Hepzibah Houghton
@thatsokthen.bsky.social
Send history, art and book recommendations please. Left wing working class female in a public sector profession. Glad to be here ☺️. Hope lies eternal. Nice to meet 🫵🏻
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
Labour must learn from Caerphilly and reconnect with its mainstream - or devastating losses like this one will become the norm. I’m backing @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party: labourmainstream.nationbuilder.com/join
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For everyone who knows that to transform the country and win again in 2029, Labour must offer the country not just a programme, but a vision of ...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Labour must learn from Caerphilly and reconnect with its mainstream - or devastating losses like this one will become the norm. I’m backing @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party: labourmainstream.nationbuilder.com/join
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Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
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September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Virginia Giuffre's family call for Duchess of York to be stripped of royal title
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9Tb_qbrk4
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Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.
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“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
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The Swingometer is back up and running today after an extended book writing hiatus. I've taken a long look at Reform's May local elections performance, how FPP is now Farage's friend, and why it may get even better for Reform (& worse for Lab & Con) next May:
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
September 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The Swingometer is back up and running today after an extended book writing hiatus. I've taken a long look at Reform's May local elections performance, how FPP is now Farage's friend, and why it may get even better for Reform (& worse for Lab & Con) next May:
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
Labour must choose differently on child poverty
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee t...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
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Some people say criticism is dead. I say show them this.
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Some people say criticism is dead. I say show them this.
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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"Do you like Tolstoy?"
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
July 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Do you like Tolstoy?"
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
"Of course. Who doesn't?"
"What's your favourite book?"
"The one where Woody is kidnapped & Buzz tries to save him".
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The vote share needed to win a majority in Parliament is getting lower and lower.
Whether it's Labour, the Tories or Reform: full control of our laws, our public services and foreign policy should never be in the hands of someone most people don't support.
We need #PRnow.
Whether it's Labour, the Tories or Reform: full control of our laws, our public services and foreign policy should never be in the hands of someone most people don't support.
We need #PRnow.
July 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The vote share needed to win a majority in Parliament is getting lower and lower.
Whether it's Labour, the Tories or Reform: full control of our laws, our public services and foreign policy should never be in the hands of someone most people don't support.
We need #PRnow.
Whether it's Labour, the Tories or Reform: full control of our laws, our public services and foreign policy should never be in the hands of someone most people don't support.
We need #PRnow.
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The perfect peaceful protest photo doesn't exis....
June 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The perfect peaceful protest photo doesn't exis....
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Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
June 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Best season closer since The Red Wedding.
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Best season closer since The Red Wedding.
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"What we are calling for is a modest, first step towards addressing what everyone can see is an indefensibly broken voting system. We believe the government needs to set up a National Commission for Electoral Reform"
✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social
✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social
Why Westminster’s biggest parliamentary group is calling for a commission on electoral reform
Last week’s elections were a wake-up call for more reasons than one.
www.politicshome.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"What we are calling for is a modest, first step towards addressing what everyone can see is an indefensibly broken voting system. We believe the government needs to set up a National Commission for Electoral Reform"
✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social
✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social
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Ivan Dabbs, new Reform UK councillor. Didn’t show up to the count and no one seems to know who he is.
Mystery.
There was a photo of each winner on the West Northamptonshire council Twitter account, apart from his.
Mystery.
There was a photo of each winner on the West Northamptonshire council Twitter account, apart from his.
May 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ivan Dabbs, new Reform UK councillor. Didn’t show up to the count and no one seems to know who he is.
Mystery.
There was a photo of each winner on the West Northamptonshire council Twitter account, apart from his.
Mystery.
There was a photo of each winner on the West Northamptonshire council Twitter account, apart from his.
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I guess that will be repeated everywhere..
May 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I guess that will be repeated everywhere..
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@vicderbyshire.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
May 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire