Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Today was officially my final day at St Peter’s, York! Thanks to all the wonderful Politics students, Cliftonites, debaters, supporters of the Public Lectures & colleagues who have made the last 16 years so rewarding. To all about to start a new year, good luck! XX 050
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sorry to hear of the sudden death of Ann Widdecombe Retirement brought her ✍️ 📚& 💃🪩to add to her politics (& more politics with Nigel Farage) Principled, direct & engaging she gave St Peters York & York Literature Festival an entertaining evening in 2017 talking to Mrs Wright #SCD #AnnWiddecombe 310
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Telling that at 1pm🕐 on BBC R4 WTW the Farage Cottrell story is ONLY mentioned briefly because @libdems.org.uk & @joshbabarinde.bsky.social have complained to Standards Commissioner Odd. Not in headlines. No analysis piece later in the programme flagged #NigelFarage #ReformUK #PoshGeorge 010
Reposted by Ben FullerBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/07/2026🤔 Will Ed Miliband be your Chancellor or will it be Martin Lewis? 🇬🇧 Will Jude Bellingham take on culture and sport or will Wes Streeting? 🫵 And which high office will Gemma Collins or Louis Theroux find themselves? Take your pick! bestforbritain.org/fantasy-cabinet 8215
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Is the BBC still soft on Farage? Only 4 tweets on @bbc-politics.bsky.social this AM Yet this⬇️is the only one about Farage & George Cottrell, even after Jenrick appeared on #bbclaurak (where he couldn’t deny the facts of @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social story) #NigelFarage #PoshGeorge #ReformUK 121
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Presumably on the same basis that she is leaving Twitter, Lisa Nandy does not watch GB News? She knows improper things are happening there, with Ofcom has totally failed to regulate it – so would rather ignore it entirely. #LisaNandy #GBNews #OFCOM #skynews #r4today 140
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The BBC & the papers have always been reluctant to follow up on scrutiny of Nigel Farage when it’s in The Guardian or Mirror Now The Times👏👏 is looking at his huge property portfolio (“I’m skint”🤔) will they pick it up? #NigelFarage #ReformUK #r4today #skynews 040
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The BBC & the papers have always been reluctant to follow up on scrutiny of Nigel Farage when it’s in The Guardian or Mirror Now The Times👏👏 is looking at his huge property portfolio (“I’m skint”🤔) will they pick it up? #NigelFarage #ReformUK #r4today #skynews 55935
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026“Guns or butter”? Today 🇬🇧 it seems to be neither! £5bn short on the guns in the DIP & another pay rise for teachers that’s not fully funded. TWO funding gaps! This is under Labour, but just the same as under the Tories🤦♂️ #DIP #Defence #education #schools #skynews #C4News 010
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026US Supreme Court strikes down Trump Executive Order & upholds 14th Amendment Birthright Citizenship in Trump V Barbara, a 2nd blow to Trump after Learning Resources V Trump threw out tariffs #SupremeCourt #BirthrightCitizenship #UVIPolitics #r4today #skynews www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS supreme court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump agendaCourt rules against Trump administration on policy that people born in the United States are citizens 000
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026As Andy Burnham & Manchesterism refocuses a North:South ➗, @aliceTTimes points out the deprivation in the South West & the importance of the SW & East of England to Labour in their 🥊with Reform #Manchester #AndyBurnham #NigelFarage #Devon #Cornwall #r4today #skynews 100
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026“I see the Treasury is now using drone technology” 😂😂 Matt on the Defence Investment Plan & its missing £5bn #Defence #KeirStarmer #AndyBurnham #r4today #skynews 083
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026What I don’t understand* about the Farage £5m is that it’s for his security but he hasn’t spent any of it🤔 Surely he’s needed security for the last two & a half years?? #BrexitBrokeBritain #BBCBreakfast #C4News #skynews #NigelFarage #ReformUK *actually, one of many things 032
Reposted by Ben FullerRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Andy Burnham may not just save Labour - he could save the Tories too. This is very good from @stephenkb.bsky.social 2378
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026How can Andy Burnham succeed? Historian of the premiership Anthony Seldon advises him to have a clear, optimistic narrative for🇬🇧but avoid trying to be popular in favour of honesty #r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 110
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026From bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS – how many Brexit promises actually came true? What were the big Brexit promises & what became of them? @guardianheather.bsky.social analyses 10 years on 🗳️ #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage #BorisJohnson #KeirStarmer www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFrom bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS – how many Brexit promises actually came true?Leaving the EU was supposed to solve Britain’s border issues, slash bureaucracy, revitalise the health service, even supercharge vacuum cleaners. How much control did we really take back? 020
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Ben Jennings very clever with the 10 year Brexit Anniversary - & the enduring #BrexitChaos #BrexitBrokeBritain #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage #BorisJohnson #KeirStarmer 010
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026“We’re not blaming your constituents, we’re blaming you!” Philip Collins holding Victoria Atkins to account as she equivocated over #Brexitchaos one of the highlights of a vintage @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night! #BrexitBrokeBritain #Newsnight #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage #BorisJohnson 240
