Reposted by Steve151999Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h60% of those who responded to the Bank of England consultation called for pictures of wildlife on bank notes. Does he think the British people are conducting a "slow, steady and relentless attack" on themselves? 7233671
Reposted by Steve151999Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 7hGreat result for The Conservatives! Labour-Just clung on Greens-Expected to win with their weird leader & failed Reform-Finished Lib Dem-couldn’t get a 1000! Restore-😝 People want to be able to leave £1M tax free for their children that’s why they are now turning to us Tories.🇬🇧 3718829
Reposted by Steve151999James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 8hAnother resounding victory for Kemi Badenoch. They’ll have to extend the tapestry now… 841169175
Reposted by Steve151999Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 15hAnonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source. 619949
Reposted by Steve151999Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17hUtter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast. 1051292240
Reposted by Steve151999Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 20hA shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment. 118851212
Reposted by Steve151999Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 21hI actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be. Piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...goodallandgoodluck.substack.comThe Strange Myth of Kemi BadenochWhy does she have the best press in politics? 8420829
Reposted by Steve151999Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline? 1511316502
Reposted by Steve151999The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reform's barrister, who cleared the party and aides of wrongdoing alleged in an undercover investigation into foreign donations, was a UKIP member for years and has a longstanding association with Farage. 51515236
Reposted by Steve151999Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026When Braverman and her acolytes have done with it, there'll be about 27 English people somewhere in the country (whatever that country is). #R4Today 1153
Reposted by Steve151999Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review? “The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.” 1232194
Reposted by Steve151999Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: BBC cuts latest... OUT - Long-running consumer affairs show You and Yours. IN - tech and discussion podcasts. The order has gone out from Matt Brittin - don't make content that only works on one platform. Another grim day at the beeb. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...theguardian.comBBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcastsThinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cuts 177524
Reposted by Steve151999Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes 871029239
Reposted by Steve151999Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It was the "balanced debate" between two writers for right-wing outlets that really was the icing on the cake with this one 16111
Reposted by Steve151999Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Spectator canned an interview it recorded with Tomlnson, precisely because of how overtly racist his argument was about why he disapproves of Birbalsingh believing the children in her school are British + can be integrated into British identity and society bsky.app/profile/sund... 2356
Reposted by Steve151999Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Conor Tomlinson - clear that he will not accept Saka as English, nor Badenoch's children. His position is that Badenoch would be banned from parliament, along with all the other ethnic minority MPs. Remarkably, Tomlinson was a guest of Mr Harry Cole's ridiculously softball podcast interview. 2110527
Reposted by Steve151999Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The devil must surely be in the detail of this IHT proposal. Badenoch's 'home exempt' announcement gets the thunderous applause but that will rip up the existing rules. What about a scenario of a £2m home & £1m of savings/pension? How much of the latter will be inheritance-taxed in the Kemiverse? 5416
Reposted by Steve151999ilpenseroso.bsky.social @ilpenseroso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Inexplicably though, the BBC cares what Kemi thinks. Which is why they have greeted her mediocre, impractical speech as if it was a marriage of the Gettysburg Address and Marcus Aurelius. 1292
Reposted by Steve151999Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/10/2026Badenoch's speech was well-delivered and delighted its audience. But many of its arguments don't withstand contact with reality. thecritic.co.uk/mrs-... 18621
Reposted by Steve151999Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...theguardian.com‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already leftTaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus 601217351
Reposted by Steve151999Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just put the text of Badenoch and Burnham's speech alongside each other to compare. Burnham's is, from a technical speechwriting POV, so much better. It's a proper structured argument whereas Badenoch's is just a list of stuff, randomly strung together. 1621421
Reposted by Steve151999Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It’s easy to mock Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative party. It’s fun, too, so let’s give it a go.jonn.substack.comThe Last LaughThis week: oh god, she’s calling it Kemistry. Also: why is every English word for toilet a euphemism? And some notes on Winston Churchill’s cats. 613316
Reposted by Steve151999Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026Well done to @privateeyenews.bsky.social for calling the Tories out on this utter hypocrisy..... 112655
Reposted by Steve151999Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process. 27746210
Reposted by Steve151999lamby1001.bsky.social @lamby1001.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Man City must be kicking themselves that they didn’t think of this. 0764
Reposted by Steve151999Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I for one am reassured that an investigation into Reform UK, carried out by Reform UK, has found that Reform UK did nothing wrong www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.uk 2844686
Reposted by Steve151999Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Badenoch speech: The Tory leader is having an argument with herself and she's losing inews.co.uk/opinion/bade... 18416112
Reposted by Steve151999Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A fortnight ago, Kemi Badenoch described the single market as 'a great thing'. Now she can't say that Brexit has been good for London. Probably just Kemi being Kemi. But still. 2412329
Reposted by Steve151999cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social @cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Success at winning the media class back from Reform. 181
Reposted by Steve151999Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sarah Montague on the World At One just referred to Kemi Badenoch’s “success”. At what? 2611214
Reposted by Steve151999Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 562720982
Reposted by Steve151999Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I see Reform UK's internal inquiry has cleared their internal people.static.klipy.comSecurity Guard Greets PeopleALT: Security Guard Greets People 1430550
Reposted by Steve151999Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026excellent subhead snark from the FT 423052
Reposted by Steve151999isosolies.bsky.social @isosolies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026They did actually question John Barnes. On the flight back to Brazil where he scored one of the greatest England goals of all time in the Maracana, there were England "supporters" on the plane that were singing "you'll never play for England, because there aint no black in the union jack" 011
Reposted by Steve151999Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Kemi Badenoch accurately notes that the common sense consensus that black people can be Englsh was pretty settled by the early 1990s. It was being contested vocally by the NF in 1984 (when Barnes scored in Brazil) with the Daily Mail vocal against the NF but much less by 1993 (when Ince was captain) 311722
Reposted by Steve151999Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross. 4629334
Reposted by Steve151999Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue... 931201201
Reposted by Steve151999jonnythatcher.bsky.social @jonnythatcher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You don’t say? I imagine that Chris Mason is already writing his report saying that Reform have been completely exonerated… 0111
Reposted by Steve151999Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish. 14592729273
Reposted by Steve151999Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/10/2026Mark Francois' Conservative Conference Diary mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/mark-franc...mrhenrymorris.substack.comMark Francois’ Tory Conference DiaryBirmingham 2026 - as it happened 88926
Reposted by Steve151999Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 05/10/2026Where the MPs who backed Liz Truss in 2022 now sit in the Conservative hierarchy (and beyond) 57444
Reposted by Steve151999Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hope someone on #R4Today will be asking how Badenoch hopes to increase defence spending, policing, & prison expansion while delivering all those tax cuts? 1124
Reposted by Steve151999Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 06/10/2026Kane and Unable: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch's decision to conduct her broadcast interviews as a tribute to Jeffrey Archer. thecritic.co.uk/kane... 814934
Reposted by Steve151999Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.bbc.co.ukKemi Badenoch: I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UKThe Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds. 32503120
Reposted by Steve151999Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Kemi Badenoch on Kemi Badenoch: “I never make gaffes or need to apologize or clarify my statements, as I think carefully about what I say.” Kemi Badenoch on her ‘Britannia Shield’ ‘plan’…. 77614183
Reposted by Steve151999Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities 1541778748
Reposted by Steve151999Forza Bahab @forzabahab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And again, the shock is that you're not shocked... 611434
Reposted by Steve151999Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 321478460
