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James F Ford

@jamiefford.bsky.social
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Retired psychology & forensic psychology lecturer. Now writing crime fiction & commenting on UK politics. Follow me on Instagram: Jamie F Ford / Tuppence Farthing The Lady Charlotte & Inspector Bolton Edwardian Murder Mysteries and Piddle Murder Mysteries

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If the government are bringing back Sure Start, ..... Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham has a bold plan. We've been waiting for so long for the country to have a real leader with an achievable vision. As individuals, we may not agree with everything but nobody else has come up with anything better or more positive. Let's get behind him, the plan, each other, our nation.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UK'S stance on immigration comes from the same self-harming lunacy as Brexit. Will our politicians never learn? Surely, it's time for our parliamentary representatives to stop swaying with the populist winds and just do the right thing. We need immigration and we must overturn Brexit.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It should be known as the Farage fiscal black hole. Racism is costing the nation in so many ways. This is just one example.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 26/09/2026
Will definitely be watching this!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
via Border Communities Against Brexit
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026
This is what Reform UK do when they're in charge.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why is an attack on Russian disinformation an attack on Reform? Find out in the latest edition of Nigel's Notes. Please share if you enjoy it and you can subscribe for free to get these straight to your inbox. parodypm.substack.com/p/big-burnha...
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not the deeds of an activist demonstrating: this is a cold, calculated, life endangering performance by a brutal, moronic, thug.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
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How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Judging by the surge in RNLI donations I suspect attacking RNLI volunteer heroes will simply accelerate the decline of Reform UK in the polls ... meme via Andrew Miller
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And some morons in the UK still want to elect a leader who openly declares he will emulate Trump's style of government. Trump/Farage one and the same, grifting every day while the rest of us pay the price.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is genuinely disturbing and frightening! We must NEVER allow this. #NoICE in the UK!
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Someone please spare a thought for those of us who like to write/read about fictional political corruption. These days, we need to change our genre because factual corruption in politics has outdone the medium we love so much.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is an underclass of male right-wing pawns who are being exploited by a few right-wing, very rich men who want to live their lives beyond the law, without decency while growing their wealth. We rightly condone balaclava wearing thugs but their rabble rousing leaders seem immune to prosecution.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1/2 When people who volunteer to save other people's lives are attacked by right-wing thugs, the line of decency has been crossed. I hold in utter contempt those faux-patriots who mindlessly carry out the attacks and those who wilfully exploit their ignorance for personal gain. 1/2
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I want my country back ..." ... back from the Reform UK domestic abusers pretending to care about protecting women & girls, back from the attackers of RNLI volunteers, back from the abusers of non-white NHS heroes, back from MPs paid to make the super-rich even richer meme via We Demand UK
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The silent majority must now speak out and condemn Farage's strides towards fascism. He is leading the country over a precipice. Enough. It is no longer acceptable to bury our heads in the sand. Pick a side: democracy or fascism But know what the latter means for you, your family, this nation.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 17/09/2026
🚨Wonderful news Sadiq Khan is keeping his promise to bring London's buses into public ownership The public is not just demanding regulation - we are also demanding public ownership so that profits stay in the system Our key public services should be run for us - not private shareholders
Image with a picture of Sadiq Khan and a BBC headline that says "TfL developing proposals for public-owned bus firm"
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 16/09/2026
Opinion | The list of things Nigel Farage will do for money is long, unedifying and, in the week that we learned of £72m being donated to his party by a couple of cryptocurrency billionaires, surely worth revisiting 🖋️ @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/arcDMCk
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He'll become a refugee and seek sanctuary in Trump's America.
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Abdohassan @abdohassan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why is Nigel Farage always on TV? He spouts racist and moronic views pulled straight from the bum hole of whichever billionaire is funding him. End this racism, get him off our TV screens.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why can't they integrate?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/09/2026
The radical right wants you to think that immigrants are to blame for problems in this country. Do not fall for their false narrative. Immigration is good for our country.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Liz Aspden @lizaspden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What the papers today don't say. Follow Bylines, subscribe if you are able, or share.
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 08/09/2026
"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"These are red flags about how Reform might govern if it got into power - state capture rarely starts with contracts changing hands, it starts with rules and regulations being treated as optional." Must read from @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-un...
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Reform’s undercover donations pave road to state capture
By making rule-breaking a selling point, Reform is signalling it's open for influence trading, says anti-corruption expert Liz David-Barrett.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Farage has just delivered a speech on how he will install fascism into Britain. There is now no doubt, he wants a dictatorship and God help any opposition, which he has threatened to remove. Think about that.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Two simultaneous events revealed an extraordinary overlap between allegations about political funding and proposals for cleaning it up | East Anglia Bylines
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As Channel 4 investigated Reform’s funding, Bylines was debating how to clean up politics
Two simultaneous events revealed an extraordinary overlap between allegations about political funding and proposals for cleaning it up
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Author: Tuppence Farthing Available on Amazon and in all good book stores
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hammer Price: The third Piddle Murder Mystery. Life (and death) in the Cotswolds as you've never seen it before.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The first Piddle Murder Mystery by Tuppence Farthing: Life (and death) in the Cotswolds as you've never seen it before.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Broken: The second Piddle Murder Mystery by Tuppence Farthing. Life (and death) in The Cotswolds as you've never seen it before.
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Author: Tuppence Farthing Available on Amazon and in all good book stores #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookaddict #tiktokbooks #instabook www.instagram.com/reel/DcYV5wJ...
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Author: Tuppence Farthing Available on Amazon and in all good book stores #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookaddict #tiktokbooks #instabook www.instagram.com/reel/DcYV5wJ...
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James F Ford @jamiefford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Author: Tuppence Farthing Available on Amazon and in all good book stores #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookaddict #tiktokbooks #instabook www.instagram.com/reel/DcYV5wJ...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans
Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Beth Cooper 🏏 @bethcooper.fyi · 04/08/2026
I hate this so much. Farage said this would be immigration week, and here are all the headlines talking immigration, and not positively. Could someone in power, for once, just stand up to this shit 🤬
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