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Josiah Mortimer

@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

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Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media. Followers can reply to posts. DMs open for news tips and chatter. 'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.

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@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:30 AM

I'm trying to get it installed in addition to my roof array - which would mean we could export the excess too. Bit of paperwork but it's doable

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:02 AMReposted by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:05 AMReposted by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

đź”´ NEW

Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers

By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Read below. ↓

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:43 PMReposted by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

“Between 05:00 and 06:00 UTC on 28 February, large volumes of money flowed into Polymarket bets predicting imminent US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The strikes began at 06:15 UTC, just 15 minutes after that trading window ended.” ✍️ Iain Overton, Pan Jie

@pickardje.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:53 AMReposted by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

it transpires that billionaire David Reuben moved his tax residence to Monaco under the Tories

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:10 PM

There are now 120 compliant plug-in solar kits being sold in Britain. Really good news for competition and prices coming down.

Only a matter of time before solar panels are being sold in the Lidl/Aldi aisles of dreams... (via www.pluginsolarregister.co.uk)

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:54 PM

ÂŁ30k is a lot on social media ads for a by-election they'll be lucky to keep their deposit in

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:52 PM

"Today, selling a £1m house & moving to a £400,000 flat won’t change your children’s IHT bill. The estate is the same size. Under the [Tory] proposal...the £600,000 you released is fully subject to IHT." "Your house move cost your heirs £240,000. People [will] respond to an incentive this large."

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:45 PM

Politico: Restore Britain is pledging to deport “foreign tramps who ruin our city” in their by-election ads. Are "British tramps", by contast, beloved to Lowe's party?

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:43 PM

Politico Influence: "Rupert Lowe’s [Restore] party has spent around £30,000 on Meta ads positioning itself as a “genuine patriotic alternative” to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in Holborn & St Pancras, despite admitting it stands no chance of winning. Must have plenty of cash to splash around...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

The Greens would "limit ownership of the press to 20% maximum for any one company and require divestment for companies with larger market shares”
bylinetimes.com/2026/10/08/g...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:49 AM

The Green Party overhauled its policies on the UK’s media at its conference last weekend, in a largely ignored move towards a radically-toughened stance on the press
bylinetimes.com/2026/10/08/g...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:20 AM

đź”´ Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers

Big changes to the party's media policy over the weekend
bylinetimes.com/2026/10/08/g...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:12 PM

(or rather, of those present at the vote - 10 - there was a Green majority - 6. 6/12 places are Green held ordinarily)

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:10 PM

Indeed, but the planning committee has a Green Party majority, and all six voted to reject the solar project

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:25 PM

The minority Green Party administration on Stroud District Council "refused the planning application in December 2025. It rejected the project, Wheatenhurst Solar Farm, on the grounds of negative visual impact," traffic management and other points, but it has now been overruled

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:17 PM

There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico:

In other Reform news: Second-in-command Richard Tice finally admitted that now the voting system Farage has long railed against could help him win a general election, the party no longer wants to scrap it. Farage used to want first-past-the-post replaced with a form of proportional representation.

Here’s the line: “In order to rescue the country from the gravity of the chaos that we face, actually a proper majority is needed from a right of center, conviction-led Reform government,” Tice told Times Radio this morning. Asked whether that meant Reform no longer wants electoral reform, he said: “Yes, because the crisis is so great.”
@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:33 PM

This does however solidify my theory that Reform are simply planning to spend *all* the crypto billionaire cash before the Electoral Commission and police even put their shoes on

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:32 PM

Yeah, I don't think these people can be called "journalists", ever
pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...

@josiahmortimer.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:32 PM

Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban

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