Claire Jones
@claireaj.bsky.social
Politics writer for West England Bylines and co-ordinator for the democracy campaign group, Compass Oxfordshire.
Topics: democracy, electoral reform, far right ideologies, disinformation, Labour, etc. https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/author/clairejones/
Topics: democracy, electoral reform, far right ideologies, disinformation, Labour, etc. https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/author/clairejones/
Quick reminder about what Trump actually said in the past -
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Quick reminder about what Trump actually said in the past -
Excerpt from westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/ali...
August 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Excerpt from westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/ali...
Good that someone's on the ball. Precisely! Wake up America. Though it's not clear what you can do to stop him now - now that you've voted him in. Answers on a postcard?
August 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good that someone's on the ball. Precisely! Wake up America. Though it's not clear what you can do to stop him now - now that you've voted him in. Answers on a postcard?
What are the UKs red lines re fawning to Trump? Are there any?
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What are the UKs red lines re fawning to Trump? Are there any?
Our ability to teach the lesson below will depend on whether democracy can survive him. Honestly right now, no-one, including the world's experts on authoritarianism, really knows -
August 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our ability to teach the lesson below will depend on whether democracy can survive him. Honestly right now, no-one, including the world's experts on authoritarianism, really knows -
This is absolutely ridiculous - the abolute lowest point our wretched government has reached 😡😡
I suppose it made the proscription decision, like the fiscal tightness one, the 2 child cap, the winter fuel cuts + the disability benefits cuts all with the same knee-jerk 'look at us, we're so tough
I suppose it made the proscription decision, like the fiscal tightness one, the 2 child cap, the winter fuel cuts + the disability benefits cuts all with the same knee-jerk 'look at us, we're so tough
July 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is absolutely ridiculous - the abolute lowest point our wretched government has reached 😡😡
I suppose it made the proscription decision, like the fiscal tightness one, the 2 child cap, the winter fuel cuts + the disability benefits cuts all with the same knee-jerk 'look at us, we're so tough
I suppose it made the proscription decision, like the fiscal tightness one, the 2 child cap, the winter fuel cuts + the disability benefits cuts all with the same knee-jerk 'look at us, we're so tough
So, so sick of the US admin's purile determination to project their own evil onto the rest of the world -
It's not Palestinians experiencing genocide, its white South Africans. It's not the US that denies free speech, it's Europe. It's not the US that's an unsafe country to visit, its Switzerland.
It's not Palestinians experiencing genocide, its white South Africans. It's not the US that denies free speech, it's Europe. It's not the US that's an unsafe country to visit, its Switzerland.
May 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
So, so sick of the US admin's purile determination to project their own evil onto the rest of the world -
It's not Palestinians experiencing genocide, its white South Africans. It's not the US that denies free speech, it's Europe. It's not the US that's an unsafe country to visit, its Switzerland.
It's not Palestinians experiencing genocide, its white South Africans. It's not the US that denies free speech, it's Europe. It's not the US that's an unsafe country to visit, its Switzerland.
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Sorry, just have to keep going with the penguin memes. We all have to stay sane somehow -
April 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sorry, just have to keep going with the penguin memes. We all have to stay sane somehow -
Sorry, just can't help sharing the penguin memes -
April 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sorry, just can't help sharing the penguin memes -