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/202610 years on from the Brexit 🗳️ it’d be good to see Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson et al held to account for the damage they’ve brought to 🇬🇧 Instead, they’re invited on #bbclaurak, #bbcQT etc to grandstand 😱 #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitChaos #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage 000
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026“He’s not the Messiah, he’s just a very naughty boy.” Andy Burnham is being built up to impossible heights by Labour MPs & the media Presumably the media will wait until after he’s in No10, then smash him up?😢 #r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 110
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Nigel Farage, the man who’s failed to win the last FIVE by-elections, calls for a general election🤔😂 Bluff #r4today #NigelFarage #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 150
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This is Burnham’s problem: Can he offer enough that’s different to please Labour MPs & supporters let alone Reform voters? Finances & room to manoeuvre are as limited as they were for Keir Starmer #r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #ReformUK #skynews 141
Reposted by Ben FullerBen Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social · 22/06/2026‘Rome is saved’ shouts Tory MP Desmond Swayne as Andy Burnham is sworn in as an MP again 4188
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It’s a long time since the swearing in of a by-election victor was this momentous! #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #Makerfield #skynews 000
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Wes Streeting concedes: he’s not fighting Andy Burnham. A coronation 👑 now almost certain, with Burnham PM by July 10th “Having spoken at length with Andy” - what’s the deal? Chancellor, back to Health? #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #WesStreeting #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 220
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Keir Starmer will go down in history as the leader who transformed the Labour Party in record time, to win a landslide His failure to grapple with systemic 🇬🇧problems is one shared with May, Sunak & soon, I fear, Burnham #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 230
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 19/06/2026For soon to be PM Andy Burnham, winning Makerfield was the easy bit. The really hard choices & decisions will soon be upon him. #r4today #skynews #Makerfield #AndyBurnham #NigelFarage 010
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Regretting not staying up for #Makerfield now 😂⬇️ Thangam V Pochin was obviously the 📺🥊 of the night! #r4today #skynews #Makerfield #AndyBurnham #NigelFarage x.com/supertanskii...x.comSupertanskiii on X: "“You only care about violence against women and girls when it’s committed by a brown person” I’m living for Thangam Debbonaire losing her shit after being incessantly interrupted by Sarah Pochin and then utterly bodying her. No notes. https://t.co/AfiN2Tcz4g" / X“You only care about violence against women and girls when it’s committed by a brown person” I’m living for Thangam Debbonaire losing her shit after being incessantly interrupted by Sarah Pochin and then utterly bodying her. No notes. https://t.co/AfiN2Tcz4g 020
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Sometimes I have a nagging feeling that The Times can be just the Daily Mail with a smaller headline font … (Thank goodness for the FT & The Guardian) This is not good⬇️ #EdMiliband #TheTimes #r4today #skynews 060
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is an excellent night for Andy Burnham AND Kemi Badenoch, a terrible one for Reform Each has won a seat, but it’s still not clear either can win #GE2029! #r4today #skynews #Makerfield #AndyBurnham #KemiBadenoch #NigelFarage 010
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“Rather than tackle the economic & social basis of that disaffection, Westminster left it to Farage to turn it into ethnic resentment” @chakrabortty.bsky.social on Brexit 🇬🇧10 years on #r4today #Brexitdisaster #NigelFarage #Makerfield www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTen years on, we’re living with the ghosts of Brexit. Reform and Restore know that – the rest are playing catch-up | Aditya ChakraborttyStarmer’s EU reset is aimed at the conference room. Meanwhile Farage and the hard right mine ethnic resentment on the streets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 231
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Brexit ⬇️ 🇬🇧 exports to 🇪🇺 by 12% shows new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social study😫& 🇬🇧 has missed out on big new EU services opportunities BUT just rejoining the Customs Union would fix only a little of this #r4today #Brexitdisaster #NigelFarage #Brexitbrokebritain www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRejoining customs union would not fix damage caused by Brexit, research findsExclusive: Economists find Brexit caused 12% depression in UK exports, most of which is due to leaving single market 120
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Russian warship fires warning shots at British yacht in English Channel 😲 Morten Morland on today’s Makerfield by-election & the expected battle for No 10 between Andy Burnham & Keir Starmer #r4today #skynews #Makerfield #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour 010
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“Which ones are the proper loonies?” Matt on today’s Makerfield by-election where there’s been a bitter battle for hard right votes between Nigel Farage’s Reform UK & Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain 😂😂 #r4today #skynews #Makerfield #NigelFarage #ReformUK #RupertLowe #Restore 130
