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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 9h

Previously a Labour supporter and tried to stand for them in the 1997 election if I remember right. Her star rather lost its shine when she lost a chunk of investors' money in a Bernie Madoff scheme in the late 2000s.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 12h

Not the first time she's tried.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately, the World Fantasy Awards due to be announced, are for works of fiction first published in 2024 ;-)

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not sure that Trump knows what day of the week it is, let alone what year.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to see that the Nobel Peace Prize committee has NOT awarded this year's prize to Trump. Wonder if he's talking about invading Norway yet? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 5d

Better moves than a Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle bsky.app/profile/dann...

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 5d

Only a few days ago, @markpackuk.bsky.social produced a list of councillors Reform has lost since the May elections. Seems it's already out of date www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...

How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?

A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

www.markpack.org.uk

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 5d

Portland Frog has better moves than a TMNT

Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 6d

Extoryganza

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 7d

Yes please! Kicking myself that I didn't get an order in before.

Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 7d

Ah yes the 'a big boy made me do it' defence.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 7d

If he still needs details, he hasn't really made a decision

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 8d

'...and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.' Well, there's an easy answer to that, Robert.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 8d

That's why Jenrick has been on the Ozempic

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 8d

The Tories are not the only ones who need to learn how to use spellcheck... bsky.app/profile/refo...

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK’s Councillor Dave Poole has put out this bizarre graphic littered with spelling errors.

Our favourite part is where it says Reform UK keeps being called the ‘fat right’.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 9d

Another case of #votereformgetatory

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9d

Conservative donor and personal adviser to leader Kemi Badenoch Mark Gallagher has defected to Reform, Sky News reports.

Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 9d

When Reform try to look clever, they only succeed in showing they are quite the opposite.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK’s Councillor Dave Poole has put out this bizarre graphic littered with spelling errors.

Our favourite part is where it says Reform UK keeps being called the ‘fat right’.

Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 9d

Aren't 'The King's Army' part of the English Civil War Society? Would have been good if a load of them had turned up in their full battle dress...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10d

Do I know anyone at Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales?

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10d

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 12d

That almost makes the EU's Common Agricultural Policy seem logical.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 13d

I wonder how much it cost to transport all these high-ranking officers to listen to this load of old tosh.

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Steve Lockley @stevelockley.bsky.social · 15d

Neptune rockets are Ukrainian-made.

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