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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 12m

I'd add David Cameron for starting this with his cavalier campaign and putting his party before country.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 26m

Telling that at #bbcnewsatone they could only find Chris Philp, the awful Pickles and IDS to interview. It says something when IDS is the most lucid. Still think torys will do a deal with reform... their thirst for power is too much.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 6h

If this week's Badenoch shitshow doesn't send the Torys into permanent oblivion I despair for this country. Economically illiterate, uncaring and unserious.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is this the week the torys under Badenoch managed to go further to the right of Reform ?

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Last time we had the bonfire of regulations we got Grenfell. The torys are ghouls

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Richard Parker Mayor of West Midlands discussing #housingcrisis on #BBC ##weekendnewsatone. On top of subject and solution focused. Reminder that devolution is at the heart of economic growth. So much better than the newspaper hack and policy wonk who started the debate.

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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Finally someone is going to help the rich. At long last the most under-privileged people in society have a political party looking out for them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says

Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Love Sewing Bee. Truly talented presenters and participants. In contrast Traitors is silly and trite.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Made mistake of putting #BBC radio 4 on ten minutes before end. Just more #traitors gossip. Its not news ! The BBC doesn't help it self sometimes.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wealthy family sell large farm they inherited at more than market value and buy another large farm. Not sure they are close to top of people I have sympathy for.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes. It wasn't all bad but by any objective analysis it was a really bad time...industrial conflict, economic shocks, political weakness, power cuts, terrible public services, violent conflict in Northern Ireland, lazy misogny and racial tensions. We were truly the sick man of europe.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First time watch yesterday, under pressure from daughters. Its absolute rubbish. Though Amol Rajan was self effacing and humble... im lying he was smug as hell.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watched it for first time last night. Utter underwhelmed. Makes Pointless look interesting.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First venture into watching #traitors on #bbc. Utterly underwhelmed, about as captivating as hide and seek and pass the parcel. The only thing I learned is Ross Kemp buys his clothes at Cotton Traders.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I remember the 1970s he is largely right about then. The UK was a mess. The economic growth in the 1980s was largely down to the bonanza of north sea oil receipts...the opportunities it offered were wasted with short term sugar rushes to the economy.. Thats her legacy

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Red coats??? Doesn't he know that USA stopped us brits 250 years ago.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 30/09/2026

📢 The PM'S promise to amend the triple lock next parliament is good news for the public finances, and for the vulnerable pensioners who lose far more from a broken care system than they gain from a random ratchet on their pension ⤵️

Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said:
“The triple lock is a terribly designed policy that has cost far more than originally anticipated and yet failed to reduce pensioner poverty. The Prime Minister has been under pressure to show that he can take tough decisions on public spending – and scrapping the triple lock is a good way to demonstrate that.
“Recycling the savings from scrapping the triple lock into social care will especially help vulnerable pensioners who stand to lose far from a broken care system than they gain from a random ratchet on how the State Pension is increased.”

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interestingly Jeremy Hunt has accepted its inevitable

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Perhaps they took a wrong turn at the almondsbury interchange and were intending to shout at boats in the Severn Channel.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yep. Something seriously wrong with civil society in the USA that his behaviour remains unchecked.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A local complaining he'd missed his golf match as a result is peak British.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you. Very clear. Unlike the politicians of all sides

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My first experience of Stuart Jackson... what a numpty

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Arrested for assaulting emergency workers, aggravated trespass all egged on by neo nazis. Yep just jolly japes Stuart.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'd like to think this is the awful attitude of a minority...but Im increasingly not sure.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First experience of Stuart Jackson today. What a unpleasant thick numpty

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

George Monbiot wiping the floor with tory peer on net zero / north oil on #politicslive. Lord Stuart Jackson resorting to pathetic abuse. Nesil Calaskin MP performed well.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Heart breaking. Trump could stop this if he cared

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We should have a Reform mobile game where we get points for identifying sleaze, corruption, race baiting, incompetence, criminal activity and dodgy donors.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Will and Kate goig to a pub and to look at a windfarm. Nice work if you can get it....

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When you vist you notice the lack of driveways. Just lovely front gardens

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And his comment about Irish reunifucation is incendiary, ignorant and childish. The Americans had a pivotal role in creating the Goodfriday agreement. Wouldn't happen now.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yep. I love my home town and its full of decent fair minded people... but there is also a layer of nastiness. Always has been sadly. Donna Jones going full Reform as per.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The standard of debate about local gove devolution in hampshire had dismal. Mostly nlnny's from posh parishes worried about being in larger unitaries. Devolution brings joined up services, long term planning and fiscal freedom from the treasury. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this worth a listen.

bbc.co.uk

The Briefing Room - Will a devolution revolution help boost the economy? - BBC Sounds

Will moving power away from the centre to the English regions lead to economic growth?

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In large part, but other government's of all persuasions are as guilty. The focus of power on Westminster, the lack of funding and responsibilities given ro local leaders also a factor. Labour seemed to have grasped this....but seem to be in reverse.

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mattfromfarnham.bsky.social @mattfromfarnham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Applies to UK too. Just replace MAGA with Reform voters and Trump with Farage.

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

I really want to think better of my home town... but sometimes its hard.

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

Not sure why the tourist tax was headline on BBCPM but the debate heavily influenced by the Westminster establishment / BBC view that those provincial types couldn't be trusted to make the decisions. Patronising and wrong. Devolution is the way forward. The deadhand of the treasury needs to go

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

Yep. But the whole debate on BBC PM seem to be based on the Westminster establishment / BBC view that those provincial types couldn't be trusted to make the decisions. Devolution is the way forward. More power to Andy Burnham's elbow I say

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

What ever you think about the Israeli position (and I dont think much) the ludicrous rant of this woman and many other Israeli spokesman is terrible optics and rubbish PR. If american support continues to ebb away they are in serious trouble.

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