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Richard Barge

@richardbarge.bsky.social

Family Law, politics, Liverpool FC, cricket and labradors

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Something tells me they’ll be fine with everyone on that list apart from Tessa and Mo. Can’t think why though πŸ€”

01.03.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How big do you think the Gorton and Denton resident student population is?

26.02.2026 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. The working assumption is that young men who don’t normally vote have been lured out by Reform,

26.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought the U.S used to ban people with criminal convictions? Is there a fascist exemption nowadays?

26.02.2026 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah we abolished that in 1965 for virtually all offences and for everything (including Regicide) in 1998

25.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Although the England and Wales Sentencing Council has guidelines for all sentencing, including common law offences so it’s not a complete judicial free for all

25.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you like the maximum sentence available as life imprisonment?

25.02.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

There is nothing especially novel in incentivising particular relationship/family models via the tax system. However, in the hands of Reform 2025 Ltd it’s no more than another culture war wedge issue to inflict on the country for perceived electoral advantage.

24.02.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No that will come on *another* day

20.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thomas and Alito dissenting you say? Shocked, I tell you!

20.02.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thomas and Alito shitting the bed once again

20.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just awful. But weirdly there are some trans rights proponents here in the U.K. who regard the likes of Trump (and our would-be Trump, Farage,) as just the same or even better for transgender than a Labour government 🀯

18.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I work in Chester. The people there would be horrified by that suggestion. Most of them speak with Merseyside accents

18.02.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you think Chester, Luton and Wales are β€˜the Midlands’ you’re out of your gourd

18.02.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In an ideal world, this would happen. Unfortunately, we live in a world of demonstrable historic legal aid fraud and weekly, multiple, dishonesty findings against individual lawyers. Sad state of affairs but we’ve been our own worst enemy

17.02.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well the last time she was pictured shaking hands with an elderly leader, the Queen was dead within 48 hours of the handshake 🀞

16.02.2026 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure a Reform government will be very supportive of minority groups. Definitely their brand. You’re like the pro-Palestinian segment of the US electorate who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Kamala so instead ended up with Trump. So good luck chasing your unicorns of perfection

13.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

*would be*

13.02.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A factual statement? Your opinion that Labour are as bad as a could be Reform government is not a factual statement. It’s a bonkers opinion.

13.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, sure

13.02.2026 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Anything on banning individual donations from non-doms? Seems to be an oversight otherwise

13.02.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Come back in 5 years and see how this one has aged….

12.02.2026 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are

Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.02.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1406    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 14

You dirty old man!

11.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She could have also burned him about disgusting things happening in front of kids too

11.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the many commentators on political life in that era who have twisted themselves in knots trying to navigate through the madness of the Tory years

11.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was unintentionally hilarious and the whole cinema cheered when he exploded

11.02.2026 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I quite enjoyed him in Django

11.02.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it….

11.02.2026 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or having to preempt all of that by messaging β€œit’s on unless you hear from me to the contrary”

05.02.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0