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Andy Croy

@andycroy.bsky.social
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Labour councillor for Norreys East ward of Wokingham Town Council. Chair, Wokingham CLP. Trying to follow real people and institutions, not ProleoftheNorth type accounts.

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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This exchange between Russian Yandex and the Ukrainian missile company Firepoint.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It seems every month that Ukraine finds a new way to innovate. And also to remind us how vulnerable we are in turn. Ukraine, again, doing all Europe a favour by taking out the Russian bots that contaminate society in the west.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
According to Cloudflare Data Explorer the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. yoda69 / twitter
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump sanctions on the ICC and agreeing to subsidise Russia's war is just as damaging to Europe as anything in Putin's hybrid war.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FT exclusive: the coup against Sir Ed Davey has begun... www.ft.com/content/523f...
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Lib Dem MP launches attempt to topple leader Ed Davey
Resignation of Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard comes amid frustration about centre-left party’s sagging poll ratings
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written
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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 09/10/2026
‼️ Labour HOLD Holborn and St Pancras Labour: 45.0% (-3.9) Green: 32.7% (+22.3) Conservative: 7.0% (-0.2) Reform: 5.9% (-0.2) Liberal Democrats: 3.4% (-2.4) Restore: 2.5% (+2.5) Workers: 1.1% (+1.1)
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holborn and St Pancras By election looking like... Lab 45-50% Grn 30-35% Cons 5-10%
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The deranged ramblings of a diseased mind
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sky's discussion on turnout in Holborn & St Pancreas should perhaps mention that the 54% turnout in the GE was low. UK average was 60%.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sky's Craig all over the place. "We shouldn't make predictions on turnout before we know" like it's some sort of sacred law. Immediately regurgitates predictions on the result.
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John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jon Craig on Sky News claiming that a postal voter was so upset by the Green conference vote that they cancelled their postal vote and voted in person at a polling station instead. That is utter nonsense.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All taken from my recent Swingometer preview of the by-election, which you can read here: swingometer.substack.com/p/the-holbor...
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The Holborn & St. Pancras By-election
Polanski’s big gamble puts Burnham’s revival to the test
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A little bit of political trivia for you as voters head to the polls in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. Camden council, where the seat is located, has proved to be quite the political hothouse, featuring 3 future Grn leaders, 1 future UKIP leader, 6 future Con MPs & 5 future Lab MPs...1/?
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
IF the strike aircraft were driven out of RAF Fairford by an enemy threat, then that enemy has enjoyed more success than the Luftwaffe during the whole of the Battle of Britain.
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i’d laugh myself silly if they turned out to be a bunch of pongos on a security test of the base who got rumbled by miss marple the farmers wife
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have a horrible feeling that the very English thing was that she wandered into the middle of a surveillance operation/trap that was about to be sprung while the culprits were in the act, cue lots of swearing from people who lurk in shadows.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At some part of the UK (&US) intelligence distribution system, someone has one eye on how much they are happy for Trump to blurt out after his latest briefing.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have a really bad feeling about my Christmas presemt haul this year.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Judge refuses to consider 300 page skeleton argument generated by ChatGPT lnkd.in/p/e9g5ANfz
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Litigant files 300-page skeleton generated entirely by ChatGPT | David Sillitoe
👨‍💼 This should serve as a warning for litigants-in-person using AI. I agree it can be a useful tool, but only when used in the right way, Here, it as clearly not! 👨‍💼 Many in HR will be familiar wit...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The difference between the performance of immigrants in England and Western Europe is staggering. (20 pts equals a year of learning.) I looked at this in detail in the post - it can't be explained away by language or relative advantage of different immigrant communities. There is a policy factor.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 23/09/2026
"There is modern slavery happening right now." Migrant care workers are told to stay silent, accept poor treatment and endure exploitation because they are tied to a single employer. It's a system that traps workers with abusive employers. We need a better way. #FairVisasNow
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 22/09/2026
When did you decide to leave X - and what made you do so? Alternatively, if you stayed, why did you do so?
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I Left Twitter a Year Ago. Going Back Confirmed It Was The Right Decision.
A year after quitting the platform that helped grow my audience, I went back to see what had changed. The answer was: not much, except perhaps the darkness.
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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Again, stop conceding the talking points of the right. The description 'unvetted' comes up in right wing Facebook posts constantly. This really isn't about security checks. Have we 'vetted' masked men intimidating RNLI volunteers?
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A local party for local people. Very Little Britain.
Close up view of a shotgun tigger and hammer in a Facebook post by Wokingham Reform UK
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Savantfoxt @savantfoxt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform's ground troops making Britain much less safe. If one person drowns off the coast because the RNLI weren't able to launch from Portsmouth lifeboat station, their death is blood on the hands of these nasty racist thugs who value human life as cheap, if they value it at all.
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Court of Directors of the Bank of England has a fascinating history and its external members are appointed on advice of the Chancellor. It's not a court, that's just a fancy name, it’s essentially the board that oversees the Bank’s operations. ⁠(1/5)
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Farage’s ultra donors have made their move – it’s time to make ours. If you don’t want cryptobillionaires buying power, join Labour today. Reform’s for them. Labour’s for us. join.labour.org.uk/join
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Join Labour to change Britain
By becoming a Labour Party member, you can be a vital part of the team that will get Britain its future back.
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Tommy Robinson repeatedly asked supporters for donations to help grooming-gang survivors. One survivor featured in his films told Dispatches she knew nothing about a fundraiser he said would benefit her: “He’s using me to say that the money’s going to me… but it’s not.” #C4Dispatches
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tim makes people who reply to emails from Nigerian princes look skeptical.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two of the 'men' in the mob which assaulted women at the Reform conference were a local councillor and a former Parliamentary candidate. www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/2653098...
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Reform UK Bracknell leaders in confrontation with woman heckler at party conference
Footage appears to show the leaders of Reform UK in Bracknell physically confronting a female heckler at their party conference in Birmingham.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 08/09/2026
There should be alarm bells ringing at full tilt in Westminster when it comes to the coordinated intimidation campaign we saw over the weekend. What we got instead is a toothless statement that the government “condemns.” Not nearly good enough, I’m sorry.
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What Happened In Dover and Portsmouth Should Scare Us
Not because hundreds of men protested, but because they appeared disciplined, coordinated and ready to do it again.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For all his faults, Starmer made sure the rioters understood the consequences of their rioting. Burnham's silence is little better than appeasement.
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Shabana Mahmood: tough on care workers, not tough on fascist thugs intimidating people.
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Were I the prime minister, right now the chief constable and police & crime commissioner for Kent would be in my office having a meeting strictly without tea or biscuits, and this evening I’d be doing a broadcast reassuring the nation that fascist mobs will not be tolerated on our streets.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/09/2026
It's craven, it's politically stupid, and it's morally wrong. Number 10 does not struggle to get Andy Burnham in front of a camera when it wants him to be there. Every minute he's not on show over this is the result of a deliberate decision.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here's another young woman being attacked and beaten by old Reform men consumed by hate. #RefUKkers
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Andy Croy @andycroy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Chief Constable of Kent needs to be sacked over this. You cannot have a bunch of masked thugs terrorising members of the public in a pre organised manner and then have the whole lot escape without an arrest and for Kent police then to claim it was a "spontanous" protest. Absurd. #Dover
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