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Liz Linnard

@lizlinnard.bsky.social
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Labour, Geordie exile, X-exile - and so glad to be here.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10h
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16h
"We're ending the injustice of leasehold." Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says Labour will be capping and then scrapping ground rents for leaseholders
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14h
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 11h
this is a terrific statement.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10h
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 16h
“I will tell you things no leader has been brave enough to say before…” “Thatcher was bad, 1945 govt was good, Tories are bad.” (*wild applause*)
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 11h
It was actually the first thing she said to me. "Did you see the Burnham speech?" She normally has a sleep in front if the telly in the afternoon but said she stayed awake for the whole time Burnham was talking. That is not usual, I have to say!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h
Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15h
Andy Burnham confirms that VAT will be removed from electricity bills starting this Thursday
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 15h
- Adult social care service - Investment - Housing - Electoral reform - Recognition that Brexit was a disastrous mistake - Water companies under public supervision Hope - and ambition for real change - make a return to British politics!
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 22h
Still putting ‘bomb plot’ in headlines in the glaring absence of any bombs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20h
Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
Danny Tommo denied bail and remanded in custody as Tommy Robinson jets off on another luxury holiday searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
Court image of danny crying
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11h
Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12h
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 15h
Storming speech from Andy Burnham. I expect Chris Mason will be along soon, to get Nigel Farage's opinion on it.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 14h
Yes, Burnham will disappoint in many ways but today he did something that no leader from any party has done for many years - he set out a positive, coherent vision for what he wants this country to be and he did not pretend it would be easy. He showed political bravery. That is a huge step forward.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."
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Stuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 15h
Also he said this and that deserves 👏👏👏 “The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget: They are the ones that gave it away in the first place." Referring to privatisation under Thatcher.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15h
'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20h
'A South Tyneside councillor says he has been branded a “traitor” after pushing back against what he calls far-right rhetoric spreading online in his borough. Matt Blair, a British Armed Forces veteran who served in Afghanistan, was elected as a Green ...' www.facebook.com/7DailyTRND/p... via TRND
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Kevin Haggerty @kevinrhaggerty.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate this morning, and a GOP Senator just grilled him about being at an Atlanta Hawks game in ATL, and accused him of perjury bc he denied this was the case. Turns out, it was an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland. These are the most unserious people ever.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage says Reform UK will 'fix Broken Britain' Meanwhile the government is having to take back into public ownership and/or control privatised rail & water services which didn't work But Reform UK want MORE privatisation They'll make Britain's services worse meme via Luis Kennedy
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14h
I've been to a lot of party conferences. Burnham's speech was the best I've heard in a long time. It was emotive but with major policy announcements and a clear diagnosis of how he thinks the country has taken the wrong path. "Public control" is how he thinks it can be put right.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13h
"By embracing electoral reform, tackling the triple lock, and reopening the question of Brexit, Andy Burnham has embraced Labour’s new core vote – younger, economically insecure, liberal Brits, instead of holding on to an imagined voter of a bygone era."
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Vigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to come
On social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17h
Alys Denby, spouting utter guff with huge confidence on Politics Live, like "bringing the review forward by a year is just kicking the can further down the road" and "if you bump into the Laffer curve you get no tax revenue at all", has no economic training I can find, except from Tufton Street.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is dangerous talk, he should be reprimanded for it.
The United Kingdom is releasing five Muslim terrorists accused of planning an attack on an American airbase.
They should just officially rename themselves the United Islamic Kingdom and get it over with.
What is clear is they are no longer a reliable ally of the United States.
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Counter Terrorism Policing in the United Kingdom has announced that the five men arrested near RAF Fairford on Sunday will be released on bail this afternoon. The men were arrested in the village of Whelford, a short dis...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22h
Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suspect this one will age like Surströmming, wrapped in a loaded nappy in a compost portaloo on the third day at a festival. In a gastroenteritis outbreak. In a heatwave.
How is it that Danny Tommo sits in a cell
while five suspected terrorists are out on
bail?


Is this two-tier Britain, or am I missing
something?
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nige is going to be well pissed off. First, they are UK nationals. Second, they are released on bail.
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
life comes at you fast when you're a gobshite
tweet by nigel farage, 1658, 27.09.2026:
"i have been warning both in and out of parliament for many months about iranian agents coming into the uk vis small boats across the channel.

"we deserve to be told the truth about the fairford bomb plotters' identities"snip from the Guardian just now:

"Five men arrested over suspected bomb plot are all British nationals, police say
The five men arrested over the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford are all British nationals from London and are all men in their 20s, Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) has said.

In a statement, the CTP said they were detained on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and preparation of a terrorist act contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act. They are a 24-year-old from Camden, north London; three men aged 23, 24 and 25 from Westminster, and one aged 24 from Willesden, north-west London."
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The stupidest suggestion in Britain right now is that Reform supporters are also the country's best critical thinkers. No, they make their first observation their conclusion. Genuine critical thinkers make the same first observation but they then delve several layers deeper in search of truth.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense.
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bggyoneandonly.bsky.social @bggyoneandonly.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm with Emily Thornberry on this too. Homes are built for people to live in. Anyone who can afford to buy a home and NOT live in it has too much money and is making others poorer by helping to keep homes out of reach of those who need them
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
A new and important study from Best for Britain finds that if Labour moved to a more ambitious policy position on Europe, it would not result in greater support for Reform or the Conservatives. A commitment to apply to rejoin the EU should be a central feature of the next Labour election manifesto.
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Starmer’s manifesto is hobbling Labour. Keynes would say ...
The great economist advised against cutting public spending at a time of crisis, and Andy Burnham’s commitment to keep h
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe patriotic billionaire hater of immigrants who funded Brexit then emigrated to avoid paying UK taxes "Does anyone else NOT give a damn about what Jim Ratcliffe has to say about the country?⁠" via Greenpeace UK
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED......
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chancellor John Healey calls Nigel Farage "Liz Truss with a bitcoin account"
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m sure he’ll apologise immediately
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well. Rules only apply to little people.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The same idiots who think Trump, who dodged the draft five times, knows how to win a war also think Trump, who declared bankruptcy six times, knows how to run the economy. That's what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually looks like.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Farage is certainly no friend of working people ...." via Wanda Lozinska
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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