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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
keirstarmer.substack.com/p/passing-on... As we celebrate Keir's leadership but lament what has happened, I'm taking myself away from Bluesky. I don't have it in me to keep campaigning for Labour. I'll keep my account open but for now it is better for me mentally to focus on other things 1/2
keirstarmer.substack.com
Passing on the torch
Two years in government, what we've achieved, and what comes next.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 06/07/2026
This Parliament is forecast to be better for living standards than the last. Unfortunately for Andy Burnham, most of the forecast growth will have already taken place by the time he's expected to take office. What other challenges face the new PM? Find out ⤵️ buff.ly/vTEZMib
Chart showing projected annual growth in non-pensioner after housing costs disposable household income, by income vigintile: UK
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 05/07/2026
No food standard can correct or justify the absurd cruelty of all factory farming and the Organic badge is falsely applied to the factory farming of Salmon - it’s rife with chemicals. www.greenbritainfoundation.co.uk/updates/orga...
greenbritainfoundation.co.uk
Organic salmon: no such thing as organic factory farming
The Soil Association is weighing whether to keep certifying farmed salmon. We say walk away, because no standard can make factory farming organic
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 05/07/2026
More than a million of you watched our films and now know what "organic" salmon farming looks like. The Soil Association felt the need to respond -  twice in a week.
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Suzy Brewster @suzybrew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Keir Starmer, 'I didn’t enter politics to be Prime Minister'. But Andy Burnham did. He's just proved he did by ambushing Keir Starmer in such an appalling manner. A debacle so distasteful that some of us no longer feel we can support Labour.
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
labour.org.uk/two-years-of... 2 years of amazing progressive policies under Keir's leadership, a world away from 14 years of decline and austerity, and Labour MPs have tossed him aside like he was worth nothing to them. Click the link to learn. I can't help but agree with Jane's post below.
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Two years of a Labour government – The Labour Party
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🚨 Labour won the 2024 general election two years ago today
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Starmer warns Burnham will have to spend time on global affairs, in first interview since quitting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer: Burnham will have to spend as much time on foreign affairs as me
In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We don't need "placating" @pippacrerar.bsky.social . We want him to talk us through why shafting a sitting PM 2 years into a 5 year term actually helps the country. Can you interview him and get him to be specific?
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A new petition we all need to sign. Labour MPs should not go unaccountable. They need to justify to members and the voting public why they jumped right into the media's agenda. This isn't democracy. It is a coup.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/07/2026
Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and division The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced. The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far right and racist content, and is used to incite violence and division. Continue reading...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Reform UK is the party of ordinary working people. The sort of ordinary working people who get £5 million gifts from billionaires and earn £22,500 an hour for promoting gold bullion.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Farage earns £22,000 an hour for selling gold bullion. Is he really the man of people? #NigelFarage
NIGEL FARAGE IS PAID OVER
£20,000 AN HOUR TO SELL GOLD
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Labour MPs: Let me again ask you: listening to Starmer's apology on behalf of the state for forced adoptions, why are you getting rid of him again? I fear you are making a gigantic mistake.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is the brutal reality of Brexit. As the EU builds protectionist walls to shield its industries from China, the UK gets caught in the crossfire as an outsider. Severing single market access leaves British car manufacturing entirely at the mercy of decisions made in Brussels. 🛑👇
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EU urged to exempt UK from car rules that could be worst Brexit impact yet
Bloc’s ‘made in Europe’ regulations risk shutting out British manufacturers in ‘most spectacular own goal in history’
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Ian Pearce 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 💙 @pearcee.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
420,000 people have come off NHS waiting lists in England since Keir Starmer was elected. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The end of resident doctors strikes will only accelerate this trend. The thought of a Deform UK government is horrendous.
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So let me get this right. Cameron inflicted a referendum on us that NOBODY WANTED. He did it save the Tory Party. Farage then took advantage and lied to the nation But when the people WANT something that would benefit us all on so many levels, we are shut down. Remind me again how democracy works?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Brexit is the biggest act of self harm any country has ever inflicted upon itself!" via We Demand UK
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Wednesday marks 10 years to the day since Cameron resigned to let Brexit usher in a new era of stable self governance. Since then we've burned through: 5 more prime ministers 8 chancellors 8 home secretaries 9 foreign secretaries 10 education secretaries 10 defence secretaries Masterful work.
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Politically homeless again & considering whether @libdems.org.uk membership would be a solution I thought I'd always be Labour but not after the shunning of members like me Thing is, I need @eddavey.libdems.org.uk to finally admit austerity on his watch was wrong news.sky.com/story/lib-de...
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey refuses six times to say whether coalition-era austerity was a mistake
The Liberal Democrat leader denies the austerity policies his party implemented alongside the Conservatives were to blame for the current crisis facing the NHS.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026
This is remarkable.
Bar chart which shows y-axis running 0-8000, and x-axis showing years 2019 and 2024. For 2019, a light orange bar runs up to just over 6000, with a darker orange running up to 8000. For 2024, a green bar runs up to 4000, with a dark green running to about 5000. The text "40% lower" is on the lighter green bar. Text at the top of the graphic reads "Estimated air pollution deaths are down by around 40%. New analysis estimates deaths associated with air pollution in London reduced substantially between 2019 and 2024." Text at the bottom of the graphic reads "Note: darker shading shows estimated ranges. Data based on a comparison of estimated mortality burden using updated methods and a scenario-based analysis where only air pollution changes. Source: london.gov.uk/aqmortality". The Mayor of London logo sits in the bottom right-hand corner.
