Steve Phillips

@stevenphillips7.bsky.social

Husband, father of two. Retired Chartered Engineer. Lifelong Pompey fan & season ticket holder. Keen runner. Team Lotus devotee. Rediscovering my childhood interest in slot cars.

Great to see the BBC leading with this story about Reform, rather than Reform's daft plan to use the Royal Navy to "intercept" small boats. Another sign of them finally breaking free from the Farage spell that they've been under for years. 😀👍

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Amidst much talk of devolving power to regions, including Mayors, I see that the voter turnout for the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election was only 25%. If 3/4 of voters aren't bothered who their Mayor is, it suggests to me that most just don't care about one of Burnham's priority policies. 🤔

The right wing media's assault on Andy Burnham has started. The propaganda & lies will be relentless. They brought down Keir Starmer and they'll do all they can to get rid of Burnham. Whatever you do, don't buy these disgusting rags! 😡

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I disagree with new North Sea oil & gas drilling, but it's amazing to see how many pro-Burnham/anti-Starmer people on Bluesky are up in arms about one of Burnham's first decisions before he's even officially taken over as PM!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

bbc.co.uk