Steve Bibbing
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Everything they do should be about what best sets up whichever fresh-faced MP becomes the leader in January 2029 to go 'I'm new! Inflation is down, interest rates are down, bin collections are weekly, GP appointments are up and the police catch criminals again!'
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everything they do should be about what best sets up whichever fresh-faced MP becomes the leader in January 2029 to go 'I'm new! Inflation is down, interest rates are down, bin collections are weekly, GP appointments are up and the police catch criminals again!'
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Making Graham Potter do a press conference on Friday to preview a game on Monday he was not going to take charge off because, in between, he was going to get the sack, is staggeringly shithouse behaviour by West Ham’s board.
September 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Making Graham Potter do a press conference on Friday to preview a game on Monday he was not going to take charge off because, in between, he was going to get the sack, is staggeringly shithouse behaviour by West Ham’s board.
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The media - no, we're not going to report on serious Lib Dem policies
The media - yes, we will report on fun stunts
The media, also - the Lib Dems need to show they've got serious policies
The media - yes, we will report on fun stunts
The media, also - the Lib Dems need to show they've got serious policies
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The media - no, we're not going to report on serious Lib Dem policies
The media - yes, we will report on fun stunts
The media, also - the Lib Dems need to show they've got serious policies
The media - yes, we will report on fun stunts
The media, also - the Lib Dems need to show they've got serious policies
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The best three defences in the Premier League so far this season according to 'xG'....... Liverpool have scored against and beaten all three - scoring 8 goals in the process.
Some start considering we haven't really played well in any of the games = promising
#LFC #FPL #FPLCommunity #YNWA
Some start considering we haven't really played well in any of the games = promising
#LFC #FPL #FPLCommunity #YNWA
September 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The best three defences in the Premier League so far this season according to 'xG'....... Liverpool have scored against and beaten all three - scoring 8 goals in the process.
Some start considering we haven't really played well in any of the games = promising
#LFC #FPL #FPLCommunity #YNWA
Some start considering we haven't really played well in any of the games = promising
#LFC #FPL #FPLCommunity #YNWA
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I think yesterday's Bruno Fernandes performance was the absolute quintessential Bruno game that he will struggle to top all year. In the *same game* he somehow managed to prove right both those who hate him, and those who love him as an FPL asset.
August 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I think yesterday's Bruno Fernandes performance was the absolute quintessential Bruno game that he will struggle to top all year. In the *same game* he somehow managed to prove right both those who hate him, and those who love him as an FPL asset.
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This doesn’t feel very free speech-y
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This doesn’t feel very free speech-y
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It’s a comparatively small thing, but the total lie about Roshanara Ali evicting her tenants so she could raise the rent on her property is now an accepted fact. If you do not fight back immediately, aggressively and loudly against the liars, this is what happens. Labour has four more years of it.
August 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It’s a comparatively small thing, but the total lie about Roshanara Ali evicting her tenants so she could raise the rent on her property is now an accepted fact. If you do not fight back immediately, aggressively and loudly against the liars, this is what happens. Labour has four more years of it.
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This is a huge achievement for the Labour government in its first year. Number of children accessing funded early education & childcare has increased by 33% in a year, reaching 1.7 million, an increase likely related to government initiatives aimed at expanding access to early education & childcare
July 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is a huge achievement for the Labour government in its first year. Number of children accessing funded early education & childcare has increased by 33% in a year, reaching 1.7 million, an increase likely related to government initiatives aimed at expanding access to early education & childcare
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The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday
July 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday
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Tedious to point this out, but:
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tedious to point this out, but:
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
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A reminder that an annual salary on minimum wage is now £25,396.80
💼 Job spotlight of the week:
Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict at the Imperial War Museum, London (FT, £31-34k, Permanent)
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Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict at the Imperial War Museum, London (FT, £31-34k, Permanent)
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Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict - IWM
Title: Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict . Location: IWM London. Application Deadline: 11/08/2025, 09:00
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July 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A reminder that an annual salary on minimum wage is now £25,396.80
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Yvette Cooper shreds Chris Philp,
"The shadow home secretary Chris Philp just wants to pretend that the last 8 years never happened"
"When he was an immigration minister, overall migration near trebled and small boat crossings increased ten fold"
"The shadow home secretary Chris Philp just wants to pretend that the last 8 years never happened"
"When he was an immigration minister, overall migration near trebled and small boat crossings increased ten fold"
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yvette Cooper shreds Chris Philp,
"The shadow home secretary Chris Philp just wants to pretend that the last 8 years never happened"
"When he was an immigration minister, overall migration near trebled and small boat crossings increased ten fold"
"The shadow home secretary Chris Philp just wants to pretend that the last 8 years never happened"
"When he was an immigration minister, overall migration near trebled and small boat crossings increased ten fold"
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‘Party given endless airtime and never held to account influencing politics,’ says member of the media who gives that party endless airtime and never holds them to account
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
‘Party given endless airtime and never held to account influencing politics,’ says member of the media who gives that party endless airtime and never holds them to account
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“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need."
Yes, it is right; and I am glad to hear a British Prime Minister say so.
