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The former Countess, Emma.

@countessemma187.bsky.social
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South Yorkshire lass who ran for the hills, but (not so) secretly would rather be French. Gardener, sometime birder and Starmerite. Doesn’t suffer fools or eat gammon. #FBPE

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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 10h
On the EU, SKS worked quietly behind the scenes: Re-building trust, re-establishing the UK as a serious and stable partner. All in the background. All without fuss and frightening the horses, as demography did its work and the opinion polls started to move. Burnham has destroyed all that. 1/
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or how’s about a good old fashioned riot? www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Energy bills: what to do as prices head for £2,000 a year, from switching deals to insulating
The price cap is to soar for about 20 million households in Great Britain from January, but there are ways to save
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And yet we have the Labour Party….. the Labour Party, scuttling around Liverpool trying to make its own supporters believe the state pension in unaffordable and unsustainable. #GetThemTaxed www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
theguardian.com
Super-rich UK energy and food magnates’ wealth skyrockets amid global crises
Analysis has shown the costs of daily essentials soaring in recent years, thanks in part to climate shocks, wars and geopolitical tensions
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perceptive.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, yes, it all sounded hopeful and positive. And everyone felt hopeful and positive and clapped and swooned. Thing is though… conference speeches don’t butter parsnips do they? And it’s not as if Burnham hasn’t told the odd porkie in the past either, is it? Let’s see.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OAP on full state pension £184.90 per week for working 30 years. Baroness Harding. £35 BILLION for a Covid track and trace system that didn’t work and was never used. I know who I think should be doing their bit!
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every word!
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Something very depressing about hearing ‘Drumcree’ at the top of morning news Reminds me of my teenage years when it seemed to be a constant. Now feels like unionism banging the drum - geddit? - while the whole world has changed around them
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sweet suffering fuck! Does Andy bloody Burnham actually realise that he’s the Prime Minister now, not the Mayor of bloody Manchester?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And as the uniformed fascists gather in Basingstoke to demand the release of Captain Thugwash, the PM is preoccupied with difficult choices: Darts or dominos in the pub this evening?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Being as Captain Thugwash and his scumbag crew continually harp back to the days of empire when Britannia ruled the waves, perhaps it’s time to reintroduce keelhauling for endangering life at sea?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ah yes. Far more important than tacking domestic terrorists taking knives to rescue boats, or dealing with thugs who encourage children to chant ‘let them drown’. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football stands
Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump says ‘jump’ and the Burnham cabal meekly whispers ‘how high’. I did not pound the pavements delivering leaflets and knocking doors to get a Labour government which would sell us to the highest bidder for personal advancement. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Chagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, Streeting says
Defence secretary places annual payments to Mauritius on hold as UK government reviews deal over Diego Garcia base
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Starmer wasn’t Trump’s bitch. The rest, of course, is history….. It takes some doing to make Trump look like he has gravitas, but Burnham has managed it. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/burnham-chagos-islands-trump-un-meeting-b3054685.html
independent.co.uk
Burnham will review Chagos deal after Trump calls it ‘terrible’
Trump hailed Burnham as a ‘natural business person’ but called the Chagos Islands deal ‘ridiculous’
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Such a privilege to be visited by a hummingbird hawk moth this afternoon.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And I wanted Burnham to start the fightback as soon as the uniformed fascists marched in Dover. But he didn’t, did he? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a racism and cohesion crisis in Britain, and someone needs to lead us out of it. His name is Andy Burnham | Polly Toynbee
I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Infuriating that, headline aside, this article refers to parents and their babies, when they mean women. Because, for rather obvious reasons, it’s not pregnant men who are the victims of domestic abuse is it!
theguardian.com
Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope
Exclusive: Analysis ‘lays bare’ something midwives already know from their day-to-day work, says professional association’s leader
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And as the world stands on the precipice and looks down….
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember, it’s perfectly acceptable if your weekend plans consist of nothing other than reading a good book, drinking multiple cups of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of chocolate croissants.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bloody-minded, selfish stupidity. Fine the fuckers big time and crush their damn cars! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’
Hundreds of cars driven through cones or barriers in England this year, says National Highways
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well, Tom Watson has definitively quashed the rumour that he isn’t a self-serving shithouse this morning hasn’t he!
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Found much the same as a school leaver in 1982. With hindsight and a bit of experience can say with some confidence the best approach is to get an education and leave.
theguardian.com
Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
Rotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council area
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Totnes decided, in an unofficial referendum, to join the EU, I wonder how many pages of coverage the BBC would give to a cat that can play a banjo?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well, Andy Capp had to be running in the great *north* run, didn’t he? 🙄
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Has it taught itself how to lie yet?
independent.co.uk
We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade
Its probably of human extinction was mercifully far lower than that of AI engineers Jacob Coxon and Evan Hubinger, as Jacqui Merrington found out
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And so it should be! Because Brexit was the catastrophe it was going to be from the get-go. But we are less likely to re-join now than ever, because the people pulling Burnham’s strings want Europe divided and weakened.
independent.co.uk
Support for rejoining EU at all-time high – but future vote still ‘on knife edge’
Exclusive: But another referendum could still be on a knife edge, Sir John Curtice suggests
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chip in £3! 🤡
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You’ll never guess what the call to action is? Is it use their massive majority to? … no not that
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labour sending out fundraising emails off the back of the Harborne and Delo donations. Yes chaps, that’ll do it.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I bet you £36 million quid that only a token sum of the “donations” to Reform will be spent supporting Reform candidates in Makerfield, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, Sheffield Heeley, Manchester Central, Ashfield and Wigan. #ForServicesRendered.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And Labour’s trade union backers have a spare £36 million to splash at the next General Election do they?
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dying is a grisly business whichever way you slice it.
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Kev🇬🇧🍺 @splootman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Spineless man shows everyone how spineless he is. Burnham is, likely,going to fold to the fossil fuel industry, otherwise he would have already ruled this out.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh please, please, just fuck off with this anthropomorphic bullshit!
independent.co.uk
Doggy caviar, roasts and cocktails: How dogs became Britain’s new fine diners
From Sunday lunch to swanky birthday dinners, Britain’s restaurants are rolling out the red carpet for its canine customers. Hannah Twiggs asks when dogs stopped being merely welcome – and started bec...
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If your idea of patriotism is calling any member of the RNLI, an entirely voluntary organisation whose crews daily risk their lives to save others, a traitor, then you are beyond hope of redemption.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you have been invited to take tea on one of the lower tables at Mead Hall, and are unaware of the inspiration recently provided to @wulfhelm.bsky.social by MasterChef, please be advised that a subsequent engagement is recommended.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Andy Burnham to make “spontaneous” visit to Sheffield perhaps?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And uniformed fascists on the streets of Dover, “Prime Minister”?
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Starmer dealt with the Farage rioters. The first arrests came within a week and continued for months. Court cases were fast tracked, and people were sent to prison to serve long sentences. That’s how you deal with thugs Mr Burnham, not by blinking.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For all my quarrels with Burnham, he is a thousand times better than this putrid creature and his foul followers.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Pragmatic my arse!
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The more I learn about the tactics employed by the members of the PLP who brought down Starmer, the more contemptuous of them I become.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well!
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I think he’s forgotten what happened to Harold when he got to Hastings.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I can’t make pastry, fish anchovies or pick olives, so I leave that to Tesco. But I can grow sweet onions and herbs… so I give you a pissaladière good enough to grace any top table.
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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hoping that if anyone in the Labour Party was begining to mouth the words ‘unnecessary by-election’ today, they kept their silly little thoughts to themselves.
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