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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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Bluesky activity · last 60 days
@antoniabance.bsky.social
303posts
202substantive
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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
  • Reform13
  • Reform UK4
Most supports
  • Labour government18
  • Labour13
  • Labour Party9
Top topics
  • MP & Parliament34 postsneutral
  • Economy & Jobs (General)31 postssupportive
  • Housing & Planning26 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
6 May 2026Jobs & Employmentangry“We are also having one on neets. Which is partly why the clamour to slash the welfare bill indiscriminately is so infuriating: let’s do it through sorting the actual problem rather than immiserating people”↗
6 May 2026Educationmeasured“Hmm. There is a national conversation, led by a politician, with the trade-offs pretty explicit, about how we provide SEND education better at the moment”↗
6 May 2026MP & Parliamentangry“Thank you for sharing this, Gaby. It is horrific that people think like this - let alone those standing for public office. No condemnation from Reform locally in Sandwell.”↗
4 May 2026Crime & Policingempathetic“Yes. It is horrific, and has caused huge concern in the community”↗
4 May 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“Here are our policies for Sandwell: £1m into playareas Doing up our high streets A new ASB team and more CCTV Keeping on filling potholes fast (we are 5th best in the country) All our 22 libraries stay open - as do our award winning leisure centres Building 100s new council homes”↗
4 May 2026Crime & Policingangry“Last autumn a local Sikh woman was raped in Sandwell. Here’s how a Reform candidate in Thursday’s election responded to the horrific attack: “Good. Reap it.” Don’t let a party that stands people with these hideous views take power in Sandwell this week.”↗
4 May 2026Local Governmentmeasured“Iain’s threads on local politics are always worth a read - here’s his thread on the Sandwell local elections One thing is certain: if you don’t want a Reform council, the way to stop them is to vote Labour”↗
4 May 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“This looks on the face of it to be a much better application - ten flats rather than an unmanageable 38 bed HMO”↗
4 May 2026Local Governmentmeasured“This is a pretty fair piece on where Wednesbury is up to. I am glad they reflected the investment in the town”↗
3 May 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“(I am of course doing exactly what I have criticised others for doing: projecting my current view of industrial relations in 2026 onto events a hundred years ago...)”↗
3 May 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“We have tightened the planning rules, reformed Section 106 and brought in use it or lose it powers - alongside increasing funding. All of these have strengthened the power of LAs to get the affordable housing.”↗
3 May 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“I find the uncritical celebration of the General Strike odd - especially from some in my union, Unite. We are the inheritors of Bevin, who did more than anyone to build a strong union movement and did everything in his power to avoid the defeat that was inevitable when it was called”↗
3 May 2026Housing & Planningcelebratory“It's a 300,000 or so programme of council house building, which is massive”↗
3 May 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“And (maybe I would say this) but good to read a piece that reflects WHY the TUC was nervous, why it didn't want a general strike and why it sought to end it. If you are democrats, if you believe we choose governments by election, of course that's your position.”↗
3 May 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“Liked this piece on the centenary of the general strike. People reacting via their feelings about industrial relations today should remember that in 1926 almost everyone thought the mine owners were greedy, vicious and vindictive - including many ministers.”↗
2 May 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“A lovely session in Great Bridge talking about our plans for the area - not least spending a million on playareas! - and warning people not to risk it with Reform”↗
2 May 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“I think we need to let the RRA bed in before we do more. On social housing: £39m ring any bells?”↗
2 May 2026Otherangry“And totally unavoidable. The industry is out of control and led by the lowest common denominator”↗
2 May 2026Local Governmentmeasured“Desi breakfast in the House of Chaii in Dudley Port setting me up for a big day talking to residents about why we need a Labour council in Sandwell”↗
1 May 2026Jobs & Employmentdefensive“A mechanism that, it is worth noticing, had cross party support so the NMW endured and kept rising through the coalition and Tory years The LPC is precious and it would be a disaster to abandon it”↗
1 May 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“It’s also been tricky to explain to renters who just often cannot imagine in any way a better form of private renting that advantages them. Most people have jobs where a boss can’t sack them for no reason but they can give notice to quit - trying to explain that this is how renting now works”↗
1 May 2026Housing & Planningempathetic“It’s been really hard cos of the massive overreaction of the landlord and letting agent lobby. So many nightmare stories of people losing their home or massive rent rises pre 1 May. Hopefully now things will calm and we can start talking about this properly”↗
1 May 2026Housing & Planningcelebratory“15 years ago I joined Shelter to run their campaigns on private renting We didn’t even dream that a day like today could be possible”↗
1 May 2026Housing & Planningcelebratory“Today, 1 May 2026, every private renter moved onto a rolling contract. They can give two months’ notice at any time- but their landlord can’t throw them out just cos This is absolutely massive for the 1 in 5 households who rent their home privately”↗
1 May 2026Jobs & Employmentcelebratory“The cause of labour is the hope of the world”↗
30 Apr 2026Local Governmentmeasured“Out talking to residents in the sunshine of Hateley Heath earlier today with my mate Cllr Paul Moore Sandwell is on the up - don’t risk it with Reform”↗
30 Apr 2026Othermeasured“Owned by a local bloke made good who gets a vote like anyone else and American investors, yes”↗
30 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“A European semi-final, for a local club from south London Hard to overstate what it means”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“Whenever I stand to speak on trade union rights, I declare the support I got from the GMB and Aslef unions before my election - gratefully received couple of thousand pounds which I spent on leaflets. Farage got **five million pound**”↗
29 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“It really was a good afternoon. All the panels were revealing - gaps in support for industrial energy costs, volume crisis and contradictory policy in automotive, ISC not yet on a statutory footing”↗
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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.