Maybe, Gavin Barwell and Grant Shapps just need to "show contrition" like neo-Nazi Joshua to become a Tory candidate Link: www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Lost in London
@meadoak.bsky.social
South Londoner, trying to find moments of sanity in a mad world
Manchester, 1st prefs... the Tories were 5th Labour, 251,249 Reform, 111,928 Green, 65,968 Restore, 46,289 Conservatives, 41,021 LibDems 14,702 Indep, 2969 #Keminaisance
Man who doesn't go to church objects to being unable to go to church 🤷 (Telegraph letters www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...)
"And do you know who also used to spend his nights drawing up grand plans for his nation's capital...?" bsky.app/profile/poli...
Jo Kibble (Political Animal)@politicanimal.bsky.social · 2w agoThis, from @londoncentric.media rings very true. It’s of a piece with the Livingstone-era City Hall legend that coloured pencils were banned from the mayor’s office because left alone with them he’d draw Crossrails 3-9 on his map of London.
Andy Burnham last posted on Bluesky on 24 May'26, before the by-election started. Some social media platforms are more important to him than others. bsky.app/profile/samf...
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w agoTwins say Burnham has been all over their social feeds (Tiktok and Insta). Pretty clear change from the Starmer approach to comms.
The new factor here is that Burnham was raised as Catholic, so expect him to be targeted with a loud religious campaign. When LibDem MP Chris Coghlan voted for the bill in early stages, his parish priest denied him communion ( observer.co.uk/news/nationa... ) bsky.app/profile/paul...
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2w agoWith the assisted dying bill returning after recess, what does Burnham's cabinet tell us about its chances? 17 of them voted for the bill last time 7 against Key roles are filled by pro-MPs - Health, Justice, Leader of the Commons (as before). But we don't know how Burnham himself will vote.
Where is Dan Jarvis, former Sec Defence? Has Burnham left him sitting a corridor somewhere? He wasn't named in last night's announcement as leaving government www.gov.uk/government/n...
HT @abnormal4norfolk.bsky.social @big-move-tracker.bsky.social @mrmjlewis.bsky.social @warmatters.bsky.social who all suggested on #BlueSky *4 weeks ago* that John Healey might be appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
As Lord Hermer has resigned from government, will the Xitter-obsessed BBC, Sky and Fleet Street journos notice given that his post is on Bluesky?
1/2 Have been thinking Andy Burnham's cut-and-paste London devolution piece for last week's Evening Standard ( www.standard.co.uk/news/politic... ) ... and wondering if there was any rationale for the boroughs mentioned e.g. SW London (LibDem dominated)'s boroughs weren't named
🎵 When you bought a cheap fare, But your head's in the air, Thank O'Leary 🎵 bsky.app/profile/fina...
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4w agoRyanair plane makes emergency landing after window dislodges ft.trib.al/JYOoMPN
.. or go and see the full size replica in Reading Museum, without all the faff. www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/w...
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If Farage loses to @countbinface.bsky.social is he going to make accusations of family voting?🧐 #VoteBinface
Wondering what odds William Hill offer for Clacton not being in Kent? bsky.app/profile/pick...
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 4w agoSpokesperson for William Hill said: “Count Binface continues to garner support in our Clacton by-election market and we now make him a 7/2 shot to steal the Kent seat from Nigel Farage, down from 5/1 yesterday."
#BlueSky "All systems operational", except for the one's which are not (explains why Bluesky has errors loading pictures and videos) status.bsky.app
So local officials, polling station staff (school caretakers) and others have to disrupt their summer holidays just for this vanity exercise? bsky.app/profile/theg...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoReform to ask for 6 August Clacton byelection after Farage resignation
"Minister, if not the Chiltern Hundreds to make him ineligible to be an MP, have you considered another position for him ... chair of Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal? ... the Money and Pensions Service? .. Oil and Pipelines Agency? ... Citybus Limited?" www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/2...
Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.
"Grandad, you said we were going to thd London Dungeons" "In a bit .... Bend your knees, you look like a freaking exhibit ... Smile for the cameras" bsky.app/profile/pete...
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4w agoOnce again I am at a Kemi Badenoch speech, this time in London Bridge, on defence. Once again it’s packed with the faithful. Once again - I imagine - it will be received with rapture. Once again, my guess is, it will create almost no news and have virtually zero impact on the poll ratings.
;Mayor of London: "there's a heatwave with high air pollution, reduce journeys and stop burning fossil fuels" Sky News: "here's our helicopter following a train" bsky.app/profile/adam...
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last mo.The Sky News helicopter is currently following Andy Burnham's train all the way down to London. Unclear what exactly they expect to happen en route
Will @andyburnham.bsky.social ever post anything here again? He hasn't posted anything on Bluesky for a month. Wedded to X with, as you say, racism, antisemitism, sexism and such
Current #Telegraph home page ... the Edinburgh attack is < scroll down, scroll further down, scroll a lot further down ... keep scrolling > ... down with the "10 best walking holidays in Spain"
Nigel Farage has 4 kids: 2 with his first Irish wife, 2 with his 2nd German wife. Yes, the latter kids have German passports www.theguardian.com/politics/201... ... do the first two have Irish passports? bsky.app/profile/mead...
Lost in London@meadoak.bsky.social · 2mo agoFarrages mother is German. He had 2 kids with first Irish wife, 2 kids with second German wife. And his current French gf who iwns the house. Journos should ask Reform's racist rabble rousers how its policies apply to him and his.
Why is Tory MP Tom Tugendhat on this list of Peter Thiel's Dialog private society? Is this a member, or 'just' and attendee to what purpose? @bylinetimes.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/crim...
maia arson crimew 🏴@crimew.gay · 2mo agoHere are all 113 alleged members we were able to successfully extract. This data can also be verified via versions of the site captured by the Wayback Machine, even if it doesn't properly render the website.
Farrages mother is German. He had 2 kids with first Irish wife, 2 kids with second German wife. And his current French gf who iwns the house. Journos should ask Reform's racist rabble rousers how its policies apply to him and his.