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Ben Fuller

@politicsastar.bsky.social

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News & debate especially for A-level politics students. I'm Head of Politics at the leading, academic, co-ed boarding school in the north of England. Insta & Twitter too

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · May 23

I’ve begun my return to St Peter’s & the Bayley Room, as my recovery continues. It’s been great to see friends, colleagues & students again & to be welcomed back so warmly. Thank you.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 2d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

Morten Morland on the Gaza Peace Deal, the Nobel Prize - & Trump’s priorities
😮🤦‍♂️😂😂

#BBCLauraK #NobelPrize #GazaCeasefire #Trump

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

.@williamnhutton: follow🇨🇦with an ind national investment superfund to escape 🇬🇧pension crisis

What could we already have achieved if we’d followed 🇳🇴 & invested some/ all of North Sea oil tax💰in a sovereign wealth fund?!

#bbclaurak #pension #budget

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

How Labour can unpick the triple lock | The Observer

The British Pension Plan would guarantee every child born from today a decent pension as a right. It is not too good to be true

observer.co.uk

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

This would be a headline leading scandal for a Labour or Tory politician, rightly⬇️

The BBC, esp #BBCLauraK & #BBCQT, give #ReformUK the platform of a major party but NOT the scrutiny. Why?

Will Laura K even raise it with Nadine Dorries?

#NathanGill #ReformRussianBribes

Adrian Gosling @digitalsunshine.bsky.social · 8h

Dear Laura Kuenssberg

Don't you think it time you gave PROPER coverage to the issue of Reform, Nigel Farage, Nathan Gill & Russian bribery?

You seem reluctant. Just as Fiona Bruce seemed desperate to shut it down when Zack Polanski brought it up on #BBCQT

WHY?

#bbclaurak
#BBCBreakfast

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

'We're politicians fleeing France to avoid being made prime minister'

Matt on 🇫🇷 political turmoil: after 26 days as PM Sébastien Lecornu resigned (even Liz Truss made 49), only to be reappointed by President Macron. Can either survive?

#LecornuII #Lecornu2 #Macron #bbclaurak

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

Laura K now has so many (too many) guests squeezed into her hour she’s not space in a tweet to say who they all are🤦‍♂️

But, yes, Reform UK are on AGAIN with Nadine Dorries & of course @zackpolanski.bsky.social still isn’t 😮

#BBClaurak #GreenParty #ReformUK

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 8h

@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social spots the gap in the market for the Conservatives as a competent, responsible centre right party IF they abandon “karaoke Faragism” AND “frankly acknowledge everything they got wrong.”

#KemiBadenoch #NigelFarage #bbclaurak #LVIPolitics

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The Conservatives must reclaim competence – and stop imit...

Years of blunders have wrecked the Tory brand. Mimicking Nigel Farage won’t rebuild it – owning their failures might

observer.co.uk

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moyragrant.bsky.social @moyragrant.bsky.social · 22h

Previous UK traitors like Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt were notorious, and most fled to the USSR an died there. Nathan Gill should be equally infamous and despised, but the UK media has a wall of silence around him. Why?

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

Though in our media 📰📺Qs about sums & tax are mostly just for Labour🤦‍♂️

Which is why Rachel Reeves painted herself into such a tight corner 😱

#KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #r4today #LVIPolitics #CPC25 #Budget25 2/2

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

One Tory advantage of being 3rd (or worse) is that no one’s asking serious Qs about how their sums add up (or don’t) #StampDuty #NIcut

Though the media aren’t asking #ReformUK either whilst trumpeting them as🥇🤦‍♂️

#KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #r4today #LVIPolitics #CPC25 1/2

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

At #GE2029 Tories will 📢#StampDuty abolition in all their 🌳🔶battlegrounds

And 👻 about a 🌹🔸Coalition with wealth tax or ⬆️Council Tax bands (see #GE2015)

How is Ed Davey going to respond?

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#KemiBadenoch #Conservatives #r4today #LVIPolitics #CPC25 #EdDavey

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi has been #ReformUK facing, ignoring Tory’s huge loss of voters to #LibDems - big mistake

BUT #StampDuty abolition is a massive retail offer in affluent🔶seats in SW London & SE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿where 🏠 prices are high
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#KemiBadenoch #Conservatives #r4today #LVIPolitics #CPC25

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

“I think our Chinese air fryer is spying on us. I won’t call it the enemy because it might burn our chips” 😂😂

Matt on the Chinese spy ring & the collapse of the trial

#r4today #WestminsterSpy

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 3d

Surprising similarities btw the 2 party conferences:

Starmer & Badenoch both raised their 🗯️game

Burnham & Jenrick seen off & their leadership stabilised

Clear thinking - more on Badenoch’s part than his

#KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #r4today #LVIPolitics #CPC25

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 5d

Here's that famous William Hague, young #Tory speech at Conservative Conference in 1977, age 16

#CPC25 #ConservativePartyConference #r4today

youtu.be/qL_p9qjfu5U?...

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 5d

Has Kemi Badenoch sounded the death knell for One Nation Conservatism? asks
@ecourea.bsky.social, or will they sit it out until a change in leader. James Cleverly? Mel Stride?

Hmm - more likely Jenrick, no friend to One Nation

#CPC25 #KemiBadenoch #r4today

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Has Kemi Badenoch sounded the death knell for one nation Conservatism?

The Tory leader’s shift to the right has left its centrist wing wondering if its tradition still has a future

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 5d

Let's hope the Tory Party can be saved [email protected] (😲yes, really)

"A better brand of conservatism would do the country good...but it may be too late & the party too far gone, about to be eaten alive by Farage"

#r4today #LVIPolitics #KemiBadenoch

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I didn’t think I’d ever say this: let’s hope the Tory party can be saved | Polly Toynbee

Britain badly needs a grownup party of the centre right. It won’t come from Badenoch – it may come from a new generation of one-nationers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 5d

At 16, the most famous Tory boy in the country, William Hague says the Conservatives should tell the truth about 🇬🇧’s finances & align itself with the needs of young people if it’s to claim the future from Reform

#r4today #CPC25 #ToryConference #LVIPolitics #ReformUK

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 5d

“The hard cheeses have been matured for about five French prime ministers”

Matt on the political crisis in France with Sebastien Lecornu resigning as PM after just 27 days

#r4today #Macron #skynews #Lecornu

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Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed - I wonder how many more ERGers we'll see defect.

At some point Farage has to close the doors, or at least be highly selective, surely - otherwise the 'turquoise Tory' label will ring 💯 true!

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 6d

The "Conservative party has not died, it has only mutated to its next form" & "for now, Farage’s continuity conservatism looks impossibly hard to vanquish" - @nesrinemalik.bsky.social as #CPC25 begins

#ReformUK #NigelFarage #KemiBadenoch #r4today #LVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in power, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 6d

Latter, sadly does not narrow it down ...

Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 7d

I’m very pleased it wasn’t him (if I’ve got the right guy)!