jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 13/05/2026If you thought Starmer and Mandelson was bad, wait till you find out about Streeting and Mandelson...🤦♂️ 090 9
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Didn't Albert Spatchcock make a film about Kersal? Sure I read about it in The Lost Films of 20th Century Spatchcock. @tripeuk.bsky.social 111 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I don't know if you caught this on Twitter - but it's worth a listen to, Tice doing a Maxwell mk 2.0 x.com/LBC/status/2...x.com 110 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I might be wrong but it reads more of giving the Gov a bloody nose than actual belief in Reform. If only Labour knew how to convey their messaging eh? 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Unless it's a very small cake - that's been well enjoyed..😄 120 2
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Nothing to see here, just Farage cosplaying Trump when faced with questions from legitimate journalists. @mancunianmedic.bsky.social 022 2
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Gets worse... goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-c...goodlawproject.orgOrbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oilThe Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit? 013 3
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Similar tactics - Remember 'Goldfinger' John Palmer's Timeshare 'pitches' or those pyramid sales rallies - Reform follow the same. 010 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Happy birthday for tomorrow Mrs. O. Good to see your baking pics again. 110 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I'll give it a look if Shaun Evans is in it. I'm just watching Endevour - again and appreciating more just how good the writing and characters are. Fred's one liners are epic. 100 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Watched it on MOTD.... I said out loud (minus expletives) What the * going on here..wild! 100 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Murkier and murkier. #Reform #Farage #Wales nation.cymru/news/the-new...nation.cymruThe new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not WalesMartin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat... 010 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Whose primary residence is in Bath. His father’s home is in Blackwood which disqualifies him from standing.. 050 5
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 06/02/2026"Facing the reality of a second Trump term, his unique position a Labour figure with deep, established channels to the Trump circle—became an unexpected asset. Sometimes the best person to handle a crisis is the one who can actually get through the door, however uncomfortable that truth may be." 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Many younger people too, not something you see at Farage's grift events. 010 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/01/2026He said he was boycotting the BBC last December - must have assumed we'd forgotten. 030 3
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/01/2026So he claims to be under the weather or did he remember his boycott of the BBC? #Farage 020 2
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Reminded me of a petulant teenager throwing an ignorant hissy fit. It's very telling of his real character - now imagine him with a degree of power. 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Let Reform run a few councils and the illusion won’t last. Budgets don’t bend to slogans. Sadly, the collateral damage will be real and it’ll land hardest on their poorer voters. 100 1
Reposted by jollyjohnnyDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary. 419058 190
Reposted by jollyjohnnyRadio Jammor @radiojammor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order." Trump-Farage-Putin 14928 49
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Be interesting to see what happens with his polling company You Gov. 160 6
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 10/01/2026An image can say more than words ever could... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukWeird Reform rally with Trump statue as Farage fans try to defend racismReform merch was being flogged - from £15 leather wallets to £40 Reform FC shirts - while local London Reform groups had set up stalls, with one showing off a Mr Farage cardboard cut-out and a Donald ... 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Stafford too. conservativepost.co.uk/reform-uk-in... Not a source I'd usually quote btw. #Reformconservativepost.co.ukReform UK in Turmoil: Stafford Branch Shut Down Amid Growing Party Chaos"Ever since Ben Habib left, things have been going wrong, and everything seems to point back to Zia Yusuf. It seems he gets rid of everyone who questions him—Ben, Howard Cox, Gwain Towler, Paul Oakden... 010 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 27/12/2025I see you've turned off replies there, probably a wise move considering the mostly pathetic comments you receive, keep doing what you're doing - they hate it.. 😄 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Saddened to hear of Chris Rea's passing. We were lucky enough to see him 3 times over the years at the Manchester Apollo, he and his band would have played all night such was the energy and joy of the crowd, Chris and his band. RIP fella, thanks for some great memories. #ChrisRea 010 1
Reposted by jollyjohnnyTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity. Do listen. I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous... 782268867 2.3K
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I follow you on X - you certainly attract the UK's finest and brightest in the replies to thought out, reasoned posts, observations. I'm waiting for one to say "you smell" and call you 'poohead' - won't be long I'm sure. 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Excellent..more please. I see on Twitter, insults are all they're left with - not one of the ' Billy lots of numbers' has entered into discourse / debate. 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The free speech party eh? #reform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform council leader in legal threat over Facebook videosWorcestershire County Council leader Jo Monk says she has been 010 1
Reposted by jollyjohnnyjollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 08/12/2025“Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.” (Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote) #farage 001 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 08/12/2025“Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.” (Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote) #farage 001 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 07/12/2025As he did in 2024 - Then went begging - "Farage approached Laura Kuenssberg’s producers for his appearance on the Sunday morning show" ( aired 5 January 2025) 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 07/12/2025www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comCryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators sayTether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin 010 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Irony aside,he's thrown his toys out the pram after Yusuf's mauling by the good folks of Dover. "BBC Question Time is an utterly discredited programme." Says Farage. 🤦♂️ 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Sadly....😄 It didn't work out well for him. Well done Dover..! 110 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Manning:'I get up on stage and I do an act," Bernard Manning once said. "It's not me, just as an actor playing a part in a film isn't the character. I don't go home to my grandkids and say, 'F***ing queers, n*****s, they're all c***s'. It's my act, not me. It's all a joke." Where as Farage..... 050 5
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 26/11/2025"a full list detailing the £331m in savings had been produced and would be shared. But despite numerous requests since Monday, it has not been provided." I won't hold my breath. 000 0
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Doggy hello messages including "And any dog that sniffs us"...😄 #fleetwood #dogs 020 2
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Read this if you've not seen it already. bsky.app/profile/ther... 110 1
jollyjohnny @jollyjohnny.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Here's a follow up tip from Merseyside's Prof John Ashton. bsky.app/profile/joll... 000 0
