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Josh Constable 🌹🐝

@joshconstable.bsky.social
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Solent based socialist. Now living in Portsmouth. Labour and Co-operative Party campaigner. Working in NHS data analytics and commissioning. Trade union rep and Lab Link Officer with Hampshire Unison. Politics, economics, gaming, and history fan.

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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 8h
I'm astonished by the margins, but not by the support: People are civic minded and practical. It turns out if you explain your reasoning for something, and are trusted to deliver that something, they are willing to support you.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 13h
The best thing about the national commission and pledge to change the voting system is conference can now debate interesting stuff that we might disagree on 😅
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sorry, did bluesky come up with a plan to fix social care last night? Why is everyone acting shocked Burnham has said the social care fix will take time. Casey report due summer 2027. Why is the idea of delivering changes after the next general election anything other than realistic?
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's nothing to stop all parties agreeing to the plans between now and the election, making it becoming a non contested promise in all party's manifestos. Irl it will probably produce a plan all parties agree on (Except Reform, jury out on Tories) with disagreements in how to fund it.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I do find this country mad. Anyone can see that social care is in a state of devastating crisis in this country and that it is the key source of the NHS crisis as well. There is no feasible way to solve it without everyone contributing. Burnham is honest about that and is already getting pelters.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s wild that we have an organisation tasked with saving lives and a movement whose members try to commit murder, and large sections of the press treat the question of which one is good and which one is bad as, at best, debatable.
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Today, the government has announced it is bringing in statutory bereavement leave for pre-24 week pregnancy loss from next April. This will make a huge difference to women and their partners who experience the pain of losing a pregnancy - and finally recognise it as the bereavement that it is.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Galloway's a vile man. This is just another lesson in how you can never appease the cranks. Polanski's mealy mouthed statment only shows how unable he is to confront these people in his own Party.
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well said Rishi Sunak. Democratic politics must continue to be a contest of ideas, not a fight about skin colour defining your identity. There is much on which Tory & Labour politicians disagree - on this we must unite. He's right about the power of cricket too 🏏 www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
thetimes.com
Rishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA test
I worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Abominable intelligence or thinking machines would be my pitch.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The only possible explanation for getting upset by "selective schools are less white now" is racism.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've seen some Greens trying to claim Burnham wouldnt be PM without the Green party. Ignoring the mental gymnastics for a moment; I dont understand why people who clearly want to influence Labour would not be in the party.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anthropic playing a blinder with this slowdown stuff. Really makes me dismiss the bubble concerns and assures everyone that the money will come, just slower.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My major concern here isn't actually the donations itself. Its what they will be able to accomplish on an unregulated and, fankly, dangerous social media landscape. Anyone with experience running political ads knows how big a reach a fraction of this could get.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm proud to be standing with Emily for the NPF. Her commitment to our party, its ideals and standards has been unwavering. I've been so upset to see how Emily has been treated, and the refusal to engage and support her has driven the need to make this public. We are failing the LGBT community.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It is long beyond time to do something about this toxic and ungoverned social media culture. Under-16s are not the problem - the algorithmic rewarding of grift and extremism is poisoning our societies. Let's call it clicktremism.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Never forget what they took from us.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The outpouring of support I've seen from the community here in Portsmouth for the RNLI yesterday and today has been heartwarming. Social media is a cesspit of a breeding ground for the far right. It does not represent the country or our communities. Only the political aims of its owners.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm very depressed that: 'Reform group leader gleefully attends second hate mob, only to go home when they realised they racially profiled the wrong people;' isn't a resignation matter. Madgwick has a history of dodgy behaviour that would have ended poltical careers even 5 years ago.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A ban on the advertising in the UK of illegal settlement properties. Personal sanctions against key individuals accused of promoting settler violence. A new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW - Ed Miliband announces today - An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories. A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements. 1/2
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The international bullshit coalition grows. Many books will be written, if they're not already waiting to publish, about how the US and Isreali far right burnt all their nations soft power influence, for nothing.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think more should be made of the Reform party wanting to stop shadowing the Russian fleet, and instead pose our ships next to the French coast for propaganda pictures.