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026“Andy Burnham will have a one off opportunity to break out of the impasse that has destroyed the Starmer premiership” @WilliamJHague on why Burham has no choice & must move quickly after #Makerfield #r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews 013
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026In the weapons V welfare debate @pollytoynbee.bsky.social wonders why the right never ask about the pension triple lock (the big DWP💰escalator) or defence procurement waste, just cuts which will push children & the poor deeper into poverty #Defence #G7 #r4today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe right wants money for defence. It should start with MoD wastefulness – or even the pensioner triple lock | Polly ToynbeeThere is nothing left to be squeezed from disabled people or families, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 051
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Former Defence Minister Al Carns repeatedly shocked by unbelievable waste at MoD🤯 Does kinda make the Treasury case for going long & slow on the DIP🤔 Alan Clark MP was saying the same THIRTY FIVE years ago! #defence #G7Summit #KeirStarmer #r4today www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘Unbelievable’ waste and inefficiency at MoD, says ex-defence minister Al CarnsExclusive: Carns, who quit last week, says he was angered by unwillingness to confront sunk costs of legacy programmes 120
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026“Since social media is banned, I’m off to do some brass rubbing and then go for a walk” Matt wonders if we can turn the clock back? Will the social media ban for under 16’s work? #socialmediaban #education #r4today #skynews 052
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026"What would Farage say now" asks Lord Sugar⬇️ Unbelievable that Farage is in contention to win #Makerfield - even be PM - after the disaster of Brexit. 4% GDP hit! Why is he not held to account? Why is his next fantasy solution not dismissed? #BrexitDisaster #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage 0104
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Assisted Dying is back as a Private Members Bill, after Lauren Edward's success in the ballot, but though her Bill will be the same as Kim Leadbeater's there’s uncertainty as to whether the Parliament Acts would apply #LVIPolitics #AssistedDying #r4today www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukAttempt to reintroduce assisted dying bill sparks new Labour civil warRochester and Strood MP Lauren Edwards will reintroduce Kim Leadbeater’s highly controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would allow assisted deaths in England and Wales 000
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Kemi Badenoch’s just a Lib Dem leader now😲😂 She’s not going to win #GE2029 so the only Q is on deals & coalitions Hint she’ll allow Reform into No 10 harms her in 🔶🌳seats, she won’t will drive more 🌳🗳️to🩵 Can’t win! #KemiBadenoch #NigelFarage #ReformUK #r4today #skynews 131
Reposted by Ben FullerStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026It’s getting harder and harder to argue with the idea Kemi Badenoch is a good leader of the Conservative Party, as long as you ignore questions like “what is the electoral performance of the Tory party under her?”, “where was the Tory party polling when she took over?” and “what is the party for?” 1315737
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We’ve been promised the Defence Investment Plan for MONTHS Flurry of briefing this week that it was imminent - part of Keir Starmer’s legacy John Healey gets the Plan, it’s not enough (just 0.08% of GDP extra ‘27-30) & resigns 😱 #JohnHealey #defence #wato #KeirStarmer 040
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026“You have been unable & the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country” John Healey a hugely respected figure beyond Labour (& an Old Peterite) This resignation a clarion warning call & body blow to PM #JohnHealey #defence #wato #KeirStarmer 010
Reposted by Ben FullerGungajin @gungajin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I've been warning about this for quite a while. Trump is a loose missile. Vance is a guided missile. The former is more scary, the latter much more dangerous. 011
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Vance’s broadsides against 🇺🇸 allies are strategic and consistent, where Trump's are scattergun. He'll be the person to fear as a threat to the 🇬🇧 political system in the run up to #GE2029 says @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social #Vance #PeteHegseth #HenryNowak #r4today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLet this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance | Gaby HinsliffHis toxic Henry Nowak intervention fits a pattern. Vance has hard-right views, a disdain for European society – and he may yet become president, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff 53114
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Can you handle the hate? Perceptive from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on Andy Burnham, the Mayor who wants to be liked, & the hate that’s inevitably coming if/when he’s PM (see Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson &c) #r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #Makerfield #skynews 295
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Morten Morland on Trump’s approach to peace & war in the Middle East 🤦♂️😂😂 #Trump #IranWar #Israel #Lebanon #Netanyahu #r4today #skynews 120
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Can anyone think of any reasons why Suella Braverman & Reform UK might be siding with big tech rather than the online safety of children?🤔 #r4today #skynews #NigelFarage #ReformUK #Makerfield x.com/Haggis_UK/st...x.com 030
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026@thebulwark.com explains how the Trump racket works: Sue IRS for $10 bn Settle for a $1.7 bn fund AND an end to IRS audits & enquiries into Trump family & businesses 👌😘 #Trump #IRS #TrumpLies #UVIPolitics #r4today #skynews 020