Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 3hI'm furious about the two Iranians who came across as part of the surge in small boats created by my Brexit and under a Home Office run by my MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick. 20528156
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 2hThe more blatantly full of hate racist Reform UK become the greater the backlash of generosity from the majority of decent Brits meme via The Unheard Majority 1025771
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 21hNot just Jude Bellingham - but many of the most iconic English sporting figures of the past few decades; Moeen Ali Maro Itoje Maggie Alphonsi Lewis Hamilton Ian Wright Paul Ince Martin Offiah Ugo Monye Kelly Holmes Katarina Johnson-Thompson Harry Kane Lennox Lewis Mo Farah Good luck chaps. 2217938
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14hDon’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible. 481116364048
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 15hIntrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference. 618375
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22hBREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%. 711044267
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAdrian Tierney-Jones @atjbeer.bsky.social · 23hEnglish literature began in the pub so I was very pleased to be asked to write about pubs and their literary connections in @camraofficial.bsky.social Good Beer Guide 2027 093
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialadrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 22hbullseye. this is very clearly obama’s doing 663284
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax. 94926246
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 581021499
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialBuck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That 1980s boom he’s talking about is because we sold off the family silver, which lead to decades of the highest energy & rail fares in Europe plus sewage in rivers.. oh and being held to ransom by fat cats warning that if we want anything to improve we need to pay all over again. Fuck off Simon. 32445102
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs" 1102409754
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialEast Lancs CAMRA @camraeastlancs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026October 2026 events in and around East Lancs, Cheers! 📆🍺👀 011
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialR1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Contrary to Bollocks oft spouted by Conservatives, the 80s were plagued by Tory misrule benefiting only those at the top. The UKs recovery was only helped by membership of the EU whereby a great deal of our membership money was then spent on deprived areas, Labour then finnished the job. #ToryScum 8194
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialTeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chris Dixon posted this on LI and I had to share it here. It’s just too good, the @jonronson.bsky.social twist is superb… 371322404
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. No matter what. 8035771169
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh. Haven’t seen Reform tweet this one… 022
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialRoger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#GoodBeerGuide2027 54th edition, amazing achievement on the part of @camraofficial.bsky.social volunteers. Comprehensive choice of #pubs serving tip-top #CaskAle & 1,500 breweries. Fine cover, foreword by Ian Rankin & editing by Emma Haines. 1235
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We’ve noticed that Robert Jenrick has been silent on Grenfell. Is that because from 2019 to 2021, he was responsible for dealing with the building-safety disaster it exposed? His record isn’t good. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comGrenfell fire police investigators hand files on 20 firms and 54 people to CPSMet calls move ‘milestone’ moment that paves way for ‘very best possible evidence for charging decisions’ 6275110
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialDamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding 107714224
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unlike Simon Clarke, I was alive during the 1970s. A combination of low inequality, low crime and aspects of culture made 1976 one of the happiest years on record in the UK. The IMF bailout had zero impact. Lesson for Simon, happiness is not just a function of wealth. 78508116
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron said it would be “excellent news’ and “a good decision” if Britain decided to rejoin. Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said Britain would be welcome back to the EU "with open arms". Let’s go! #RejoinEU 🙂 21398114
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialgeorgiosmasman.bsky.social @georgiosmasman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Pogues’ debut album “encapsulated the old Ireland of The Dubliners and the anarchy of the Sex Pistols”. #ThePogues #Irish #Ireland #punk #postpunk #musicsky 1638
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 30/09/202670’s 🇬🇧 0181
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialScotchMist @scotchymisty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My mother has been living in a care home for 12 years due to Alzheimer's, costing over £200,000 so far. Paying a social care tax sounds like a very good idea to me! 211012
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... 491083320
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 651061537
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/09/2026"Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now." 415770
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cutting the civil service sounds a great idea until you consider it means ... "Longer waits for your pension Fewer officers at the border Prisons with even fewer staff ... [Fewer] specialists who keep rivers clean, stop cyber attacks and contain animal disease" meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends 21193113
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thatcher ended the link between the state pension and earnings in 1980 612330
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.” 591317388
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How is it possible? Because he told a personal, emotive story, sure. But also he told a moral story: using the funds to help establish a care service. It feels fair. And the decision to opt for a branded institutional structure with strong echoes of the NHS makes it tangible. 3443225
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 491159250
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care. 711107185
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Prime Minister seeking to fix this country's pressing problems and the broken politics and stagnant consensus that underpins so much of it... A PM promising real improvements rather than unicorns sunlit uplands and an agenda of hate... Who knows? This could be catching. 4277697
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 3011854562
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialMake Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026💥BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a historic moment. The era of First Past the Post is coming to an end. It's time to transform politics and make all votes count. It's time for Proportional Representation. 24510134
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏theguardian.comAndy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plansExclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation 26705138
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs. 35695170
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy 49902368
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/202694 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 11237891405
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence. 1131764477
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 441425256
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialSteven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I will be part of this panel along with Darren Treadwell of the People’s History Museum @racheltaylormp.bsky.social @paulmason.bsky.social @nansloane.bsky.social & @harrytgtaylor.bsky.social 132
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialSteven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I must be mad. I’m actually taking pens *to* the Labour conference. 151
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter. 201505353
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comEd Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell shortForeign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’ 821700506
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC 28036321969
Reposted by @billingtonian.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 28/09/2026🚨BREAKING Heidi Alexander has just announced that, for the first time since rail privatisation, the government will consider public ownership of rolling stock for all new trains This is wonderful news. They shouldn't only consider it; they should deliver it 15512