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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Curiously, the French translation of the Reform ‘agreement’ doesn’t say that France will take back small boat migrants intercepted in British waters.
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Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The intimidating and thuggish behaviour seen last night has no place in Portsmouth. The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but it must never cross a line into disorder. I am continuing to work with the Home Office, local services and fellow MPs, to support communities today.
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Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thank you to HM Coastguard, RNLI crews, Hampshire and Isle of Wight police and all first responders for your work yesterday.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jones wants to be Hampshire and the Isle of Wight's first Mayor. If her dull performance as PCC wasn't enough a disqualifying factor; her constant repeated refusal to stand up to the far right, to violent mobs attacking police, or destroying our communities should be more than enough.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've now seen local footage of the assaulting of police officers. Men in all black, with balaclavas and calls for donations to enable more of these events. Reform cllrs went, posting videos. GB news covered and promoted what was happening, giving an uninterrupted platform for thugs and enablers.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When I posted this I didn't realise the copycat event would be in 1 day, in my home city.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ah yes, I love (reads the design inspiration wording)... Space Facism..?
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Interesting direction for the new wolfenstein.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Several of us made this point about Restore Britain's teams during the Makerfield by-election. There's money financing these uniforms, the wearers, and the actions they are taking. Its absolutely in the public interest to find out who it is, and stop these illegal actions before they escalate.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Utterly disgraceful. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail
Ryan Bridge, arrested this year on suspicion of religiously and racially aggravated harassment, says party invited him
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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is straightforwardly not journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This wont be a one off either. Failure to come down hard on this only encourages copycat groups and events. The logic for not making arrests should be examined because I can't see any reason not to: Other than to not upset fanboys of thuggery.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just turned on the beeb to see what's going on, and fuck me! Its just a party political broadcast. BBC News needs to sort themselves out, pathetic coverage.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hahahaha, the first BBC News alert I get about the Reform donations scandal is just a quote from Farage 🙃
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I thought that grin was familiar!
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every major party leader has put out a statement that they are reporting Reform UK to the police. The BBC's politics feed: JEEZUS MARY AND THE WEE DONKEY, surely the fact they have been reported to the police at the very least is very reasonably reportable!
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'll admit I'm shocked at how blatant this is. Farage won't resign. He won't admit wrongdoing. The new right has no standards. Its going to be incumbent on all political parties, left, centre and right; to wall ourselves off from this corruption.
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Well, Well, Well, Well
ALT: Well, Well, Well, Well
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ed Davey makes the familiar call to simply join the single market. It is technically quite a bit harder than just joining. I wrote about this for @prospectmagazine.co.uk a while back www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/bre...
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Sorry, Rejoiners—the UK’s path back to Europe will be slow
Brexit continues to be bad for Britain, but Starmer won’t find a quick fix
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 28/08/2026
Any MP who signs on to Burgon's motion is not acting within the national interest. We need more data centres – and it comes down to a question of security: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-case-f...
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The case for Nightingale Datacentres
Britain isn’t prepared for the looming AI national security crisis
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Nimby brain rot runs deep in the greens and might actually be the unifying ideology of the Polanski coalition. Small-c conservatism, is still conservatism.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm a rejoiner. This isnt how GDP increases work. This is the shit the leave campaign were rightly raked for.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Much better we spend money hiring products or wholesale data-centres from the US tech giants. We don't want to see any onshore investment in construction/maintenance thats for sure.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Its August 28th. 2 full months from the budget. We need to get better at spotting kite flying people... I'll believe it when I see it in the budget. For the obvious reason that this would be the wrong move to make.
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Soooo... Anyone else think this is an interesting marketing decision?
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cat impressionist and Moscow asset, hates Ukraine. Delighted to see so many of his fans taking him to task in the comments though 👌
Workers Party ai generated poster showing an approximation of what UK prime minister Andy Burnham looks like with the words "I want you to die for Ukraine!"
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Josh Constable 🌹🐝 @joshconstable.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Should we be more worried that the vaccine morons are no longer confined to the US? I've seen 2 posts now with hundreds of comments from UK residents linking Dolly Parton's death to her work saving lives promoting the COVID vaccine.
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