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Malcolm Armsteen

@smudgesmith.bsky.social
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Old but still angry.

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MartyH @mogo-uk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Newsflash, Andy Burnham is not the PM and may never be the PM. He's now an MP who managed the magnificent feat of holding a Labour held seat, a seat held by Labour since 1983, in an unnecessary by-election engineered by him and Josh Simons. A shameful, shabby episode worthy of the Tory party.
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Malcolm Armsteen @smudgesmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Ukrainian president thanked the prime minister for the “cooperation, support, and the joint decisions that have helped make our Europe and our protection of life stronger”. But hey - no contest - the King of the North sorted some bus routes in Manchester...
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Malcolm Armsteen @smudgesmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Can I just say that Burnham doesn't have the look or presence of a national leader - and Streeting would have severe problems as a supply teacher in a primary school. Appearance matters (remember Robin Cook?).
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just to give a bit of context to the social media debate, the following countries have / are going to ban social media for under 16’s : Australia Austria Canada Denmark France Germany Greece Indonesia Malaysia Poland Slovenia Spain Turkey United Kingdom
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
When Starmer ceases to be Prime Minister he should spend time in the car park at Sky News shouting "Still writing shite and not apologising?" at Sam Coates and "Enjoy any illegal birthday parties recently?" at Beth Rigby.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
When Caroline Lucas led The Greens, she was a clear voice of reason and decency. In contrast, Polanski is a shameless chancer whose utterances are sub Sixth Form. The country needs a Caroline Lucas at the moment, it can easily do without a Zack Polanski.
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Dr. Nigel Woodcock @drnigel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Farage has been paid £5m by an Asia based crypto-billionaire to persist with his inflammatory, divisive and downright nasty rhetoric. A nasty crime was committed by a manipulative couple of knife wielding thugs, and now Farage wants to jump on it for political gain by provoking a violent response.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Farage is obviously trying to stoke up race riots and exploiting a man’s murder to achieve that. Henry Nowak’s dad said outside court that he does not “want the murder used to create further hatred, division or tension. This is not about racism this is a case about murder." Farage doesn’t care.
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
True Other than Brexit, all current uk problems stem from thatcher!! Privatisation has failed Economy broken Inequity leading to breakdown in society and division Lack of housing Lack of wealth fund because oil was sold off for pittens A truly terrible prime minister Reform would repeat it
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can we put to bed once and for all the idea that this Labour government is doing nothing, it not repairing the country, does not have a plan. Every single day the proof of the opposite grows. 1/2
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I've got some good news.
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 14/05/2026
Burnham flounced out in 2015 when he lost to Corbyn, he sat it out whilst Labour lost big time twice, and now Starmer has taken them from defeat to number 10 he thinks he's the f*cking Messiah!! I don't think so, he certainly won't get my vote, such disrespect to his electorate and Starmer.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Josh Simons giving up his seat for Andy Burnham just typifies how little respect a lot of politicians have for the electorate. I don’t think voters like these games and Burnham could end up shit out of luck while Simons doesn’t get that lovely peerage he’s obviously been promised.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If Starmer goes I go. I honestly think this is the last Labour government we’ll ever see. I will not support these treacherous arseholes. The day Starmer goes if they force him out is the day the economy crashes. Don’t go taking out any mortgages people. You won’t afford the repayments.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is NOT how things work. It is the choice of the voters who they elect, not for the sitting MP to step aside so their preferred replacement can take over. I am furious at elements within Labour for how they are behaving right now. This sort of manoeuvring is NOT the way Labour should be. 2/2
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Who the hell does Josh Simons think he is to tell the people of Makerfield that he is standing aside to give his seat to Andy Burnham? Could he, and Andy Burnham, if he chooses to stand, show more DISRESPECT to the voters than making this sound like a done deal and a coronation. 1/2
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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
@catherinewestmp.bsky.social what happened to country first, party second? Perhaps you have forgotten that Keir won you your seat? Team player. I think not.
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David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
For the record I am a Labour member but have always had respect for old school greens. Never did i ever think the words Green Party candidate and arrested on suspicion of stirring racial hatred appear in the same sentence. The green Party under David (zack polanski) Paulden are a disgrace.
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Marlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Please share with anyone in your feed who still remains blissfully unaware of what Labour is ACTUALLY doing.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What have Labour done to the NHS in less than 2 years? A 10 Year plan to rebuild the service, more staff, lower waiting lists, shorter wait times in A&E, more GPs, more cancer referrals dealt with in time, record number of patient contacts, new community health centres, more tests and scans... 1/3
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 04/05/2026
Time for this yet again, this is what this Government has achieved in under 2 years, it's an unprecedented achievement. You may not like Starmer, he may not have fulfilled your personal list of I wants but ffs do not pretend this Government has done nothing. Whataboutarists not welcome today, ta.
Status of the Government's King's Speech bills, parliamentary session 2024-2026
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Keith Healing @keithhea.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Please note that Farage was due to appear on Farage-friendly Kuensberg this morning. And he cried off. ANY form of scrutiny terrifies him.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The right are so obsessed with the idea that leftist agitiators on are secretly being paid is simply because their movement is being secretly financed. They also can't imagine why you would take a position that you weren't being paid to take, since they have no actual principles beyond self-interest
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"there is nothing Starmer can do to stop the crypto cash" I'd say there's always the option of criminalising the holding of what is literally the crime currency, and which exists for little other practical reason than that
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 26/04/2026
The media constantly tell us Starmer is failing but never really elaborate on what he's failing to do. It can't be failing to deliver the manifesto because that's being done at warp speed. It's based on opinion polls , noises off and unnamed source, fact free speculative articles by the media.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Do people know the hypocrisy of Ed Davey? When post office minister in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition he says officials didn't tell him the full facts of the post office Horizon scandal to explain away his inaction. Yet calls for Starmer to resign for officials not giving the full facts on Mandelson.
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Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Keir Starmer booted the antisemites out of the Labour Party when he became leader. The Greens have now opened their arms to them. The contrast could not be clearer.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found."

