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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2h

As for this - in other words the government would rather we offshore our operations instead of generating jobs and exports in a high productivity sector in the UK. I despair...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 46m

"Last year the Byline Times published an embarrassing story about Conservative party councillors pretending to be ordinary folk during a televised election campaign event. A year later, Bienkov is suddenly off the invite list."

www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/free...

Free speech tested at party conferences - Index on Censorship

Political parties in the UK must allow critical voices in

www.indexoncensorship.org

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 18h

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

Kemi Badenoch asked whether she's spoken to Robert Jenrick about his racist comments, replies that she hasn't as she's "been on the news", but says she did see him briefly and "gave him a hug"

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19h

This is one of the issues London Labour insiders raised with me in this piece on Labour & London – Labour is taking the votes of the capital for granted, and is about to impose major local government austerity on councils who were hard hit first time round.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19h

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 21h

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h

An incredible scoop from Darren here lifted straight from... Polanski's public Wikipedia page

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h

yep bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h

Is any journalist at Conservative conference going to ask Robert Jenrick where he got his new "Let's take our country back," slogan from?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

After spending an entire morning defending his suggestion that there are too many non-white faces in the UK, Robert Jenrick ends his speech with the line: "Let's take our country back".

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

"Hello to my friends at Greggs at Peterborough North services. You might see me later this week," says Robert Jenrick

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

Robert Jenrick thanks the Conservative "Tweeters and TikTokers" who are "getting things done".

"You are making the world a better place," he says.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

As Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of having a "chequered past", here's a quick reminder of Jenrick's

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

Pushed repeatedly on why she doesn't know how many civil servants would lose their jobs under her plans, Kemi Badenoch finally goes with: "If a job shouldn't exist then it isn't really a job".

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 23h

"So you're laying waste to people's jobs, but you don't know how many?"

Kemi Badenoch plans to get rid of 'quite a lot' of civil servants.

She doesn't have the exact figure, but she assures Nick that she's 'looked at it'.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Farage again, Polanski snubbed (twice) - @adambienkov.bsky.social on Substack:

open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

The BBC's Institutional Anti-Left Bias

The BBC's decision to scrap a planned Zack Polanski interview on the channel's flagship Laura Kuenssberg show has caused fury within the Green Party

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch asked about the low turnout at Conservative Party conference describes it as "teeming" with members

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch’s law:

Racism aimed at Badenoch by someone she thinks is on the left: very bad

Racism aimed at literally anybody else: fine

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 1d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Tory Conference debate on free speech. You see? Sometimes being "cancelled" is a mercy.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Under any other leader Jenrick would have been sacked for saying this.

Under Badenoch he'll probably get a promotion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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