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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1h

Labour, by their own admission, are choosing to do what they think is electorally to their advantage, rather than what would be best for the country. Rejoining the EU would put everyone in a better place. It’s a strange and somewhat baffling way to lose an election. Poor judgment on steroids.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 4h

This makes no sense.
1. Brexit is at least two things: Being out of the EU and being out of the Single Market.
2. Both of these can be reversed.
3. To blame a reversible problem for your harmful economic decisions, while still refusing to reverse that problem, is the behaviour of a fool.

Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5h

Rachel Reeves Blames Brexit As She Prepares To Raise Taxes And Cut Spending

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rachel...

Rachel Reeves Blames Brexit As She Prepares To Raise Taxes And Cut Spending

The chancellor said the impact of leaving the EU is "severe and long lasting".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 7h

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 16h

Lib Dems back Bank of England after Farage criticism
#LibDems
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www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lib Dems back Bank of England after Farage criticism - BBC News

The Bank of England's independence is "the best way" to lower bills, Sir Ed Davey argues.

www.bbc.com

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 7h

Labour have put their electoral interests ahead of what the economy needs. This change of tone is a result of a change in public opinion. They aren’t leading the country. They are just chasing votes. Integrity has left the building.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 8h

“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting." Says Rachel Reeves. It’s become convenient for the Chancellor to tell the truth about Brexit, at long last…

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 8h

The tax dodging billionaires who pour money into our politics seem to have a choice. Either pay more tax or back rejoining the EU. They needn’t worry too much. Labour will save them by raising taxes on the middle earners instead!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 8h

Concealing the truth for political gain is a consequence of our FPTP electoral system. If we want a more honest form of politics and different politicians, we need proportional representation. Brexit wouldn’t have happened under PR.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, but if he didn't have the courage to speak what he knew to be the truth about Brexit to the people who elected him, then he's been putting his career above the country all along. How are we supposed to trust him on the NHS or any other issue now? He lost all credibility.
#BlueLabour

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 17h

I can’t imagine Farage doing anything for free.
Here he is selling personalised birthday greetings. This one to Hugh Janus 😂😂😂. Of course he’s been paid by the Russians.
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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 17h

She won’t last.

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 17h

FPTP is one of the worst. New democracies never choose it.

John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 17h

I could not agree more.

John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

And madder than Donald Trump. 🤪

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

I’m no fan of Starmer and I don’t instinctively leap to his defence. Badenoch’s attempt to make politics out of the situation in Gaza is juvenile and irresponsible. Her attempts to paint UNWRA as facilitating terrorism is a new low, even for her. The UK must continue to fund UNWRA and their work.

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

So my mom passed away in March. She had dementia.
She was given a cognitive test once a week and you know what they always told her ?
Take a guess ?
They always told her she had a perfect score and that she did fantastic .

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Hang on a minute this could well be true. People laughed at me when I said the Democrats were really reptilian aliens from space. But now, in Portland, that they’ve dispensed of their human suits, we can all see them for ourselves. MAGA.

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 1d

Farage’s Reform has ditched it’s undeliverable tax promises, which would have benefited the rich and even dumped the one tax promise that would help the less well off.
“These tax changes, aside from increasing the income tax personal allowance to £20,000, are skewed towards benefitting the rich.”

Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 2d

Farage is set to ditch his £90 billion in tax cuts

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform to u-turn on £90 billion tax cuts

‘Nigel Farage has finally admitted what everyone already knew: Reform’s economic plans are built on sand.’

leftfootforward.org

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

What! The hypocrisy!

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Juan Incognito @juanincognito.bsky.social · 1d

You will be shocked to learn that Welsh Labour introduced Closed List voting to the Senedd for next year's election against the recommendation of the ERS and the allegedly List Loving Lib Dems

electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/we...

Welsh Parliament

The Road to Senedd ReformERS Cymru has long campaigned to increase the size of the Senedd. We published Size Matters, jointly with the UK’s Changing Union project (a partnership inclu

electoral-reform.org.uk

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

It’ll be the WI before we know it! 😳

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

The Herald has blocked me. 😂