Pete Sinclair

Pete Sinclair

@petesinclair.bsky.social

Writer: Have I Got News For You; Mark Steel's In Town; Lead Balloon; Bad Move; Spitting Image; Never Mind The Buzzcocks; What The F*** Is Going On? podcast. Political views are my own (or yours)

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Using Israel as an argument against proportional representation is misleading. Its electoral system is unusual, with no local constituencies or vote for individual candidates. PR isn’t one system. We can have fairer elections and strong local representation. @electoralreform.bsky.social 👇

electoral-reform.org.ukThe Israeli Electoral System Is Not Representative Of Proportional RepresentationOn 27 October 2026, Israelis will go to the polls to elect the 120 members of their parliament, the Knesset.Like the majority of countries, Israel uses a system of proportional represen

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I’d say his greatest political trick was destroying most of the Gaza Strip while the world’s most stridently malicious liberals relentlessly screamed abuse at anyone who objected to it

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The working class are the wealth creators, by making things and providing services. The people who own businesses make profit. That's not wealth creation. Banks and government create money not businesses. Giving them tax breaks etc just funnels that money out of the economy.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Chancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics live

theguardian.comChancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics liveJohn Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businesses Good morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenting to MPs. But the big picture message is very clear – and quite surprising, coming from a chancellor serving a PM who in some respects is steering left compared to his predecessor. Healey says that he wants to be on the side of bloody-minded entrepreneurs who make a profit, he acknowledges that government has made their life harder over the past two years, and he suggests that cutting the ‘cost of living’ for business is just as important as cutting the real cost of living for families. In the quote that gives the Times its splash headline, Healey says: I want to be a chancellor who backs business in Britain making a profit, and those entrepreneurs who, in the end, are the ones who challenge the status quo, come up with innovative ideas and are trying, some of them through sheer bloody-mindedness, to keep going through these sorts of pressures … If you’re not making a profit, you’ve got nothing to put back into the business. And for the people who start up these businesses, the ones who really thrive and grow, they have to make a profit — and they will be much more inclined to put it back into their own business. But we want it to grow here and stay here. If you talk to any of the businesses that have come in and have either had one-to-ones or round tables with me, I have recognised that in recent times there’s been a lot of pressure: employment law, regulation, tax, input costs, supply chains. And so when I talk about the cost of business, and recognising that in the same way as we’re recognising the cost of living pressures, I’m conscious of that as I go into the budget for both businesses and households. [Healey] is expected to use the budget to make significant cuts to regulation on businesses that one senior Treasury source described as “the sludge choking firms”. Reporting requirements are likely to be abolished for many smaller enterprises, The Times understands. Continue reading...

Empty promises on climate change from Labour. When it comes to fossil fuels, he’s Andy Burn ‘em…

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

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If closing surely the least expensive radio channel the BBC has (run by a tiny number of people, broadcasting the work of mainly dead people), bothers you, then why not sign this petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Radio 4 ExtraRadio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy ...
Richard Herring@herring1967.bsky.social

Not sure how much money closing Radio 4 extra will save. I am happy to forgo my £22 a year from repeat fees if that helps.

Labour cynically waited until after the Holborn & St Pancras by-election before announcing this. If The Green Party had won there, the Government may well have been forced to reconsider this appalling decision. Don't be fooled by Andy Burnham's words - judge him by his actions. Vote Green!

Jackdaw is climate vandalism. Labour are putting Shell's profits before people and planet.

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📌 ICYMI — The Media ‘Manufactured’ Millionaire Exodus From UK, Campaigners Tell IPSO in Open Letter — BylineTimes Eleven campaign groups write to the official regulator demanding an investigation, saying eight newspapers misrepresented a discredited study in their reporting

bylinetimes.comThe Media ‘Manufactured’ Millionaire Exodus From UK, Campaigners Tell IPSO in Open LetterEleven campaign groups write to the official regulator demanding an investigation, saying eight newspapers misrepresented a discredited study in their reporting

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Trump’s approval rating has plunged to a record low of just 31%, according to a new Reuters poll. Looks like he could be in the 20s by the midterms. Democrats lead Republicans 47% to 35% among registered voters, up from a 7-point lead two weeks earlier.

