Tom Innes
@tomosinnes.bsky.social
Politics and International Relations student
"In time, Charlie Kirk's legacy will not be the many thousands he radicalised, nor the hate he spread, it will be the machinery of the state that was mobilised against his political opponents in death"
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Turning Point
Charlie Kirk's leaves a contentious legacy, but the consequences of his death could be profound
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September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"In time, Charlie Kirk's legacy will not be the many thousands he radicalised, nor the hate he spread, it will be the machinery of the state that was mobilised against his political opponents in death"
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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"The Tory Party is dead" says Nadine Dorries, as she defects to Reform
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"The Tory Party is dead" says Nadine Dorries, as she defects to Reform
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Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
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"There is not a free speech crisis in the UK. Keir Starmer has not shut down GB News," Ruskin says. Farage seems "most at home with the autocrats and dictators of this world", he adds. If he's serious about the Online Safety Act, he should be in parliament, he says, not here.
September 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"There is not a free speech crisis in the UK. Keir Starmer has not shut down GB News," Ruskin says. Farage seems "most at home with the autocrats and dictators of this world", he adds. If he's serious about the Online Safety Act, he should be in parliament, he says, not here.
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Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
This is what true patriotism looks like. Labour have long now ceded the narrative on what it means to proud of ones home to the opportunists of the right, I'm chuffed to see Khan try and take it back
🔴 "These People Can't Stand What London Represents… It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview"
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city's apparent decline
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city's apparent decline
‘These People Can’t Stand What London Represents… It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview’
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city’s apparent decline
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August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is what true patriotism looks like. Labour have long now ceded the narrative on what it means to proud of ones home to the opportunists of the right, I'm chuffed to see Khan try and take it back
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The website tracking the Trump administration's authoritarian-like actions is here:
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
and a post explaining the website is here
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www.trumpactiontracker.info?
and a post explaining the website is here
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July 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The website tracking the Trump administration's authoritarian-like actions is here:
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
and a post explaining the website is here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/introducin...
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
and a post explaining the website is here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/introducin...
Labour have developed the unfortunate habit of running the exact type of government they claim to be against. Is Starmer actually fighting Farage, or is he just keeping his seat warm?
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Starmer is rolling the pitch for Britain's authoritarian future
Inadvertently or not, Labours recent policy decisions have emboldened a potential Farage premiership to act with total disregard for our basic freedoms.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Labour have developed the unfortunate habit of running the exact type of government they claim to be against. Is Starmer actually fighting Farage, or is he just keeping his seat warm?
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The new Superman film is the first time that America has been forced to stare at itself in the cultural mirror since the election iandunt.substack.com/p/immigrant-...
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The new Superman film is the first time that America has been forced to stare at itself in the cultural mirror since the election iandunt.substack.com/p/immigrant-...
Joining the caucus of 'Starmer Year One' commentary. A look at why the fiscal rules are as fissiparous as they are boring...
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Things can only get better, right?
Starmer's crisis this week does not have to be a prognosis for his next four years
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July 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Joining the caucus of 'Starmer Year One' commentary. A look at why the fiscal rules are as fissiparous as they are boring...
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Back on The Stack! Why the Tories self destruct bodes ill for everybody else as well as the party...
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We Need the Conservatives
What happened to the Tories and why we need them to be better
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June 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Back on The Stack! Why the Tories self destruct bodes ill for everybody else as well as the party...
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I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
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Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
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The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
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May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The way this verdict has been misinterpreted sheds a harsh light on how broken our legislature is. Without once being debated in our elected chamber, the laws protecting trans people have all but vanished. The government constantly leaning on the supreme court over the issue shows shocking cowardice
This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
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May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The way this verdict has been misinterpreted sheds a harsh light on how broken our legislature is. Without once being debated in our elected chamber, the laws protecting trans people have all but vanished. The government constantly leaning on the supreme court over the issue shows shocking cowardice
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May 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"Well, we’ve got a really constructive deal on defence cooperation and a handful of tweaks on the agreement Johnson scraped through in 2020."
Today certainly isn't what Farage would have you believe, but it's not really what Starmer says either. On Substack now...
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Today certainly isn't what Farage would have you believe, but it's not really what Starmer says either. On Substack now...
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Are There Really Plenty of Fish in the Sea?
A closer look at what the new UK-EU deal actually means, and what it doesn't...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Well, we’ve got a really constructive deal on defence cooperation and a handful of tweaks on the agreement Johnson scraped through in 2020."
Today certainly isn't what Farage would have you believe, but it's not really what Starmer says either. On Substack now...
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Today certainly isn't what Farage would have you believe, but it's not really what Starmer says either. On Substack now...
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So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
May 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
"Brexit was primarily an attempt to rescue votes from Farage and ultimately placate him. Did it work? Did it fuck."
Starmer is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the Tories unless he changes course. My reflections on his strategy after Reform UK took KCC
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Starmer is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the Tories unless he changes course. My reflections on his strategy after Reform UK took KCC
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Farage is beatable, but not like this...
A reflection on Labour's strategy after my home town fell to Reform
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May 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Brexit was primarily an attempt to rescue votes from Farage and ultimately placate him. Did it work? Did it fuck."
Starmer is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the Tories unless he changes course. My reflections on his strategy after Reform UK took KCC
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Starmer is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the Tories unless he changes course. My reflections on his strategy after Reform UK took KCC
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Looking enviously across the Atlantic at Carney’s backbone this week, a lesson for all leaders…
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Rediscovering Liberty
Beating the far-right is possible, but only if we recognise what's at stake
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April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Looking enviously across the Atlantic at Carney’s backbone this week, a lesson for all leaders…
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I’ve tried to chronicle the latest from Reform HQ and quite how inconsequential it is
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Out of the Frying Pan: Part Two
A look at the forces squeezing Starmer at home while he battles abroad
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March 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’ve tried to chronicle the latest from Reform HQ and quite how inconsequential it is
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Part one of my deep-dive on why the forthcoming by-election means more to Labour than those that have come before…
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Out of the Frying Pan: Part One
A look at the forces squeezing Starmer while he battles abroad
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March 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Part one of my deep-dive on why the forthcoming by-election means more to Labour than those that have come before…
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To understand the events of this weekend is to understand the magnitude of the decisions that face us in the not so distant future. My latest Substack is out now
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For every action...
In the face of Trumps malign actions, we must answer with strength
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March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
To understand the events of this weekend is to understand the magnitude of the decisions that face us in the not so distant future. My latest Substack is out now
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Returned to Substack for my second (hopefully weekly) blog. The threat of trump denialism…
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If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
The greatest threat to European security is Trump denialism, we must learn to call a spade a spade
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February 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Returned to Substack for my second (hopefully weekly) blog. The threat of trump denialism…
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Have tried my hand at Substack. Finding the silver lining in the most terrifying cloud I have
ever seen…
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ever seen…
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Inbox | Substack
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February 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Have tried my hand at Substack. Finding the silver lining in the most terrifying cloud I have
ever seen…
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ever seen…
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