Edward Cornwell
@hopper3011.bsky.social
PhD student, Political Science
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The Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is set to cut the number of committees to save £75,000 a year.
Who needs democracy and well run services, when you have an out of their depth Reform UK administration.
Kemkaran hates scrutiny.
Who needs democracy and well run services, when you have an out of their depth Reform UK administration.
Kemkaran hates scrutiny.
County council to cut committees to save £75k a year
Reform UK at Kent County Council is set to cut the number of committees to save £75,000 a year.
www.kentonline.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is set to cut the number of committees to save £75,000 a year.
Who needs democracy and well run services, when you have an out of their depth Reform UK administration.
Kemkaran hates scrutiny.
Who needs democracy and well run services, when you have an out of their depth Reform UK administration.
Kemkaran hates scrutiny.
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Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
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Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was responsible for their actions and should not be forgiven: 15yo Shamima Begum
Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was not responsible for their actions and should be forgiven: 18yo Nigel Farage.
Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was not responsible for their actions and should be forgiven: 18yo Nigel Farage.
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was responsible for their actions and should not be forgiven: 15yo Shamima Begum
Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was not responsible for their actions and should be forgiven: 18yo Nigel Farage.
Young person who Rory Stewart thinks was not responsible for their actions and should be forgiven: 18yo Nigel Farage.
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
110%
By this metric, some harmless sod working in a warehouse is less welcome than some button-eyed grasping opportunist 'entrepreneur' who sets up a fake business to sell millions of quid's worth of shonky PPI to the NHS during a pandemic.
People aren't just defined by what they can do for you.
People aren't just defined by what they can do for you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
110%
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The Government says these reforms are “for councils”, but councils themselves are warning they will cause real harm.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Government says these reforms are “for councils”, but councils themselves are warning they will cause real harm.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
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Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
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Nigel Farage doesn't seem to mind foreigners when they're funding his fraudulent political parties...
Or buying him a house.
Or buying him a house.
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Nigel Farage doesn't seem to mind foreigners when they're funding his fraudulent political parties...
Or buying him a house.
Or buying him a house.
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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Labour being no different to Reform example #5592
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Labour being no different to Reform example #5592
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The UK has gone quite, quite mad.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The UK has gone quite, quite mad.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
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Nigel Farage pockets £140k from up to 2,000 Cameo videos as constituents 'furious'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Shameless' Farage pockets £140k from fan videos as constituents 'furious'
A Mirror probe shows the Reform MP has made £140,000 from the Cameo messaging platform - but spoken in Parliament 22 times and mentioning his Clacton constituents on just three occassions
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nigel Farage pockets £140k from up to 2,000 Cameo videos as constituents 'furious'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’
Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
“The video shows two Palestinian men come out of a building with their hands up. They are surrounded by a number of Israeli border guards. They then kneel on the ground. One of them lifts his t-shirt, apparently to show that he is not armed.”
“The video shows two Palestinian men come out of a building with their hands up. They are surrounded by a number of Israeli border guards. They then kneel on the ground. One of them lifts his t-shirt, apparently to show that he is not armed.”
West Bank: Israeli troops kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender
The Palestinian Authority says the killings are a "war crime", while an Israeli minister backed the soldiers.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“The video shows two Palestinian men come out of a building with their hands up. They are surrounded by a number of Israeli border guards. They then kneel on the ground. One of them lifts his t-shirt, apparently to show that he is not armed.”
“The video shows two Palestinian men come out of a building with their hands up. They are surrounded by a number of Israeli border guards. They then kneel on the ground. One of them lifts his t-shirt, apparently to show that he is not armed.”
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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Reform UK’s Chair of Tameside has been banned for drink driving.
Robert Barrowcliffe admitted driving while over the legal alcohol limit on 16th November.
www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
Robert Barrowcliffe admitted driving while over the legal alcohol limit on 16th November.
www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
Tameside’s Reform UK chair convicted of drink driving - Tameside Correspondent
The chair of the Reform Party in Tameside has been banned from the road after being convicted of drink driving.
www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reform UK’s Chair of Tameside has been banned for drink driving.
Robert Barrowcliffe admitted driving while over the legal alcohol limit on 16th November.
www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
Robert Barrowcliffe admitted driving while over the legal alcohol limit on 16th November.
www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
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🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
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Nigel Farage thinks the song ‘Gas 'Em All’ is just bants. Pass it on.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nigel Farage thinks the song ‘Gas 'Em All’ is just bants. Pass it on.
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The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk/party-politi...
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
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It’s legal to seek asylum.
Alas, it’s also legal to seek votes by vilifying, harassing, and punishing refugees.
Shameful stuff. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Alas, it’s also legal to seek votes by vilifying, harassing, and punishing refugees.
Shameful stuff. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It’s legal to seek asylum.
Alas, it’s also legal to seek votes by vilifying, harassing, and punishing refugees.
Shameful stuff. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Alas, it’s also legal to seek votes by vilifying, harassing, and punishing refugees.
Shameful stuff. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...