Jon Bigger
@drjonbigger.bsky.social
A-Level Government and Politics tutor. Anarchist. Podcaster. Doctor Who fan. Watch a lot of motorsport. Rock n Roll. Support Lincoln City.
Recovering from Long Covid - I think!
Recovering from Long Covid - I think!
I listened to Steve Reed on Radio 4 this morning defending the indefensible and then Starmer himself waxing his untenables all over the shop.
The only thing he should have been saying this morning is “I quit”.
The only thing he should have been saying this morning is “I quit”.
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I listened to Steve Reed on Radio 4 this morning defending the indefensible and then Starmer himself waxing his untenables all over the shop.
The only thing he should have been saying this morning is “I quit”.
The only thing he should have been saying this morning is “I quit”.
I can’t see Starmer being PM now. He can’t carry on.
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I can’t see Starmer being PM now. He can’t carry on.
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🚨 BONUS EDITION 🚨 The mystery of #BlueLabour – What is it, where did it come from… and is Maurice Glasman’s brainchild as powerful as it wants us to think?
🎙️ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social tide you over between seasons with this special edition
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🎙️ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social tide you over between seasons with this special edition
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February 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🚨 BONUS EDITION 🚨 The mystery of #BlueLabour – What is it, where did it come from… and is Maurice Glasman’s brainchild as powerful as it wants us to think?
🎙️ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social tide you over between seasons with this special edition
📳 Listen linktr.ee/originstoryp...
🎙️ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social tide you over between seasons with this special edition
📳 Listen linktr.ee/originstoryp...
My Fantasy Parliament team of MP’s came in 7th overallthis week. I’m pretty good at this. I have a league set up for A Level Government and Politics students and teachers. Contact me for details. @fantasyparliament.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
My Fantasy Parliament team of MP’s came in 7th overallthis week. I’m pretty good at this. I have a league set up for A Level Government and Politics students and teachers. Contact me for details. @fantasyparliament.bsky.social
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Much though I have enjoyed all of my many trips to the USA over forty or so years I have realised that I cannot go there any more until there is what we might call ‘regime change’ Like Iran they are killing their own citizens. Tragic
January 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Much though I have enjoyed all of my many trips to the USA over forty or so years I have realised that I cannot go there any more until there is what we might call ‘regime change’ Like Iran they are killing their own citizens. Tragic
I got a late 50th birthday present - a crocheted Weeping Angel. #DoctorWho
January 31, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I got a late 50th birthday present - a crocheted Weeping Angel. #DoctorWho
Lincoln City were superb tonight. A fantastic performance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Lincoln City were superb tonight. A fantastic performance.
I’ve spent the last few days in Croydon. I have a lot of affection for the town I lived in for 13 years. I’ve been taken aback by how much it’s changed. I’m quite sad about the neglect it’s received. I left as gentrification was being mooted. I’m not sure it’s worked out.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I’ve spent the last few days in Croydon. I have a lot of affection for the town I lived in for 13 years. I’ve been taken aback by how much it’s changed. I’m quite sad about the neglect it’s received. I left as gentrification was being mooted. I’m not sure it’s worked out.
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Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Boris Johnson’s purge of the One Nation Tories in 2019 continues to haunt the party.
The subsequent swing to a more hardline position and Reform-like policies looks inauthentic and unapologetic.
They lack the sort of talent to change this I feel.
The subsequent swing to a more hardline position and Reform-like policies looks inauthentic and unapologetic.
They lack the sort of talent to change this I feel.
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Boris Johnson’s purge of the One Nation Tories in 2019 continues to haunt the party.
The subsequent swing to a more hardline position and Reform-like policies looks inauthentic and unapologetic.
They lack the sort of talent to change this I feel.
The subsequent swing to a more hardline position and Reform-like policies looks inauthentic and unapologetic.
They lack the sort of talent to change this I feel.
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I was just writing about how the bad guys in Doctor Who often have buffoonish master plans only to read in the actual news that Trump intends to raise punitive taxes on Americans until Europe gives up & gives him Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I was just writing about how the bad guys in Doctor Who often have buffoonish master plans only to read in the actual news that Trump intends to raise punitive taxes on Americans until Europe gives up & gives him Greenland
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God, I am so sick of the word "franchise". It's a corporate term that should never be applied to creative works. It reduces them to units of product with no lasting value.
McDonalds is a franchise. Starbucks is a franchise.
Lord of the Rings, James Bond, Doctor Who etc are fictional series.
McDonalds is a franchise. Starbucks is a franchise.
Lord of the Rings, James Bond, Doctor Who etc are fictional series.
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
God, I am so sick of the word "franchise". It's a corporate term that should never be applied to creative works. It reduces them to units of product with no lasting value.
