Antonia Bance MP
@antoniabance.bsky.social
Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Proudly repping British industry and the Black Country. Trade unionist, mama.
I wouldn’t make that video now - but we do have to ensure that people know we are taking action. What I have learned is that this sort of content is for response messages now - I don’t kick off immigration conversations on my FB any longer (though we nearly always end up there)
August 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I wouldn’t make that video now - but we do have to ensure that people know we are taking action. What I have learned is that this sort of content is for response messages now - I don’t kick off immigration conversations on my FB any longer (though we nearly always end up there)
I don’t see that at all. I think what we are doing is standing up for the norm
August 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I don’t see that at all. I think what we are doing is standing up for the norm
For obvious reasons some of the messages that do work - anti-Trump and anti-corporate interests - are *much harder* for the government to do than unions
August 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For obvious reasons some of the messages that do work - anti-Trump and anti-corporate interests - are *much harder* for the government to do than unions
Yes, I read that. Steve is a mate and a former colleague. Hope not Hate found similar.
August 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yes, I read that. Steve is a mate and a former colleague. Hope not Hate found similar.
Thank you. (Though I don’t represent a “mainstream rightwing” party - this is surely about the Tories in our context?)
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Thank you. (Though I don’t represent a “mainstream rightwing” party - this is surely about the Tories in our context?)
Thank you. And you’ll understand why I’m not doing more conversation tonight.
August 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you. And you’ll understand why I’m not doing more conversation tonight.
Had tipped over from disagreement to abuse (not you!) - life’s too short
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Had tipped over from disagreement to abuse (not you!) - life’s too short
Ignoring the issue doesn’t work either, though. I would rather us be in the conversation putting a Labour view rather than us being silent and leaving the field free for Jenrick and Farage and worse
August 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ignoring the issue doesn’t work either, though. I would rather us be in the conversation putting a Labour view rather than us being silent and leaving the field free for Jenrick and Farage and worse
That is what we are doing, though. Hotel use is down cos we are processing applications again. You do have to talk about this though, cos otherwise people don’t know
August 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That is what we are doing, though. Hotel use is down cos we are processing applications again. You do have to talk about this though, cos otherwise people don’t know
You are welcome to disagree. But please recognise you are in the minority and if it’s not sorted Labour can’t get re-elected. We tried in 2019 whether Labour being reduced to a tiny rump of MPs in the safest seats delivered for the country or not: I don’t want to try it again.
August 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are welcome to disagree. But please recognise you are in the minority and if it’s not sorted Labour can’t get re-elected. We tried in 2019 whether Labour being reduced to a tiny rump of MPs in the safest seats delivered for the country or not: I don’t want to try it again.
Nonsense. An MP I know well opened his local Pride this weekend. A cabinet member was featured on the feed of their local pride the weekend before.
August 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Nonsense. An MP I know well opened his local Pride this weekend. A cabinet member was featured on the feed of their local pride the weekend before.
I represent the heart of the UK’s metal working industry. Generations were employed and proud of their work. Now we import welders rather than training them while the average wage in my ends is £120pw off the national average. I don’t want us importing workers. I want us training them.
August 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I represent the heart of the UK’s metal working industry. Generations were employed and proud of their work. Now we import welders rather than training them while the average wage in my ends is £120pw off the national average. I don’t want us importing workers. I want us training them.
Wow. I am astonished you have taken that from our conversation. No, it’s worse than that: I believe in what our government is doing.
August 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wow. I am astonished you have taken that from our conversation. No, it’s worse than that: I believe in what our government is doing.
You aren’t worse off under this government - we haven’t changed any benefits rules that apply to you, inflation is lower and interest rates have been cut repeatedly, food prices are lower. I am sure things are tight, but I am not owning that.
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You aren’t worse off under this government - we haven’t changed any benefits rules that apply to you, inflation is lower and interest rates have been cut repeatedly, food prices are lower. I am sure things are tight, but I am not owning that.
Bollocks. I see MPs pictured at Pride every weekend. Ordinary LGBT people know who has fought for our rights over decades, even if activists have totally lost perspective on this.
August 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Bollocks. I see MPs pictured at Pride every weekend. Ordinary LGBT people know who has fought for our rights over decades, even if activists have totally lost perspective on this.
Many of the MPs that we need to have a Labour government need the immigration chaos sorted in order to get any hearing for anything else at the next election. It is both right and electorally helpful - I get that some people don’t see the first but sure people see the necessity of the second?!
August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Many of the MPs that we need to have a Labour government need the immigration chaos sorted in order to get any hearing for anything else at the next election. It is both right and electorally helpful - I get that some people don’t see the first but sure people see the necessity of the second?!
No, I don’t ask that. How does portraying asylum seekers as economic migrants (which is what most people think they really are) helpful
August 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
No, I don’t ask that. How does portraying asylum seekers as economic migrants (which is what most people think they really are) helpful
I’m afraid this is just a mad diversion. Of course companies should pay their tax, but in what world is switching conversation from something people care hugely about to something they are indifferent to and which will undermine our credibility helpful?
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m afraid this is just a mad diversion. Of course companies should pay their tax, but in what world is switching conversation from something people care hugely about to something they are indifferent to and which will undermine our credibility helpful?
I use the word “basic” a lot. But myth busting doesn’t work, so no, I am not going to waste my time correcting misconceptions and arguing with my constituents
August 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I use the word “basic” a lot. But myth busting doesn’t work, so no, I am not going to waste my time correcting misconceptions and arguing with my constituents
You surely have encountered the varying notions of fairness before? Most people do not understand fairness in terms of need but in terms of reciprocity
August 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You surely have encountered the varying notions of fairness before? Most people do not understand fairness in terms of need but in terms of reciprocity
That’s not the issue…
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
That’s not the issue…
I don’t accept that at all. We hold an utterly mainstream position (one that many many voters think is far too liberal), and I think people who don’t recognise that don’t spend enough time talking to people out in the country.
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I don’t accept that at all. We hold an utterly mainstream position (one that many many voters think is far too liberal), and I think people who don’t recognise that don’t spend enough time talking to people out in the country.