Stevewjj
@stevewjj.bsky.social
Runner, amateur photographer, politics nerd, family man, autistic.
Exactly this. It's what Russia has done for 100+ years. Disinformation and meddling are what Russian intelligence does.
LBC@lbc.co.uk · 21h ago"It's just part of what they do!" Andrew Marr asks former Head of MI6, Sir Richard Moore, if he thinks Russia tampered in the Brexit referendum.
In case it’s not obvious, this is a setup so he can blame Ukraine for breaking a non-existent ceasefire they never agreed to as a pretext for more pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine actions.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 2d ago⚡️Trump claims Ukraine, Russia agreed to energy ceasefire — Kyiv has no information about it. Ukraine has no information about an energy ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 11, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.
Our struggles don't define our worth, and our stories have the power to make a difference. Please choose kindness. You never know what someone is going through or the battles they face behind closed doors. 💚 #WorldMentalHealthDay
Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
theguardian.com
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
theguardian.com
Horrific. At what point will the leaders in the rest of the world stop sane washing this US administration?
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5d agoUnited States of America brings back public executions courtesy of Pete Hegseth. The sort of tyrannical behaviour that ISIS and the Taliban engage in. baynews9.com/fl/tampa/mil...
The Tories are not ready for the battle of ideas, unless you count a reheated, fantasy version of Thatcherism as the answer to the problems of 2029 rather than 1979. And I would suggest that's quite a brave assumption given the situation in housing, transport and energy substack.com/@capx/note/p...
Andrew Griffith: we’re ready for the battle of ideas
The Shadow Chancellor talks to Liam Halligan about stalled growth, the fiscal cliff edge and the coming battle of ideas
substack.com
If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review? “The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 5d ago🔹 KEMI-DETACHED 🔹 New show: 🍸 Badenoch goes back to the 80s 🤷♀️ But to whom will it appeal? ⏰ Timely god less America With @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social ! 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Government spending stimulates and mainatins the economy. Without it, there would be no economy. Even the money in our pockets is government debt in circulation. Look at the wording on bank notes. They are IOUs from the Bank of England/Government.
Dave Johnson@dcjohnson.bsky.social · 6d agoThe weirdest right-wing nonsense is saying "government spending hurts the economy."
Badenoch says that the Labour Party is addicted to welfare. Wouldn't it be lovely to live in a country where the ruling party is addicted to people's well-being, health, and happiness? Doesn't seem such a bad idea to me.
Badenoch pledges to halve employers’ NI contributions for younger workers - www.ft.com/content/aae1... Taps the sign constantly
Badenoch pledges to halve employers’ NI contributions for younger workers
Tories say policy for 21- to 24-year-olds would cost £2.3bn once extra tax receipts and lower welfare spending were taken into account
ft.com
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · last mo.My entire twenty years of thinking, writing and sometimes doing public policy has been half the time about asking "this enormous tax cut you propose, you don't know how to pay for it do you?", and it's becoming incredibly tedious
If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.
Kemi Badenoch: I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK
The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.
bbc.co.uk
Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:
paulusthewoodgnome@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · last wk."I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive
He was not jailed for destroying a ULEZ camera. He was jailed for "causing an explosion likely to endanger life". God save us from self serving, cynical idiots like Pierce!
Make huge cuts and lower taxes because that has worked so well over the last forty years......
Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
theguardian.com
This is a brilliant explanation of Labours' Plans for the UK state pension (and also explains why we ended up with an increased pension retirement age - looking at you #Tories) #TripleLock #Pension
Torsten Bell@torstenbell.bsky.social · last wk.All your Triple Lock questions answered: - what is the new policy - why it’s a ‘triple lock’ - why pensioner poverty is expected to fall in the 2030s torstenbell.substack.com/p/the-future...
Here’s an idea… Why don’t we try facts first, frothing later? Let the Fairford investigation finish before anyone decides what it means …and for goodness sake, don’t believe a word from Trump and his lot. Me on @jeremyvineon5 this morning…
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
humanists.uk
The suspects in the RAF Fairford case have now been bailed - and it’s been confirmed that there were no viable bomb making substances in their vans. This is, undoubtedly, a very odd case here - and it has by and large shown the dangers of speculation, especially as per the below.
The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2w agoOakeshott has joined the chat. I’m assuming that there will now be requests for the Domesday book to be brought out for a search. I can’t imagine what she’s going to do when she realises they’re out on bail.
