Claire Jones
@claireaj.bsky.social
Politics writer for West England Bylines and co-ordinator for the democracy campaign group, Compass Oxfordshire.
Topics: democracy, electoral reform, far right ideologies, disinformation, Labour, etc. https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/author/clairejones/
Topics: democracy, electoral reform, far right ideologies, disinformation, Labour, etc. https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/author/clairejones/
Nice attempt at 'neutral' reporting. But aren't we beyond that now? Perhaps just go for 'Witless to meet Zelensky to tell him to roll over and do Trump's bidding or else' ...
US special envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Germany this weekend to discuss a plan to end the war with Russia, according to multiple media reports.
US envoy Witkoff to meet Zelenskyy in Germany for latest peace talks
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany also will attend the meeting this weekend, according to media reports.
www.politico.eu
December 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Nice attempt at 'neutral' reporting. But aren't we beyond that now? Perhaps just go for 'Witless to meet Zelensky to tell him to roll over and do Trump's bidding or else' ...
100% And hurry.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland, which is vital to America’s national security
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
100% And hurry.
Reposted by Claire Jones
It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
Reposted by Claire Jones
Has ‘the great feminisation’ theory arrived in the UK? @polphilpod.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on the conservative panic that women have ruined everything
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
Has ‘the great feminisation’ theory arrived in the UK?
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Has ‘the great feminisation’ theory arrived in the UK? @polphilpod.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on the conservative panic that women have ruined everything
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
1. The point of the European section of the US Strategy doc is for the White House to give itself a licence, an official raison d'etre, for gross, widespread interference in European elections. They could even work with Russia, already practiced in this art.
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
1. The point of the European section of the US Strategy doc is for the White House to give itself a licence, an official raison d'etre, for gross, widespread interference in European elections. They could even work with Russia, already practiced in this art.
In the light of the alarming new US 'Strategy' proposal and its clear intention to dismantle European democracy, I'm re-sharing this pertinent piece I wrote in March 25. The Trump/Putin alliance was completely predictable, and predicted -
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The boys are back in town: reflections on the psychology of Trumpworld
How did a cluster of toxic, binary attitudes get from the heads of small boys and Silicon Valley into the heart of Trump’s administration?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In the light of the alarming new US 'Strategy' proposal and its clear intention to dismantle European democracy, I'm re-sharing this pertinent piece I wrote in March 25. The Trump/Putin alliance was completely predictable, and predicted -
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Would the EU even want us back with US poodle Nigel 'Make Racism Great Again' Farage leering in the background?
The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Would the EU even want us back with US poodle Nigel 'Make Racism Great Again' Farage leering in the background?
The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
Good point. Would the EU even want us back with US poodle Nigel 'Make Racism Great Again' Farage leering in the background? The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
That is NOT to say that while #Frogface +his 🇷🇺-funded MAGA-style of a white supremacy govmt horror are looming, nobody in their right mind would dream of accepting the 🇬🇧 back in🇪🇺
UK shld apply to rejoin the economic union AND help build up a EU defence force thus build links FarArse can’t break?!💪🏻
UK shld apply to rejoin the economic union AND help build up a EU defence force thus build links FarArse can’t break?!💪🏻
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good point. Would the EU even want us back with US poodle Nigel 'Make Racism Great Again' Farage leering in the background? The far-right UK threat has to be comprehensively quashed before we'd get a look in -
Reposted by Claire Jones
Oh yeah. That's the stuff.
While right-wing hate movements lean on racism and bigotry to whip up support, and political centrists are too squeamish to stand against them, it's great to see a politician like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who knows that immigration is essential, and an unambiguous good.
While right-wing hate movements lean on racism and bigotry to whip up support, and political centrists are too squeamish to stand against them, it's great to see a politician like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who knows that immigration is essential, and an unambiguous good.
Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Oh yeah. That's the stuff.
While right-wing hate movements lean on racism and bigotry to whip up support, and political centrists are too squeamish to stand against them, it's great to see a politician like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who knows that immigration is essential, and an unambiguous good.
While right-wing hate movements lean on racism and bigotry to whip up support, and political centrists are too squeamish to stand against them, it's great to see a politician like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who knows that immigration is essential, and an unambiguous good.
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The NYTimes' suit against the DoD over press access restrictions is "the only way to put an end to the Trump administration’s multipronged assault on press freedom is for every news outlet to fight back at every opportunity," @trevortimm.bsky.social says.
Read @brianstelter.bsky.social's story:
Read @brianstelter.bsky.social's story:
New York Times sues Hegseth over Pentagon press crackdown | CNN Business
The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The NYTimes' suit against the DoD over press access restrictions is "the only way to put an end to the Trump administration’s multipronged assault on press freedom is for every news outlet to fight back at every opportunity," @trevortimm.bsky.social says.
Read @brianstelter.bsky.social's story:
Read @brianstelter.bsky.social's story:
The revival of media coverage on Johnson stirs old deja vu feelings of sheer horror. Here's some articles I wrote during his hideous tenure -
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westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/let...
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Squealers, kangaroo courts, and the media
Claire Jones deprecates the media's collusion with Johnson's Trump-like tantrums and denial of the painfully obvious truth
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The revival of media coverage on Johnson stirs old deja vu feelings of sheer horror. Here's some articles I wrote during his hideous tenure -
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/squ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/let...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/squ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/let...
Re Trump's weird meeting with Mamdani -
Trump's a sucker for 'highly successful, good looking males.
