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Jack Hosier

@despol.bsky.social
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A bit of this, a bit of that, but most of all, let’s keep things just that little bit kinder here. Left-leaning politics. London.

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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 9h
No one on You and Yours mentioned the quality of the food in Lidl and Aldi. Do people really not care about ultra-processed food? When will we understand that it’s not just about price? Surely what we’re actually putting into our bodies should matter as much as what it costs.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 13h
This guy is talking nonsense. On the one hand, he’s going to cut red tape; on the other, local authorities will still have planning approval. So the Tories remain the party of NIMBYs. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 23h
Did nobody at Conservative Central Office watch House of Cards? #therightway #KemiBadenoch #Tories
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So the Reform UK criticism of Question Time goes something like this: Fiona Bruce asks Suella Braverman a difficult question. Apparently that’s unfair. Then they tell us how well Braverman answered it. Isn’t that exactly what’s supposed to happen? #BBC #QuestionTime #ReformUK
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Richard Stupid Tice. #bbcaq
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So is Suella saying that being English is based on skin colour? #bbcqt
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why can’t people understand that you don’t pay into a state pension? #bbcqt
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Suella has started early with her lies tonight. #bbcqt
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Minutes before a representative from Reform UK was due to appear on LBC with Iain Dale, they pulled out. #LBC #runningscared
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s the Britain I want to live in. #andyburnham #labour
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The timing of the Championship extending its play-offs to 8th place is interesting. Relegate City with a huge points deduction, give them another in the Championship, and even finishing 8th could still give them a route straight back up. It could all work out to be very convenient for City. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Where the hell does Sarah Elliott think additional advertising revenue will come from to support the BBC alongside other broadcasters? The woman is an absolute idiot. #BBCaq
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I hope never to hear the vile Sarah Elliott on the wireless again. #bbcaq
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Talking on Question Time, Helen Whately spoke of taxpayers funding people on benefits, giving them a lifestyle that taxpayers can only dream of. What planet is this woman on? And, no she wasn’t talking about penioners and the triple lock! #bbcqt
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch fails to acknowledge that over 50% of the welfare budget is spent on pensioners. #LBC
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m not sure Wes Streeting loves being Secretary of State for Defence. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Reform UK guy on LBC really isn’t very bright. And by that, I mean less intelligent than the standard we have come to expect from Reform politicians.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Weird isn’t it how Tories have no memory before 2024? July 2024 in particular. #bbcaq
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Tory MP is way out of her depth. #bbcaq
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch: I’m going to scrap inheritance tax. Except I’m not; I’m thinking about it. But I have a plan. Andy Burnham doesn’t. I don’t have to tell you what it is because I’m not PM. If you misunderstood me, that’s your fault. I’m never wrong. #mattchorley #bbcradio5live #kemibadenoch
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The racist villagers of Piddington seem to have a rather inflated view of the village: no shops, no café, no pub. Why exactly do they think it would be a place of interest for anybody to go? They may be boring fucks, but not everybody is.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ear what you’re given. #r4today.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I really don’t think a modest tourist tax in London is unreasonable. Visitors get free access to world-class museums and galleries, so even with a small levy London would still offer great value for money and remain hugely attractive to tourists. #BBCPM
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch: What I said was not what you heard, and what you heard was not what I meant. If you don’t understand that, that’s your fault, not mine. I am always right. Put another way: I am never wrong. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Channel 4 was originally set up to show programmes that wouldn’t be shown anywhere else. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
iWant #Apple
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Victoria Atkins is being as incoherent as ever. #wato
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@kezdugdale.bsky.social good to hear you talking with sense and compassion this morning on Times Radio.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Farage admits that even his family wanted him to walk away from politics. So, that seems to prove that even his family don’t support him. #bbcLauraK
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I feel sorry for #bbcLauraK pre-recording the Nigel Farage interview at the Reform UK conference, it must have stunk of piss. 
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“If there were an election tomorrow, how would you vote?” “Oh, I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.” #bbcLauraK
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Boris Johnson wasn’t born in this country and it didn’t seem to bother Bobby J as a Tory. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So they’ve ‘been removed’ or they haven’t been removed? #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That came to a bit of an abrupt end. It was as if Farage just couldn’t be bothered. He also seems to have lost the ability to wave. He looks like a broken man, a sad figure as he turned his back on the audience and walked away. #Farage #ReformUKconference #ReformUK
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Tories are saying the fall in small boat crossings is down to bad weather. Bad weather. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Given Boris Johnson was both Mayor of London and an MP, it seems odd that James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet in order to try to secure the Tory nomination for London Mayor.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The ‘win-at-all-costs’ mentality appears to stop with toddlers. It certainly doesn’t extend to Scottish club football, judging by last night’s European results. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Embarrassingly, for most of my adult life, I believed that lightning was, in fact, lightening. It seemed reasonable. No one ever corrected me, nor did I think to check. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How nice it must be to work in an industry where profits are protected. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Interesting how British media are reporting Prince Harry leaving the African Parks board: The Times: “removed” BBC: “stepped down” The Telegraph: “quits” The Independent: “resigned” Daily Mail: “stepped down” The Sun: “quits” The Times is the outlier: “removed” suggests it wasn’t his decision.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#TimesRadio is trying to damage Angela Rayner with a story that’s been around for days. It didn’t gain much traction in print, so now it’s being pushed on broadcast. The attacks on Rayner are becoming quite breathtaking, coming just a week after the death of Jason Arday.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Katy Bourne, who seems to believe in guilty until proven innocent, is exactly why elected police and crime commissioners are a bad idea. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What works for Michael Gove, doesn’t work for everyone. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Great to hear Emma back on form. #r4today
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Anyone know why LBC is playing an emergency tape? 
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hang on a second, Boomer downsizes to tax-haven Guernsey. #youandyours
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Laila Cunningham is great car-crash radio on #LBC. Stops a caller after one sentence, insisting she needs time for a longer conversation, then says, “I need to stop, that’s the music for the break.” Carries on for another two minutes before being faded down to avoid crashing the news.
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Jack Hosier @despol.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Twenty-six seconds. #arsenal
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