Ben Fuller
@politicsastar.bsky.social
News & debate especially for A-level politics students. I'm Head of Politics at the leading, academic, co-ed boarding school in the north of England. Insta & Twitter too
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Ben Fuller
@politicsastar.bsky.social
· May 23
I’ve begun my return to St Peter’s & the Bayley Room, as my recovery continues. It’s been great to see friends, colleagues & students again & to be welcomed back so warmly. Thank you.
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Rachel Reeves is in a hole - many are forgetting that Jeremy Hunt’s TWO national insurance cuts, & impossibly tight spending plans for the new govt, helped put her there. Each cut cost c£10bn!
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Rachel Reeves is in a hole - many are forgetting that Jeremy Hunt’s TWO national insurance cuts, & impossibly tight spending plans for the new govt, helped put her there. Each cut cost c£10bn!
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
Reform is going to fix broken Britain, apparently, a year after Labour promised to CHANGE broken Britain.
How? Will they be any more successful?
These lavish ads in the RW papers must have cost - who’s paying?!
#r4today #ReformUK #Budget2025 #NigelFarage #skynews #LVIPolitics
How? Will they be any more successful?
These lavish ads in the RW papers must have cost - who’s paying?!
#r4today #ReformUK #Budget2025 #NigelFarage #skynews #LVIPolitics
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Reform is going to fix broken Britain, apparently, a year after Labour promised to CHANGE broken Britain.
How? Will they be any more successful?
These lavish ads in the RW papers must have cost - who’s paying?!
#r4today #ReformUK #Budget2025 #NigelFarage #skynews #LVIPolitics
How? Will they be any more successful?
These lavish ads in the RW papers must have cost - who’s paying?!
#r4today #ReformUK #Budget2025 #NigelFarage #skynews #LVIPolitics
“A govt whose approach in its first budget was wishful thinking has largely doubled down on that approach in its second. It seems unlikely that she will get a third chance”
@stephenkb is damning
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
on.ft.com/44mUHSg
@stephenkb is damning
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
on.ft.com/44mUHSg
Rachel Reeves doubles down on wishful thinking
A government that can’t make tough choices now is unlikely to do so on the eve of an election
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“A govt whose approach in its first budget was wishful thinking has largely doubled down on that approach in its second. It seems unlikely that she will get a third chance”
@stephenkb is damning
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
on.ft.com/44mUHSg
@stephenkb is damning
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
on.ft.com/44mUHSg
A “co‑ordinated attempt to bolt an extremist Trumpist evangelical, anti‑climate, anti‑rights, strongman agenda onto🇬🇧democracy via opaque lobbying networks”
Huge story from @NafeezAhmed & @BylineTimes on #ReformUK & #NigelFarage’s 2029 plans
#r4today #democracy #Project2025
x.com/nafeezahmed/...
Huge story from @NafeezAhmed & @BylineTimes on #ReformUK & #NigelFarage’s 2029 plans
#r4today #democracy #Project2025
x.com/nafeezahmed/...
x.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A “co‑ordinated attempt to bolt an extremist Trumpist evangelical, anti‑climate, anti‑rights, strongman agenda onto🇬🇧democracy via opaque lobbying networks”
Huge story from @NafeezAhmed & @BylineTimes on #ReformUK & #NigelFarage’s 2029 plans
#r4today #democracy #Project2025
x.com/nafeezahmed/...
Huge story from @NafeezAhmed & @BylineTimes on #ReformUK & #NigelFarage’s 2029 plans
#r4today #democracy #Project2025
x.com/nafeezahmed/...
Today’s front pages 📰focus on the tax rises in the Budget
The messaging isn’t great for Rachel Reeves, but neither Labour MPs or the markets are in revolt, so 🤷♂️
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #LVIPolitics
The messaging isn’t great for Rachel Reeves, but neither Labour MPs or the markets are in revolt, so 🤷♂️
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #LVIPolitics
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today’s front pages 📰focus on the tax rises in the Budget
The messaging isn’t great for Rachel Reeves, but neither Labour MPs or the markets are in revolt, so 🤷♂️
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #LVIPolitics
The messaging isn’t great for Rachel Reeves, but neither Labour MPs or the markets are in revolt, so 🤷♂️
#r4today #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #LVIPolitics
“The Budget was accidentally released early. Goodness knows how many people it could go on to harm!”
Matt very clever with #Budget2025, the OBR leak - & recent prisoner releases
😂😂
#BudgetDay #RachelReeves #PrisonBreak #r4today #skynews
Matt very clever with #Budget2025, the OBR leak - & recent prisoner releases
😂😂
#BudgetDay #RachelReeves #PrisonBreak #r4today #skynews
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“The Budget was accidentally released early. Goodness knows how many people it could go on to harm!”
