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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2h
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 4h
"Reform not dodgy, says Reform"
Front page of the Daily Mirror on 8 October 2026 - "Reform not dodgy, says Reform"
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 6h
'Remember when Nigel Farage described Andrew Tate as an "important voice" for men?' via Truth Against Hate
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, my. She's so fkn awful. #Badenoch #CPC26 #IronDome #bbcpm bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 3h
This is a surprisingly big lead for rejoin - if it survived a referendum campaign, the outcome would be 66-34. Not even close.
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2h
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 07/10/2026
The Tories want an Iron Dome?
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 2h
I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Internal inquiry by Reform UK Ltd concludes that Reform UK Ltd didn't break the law
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Reform UK internal inquiry clears own advisers over donations sting
The two high-ranking aides, Dan Jukes and James Orr, announced they were standing down from Reform after the undercover sting by a group called Verbatim was broadcast by Channel 4 last month.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000 Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like I said, Andrew Tate is "an important voice for young men". Oh, and a pedo nonce.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30
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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan? 

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Only by starving the poor to fund tax cuts for the wealthy can the nation be saved...apparently.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21h
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 20h
All these glowing write up’s by the usual suspects, Peston, Rigby, Mason, regarding Badenoch’s speech. Not one asking where the money is going to come from for her ridiculous defence dome & billions upon billions of tax giveaways? Considering what Truss did, not pointing this out, is a disgrace.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 21h
I am sure it was a rigorous and impartial investigation with no bias at all, okay maybe some, possibly quite a lot. Actually...who in their right mind would honestly trust the outcome of this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I for one am reassured that an investigation into Reform UK, carried out by Reform UK, has found that Reform UK did nothing wrong www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's more whitewash in this report than at your local B&Q. Nothing in it exonerates Reform UK or Nigel Farage. They're not above the rules. The sleaze, scandal & police investigations aren’t going away. It’s time to stop the cover ups and come clean to the public. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23h
Just put the text of Badenoch and Burnham's speech alongside each other to compare. Burnham's is, from a technical speechwriting POV, so much better. It's a proper structured argument whereas Badenoch's is just a list of stuff, randomly strung together.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well that is a relief! And with Nige being exonerated by the voters of Clacton, it's surely back to normal now for Refuk... Champagne and oysters all round! 🤔
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants via Stephen Fisher
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Epic fail for Reform UK's ministry of disinformation!!.." via We Demand UK
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Does very much feel like the Badenoch Tories are a busted flush.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Hilarious." via Barry James
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More airbrushing of history by Badenoch, Major, James Stupidly, Brandreth, Javid and former chancellor Zahawi who was caught by HMRC trying to evade tax.
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Jeffrey Archer: Best-selling author and former politician dies aged 86
Archer sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing career, and his last book, Adam and Eve, was due to be released later this month.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 07/10/2026
YORKSHIRE POST: Kemi Badenoch defended the £10bn Britannia Shield plan after experts questioned whether it could protect the UK and overseas bases, with one estimating wider coverage could cost more than £80bn. - by Kit Sandeman
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£10bn pledge for ‘Britannia Shield’ not a gimmick, Badenoch insists
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi 'I never have gaffes' Badenoch latest. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
Labour hits near two-year opinion poll high, while support for Reform UK falls 👀
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And here it is…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fuck me
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As well as a Britannia Magic Dome, Tories will build a Halo Array, a Stargate, a Dark Tower, and a Death Star - named respectively Spirit of the Blitz, Maggie's Opening, Boris-Dûr, and Churchill's Clacker - funded by sales of a new wellness smoothie made with carrot, ginger, and poor people's tears.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more.
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Badenoch promises tax cuts in 'battle for the soul of this nation'
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
The hypocrisy 👀 Sarah Pochin MP bought an £800,000 second home on a Welsh island two days after raising concerns in Parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communiti
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's like watching Bart Simpson doing a classroom presentation in front of Mrs Krabappel after zero preparation.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quelle surprise... And her Glorious Leader, Nigel Farage, has at least 5 homes in the UK
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How lovely to see AJ Pritchard the ex Strictly dancer in his new role as a political commentator on GB News:
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch would do a deal with Reform in a heartbeat, no matters what she says.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If anything screams, 'we are the party that doesn't care' this is it This nihilist approach to our environment stinks and in the true sense of nihilism suggests the Tory party has lost its way on beliefs and values...but I think we probably knew that already 🫤 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IDF came into my Twitter replies to try & boost their fake report accusing Palestinian journalists they murdered of being Hamas. But when Piers Morgan invited them to debate the so-called evidence with me, they didn't show up so... he empty-chaired them. And then I debunked their 'study':
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s whole shtick is slash and burn, which is red meat for the Westminster-brained, but for the wider electorate… what actually is her vision for what emerges from the ashes? What sort of country does she want us to become? Seemingly just one that’s punitive, uncaring and nasty?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Tories have had over two years to come up with a broad set of new policies and they've reverted to their same old mean spirited small minded ones they have had for decades. More austerity and the type of deregulation that led to Grenfell.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way. By looking at what Badenoch does not say in her new description of what it is to be a Conservative, I show that this is a charter for abuse that is riddled with arrogant inconsistencies. youtu.be/AB7Nid-tTFA?...
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Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is v warm coverage of the late Jeffrey Archer on Radio 4 Today focusing on book sales & chsrity with fraud, perjury & disgrace mainly as something to bounce back from. He probably got more second, thitd & fourth chances that anybody else in British public life in the last half century.
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