Darwinian alpha male attributes instinctively count for more in Trump's brain than political allegiance. Ultimately, 'survival of the fittest' overrides sissy things like loyalty (even to party).
Trump's a sucker for 'highly successful, good looking males.
Darwinian alpha male attributes instinctively count for more in Trump's brain than political allegiance. Ultimately, 'survival of the fittest' overrides sissy things like loyalty (even to party).
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Re Trump's weird meeting with Mamdani -
Trump's a sucker for 'highly successful, good looking males.
Darwinian alpha male attributes instinctively count for more in Trump's brain than political allegiance. Ultimately, 'survival of the fittest' overrides sissy things like loyalty (even to party).
Trump's a sucker for 'highly successful, good looking males.
Darwinian alpha male attributes instinctively count for more in Trump's brain than political allegiance. Ultimately, 'survival of the fittest' overrides sissy things like loyalty (even to party).
In the reaction of Trump's team to the Mamdani meeting, the tribal hatred & contempt is palpable + a reminder of the toxic culture in which Trump operates. Huge admiration for M in being SO winning (done his homework) that Trump couldn't resist & found himself violating the terms of his own tribe
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In the reaction of Trump's team to the Mamdani meeting, the tribal hatred & contempt is palpable + a reminder of the toxic culture in which Trump operates. Huge admiration for M in being SO winning (done his homework) that Trump couldn't resist & found himself violating the terms of his own tribe
Of course.
I hope Baroness Hallett has Boris Johnson hauled up before the courts for contempt. Seems he lied under oath to the Covid inquiry.
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Of course.
New piece from me - westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
"Trump’s absurd attack provides a long-awaited moment finally to get our most cherished news institution on a properly independent footing ..."
"Trump’s absurd attack provides a long-awaited moment finally to get our most cherished news institution on a properly independent footing ..."
The bias crusade: ‘strong man’ Trump takes on the BBC
A sloppy edit turns Trump into a crusader against bias, stepping in to protect us from a broadcasting corporation already leaning his way
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New piece from me - westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
"Trump’s absurd attack provides a long-awaited moment finally to get our most cherished news institution on a properly independent footing ..."
"Trump’s absurd attack provides a long-awaited moment finally to get our most cherished news institution on a properly independent footing ..."
1. Gah - according to the UK far-right, the BBC 'leftie' edit of Orangina's video was deliberate. Somehow they just know this. By intuition or telepathy presumably. Therefore Trump is right to pulverize this news platform belonging to an entirely different country.
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
1. Gah - according to the UK far-right, the BBC 'leftie' edit of Orangina's video was deliberate. Somehow they just know this. By intuition or telepathy presumably. Therefore Trump is right to pulverize this news platform belonging to an entirely different country.
Reposted by Claire Jones
A Reform UK Facebook page has been blasted for posting an appalling AI-generated antisemitic image of Green Party leader Zack Polanski
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Reform UK slammed for antisemitic Facebook post attacking Green Party leader Zack Polanski
"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out."
leftfootforward.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A Reform UK Facebook page has been blasted for posting an appalling AI-generated antisemitic image of Green Party leader Zack Polanski
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
On the subject of the BBC - what makes BBC bias particularly destructive? Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On the subject of the BBC - what makes BBC bias particularly destructive? Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
New article from me:
"If Labour has achieved anything, it is simply to have laid the conundrum bare, push the public to their snapping point, and ready us for the potential mother of all political battles"
Full text in link -
- westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/far...
"If Labour has achieved anything, it is simply to have laid the conundrum bare, push the public to their snapping point, and ready us for the potential mother of all political battles"
Full text in link -
- westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/far...
Farage vs Polanski: the new duopoly?
The centre is giving way. Britain’s new fight could be a radical populist duel: Farage’s rage machine vs Polanski’s social justice crusade
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New article from me:
"If Labour has achieved anything, it is simply to have laid the conundrum bare, push the public to their snapping point, and ready us for the potential mother of all political battles"
Full text in link -
- westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/far...
"If Labour has achieved anything, it is simply to have laid the conundrum bare, push the public to their snapping point, and ready us for the potential mother of all political battles"
Full text in link -
- westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/far...
"Some Democrats, and liberal and centrist pundits, are already telling themselves that Trump is a lame duck.
This is a very premature conclusion."
This is a very premature conclusion."
After Election Day losses, Trump and MAGA will strike back hard
www.salon.com
MAGA will strike back harder than ever
twp.ai
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Some Democrats, and liberal and centrist pundits, are already telling themselves that Trump is a lame duck.
This is a very premature conclusion."
This is a very premature conclusion."
Reposted by Claire Jones
Human Rights Watch says Venezuelans sent to El Salvador were tortured
www.upi.com
Human Rights Watch says Venezuelans sent to El Salvador were tortured - UPI.com
twp.ai
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Human Rights Watch says Venezuelans sent to El Salvador were tortured
Creep -
Hegseth: "I don't want my son serving alongside troops that are fat and out of shape, or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men in their units."
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Creep -
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Quick reminder about what Trump actually said in the past -
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Quick reminder about what Trump actually said in the past -
My latest article, published with Left Foot Forward. I appreciate that it's rather controversial but it's a possible scenario right now - leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...
Polanski vs Farage – is this the new political duopoly?
A bold movement for social justice vs a self-serving lie machine
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My latest article, published with Left Foot Forward. I appreciate that it's rather controversial but it's a possible scenario right now - leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...