But by the whole global greed-fuelled neoliberal ecosystem, in an evermore open and coordinated way.
Andrey Lugovoy openly lays out a playbook for hybrid subversion of the United States, from inserting operatives and buying politicians to stoking divisions, sabotaging governance and meddling in elections.
Wicked minds.
Wicked minds.
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our politicians being played.
It’s been obvious for decades of course.
And not just by the Russians.
But by the whole global greed-fuelled neoliberal ecosystem, in an evermore open and coordinated way.
It’s been obvious for decades of course.
And not just by the Russians.
But by the whole global greed-fuelled neoliberal ecosystem, in an evermore open and coordinated way.
Don’t forget FPTP.
Vote splitting.
Marginal seats.
Low turnouts.
And don’t forget Tactical voting.
Your Voter ID.
And to tell other people.
Vote splitting.
Marginal seats.
Low turnouts.
And don’t forget Tactical voting.
Your Voter ID.
And to tell other people.
September 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Don’t forget FPTP.
Vote splitting.
Marginal seats.
Low turnouts.
And don’t forget Tactical voting.
Your Voter ID.
And to tell other people.
Vote splitting.
Marginal seats.
Low turnouts.
And don’t forget Tactical voting.
Your Voter ID.
And to tell other people.
so, may i propose we reduce down the amount we're all telling each other we don't like Farage..
and start promoting the ideas and policies that are better, and the ways in which we might achieve them?
obviously part of that is about keeping Reform out too, we run StopReformUK.vote of course
and start promoting the ideas and policies that are better, and the ways in which we might achieve them?
obviously part of that is about keeping Reform out too, we run StopReformUK.vote of course
Is it fair to assume the vast majority of UK BlueSky users are not fans of Farage and Reform UK?
September 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
so, may i propose we reduce down the amount we're all telling each other we don't like Farage..
and start promoting the ideas and policies that are better, and the ways in which we might achieve them?
obviously part of that is about keeping Reform out too, we run StopReformUK.vote of course
and start promoting the ideas and policies that are better, and the ways in which we might achieve them?
obviously part of that is about keeping Reform out too, we run StopReformUK.vote of course
Is it fair to assume the vast majority of UK BlueSky users are not fans of Farage and Reform UK?
September 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Is it fair to assume the vast majority of UK BlueSky users are not fans of Farage and Reform UK?
We talk about Farage too much.
He loves it.
Why do we help him by spreading his narrative?
He loves it.
Why do we help him by spreading his narrative?
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We talk about Farage too much.
He loves it.
Why do we help him by spreading his narrative?
He loves it.
Why do we help him by spreading his narrative?