Tilly Burns
@tillyburns.bsky.social
Holding power to account. Questioning the narrative. Speaking truth to British politics. #UKPolitics
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Tilly Burns
@tillyburns.bsky.social
· Apr 6
By facilitating the transit of Iraqi crude and Turkish-owned vessels, Tehran is proving it can maintain maritime security and selectively manage the waterway to favor regional stability.
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The main value proposition of AI is that it will let you generate wealth without labour.
Because labour generates the wealth. Stolen labour is how wealth is accumulated.
It’s really fucking simple, but you need people to believe that it isn’t, or they might get justifiably very angry.
Because labour generates the wealth. Stolen labour is how wealth is accumulated.
It’s really fucking simple, but you need people to believe that it isn’t, or they might get justifiably very angry.
June 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The main value proposition of AI is that it will let you generate wealth without labour.
Because labour generates the wealth. Stolen labour is how wealth is accumulated.
It’s really fucking simple, but you need people to believe that it isn’t, or they might get justifiably very angry.
Because labour generates the wealth. Stolen labour is how wealth is accumulated.
It’s really fucking simple, but you need people to believe that it isn’t, or they might get justifiably very angry.
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A reminder: at the local elections, more Labour voters said they didn't vote for Labour because we were too harsh on immigration, not because we were too soft.
"Allies of Shabana Mahmood are confident that she would be kept as Home Secretary by a Burnham premiership and her reforms would hardly be watered down, if at all" - PoliticsHome
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Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government
Andy Burnham supporters are increasingly optimistic about Makerfield. Sienna Rodgers explores what comes after the by-election
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June 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
A reminder: at the local elections, more Labour voters said they didn't vote for Labour because we were too harsh on immigration, not because we were too soft.
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Smart move. If anything, too many Labour councillors were re-elected last month.
Morgan McSweeney is back advising the Prime Minister – four months after he resigned over his role in the Mandelson scandal
🔴 Exclusive from Caroline Wheeler & Richard Vaughan
Read more: trib.al/X41qw6a
🔴 Exclusive from Caroline Wheeler & Richard Vaughan
Read more: trib.al/X41qw6a
June 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Smart move. If anything, too many Labour councillors were re-elected last month.
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Labour has a HUGE parliamentary majority. Use it. DO SOMETHING!!!!
100% agree. X has become a toxic platform, run by a racist agitator who urges violence. New situations require new laws. Divisive social media platforms like X need to be regulated; and people using it to incite riots should be held criminally liable. Why are our politicians unable to act?
June 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Labour has a HUGE parliamentary majority. Use it. DO SOMETHING!!!!
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It's also the present under Labour. I want to make it really clear: These photos aren't just a threat of a future under the far right. They are the present under a centre-right Labour government. Right now.
You see these scenes from Belfast?
That's our future if Reform, Restore, the Tories, GB News, Elon Musk and the right-wing media get their way.
Except this will be on a much bigger scale.
We have to decide: do we want those inciting hatred to destroy our country?
That's our future if Reform, Restore, the Tories, GB News, Elon Musk and the right-wing media get their way.
Except this will be on a much bigger scale.
We have to decide: do we want those inciting hatred to destroy our country?
June 11, 2026 at 9:09 AM
It's also the present under Labour. I want to make it really clear: These photos aren't just a threat of a future under the far right. They are the present under a centre-right Labour government. Right now.
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Public: We want to undo Brexit and we want more NHS funding.
Labour: How about making life miserable for trans people and attacking immigrants?
Public: But my brother needs mental health care--
Labour: Okay, we'll also ban kids from Instagram.
Labour: How about making life miserable for trans people and attacking immigrants?
Public: But my brother needs mental health care--
Labour: Okay, we'll also ban kids from Instagram.
UK PM Starmer set to ban 'harmful' social media for under-16s reut.rs/4g13ksk
UK PM Starmer set to ban 'harmful' social media for under-16s
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on "harmful" online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some safer forms of social media, the Times newspaper reported on Monday.
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June 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Public: We want to undo Brexit and we want more NHS funding.
Labour: How about making life miserable for trans people and attacking immigrants?
Public: But my brother needs mental health care--
Labour: Okay, we'll also ban kids from Instagram.
Labour: How about making life miserable for trans people and attacking immigrants?
Public: But my brother needs mental health care--
Labour: Okay, we'll also ban kids from Instagram.
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labour: social media is bad for children!
labour: ai, which is known to impair cognitive and reasoning skills, is great and should be forced on to your children from a young age.
labour: ai, which is known to impair cognitive and reasoning skills, is great and should be forced on to your children from a young age.
so @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social thinks her legacy is going to be underfunded 'free school meals' that aren't really a thing except on paper and forcing children to use ai which interferes with their cognitive development.
in reality she's gonna be remembered for the bathroom bill. that's her legacy.
in reality she's gonna be remembered for the bathroom bill. that's her legacy.
June 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM
labour: social media is bad for children!
labour: ai, which is known to impair cognitive and reasoning skills, is great and should be forced on to your children from a young age.
labour: ai, which is known to impair cognitive and reasoning skills, is great and should be forced on to your children from a young age.
