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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 08, 2026

Shame on you, England. #Elections2026

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 07, 2026

There's no ddraig goch on the bloody butcher's apron. #Cymru #Elections2026 #Senedd https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-leader-refuses-to-say-if-union-jack-would-fly-under-his-leadership/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 07, 2026

Grauniad editorial. "The first-past-the-post model used to elect local authorities in England is ill-suited to multiparty politics. It was already flawed in the era when political competition was defined by the rivalry between Labour and the Conservatives. Smaller parties were locked out. Too many voters felt their ballots counted for nothing in safe seats. But there is an additional perversity when four or five parties have poll ratings somewhere between the high teens and high twenties. The threshold for victory drops. The winning candidate might have been opposed by a clear majority. The average winner’s vote share in last year’s local elections was 40.7% – the lowest on record. About 75 candidates were elected on vote shares lower than 30%." #Elections2026 #UK_Politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-britains-multiparty-politics-the-westminster-voting-system-needs-to-catch-up

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116520032707782074 i co-wrote, with other feminist bloggers, a letter to the US Congress asking them to reject Samuel Alito for #SCOTUS. the lawyers in the group had a long list of cases but there was one case that stood out. we all agreed it was THE red flag about his extremism: HIS CRUELTY TOWARDS A BLACK TEENAGE GIRL in a decision that allowed prosecutors to treat her as an adult instead of a child. that case felt like a foreshadow of this #MAGA coup & #civilWar #USpol #racism #fascism #elections2026

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social

But Sam Alito just cannot handle a dissent from Brown that explains that he and the other Roberts Court judges who went along with him are nakedly using their privilege and authority to advantage the Republican Fascist Party and its white supremacist agenda. 7/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 05, 2026

"It was quite an eye-opener peering into the misinformation that surrounds these bubbles, with Reformers fuming over a Sikh kebab owner arrested for refusing to sell Halal meat (he wasn’t), championing the Japanese government for banning Islam (they didn’t), and seething over bizarre AI-generated images of a taxpayer-funded water park in Croydon (there isn’t one)." #ReformUK #UK_politics #Elections2026 https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/i-set-up-a-fake-far-right-news-channel-to-interview-reform-uk-candidates-and-this-is-what-they-told-me/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 05, 2026

#AI providing 'inaccurate' information? Surely not! It's supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. #Elections2026 #Senedd #Cymru https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jvyyldypyo

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 03, 2026

JCB backs the Farage 🐸 Fascist Fan Club. #Elections2026 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/reform-uk-funding-promoting-jcb-machine-farage-jenrick-anderson

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Big Blu Gnu

@Big_Blue_Gnu@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Will 2026 finally be the year of third parties in the United States, the year when voters are fed up with our political duopoly? https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-economy-was-shaky-before-the-iran-war-now-its-in-real-trouble #elections #democracy #duopoly #elections2026 #DemocraticParty #GOP #midtermElections #politicalParties #USElections #USPolitics

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 28, 2026

How to tell everyone you're stupid. "A Reform UK Senedd election candidate has been mocked after blasting Wales’ 20mph “blanket” speed limit while filming a campaign video on a road with a 50mph limit. Catherine Cullen – Reform’s second place candidate in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni – disabled commenting on the video she posted to Facebook on Sunday (April 26) after facing ridicule from social media users." #Senedd #Elections2026 #ReformUK https://nation.cymru/news/reform-senedd-candidate-mocked-for-blasting-20mph-speed-limit-while-standing-on-a-50mph-road/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 24, 2026

Not a good night for (at least) one candidate at #Senedd hustings in #Talgarth, #Powys. "Audience members laughed when the Senedd hopeful said she wanted Wales’ parliament abolished, and later booed as she made a series of contentious claims, including suggesting that women in Wales were resorting to backstreet abortions and that three-year-olds were being taught to masturbate in schools." #Elections2026 https://nation.cymru/news/reform-uk-senedd-candidate-booed-and-branded-fascist-in-fiery-hustings-clash/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 23, 2026

No doubt #ReformUK's 'patriotic' history lessons will teach that the British Empire was a glorious force for good in the world rather than the centuries-long series of crimes against humanity it actually was. #UK_Politics #Elections2026 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reform-uk-union-flag-school-policies-b2963196.html

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 22, 2026

Another misogynist standing for the Farage 🐸 Fan Club in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr. #Senedd #Elections2026 #Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/reform-candidate-claims-nursery-abuse-would-skyrocket-if-more-women-return-to-work/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 21, 2026

History does not happen in nice, neat chronological sequences. It's also subject to two other major factors: 1) new evidence of what happened being discovered; and 2) interpretation. Politics doesn't come with much more ignorance than it does from the #Farage 🐸 #Fascist Fan Club. #Senedd #Elections2026 #UK_Politics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqww40gv19o

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 16, 2026

Yes, Mr Booth. Try telling the close family of my late cousin Ozzy that he died due to a conspiracy theory, you odious man. You are unfit to clean a public toilet, let alone stand for public office. #ReformUK #Croydon #Covid19 #elections2026 https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/15/reform-uk-candidate-claimed-covid-was-pentagon-led-plot-in-conspiracy-theory-journal/

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 16, 2026

FYI Mr Hayward, all the bookmakers have Plaid down as favourites for the #Senedd #Elections2026. They are a more reliable predictor than opinion polls. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/wales-may-senedd-elections-labour-plaid-cymru-reform

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 05, 2026

"Seat projections by Professor John Curtice suggest the SNP would get 57 seats, Labour would emerge with 20 and Reform UK would get just 16." That's still 16 too many in Holyrood. #Scotland #Elections2026 #ReformUKLtd 🐸 https://www.thenational.scot/news/25996427.reform-uk-support-scotland-slumps-lowest-year-poll-shows/

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