Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is weasely bullshit. The Tories could reverse it at any time in government and the triple lock ratchet would reappear as if it never went away. The reason they won’t is because they know it’s unsustainable and also want the savings it would produce. 020
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Bristol buses are a disgrace. 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is the Lib Dems not ruling out another coalition with the Tories. 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We have entered a parallel universe when we declare that people who own £1.5m of property “aren’t wealthy”. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725913393
Reposted by Rory EvansJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026NEW - Ed Miliband appears to suggest that there was previous resistance under Keir Starmer to taking this action. "I'll say very bluntly we should have acted earlier. And it has taken the new prime minister to come in and recognise the gravity of the situation." 10629115
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Mike Huckabee says in response to Israeli settlement trade ban, “where are the UK sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea?”. The UK has human rights-related sanctions on all three of those countries. 122
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Global inaction on settlements is what has led to the situation described below. The dictionary definition of normalisation and changing the facts on the ground. 001
Reposted by Rory EvansStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Wait, THAT Donald Trump?" - American swing voters:ft.comRepublicans fear Trump has turned toxic on the campaign trailSome party candidates worry the president’s low popularity and inflammatory rhetoric will cost them November’s election 1016317
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Impressive 24 hours later to have come up with a new line that’s somehow worse. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I do want to know how Google Maps estimates its walk times and how badly injured the median individual testing it is. 11534
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is definitely 100% a serious policy which is why Lee Anderson has been put in charge of it. www.thesun.co.uk/news/4001102...thesun.co.ukFarage in talks with El Salvador to deport ALL foreign crooks to its prisonsNIGEL Farage has opened talks with El Salvador on deporting ALL foreign criminals to its hellhole prisons should he become PM. The Sun can reveal that a Reform delegation will head to the Cen… 010
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Every word of this. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How to fix Britain’s housing crisisgiftarticle.ft.comHow to fix Britain’s housing crisisWe need to find ways to lift the financial and resource constraints on new homebuilding 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 04/08/2026But Grant Shapps, absolutely not. www.jewishnews.co.uk/former-neo-n...jewishnews.co.ukBadenoch defends selection of former neo-Nazi who targeted Jewish MP as Tory election candidate - Jewish NewsJewish Labour Movement brands decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as candidate as 'truly appalling' 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The banter option would be holding a referendum on it. 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Typically brilliant @stephenkb.bsky.social nails the problem with our increasingly online-only political world. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comBurnham and the problem of politics by social mediaThe old tightly regulated party broadcast model is dead — for better and for worse 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 25/07/2026People dismissing vibes politics are really underestimating the importance of vibes in politics. 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It remains astounding to me that towards the end of the Keir era there were still people vociferously arguing a change of PM wasn’t needed. 000
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Shoot this straight into my veins. www.politicshome.com/news/article...politicshome.comGovernment To Overhaul Civil Service RecruitmentExclusive: The Cabinet Secretary is planning to overhaul civil service recruitment, scrapping the use of success profiles. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Just because Andy Burnham has referenced the digital campus in Manchester as a home for No 10 it doesn’t follow that it won’t arrive until that’s built…seems to be some head scratching going on about this but we do have some buildings already in Manchester 1114110
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Massive fight going on about who gets to be the one to lose the seats the Tories will be contesting in 2029. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Reform source in Politico today on the G. Manchester mayoralty race, taking place using the supplementary vote: “If it was first preference we’d throw the kitchen sink at the contest, but with preferential voting it’s a tough challenge" In other words, "no one wants to give us their 2nd prefs..." 1322557
Reposted by Rory EvansPaul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Nigel Farage has sent an email to Reform UK supporters tonight saying “we don’t know whether there were any political motives” behind Ann Widdecombe’s murder. But police have already ruled that out, saying there was “no information” to suggest the murder was “politically motivated”. 1781121332
Reposted by Rory EvansJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The whips spent months telling No10 they were going to lose the welfare vote and then half of them got accused of colluding with the rebels rather than conveying what was correct and useful information. And when this became apparent they just got rid of half the whips. 933868
Reposted by Rory EvansJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A sad and not a little shameful day for a once serious party. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... 88700229
Reposted by Rory EvansJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Another reader writes: In Russian they seem to be going for Граф Урнолиций Граф (graf) = Count Урно- (urna) = bin (from урна, but modified as compound noun) -лицый (litsiy) = adjectival form of face "Made even better as it hints at избирателбная урна (lit. "Electoral bin"), i.e. a ballot box" 29417
Reposted by Rory EvansJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont... 381335450
Reposted by Rory EvansStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The last week has shown yet again how incredibly brittle Farage's temperament is, and that tone transmits itself to everyone in his orbit. 1126528
Reposted by Rory EvansHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 28/06/2026Ex-Treasury official Sharon White says on BBC One that Britain has "the highest debt, the highest overdraft if you like, across any of the developed countries". Erm, no we don't? 65672208
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 25/06/2026By convention and for obvious political reasons this job never goes to someone from the P5 nations, so this is a complete non-starter. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansRachel Taylor MP @racheltaylormp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My statement on the Prime Minister's resignation. 121
Reposted by Rory EvansPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Net migration has almost halved in a year. 4140078
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Reform are in trouble. Perhaps they always were. www.thetimes.com/article/fa68...thetimes.comMakerfield exposed Reform’s biggest problem: Nigel Farage’s foiblesThe party leader’s autocratic leadership, inability to get along with colleagues and desire to enrich himself are damaging its prospects 020
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Makerfield was always going to be a difficult sell for Reform, but there's no escaping the fact they made life harder for themselves with Farage's £5m sleaze, the misjudged Henry Nowak response, and an extremely poor (and poorly vetted) candidate. 010
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The most pernicious political lie is that young men are right wing. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comYoung men in UK are not more rightwing than older groups, study saysExclusive: Analysis shows men aged 18 to 25 are less likely to vote for rightwing parties than other age groups of men 000
Reposted by Rory EvansSte Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Some EXTREMELY important lunchtime data analysis: We all love those weird independent fried chicken shops that name themselves in the style of KFC after random US states. But how many of each state are there in the UK? And where are they? 🧵 3534198
Reposted by Rory EvansTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Marina Hyde on top form this morning. 241089220
Reposted by Rory EvansRachel Taylor MP @racheltaylormp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My statement on the EHRC Code of Practice and why I have chosen to sign the Motion of Regret. 3939697
Rory Evans @rory-evans.bsky.social · 08/06/2026If you want a clearer sign of the irrelevance of the Tory Party, see here that they put up the *Shadow Chancellor* for the morning round and these were the only broadcasters that were interested. 000
Reposted by Rory EvansReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon just brought up the issue of HMOs in Wigan on #BBCQT. He should ask his fellow Wigan Councillors Lee Moffitt and Gemma Painter about HMOs, their estate agency manages and lets them out. 524192
Reposted by Rory EvansStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I think the thing where my views are not just changed, but most diametrically opposed to what I thought about politics when I started to follow the news properly as a teen, is I do just think that “your judgement of the candidate’s character” is much, much, much more important than their programme:open.substack.comLow-Conscientiousness Losers Are Bad Senate CandidatesJohn Fetterman and Graham Platner both flailed into adulthood, living off their affluent parents while not amounting to much. Why have leftists decided this is a good resume for the U.S. Senate? 1815919
Reposted by Rory EvansLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Haha yes to the woman in the audience who said to Reform candidate: ‘How can we trust you when your party leader will say ‘up the IRA’ for £80’ 😆 746986
