Suzanne Brown
@suzannebrown.bsky.social
Londoner, gallery and museum visitor, interested in history and politics. CEV.
If only they'd believed anyone who has worked in local government in the past 20 years who said you can't run the same services with 50% cuts.
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
If only they'd believed anyone who has worked in local government in the past 20 years who said you can't run the same services with 50% cuts.
The sheer effrontery of this Tory given they've been funded by Russians, they gave out dodgy contracts to their mates during the pandemic and their whole tenure was full of chaotic leadership changes.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The sheer effrontery of this Tory given they've been funded by Russians, they gave out dodgy contracts to their mates during the pandemic and their whole tenure was full of chaotic leadership changes.
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No, of course not. And she's saying Streeting would be a good candidate because she knows he's tainted by the Mandelson connection and the Sun would use that as soon as he's nominated.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:43 AM
No, of course not. And she's saying Streeting would be a good candidate because she knows he's tainted by the Mandelson connection and the Sun would use that as soon as he's nominated.
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Sun woman says "we can't have another expensive leadership election".
The public don't pay for leadership elections.
If she wants Starmer to stay, Labour probably need to get rid of him.
#bbclaurak
The public don't pay for leadership elections.
If she wants Starmer to stay, Labour probably need to get rid of him.
#bbclaurak
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Sun woman says "we can't have another expensive leadership election".
The public don't pay for leadership elections.
If she wants Starmer to stay, Labour probably need to get rid of him.
#bbclaurak
The public don't pay for leadership elections.
If she wants Starmer to stay, Labour probably need to get rid of him.
#bbclaurak
Apparently it was 62 seconds long, but Trump couldn't get to the end of it. That makes him either a) a liar and a racist or b) someone with severe cognitive impairment making him unfit for office. Or all three. #r4today
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Apparently it was 62 seconds long, but Trump couldn't get to the end of it. That makes him either a) a liar and a racist or b) someone with severe cognitive impairment making him unfit for office. Or all three. #r4today
Tough decision for Rachel Reeves - bail out a Reform council by £71m or let them raise council tax by 10%. Should take her all of 30 seconds to choose the latter! #r4today
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Tough decision for Rachel Reeves - bail out a Reform council by £71m or let them raise council tax by 10%. Should take her all of 30 seconds to choose the latter! #r4today
Haven't listened to that yet. Will do.
Have you listened to Strong Message Here this week? Emily Maitlis as the guest discussing Mandelson, the Epstein files - and Dickens!
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Have you listened to Strong Message Here this week? Emily Maitlis as the guest discussing Mandelson, the Epstein files - and Dickens!
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February 6, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Haven't listened to that yet. Will do.
Have you listened to Strong Message Here this week? Emily Maitlis as the guest discussing Mandelson, the Epstein files - and Dickens!
#r4today
Have you listened to Strong Message Here this week? Emily Maitlis as the guest discussing Mandelson, the Epstein files - and Dickens!
#r4today
Yes, I see your points too.
It's all such a mess for Labour. Meanwhile Trump's involvement with Epstein in those files are unlikely to be revealed until after his death/the end of his term. #r4today
It's all such a mess for Labour. Meanwhile Trump's involvement with Epstein in those files are unlikely to be revealed until after his death/the end of his term. #r4today
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Yes, I see your points too.
It's all such a mess for Labour. Meanwhile Trump's involvement with Epstein in those files are unlikely to be revealed until after his death/the end of his term. #r4today
It's all such a mess for Labour. Meanwhile Trump's involvement with Epstein in those files are unlikely to be revealed until after his death/the end of his term. #r4today
That idea works until you remember that Mandelson represented a Labour govt and that it's a Republican govt releasing the Epstein files.
Look how easy it was to endanger a Labour govt and make it easier for Trump's favoured party Reform to get to power.
Were Labour that naive? Maybe.
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Look how easy it was to endanger a Labour govt and make it easier for Trump's favoured party Reform to get to power.
Were Labour that naive? Maybe.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:40 AM
That idea works until you remember that Mandelson represented a Labour govt and that it's a Republican govt releasing the Epstein files.
Look how easy it was to endanger a Labour govt and make it easier for Trump's favoured party Reform to get to power.
Were Labour that naive? Maybe.
#r4today
Look how easy it was to endanger a Labour govt and make it easier for Trump's favoured party Reform to get to power.
Were Labour that naive? Maybe.
#r4today
Is Zia Yusuf proud of the fact that it was the slave owners in Britain and not the slaves who were paid huge amounts in reparations? #bbcqt
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Is Zia Yusuf proud of the fact that it was the slave owners in Britain and not the slaves who were paid huge amounts in reparations? #bbcqt
The more educated you are the less likely you are to vote Reform or Tory. It's not in their interest to do anything to encourage people to go to university. #bbcqt
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The more educated you are the less likely you are to vote Reform or Tory. It's not in their interest to do anything to encourage people to go to university. #bbcqt
Reform's new Welsh leader lives down to expectations. Quote from the Tory leader in the London council he left: "We look forward to the former Cllr refunding his councillor’s allowance paid to him during his prolonged absence from Barnet".
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/12/31/f...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Reform's new Welsh leader lives down to expectations. Quote from the Tory leader in the London council he left: "We look forward to the former Cllr refunding his councillor’s allowance paid to him during his prolonged absence from Barnet".
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/12/31/f...
#wato
barnetpost.co.uk/2025/12/31/f...
#wato
Looks like Steve Reed is a Starmer/McSweeney loyalist, so presumably he'll go along with them in the post local elections resignations. He can take his MAGA style hats with him. #r4today
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Looks like Steve Reed is a Starmer/McSweeney loyalist, so presumably he'll go along with them in the post local elections resignations. He can take his MAGA style hats with him. #r4today
Nope, she doesn't do numbers. There were bizarre moments, like when she interviewed a young Reform councillor sitting next to his grandmother who wasn't a Reform supporter, but I always think Kuenssberg missed her vocation as a gossip columnist. #r4today
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Nope, she doesn't do numbers. There were bizarre moments, like when she interviewed a young Reform councillor sitting next to his grandmother who wasn't a Reform supporter, but I always think Kuenssberg missed her vocation as a gossip columnist. #r4today
Did anyone else watch Kuenssberg's programme on Reform UK last night and wonder how she gets away with such a superficial treatment? Where were the facts on e.g. selling off care homes?
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February 5, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Did anyone else watch Kuenssberg's programme on Reform UK last night and wonder how she gets away with such a superficial treatment? Where were the facts on e.g. selling off care homes?
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Labour backbencher saying that as we saw with the Tories a change of leader "doesn't do anyone any good".
Is she saying it wasn't good for the country to get rid of Johnson and Truss? If so, is she fit to be a Labour MP?
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Is she saying it wasn't good for the country to get rid of Johnson and Truss? If so, is she fit to be a Labour MP?
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February 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Labour backbencher saying that as we saw with the Tories a change of leader "doesn't do anyone any good".
Is she saying it wasn't good for the country to get rid of Johnson and Truss? If so, is she fit to be a Labour MP?
#r4today
Is she saying it wasn't good for the country to get rid of Johnson and Truss? If so, is she fit to be a Labour MP?
#r4today