Matt very clever with #Budget2025, the OBR leak - & recent prisoner releases
😂😂
#BudgetDay #RachelReeves #PrisonBreak #r4today #skynews
Matt very clever with #Budget2025, the OBR leak - & recent prisoner releases
😂😂
#BudgetDay #RachelReeves #PrisonBreak #r4today #skynews
Reposted by Ben Fuller
Jeffries: This is only going to end in one of two ways. Either Republicans are going to agree to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits before December 31st of this year, or the American people are going to throw Republicans out of office because of their failure to make life better.
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Jeffries: This is only going to end in one of two ways. Either Republicans are going to agree to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits before December 31st of this year, or the American people are going to throw Republicans out of office because of their failure to make life better.
GB News has Kwasi Kwarteng (of Liz Truss mini-budget infamy) on the Nigel Farage show as a talking head expert to comment on the budget
Irony is dead. No credibility.
#Budget2025 #NigelFarage #C4News #GBNews
Irony is dead. No credibility.
#Budget2025 #NigelFarage #C4News #GBNews
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
GB News has Kwasi Kwarteng (of Liz Truss mini-budget infamy) on the Nigel Farage show as a talking head expert to comment on the budget
Irony is dead. No credibility.
#Budget2025 #NigelFarage #C4News #GBNews
Irony is dead. No credibility.
#Budget2025 #NigelFarage #C4News #GBNews
Rare to see Nigel Farage being put under pressure ⬇️- with Nathan Gill & the Dulwich College accusations big Qs to answer 👏👏ITV News
Let’s hope #bbclaurak is taking notes, having never questioned #NigelFarage (or #borisjohnson) this hard
#C4News #skynews #NathanGill
Let’s hope #bbclaurak is taking notes, having never questioned #NigelFarage (or #borisjohnson) this hard
#C4News #skynews #NathanGill
ITV News, "Did you racially insult pupils at school?
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Rare to see Nigel Farage being put under pressure ⬇️- with Nathan Gill & the Dulwich College accusations big Qs to answer 👏👏ITV News
Let’s hope #bbclaurak is taking notes, having never questioned #NigelFarage (or #borisjohnson) this hard
#C4News #skynews #NathanGill
Let’s hope #bbclaurak is taking notes, having never questioned #NigelFarage (or #borisjohnson) this hard
#C4News #skynews #NathanGill
Some of these 🟥🟦 backbenchers very wooden & not able to think on their feet when taking interventions
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget #Budget2025
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Some of these 🟥🟦 backbenchers very wooden & not able to think on their feet when taking interventions
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget #Budget2025
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget #Budget2025
@jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social giving a masterclass in how to give a calm, measured response to #Budget2025, engaging with MPs across the House, taking a series of interventions & responding intelligently
Sadly🟥🟦frontbenches are thin so few there listening & learning
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget
Sadly🟥🟦frontbenches are thin so few there listening & learning
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social giving a masterclass in how to give a calm, measured response to #Budget2025, engaging with MPs across the House, taking a series of interventions & responding intelligently
Sadly🟥🟦frontbenches are thin so few there listening & learning
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget
Sadly🟥🟦frontbenches are thin so few there listening & learning
#RachelReeves #skynewsuk #budget
This leak has torpedoed Rachel Reeves’ attempt to frame her budget, stolen her thunder, changed the atmosphere in the HoC & skewed immediate media coverage.
It’s hard to see how Richard Hughes, OBR Chair DOESN’T resign
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #OBR #RachelReeves #skynews
It’s hard to see how Richard Hughes, OBR Chair DOESN’T resign
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #OBR #RachelReeves #skynews
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This leak has torpedoed Rachel Reeves’ attempt to frame her budget, stolen her thunder, changed the atmosphere in the HoC & skewed immediate media coverage.
It’s hard to see how Richard Hughes, OBR Chair DOESN’T resign
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #OBR #RachelReeves #skynews
It’s hard to see how Richard Hughes, OBR Chair DOESN’T resign
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #OBR #RachelReeves #skynews
“This isn't about the last 14 months- but about the last 14 years." - Rachel Reeves key political line
BUT this would have been an easier message to sell a year ago, it may not fly now!
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Tory #austerity
BUT this would have been an easier message to sell a year ago, it may not fly now!
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Tory #austerity
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“This isn't about the last 14 months- but about the last 14 years." - Rachel Reeves key political line
BUT this would have been an easier message to sell a year ago, it may not fly now!
