John Quinton-Barber
@johnqb.bsky.social
A ‘fluent human’ who can engage with anyone - from the pub to Parliament.
Hates injustice. Hates racism. Loves Leeds United.
Hates injustice. Hates racism. Loves Leeds United.
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Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
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🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
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I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
I guess that ‘smashing the gangs’ hasn’t worked then?
Woeful and desperate stuff coming out of Government today.
Who is advising them? Who???
Woeful and desperate stuff coming out of Government today.
Who is advising them? Who???
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I guess that ‘smashing the gangs’ hasn’t worked then?
Woeful and desperate stuff coming out of Government today.
Who is advising them? Who???
Woeful and desperate stuff coming out of Government today.
Who is advising them? Who???
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
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Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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Three of the four panelists on GB News have the audacity to suggest that BBC News is not trustworthy
"It's a bit too bias"
"BBC News deserves all the criticism it gets"
"They're doing things that need scrutinising and they don't like it"
"It's a bit too bias"
"BBC News deserves all the criticism it gets"
"They're doing things that need scrutinising and they don't like it"
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Three of the four panelists on GB News have the audacity to suggest that BBC News is not trustworthy
"It's a bit too bias"
"BBC News deserves all the criticism it gets"
"They're doing things that need scrutinising and they don't like it"
"It's a bit too bias"
"BBC News deserves all the criticism it gets"
"They're doing things that need scrutinising and they don't like it"
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
The Reform leader’s speech was full of contradictions and damaging cuts. But if he makes it to No 10, Labour will be to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
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I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
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No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I’ve signed a huge petition to suspend the Reform Party’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now: 38d.gs/fodu
No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I've signed this petition to suspend Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now:
I just signed the campaign calling to immediately suspend MP Sarah Pochin for her racist comments.
38d.gs
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I’ve signed a huge petition to suspend the Reform Party’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now: 38d.gs/fodu
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin is now ‘apologising’ for her comments.
Someone tell her racism is still racism even if ‘phrased poorly’.
This is a non-apology. Sounds very much like she’s still saying that citizens who are not white are less ‘British’ in her eyes.
Reform letting its mask slip further.
Someone tell her racism is still racism even if ‘phrased poorly’.
This is a non-apology. Sounds very much like she’s still saying that citizens who are not white are less ‘British’ in her eyes.
Reform letting its mask slip further.
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin is now ‘apologising’ for her comments.
Someone tell her racism is still racism even if ‘phrased poorly’.
This is a non-apology. Sounds very much like she’s still saying that citizens who are not white are less ‘British’ in her eyes.
Reform letting its mask slip further.
Someone tell her racism is still racism even if ‘phrased poorly’.
This is a non-apology. Sounds very much like she’s still saying that citizens who are not white are less ‘British’ in her eyes.
Reform letting its mask slip further.
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Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?