A bit of this, a bit of that, but most of all, let’s keep things just that little bit kinder here. Left-leaning politics. London.https://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mm2rzeat5s2kTory MP Rebecca Smith moans on Times Radio that the last Conservative government wasn’t allowed to be Tory enough - pesky events and the Liberal Democrats got in the way, apparently.17 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2rzeat5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlzydzcexs24Lisa Nandy is an excellent media performer.17 May 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzydzcexs24https://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlxxnxmwbc2hHearts lost. Scottish football lost.16 May 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxxnxmwbc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlxxgyhtmk2hGutted for Hearts.16 May 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxxgyhtmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mltlawmzqc2hEmily Sheffield being vile on LBC.14 May 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlawmzqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlrao7js7s2gIn Scotland, VAR is known as “Var”. Hearts fans probably call it something else entirely.13 May 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrao7js7s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlr6ugfy6c2gNoooooooooo13 May 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr6ugfy6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mlohsnbmzs2uI’m unconvinced by research companies having well-known spokespeople. At what point does the person speak louder than the research? #c4news12 May 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlohsnbmzs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mldabn5hfk2dFarage is such a cunt.08 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldabn5hfk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3ml3objjops2vVery little of this interview has anything to do with local elections. #r4today05 May 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3objjops2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3ml3nv3drj22vKemi Badenoch: I was perfectly clear. What I said was not what you heard; what you heard was not what I meant; and what I meant is whatever I now say I meant. I am always right. Put another way: I am never wrong. #r4today05 May 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3nv3drj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3ml3m2mwook2cRegeneration in Sunderland seems to have gone better than in many post-industrial cities. EU money helped, and Labour locally appears to have delivered. Yet voters backed Brexit and may now reject Labour too. What exactly do they want instead, and why? #r4today05 May 2026 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3m2mwook2chttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mkro7lhay22aThe views of younger people were interesting but, considering how British they feel, they do seem, respectfully, rather naive about other minority groups. #r4today01 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkro7lhay22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mkrltyv3p22rAny other minority? Really? #r4today01 May 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrltyv3p22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mkmyjjv4r22nKemi Badenoch sounds like a nasty, petulant child who has run out of ideas. #PMQs29 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmyjjv4r22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mk3ewp3qvs2kBadenoch had a huge opportunity today. She’s wasted it. Once again, her frailties have been exposed. She’s trying to chase him on a technicality and failing. #PMQs22 Apr 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ewp3qvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mjyjrzph622vDoes anyone know who the people are sitting behind Robbins and who they represent?21 Apr 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyjrzph622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mjsavyautc2zWhy the farce on LBC? The legal guy is so rude to his callers. He tells them to be brief when he already has their question on his screen. I’m surprised anyone calls him at all.18 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsavyautc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mjops7oh7k2bAlys Denby couldn’t sound any more right-wing smug on Times Radio. Apparently there’s nothing she doesn’t know.17 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjops7oh7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mjoetjaht22tKemi Badenoch: I said that, but I meant this. When I said this, I meant that then. I was perfectly clear: I said that, but I meant this. No, it’s you who doesn’t understand. Listen, I’m always right. No, I didn’t mean that. Look, let me put it another way: I am never wrong. #r4today17 Apr 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoetjaht22thttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mivbvgjigk2gMelvin Benn needs to understand that second chances are earned — and in Kanye West’s case, not enough time has passed to justify one. #r4today07 Apr 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivbvgjigk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mivbkce3n22gWow, what is this guy saying? They informed Pepsi who approved Kayne West but overlooked the Jewish community. Pepsi have subsequently pulled out, but clearly they’re not going to be happy by this. This chap seems clumsy in so many ways: commercially and morally. #r4today07 Apr 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivbkce3n22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mitbhf6p3c26Why did it take so long for Diageo and Pepsi to cancel their sponsorship of the Wireless Festival?06 Apr 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitbhf6p3c26https://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3midi3e2h7s2tGary Davies first track this morning was A Girl Like You. #bbcradio231 Mar 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3midi3e2h7s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3micc2zw4mk2oKemi Badenoch on LBC appears to reveal that Liz Truss no longer lives in this country.30 Mar 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3micc2zw4mk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mi33xfrboc24Who is this Darren Grimes guy on #anyquestions ? Even by Reform UK standards he’s poor: out of his depth and very badly prepared.27 Mar 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi33xfrboc24https://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mhkkin7f6k2mWho is the presenter talking so fast? #r4today21 Mar 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkkin7f6k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/despol.bsky.social/post/3mhdil3faxs2vI thought Starmer was about to break into song: “Oops I did it again”. #PMQs18 Mar 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:foh7osojt7vfofe7msu7qqtj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdil3faxs2v