Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 17hMy kingdom for a politician that points out that seeking asylum is perfectly legal, and that a country offering it is not only good but an obligation. 110524
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/10/2026Deirdre Costigan MP: "Many of my constituents voted to leave the EU because they were bombarded with lies, from the mythical £350 million a week for the NHS that never appeared to the lie that immigration would come down when it actually trebled."standard.co.uk'Bombarded by lies': London MPs rage against Brexit as Sadiq Khan says rejoin EUQuitting the European Union has been ‘an unmitigated disaster and has left us poorer as a result,’ says Marsha De Cordov 421882
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Edward Driftwood @edwarddriftwood.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The fact that The Times has descended to the level of insanity of the Sun, Telegraph etc. is underpriced and seems to go unnoticed by many people who still see it as "one of the better ones" is worrying. That this blindness by them in turn isn't being commented on is worrying as well. 1288
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I cant access this article but there have been virtually no applications since the virtual ban was lifted two years ago. Pleased to hear this as it is a concern but I worry 'sharp increase' is doing some heavy lifting here. On shore wind linked to community energy could be doing so much more. 021
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I was on the telly. 1181882427
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Liberal England: The only Tory MP to gain a seat at the last election is under threat "Leicester East? It's just a saga now."liberalengland.blogspot.comThe only Tory MP to gain a seat at the last election is under threatThe only Conservative to gain seat for the party at the last general election is in danger of deselection, reports BBC News : Leicester East... 054
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"You can be very confident that the Russians will take any divisive issue in our politics, whether that is Brexit, whether that is Scottish independence, whether that is migration, any one of these, and they will try and stir the pot," Sir Richard Moore told Andrew Marr.lbc.co.ukFormer MI6 chief 'very confident' in Burnham's assertion Russia meddled in Brexit vote | LBCThe former intelligence chief's comments come despite Nigel Farage insisting 'there was no Russian interference' in the 2016 Brexit vote 511027
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Graham Bett @grahambett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Remember this? www.theguardian.com/politics/201...theguardian.comNigel Farage's relationship with Russian media comes under scrutinyThe Ukip leader's Euroscepticism makes him a shoo-in at the Russian state broadcaster that is often called Putin's mouthpiece 043
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 12/10/2026There’s been some negative comment about Burnham “shooting from the hip” as prime minister But his comments on the @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast have prompted Farage to opine about Brexit AND Russia – two issues on which he is exposed 1/... 56016
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The numbers on social media posts from the likes of Nigel Farage and Richard Tice aren't looking so good today in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres.thelondoneconomic.comReform figures see social media engagement drop as bot accounts 'fall silent'The social media engagement on posts from Reform UK figures appears to have dropped in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres. 47242
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Our energy security is our national security. Labour need to think again. If our Heat Pump industry is to grow it needs certainty not constant chaos. We are significantly of track to meet government targets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMinisters preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spendingExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say 052
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Gareth Epps @garethepps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Fair point. The fact that Davey twice made tax policy on the hoof without consulting his shadow CS might be an indicator as to why he no longer has one. 043
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them. 781426338
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Liz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Andy Burnham is right to say that Farage has given Britain a decade of division and drift with Brexit - the Tories should take full responsibility for that too. Neither should be allowed anywhere near Government. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukNigel Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade says PMAndy Burnham launched a rare personal attack on Nigel Farage as he tore into Brexit 'lies' over migration and accused the Reform UK chief of giving Britain a 'decade of division and drift' 610832
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026….aaaand they’re OFF 🏁 #ASMR #OddlySatisfying IG: @marblebrosasmr youtube.com/@marblebros-... 2594246756
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20559312420
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Worth reading this thoughtful piece by @neildotobrien.bsky.social (Neil O'Brien MP). Most of this is politics/values, but some of the detail isn't right. buff.ly/9x2WQM7buff.lyCutting inheritance taxWhy it is right to cut it - and why the critics are wrong. 74716
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing 252040532
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶FPL General @fplgeneral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Friday Pod 🎙 pod.fo/e/69f7e4 141
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Planet FPL (James) @planetfplpod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026GW6 🎲 Intention is to roll to 2FTs 🧢 Haaland 📉 1.3m 💷 2.0 ❌️ No Deadline Stream from me. On my way to Manchester (priorities/paying for my sins etc etc) 💚 Please support other creators live streams 🤞 Good luck everyone 🤝 #PlayItYourWay 1191
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There is a lot of perceived impunity for both toxic but lawful racism + actual crimes. A very visible policing taskforce being smart, selective about which cases to go for with rapid charges + convictions could shift the sense of impunity (The govt had been sending the opposite signal) 313521
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Super Intelligence (with Stewart Lee and Carole Cadwalladr) - BBC SoundsA look at the rebrand of AI. Is it really super? 1426653
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Alisdair Calder McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A thing I pushed for - unsuccessfully - at LibDem Federal Policy Cmte, some years back, was for us to adopt a policy of eliminating Stamp Duty on downsizing and permitting some degree of tax-exemption on the proceeds of such sales being distributed to adult children. 182
