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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

… unless he’s abroad, grifting for Crypto again.

Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And yet, I saw a clip of him on a channel 5 chat show giving full-throated support to Farridge and the election, and the "fact" that it was right that Farridge be judged by "the people" and not a "kangaroo court."

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I’m surprised Kemi Badenoch is so opposed to the early prisoner release scheme. It’s an excellent source of Tory candidates.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/06/2026

As we have experienced this week, extreme temperatures are no longer a future threat. They are a present danger. Today, I’m launching London’s first ever heat plan: a city-wide plan to adapt our capital, protect communities, and build a climate-resilient city.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/06/2026

It sets out actions to make our city more resilient, including: 🔴 Retrofitting homes at the highest risk of overheating 🔴 More tree cover and green spaces 🔴 More safe access to blue spaces such as swimming 🔴 Support for our health system 🔴 Strengthening critical infrastructure

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Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Buckle up for another epic thread from the ever-insightful Emma Monk, debunking yet another fact-free right-wing story! This time, about climate crisis. This thread is also a great lesson in how to do science communication to reach us non scientists

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Exactly! I'd forgotten the Future Farage effect. The last thing the EU would want to do is to allow in an extreme anti-EU government.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

b) We lose 4 vital opt-outs. 1. The Eurozone opt-out. We would be compelled to adopt the Euro. 2. Schengen opt-out, enabling our own borders (!) 3. Budget Rebate, worth multiple billions. Members pay standard rate. 4. Justice / Home Affairs opt-out of police/justice, case-by-case 2/2

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social In amongst the Brexit nonsense, there are issues. We cannot "decide" to rejoin the EU. It is not our choice to make. a) We need to get agreement from ALL 27 member countries. Unanimous agreement. Not everyone in the EU is our friend, despite Starmer's attempts. 1/2

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Post-truth nonsense from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 14/04/2026

1/8 Yesterday I was asked a question live on @lbc.co.uk by @mrjamesob.bsky.social : What happens if the United States intercepts a Chinese cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz? At the time, I said I didn’t want to think about it. Since then, I have. #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Pope Leo is a man of conviction. Donald Trump is a man with many convictions.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Don't worry about being bleak, Ash. Your analysis was enlightening and so intelligent. I consider myself incredibly more informed. Thank you.

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 13/04/2026

I would like to thank @mrjamesob.bsky.social and @lbc.co.uk for fitting me in again. I apologise for the rather bleak analysis... but it is just honestly where I think we are. The escalation from "Area Denial" to "Access Denial" is a big shift in where the world economic security will sit.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Impressive so far. A refusal to be bullied into an illegal war by a mad US President should unite the nation. But Brexit Britain is, of course, not a normal nation.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/04/2026

🚨BREAKING🚨 Starmer: "We're taking back control of our energy security by investing in clean British energy, because that is the only way we get your bills off the roller coaster that is controlled by Putin and the Iranian regime."

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We have too many loud voices of low intellect and education, who don't know or understand plurals and possessives.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The statement, @mrjamesob.bsky.social shows that Trump is only interested in business opportunities for him, his family, and his friends. Gaza is a real estate opportunity. Russia has promised a joint business scheme if they get the "peace deal" they approve of. He has no friends. No history.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Nice to see a front line politician actually admit that what he said in the past was wrong. #Fromage #NotDeliberately

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I wonder, @mrjamesob.bsky.social why the British Board of Deputies x.com/BoardofDeput... have said nothing about this?

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Labour didn't fight back, saying "we're looking forward, not backward." And so, the accusation persisted, even up to the GE last year. I just feel that their spokes people aren't well enough briefed to be able to immediately contradict accusations.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

And to be clear - I'm not a Labour member, but I am socialist, and since Labour are in power, I want them to stay in power. I support their policies. But I'm frustrated by their messaging. It all started after 2008, when RW called it "Labour's financial crisis."

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The "U-turns" were accusations from just about all the media and commentariat. I agree - they weren't policy U-turns. Policies remained, but numbers were adjusted. Thinking about the Winter Fuel Payment in particular. Labour never (and I'm an avid news reader / watcher) contradict the narrative.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I don't think they ever will "win over" the RW press. But they can start by not giving them headlines like "U-turn" and so on. Labour should discuss policies, ensure the PLP are on board and push them through. MPs on media need a more positive message than "£20bn black hole" and "don't vote Reform."

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Nobody reads social media to discover the normal, sensible workings of the government. Mainstream media is where they need to be. Most times I see or hear one of the cabinet, it's fighting fires lit by the right wing, defending themselves, where they look weak and devious. We need positive stories!

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Bab @bab102.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

And they are appallingly bad at comms. They need to be out in the media at every opportunity telling the positive stories.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

And it makes me laugh (ironically) when they now blame Labour for all the months' worth of speculation.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Farage is a British Trump. He hates Muslims more than anything else. These are the people he attacks relentlessly.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Re: Greens. It's very easy to gain support for policies when you don't need to enact them. This is what Labour have found. A party in office is very different to a party in opposition.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

No. Not out Reform Reform. That's not what I said. They need to recover the "FLOATING" Reform voters. Where has their support come from? From voters of other parties who think traditional parties aren't treating what they think is the most important problem - immigration - seriously.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

With Labour currently at more than 10 points behind Reform, what are they to do? They have to show that they are strong on immigration to the floating Reform voters. Otherwise, they're going to be "one and done" on government, and we'll see a vicious right wing populist party in power. Think Trump.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Indeed. He just needs to sort out his comms, both within his party and amongst the general public. You can't deal with criticism by ignoring it.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Same with Rees-Mogg who railed against WFH, demanded everyone went back into offices. Rees-Mogg who runs an investment company with money in commercial property interests. Awful conflict of interests that he denied at the time.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Corbyn was the answer to a question that no one was asking. He would never have made it into power. His attitude, and his history, would have torpedoed any tilt at power (as it indeed did) despite numerous policies I supported.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I don't know what you're talking about. Blame the right wing for all the ableist, racist, anti-trans messaging.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

One message from Covid, @mrjamesob.bsky.social was that "Boris nearly died" from Covid. No. Nor was he "put on a ventilator." Because you need to be sedated to do that, and he wasn't. He did have oxygen "as a precaution", but he was in and out of hospital within a week. So, not "struck low by Covid"

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Dear @mrjamesob.bsky.social is the Richard Tice who said that we knew lockdowns were awful the same Richard Tice whose income from his city centre commercial property portfolio was decimated during a lockdown.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I remember the Channel 4 film, @mrjamesob.bsky.social inside a northern Italian hospital.and the awful dystopian images of sedated patients connected up to beating machines, and the morgue being overflowing.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Storm "Claudia" was named by the Spanish meteorological service, @mrjamesob.bsky.social Ergo: Clowdia.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

As anti-Labour media will always put words in her mouth, why not beat them to it: "Yes it's true, Daily Mail readers, we are coming for you and your money because a) everyone else had to pay under the Tories b) Brexit screwed the poor c) you voted for both. Cheers, Rachel."

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Reform UK have performed so many u-turns on policy, here’s there new logo.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.

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