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Steven Jolly

@stevenjolly.bsky.social
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History teacher now retired . Former lead educator with FWWCBTP . WW1 battlefield tour guide & educator. One time number 3 Saturday afternoon batsman. Cricket, politics, history and thanks to Brexit only living the dream in France sometimes !

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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Tory Magic Money Tree abolish stamp duty, cut inheritance tax , invest £10 billion on defence ,extend free childcare to those earning £100,000. Looks like they are treating votes as fools.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Today Shabana Mahmood has articulated a policy with Labour values and in doing so should be seen as potentially first female leader of the Labour Party.
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WG RumblePants @wgrumblepants.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Today’s beautiful cricket ground is Castle Ashby House in Northamptonshire
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
@bbclaurak.bsky.social misleads & misunderstands freedom of movement when the PM says he will align the UK with the Single Market if it’s in our national interests . F of M does not and never has meant unlimited migration.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Tory MP Andrew Griffiths says it is wrong to create a false impression .Time to tell his leader & party then that it’s false to imply hard working people do not get universal credit.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Beggars belief that @news.sky.com have a discredited former Tory MP and former Chancellor Nadim Zahawi commenting on Rachel Reeves.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Panellist on @news.sky.com bemoaning increase in National Min Wage . Is the expectation that workers in hospitality should be employed on a low wage ?
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Very disappointing from @bethrigby.bsky.social on @news.sky.com . Far from balanced report . Labour promised change and this budget delivered change. I expect better from Beth Rigby. Tackling child poverty, reducing energy bills, reducing nhs waiting lists etc, infrastructure investment is change .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@news.sky.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbc5live.bsky.social @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @bbclaurak.bsky.social @samcoatessky.bsky.social Now let’s have some fair reporting !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Rachel Reeves said in her Budget statement that pensioners whose sole income was the basic or new state pension would not have to pay small amounts of tax if it exceeded the personal allowance from April 2027.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Feeling very proud of Rachel Reeves today!
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Disappointing to see @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #poliicslive commenting on the budget before hearing the Chancellors speech. The OBR leaked report did give the full picture .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
If anyone in No 10 was trying to undermine Wes Streeting they have this morning succeeded in showing why Wes Streeting is a leader in waiting !
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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Badenoch caught stacking the deck with Tory councillors pretending to be members of the public. Dishonesty speaks of contempt and desperation
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Are the Government paving the way to rejoin the Single Market ? Such are the economic pressures this could be the surprise announcement in Reeves budget rather than tax increases . Now is the best time politically !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Badenoch is woeful .#PMQ’s
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Listening to another Tory spokespersons , Victoria Atkins shows just how deluded the Tories. The Tories broke Britain economically, fiscally, socially and morally .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Mel Stride Tory Shadow Chancellor says the Tories are the only fiscally responsible party …. Sounds like audition for a comedy act… has he forgotten the support he and Badenoch gave Liz Truss !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We are the only party that give secure borders says Kemi Badenoch. What ? What did the Tories do in 14 years ? It was the Tories supported by Brexiteers that made our borders insecure through Brexit !Ended access to a biometrics database & ended the returns agreement.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
With votes like this the UK could easily elect a majority government with a 25% plus 1 vote share ! Frightening !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Robust defence of Labour policy & passionate advocate of a Labour government by Rachel Reeves on Radio 4 this morning.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
What is very alarming in the @news.sky.com poll is not only is a Reform Govt is elected on a 27% vote share.There has been little coverage of this a party with a quarter of the vote will determine the the future of the country . This should be a wake up call for electoral reform .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Another Tory, Maria Caulfield ex MP defects to Reform . More evidence that Reform are Conservative& Right Wing!
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
“A 13-year-old girl who was sent home from school for wearing a Union flag dress to 'culture day' told a crowd of more than 110,000 far-right protesters at a Tommy Robinson march 'it's our duty' to love, respect, and keep Britain strong.” Addressing this protest shows the school may be right.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Tory shadow ministers lecturing the country & Government on standards in public office after their “show” in office. Tories defended a corrupt PM, stood by ministers & advisers whose actions demo starred one rule for them & one for us! Tories nee to get real .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Appalling from @news.sky.com re interview with Lord Falconer. Invited to talk about the Assisted Dying Bill the interviewer after a few minutes pivots to Mandelson . Disrespectful to viewers & to Lord Falconer!
