Martine Frost
@martinef.bsky.social
Aim to be professional but not too serious.
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It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.
Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.
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Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.
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So it is the King's evil counsellors that are to blame.
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 AM
So it is the King's evil counsellors that are to blame.
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Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
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To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
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the good news for Kemi Badenoch is that she's actually being handed on a silver platter an opportunity to partially detoxify her party without needing to do anything other than appear non-toxic
the bad news is that she is Kemi Badenoch
the bad news is that she is Kemi Badenoch
not sure this is the classiest response from the Tories to the latest defection to Reform UK
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
the good news for Kemi Badenoch is that she's actually being handed on a silver platter an opportunity to partially detoxify her party without needing to do anything other than appear non-toxic
the bad news is that she is Kemi Badenoch
the bad news is that she is Kemi Badenoch
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Lib Dems react:
“Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it.
"Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”
“Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it.
"Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Lib Dems react:
“Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it.
"Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”
“Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it.
"Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
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Now spotted on buildings around Greenland.
“Yes NATO, No Pedo”
(📸 R/Greenland via Reddit)
“Yes NATO, No Pedo”
(📸 R/Greenland via Reddit)
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Now spotted on buildings around Greenland.
“Yes NATO, No Pedo”
(📸 R/Greenland via Reddit)
“Yes NATO, No Pedo”
(📸 R/Greenland via Reddit)
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It's fascinating that after breaking the legal observers' car window, reaching in the car to unlock and open the door and unbuckle the driver's seat belt, they just gave up when they couldn't get them out of the car. Just walked away. Evil, lawless, and also lazy
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It's fascinating that after breaking the legal observers' car window, reaching in the car to unlock and open the door and unbuckle the driver's seat belt, they just gave up when they couldn't get them out of the car. Just walked away. Evil, lawless, and also lazy
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My posts this week
The new ICE Age (Prospect) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why Trump has not yet invoked Insurrection Act (NS)
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Why Hillsborough law families are right (Prospect)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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The new ICE Age (Prospect) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why Trump has not yet invoked Insurrection Act (NS)
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Why Hillsborough law families are right (Prospect)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:32 AM
My posts this week
The new ICE Age (Prospect) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why Trump has not yet invoked Insurrection Act (NS)
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Why Hillsborough law families are right (Prospect)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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The new ICE Age (Prospect) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why Trump has not yet invoked Insurrection Act (NS)
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Why Hillsborough law families are right (Prospect)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Selling Europe out to Trump and attending Davos in the pay of an Iranian billionaire – who does Nigel Farage work for exactly? Is it the people of Clacton?
In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Selling Europe out to Trump and attending Davos in the pay of an Iranian billionaire – who does Nigel Farage work for exactly? Is it the people of Clacton?
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
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@bjennings90.bsky.social is on fire - again. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
@bjennings90.bsky.social is on fire - again. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
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January 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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did the embalmer run out of make-up after the face
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
did the embalmer run out of make-up after the face
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Filed my tax return last week.
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Filed my tax return last week.
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
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Magnifique, with tip of the hat to @aselliaas.bsky.social for spotting this excellent trolling.
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Magnifique, with tip of the hat to @aselliaas.bsky.social for spotting this excellent trolling.