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is fantastic news Angela Rayner👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Nigel Farage's tip for Brits stuck in post-Brexit airport queues? 'Just go by dinghy, it's much easier!' So here’s a reminder of how his Brexit led to the small boats crisis. If UK news shows won’t call his bull**** out let’s do it ourselves youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · 26/06/2026
If you’re around the National Park this weekend, please 🚌 Travel responsibly - avoid blocking roads, entrances or emergency access routes 🌊 Stay safe around water 🔥 No fires or BBQs, and take all your litter home Respect the land. Respect the community. Respect each other 🙏
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I hope every Burnham supporting MP is kept awake tonight by this image of Starmer commanding the respect of world leaders in Berlin today
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The constant chatter about private schools reminds me exactly why I do this job. We’re raising more money than expected, school offer days passed smoothly, and we’re injecting money into state schools. My focus remains on the schools attended by the majority of kids in this country.
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Folks, I have just written to Starmer's office pleading with him to challenge Burnham. Our democracy is at stake! You can do the same at contact.no10.gov.uk Please - one last push - the more who do this the better. Make your case!
contact.no10.gov.uk
Contact Number 10 GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📈 3,008 more teachers in secondaries & special schools 📈1,646 more teachers in colleges 📈Trainee teachers up 13% 📈 Teacher pay up 9.5% 📈 Record investment in schools If standing up for state schools makes me a spiteful class warrior, I’ll wear it with pride. #PMQs
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Kemi lost her head at PMQs - and afterwards too. It's not the first time. She's compared me to a Gestapo officer. I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools' tax breaks that the Tories hate so much.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So Darren Jones is not standing. Burnham is already picking his cabinet. He hasn’t told anyone his plan except he’ll borrow wildly, no member was allowed to vote for the the new leader. Everyone happy with democracy dying before your very eyes?
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@darrenpjones.bsky.social damn I wish you were standing. The Labour Party is going to lose members because of this coup; I am one of them In other news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Thank you @faisalislam.bsky.social Brexit has always been a lie that we've failed to grapple with
bbc.co.uk
Ten years on, Brexit's economic impact is becoming clearer
A decade ago, many economists argued the UK would sustain longer-term economic damage by leaving the EU. So what did happen?
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The International Leaders have been unanimous in their praise and support for Keir Starmer. They could see clearly what he was achieving. Whilst Brits could see only the media’s distortion. We are corrupted by billionaires who don’t live here but earn their money here.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
10 Years of Brexit 🇬🇧🇪🇺 The Brexit ref was so crooked that if it had been officially "binding" instead of only "advisory, the result would have been annulled. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social and Michelle. With gratitude from the UK for using your God-given voices in the way that you do. youtu.be/EIuU5rBwwEU?...
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Michelle brings Barack to tears and trolls Trump in heartfelt speech at Obama Center opening
YouTube video by The Independent
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/06/2026
EU Minister Thomas-Symonds: "In 2014, when Nigel Farage said the European Union was to blame for Putin's aggression against Ukraine, that is not a worldview that serves to protect the British people" "With views like that Nigel Farage is a threat to our national security."
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What makes me desperately sick is all these MPs/Cabinet members now making all these supportive statements about Keir Where were you over the weekend???? This whole episode is why I am leaving the party when Keir leaves and I don't think I'm the only one. This was a coup @lucympowell.bsky.social
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Suzy Brewster @suzybrew.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Burnham and the Resigners are as guilty as the media. I remain so proud to belong to the minority who supported Starmer.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
All this in two years. Keir Starmer Feel free to share.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 22/06/2026
It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.
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Jean @monrouge.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sickening to see journalists now pivoting to "the human tragedy" of Starmer’s resignation. The media built the gallows, gave Burnham's arrogant camp a free pass to leak and destroy a decent man, and now they want credit for feeling bad as he breaks down? A total joke.
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Joanne @joanneplatt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It’s a very sad day for British politics 🙁
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Well done media. Well done some Labour MPs. You got what you wanted. The day Starmer goes, I will leave the Labour Party.
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lazytitan258.bsky.social @lazytitan258.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
By enhancing workers and renters rights? Renationalising rail? Massively investing in green energy? These are RW now? 🤔 Perhaps you could point to the RW policies on the following lists?
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Is anyone else wondering why @samcoatessky.bsky.social at @news.sky.com is still able to apparently give us fact when he hasn't been held to account over his gov propaganda remark that proven to be false? Another gossip columnist dressed as journalist How are we supposed to trust him? Never will!
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@zubirahmed.bsky.social you say it would be the right thing to do for Starmer to set out a departure timetable and resign. WHY is it the right thing? Whatever happened to Labour values in action? Too many Labour MPs are forgetting the Party's values. Starmer has a mandate!
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John Slinger MP @johnslingermp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I had no doubt.. ✅ the PM will fight any leadership challenge👇🏻 x.com/kateferguson... @Keir_Starmer is a good PM & a good man. His leadership: ✅ changed Labour ✅ won general election ✅ govt is changing our country - fairer & more prosperous for all He has my 💯% support
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Kate Ferguson on X: "BIG story tonight! EXCL: Keir Starmer will fight a leadership election against Andy Burnham if one is triggered. PM spoke to key supporters this weekend and told them he will "fight" any challenge. https://t.co/7Vl0aWRyUm" / X
BIG story tonight! EXCL: Keir Starmer will fight a leadership election against Andy Burnham if one is triggered. PM spoke to key supporters this weekend and told them he will "fight" any challenge. https://t.co/7Vl0aWRyUm
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