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Tory #austerity
BUT this would have been an easier message to sell a year ago, it may not fly now!
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Tory #austerity
Reposted by Ben Fuller
Damning line from the OBR this: "We have assessed that none of the policy measures in this Budget have a sufficiently material impact to justify adjusting our post-measures potential output forecast."
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Damning line from the OBR this: "We have assessed that none of the policy measures in this Budget have a sufficiently material impact to justify adjusting our post-measures potential output forecast."
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
Reposted by Ben Fuller
Two graphs that explain the Government's problems more than anything else.
Another half decade of flatlined living standards
Another half decade of flatlined living standards
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Two graphs that explain the Government's problems more than anything else.
Another half decade of flatlined living standards
Another half decade of flatlined living standards
“Conservatives are the party of work, Labour should be renamed the welfare party!” Kemi Badenoch
Pat McFadden is going to have to get welfare reform through despite Labour backbench revolts, otherwise this line will stick
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #welfare
Pat McFadden is going to have to get welfare reform through despite Labour backbench revolts, otherwise this line will stick
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #welfare
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Conservatives are the party of work, Labour should be renamed the welfare party!” Kemi Badenoch
Pat McFadden is going to have to get welfare reform through despite Labour backbench revolts, otherwise this line will stick
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #welfare
Pat McFadden is going to have to get welfare reform through despite Labour backbench revolts, otherwise this line will stick
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews #welfare
Kemi Badenoch is enjoying herself
She doesn’t lack confidence or energy-even if calling for Rachel Reeves to resign whilst forgetting Kwasi Kwarteng was the most disastrous Chancellor means her content’s often over done
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
She doesn’t lack confidence or energy-even if calling for Rachel Reeves to resign whilst forgetting Kwasi Kwarteng was the most disastrous Chancellor means her content’s often over done
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kemi Badenoch is enjoying herself
She doesn’t lack confidence or energy-even if calling for Rachel Reeves to resign whilst forgetting Kwasi Kwarteng was the most disastrous Chancellor means her content’s often over done
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
She doesn’t lack confidence or energy-even if calling for Rachel Reeves to resign whilst forgetting Kwasi Kwarteng was the most disastrous Chancellor means her content’s often over done
#KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Budget #skynews
Rachel Reeves doing her bit for Labour in the Holyrood 2026 elections, handing Scotland money “because Anas Sarwar asked us to”
Take that John Swinney & the SNP is the vibe
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Scotland #Holyrood
Take that John Swinney & the SNP is the vibe
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Scotland #Holyrood
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Rachel Reeves doing her bit for Labour in the Holyrood 2026 elections, handing Scotland money “because Anas Sarwar asked us to”
Take that John Swinney & the SNP is the vibe
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Scotland #Holyrood
Take that John Swinney & the SNP is the vibe
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews #Scotland #Holyrood
Rachel Reeves on the attack against Tory plans to resume #austerity
She gives the #NHS more ££ but it's hard to see austerity ending under Labour in other areas with budgets flat (education) or cut (Home)
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews
She gives the #NHS more ££ but it's hard to see austerity ending under Labour in other areas with budgets flat (education) or cut (Home)
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Rachel Reeves on the attack against Tory plans to resume #austerity
She gives the #NHS more ££ but it's hard to see austerity ending under Labour in other areas with budgets flat (education) or cut (Home)
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews
She gives the #NHS more ££ but it's hard to see austerity ending under Labour in other areas with budgets flat (education) or cut (Home)
#Budget2025 #BudgetDay #RachelReeves #skynews
Rachel Reeves might as well just say
“I refer everyone to P.1 of The Times & commend this Budget to the House”
sit down & save everyone an hour➕➕
It’s all there & in front pages passim ad nauseam 😴
#Budget2025 #Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today
“I refer everyone to P.1 of The Times & commend this Budget to the House”
sit down & save everyone an hour➕➕
It’s all there & in front pages passim ad nauseam 😴
#Budget2025 #Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Rachel Reeves might as well just say
“I refer everyone to P.1 of The Times & commend this Budget to the House”
sit down & save everyone an hour➕➕
It’s all there & in front pages passim ad nauseam 😴
#Budget2025 #Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today
“I refer everyone to P.1 of The Times & commend this Budget to the House”
sit down & save everyone an hour➕➕
It’s all there & in front pages passim ad nauseam 😴
#Budget2025 #Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today
End jury trials in most cases?
Threaten a key Magna Carta right?
Hand it all over to professional👨⚖️not a jury of a citizen’s peers?!
