Hepzibah Houghton
@thatsokthen.bsky.social
Send history, art and book recommendations please. Left wing working class female in a public sector profession. Glad to be here ☺️. Hope lies eternal. Nice to meet 🫵🏻
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Steven Bartlett there, attempting to rehabilitate his tarnished public image by having some friendly banter with a man who begged a paedophile to let him visit his island.
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Steven Bartlett there, attempting to rehabilitate his tarnished public image by having some friendly banter with a man who begged a paedophile to let him visit his island.
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New Swingometer! With nominations now closed, and a few surprises in candidate selection, here's my first update on the Gorton & Denton by election. Also featuring a polling spat, dodgy bar charts, and Jason Momoa swingometer.substack.com/p/gorton-and...
Gorton and Denton Update 1
There's somethin' happenin' here, what it is ain't exactly clear
swingometer.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New Swingometer! With nominations now closed, and a few surprises in candidate selection, here's my first update on the Gorton & Denton by election. Also featuring a polling spat, dodgy bar charts, and Jason Momoa swingometer.substack.com/p/gorton-and...
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This is what oligarchy is about:
If you paid 1 penny in federal income taxes last year, you paid more than Tesla - a $1.3 trillion company owned by Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, who became $460 billion richer since Election Day after spending $290 million to elect Trump.
If you paid 1 penny in federal income taxes last year, you paid more than Tesla - a $1.3 trillion company owned by Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, who became $460 billion richer since Election Day after spending $290 million to elect Trump.
The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress "have allowed a hugely profitable corporation to avoid paying even a dime of federal income tax on their 2025 US profits."
On $5.7 Billion in Revenue in 2025, How Much Will Elon Musk's Tesla Pay in Federal Income Tax? $0
Elon Musk's Tesla raked in billions in profits, yet paid $0 in federal income tax in 2025. How is this fair? While hardworking Americans foot the bill, Tesla enjoys massive tax breaks. The system is broken, and it's time for change. #TaxFairness #TeslaTaxScandal #CorporateGreed
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January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This is what oligarchy is about:
If you paid 1 penny in federal income taxes last year, you paid more than Tesla - a $1.3 trillion company owned by Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, who became $460 billion richer since Election Day after spending $290 million to elect Trump.
If you paid 1 penny in federal income taxes last year, you paid more than Tesla - a $1.3 trillion company owned by Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, who became $460 billion richer since Election Day after spending $290 million to elect Trump.
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Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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One more plug for my Substack piece on the by-election everyone's talking about, which is taking place right down the road from me...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
One more plug for my Substack piece on the by-election everyone's talking about, which is taking place right down the road from me...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
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Why does the left always have to adopt a couple of stupid and unpopular ideas just to wreck their chances of implementing all their good and popular ideas
Polanski believes that he can potentially convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to give up his nuclear weapons. Here is why that is not only dangerously foolish, but disqualifying.
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/quick-reac...
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/quick-reac...
Quick reaction to Zack Polanski’s Putin naïveté
Polanski believes that he can potentially convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to give up his nuclear weapons. Here is why that is not only dangerously foolish, but disqualifying.
www.frenchdispatch.eu
January 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Why does the left always have to adopt a couple of stupid and unpopular ideas just to wreck their chances of implementing all their good and popular ideas
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Guys I think the ship's sailed on claiming you're embarrassed about what you've done here
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Guys I think the ship's sailed on claiming you're embarrassed about what you've done here
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Just saw it noted that 100% of the world’s Ozempic supply comes from Denmark, as does a somewhat smaller percentage of the world’s insulin. Almost as if it’s really quite a small world!
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Just saw it noted that 100% of the world’s Ozempic supply comes from Denmark, as does a somewhat smaller percentage of the world’s insulin. Almost as if it’s really quite a small world!
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
Labour must learn from Caerphilly and reconnect with its mainstream - or devastating losses like this one will become the norm. I’m backing @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party: labourmainstream.nationbuilder.com/join
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October 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Labour must learn from Caerphilly and reconnect with its mainstream - or devastating losses like this one will become the norm. I’m backing @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party: labourmainstream.nationbuilder.com/join
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Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
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September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
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Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.
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“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
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The Swingometer is back up and running today after an extended book writing hiatus. I've taken a long look at Reform's May local elections performance, how FPP is now Farage's friend, and why it may get even better for Reform (& worse for Lab & Con) next May:
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
September 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The Swingometer is back up and running today after an extended book writing hiatus. I've taken a long look at Reform's May local elections performance, how FPP is now Farage's friend, and why it may get even better for Reform (& worse for Lab & Con) next May:
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
Labour must choose differently on child poverty
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee t...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
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Some people say criticism is dead. I say show them this.
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Some people say criticism is dead. I say show them this.
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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"Do you like Tolstoy?"
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
July 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Do you like Tolstoy?"
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".