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Andie Hallihan

@hooli.bsky.social
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Builds new factories and improves older ones. Engineering & psychology. Star sailing, greyhounds rescuing & reading. We need to reduce inequality and build a better society. Good homes, food, healthcare and education work well for everyone!

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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 7h
How dare an ego challenge a point when the point can be precisely validated. The ego has crash landed.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 7h
The cult deepens. And narrows. Ever decreasing circles. Ever diminishing poll numbers. A lovely time to get out and vote.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19h
🔴 Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded ‘a plan for poor housing and high bills’ by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again bylinetimes.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use
Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded 'a plan for poor housing and high bills' by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So let’s start with freedom of movement. Would Brits like to be able to go to the EU? Live? Work? Love? Would Brits like their children to be able to do that? Yes. Yes they would. Hold the conversation there. And others have the same benefit of membership. Talk about the benefit. The benefit.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Laughable. Imagine thinking that. But it’s lovely that Musk tells us who and what he is.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, but does he have any answers? Of course not. In fact, he is complicit in making them all worse.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One day the conservatives will become pro-Rejoin. It is going to be hilarious.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My dogs shout at things they don’t understand. Yep, that seems pretty right wing! But here I am, tolerating different perspectives.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Imagine considering anything Trump says to be valid. Not long now. #MidTerms Get out and vote!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It would be better if other relics were sent to the front. Send Putin to the front. Then the war can be over and Russia can go back to Russia. #SlavaUkrainii
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good advice to whisper that. To say it openly would be to make oneself sound bloody stupid. 🤦‍♂️ Dear journalists, do better.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This does my head in. Dear Voters. Take some accountability. The vote was to leave the agreement we had with the EU. We decided that. We got that. Rejoin will not be to return to the agreement we left. Correct. We broke that agreement. Accept that. But Rejoin is better than Brexit. Let’s do it.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very much prefer the framing of free movement in this way. I would like this benefit and am prepared for others to have the same benefit.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When somebody tells you they will only do business on terms that are unacceptable to you it is best to listen to them, thank them for explaining and then showing them the door. Moving on.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Twenty wasted years. There will be a 37 year old politician saying “I never got to vote on Brexit. 2035 is a long way away and the young will be many long before then.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let’s not wait for “consensus” if that means the agreement of the billionaire press as that will not happen and we should not allow ourselves to be held hostage. The euro is a conversation - which other members are still not near finishing.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UK media overwhelmingly got us into the mess of Brexit. They will not get us out of the mess. They are not fit for purpose.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1,000 long range strike drones for Kyiv for every “proven“ intrusion? Nearly nice. Remove the proven. Lower the threshold. Probable intrusion. Let us not argue among ourselves to “prove”. Let’s send drones to Kyiv.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With the £ sign being the centrepiece of the party logo! Farage has a price, and he has been bought several times by billionaires.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They are #BrexitBoats Every time they should be called the Brexit Boats.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He should be laughed at. Overconfident. Underinformed. All anyone needs to know.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
A new YouGov poll commissioned by Best for Britain found that restoring EU membership is the most popular option for the UK’s relationship with Europe in 628 of GB’s 632 constituencies. The polling suggests that full membership itself is becoming a mainstream preference across the country.
leftfootforward.org
Brexit’s last strongholds? Only Reform and Restore constituencies reject rejoining the EU
The polling suggests that full membership itself is becoming a mainstream preference across the country.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
The Independent front page headline: 

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifestoThere is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Farage missing something? No. He is missing somethings. Accurate information. Reasonable analysis. Balanced conclusions. Concern for the wellbeing of society and others. Any interest in justice. Thankfully, he is increasingly missing public support. Desperate Nigel, we hear and see you.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’d settle for 5%. I don’t know what the genuine proportion of cost is required for cashiers in a supermarket business But let it reflect reality. It is the principle of a company contributing to social good - whether through improved value or employment.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Captain Universal Healthcare
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Christ! Reform voters are older than I thought!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just checking. No. No fury here. Looking around, there’s no fury anywhere.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’ve made an enormous mistake. But instead of correcting the mistake to the best extent possible we do nothing of material consequence. A future political leader will simply say they never got to vote in 2016. Then they will reverse Brexit Can we please save that generation the trouble?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know thirteen year olds who speak more meaningfully than the POTUS. I should not be able to say that with any level of conviction. But here we are … just weeks away from the mid-terms. Please vote.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m not sure that Farage is remotely interested in justice. Or security. Just division. Better for him if the case goes unresolved. The perpetual grievance.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is Farage a despicable shit? I’m only asking questions.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lowe seems to like to give poor behaviour but seems to dislike receiving poor behaviour. Let’s be clear. It’s best to not give poor behaviour. But if you give it, expect it. But I repeat. It’s best not to give poor behaviour. That goes for you too, Rupert. You too.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Or universal healthcare … Sometimes the best answer to a broken system is not to fix the system but to bin it and start again.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Valley. Superb telly, but wasn’t expecting it to cut through in the US. Definitely missing League of Gentlemen. We’ll have no trouble here. 🤪
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The MAGA crowd are the other people (to which the bad things happen). The MAGA donors get the good times. Poor MAGA crowd. Oh well. Here come the mid-terms.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If he means journalism has gone downhill then I can only agree. Or if he means Brexit, he’s right again.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That’s a start!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks for saying a quiet bit out loud. But let’s be clear, the wealthy donors are not getting anything back in return. Apart from losing a few thousand and gaining many millions. But that’s nothing. Be careful who you vote for.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.
theguardian.com
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If (when) the Republicans lose the election it will be because more voters voted against them. That is how democracy kind of works. Poor Miller struggling with his understanding of democracy.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Will face the full force of the law? When? Just when?
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/09/2026
London’s most expensive house, the Reform UK Treasurer, Holly Valance, one of Labour’s biggest donors, a £265m sale, and a curious loophole we’ve uncovered that could slash the taxes earned from elite London properties. London Centric x Dan Neidle collab. www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-mo...
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London’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax bill
A £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The best laugh of my morning! Absolutely.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Brexit supporter apologises for supporting Brexit. Oh, no. Hang on. Brexit supporter tries to tell us that the country that did Brexit is struggling. It’s a f*cking mystery. If only there was an explanation.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So Reform thinks they can hate others, but don’t like others hating them. What delicate egos. I’m not a fan of hate, but I really don’t like Reform, their policies, their donors, their ethics, their hate for others, or anything else.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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