-Pope Leo XIV
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🆘 Need some urgent help on this Rejoin EU poll. Vote and RT ✅ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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European Briton 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #FBPE @europeanbriton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This poll needs your vote!
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 14/04/2026
Come on everyone let's tell the daily 'snail' we want to rejoin the EU!! Just noticed there's a poll in this asking whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Currently 47%-36% in favour of no. Let's get that yes vote up. Please do it and pass it on. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Hungary's new PM urges Starmer to rejoin EU amid push to unwind Brexit
Péter Magyar, who defeated Viktor Orbán in a stunning result overnight, said he 'hoped' the UK would become a member state again.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2026
Shoplifting rife, police overwhelmed, an angry public … the trail leads back to one person: Theresa May | Dal Babu
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Shoplifting rife, police overwhelmed, an angry public … the trail leads back to one person: Theresa May | Dal Babu
I have seen up-close the fallout of the disastrous policing decisions May made as home secretary. We need to urgently restore the force to what it once was, says former chief superintendent Dal Babu
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ten announcements and achievements by our Labour Government pretty much ignored by UK media who find it impossible to tell us all the good news. Share far and wide. #DoingTheMediasJob #LaboursAvhievements #FixingBritain
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
You have to feel sorry for James Dyson. Imagine buying up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax, only for Labour to then close the loophole. We need more patriots like him, who drive up farmland prices and vote for Brexit then fuck off to Singapore.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
He’s “just a good businessman”. Not contributing to the national pot and then moaning his moneyed arse off about public services. Reform’s real motive for power: a race to the bottom for wild profiteering for people like Tice. There’s less than nothing in it for anyone else. Just cost. And regret.
Tice sitting grinning in front of Reform merch football style shirt for losers with number 29 on it and his quote that he’s “just a good businessman”
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty. The Tories and Reform UK voted against. Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Everyone spare a thought for Nigel the Poodle as he’s reunited with his owner in Florida today! #NigelThePoodle
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Have we woken up in America? The deeply unpatriotic Daily Mail and Sun seem to now be supporting a menace of a foreign leader over our own govt and national security. They are really only loyal to their own vested interests. Which are a direct threat to our own. The routine betrayal is sickening.
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IRAN WAR: DAY FOUR U.S. lambasts
'hand-wringing, pearl-clutching' Starmer as Kemi says he's 'scared' of his own votersThe Sun:

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PM wont hit Iran back 
Rift grows with US Prez
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Farage playbook is so Trumpian. When they win or come a close second (not tonight boyo) it's always 'a political earthquake' and when they lose, it's straight to, 'the game was rigged'. Pathetic populists.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The fact Farage couldn’t bring himself to condemn a death threat shared by a Reform councillor against another MP is beyond appalling. #PMQs
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Sneak peak of Trump’s State of the Union address courtesy of the late great Stanley Unwin. youtu.be/0UJZF5iRhNg?...
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Leg Spinner🏏 @judeet44.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If you sign a contract (Guardian take note), you enter a LEGALLY BINDING agreement with heavy sanctions should you break that contract, renege on it's details or otherwise fail to comply. Labour DID NOT sign Palantir contracts. TORIES DID. Get up off your knees, stop kissing ass and DO YOUR JOB.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
So in Jan, under Rachel Reeves: Retail sales up 1.8% MoM; 4.5% YoY (MoM) Initial estimates show that the public sector recorded a £30.4 billion surplus ( OBR) Inflation falls to 3% I tell you these wretched girls from accounts need to learn their place.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NHS waiting lists have fallen to their LOWEST level in three years. THAT is the difference a LABOUR government makes. #Labour
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What does the Representation of the People Bill include? Votes at 16 Automatic voter registration ID checks for candidates Reformed postal & proxy voting Risk checks for large donations Ban on non-UK business & shell company donations More Electoral Commission powers Action on election intimidation
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Labour Unveils Sweeping Elections Reform Bill
The Representation of the People Bill had its first reading in the Commons today.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If Anas Anwar thought his move would be effective in removing Starmer he was dead wrong. Anwar's cynical opportunism is pretty shameless.
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Claire Hazelgrove MP @chazelgrovemp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I fully agree with local people who’ve emailed to say that Labour MPs should keep away from the chaos seen under the Tories and stand by Keir Starmer. After making key changes yesterday, now is the time to crack on. With so much global uncertainty, Keir’s leadership is crucial.
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Nezaroo. I'm not an ism or an ist. @nezaroo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Today's reminder: Nigel Farage is a traitor to our nation. He has accepted money from foreign governments and organisations that are enemies of our government and must face justice. #FarageOut
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