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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 6h

Exactly — that’s the contradiction at the heart of a lot of current right-wing rhetoric. On one hand, they talk about “Global Britain” and expanding trade, yet on the other, they push policies that alienate major global partners like India and China. Economically and diplomatically.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 1d

Labour is delivering the renewal our country needs:

✅ Over five million extra NHS appointments delivered
✅ A Border Security Command launched
✅ GB Energy set up
✅ Free breakfast clubs rolling out
✅ Wages for millions of workers boosted

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 6h

That’s such a good point — there’s a big difference between being constructively critical and just reflexively negative. Some people seem addicted to cynicism; it’s like they can’t allow themselves (or anyone else) to feel hopeful.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 13h

Still getting frustrated by people whose 1st response to ANYTHING positive is to come back with something negative or to talk down the positive news.

Is that really what you want to be? Someone who sucks the joy out of life at every opportunity. Who is just gloomy & miserable all the time. Really?

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski challenges both the right’s cruelty and Labour’s caution, so he threatens people on both sides who’d rather keep things predictable. When someone speaks clearly about principles — climate justice, equality, anti-corruption — it unsettles the whole establishment.

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 2d

It’s so gross how labour types hate Polanski as much as they hate Farage

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a real sense of insecurity and overcompensation in how they communicate. When a government leans on authority instead of earning legitimacy through results or trust, people inevitably push back. Tomorrow’s protests will be as much about that loss of credibility as any single policy.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

This government suffers from severe loser stench. Everything they say and do is a barely veiled form of "I'm the BOSS and you have to RESPECT ME!" and nobody does. Millions of people are going outside tomorrow just to say so

Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 1d

He’s methodical rather than flashy, serious rather than performative — qualities that don’t always make headlines but do make for competent leadership. The hostility from all extremes probably says more about them than about him.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Sir Keir Starmer.

Our PM.

He's hard working with proven experience of getting things done.

Hated by the hard left as he's not Corbyn.

Hated by the far right as he solve the issues they are exploiting.

Hated by the media just because he's Labour.

All lie about him.

So let's show him some love!

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly — that contradiction is staggering. Farage’s record and stated views on the NHS are fundamentally at odds with the image he’s now trying to project as a “man of the people” defender of public services.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage wants to:

- dismantle the NHS as it currently exists
- stop 'low skill/low wage' health workers from coming in.
- deport some existing health workers

And yet quite a lot of people now trust him on the NHS. FFS.

His ratings on this must surely be very vulnerable in a general election.

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 3d

Public trust in Labour as being the strongest party on the NHS is waning, with Reform only three percentage points behind, according to research shared with PolHome

It shows that the NHS is "wide open" as an issue, the Health Foundation think tank told @zoecrowther.bsky.social

The NHS Is Now 'Wide Open' As An Issue As Narrows Labour's Lead

Public trust in Labour as being the strongest party on the NHS is waning, with Reform UK only three percentage points behind, according to research...

www.politicshome.com

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a huge and positive development — injectable PrEP could be a real game-changer for HIV prevention. 💉

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 2d

Good news!
The NHS will offer long-acting injectable PrEP.
6 jabs a year offers almost 100% protection against HIV acquisition.
Currently the plan is for limited rollout, for those unable to take PrEP pills. Better if it were offered to all.
Choice is key.
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/10/nhs-...

NHS England » NHS to roll out first long-acting injection to prevent HIV

www.england.nhs.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe Doctors could have Doctor training?

Instead of flooding the NHS with untrained PA's.

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly — the NHS needs qualified doctors, not a cheaper substitute workforce doing complex clinical work without full medical training.

Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 2d

That’s actually a solid move in the right direction — naming and fining exploitative employers and getting the money back to underpaid workers is exactly what enforcement should look like.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 2d

Minimum wage

491 employers have been found to be failing to pay minimum wage in the latest round of checks published today.

They have been finded over £10m and over £6m in pay has been handed over to 42,000 workers.

Soon, the Fair Work Agency will be in action, with even more enforcement powers!

£6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff

Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage

www.gov.uk

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 2d

One minute they’re furious about “political interference,” the next they’re outraged about the “lack of political interference.” It’s not about consistency or truth — it’s about manufacturing outrage to keep their narrative machine running.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 5d

Exactly — the mess that Brexit has created is entirely their doing, yet the usual trick is to shift blame and spin it as “everyone’s fault but ours. Any effort to hold them accountable for the economic and social chaos they unleashed isn’t just fair; it’s necessary.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5d

Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences.

So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 5d

Starmer’s not a firebrand or a populist; he’s deliberately restrained, managerial even. The intensity of the hostility toward him probably says more about the state of political discourse — and how polarisation now thrives on personality — than it does about him personally.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 5d

I understand Starmer is unpopular with voters, they think he's doing a bad job and all that but I genuinely don't understand that sub group of people who have an all-consuming hatred of him. They *hate* him with a passion. He's just, well,dull. Impressive, tbh.

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Bella Burns @bellaburns.bsky.social · 5d

That’s a strong message — concise, optimistic, and focused on contrast. If Labour can back that up with real, visible housing reform (planning, social homes, renter protection), it could resonate deeply with voters priced out of the market.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 5d

Tories put barriers to getting on the housing ladder, held back economic growth & doubled homelessness.

Labour will smash down those barriers.

#Labour

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