Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2hKemi 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. 1319679
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 4h"Reform not dodgy, says Reform" 1114
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 6h'Remember when Nigel Farage described Andrew Tate as an "important voice" for men?' via Truth Against Hate 37400221
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh, my. She's so fkn awful. #Badenoch #CPC26 #IronDome #bbcpm bsky.app/profile/paul... 161
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 3hThis is a surprisingly big lead for rejoin - if it survived a referendum campaign, the outcome would be 66-34. Not even close. 1412639
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2hbsky.app/profile/matt... 041
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialMatt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 07/10/2026The Tories want an Iron Dome? 22384130
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 2hI'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 59650162
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Internal inquiry by Reform UK Ltd concludes that Reform UK Ltd didn't break the lawnews.sky.comReform UK internal inquiry clears own advisers over donations stingThe 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. 262
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reform 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...theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities 1113769
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue... 931169195
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like I said, Andrew Tate is "an important voice for young men". Oh, and a pedo nonce. 30948354
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialEmma 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 1418886
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Only by starving the poor to fund tax cuts for the wealthy can the nation be saved...apparently. 64716
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21hThe person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified. 391417373
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 20hAll 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. 1926055
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 21hI 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... 3519
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I 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...telegraph.co.uk 2844286
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There'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...bbc.co.ukReform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations stingOfficials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. 1322154
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23hJust 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. 1620921
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well 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! 🤔 2266
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants via Stephen Fisher 3330133
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Epic fail for Reform UK's ministry of disinformation!!.." via We Demand UK 115840
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Does very much feel like the Badenoch Tories are a busted flush. 89542124
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Hilarious." via Barry James 261136285
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sarah 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...theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities 1541776746
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Let 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 239922124
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAndy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.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.bbc.co.ukJeffrey Archer: Best-selling author and former politician dies aged 86Archer 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. 3187
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The 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 451379567
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialUK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 07/10/2026YORKSHIRE 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 Sandemanyorkshirepost.co.uk£10bn pledge for ‘Britannia Shield’ not a gimmick, Badenoch insists 011
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Kemi 'I never have gaffes' Badenoch latest. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBadenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press releaseTory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system 55012
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026Labour hits near two-year opinion poll high, while support for Reform UK falls 👀 1021352
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And here it is… 38598130
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As 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. 37725143
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Leader 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. 1571327376
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026The 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.theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communiti 35568240
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's like watching Bart Simpson doing a classroom presentation in front of Mrs Krabappel after zero preparation. 89675150
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Quelle surprise... And her Glorious Leader, Nigel Farage, has at least 5 homes in the UK 172
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Suspended 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... ... 401255455
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thanks 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... 12608203
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How lovely to see AJ Pritchard the ex Strictly dancer in his new role as a political commentator on GB News: 2117535
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Badenoch would do a deal with Reform in a heartbeat, no matters what she says. 4671475
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialAlan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If 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...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 1125670
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The 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': 251657359
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialZoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Kemi 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? 2827372
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just 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. 67914184
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The 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. 824463
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Kemi 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?...youtu.beKemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong wayYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 1216972
Reposted by @gillfaz.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There 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. 1933351