Jo Rothery
@jorothery.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University. PhD student obsessing over the politics of place and the Labour Party. Interested in political, cultural, economic and social domination within Britain. Plus all things politics!
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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New Scottish Independence poll, Ipsos 27 Nov - 3 Dec (changes vs 12-18 Jun):
Yes ~ 47% (+1)
No ~ 43% (nc)
Don't Know ~ 9% (-1)
Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014):
Yes ~ 52% (nc / +7)
No ~ 48% (nc / -7)
Yes ~ 47% (+1)
No ~ 43% (nc)
Don't Know ~ 9% (-1)
Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014):
Yes ~ 52% (nc / +7)
No ~ 48% (nc / -7)
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New Scottish Independence poll, Ipsos 27 Nov - 3 Dec (changes vs 12-18 Jun):
Yes ~ 47% (+1)
No ~ 43% (nc)
Don't Know ~ 9% (-1)
Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014):
Yes ~ 52% (nc / +7)
No ~ 48% (nc / -7)
Yes ~ 47% (+1)
No ~ 43% (nc)
Don't Know ~ 9% (-1)
Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014):
Yes ~ 52% (nc / +7)
No ~ 48% (nc / -7)
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Tomorrow we take the first big step towards Bee Network Rail. 🐝
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Tomorrow we take the first big step towards Bee Network Rail. 🐝
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
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Trump’s policy toward Europe prioritizes “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations” It praises the growing influence of “patriotic European parties". - In other words parties of the far right! Trump is a threat to Europe!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Trump national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe and changing US’ role in Western Hemisphere | CNN Politics
The White House quietly released President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy late Thursday, a 33-page document that elevates his “America First” doctrine and sets out the administration’s ...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Trump’s policy toward Europe prioritizes “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations” It praises the growing influence of “patriotic European parties". - In other words parties of the far right! Trump is a threat to Europe!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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BREAKING🚨: Nigel Farage has received a record £9 million donation from Thai-based crypto CEO Christopher Harbone.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BREAKING🚨: Nigel Farage has received a record £9 million donation from Thai-based crypto CEO Christopher Harbone.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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Reform, being true to their reputation…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan
Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reform, being true to their reputation…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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The scrapping of the two-child limit is a much-needed change to turn the tide on child poverty.
It is also the most cost-effective way of lifting children out of poverty.
It is also the most cost-effective way of lifting children out of poverty.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The scrapping of the two-child limit is a much-needed change to turn the tide on child poverty.
It is also the most cost-effective way of lifting children out of poverty.
It is also the most cost-effective way of lifting children out of poverty.
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"You cannot have a situation where, under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up and up" says Gordon Brown.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"You cannot have a situation where, under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up and up" says Gordon Brown.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
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"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Nigel Farage asked former Conservative MP Enoch Powell to back Ukip
Despite his ‘rivers of blood’ speech, the Ukip leader has said the central thrust of Powell’s immigration arguments hold true
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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🔴Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🔴Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
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Article featuring my good friend @liamwaghorn.bsky.social and Canterbury Foodbank. It highlights how foodbanks have become a necessary part of the welfare state, driven in part by high food inflation and the two-child benefit cap.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Budget 2025: how inflation and the two-child benefit cap has increased poverty
A visit to Kent reveals more people struggling with rising food bills and turning to food banks already suffering higher demand and fewer donations
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Article featuring my good friend @liamwaghorn.bsky.social and Canterbury Foodbank. It highlights how foodbanks have become a necessary part of the welfare state, driven in part by high food inflation and the two-child benefit cap.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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“The world of 2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“The world of 2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"