Reposted by Lloyd DPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like: 950317406933
Reposted by Lloyd DJonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist? 1130157942792
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 14/04/2025There were eye-watering discounts offered to tenants, between 33 and 70% based upon length of tenure, the most comprehensive vote buying exercise ever carried out. 010
Reposted by Lloyd DDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/04/2025“No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession – if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning.” Anne Applebaum 13241571191
Reposted by Lloyd DRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes. 16113591710761
Reposted by Lloyd DOrigin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Part 2 of Thatcherism is out now. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social pick the story up with Thatcher in full autocrat mode. Where did Thatcher succeed and fail in fundamentally changing Britain? How did she sow the seeds of Brexit? Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast 163410
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Not sure if I missed you saying it but when Thatcher sold off the council housing stock, not only did she bar councils from using the sale proceeds to build further housing but she also sold them at massive discounts, between 33 and 70%, buying many votes in the process. 060
Reposted by Lloyd DLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat 1675297015658
Reposted by Lloyd DMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 09/12/2024We only went & met this formidable agent of news… He got the proper Trawl treatment We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸 Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now Link below :) 2361461
Reposted by Lloyd DMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years… …a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news. Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv 341714522
Reposted by Lloyd DBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Oops ... 💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with. 💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK. 💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!theguardian.com‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut downExclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad 16250110
Reposted by Lloyd DMatthew @mattroth82.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Coffee and this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social bliss 👌 625837
Reposted by Lloyd DCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I’d close it sharpish if I were you. You could drive a starship through that. 1134869
Reposted by Lloyd DWarren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024This is a great move towards repairing policing. * Neighbourhoods to get a named officer * Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities * More police on streets * Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads * Crack down on shop theft * 13,000 more officers & PCSOs * £100m fundinggov.ukMore bobbies on the beat as PM puts people's priorities firstEvery neighbourhood will have a named, contactable police officer in their community, dealing with local issues, as PM puts more police on the street at the heart of his mission to tackle crime. 78927
Reposted by Lloyd Dfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Sky News: 'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year news.sky.com/story/mind-b...news.sky.com'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a yearBritish food sales to the EU have fallen by more than 16% on average across the three years since Brexit, a new report found, with businesses blaming new border checks. 76539
Reposted by Lloyd DAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2024"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs 1021730677
Reposted by Lloyd DMrs Angry of Yorkshire UK 🇪🇺🇬🇧😺🤬 #FBPE @cactuswoman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024How do I find all my old Twitter followers & people I followed? Seems to be a bit of a slog building my presence here. Not complaining, I'd just love to know if everyone's moved here? I followed some really nice folks on 🐦 - gradually reconnecting...! 7141
Reposted by Lloyd DGary Gilligan @garygilligan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Dear all, Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here. Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"! A lovely soul to boot... You know what to do please peeps 215815
Reposted by Lloyd DIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I now watch US politics as if I'm peering into a completely different moral universe. Constantly surprised by what matters and what doesn't. Sexual assault, racism, idiocy and corruption all OK. Drinking on the job apparently isn't. 64763112
Reposted by Lloyd DDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works with many people on benefits nationally, let me truth-check #Dispatches: - Benefits are grossly inadequate - The system is dehumanising - Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones. Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits. 521861
Reposted by Lloyd DTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 15496547939
Reposted by Lloyd DTurn Left Media @handle.invalid · 02/12/2024"There's been a massive transfer of wealth from the working class, and the middle class to the top 1%" - @curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed 65824
Reposted by Lloyd DMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Head of the DOD is managing 3 Million plus people 13647111041
Reposted by Lloyd DStay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"Caps on political donations are being considered by ministers as part of sweeping reforms to the UK electoral system." Well, hurry up!theguardian.comGovernment may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influenceProposal comes after billionaire Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party 1319761
Reposted by Lloyd DAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science. 286814014812667
Reposted by Lloyd DBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This clause from Reform UK's newsletter is like the immigration questionnaire that asks whether you have ever committed an act of genocide. 2112329
Reposted by Lloyd DThe London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 14565937411144
Reposted by Lloyd DJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Pete Hegseth, nominee for Sec Def: - zero experience - his own mother will not endorse him - not a single reputable member of the military has come forward to support his nomination - has a history of sexual assault, financial mismanagement and being drunk on the job You're all caught up. 819294796588
Reposted by Lloyd DOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The Reform Party are going to struggle to get writers with these T and Cs 3133882
Reposted by Lloyd DMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.sussexbylines.co.ukWe need a free pressIt’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled 10034091196
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024It really shouldn’t be possible to go around buying up democracies for 0.03% of your wealth and shaping rules and regs to benefit your businesses. I guess it’s the broligarch playbook… 140
Reposted by Lloyd DSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 01/12/2024It’s so nice to hear that people are enjoying Unspeakable and laughing while they learn. Thank you. 321134103
Reposted by Lloyd DIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024This can be stopped fairly easily. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social has a very good summary of what is required here. If Starmer implemented something like this, he would be making a historic improvement to British politics open.substack.com/pub/democrac...open.substack.comMusk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracyKeir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences 441497579
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024For a one off payment of 0.03% of your wealth, you too can shape rules and regulations that directly impact your businesses! That’s what’s happening, isn’t it? 010
Reposted by Lloyd DIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...huffingtonpost.co.ukIs Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months. 1942620798
Reposted by Lloyd DBoricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Why is it that those who actually behave like Jesus are hated by Christian’s but yet they love the people who do the EXACT opposite of Jesus 8518
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024It’s transactional for him, he gets to influence the rules and regs that impact his businesses for 0.03% of his wealth so he’ll find a way. It’s the broligarch playbook. 000
Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024It seems as if Mr Wallace can’t handle women who have reached a stage in their careers who are secure enough to speak out and is seeking to slur them on top of what he’s done. Not very clever… 000
Reposted by Lloyd DOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/12/2024This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... 26138631501
Reposted by Lloyd DMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024On X, the Bylines Network (main account of 10 UK local journalism publications) has only 2.7K followers. On Bluesky, that's already exploded to 56.4K followers! (see @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social)... and of course the engagement is far higher. Bluesky is much better for news and community building. 21853203
Reposted by Lloyd DASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎🏴 @ashashman1.bsky.social · 30/11/2024@mcmgoptimist.bsky.social 2334350
Reposted by Lloyd DThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 30/11/2024If there was ever a perfect headline to say “No shit, Sherlock” about, it’s this one. 1547787
Reposted by Lloyd DMaiaB @maiab-123.bsky.social · 30/11/2024If you're for being in the EU, or at least a Customs Union or single market. If you're anti-fascism, completely WOKE to your core and believe in Democracy & socialism. Add me to your Starter-Pack, but please message me so that I follow back! 011
Reposted by Lloyd DJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 30/11/2024A small sampling of why Elon wants to eliminate federal watchdog agencies... 23469472910