Judi Rayner
@judirayner.bsky.social
Pro EU. Hates the Tories. Loves a gin or two. Enjoying retirement on the Suffolk coast. Mum to totally gorgeous schnauzer x JRT (aka Schnack!)
The fact that Badenoch views Refuse Collectors (which she confuses Councillors for) with such disdain proves not only is she as supremely arrogant and superior as she is as thick as pig sh^t.. It proves she’s not qualified to run a temperature never mind a political Party
James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 12h agoThis is *such* a revealing line about Kemi's world view and contempt for those who do the day to day work of keeping our society functioning
Ex-Royal Navy officer gives x-rated review of Reform's small boats plan zurl.co/WKOM5
Ex-Royal Navy officer gives x-rated review of Reform's small boats plan
A former Royal Navy officer has slammed Reform UK's plans to deal with small boats crossing the Channel as a "crock of sh*t."
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Badenoch's two biggest flaws are that she's nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is and is incapable of admitting error. Both well illustrated by this fiasco.
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 5h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Gotta give it to Semi Goodenough. I've never seen any political so morbidly determined to find a hill to die on. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was convicted of harassing Jewish MP, says Badenoch has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission
theguardian.com
The national polls are right—Reform is in trouble - Prospect Magazine apple.news/AD7zZ5GZCSwK... The statistics don’t lie 87 council by elections reform won 19 reform have won 1 parliamentary byelection by 6 votes in the past 14 months
The national polls are right—Reform is in trouble — Prospect Magazine
So much for the fears that a Reform UK mayor in Greater Manchester would be the price Labour paid for allowing Andy Burnham back into parliament. In the end it wasn’t even close.
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This is absolutely extraordinary. It's hard to know where to start. The utter tone-deafness? The scorn towards local government? The high-handed dismissiveness towards people affected by racism and antisemitism? Badenoch is an X-brained crackpot.
As a local cllr, I felt quite insulted by the suggestion that all we do is ‘deal with parking & sorting out the bins’, suggesting that because we’re so trivial it’s OK to put up a convicted anti-Semite as a prospective cllr.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 7h agoHere are the stupidest things Kemi Badenoch has said so far today inews.co.uk/opinion/kemi...
But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterdayLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
And now Sarah Pochin… Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand zurl.co/60QKD
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning. According to an investigation by the Good Law Project and DeSmog, Pochin accepted the payment from Catherine Wantling of Etonbrook Ltd on 19 May to support the work […]
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He’s a vile sub human creep. He would have been singing The Horst Wessel Lied in the 1930s
"At least we're not giving him a national platform!" saying Badenoch, on the BBC's flagship political radio show.
Right-wing press outlets are blaming rewilding and net-zero policies for Europe’s catastrophic wildfires rather than fossil fuel combustion. Deflecting blame away from global heating to protect corporate interests is pure media malpractice. How do we combat media disinformation? #ClimateCrisis
Right-wing press blame anything but human-made climate change for deadly wildfires
Right-wing newspapers are blaming Europe's blazing wildfires on anything but climate change and its human-made causes.
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Another glorious vindication of Kemi Badenoch’s impeccable political judgment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will now advise the Conservatives on tackling extremism.
bbc.co.uk
immigrants to Spain that won't integrate in local society!
The BBC hate us so much that they only had me on Question Time 38 times and have had Zia Yusuf on 8 times in less than two years, despite the fact that nobody even voted for him. Now that's what I call bias.
1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.
Anybody want to hazard a guess as to whether Richard Tice tweeted this from Isabel's pad in Dubai? 🤔😂
Thats better! ‘The EU is united & stands ready to support Spain. We commend Spain for their swift response to the situation in Ceuta & extend our deepest condolences for the tragic loss of life" "The EU's external borders are our shared responsibility, and migration requires”
EU 'united with Spain' over Ceuta crisis - O'Callaghan
An emergency meeting of EU interior and justice ministers to discuss the migrant crisis in Ceuta has taken place, with ministers praising Spain's handling of the incident.
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Young people did not have a say in the Brexit referendum but have to live with its dreadful consequences. Of course, they want to rejoin the EU.
What a Bonehill to have died on. Tories now look even more ridiculous.
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 5h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Demographics tell us that rejoining the EU is inevitable. Now, the question is how much more damage will politicians allow before they come to terms with and reverse the act of self harm and loss of opportunities that Brexit has inflicted.
Badenoch represents double-down conservatism. Never apologise or moderate. Insult your opponents. Patronise journalists when challenged. Contradict yourself, lie, whatever it takes, but never back down. And that's how you end up creating an extremely avoidable Tory antisemitism scandal overnight
The bizarre and disturbing thing is that Joshua Bonehill-Paine is one of the few figures on the right to be loudly and clearly called out for anti-semitism. Is that because it doesn't happen much on the right? You have to be kidding. So why the double standards? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?
There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no sense, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Solar panels are going up on schools across the country - including Bristol’s own Avonmouth Primary. This Government is taking practical action to help schools generate their own clean electricity, reduce energy costs and support our transition to net zero.
What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it...
It’s time to act. And when we do we won’t just avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown - but we will lower bills permanently, help our communities thrive - and give a grounded sense of hope for generations to come.
Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 7h agoZack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast
