Reposted by Hugo Hmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 3hThey needed a headline. They have no ideas & no credibility. This is just embarrassing. 2121
Reposted by Hugo Hchelseachemist1.bsky.social @chelseachemist1.bsky.social · 13hAs I’ve said elsewhere, these are my mates, you can quite likely win them over on a policy platform of cutting their taxes. You can’t win them over if you force it through a prism of “I think Brexit is a great idea and isn’t that net zero dodgy?” You just come across as unhinged to that cohort 081
Reposted by Hugo HIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12hJust 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. 62840171
Reposted by Hugo HLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 05/10/2026“Privatisation of Water was a success.” Read the room, Kemi. 77832
Reposted by Hugo HPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23hThis proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged. 881289425
Reposted by Hugo HSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times) 821859677
Reposted by Hugo H𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️🌈🏴🦋🫘🔵 @jagsman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026@ofcom.bsky.social will you do something about this misuse of the regulations? 2128
Reposted by Hugo HSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Tory party has killed itself with Brexit. It’s lost its mind chasing Farage into the gutter, saying unserious things, promoting unserious people who stand around in suits, arms folded, talking utter dribble to get a headline. It’s pathetic. We deserve a better opposition. This lot are shite. 2348482
Reposted by Hugo HBoothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Finally someone is going to help the rich. At long last the most under-privileged people in society have a political party looking out for them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch saysKemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more 33514
Reposted by Hugo HDenisovian @denisovian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let's see. Who was Home Secretary in 2023 ? That would be the lovely Suella Braverman 16466132
Reposted by Hugo HTony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If only we had a Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 151
Reposted by Hugo HTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Combatting the cost of living crisis - for the top 3-5% of earners.ft.comTories vow to scrap £100,000 ‘tax trap’ for UK’s higher earnersBadenoch says current threshold, introduced by previous Conservative government, punishes parents for working more 127521
Reposted by Hugo HWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling. 2048195
Reposted by Hugo HBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible 42589205
Reposted by Hugo HRickChasey @rickchasey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Clegg had the right idea *dodges tomatoes* LD have to tack right and focus on the liberal bit. Every other party wants the govt involved in everything and wants everything “banned”. Surely there’s some electoral opportunity in “we’ll leave you the fuck alone”? 271
Reposted by Hugo HBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026France and China removed Microsoft from their government computers because the US Government used it to attack ICC officials, now the Netherlands is removing it too. The sooner Microsoft dies the better, use Linux. 817659
Reposted by Hugo HThe Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's offensive for @london.gov.uk to have this consultation under the "Healthy Streets" section of the Transport for London consultation site. Wandsworth Town Centre gyratory where cyclists are being thrown under the bus. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/wandsworth-i...haveyoursay.tfl.gov.ukWandsworth Town Centre bus and walking improvementsFind out about TfL’s consultation on proposals about Wandsworth Town Centre Bus & Walking Improvements 33410
Reposted by Hugo HLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We punish legitimate farmers, processors and exporters while leaving gaps for smugglers. That risks unsafe food, catastrophic animal-disease outbreaks and the destruction of British livestock farming. This isn’t taking back control. It is surrendering our food security and biosecurity. 2258
Reposted by Hugo HBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump. 17057352133
Reposted by Hugo HTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And specifically, implying that we'd be better off harmonising our regulations with the EU to have free trade, rather than embarking on divergence to deregulate... I'm sure it's not as thought through as that, but that's the implication. V different from the Brexit ideal. 1225
Reposted by Hugo HRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's characteristic of the Brexit debate that, after a decade of arguing about it, the leader of the Conservative Party doesn't appear to know what the single market is & can't be arsed to find out. She seems to have a vague idea it's "a free trade area" that got mixed up with "all the other stuff". 86214
Reposted by Hugo HGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, Plaid & SNP should all unite in a pledge to rejoin the EU. They don’t agree on much but they do all agree Brexit has been a financial and strategic disaster. It could unite progressive opinion and challenge the far right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 yearsAndy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances 56700195
Reposted by Hugo HJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it. 501557415
Reposted by Hugo HJack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying the way England treat Rehan Ahmed. He looks like a generational talent. In domestic cricket he bats in the top six and bowls. Whenever he turns out for England, he bats lower down and bowls bits and pieces overs. They need to pick an actual role for him. He can't be Sam Curran II #EngvSL 151
Reposted by Hugo HAlan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well, yes So, what is going to happen to change it Two more years of this and even more trust will have leaked away I wish some Americans would get beyond the dream that it will all go back to normal when he is gone. It won't The damage is in some areas irreparable. Trust is very easily lost 181
Reposted by Hugo HIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Quick take on the Ed Davey speech: It's just not good enough. And everyone in that hall knows it. iandunt.substack.com/p/ed-davy-sp... 3322556
Reposted by Hugo HMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Are our politicians blind and deaf or just plain dumb? 65129
Reposted by Hugo H👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I tell you what you've got to do right. You've got to force people out of their cars onto public transport, and you do that by doubling the price of petr- 4687
Reposted by Hugo HMandeville was cavendish_maid 📎 🇺🇦 @mandeville24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brave people. Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦 032
Reposted by Hugo HStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I was interviewed by R5Live on Ratcliffe last night. Pointed out that he is simply wrong about benefits, crime and immigration levels, and that banging on about Empire and Two World Wars only reveals an old man who left the UK years ago and has little understanding of a country he seems to despise. 1215
Reposted by Hugo HDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026If you knew he was abhorant and dangerous but were perfectly happy to let Farage drum up the vote for Brexit because you thought it was the surest route to UK-EFTA or whatever dumb shit you convinced yourself would magically happen, I'm just not that interested in hearing from you in public life. 10904102
Reposted by Hugo HAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026How the BBC’s latest platforming of the bigoted views of the anti-migrant billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is the sign of a national broadcaster that is increasingly losing its way www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...adambienkov.co.ukHow the BBC Mainstreams the Right’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-British AgendaThe BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way 901260405
Reposted by Hugo HRichard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Major opinion poll shows that every constituency in the UK except four would vote to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU 33517211
Reposted by Hugo HBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo… 37930400
Reposted by Hugo HSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred. 1181828728
Reposted by Hugo HJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by Hugo HAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving? 5253370722
Reposted by Hugo HGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Carney's speech on Canada's future relationship with the EU was so ambitious, positive and far-reaching that it's made Brexit Britain's red lines look even more pathetic than they did before! 0122
Reposted by Hugo HPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We need to be honest. The U.K. government isn’t in the slightest bit interested in getting closer to the EU. 93813
Reposted by Hugo HSue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How many more lessons does the UK need before we do what is necessary? ukandeu.ac.uk/canadas-new-...ukandeu.ac.ukCanada’s new EU association holds lessons for the UK - UK in a changing EuropeJoël Reland reflects on what it would mean in practice for Canada to become an associate member of the EU, as well as the lessons for the UK in thinking about its own future EU relationship. 74617
Reposted by Hugo HMark Lawson @marklawsonkernow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@annagelderdmp.bsky.social Please get this sorted urgently. We are being left behind and getting poorer for it. #UK #EU #Brexit #BrexitFail 043
Reposted by Hugo HJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Give this incredibly brave woman a medal. It would be great if more TV reporters did what @vicderbyshire.bsky.social does here: provide time and space for the genuinely decent and non-racist to air their views and share their experiences. 23712
Reposted by Hugo HGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trade unions urge Andy Burnham to drop Brexit ‘red lines’ 👍 www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...politico.euTrade unions urge Andy Burnham to drop Brexit ‘red lines’The ruling Labour Party pledged “no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement” in its 2024 election manifesto. 49223
Reposted by Hugo HBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.theguardian.com‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green waveTraffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way 22830240
Reposted by Hugo HThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12/09/2026You can call this legal. You can call it a donation. But please don’t insult everyone’s intelligence by calling it a “level playing field”. 871305363
Reposted by Hugo HStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy. 114957510
Reposted by Hugo HOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Truly disgusting social media post from one of Brexit's most influential backers. 2802020527
Reposted by Hugo HAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026From the new Private Eye 511993743