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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
23 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“* At Conygre Colliery in Tipton in 1712, Thomas Newcomen installed the world’s first steam powered pump That’s why Tipton is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution (no matter the claims of other places…)”↗
22 Apr 2026Cost of Livingdefensive“Really? Cos on a day when things are hard (and those days do come), I remember that 5540 children in my constituency now have the money they need for a good childhood, thanks to people who voted Labour.”↗
22 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentsarcastic“Nah it means listens to that wazzock Glasman. Those of us who are not liberals and economically left wouldn’t use the term. Me, I’m an old fashioned trade union MP”↗
22 Apr 2026Immigrationdefensive“My point is this: people seem to think there is some secretive group called “Blue Labour” controlling policy. There isn’t.”↗
22 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry““Blue Labour”?! You think three male MPs, an X account and a peer that everyone thinks is an idiot set the direction of the party?! Jog on.”↗
22 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“I have met one person on the doorstep who told me Green in two years of campaigning every week (and usually more than once). In my ends and lots of similar places, we are losing to Reform and don’t know/wont vote”↗
22 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“Nah mate. I am arguing that if you lose seats like mine, Labour forever bar in the 2019 parliament, we aren’t in government.”↗
22 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“I think our inheritance and the early and ongoing mistakes were the issue. The strategy of focussing on lower income working families and what makes a difference to them is the right one, and we need to double down on it”↗
22 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“Thank you for recognising that constituencies like mine are what deliver a majority for Labour”↗
22 Apr 2026Cost of Livingmeasured“They should come canvass in my ends. The boats and the hotels and the cost of living are the key things raised with me.”↗
22 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“This is a brilliant commitment. 2500 paid five day work experience placements with McDonalds across the country for young people. Our young people can: they just need the chance to show it.”↗
22 Apr 2026Housing & Planningempathetic“Child deaths in inadequate temporary accommodation are an emergency. Proud of what we are doing determined to get it done and get kids out of the worst TA and turn it back to what it was supposed to be - temporary, til families get their home”↗
21 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Yes - though automation adoption is slower than you would expect”↗
21 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Today is a business and trade day for me. Met the TBI on industrial strategy earlier, select committee on China trade now, industry minister re industrial energy prices later, APPG on freight and logistics later still.”↗
21 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“Stephen is as so often right. How many jobs are there in the Black Country that are daytime, guaranteed hours, not physically strenuous and require level 3 or lower - and how do we get those employers to pick someone off UC rather than a job changer?”↗
20 Apr 2026Housing & Planningempathetic“I am so very sorry to hear this. Giles - @nearlylegal.co.uk - was always so generous with his expertise to those of us campaigning for more and better homes. I hope his family are so proud even in their loss.”↗
19 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)frustrated“Sat in on a few of the UQs/statements on it. I know, but it cannot be beyond the wit of man to both make something in the UK (and in an economically distressed area not eg putting a gigafactory in sodding Somerset), that we need viz SDR, and to procure and specify and control properly…”↗
19 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“That isn’t our experience. We’re not geographically sensible for lots of clean energy, and even the supply chain doesn’t reliably work - eg Net Zero Teeside bought their steelwork from China. Whereas an eg munitions factory could just be ours”↗
19 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“For sure. But this has the particular benefit that much of it is government funded and commissioned - which means governments can set place. I would give my right arm for a bigger slice of manufacturing in the Black Country”↗
16 Apr 2026Transportsarcastic“Nah. People love their cars and hate potholes”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“If I were posting about trams you’d all love it Energy costs in manufacturing are interesting and growth relevant too! Nerdy thread…”↗
16 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Yes, I am proud and emotional. And today I will take some time to call all the firms I have visited and worked with in the last two years to tell them their advocacy for a Britain that makes things is backed by this Labour government - and help is coming”↗
16 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Some constituencies have natural beauty or national monuments I have liquid aluminium heated to 600 degrees, poured in a gleaming waterfall, and cast into the surround for the engine of (household name) electric car exported to the world”↗
16 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“If your first thought is what about domestic bills: these are good jobs in parts of the country without enough of that. Manufacturing is 40% of our exports. It’s at least 8% of GDP. This is about growth and prosperity - and it’s about pride and excellence”↗
16 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)sarcastic“Reform will promise the earth to manufacturing communities like mine. One thing they are good at manufacturing is magic wands. Mass consumer goods manufacturing is not coming back. The future is using our R&D advantage to invent and then create and commercialise incredible products”↗
16 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)sarcastic“And without looking I know the Tory line: “what about hospitality?!” This is a manufacturing scheme - to help us make more in Britain, to keep good jobs here, and to protect the supply chain for world leading industry and for national security There used to be Tory industrialists…”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Less energy intensive manufacturing won’t get this help either. Make UK argued for a scheme to help all 130,000 manufacturers at a several billion pound cost- obviously choices had to be made”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“It’s not an announcement that helps industries that rely on gas (usually cos they need consistent very high temperatures) We desperately need more help for ceramics, glass, chemicals - there is help for some through the Supercharger scheme but not wide enough”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zerocelebratory“I am delighted. Bigger than promised, sooner than promised. So many of us have raised this so often Have all the issues been fixed? When the detail is out I’ll look carefully to check the downstream steel and aluminium processing and fabrication industries are included”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“For sure, in the medium term there is solar and nuclear and wind - but the grid isn’t there yet, and by the time we could get prices down to a manageable level we’d have no industry left Hence the decision to offload policy costs and cut bills by 25% now”↗
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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.