The courts are in a mess but there must be a better solution
#MagnaCarta #jury #DavidLammy #r4today #LVIPolitics
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Threaten a key Magna Carta right?
Hand it all over to professional👨⚖️not a jury of a citizen’s peers?!
The courts are in a mess but there must be a better solution
#MagnaCarta #jury #DavidLammy #r4today #LVIPolitics
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
End jury trials in most cases?
Threaten a key Magna Carta right?
Hand it all over to professional👨⚖️not a jury of a citizen’s peers?!
The courts are in a mess but there must be a better solution
#MagnaCarta #jury #DavidLammy #r4today #LVIPolitics
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Threaten a key Magna Carta right?
Hand it all over to professional👨⚖️not a jury of a citizen’s peers?!
The courts are in a mess but there must be a better solution
#MagnaCarta #jury #DavidLammy #r4today #LVIPolitics
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
“Please Mr Trump, end this drive-by diplomacy & sack Steve Witkoff. He is out of his depth”
Roger Boyes weighs Witkoff’s achievements (Israeli hostages’ release) in @thetimes.com but finds him hugely wanting in Ukraine where #Putin plays him
#SteveWitkoff #Trump #Ukraine #r4today #UVIPolitics
Roger Boyes weighs Witkoff’s achievements (Israeli hostages’ release) in @thetimes.com but finds him hugely wanting in Ukraine where #Putin plays him
#SteveWitkoff #Trump #Ukraine #r4today #UVIPolitics
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“Please Mr Trump, end this drive-by diplomacy & sack Steve Witkoff. He is out of his depth”
Roger Boyes weighs Witkoff’s achievements (Israeli hostages’ release) in @thetimes.com but finds him hugely wanting in Ukraine where #Putin plays him
#SteveWitkoff #Trump #Ukraine #r4today #UVIPolitics
Roger Boyes weighs Witkoff’s achievements (Israeli hostages’ release) in @thetimes.com but finds him hugely wanting in Ukraine where #Putin plays him
#SteveWitkoff #Trump #Ukraine #r4today #UVIPolitics
“Can you take a bit off the top & some off the sides?”
Matt prepares for #Budget2025 & a rumoured mansion tax 😂😂
#Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today #mansiontax
Matt prepares for #Budget2025 & a rumoured mansion tax 😂😂
#Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today #mansiontax
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“Can you take a bit off the top & some off the sides?”
Matt prepares for #Budget2025 & a rumoured mansion tax 😂😂
#Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today #mansiontax
Matt prepares for #Budget2025 & a rumoured mansion tax 😂😂
#Budgetspeech #RachelReeves #r4today #mansiontax
It remains unbelievable that Trump has not insisted on a ceasefire FIRST, BEFORE starting peace negotiations with Putin, to end the killing - his priority
But of course that isn't in #Putin's interests, so ...
#Trump #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #r4today
kyivindependent.com/explosions-h...
But of course that isn't in #Putin's interests, so ...
#Trump #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #r4today
kyivindependent.com/explosions-h...
Ukrainian homes burn as Russian missiles hit Kyiv — at least 6 killed, 13 injured in mass attack
Several multistory residential buildings caught fire and at least six people have been killed in what the Energy Ministry called "a massive combined attack...on infrastructure facilities."
kyivindependent.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It remains unbelievable that Trump has not insisted on a ceasefire FIRST, BEFORE starting peace negotiations with Putin, to end the killing - his priority
But of course that isn't in #Putin's interests, so ...
#Trump #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #r4today
kyivindependent.com/explosions-h...
But of course that isn't in #Putin's interests, so ...
#Trump #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #r4today
kyivindependent.com/explosions-h...
We shouldn’t expect democracy to last forever
The tyranny of the majority may contain the seeds of democracy’s demise as it’ll not seem so sacred to those punished by it (our young in squalid rented housing) says @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
#democracy #HousingCrisis #r4today #LVIPolitics
The tyranny of the majority may contain the seeds of democracy’s demise as it’ll not seem so sacred to those punished by it (our young in squalid rented housing) says @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
#democracy #HousingCrisis #r4today #LVIPolitics
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We shouldn’t expect democracy to last forever
The tyranny of the majority may contain the seeds of democracy’s demise as it’ll not seem so sacred to those punished by it (our young in squalid rented housing) says @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
#democracy #HousingCrisis #r4today #LVIPolitics
The tyranny of the majority may contain the seeds of democracy’s demise as it’ll not seem so sacred to those punished by it (our young in squalid rented housing) says @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
#democracy #HousingCrisis #r4today #LVIPolitics