Jon Loveridge
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Optimistic but pragmatic. Data & Analytics enjoyer. Derby County and Bromsgrove Sporting supporter
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It's not great for trust in politics that two MPs who've been slagging each other off all year can just turn round & say "obviously I didn't mean it".
It feeds the perception (mostly false) that all politicians are liars & politics just a game.
And the party that feasts on that is of course Reform
It feeds the perception (mostly false) that all politicians are liars & politics just a game.
And the party that feasts on that is of course Reform
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It's not great for trust in politics that two MPs who've been slagging each other off all year can just turn round & say "obviously I didn't mean it".
It feeds the perception (mostly false) that all politicians are liars & politics just a game.
And the party that feasts on that is of course Reform
It feeds the perception (mostly false) that all politicians are liars & politics just a game.
And the party that feasts on that is of course Reform
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It’s easy to just let this sort of thing wash over you in these times, but this really is quite mad. What has happened to that country that THIS is what the Press Secretary thinks she should be doing
LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
January 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It’s easy to just let this sort of thing wash over you in these times, but this really is quite mad. What has happened to that country that THIS is what the Press Secretary thinks she should be doing
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Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If you look through everything Jenrick and Farage are saying - about the Conservative Party, about today’s announcement, about each other, it’s all lies. Almost everything they’re saying is untrue or is at least deeply hypocritical
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
If you look through everything Jenrick and Farage are saying - about the Conservative Party, about today’s announcement, about each other, it’s all lies. Almost everything they’re saying is untrue or is at least deeply hypocritical
AT LAST!!
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
AT LAST!!
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
Reform? They’ve rebadged it you fool
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reform? They’ve rebadged it you fool
Jenrick is such a c***. He’ll be right at home with Reform and Farage
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Jenrick is such a c***. He’ll be right at home with Reform and Farage
Why lie about Jenrick’s defection when a) he was evidently going to defect and b) you are in the middle of announcing he defection. Bizarre
BREAKING: Nigel Farage confirms that Robert Jenrick has defected from Tories to Reform UK - the most high profile defection yet.
He says Jenrick wasn't planning to join Reform UK any time soon and "might not have joined at all... you never know until the deal is signed".
He says Jenrick wasn't planning to join Reform UK any time soon and "might not have joined at all... you never know until the deal is signed".
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Why lie about Jenrick’s defection when a) he was evidently going to defect and b) you are in the middle of announcing he defection. Bizarre
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Keep watching - Trump and his circle almost have their precious goal: invoking the Insurrection Act.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Keep watching - Trump and his circle almost have their precious goal: invoking the Insurrection Act.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
If you want to understand what Jenrick actually cares about, well, it’s nothing beyond himself. He’d have been happy to be leader of the Conservatives or failing that he’ll join Reform. He’s got no loyalty & no principles. People should think seriously before putting their trust in people like this
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
If you want to understand what Jenrick actually cares about, well, it’s nothing beyond himself. He’d have been happy to be leader of the Conservatives or failing that he’ll join Reform. He’s got no loyalty & no principles. People should think seriously before putting their trust in people like this
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Keir Starmer says it shows Kemi Badenoch's weakness that she only sacks Robert Jenrick when he's about to defect to Reform
"Jenrick has been making toxic comments to try to divide our country for months and months and months"
Very good point.
"Jenrick has been making toxic comments to try to divide our country for months and months and months"
Very good point.
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Keir Starmer says it shows Kemi Badenoch's weakness that she only sacks Robert Jenrick when he's about to defect to Reform
"Jenrick has been making toxic comments to try to divide our country for months and months and months"
Very good point.
"Jenrick has been making toxic comments to try to divide our country for months and months and months"
Very good point.
Nothing says “we are the party of change & reform” like picking up the dregs from the party you aim to replace. Again, I’m sure people smarter than me can explain the benefit of the Reform strategy of hoovering up the worst of ex-Tory supporters, MPs, voters and commentators, but I can’t see it
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Nothing says “we are the party of change & reform” like picking up the dregs from the party you aim to replace. Again, I’m sure people smarter than me can explain the benefit of the Reform strategy of hoovering up the worst of ex-Tory supporters, MPs, voters and commentators, but I can’t see it
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The absence of any public pushback from the Republican Party on a situation as insane as Trump is rapidly reaching on Greenland is itself a huge sign of how far gone the US already is.
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The absence of any public pushback from the Republican Party on a situation as insane as Trump is rapidly reaching on Greenland is itself a huge sign of how far gone the US already is.
Trump and MAGAs words and actions are always quite over stimulating, there is just so much to process and keep up with. Clips like this that really distill down the absurdity and dishonesty are incredibly useful. People should rightly be worried and appalled in equal measure
Jon Stewart on the disconnect between Trump excusing J6 protesters and MAGA condemning Renee Good
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Trump and MAGAs words and actions are always quite over stimulating, there is just so much to process and keep up with. Clips like this that really distill down the absurdity and dishonesty are incredibly useful. People should rightly be worried and appalled in equal measure
Performatively supporting protestors abroad whilst performatively criticising protestors domestically
Trump: "Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING- TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. MIGA!!! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Performatively supporting protestors abroad whilst performatively criticising protestors domestically
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Three thoughts:
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Three thoughts:
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
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It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here
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They are called Reform FFS.
And all they are are the reheated slop and detritus from the worst governments we’ve ever had.
The backwash of a diminished and incompetent Tory party.
Farage doesn’t care. And he assumes his supporters are so thick they won’t either.
And all they are are the reheated slop and detritus from the worst governments we’ve ever had.
The backwash of a diminished and incompetent Tory party.
Farage doesn’t care. And he assumes his supporters are so thick they won’t either.
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
They are called Reform FFS.
And all they are are the reheated slop and detritus from the worst governments we’ve ever had.
The backwash of a diminished and incompetent Tory party.
Farage doesn’t care. And he assumes his supporters are so thick they won’t either.
And all they are are the reheated slop and detritus from the worst governments we’ve ever had.
The backwash of a diminished and incompetent Tory party.
Farage doesn’t care. And he assumes his supporters are so thick they won’t either.
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❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
Man who was elected as a Conservative MP 2010 to 2024 and was at the absolute heart of the expenses scandal, Brexit, Boris Johnson’s government and the chaotic vandalism of the last few years of Conservative government, I suppose, will now lecture us all about how terrible that all was
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Man who was elected as a Conservative MP 2010 to 2024 and was at the absolute heart of the expenses scandal, Brexit, Boris Johnson’s government and the chaotic vandalism of the last few years of Conservative government, I suppose, will now lecture us all about how terrible that all was
Add to this….we KNOW X Is generating content that is sexualising children and women without their consent. We can all see it. The people outside migrant hotels are simply guessing there might be someone who is potentially a sexual criminal inside. Strange & dumb times indeed
The people getting most upset about the prospect of a Twitter (a company whose AI platform creates sexual images of women without their consent) ban seem to be very similar to the people protesting outside migrant hotels to protect women and children. We truly live in the dumbest timeline.
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Add to this….we KNOW X Is generating content that is sexualising children and women without their consent. We can all see it. The people outside migrant hotels are simply guessing there might be someone who is potentially a sexual criminal inside. Strange & dumb times indeed
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."