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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
  • 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
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Without action on energy costs, UK SMEs would lose out to foreign competitors - and multinationals would look at their UK sites and decide to move production abroad That is real and it’s happening now - and we had to stop it now hence immediate action on energy costs in manufacturing”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“In the foundries and factories of the Black Country, managers show me energy bills double or tripled since 2020 Energy costs are existential - without action we’d lose what we are great at -not mass market consumer goods but high grade high skill precision advanced manufacturing”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“This matters. Nissan say their car plant in Sunderland is the most expensive in the world for energy. It’s not unusual to see energy costs for plants a third more than France, double or more that of the US - it’s the biggest disincentive to manufacture in the UK rather than elsewhere”↗
16 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zerocelebratory“NEW: The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS) launched today will cut energy costs by 25% for 10,000 manufacturing firms (up from 7000) - and it’s backdated to 2026 rather than starting in 2027”↗
15 Apr 2026Housing & Planningsarcastic“Well yeah. Almost everyone who is likely to object to planning applications, in that case.”↗
15 Apr 2026Housing & Planningsarcastic“Oh yeah they don’t like any change at all. But people can be jollied along by nice roads to drive on”↗
15 Apr 2026Housing & Planningsarcastic“(Yes, I know that’s rich from me, given how much I dislike loading costs on developers for anything other than affordable housing)”↗
15 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“I have always thought that if you promised to retarmac every road within a mile of a proposed medium or major development you’d be more likely to get support from neighbours”↗
15 Apr 2026Social Carecelebratory“Sorting hospice care is something that quietly matters a lot to me. I seem to be constantly peppering ministers with letters advocating for children’s and adult hospices. So good to see Paul from Birmingham Hospice in Parliament today”↗
15 Apr 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“I wrote to every school in my ends to let parents who get universal credit know that every child is now treated equally, and that money is theirs by right”↗
15 Apr 2026Crime & Policingangry“No-one should go to a football match and not come home Never again should the state cover-up what happened Justice for the 97, from the Black Country to Merseyside ❤️”↗
15 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentdefensive“Once again, thank you for your advice. While we are giving advice, I would be remiss not to tell you, as I believe you are well intentioned, that patronising women won’t win you friends.”↗
14 Apr 2026Defence & Securitysarcastic“So. That was fun. Laila is so worried about George Robertson’s criticisms of our defence strategy that she forgot his name halfway through, and had no answer on her party cosying up to Putin”↗
14 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“Today I’m on BBC Politics Live with Reform’s Laila Cunningham talking local elections, defence spending, energy and whatever else comes up! Should be fun.”↗
14 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesdefensive“Nah, that’s rubbish. Read the thread: “workers and reps”. I am bemused by your points: trade unionists support a strong public sector supported by tax, and a major tax raising budget to fix the NHS may be may things, but it’s not austerity”↗
13 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentangry“You did touch a nerve. I don’t mind fair criticism, but suggesting we’re not the party of the unions and I’m not a union MP when the first provisions of the employment rights act have just come into force is utterly demented.”↗
13 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentdefensive“You are kidding, right? I am a trade unionist to my bones. I've fought for car workers jobs locally and backed my union Unite in all sorts of disputes and campaigns. Ask the GMB Amazon members which MPs have stood up for them.”↗
13 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentdefensive“Once of those crusty fogeys on X would probably criticise me for being a glorified local councillor. But today I learned about the fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture consultation, and what it means for one of my firms. And that's my job: scrutinising government”↗
13 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“And I love talking to workers and reps and owners and directors and managers. You always learn so much. And I always always always leave with an action - something I can do to support local employers and enterprises to thrive, to head off a problem or deal with a challenge.”↗
13 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Honestly, it's one of the best bits of this job - poking round factories and plants and yards, asking nosy questions, finding out how things are made and finished and sold and imported and exported. I love it.”↗
13 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Love talking to local businesses about what they do. Who knew that one of the UK's largest furniture upholstery fabric manufacturers and importers is based in Wednesbury? Been past it a thousand times, didn't know how big they were or how much of the UK industry they supply”↗
8 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“Enjoying this, but bumped on the TUC being founded in 1871… it was founded in 1868! (I should know, I was responsible for lots of the 150th celebrations)”↗
7 Apr 2026Crime & Policingcelebratory“Delighted that there is going to be a consultation on sorting out firework nuisance - at last! This is long overdue”↗
6 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentdefensive“I just don’t agree with this at all. This is a centre left Labour government fixing the NHS, raising wages and cutting child poverty as well as cutting crime and securing our borders. That’s a majority position, not a platform that is just for Reform-curious voters”↗
6 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“I don’t know your child’s disability, but severely disabled yp will be protected, and those who can work will get help to find a job. I recently saw the supported internship scheme at Asda, and we have payments for employers who take on disabled or NEET yp”↗
6 Apr 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“Nah, people move for work all the time, no need to be cute about it. But people should stay in London/SE if that’s what they want. Hopefully pressure will reduce when more jobs created in the midlands and north and we build 1.5m new homes.”↗
6 Apr 2026Social Caremeasured“On PIP: no changes have been announced. There is a review with disabled reps on the committee Yes: UC health is being cut for new claimants. That is to raise main UC & cut the incentive to get off main UC and onto UC health. It’s necessary if we’re going to get people back working.”↗
6 Apr 2026Local Governmentmeasured“Needless to say, I agree! I would suggest the Black Country rather than Birmingham, obvs, but that is just special pleading”↗
6 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“I think people should be able to afford to live within commuting distance of their job. I just think more of those jobs should be in the West Midlands. That’s not Tebbit - it’s Labour”↗
6 Apr 2026Educationmeasured“Well, yes: the whole point of the reforms is to get more kids the help they need without an EHCP. I mean, if you want an EHCP you can ask for one, but why would you if your kid is getting what they need? And on PIP: no, we haven’t”↗
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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.