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However tough they are, Farage will still outflank & criticise them

@bjennings90.bsky.social on Starmer & Mahmood’s dilemma - are they walking into a Reform trap?

#KeirStarmer #NigelFarage #ReformUK #r4today #Immigration #LVIPolitics
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
“Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life. What does working hard get you now?”

The killer Q from  Hannah Spencer which will resonate with everyone under 40 & chill the blood of Keir Starmer & Kemi Badenoch

The Q for #GE2029

#GortonAndDenton #HannahSpencer #r4today #LVIPolitics
peterstefanovic.bsky.social Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 27
BREAKING: A wonderful speech from Green Party's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Congratulations!
February 27, 2026 at 7:47 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Jamie Driscoll (then an elected Metro Mayor) was run out of Labour by the Starmtroopers for reasons few understand

Significant he’s now joined the @greenparty.org.uk & NOT Your Party,in a city where @newcastlegreens.bsky.social have a foothold of 4 councillors

#GreenParty #YourParty #LVIPolitics
jamiedriscoll.bsky.social Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · Dec 17
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Can you handle the hate?

Perceptive from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on Andy Burnham, the Mayor who wants to be liked, & the hate that’s inevitably coming if/when he’s PM (see Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson &c)

#r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #Makerfield #skynews
June 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
“Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life. What does working hard get you now?”

@frasernellson.bsky.social on the power of #HannahSpencer asking the big Q & winning the #GortonandDentonByElection

#r4today #KeirStarmer #NigelFarage #LVIPolitics
February 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Who broke Britain? Great new series in @theipaper.com

Cameron is the unlikely villain who broke it but didn’t own it, with his series of misjudgements over Brexit & the 2016 referendum says @lionelbarber.bsky.social

#Cameron #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitDisaster #r4today #LVIPolitics
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
“Just Restart Oil” 😂😂

Matt on the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz

#Hormuz #IranWar‌ #Trump #JustStopOil #r4today #skynews #LVIPolitics
April 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
“Farage Balloons - puffed up with hot air they induce mass panic…”

A brilliant @thetimes.com Peter Brookes cartoon following the #ReformUK conference!

#r4today #NigelFarage #KeirStarmer #KemiBadenoch #reformpartyconference #LVIPolitics
September 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
This is Burnham’s problem:

Can he offer enough that’s different to please Labour MPs & supporters let alone Reform voters?

Finances & room to manoeuvre are as limited as they were for Keir Starmer

#r4today #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #ReformUK #skynews
June 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
politicsastar.bsky.social
“Would PMs please check out before 10 am on the morning of their departure”
😂😂
Matt on the increasingly ridiculous, rapid turnover of Prime Ministers in Downing Street.

#r4today #LVIPolitics #WesStreeting #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews
May 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Keir Starmer: dead man walking

Peter Brookes’ cartoon today 💀😂😱

#NigelFarage #ReformUK #KeirStarmer #elections #r4today #skynews #LVIPolitics
May 9, 2026 at 7:43 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
James Graham’s Brian & Maggie captures the big ideas & battles of the Thatcher era & makes the case, as @robburl.bsky.social does in ‘Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?’ for the long form 📺 interview (much missed)

#MustWatch #brianandmaggie #LVIPolitics

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Brian and Maggie | Official Trailer | Channel 4
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January 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Peter Brookes on Keir Starmer’s reaction as Gorton & Denton goes Green 😂😂

#GortonAndDenton #HannahSpencer #r4today #LVIPolitics #MattGoodwin #GreenParty #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews #GortonandDentonByElection
February 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Nick Robinson, Beth Rigby et al are going to be SO disappointed if Wes Streeting doesn’t storm out of No10 & resign from cabinet (like a Labour Hezza) & ideally challenge for the premiership then & there!!

#r4today #LVIPolitics #WesStreeting #KeirStarmer #Labour #SkyNews
May 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
"Look at the mess Poland is in today, & the US will be tomorrow. For liberal democracy prevention is better than cure"

@fromtga.bsky.social sets out 7 principles of liberal democracy which MUST be protected

#democracy #Trump #NigelFarage #r4today #LVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Reform is going to fix broken Britain, apparently, a year after Labour promised to CHANGE broken Britain.

How? Will they be any more successful?

These lavish ads in the RW papers must have cost - who’s paying?!

#r4today #ReformUK #Budget2025 #NigelFarage #skynews #LVIPolitics
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Keir Starmer will go down in history as the leader who transformed the Labour Party in record time, to win a landslide

His failure to grapple with systemic 🇬🇧problems is one shared with May, Sunak & soon, I fear, Burnham

#LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews
June 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
A thoughtful critique of the Tony Blair essay from @TorstenBell - a govt minister who has done the deep thinking & policy work

#TonyBlair #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour
torstenbell.bsky.social Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · May 27
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But…

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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
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May 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Nick Robinson, Beth Rigby et al are going to be SO disappointed if Wes Streeting doesn’t storm out of No10 & resign from cabinet (like a Labour Hezza) & ideally challenge for the premiership then & there!!

#r4today #LVIPolitics #WesStreeting #KeirStarmer #Labour #SkyNews
May 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
So what impact has Keir Starmer‘s big, bold, reset speech yesterday made…

Morten Morland demolishes it brilliantly

😂😂🤦‍♂️😱

#r4today #LVIPolitics #NigelFarage #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews
May 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
benfuller1.bsky.social
Martin Wolf in @financialtimes.com fears there’s a return to Old Labour over New Labour - & that “competitive, flexible & responsive markets are threatened” as a result

#r4today #Budget2025 #RachelReeves #LVIPolitics #Labour #KeirStarmer
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
A bleak account of Labour successes, which aren’t achievements says Jenni Russell

Ed Miliband & Bridget Phillipson have levers to pull and know how to govern – other Minsters, not so much

#KeirStarmer #EdMiliband #Labour #r4today #LVIPolitics
April 27, 2026 at 7:17 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Surely the answer to the impasse over the House of Lords Hereditaries Bill is to offer a few more of them life peerages, not complain about 3 being commuted?

#r4today #KeirStarmer #Lords #LVIPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
Robert Jenrick is right: Kemi Badenoch SHOULD have kicked Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party

She did the country🇬🇧 & #Tory Party immense harm, the voters of SW Norfolk had the 🧠to kick her out 🗳️!

It’d have been Kemi’s best way to a fast reset. Opportunity missed🤦‍♂️

#r4today #LVIPolitics
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM
politicsastar.bsky.social
For those whose memories, or history, don’t go back 40 years to 1986 here’s the story of Michael Heseltine’s uber dramatic, storming out & resignation from Mrs Thatcher’s cabinet

#r4today #LVIPolitics #WesStreeting #KeirStarmer #Labour #skynews

news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1986: Heseltine quits over Westland
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May 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM