@barry-edwards.bsky.social
How about seeking much greater integration with the EU?
"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".
October 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How about seeking much greater integration with the EU?
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Highlights from the Westminster debate on #DemocracyDay👇
Thank you @rachelblakemp.bsky.social for securing this important debate, and to @richardfoordld.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social for making the case for electoral reform.
Thank you @rachelblakemp.bsky.social for securing this important debate, and to @richardfoordld.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social for making the case for electoral reform.
September 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Highlights from the Westminster debate on #DemocracyDay👇
Thank you @rachelblakemp.bsky.social for securing this important debate, and to @richardfoordld.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social for making the case for electoral reform.
Thank you @rachelblakemp.bsky.social for securing this important debate, and to @richardfoordld.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social for making the case for electoral reform.
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Looks like the Daily Mirror is the ONLY MSM outlet prepared to lead on Nige Fartrage's dodging schemes.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
Last year Nigel Farage announced he had bought a house in Clacton, Essex, but in fact it was his partner Laure Ferrari, 46, who shelled out almost £900,000 for the property
www.mirror.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looks like the Daily Mirror is the ONLY MSM outlet prepared to lead on Nige Fartrage's dodging schemes.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U
It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
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Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.
Angela Rayner's treatment shows the double standards that punish the ambition of working class women - LabourList
The treatment of Angela Rayner demonstrates that we must confront the double standards that punish working-class ambition.
labourlist.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.
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Tip for the Mail, Telegraph, etc - imagine how you’d report this if this was Angela Rayner
September 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Tip for the Mail, Telegraph, etc - imagine how you’d report this if this was Angela Rayner
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Can we take a minute to recognise Angela Rayner has taken accountability by owning up to her mistake, correcting it, referring herself to ministerial standards & now resigning.
Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson.
#UkPolitics
Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson.
#UkPolitics
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Can we take a minute to recognise Angela Rayner has taken accountability by owning up to her mistake, correcting it, referring herself to ministerial standards & now resigning.
Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson.
#UkPolitics
Not one single Tory MP did this & was always backed by the prime minister especially Boris Johnson.
#UkPolitics
It also opens up a job vacancy that is not in Starmer's gift but voted on by all Labour Party members.
It is a pity that Andy Burnham is inelibable (not a sitting MP) but who should be the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
It is a pity that Andy Burnham is inelibable (not a sitting MP) but who should be the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
"There is an ugliness to some of this - 𝘺𝘦𝘴 she should've done better - but it doesn’t equate to what we saw in the last gov’t with people on the make.”
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It also opens up a job vacancy that is not in Starmer's gift but voted on by all Labour Party members.
It is a pity that Andy Burnham is inelibable (not a sitting MP) but who should be the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
It is a pity that Andy Burnham is inelibable (not a sitting MP) but who should be the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
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"There is an ugliness to some of this - 𝘺𝘦𝘴 she should've done better - but it doesn’t equate to what we saw in the last gov’t with people on the make.”
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"There is an ugliness to some of this - 𝘺𝘦𝘴 she should've done better - but it doesn’t equate to what we saw in the last gov’t with people on the make.”
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
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DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT #FARAGE ALWAYS BEING ON TV IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED THIS PETTION !!!
1,940 signatures needed!
RT and thank you for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
1,940 signatures needed!
RT and thank you for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
petition.parliament.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT #FARAGE ALWAYS BEING ON TV IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED THIS PETTION !!!
1,940 signatures needed!
RT and thank you for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
1,940 signatures needed!
RT and thank you for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Absolutely love this quote, we all should be mindful!
August 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Absolutely love this quote, we all should be mindful!
The money has to be taken from Trump's MAGA supporters to give to Trump's billionaire backers.
Time to take big money out of politics.
Time to take big money out of politics.
July 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The money has to be taken from Trump's MAGA supporters to give to Trump's billionaire backers.
Time to take big money out of politics.
Time to take big money out of politics.
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Corbyn predicts a hung parliament after the next General Election followed by #ElectoralReform. Seems to favour Mixed Member Proportionality (MMP).
#ProportionalRepresentation
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentation
#MakeVotesMatter
"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone
July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Corbyn predicts a hung parliament after the next General Election followed by #ElectoralReform. Seems to favour Mixed Member Proportionality (MMP).
#ProportionalRepresentation
#MakeVotesMatter
#ProportionalRepresentation
#MakeVotesMatter
Much missed Janey, we really needed you right now.
July 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Much missed Janey, we really needed you right now.
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"First Past the Post has encouraged a focus on ‘Mondeo man’ – the idea that there’s a small number of constituencies needed to be won. That’s a reductive mentality. Politics has to be about everyone, everywhere."
Well put, @andyburnham.bsky.social.💯
No constituency or voter should be left behind.
Well put, @andyburnham.bsky.social.💯
No constituency or voter should be left behind.
Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...
bylinetimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"First Past the Post has encouraged a focus on ‘Mondeo man’ – the idea that there’s a small number of constituencies needed to be won. That’s a reductive mentality. Politics has to be about everyone, everywhere."
Well put, @andyburnham.bsky.social.💯
No constituency or voter should be left behind.
Well put, @andyburnham.bsky.social.💯
No constituency or voter should be left behind.
And in the UK where the law on political donations is "more honoured in the breach than the observance" (to quote Hamlet).
This would handicap The
RepubliKKKans and Chump from
Buying Elections,that is,If We Have
Any More......
RepubliKKKans and Chump from
Buying Elections,that is,If We Have
Any More......
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And in the UK where the law on political donations is "more honoured in the breach than the observance" (to quote Hamlet).
A novel way of explaining the issue. I like it.
Are politicians stupid, selfish, corrupt and all the same? Or are they just following the rules of a bad game?
In a thought-provoking blog, MVM volunteer Paul Tait asks us to imagine the UK political system as a casino game. 👇
In a thought-provoking blog, MVM volunteer Paul Tait asks us to imagine the UK political system as a casino game. 👇
Don’t Hate the Politicians, Hate the Game - Make Votes Matter
Our brilliant volunteer, Paul Tait, has taken a bold and original approach to explaining British politics — not through lectures or jargon, but through a
makevotesmatter.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A novel way of explaining the issue. I like it.
A very good reformulation of the main argument.
Are politicians stupid, selfish, corrupt and all the same? Or are they just following the rules of a bad game?
In a thought-provoking blog, MVM volunteer Paul Tait asks us to imagine the UK political system as a casino game. 👇
In a thought-provoking blog, MVM volunteer Paul Tait asks us to imagine the UK political system as a casino game. 👇
Don’t Hate the Politicians, Hate the Game - Make Votes Matter
Our brilliant volunteer, Paul Tait, has taken a bold and original approach to explaining British politics — not through lectures or jargon, but through a
makevotesmatter.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A very good reformulation of the main argument.
Emergency legislation needed NOW!
‘Thames Water refuses to claw back bonuses paid using £3bn emergency loan’
🤬
Imprison the bloody lot of them.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Imprison the bloody lot of them.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water refuses to claw back bonuses paid using £3bn emergency loan
Money was paid out from loan meant to stabilise firm’s finances weeks before it paused retention payments plan
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Emergency legislation needed NOW!