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Latest team out on the doors in Holborn and St Pancras supporting Patrick Stillman today. So many soft Green voters saying they can no longer vote for Zack, and are backing Patrick to stand up to the terrible Labour Council, and be a part of a real opposition group of 70+ LD MPs in Parliament. 1196
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotesbbc.co.ukBank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotesThe decision comes after nearly half a million people cast their votes from a shortlist of 18 creatures. 135117
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 07/10/2026Badenoch has spent half her conference making unfunded promises, and half lecturing the country on fiscal responsibility. We’re all still paying the price for Conservative financial mismanagement. Liberal Democrats will act as the firewall stopping her handing No 10 to Farage. 1133569
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Yes, in this area there may be a large number of people from an Asian background, but people from all over do travel here for all sorts of reasons, whether to shop or eat."theguardian.com‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zonesLittle if any sign Bury Park is a place where any group might fear to tread, despite Tory MP’s comments to the contrary 022
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Pippa Heylings 🔶 MP for South Cambridgeshire @pippaheylings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Tories love wrapping themselves in the flag, but there's nothing patriotic about scrapping the Climate Change Act, Natural England and the Environment Agency. After this summer's wildfires, that's reckless. I'll fight it every step of the way. 14016
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Oxfordshire County Council @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚌 Thanks to the congestion charge, 40,000 more bus journeys are being made in Oxford each week. Watch Luke Marion, Managing Director of Oxford Bus Company, explain the increase they’ve seen. 272
Ian Ridley 🔶 @iankridley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I always thought that Severed Dreams was the second best episode of Babylon 5. Endgame is really challenging that on this watch #ukb5watch 120
Ian Ridley 🔶 @iankridley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The effects on this were sooo cool when it first came out. Still are #endgame #ukb5watch 000
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The King’s cut from your electricity bill bit.ly/4yx46ng he gets 12% of crown estate profits through the Sovereign Grantbit.lyCrown Estate sea bed auctions could add £38 a year to energy billsThe business that manages the King’s land has put wind farm projects at risk with move away from capped fees for developers, a University of Oxford study warns 127356
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Pisspoor response from a pisspoor leader, who clearly does not have the moral clarity or the conviction to prevent racism in his party greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/05/z...greenparty.org.ukZack Polanski reaction to Zionism is racism motion - Green PartyGreen Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct – blurring the line between the two is not only wrong but antisemit... 7964199
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Wayne Myers @conniptions.org · 05/10/2026If the main thing you want to do right now is to read a long, rambling, angry response by a non-Zionist Jewish now ex-Green Party Of England And Wales member to the not-so-hilarious antics of yesterday, then have I got the post for you: wayne.conniptions.org/2026/10/05/w... (It may not be, tbf)wayne.conniptions.orgWhy I Am No Longer A GreenI joined the Green Party of England and Wales in 2014. 67015
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Gareth Epps @garethepps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Presumably the answer is to build more hospi….. oh wait. Because 20mph zones save lives. That’s why road casualties are down in Lib Dem Oxfordshire and up in Tory Buckinghamshire. 043
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 05/10/2026It is deeply irresponsible for any politician, let alone a senior Conservative, to peddle the same far-right nonsense about Luton that we see from the likes of Yaxley Lennon and Reform.theguardian.comTory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’ 37541143
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can you imagine the derisory coverage and outright mockery if any other party with single-digit MPs decided to "declare a General Election" and go on a bus tour? Yet when this outlandish nonsense comes from Farage, it is treated as somehow brilliant. "Subscribe to continue..." No thanks. I'm good. 103754179
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/10/2026I think a fundamental thing of Badenoch's politics is that she *doesn't* think in practical terms, or see politics as a process of doing stuff. 7426
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Conservative Party is “authoritarian” and attacking the “free press” by banning journalists from its conference when Kemi Badenoch called Reform precisely that for doing the same. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe 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 1327992
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541904772
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 03/10/20262026 has likely finished with 85 days exceeding 25C at #London Heathrow Airport this is a staggering 25 days above next highest year, 2018. We've never known anything like it. 14822
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 591033505
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#Brexit - President Macron is spot on here. Brexit has been an utter disaster. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU 12508185
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I listened to Ed Davey on the Today programme this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point. The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial. 1620356
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 01/10/2026Two million? Doesn't the graph show a drop of about 20 million? 3133
Ian Ridley 🔶 @iankridley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That's Reform's ban on the free press. Fascists are going to fascist.... 000
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word 223066
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026Some people say UK should stop building clean energy and should extend its reliance on gas power instead Choosing my words carefully, I would say that it's an interesting time to be making that argument www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon BriefThe UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar. 47619
Reposted by Ian Ridley 🔶Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…commondreams.org'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common DreamsChildren as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we 26845101991