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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Humanity making Progress. This current wave of neofascist consciousness will not, it looks like, resolve through war, but rather, through apt ridicule and the cleansing eye of modern public scrutiny. (Imagine if this was happening 90 years ago?!) Now can we lend our lenses to the USA? #specsavers

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

💥 New polling by @yougov.co.uk shows that 53% of MPs support a review of Westminster's voting system - a National Commission on Electoral Reform. First Past the Post is long past its sell-by date. The country is ready for change - it's time for PR 💪

theguardian.com

Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days

Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Radiant, graceful, thoughtful, magnificent, funny, fierce, iconic, legendary. So many superlatives, only one Dolly Parton. ❤️

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Great to see this in the @ippr.org's new report 👇💯 To restore faith in democracy, ensure genuine representation and stop extremists from exploiting people's frustrations, we need a fair voting system where all voices are heard.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This really is huge… And the global ripple effects, if the Mother of Parliaments upgrades her operating system, would be even bigger...

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This is devastating. Bravo, Jimmy. The Kingpin will end up in jail, right?

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nigel Mirage steps down as an MP, sparking a by-election, in which he is going to stand. WTAF is going on??

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Mark Hamill always on point… 👌🏽👏🏽

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Beware the Dictatorship of Monsters. They await us in Britain. Lurking in the heartlands. Fuelled by lust of fear and hatred. Driven only by the greed for power. We musn‘t fall asleep. We musn‘t let the vampires in. America welcomed them into their House. Now look as they are bled dry.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A serious leader would have honoured his promise to upgrade our voting system, in 1997. Nor would they have invaded a country based on a lie. Thanks Tony, seriously. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

bbc.co.uk

'A serious country' can't keep changing leaders - Tony Blair

In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Tony Blair said he believes 'a serious country' can't keep changing its leaders.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Surely there is a case for the unions to drop Labour and get behind the Green Party? Stronger alignment of social values, including an upgrade to our moth-eaten voting system. Labours power psycho-drama serves no-one, as with the Tories. What unions continue to see in Labour I just can’t fathom.

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Congress is completely useless at this point.

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joecel.bsky.social @joecel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Release all the Epstein files now!

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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/04/2026

23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.

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Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com · 06/04/2026

Artemis II today.

scene from lord of the rings
"this is it, if I take one more step it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been"

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Trump will run out of dead cats, eventually, and we’ll still be calling for the release of the Epstein files.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Must keep up ones appearances, my dear.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meanwhile, my @octopus.energy bill has just gone down, again, so an answer is: get yourselves onto a clean energy provider ❤️

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Had the absolute pleasure of seeing the wonder-full @holliemcnish.bsky.social in Bath last night, live for the first time, and oh my wow, so moving, so funny, so warm, so sharp. Please please go see her, and especially MEN (weirdly was maybe one of four men?!) - there’s gold in those verses for us 💛

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

All this says to me is that we really, really need proportional representation, like, yesterday.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This is what March does. She gives you a glimpse of whats to come, and then she snatches it away. As far as months go, definitely a tease. Not quite in the same league of terror as February (look up the etymology of February), but she’s up there. Come on April! www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

bbc.co.uk

UK weather: Met Office issues yellow wind warning as snow and cold return

Strong winds are likely across many parts of the UK over the next few days before turning colder with some wintry showers at the end of the week, as Simon King explains.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The threat of a far-right government elected against the public will has made tactical voting more vital than ever… It is a tragedy of our voting system that we must vote tactically rather than sincerely - but until that system changes, tactical voting is our strongest shield against the right.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Wonderfully penned letter from Zack to our Home Secretary and I love how it invokes her younger self, which yes seems like a far nicer person.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Tears of joy this morning! The perfect result. Not a razor thin margin, Hannah won by 4,000 votes. Compelling. Labour in 3rd is existential crisis for them. We also took a pop at the Reform Death Star and landed a nasty blow. F*** fascism. The tide is on the turn, and my heart is full.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen… 💚✨

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

😂😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hannah Spencer MP! Joyful tears. Stop Reform. Matt Badloss. Embarrass Labour. Job done. Party time!

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Gorton and Denton. Legs tired. Coat wet. Pavements pounded. Doors knocked. Conversations had. Friends made. Hannah Spencer. Green Party. Good luck! F*** facism. Train cancelled. Bed please. There is Hope in The Dark 💚

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

‘Bar charts…matter far more than manifestos, with campaign leaflets focusing on viability rather than long-term vision. The goal becomes squeezing rivals, not expanding debate, and tactical voting replaces political choice. This is not a failure of voters. It is a failure of the system.’

makevotesmatter.org.uk

The Gorton and Denton By-Election Shows Clearly What's Wrong with FPTP - Make Votes Matter

By Livvy Gibbs, Young Make Votes Matter Coordinator.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For any Labour voters watching, the tactical play is clear - lend your vote to the Greens in Gorton and Denton (as tens of thousands of greens did for Labour at the 2024 GE to get rid of the Tories). We must stop them… Here’s how: stopreformuk.vote/parl/gorton-...

stopreformuk.vote

Stop the Tories and Reform in House of Commons

Vote tactically in House of Commons to stop the Tories and Reform

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

William could gracefully retire the monarchy... It has, afterall, been an awfully long time since the British people dispelled the myth of divine right on 30th January 1649. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Andrew is Prince William's problem too - and it makes his future job harder

Andrew's arrest has changed the public's view of the Royal Family, putting pressure on Prince William as he moves closer to being king.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I bet Andrew is sweating now...

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Elections should represent what people want and need, not those with the loudest voices or deepest pockets. A National Commission is how we'll get the change we need. Could you add your name? www.open-britain.co.uk/ncer

open-britain.co.uk

National Commission on Electoral Reform | Open Britain

Millions of votes don't count under First Past the Post. Sign the petition for an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform to review how Britain elects its MPs.

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Peter Barden @peterbarden.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Oligarchy hunts democracy, this isn’t passive.

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