Lynn Hughes
@15lynn.bsky.social
retired journo, cat lover, would-be garden specialist and can't cope without coffee. Just escaped from the hellscape for a quieter life
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tonymurray1964
You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way.
In general, people don't like horrible bastards.
I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way.
In general, people don't like horrible bastards.
I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
September 19, 2026 at 10:52 AM
tonymurray1964
You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way.
In general, people don't like horrible bastards.
I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way.
In general, people don't like horrible bastards.
I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
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RNLI volunteers are skilled, caring and courageous.
Little wonder Farage and his fellow travellers hate them.
Little wonder Farage and his fellow travellers hate them.
September 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
RNLI volunteers are skilled, caring and courageous.
Little wonder Farage and his fellow travellers hate them.
Little wonder Farage and his fellow travellers hate them.
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'Piddington, a village for white local people only'.
September 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM
'Piddington, a village for white local people only'.
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'Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out'
Ian Dunt.
i Newspaper
Don't let the door hit you on the way out'
Ian Dunt.
i Newspaper
September 17, 2026 at 8:29 AM
'Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out'
Ian Dunt.
i Newspaper
Don't let the door hit you on the way out'
Ian Dunt.
i Newspaper
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September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
www.portsmouth.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?
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When you work in a hospital you are confronted on a daily basis with the fact that social care does not work….and that therefore stops the NHS from working. If people want the NHS to work, they will need to start caring about social care. That’s a big ask in a selfish, individualistic culture.
July 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM
When you work in a hospital you are confronted on a daily basis with the fact that social care does not work….and that therefore stops the NHS from working. If people want the NHS to work, they will need to start caring about social care. That’s a big ask in a selfish, individualistic culture.
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On my way, Clacton.
July 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
On my way, Clacton.
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One of my most popular tweets.
July 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
One of my most popular tweets.
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Nothing says 'man of the people' quite like a politician calling a by-election at public expense on the issue of whether or not he should have the right to secretly take donations from Thai-based crypto billionaires and a convicted fraudster
July 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Nothing says 'man of the people' quite like a politician calling a by-election at public expense on the issue of whether or not he should have the right to secretly take donations from Thai-based crypto billionaires and a convicted fraudster
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"Hands up if you start screaming about a witch hunt and dark forces being out to get you every time you are caught red handed being a sleazy grifting sack of shit"
July 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"Hands up if you start screaming about a witch hunt and dark forces being out to get you every time you are caught red handed being a sleazy grifting sack of shit"
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25000 may not be a lot but it's 25000 more than voted for Suella to be a Reform MP.
Where is her mandate?!?
Where is her mandate?!?
June 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
25000 may not be a lot but it's 25000 more than voted for Suella to be a Reform MP.
Where is her mandate?!?
Where is her mandate?!?
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'Do your MPs who defected from the Tories have a mandate?'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is questioned on #BBCbreakfast over his calls for a General Election if Andy Burnham replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is questioned on #BBCbreakfast over his calls for a General Election if Andy Burnham replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister
June 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
'Do your MPs who defected from the Tories have a mandate?'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is questioned on #BBCbreakfast over his calls for a General Election if Andy Burnham replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is questioned on #BBCbreakfast over his calls for a General Election if Andy Burnham replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister
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And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
A shirtless white man, in the street with a knife in his hand, having attacked and wounded five people, allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slogans is the sixth story on the BBC UK news page. There is absolutely no doubt at all this would be the lead story if attacker and intended victims were reversed.
June 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
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I see people are writing Burnham's political obituary already.
It's almost as if they want this cycle of chaos.
Personally I want progress and a functioning country and really have had my fill of shitweaselery
It's almost as if they want this cycle of chaos.
Personally I want progress and a functioning country and really have had my fill of shitweaselery
June 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I see people are writing Burnham's political obituary already.
It's almost as if they want this cycle of chaos.
Personally I want progress and a functioning country and really have had my fill of shitweaselery
It's almost as if they want this cycle of chaos.
Personally I want progress and a functioning country and really have had my fill of shitweaselery
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
We are not a serious country.
We expect immediate results with minimal cost and zero pain.
14 years of ruinous Tory austerity and Brexit, and we expected Starmer to turn all that around in barely 2 years?
Yeah, we are not serious people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdE...
We are not a serious country.
We expect immediate results with minimal cost and zero pain.
14 years of ruinous Tory austerity and Brexit, and we expected Starmer to turn all that around in barely 2 years?
Yeah, we are not serious people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdE...
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister | Speech in full
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2026 at 9:40 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
We are not a serious country.
We expect immediate results with minimal cost and zero pain.
14 years of ruinous Tory austerity and Brexit, and we expected Starmer to turn all that around in barely 2 years?
Yeah, we are not serious people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdE...
We are not a serious country.
We expect immediate results with minimal cost and zero pain.
14 years of ruinous Tory austerity and Brexit, and we expected Starmer to turn all that around in barely 2 years?
Yeah, we are not serious people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdE...