Yes, it is right; and I am glad to hear a British Prime Minister say so.
“I know some people will still ask, why should we take anyone in?
“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need.
“We simply cannot solve a challenge like stopping the boats by acting alone and telling our allies that we won’t play ball."
“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need.
“We simply cannot solve a challenge like stopping the boats by acting alone and telling our allies that we won’t play ball."
July 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need."
Yes, it is right; and I am glad to hear a British Prime Minister say so.
Yes, it is right; and I am glad to hear a British Prime Minister say so.
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The kicker is, you made all those boxes they are hoarding.
July 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The kicker is, you made all those boxes they are hoarding.
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Will Sir Keir Starmer be the UK’s Joe Biden? Part 2
Continuing thoughts on whether we are sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/wil...
Continuing thoughts on whether we are sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/wil...
Will Sir Keir Starmer be the UK’s Joe Biden? Part 2
Continuing thoughts on whether we are sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government
westenglandbylines.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Will Sir Keir Starmer be the UK’s Joe Biden? Part 2
Continuing thoughts on whether we are sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/wil...
Continuing thoughts on whether we are sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/wil...
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This chart i think is fascinating for where the Govt goes next. Looking just at Labour defectors - e.g. those who voted Labour in 2024 and now say they'd vote elsewhere. The plurality (40%) think they've been more right-wing than expected, 30% the same and 19% more left wing
Those who backed the party in 2024 but no longer do are more likely to say Labour has been more right wing than they expected, whereas Reform voters are more likely to say they have been more left wing than expected.
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This chart i think is fascinating for where the Govt goes next. Looking just at Labour defectors - e.g. those who voted Labour in 2024 and now say they'd vote elsewhere. The plurality (40%) think they've been more right-wing than expected, 30% the same and 19% more left wing
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“When you want to say something rightwing but actually looking at who is eligible to claim benefits is too much like hard work” - this policy is the most Badenoch era policy we’ve yet seen.
This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*.
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
July 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“When you want to say something rightwing but actually looking at who is eligible to claim benefits is too much like hard work” - this policy is the most Badenoch era policy we’ve yet seen.
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What are the two biggest criticisms of politicians as a class you hear from the public?
1. You can’t trust them
2. They can’t/won’t do anything to help people like me
Labour (unintentionally) provided evidence that both of those arguments were correct within less than a month of taking power.
1. You can’t trust them
2. They can’t/won’t do anything to help people like me
Labour (unintentionally) provided evidence that both of those arguments were correct within less than a month of taking power.
July 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What are the two biggest criticisms of politicians as a class you hear from the public?
1. You can’t trust them
2. They can’t/won’t do anything to help people like me
Labour (unintentionally) provided evidence that both of those arguments were correct within less than a month of taking power.
1. You can’t trust them
2. They can’t/won’t do anything to help people like me
Labour (unintentionally) provided evidence that both of those arguments were correct within less than a month of taking power.
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Reform UK's Darren Grimes tells constituents he can't hold surgeries with them because he's been advised by the police not to do so for "security reasons".
The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
Reform's Darren Grimes Accused of Lying After Police Deny Telling Him Not to Hold Council Surgeries for 'Security' Reasons
EXCLUSIVE: Local police have rejected the Reform UK deputy council leader's claim that they advised him not to meet his constituents
bylinetimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reform UK's Darren Grimes tells constituents he can't hold surgeries with them because he's been advised by the police not to do so for "security reasons".
The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
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Remarkable commitment to misjudging every situtation
After a Treasury spokesperson says Rachel Reeves was upset at PMQs due to a personal matter, Kemi Badenoch's spokesman tells journalists that "something strange is going on" and insists the Chancellor immediately disclose what is happening in her personal life
July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Remarkable commitment to misjudging every situtation
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Absolutely right @andyburnham.bsky.social 👏
July 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Absolutely right @andyburnham.bsky.social 👏
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It seems pretty obvious to me that no broadcaster can control what people say on live TV.
June 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It seems pretty obvious to me that no broadcaster can control what people say on live TV.
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To offer my genuinely controversial opinion: Labour has pursued what could legitimately be described as an anti-business agenda that has stymied growth, but many of the individual elements are probably a good idea and fine. The net result has felt like stagnation.
This from Josh Glancy interview with Starmer is key, I said on Kunessberg this AM, Labour have done v.popular things - min wage, renters, gb energy, sewage but drowned out by winter fuel, NI, PIP and people struggle to understand guiding mission of the govt
www.thetimes.com/article/84ce...
www.thetimes.com/article/84ce...
June 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
To offer my genuinely controversial opinion: Labour has pursued what could legitimately be described as an anti-business agenda that has stymied growth, but many of the individual elements are probably a good idea and fine. The net result has felt like stagnation.
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everyone who denigrated the Great British Summer will in ten years long for the Great British Summer
can't believe I'm saying this, think it may be the first time these words will have (metaphorically) come out of my mouth since moving here, but: I reckon we could actually do with a few days of 22/23 degrees with a breeze, as a quick breather
June 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
everyone who denigrated the Great British Summer will in ten years long for the Great British Summer