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 09/09/2025
Bridget Phillipson: Mam was threatened with baseball bat
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Bridget Phillipson: Mam was threatened with baseball bat
In her first audition for the job of Labour deputy leader, Bridget Phillipson came to Brighton to woo the trade unions. And she began with a traumatic story about her childhood.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 09/09/2025
Sick of the BBC acting as a mouthpiece for Farage and Reform? Us too. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.
Stack of TV's showing coverage of Nigel Farage, topped with the words 'we must balance the BBC'.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Reform UK the new home for disaffected Tories neutralises any claim that Reform are different !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The next Mayor of Greater Manchester, Angela Rayner, next MP for Ashton under Lyne, Andy Burnham !
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 06/09/2025
"He's done everything he could to break down this country, and now he's going off to tell everyone abroad how broken we are." Nigel Farage loves the UK so much, he flew to America this week to tell Congress how awful it is. Is this patriotism?
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The shameless hypocrisy of Nigel Farage | The News Agents
Nigel Farage has been branded a “Putin-loving free speech impostor and Trump sycophant” during his visit to the US to plead for help with Britain's so-called ‘free-speech problem.’ But will slagging…
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
She’s not a saint, but she is nowhere near as bad as the right-wing press would have us believe.
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The British public is being gaslit about Angela Rayner
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I don't say this as any huge fan of her politics. I just don't see how governments are meant to function when ministers are never allowed to make mistakes. We can't demand more "human" politicians if we don't make some allowances for human error. Anyway. I am sure she'll be back some day
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Yes she should have gone to experts. But she tried to rectify it as soon as she realised. There is no suggestion of deliberate wrongdoing or tax avoidance. Our politics should be able to handle ministers making mistakes, and take account that they are human, with family challenges just like anyone
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I am hardly a natural Rayner cheerleader, but genuinely furious that she's gone. Laurie Magnus's verdict confirms she acted on advice, she just missed the disclaimer saying she should get extra advice. Not just an honest mistake - a mistake literally anyone could make. There but for the grace etc...
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Why is it media outlets like @news.sky.com and presenters like Wilfred Frost show bad manners and refer to ministers like Angela Rayner by their title rather than their surname . Rudeness barely describes the behaviour.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Clearly difficult for Angela Rayner but the media like @news.sky.com coverage is poor . Ministers cannot be expected to know everything they are politicians not subject experts.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
There was once a far away place that a distant leader said he wanted in return for peace . The leaders of the world agreed . In return for weakness they bolstered the bully and guaranteed war . That distant leader came back for more . Today Trump looks like those weak leaders from the past.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Kemi Badenoch is being destroyed on @news.sky.com by Trevor Philips every question her answer is wrecked by the Tory record !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A glaring omission from Government on modern & secure democracies: first past the post voting system continues despite plans to restore the supplementary vote for mayoral elections.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 16/07/2025
Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Badenoch is utterly useless . Sorry seems to be the hardest to say .
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Tories : no integrity yet they still think they should govern ! www.facebook.com/labourparty/...
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142K views · 1.4K reactions | Watch this former Tory minister admit that their Rwanda scheme was a total waste of time👇 | The Labour Party
Watch this former Tory minister admit that their Rwanda scheme was a total waste of time👇.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Yet again @bbclaurak.bsky.social gives the Tories a free ride. Barely challenges or interrupts Chris Phillp as gives a party political broadcast.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
@bethrigby.bsky.social Stephen Doughty one of Lammy’s team from the FCDO is at the Macron-Starmer Summit !
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
And the Tories think they are fit to govern … even when dressed as ReformUK www.facebook.com/reel/4032310...
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59K views · 815 reactions | So what is Mad Lizzie up to these days? Oh, this | By Leeds | Facebook
So what is Mad Lizzie up to these days? Oh, this
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
James Cleverley on @news.sky.com making his Tory leadership bid this morning.
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Steven Jolly @stevenjolly.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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