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Just a quick reminder when the usual (Tory) suspects start clutching their pearls, calling for a GE, between 2016 and 2024 we had 5 Tory PMs
Cameron (chickenshit)
May (weak and wobbly)
Johnson (law breaking custard balloon)
Truss (outlasted by a lettuce)
Sunak (king of backtrack)
Cameron (chickenshit)
May (weak and wobbly)
Johnson (law breaking custard balloon)
Truss (outlasted by a lettuce)
Sunak (king of backtrack)
June 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Just a quick reminder when the usual (Tory) suspects start clutching their pearls, calling for a GE, between 2016 and 2024 we had 5 Tory PMs
Cameron (chickenshit)
May (weak and wobbly)
Johnson (law breaking custard balloon)
Truss (outlasted by a lettuce)
Sunak (king of backtrack)
Cameron (chickenshit)
May (weak and wobbly)
Johnson (law breaking custard balloon)
Truss (outlasted by a lettuce)
Sunak (king of backtrack)
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Farage is immensely popular in the minds of the senior execs at MSM.. so they promote him because their right wing owners say so..
But to the majority of us he’s a smiley, grifting wrong’un and that’s that 🤷🏼♂️
But to the majority of us he’s a smiley, grifting wrong’un and that’s that 🤷🏼♂️
The lesson also is that people who hate Reform really hate Reform and that's the majority of people in this country.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
June 19, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Farage is immensely popular in the minds of the senior execs at MSM.. so they promote him because their right wing owners say so..
But to the majority of us he’s a smiley, grifting wrong’un and that’s that 🤷🏼♂️
But to the majority of us he’s a smiley, grifting wrong’un and that’s that 🤷🏼♂️
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The lesson also is that people who hate Reform really hate Reform and that's the majority of people in this country.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
June 19, 2026 at 6:21 AM
The lesson also is that people who hate Reform really hate Reform and that's the majority of people in this country.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
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Once again, it’s not the vetting that’s the problem. It’s Reform’s DNA that’s the problem.
It’s a racist, misogynistic, far right party, led by a corrupt egomaniac funded by crypto/fossil fuel billionaires and christofascists.
No one remotely decent would sign up.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
It’s a racist, misogynistic, far right party, led by a corrupt egomaniac funded by crypto/fossil fuel billionaires and christofascists.
No one remotely decent would sign up.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
![The Makerfield candidate, local plumber Robert Kenyon, was revealed to have made highly offensive comments in online posts, including one from 2019, saying: "I'm sexist, sorry but I am." Reform stood by him, arguing they were made before he entered politics.
"I think the worst aspect of this whole campaign is that [Kenyon] further alienated any women who might have come over to Reform," said one senior party figure.
"It's actually more damaging than not winning the seat... That's going to be captured and then dragged up every time there's an election now. They just didn't vet him sufficiently, it was stupidity."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c4xtyto7nrklhfkroyrsce2w/bafkreiayhzly24adgryz6gsjds7tclcqwaql3skw2q247ow4avvw24m34y)
June 20, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Once again, it’s not the vetting that’s the problem. It’s Reform’s DNA that’s the problem.
It’s a racist, misogynistic, far right party, led by a corrupt egomaniac funded by crypto/fossil fuel billionaires and christofascists.
No one remotely decent would sign up.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
It’s a racist, misogynistic, far right party, led by a corrupt egomaniac funded by crypto/fossil fuel billionaires and christofascists.
No one remotely decent would sign up.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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No Equality Act. All new family rights in the Employment Rights Act scrapped.
But, a “Women and Motherhood Protection Act”
From a party of misogynists with links to MAGA christofascists and anti-abortionists.
Just call it the Gilead Act and be done with it.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
But, a “Women and Motherhood Protection Act”
From a party of misogynists with links to MAGA christofascists and anti-abortionists.
Just call it the Gilead Act and be done with it.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform branded 'shameless' with announcement of 'Women and Motherhood Protection Act'
Reform have been accused of using "shameless" distraction tactics by announcing a 'Women and Motherhood Protection Act.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com
June 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
No Equality Act. All new family rights in the Employment Rights Act scrapped.
But, a “Women and Motherhood Protection Act”
From a party of misogynists with links to MAGA christofascists and anti-abortionists.
Just call it the Gilead Act and be done with it.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
But, a “Women and Motherhood Protection Act”
From a party of misogynists with links to MAGA christofascists and anti-abortionists.
Just call it the Gilead Act and be done with it.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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Around 50% of arrested race rioters in NI & the rest of the UK beyond already have criminal records for domestic abuse.
These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men
21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82
21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant
Nobody rioted over their murders
www.bbc.com/news/article...
21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82
21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant
Nobody rioted over their murders
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years
In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
www.bbc.com
June 12, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Around 50% of arrested race rioters in NI & the rest of the UK beyond already have criminal records for domestic abuse.
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On Nigel Farage urging unions to affiliate with Reform UK, TUC chief Paul Nowak:
“Let’s be crystal clear: Reform are no friends of working people.
“If they were, they wouldn’t be planning to rip up workers’ rights like day one sick pay and protection from fire & rehire and zero-hours contracts."
“Let’s be crystal clear: Reform are no friends of working people.
“If they were, they wouldn’t be planning to rip up workers’ rights like day one sick pay and protection from fire & rehire and zero-hours contracts."
June 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
On Nigel Farage urging unions to affiliate with Reform UK, TUC chief Paul Nowak:
“Let’s be crystal clear: Reform are no friends of working people.
“If they were, they wouldn’t be planning to rip up workers’ rights like day one sick pay and protection from fire & rehire and zero-hours contracts."
“Let’s be crystal clear: Reform are no friends of working people.
“If they were, they wouldn’t be planning to rip up workers’ rights like day one sick pay and protection from fire & rehire and zero-hours contracts."