Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresBruno LOHY @bruno.lohy.eu · 12hOn connaissait L'homme qui danse avec les loups... Et celui qui parle à l'oreille des chevaux... Mais connait-on celui qui souffle, ses discours, à notre #Marine nationale⁉️ 22916
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 12hEvery detail of this is shocking beyond words. How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comHow a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and DeathHer legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right. 14511
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Please see a statement from me and Anneliese Dodds on school transport here 👇️ 011
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have been calling on OCC to improve safety on Overthorpe Road for many months. Therefore, I am pleased to see that a consultation on proposed parking restrictions in this area has been published. I would encourage local people to have their say: letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/banbury_over... 021
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great news that there will be a new Action Plan published for the care sector, helping to support those who dedicate themselves to caring for others. This will help with career progression and retention, improve employment conditions, and introduce a new national collective pension scheme. 9125
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 20hSounds like a fantastic day, and a great way to raise funds for the Larder, and Citizens Advice. If interested, please do sign up here and get involved: www.cawnac.org.uk 032
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAlexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 12hEXC: Kemi Badenoch attended a fundraiser for a hunt who have a member now being probed over an alleged fox-killing by hounds. Footage appears to show a huntsman recovering the body of a fox, with blood and organs found at the scene. Police looking into it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukKemi Badenoch branded 'out of touch' for stance on fox hunting after vile videoEXCLUSIVE: Footage shows a Heythrop Hunt kennel huntsman climbing into woodland near the village of Lower Swell to recover the body of the fox and then running away with it 11010
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 11hThe Tories’ position on pensions is falling apart. A Shadow Cabinet member wants to replace the State Pension as we know it with something that offers 'dramatically less'. Only Labour will protect a rising state pension while building a new National Care Service. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comSenior Tory privately urged ‘radical’ shake-up of triple lockIn a leaked recording in June, Katie Lam appears to break from Kemi Badenoch’s position, saying an ‘entirely new pension system’ may be needed 37926
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like 24583247
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 16hWow. These are pretty serious allegations. Administering a noxious substance with intent? Concealing criminal property? Possession of Class A drugs? And he is the portfolio holder for Safer and Stronger Communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLabour MP's concern over alleged arrest of Reform councillorMelanie Onn has written to the Reform UK chairman asking about the alleged arrest of James Sawkins. 1109
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15hbsky.app/profile/iloa... 193
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17hVery disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office. 27399111
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 20hThis is what happens when you start excusing things under the banner of “legitimate concerns” 1427376
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 23hFrom Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage 1102226711
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Carney showing up with a coffee 2219921
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We seem to have reached a point where everyone is doing terror now.theguardian.comAnn Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel FarageJoshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say police 2811919
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 02/10/2026What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! 2532234
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Who radicalised him? news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 55713145
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Picking on Byline Times sends a message to other political journalists: Be careful. Don't be too critical. We can do the same to you." @adambienkov.bsky.social speaks to LBC's @mrjamesob.bsky.social about Byline Times' ban from Conservative Party Conference. 20415166
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Iran has hit another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. 1315352
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Byline Times can also reveal that a county court judgment for £2,587 was entered against Cllr Journet personally on 3 September. It was recorded as unsatisfied when we searched the official register on 23 September. He's spent thousands in that time on Meta ads promoting his pagebylinetimes.comReform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six YearsExclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council 1176
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresClaire @clairepull.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This really could be the undoing of Zack Polanski. Caroline Lucas, the much respected Ex-party leader has described the motion as "divisive" and "not helpful". This isn't something Polanski can just brush aside and only days away from his by-election. This could be embarrassing for him.thetimes.comEx-Green Party leaders criticise motion to define Zionism as racismCaroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay, predecessors of Zack Polanski, have said the vote at the party’s conference in Brighton is ‘divisive and not helpful’ 7288
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s hard to grasp how badly Trump has screwed the entire world.apple.newsG-7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Diesel and Crude — The Wall Street JournalMove was made to help bring down the soaring price of diesel and other fuels 34471122