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"Do you think Israel has a right to exist?" @zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on. No state has a right to exist. Did Rhodesia? Does the UK? And this was🎯"The status quo right now is a one state apartheid state where Palestinians do not have the same freedom as Israelis, & that's racist"

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“Andy Burnham is adopting the language of the Green Party. The question is, will they adopt our policies? All the evidence so far is Labour isn't going to do that.” Zack Polanski on changing rhetoric but not changing action from the new Prime Minister, on #BBCLauraK

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Excellent from Sheffield Green Party pointing out reservations working with Labour whilst their government arms a genocide. If Labour chooses to destabilise local councils because they want to play party politics - then they can own the consequences for the city. 👏🏼

Sheffield Green Party@sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

​Sheffield will not be dictated to by London. ​We stand firm. We stand united. We stand for justice, equality & human rights for ALL. 💚🇵🇸 ​Read Green Group Leader Cllr @angelaargenzio.bsky.social's open letter 👇 sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2026/10/16/s...

The Labour Government still refuses to condemn Israel’s actions as genocide. Perhaps the Green Party should refuse to work with Labour until they change their position…

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

No one who has seen and heard these accounts can ever unsee them. The absolute, inhumane, psychopathic barbarism of the people making these decisions beggars belief. #Gazagenocide www.theguardian.com/film/video/2...

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This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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My reflections this morning, some thoughts on how we build back better from here, and a message to members and constituents. 💚🙏

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Congratulations to Sagal. I wish her the very best in representing this amazing place. I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.

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This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them

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Wow. What a campaign. Thank you to the 1000+ volunteers today and everyone throughout the campaign. The Green Party got 10% last time. Whatever happens tonight - we made Labour work like they never have before. I'm so proud of you all. 💚🙏🏽

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Voting is open until 10pm in Holborn & St Pancras - and remember to take photo ID. Rent controls, water nationalisation, tackling the climate crisis - I'll be pushing on these issues from inside Parliament. Vote Green 💚

I’m on my way! If it wasn’t for Zack Polanski and the Green Party, Keir Starmer would still be Prime Minister. Let’s keep the pressure up on Andy Burnham… #VoteGreen

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social

Today is the day! Go and campaign for @zackpolanski.bsky.social if you can! Even if it's just for an hour! Go to 📍St Pancras Gardens NW1 1UL. Spread the word!

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Everyone: We should tax the banks. Banks: This would be a disaster! Also banks: We are all making so much money it wouldn't even materially affect us.

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If @zackpolanski.bsky.social wins in Holborn & St Pancras on Thursday, words won’t be enough for Burnham. He’ll have to take ACTION on workers’ rights, ecology, and stand up to landlords, the Israeli government & the oil & gas lobby. If I can travel from Shetland to join the campaign, so can you!

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Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"

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Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukZack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent risesIn his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.

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Here's a link to a list of all the talks that I do, together with a list of all my current bookings. My fee will be going up next year but all existing bookings and any new bookings agreed by the end of 2026 will be at the current rate. @federationfhs.bsky.social lifelinesresearch.co.uk/talks/

lifelinesresearch.co.ukTalksI am an experienced speaker with a large repertoire of talks, covering a variety of family history-based topics. I have spoken at RootsTech, The Genealogy Show, Who Do You Think You Are Live? and o…

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I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.

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Repealing Margaret Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies is wonderful But it means absolutely nothing if he does not then bring water into public ownership Our response to Andy Burnham's #LabourConference speech

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Andy Burnham is expected to mention electoral reform in his speech today. As we wait to hear what he says, let’s be clear: this moment wouldn’t be happening without the grassroots movement that has spent years making the case for change. Thank you for being part of it.

Good to see that the Green Party has made Hope normal again. Every word of Andy Burnham’s speech is a direct result of the Greens winning votes from Labour. Vote Green in Holborn and St Pancras to keep the pressure up!

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Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.

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HUUUUUGE turnout for canvassing and leafleting for Zack Polanski in Holborn & St Pancras today, very positive reception on the doorsteps too. Lots of people very disillusioned with Labour.

I have watched and loved the 7 Up series all my adult life. What an astonishing piece of television it's been. I feel as if I've grown up with these people. It's been really emotional watching the last two instalments. Hats off to the late Michael Apted and to everyone else involved. #70up

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The Left absolutely smoked the AfD in Berlin my goodness 😭😭 my heart!

BERLIN | 18 Uhr Prognose Abgeordnetenhauswahl Forschungsgruppe Wahlen/ZDF LINKE: 26,0% (+13,8) CDU: 20,0% (-8,2) GRÜNE: 15,5% (-2,9) AfD: 13,5% (+4,4) SPD: 12,0% (-6,4) BSW: 5,0% (NEU) Sonstige: 8,0% (-5,6) Änderungen zum Wahlergebnis von 2023 #aghw #ltwbe