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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing how the RW press spin this one as a victory and further proof of her brilliance.

leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Completely agree. Have always wondered if there is a counter factual outcome for the UK, if Brown had turned round and said to her - "you are a bigot and I will not go along with your views, even if it costs me your vote."

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Agree. And the BBC amongst the worst for platforming it. The actual fighting age men we should be concerned about are the mask wearing knuckle daggers that follow the fake Tommy's yet they seem to be regarded as 'concerned patriots' by the national broadcaster. Astonishing failure of journalism.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Because they've sold two world class centre backs in the last six months and replaced them with teenagers, crocks or Chelsea's 15th choice CB.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The RW control of the narrative and supine BBC allows this to persist and be presented as some kind of reasonable position. Shocking.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A damning but fair analysis. While I expected it from the Tories the Starmer governments failure to frame a counter argument to this prevailing view is the thing I found most disappointing about it.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Completely on the money. Exposes successive governments failure to have a grown up conversation about immigration and make any kind of coherent argument or policy on the subject.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

BBC News is so cowed and fearful of being called left leaning that it is unable to report the truth and actually acts as a Reform fluffing service, forever overlooking the actual story and focusing on "what Reform wants to say".

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It was very incisive. Yusuf is clearly a nasty piece of work. Ambitious, egotistical & completely unsuited to public service. So he has the trappings of a senior politician (Shadow Sec) without the responsibilities (elected MP). Be nice if media would point it out rather than give him a free pass.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

John giving @mrjamesob.bsky.social a wake up call this morning after the two guys from Brighton who are clearly developers 'involved in construction'. Construction is just another bosses & workers world and the guys that do the lifting get knackered.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Have always felt Vine gets an incredibly easy ride. Overseas a programme that dumbs down political debate & in so doing provides a platform to pump poison into the body politic. Yet is somehow treated as a serious journalist. Not a surprise to see him finally getting some kickback.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hard to underestimate how thrilled uk media is about likely return of Harry. Will certainly give them something to do given that the last target of their ire put an end to the content machine when he killed himself. Harry and Meghan well placed to fill the void. Fleet Street vultures popping corks.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's the lack of informed analysis that makes Mason so poor. Just platforms every idiot from the RW nutcase at X to the bloke in a Spoons in Halifax on a Tuesday afternoon and treats all of them as equally valid commentators on the political issues affecting the UK.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The "Let's have a heated debate" approach to policy & social issues - see Jeremy Vine show & GMB to name a couple - is one of the dimmest & most damaging forms of political debate. It's just a race to the bottom.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Correct. This is a really excellent piece of policy making that should be celebrated & taken as the right approach. Politician makes policy based on desired outcomes, makes the argument, implements & sticks to it - in face of noisy opposition. It's how politics actually ought to work.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A genuinely interesting news story that provides evidence of how a specific policy intervention has had a genuinely positive impact on people's lives. Shame the majority of media will probably ignore it, or ask the anti-ULEZ windbags what they've got to say about it now.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Really? I appreciate that in the Kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king, but I always think Montgomerie comes across as an extremely odd individual.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A dim, privileged, tailor's shop dummy with a big gob and an empathy void the size of a black hole. As it happens, you could say the same of his partner.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The whole media now wanting it both ways. We heorically held him to account for his mis-truths. We are devastated at this turn of events.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Very sorry for your loss. I know how it feels. It s completely understandable to be 💔. Best wishes.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tice is a plank. Sadly he's a dangerous plank as he has a bit of following, will probably succeed Farage one day and comments like this are only going to see more donations come into the Reform coffers from fossil fuel adjacent funders.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social needs to step in here and should have all the editors in and call them to account.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

True. I was actually surprised at how hard The Guardian was on him in some pieces. They were all at it and should be called to account by DCMS / PCC / Ofcomm

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

DCMS & Lisa Nandy should haul in all of the Editors on Monday morning & ask them to account for themselves & explain why they thought this was proportionate coverage & why they continued to villify and impugn a vulnerable man AFTER he had stepped down.

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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this is important to add

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I started to fear this outcome about a week ago when there was no let up in the media vilification even though he resigned. Am I the only person that thinks Lisa Nandy or DCMS should be saying something on this & hauling in all the Fleet Street Editors & holding them to account?

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Media witch hunt. Times even had the obituary prepped

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Give over. As if Neil cares. He's a fixture of the media persecution complex. Don't give him a free pass just because he's got in quick enough.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Gallagher has blood on his hands over this. 3 articles a day for 2 weeks. A sustained campaign of nastiness using all his big hitters to stick the knife in. How do you sleep Tony?

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Jason Arday's utterly sad death holds a stark mirror up to the dehumanising political-media-societal culture we are in – one we must all be honest about being complicit in – which forgets there is a human being at the centre of a story, a case study, an issue, a scandal. It is dehumanising.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

PREDICTION: Broadcasters (esp BBC) play along with facade....naughty, rebellious Nigel, bullshit security concerns etc.. RW press surprisingly has a pop at Nige as they are #TeamKemi now so this is a chance to keep inflating the bubble at her main rivals expense #Clacton @quietriotpod.bsky.social

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

PREDICTION: Broadcasters (esp BBC) play along with facade..rebellious Nigel, bullshit security concerns etc.. RW press surprisingly has a pop at Nige as they are #TeamKemi now so this is a chance to keep inflating her at Farage's expense #Clayton @sturdyalex.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Media's take on result will be instructive. If they did their job properly they'd go after him - pointless act, poor result & disrespectful no show. My prediction is BBC will tickle his chin (Naughty Nigel!) however some of formerly loyal RW press may have a pop as they have transferred to Kemi.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

By noon your laptop will be hotter than the sun.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Fair to say that was a shocking new low from @thetimes.com today. Celebrating a deeply unpleasant commentator on the grounds he was a contrarian. Messge to the editor - anyone can be awful. It's really not a skill. And certainly not worthy of deificiaction.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

They are gullible and they want it to be true. But any serious analysis of any comments or positions from Badenoch reveal her to be dim and hubristic. The RW media will try to position this as no nonsense, common sense but I think most people will work out she's a plank & an empty vessel.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Correct. For all that he appears to be a Walter Mitty, his main role seems to be as culture war cannon fodder

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Tories & heir overlords in the RW media are desperate. For years they have got away with the trick of convincing people that inept leaders & palpable fools (Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Cameron) are the second coming. So they are trying it again with awful, unlikeable Kemi. Don't think it will work.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Agreed. A proxy for a more subtle agenda.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What do they expect buying a place on Wardour Street? If they can afford that, they can afford double glazing.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Unbelievable. Was in Soho yesterday & people drinking outside pubs is one of the best things about it that makes London so vibrant and a great place to be.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We need something similar if not stronger to this in the UK, which should also bring in @justeats.bsky.social @uberuu.bsky.social etc. These bikes are a dangerous menace in London. Same in Glasgow last week where they hurtle up & down pedestrianised parts of city centre. Accident waiting to happen.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

She's clueless and deeply unpleasant but the Tories and RW media have a kink for bossy women. Probably a public school thing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

43-time Club Champion.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It often seems that the editorial policy in the BBC News and Political departments is largely determined by which way the wind is blowing than any kind of journalistic judgement.

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leemurg.bsky.social @leemurg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Modern British myths. Economic competence of Conservative government The Loch Ness Monster Train Wi-Fi

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