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresFrenchie McFrenchface @frenchie.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Well, Nigel is lying. The teachers are hand in hand with the students who are blocking their lycée because they have : no teachers, no chairs, no toilets in some, no nurse. Nothing to do with the Left..Just kids wanting what they should have. On the other hand the police have been monsters. 75618
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/10/2026🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...hopenothate.org.ukNational Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hateHOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist... 5135131
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026Hirst (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 50.1% (+7.0) ➡️ RFM: 30.0% (-20.0) ◼️ RES: 10.3% (New) 🌳 CON: 4.1% (-2.8) 🔶 LDM: 3.9% (New) 🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025. 1127148
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have been very vocal about the fact that I didn't feel existing action taken against water companies had gone far enough. I am therefore pleased that a strengthened Water Bill will be brought to Parliament, ending the ban on public ownership. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2659515... 0111
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026Amble (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 38.8% (+0.4) ➡️ RFM: 33.5% (-10.9) 🌳 CON: 21.0% (+3.8) ◼️ RES: 6.7% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025. 1121337
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."theguardian.comWelcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John CraceNige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in 611070380
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresBriony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Volkswagen might be on the skids today, but back in 1959 they were manufacturing Volkswagen Beetles fitted with dashboard-mounted coffee machines 🗃️ 48122
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAnneliese Dodds MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our statement on continuing problems with home-to-school transport 011
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools. 46832284
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Was just on LBC with @mrjamesob.bsky.social to discuss Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from attending Conservative conference after calling such bans by Reform "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 18438151
La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Rot In this world, a Wasp has a twofold inclination To transmute all the rotten she acknowledges wherever she might land And to sting without dying 2145
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/10/2026People’s Question Time - a chance for Londoners to hold City Hall to account. Register here to attend in person, or watch online 7–9pm on Wednesday 21 October: www.london.gov.uk/events/peopl... 0197
Reposted by La Reine des Metaphoreslazytitan258.bsky.social @lazytitan258.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So all those people slagging off Starmer for Mandleson’s links to Palantir are surely going to be raging about this???? Any time …….. I also noted this little nugget! 072
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In a matter of days Ukraine has retaken land on the frontline that it took Russia a year and tens of thousands of lives to occupy. Putin is on the back foot and desperate. Ukrainian intelligence says he’s now removed restrictions on the air campaign so they can target schools and hospitals. 30578187
La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social @jakubkrupa.bsky.social 210
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Latest piece out. There was some confusion about why the UK, France and the Baltics were not invited by the US to its NATO meeting. Its actually brutally simple and part of a US strategy of divide and rule towards European security. And it might work. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/divide-and...phillipspobrien.substack.comDivide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards EuropeAnd Why It Could Work 31308143
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We know exactly who these people are: the type that made Jews feel unsafe in the Labour party. Now the same thing is happening in the Greens. Requires a firm, principled response which Polanski is obviously incapable of demonstrating. 1922624
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026From Politico. That motion is absolute fucking poison and by failing to stand up to it, the Greens have allowed that poison to seep into the party. 4336071
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When you've got senior members trying to find places to hide and are having to rule out physical violence from proponents... ...maybe a motion is slightly dodgy? 2013828
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Delighted that the Healthy Babies Programme with Sure Start Principles has been expanded to include Oxfordshire. Parents will be able to access infant feeding support, perinatal mental health support, help to build strong parent-child relationships, alongside health visiting and midwifery services. 085
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresInfinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Writer to writer. 2166
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It takes years of training to perfect this manoeuvre. #WorldBollardAssociation 471820197
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says FarageReform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’ 81988233
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresLibération @liberation.fr · 01/10/2026Le dissident russe de 63 ans, actuellement en exil, et Ivan Tyutrin, l’un de ses soutiens, ont été alertés par les services de sécurité américains et lituaniens, a-t-il annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/7tC 054
Reposted by La Reine des MetaphoresByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“We urge the Conservative Party to explain why Byline Times journalists have been denied accreditation and to rethink its decision. Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed.” ✍️ NUJ respondsnuj.org.ukNUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conferenceThe NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference. 814070