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Every substantive Bluesky post by Antonia Bance, classified for substance and tone — each links out to the original on Bluesky. Back to the MP page.

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@antoniabance.bsky.social
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Voice score reflects the argumentative tone of the MP's own posts (critical vs supportive) — not what other people say about them. The "criticises" and "supports" lists below show who they're directing each tone at.

Most criticises
  • Reform5
Most supports
  • Labour government21
  • Labour Party12
  • Andy Burnham5
Top topics
  • Economy & Jobs (General)61 postsneutral
  • Energy & Net Zero41 postsneutral
  • MP & Parliament30 postsneutral
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Each post links out to the original on Bluesky — open it there to read the full thread and replies.

WhenTopicTonePost
19 Jul 2026Technology & Digitalsarcastic“I think there is a genuine conflict between promote new tech as a source of growth, and be responsible for protecting citizens and democracy from the consequences of new tech which the current incarnation struggles with, not helped by chocolate teapot Ofcom”↗
18 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“And there’s over £20bn going into R&D from government - a record high level of”↗
18 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)defensive“What part of securing competitiveness and continued operation at employers in my ends isn’t support for everyday people?!”↗
18 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“It’s not just a strategy paper - it comes with money eg £4bn for DRIVE35 which is about transitioning automotive, huge cuts to energy costs for manufacturing firms eligible for BICS”↗
18 Jul 2026Agriculture & Rural Economymeasured“Yeah - I have loads of F&B manufacturing. I think the issue is as it’s often for a domestic market it’s less a source of exports hence the lower focus in the IS.”↗
18 Jul 2026Educationmeasured“You asked whether the government understood the importance of universities to industry, I pointed you to the place where it was written into a massively important strategy”↗
18 Jul 2026Educationmeasured“Skills England’s assessment suggests we need people at all skills levels, but setting that aside … I am proud of everyone who makes it to uni from my ends & encourage people to go. And I want good options for those who don’t. Boringly predictable.”↗
18 Jul 2026Educationmeasured“Have you read the industrial strategy?”↗
18 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“On these we are world-competitive on quality. And the external change to a world of protectionism tariffs and national preference demands a response - we can’t rely on supply changes and we need leverage”↗
18 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Our current specialisms eg aerospace, automotive, life sciences, advanced materials and chemicals, defence etc - sectors where we compete on R&D, design, engineering and specialist production rather than mass production”↗
18 Jul 2026Local Governmentmeasured“I wish it were that straightforward!”↗
18 Jul 2026Housing & Planningangry“What residents want is the bloody thing closed. But that is so hard to achieve.”↗
18 Jul 2026Housing & Planningangry“One of my worst cases at the moment is an unlicensed HMO - two houses supposedly still separate run as one, drugs, exploitation, noise, disgusting smells, police constantly called … on a residential street by a school”↗
17 Jul 2026Educationcelebratory“In this pic, I am talking to Derek, who's 16 and just done his GCSEs at Q3 Tipton. He took me through the SMEAC, the briefing given to Cadets ahead of a task, and I was so impressed by how well he was able to lead his group. He's applying to the RAF in the autumn - and they'll be lucky to have him.”↗
17 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Good news! After local manufacturers told me businesses like theirs were going to miss out on BICS support, I raised it with ministers - and this week the Government have updated the scheme to include more manufacturing types. Good things happen when ministers listen to MPs who listen to business.”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeroempathetic“Thank you! Manufacturing MDs in my ends are at their wits end on energy costs. And they can’t install solar cos the savings get eaten in higher business rates as the improvements make their rateable value rise”↗
16 Jul 2026Jobs & Employmentcelebratory“Absolutely wonderful news that Christina McAnea, former GS of Unison, joins the Lords. She will contribute so much. And it matters that former union leaders are routinely considered for peerages - we need union voices in both houses - the Lords trade union group is strong again”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“FWIW I am not sure we will have the capacity to reshore much if we don’t preserve what we have right now by protecting industry from soaring bills”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Thank you for engaging on the policy without calling me a climate change denier, telling me the temperature outside or suggesting that all that matters are voters”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“I love elections as much as the next person, but not everything is about elections. We have a goal to get to net zero and one to get to growth: the decisions about which is the priority when is not primarily an issue about voters. We elect governments to govern, not just to win the next election”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zerosarcastic“And does worrying about those jobs and the scale of those schemes and the outsourcing of carbon emissions indeed make someone a “net zero sceptic” who hasn’t noticed the temperature for the last few weeks, or just someone who thinks policy involves trade offs and slogans don’t cut it?!”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“But energy costs are so high that we will likely loose loads of manufacturing jobs not eligible for the smallish schemes. Is that an acceptable price to pay? Even if (as we will still need those goods, we’ll just import them) we outsource the carbon emissions to a country with v low standards?”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Currently we are doing (b) for 10k manufacturing firms and a few hundred high energy users but we don’t know how long for as there isn’t a date when electricity will have been made as cheap as France and Germany by renewables and SMRs”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“For example: should we (a) subsidise the capital costs of industry moving to renewables (b) subsidise the ongoing cost of industrial energy or (c) subsidise neither or (d) subsidise both”↗
16 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“For the record: no-one in Labour disagrees on the goal of net zero. But there is a genuine policy debate to be had about the speed, cost, detail and unintended consequences of some of the policies between groups of people who agree on the aim”↗
15 Jul 2026Educationcelebratory“Utterly delightful to welcome work experience students Loris from Sandwell Academy and Zara from Stuart Bathurst to Parliament today - and to a very special session of PMQs”↗
13 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“I was incredibly touched that Richard Parker mentioned the work I did to put defence manufacturing into the West Midlands Growth Plan - and great to catch up with loads of West Mids businesses at the event”↗
13 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Today was a good day. Make UK manufacturing champions lunch, coffee with the lovely Sara from Child Poverty Action Group, the one year celebration of the WMCA and East Mids Compact with both Mayors and Rachel Reeves and Chris McDonald, highlighting defence and manufacturing”↗
13 Jul 2026Energy & Net Zerocelebratory“Love this. £50m of grants for matched funding for West Mids automotive supply chain to help the transition to EVs This is what industrial strategy looks like - backing our manufacturers”↗
10 Jul 2026Cost of Livingmeasured“I agree with this so much. Money is the answer. Let’s raise incomes so everyone can buy what they need”↗
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Sources & methodology
SourceBluesky / AT Protocol API · author feed. Each post links to the original on bsky.app.
VerificationOnly handles linked from the MP’s own published list are ingested. Self-declared or unverified handles aren’t included.
ClassificationEach post is LLM-classified for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling), then for tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
WindowThe 60-day summary above; the list covers all classified substantive posts.