McDonalds is a franchise. Starbucks is a franchise.
Lord of the Rings, James Bond, Doctor Who etc are fictional series.
McDonalds is a franchise. Starbucks is a franchise.
Lord of the Rings, James Bond, Doctor Who etc are fictional series.
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A Reform staffer grabbed ITV News journalist Peter Smith when he asked questions its new Scottish leader didn’t appreciate.
You can watch the footage here:
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
You can watch the footage here:
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
www.itv.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
A Reform staffer grabbed ITV News journalist Peter Smith when he asked questions its new Scottish leader didn’t appreciate.
You can watch the footage here:
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
You can watch the footage here:
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
He’s not what you’d call a great speaker. Jenrick is explaining how terrible Britain is whilst simultaneously sucking the life out of the room he’s in.
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
He’s not what you’d call a great speaker. Jenrick is explaining how terrible Britain is whilst simultaneously sucking the life out of the room he’s in.
Years ago I used to simply dismiss Jenrick as a walking, talking Tory haircut.
I was wrong. He went to the barber and made demands.
I was wrong. He went to the barber and made demands.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Years ago I used to simply dismiss Jenrick as a walking, talking Tory haircut.
I was wrong. He went to the barber and made demands.
I was wrong. He went to the barber and made demands.
This Jenrick defection could lead to all sorts of different scenarios. I think today Labour will be extremely happy as they watch the Tories and Reform tearing shreds off each other. The days to come might be very different.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This Jenrick defection could lead to all sorts of different scenarios. I think today Labour will be extremely happy as they watch the Tories and Reform tearing shreds off each other. The days to come might be very different.
Badenoch: “The public are tired of political psycho drama”.
Thanks for setting in motion a whole new tranche of it!
Thanks for setting in motion a whole new tranche of it!
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Badenoch: “The public are tired of political psycho drama”.
Thanks for setting in motion a whole new tranche of it!
Thanks for setting in motion a whole new tranche of it!
Things I’ve done in 50 years:
Performed in a circus
Thrown out of a church by an ex president of Uganda
Stood for parliament
Got a doctorate
Worked in government
Had written work published
Been sacked
Helped organise strike action
Become a podcaster
Struggled with long covid
Rescued a pussycat
Performed in a circus
Thrown out of a church by an ex president of Uganda
Stood for parliament
Got a doctorate
Worked in government
Had written work published
Been sacked
Helped organise strike action
Become a podcaster
Struggled with long covid
Rescued a pussycat
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Things I’ve done in 50 years:
Performed in a circus
Thrown out of a church by an ex president of Uganda
Stood for parliament
Got a doctorate
Worked in government
Had written work published
Been sacked
Helped organise strike action
Become a podcaster
Struggled with long covid
Rescued a pussycat
Performed in a circus
Thrown out of a church by an ex president of Uganda
Stood for parliament
Got a doctorate
Worked in government
Had written work published
Been sacked
Helped organise strike action
Become a podcaster
Struggled with long covid
Rescued a pussycat
I’m 50 today. I decided not to work but the news about Jenrick is hard to avoid. What shenanigans. Great entertainment. He left his defection speech lying around? What?
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I’m 50 today. I decided not to work but the news about Jenrick is hard to avoid. What shenanigans. Great entertainment. He left his defection speech lying around? What?
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ℹ️ Lincoln City can confirm that Liquid Investments, Inc. is seeking to become the club’s controlling shareholder, with Ron Fowler assuming the position of chairman.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
ℹ️ Lincoln City can confirm that Liquid Investments, Inc. is seeking to become the club’s controlling shareholder, with Ron Fowler assuming the position of chairman.
➡️ theredimps.net/Chang...
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Every once in a while I'm reminded of how spell-bindingly beautiful the visuals were in the Jodie Whittaker run of #DoctorWho.
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Every once in a while I'm reminded of how spell-bindingly beautiful the visuals were in the Jodie Whittaker run of #DoctorWho.
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The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
Who would make the best PM?
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
My discussion with @jeevunsandher.bsky.social about what it’s like to be an MP.
It was really nice of him to give some time to this to provide A-Level Government and Politics students with a great insight.
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It was really nice of him to give some time to this to provide A-Level Government and Politics students with a great insight.
www.patreon.com/posts/whats-...
What's it like to be a Member of Parliament? I sat down with Dr Jeevun Sandher to discuss his experience so far. | Dr Jon Bigger Politics Tuition
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January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
My discussion with @jeevunsandher.bsky.social about what it’s like to be an MP.
It was really nice of him to give some time to this to provide A-Level Government and Politics students with a great insight.
www.patreon.com/posts/whats-...
It was really nice of him to give some time to this to provide A-Level Government and Politics students with a great insight.
www.patreon.com/posts/whats-...