holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ran a board earlier, may have seen some ‘famous’ names come up! 120
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like I need to pass comment on the Greens’ antics today, mainly because I’m seeing some revolting antisemitism come up in my feed. Zionism is not racism. The Jewish people have a right to self-determination. A two-state solution is the only way forward. Now stop showing me cranky shit 130
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026MP Chain 🏛️ I recognised 3️⃣9️⃣ MPs in a row. How long is your chain? toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mpchain/ Beat that! Helped that I’ve worked for half of themtoys.jamesomalley.co.ukMP Chain — How many MPs can you recognise?Pick the named MP from two portraits. One wrong answer ends your chain. 010
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I could try to be funny about this, but let’s be real: Woodford is probably the safest bit of Redbridge. People are moving because they want and can afford bigger houses. I’m a school governor in Woodford and its incredible diversity is something parents and children alike celebrate. 010
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026MP Chain 🏛️ I recognised 2️⃣6️⃣ MPs in a row. How long is your chain? toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mpchain/toys.jamesomalley.co.ukMP Chain — How many MPs can you recognise?Pick the named MP from two portraits. One wrong answer ends your chain. 100
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#Politicle: 23/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 3 clues 🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politiclepolitics.co.ukGuess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.ukCan you guess today's mystery MP? The game for Political obsessives. From Politics.co.uk. New Politicle Puzzle Every Day. 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026MP Recall 🏛️ I named 66/649 current MPs in five minutes. 🟥 58/403 LAB 🟦 3/118 CON 🟧 2/71 LD 🟢 1/5 GRN 🟪 2/2 YP Can you beat me? toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mprecall/ This was very fun, and I evidently have a slight bias.toys.jamesomalley.co.ukMP Recall — How many MPs can you remember?Name as many current UK MPs as you can in five minutes. 020
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#Politicle: 22/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after 4 clues 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛ Can you do better? politics.co.uk/politicle Embarrassing effort after yesterday (in my defence one of these guesses was an accident because the backspace is in the wrong place!)politics.co.ukGuess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.ukCan you guess today's mystery MP? The game for Political obsessives. From Politics.co.uk. New Politicle Puzzle Every Day. 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#Politicle: 21/09/2026 I identified the mystery MP after just the starting clues! 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Can you match my score? politics.co.uk/politicle Not to brag, butpolitics.co.ukGuess the MP! Politicle - Politics.co.ukCan you guess today's mystery MP? The game for Political obsessives. From Politics.co.uk. New Politicle Puzzle Every Day. 111
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I’m such a nerd being thrilled that the Labour Conference fringe guide is FINALLY out Now just waiting for the pass… 010
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialKaren Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We’ve seen this movie before. It ends with homelessness, Temporary Accommodation costs crippling local councils, renters in severe financial hardship. That this can be done without huge social damage is the politics of wishful thinking. 810634
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.” 6342211021
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not. 642896902
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialMartin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He’s been prime minister for five minutes and he’s already playing with the emergency alert. 13837230
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Literally thought I was going to die for a second there 100
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Things the Germans do better: tannoy announcements on public transport telling people to listen to music etc through headphones and not on speaker for all to hear. Bliss. 120
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026See this? This is the problem. Condoning threats and violence (which is what the article was about) harms our democracy for everyone. I don’t want to live in a country where violence is ok if it’s ’the other side’ being attacked. 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026As a staffer, I can tell you: MPs’ security comes first. Staffers’ security? An afterthought - if we’re lucky. 2204
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We must remember the Utøya massacre, and remember it for what it was: a far-right attack specifically targeted against democratic socialist activists. Today, the ideologies of its perpetrator are openly espoused by a global network of nationalist oligarchs as they wage war on democratic societies. 71542601
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I am not watching tonight. I am however deeply enjoying the unifying hatred of Argentina, Messi, FIFA and what the US has done to the beautiful game that I’m seeing in two languages on my timeline. Glorious. 010
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It’s actually so blatant at this point I can’t bring myself to care about this anymore, the entire tournament is tainted by the FIFA bias to Argentina, truly - people’s final was yesterday #ESPARG 2284
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As someone who lives in Outer London, hallelujah. 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I’m the last one to agree with Reform on anything, but I’m a bit irked by the suggestion that parliamentary security is totally perfect, nothing to see here in response to their claims. Decisions about security for MPs are inconsistent and put MPs from all parties at risk - Reform are not special. 000
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/07/2026One of the most tedious, and dangerous, tropes in the British press is "crimes don't count if you do them in a car". 1534450
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialJohn O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Don’t forget that. 021
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialJohn O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Also, understanding how politics works, how people think, what voters want, how to make others work with you and to get Whitehall or devolved bodies to deliver is a skill set. Sometimes, just like career surgeons or career pilots, you need people with developed skills. 051
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Always here to share good articles about my job: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...newstatesman.com"You know you're not protected": inside parliament's staff crisisMPs' offices lose staff at twice the national average 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The first duty of any government is to keep the country and its people safe. This is pretty scary stuff! 021
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Went up to Makerfield today. Very good reception on the doorstep - and not just saying that! 120
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Anyway, I’m now officially out of office for a week! 😎 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026For what it’s worth, I think Wes was absolutely spot on in his speech today. I’ve been banging on for ages about how this government needs to deliver for my generation - it was refreshing to hear it spoken about in this way today. 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Well yeah, when I pay hundreds onto a student loan that just isn’t going down every month, I want my disposable income now and not in 40-odd years 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I hate hate hate this Politicians should be paid properly! It diminishes the cause to do stupid shit like this. 000
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026If Burnham were to lose the by-election, it would mean that the Labour party is in huuuuge trouble. Not in a 'because he is their saviour' way, just in a 'if a really popular mayor cannot win that seat Labour are on course for a massacre almost everywhere' way. 8915
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 14/05/2026It’s the staff I feel for, in amongst this clusterfuck. 030
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/05/2026They’ll do anything for Keir Starmer but campaign for Labour. 091
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Doctors, diminishing a woman’s health concerns?? Never! 020
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Three PPSs have resigned - - Joe Morris in DHSC - Sally Jameson at Home Office - Tom Rutland at Defra 246733
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Labour have RETAINED CONTROL of Redbridge Council. I am over the moon. 031
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Over the moon with many of the results coming out of my borough of Redbridge - however slowly that might be! We’ve even GAINED a couple of seats! 010
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026One look at Redbridge’s count today begs to differ 000
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The growing number of men who have a clear problem with women “having opinions” and “being assertive” is seriously worrying. 000
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/05/2026ex cabinet minister Louise Haigh suggests the PM should set out timetable for his departure. she told ITV: "I think what is abundantly clear, is that unless the government delivers significant and urgent change, then the prime minister cannot lead us into another election." 1615838
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle 811227440
Reposted by @holliewickens.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026With the sequel of “he also stabbed a Muslim man”. He stabbed his friend in Southwark then travelled to Golders Green, noticeably not stabbing anyone else between the two! I think we can reasonably surmise both had specific (and different) motives! 1638163
holliewickens.bsky.social @holliewickens.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Fun fact: Sertraline was the first ever antidepressant I tried and it swelled me up so badly I nearly died Great effect on the mental health, that! 000
