Julien Ball
@julienball.bsky.social
Actor, celebrant, happy husband and springer companion
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More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.
Gordon Brown writes to Met to back case for investigation into Mandelson's 'inexcusable and unpatriotic' leaking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.
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if Keir Starmer was mentioned once in the files certain outlets would hound him out of office, never mind 37 times
Nigel Farage tells the Reform press conference on pubs: "By the way, my name was mentioned in the files 37 times, but just to repeat, I never met Epstein and I never went to the island"
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
if Keir Starmer was mentioned once in the files certain outlets would hound him out of office, never mind 37 times
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Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin showing how unpatriotic they are.
“The UK is one of the shittest places to live”.
Constantly talking down our nation.
“The UK is one of the shittest places to live”.
Constantly talking down our nation.
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin showing how unpatriotic they are.
“The UK is one of the shittest places to live”.
Constantly talking down our nation.
“The UK is one of the shittest places to live”.
Constantly talking down our nation.
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Party that doesn’t have a leader, candidates or policies for Wales says it’s going to put Wales first.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Party that doesn’t have a leader, candidates or policies for Wales says it’s going to put Wales first.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
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just imagine how certain outlets would have reported this, and how certain politicians would have reacted, if the bomber wasn’t white
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 AM
just imagine how certain outlets would have reported this, and how certain politicians would have reacted, if the bomber wasn’t white
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can't wait for the right-wing papers and reporters who should know better to run this story for days on end & declare Farage must resign over this scandal
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 AM
can't wait for the right-wing papers and reporters who should know better to run this story for days on end & declare Farage must resign over this scandal
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Farage’s ‘racism & anti-semitism’, as remembered by over 20 fellow alumni of Dulwich College, & a proper look at his ‘denials’.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Farage’s ‘racism & anti-semitism’, as remembered by over 20 fellow alumni of Dulwich College, & a proper look at his ‘denials’.
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
@alb-toth.bsky.social
Maybe you need to ask The Royal Mail for revised dates. I had two birthday cards (that I know of) sent to me 2nd class four weeks ago from different parts of the country. They still haven't arrived.
Maybe you need to ask The Royal Mail for revised dates. I had two birthday cards (that I know of) sent to me 2nd class four weeks ago from different parts of the country. They still haven't arrived.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@alb-toth.bsky.social
Maybe you need to ask The Royal Mail for revised dates. I had two birthday cards (that I know of) sent to me 2nd class four weeks ago from different parts of the country. They still haven't arrived.
Maybe you need to ask The Royal Mail for revised dates. I had two birthday cards (that I know of) sent to me 2nd class four weeks ago from different parts of the country. They still haven't arrived.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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The more Labour moves to the right, the lower it sinks in the polls. Surely it can't be long before its election-winning genius strategists put two and two together?
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The more Labour moves to the right, the lower it sinks in the polls. Surely it can't be long before its election-winning genius strategists put two and two together?
I usually take my Birthday cards down a week after the event, but as at least three cards that I know were posted in good time have not arrived yet, I am in a quandary. The Royal Mail are a disgrace.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I usually take my Birthday cards down a week after the event, but as at least three cards that I know were posted in good time have not arrived yet, I am in a quandary. The Royal Mail are a disgrace.
BBC News coverage of Armistice Day at 11am today was very poor. Too much commentary and the sound mixing poor. Really unusual for them. Almost like they were distracted by something.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BBC News coverage of Armistice Day at 11am today was very poor. Too much commentary and the sound mixing poor. Really unusual for them. Almost like they were distracted by something.
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Michelle Mone has just bought a £10m home in Florida, even though she has yet to repay a penny of the £122m PPE Medpro owes the taxpayer. Good job she hasn't committed housing benefit fraud, because she might have been prosecuted then.
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Michelle Mone has just bought a £10m home in Florida, even though she has yet to repay a penny of the £122m PPE Medpro owes the taxpayer. Good job she hasn't committed housing benefit fraud, because she might have been prosecuted then.
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I've had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mishal Husain three times. One of the most intelligent and accomplished people I've ever met.
Here's Nigel Farage trying to shut her down with the words "Listen, love ..." like it was still the 1970s. I'd say it was unbelievable, only it isn't.
Here's Nigel Farage trying to shut her down with the words "Listen, love ..." like it was still the 1970s. I'd say it was unbelievable, only it isn't.
Nigel Farage says"gotta shoot" down Russian jets | The Mishal Husain Show
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October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I've had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mishal Husain three times. One of the most intelligent and accomplished people I've ever met.
Here's Nigel Farage trying to shut her down with the words "Listen, love ..." like it was still the 1970s. I'd say it was unbelievable, only it isn't.
Here's Nigel Farage trying to shut her down with the words "Listen, love ..." like it was still the 1970s. I'd say it was unbelievable, only it isn't.
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The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
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Oh.
The British voted for Brexit because of immigration.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Oh.