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Trump moments before he speaks as a prayer event in DC: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! President DJT”
May 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Trump moments before he speaks as a prayer event in DC: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! President DJT”
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“Trump warns Iran "clock is ticking" until U.S. launches harder strikes”
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May 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
“Trump warns Iran "clock is ticking" until U.S. launches harder strikes”
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In two weeks Trump will give Iran another two week warning to a two week warning.
May 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
In two weeks Trump will give Iran another two week warning to a two week warning.
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Who sent us to war with Iran and illegally raised tariffs? Donald Trump.
NEWSNATION: A majority of Republicans say Trump has increased the cost of living. What say you about those numbers?
COMER: Well, whoever is president is gonna take it on the chin with respect to inflation and affordability. It's Trump's economy, even though Biden ...
COMER: Well, whoever is president is gonna take it on the chin with respect to inflation and affordability. It's Trump's economy, even though Biden ...
May 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Who sent us to war with Iran and illegally raised tariffs? Donald Trump.
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Trump keeps telling us he has wiped out the Iranian regime, but Iran has inflicted more damage than previously reported on U.S. forces.
April 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Trump keeps telling us he has wiped out the Iranian regime, but Iran has inflicted more damage than previously reported on U.S. forces.
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"How long will it take before Trump accepts that in the end his Iran venture will be resolved in a way that leaves Iran stronger and America weaker than before? Markets are growing increasingly pessimistic. The longer reality denial lasts, the worse it will get." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Oil Squeeze Tightens
Time is not on the world economy’s side
open.substack.com
April 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"How long will it take before Trump accepts that in the end his Iran venture will be resolved in a way that leaves Iran stronger and America weaker than before? Markets are growing increasingly pessimistic. The longer reality denial lasts, the worse it will get." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Honestly, the boring answer is usually the right one: this probably ends in some kind of negotiated deal neither side admits is a compromise.
April 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Honestly, the boring answer is usually the right one: this probably ends in some kind of negotiated deal neither side admits is a compromise.
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trump proclaiming 'talks!' -- to which iran says nope -- then trump says, um, i'm now CANCELING 'TALKS'
please adjust, accordingly, the precious american journalistic resources devoted to writing down and minutely parsing words this president says.
and happy whcd!
please adjust, accordingly, the precious american journalistic resources devoted to writing down and minutely parsing words this president says.
and happy whcd!
April 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
trump proclaiming 'talks!' -- to which iran says nope -- then trump says, um, i'm now CANCELING 'TALKS'
please adjust, accordingly, the precious american journalistic resources devoted to writing down and minutely parsing words this president says.
and happy whcd!
please adjust, accordingly, the precious american journalistic resources devoted to writing down and minutely parsing words this president says.
and happy whcd!
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Iran has fewer weapons now that at the beginning of the war? Great! But so do we. And now the strait is closed and Trump is begging Iran to open it.
Foxnews needs to quit lying to their viewers, and so does Trump. We’re not in a good place
Foxnews needs to quit lying to their viewers, and so does Trump. We’re not in a good place
April 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Iran has fewer weapons now that at the beginning of the war? Great! But so do we. And now the strait is closed and Trump is begging Iran to open it.
Foxnews needs to quit lying to their viewers, and so does Trump. We’re not in a good place
Foxnews needs to quit lying to their viewers, and so does Trump. We’re not in a good place
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"It'll hurt them. It'll hurt them militarily" -- Joe Kernen gives Trump a chance to say he doesn't actually want to commit war crimes in Iran, but Trump doesn't really take it
April 21, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"It'll hurt them. It'll hurt them militarily" -- Joe Kernen gives Trump a chance to say he doesn't actually want to commit war crimes in Iran, but Trump doesn't really take it
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Trump yesterday: Iran better sign a deal by Tuesday or I’m blowing up power plants and bridges!
Trump today: I’m in no rush to make a deal. Time is on my side.
Trump today: I’m in no rush to make a deal. Time is on my side.
April 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Trump yesterday: Iran better sign a deal by Tuesday or I’m blowing up power plants and bridges!
Trump today: I’m in no rush to make a deal. Time is on my side.
Trump today: I’m in no rush to make a deal. Time is on my side.
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Friday: "trump says Iran deal in a day or two"
Two days later: Iran says no to further talks
Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.
Two days later: Iran says no to further talks
Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.
April 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Friday: "trump says Iran deal in a day or two"
Two days later: Iran says no to further talks
Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.
Two days later: Iran says no to further talks
Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.
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Trump is our nation’s enemy. He must be impeached. The world is watching...
#Iran #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS #IranWar
#Iran #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS #IranWar
April 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Trump is our nation’s enemy. He must be impeached. The world is watching...
#Iran #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS #IranWar
#Iran #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS #IranWar
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How bad is it that Trump says the negotiations are resuming Monday and Iran says they’re not and I believe Iran over Trump!! How bad is that!
April 20, 2026 at 12:34 AM
How bad is it that Trump says the negotiations are resuming Monday and Iran says they’re not and I believe Iran over Trump!! How bad is that!
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So if Trump says the Iran War is over 12 different times does that count as Trump ending 12 wars?
April 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
So if Trump says the Iran War is over 12 different times does that count as Trump ending 12 wars?