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

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@philbrickellmp.bsky.social
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Most criticises
  • Nigel Farage37
  • George Cottrell8
  • Reform UK7
Most supports
  • Labour government4
Top topics
  • MP & Parliament42 postscondemning
  • Defence & Security7 postsneutral
  • Crime & Policing6 postscritical
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5 Jul 2026Defence & Securitymeasured“More than six months ago, on 11th December last year, I raised my concerns about Cottrell in Westminster Hall, in a debate on foreign interference 👇”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“He lives in Tivat, Montenegro where he is known to have flaunted his wealth, including high stakes betting in local casinos, pushing crypto ventures, inserting himself into local politics and setting up a political strategy company (Geostrategy International).”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“4. After the Sunday Times’ reporting, today another referral has been made to the Standards Commissioner for Farage’s failure to disclose financial support and benefits in kind provided by convicted fraudster ‘posh’ George Cottrell. Cottrell has assiduously sought to avoid the scrutiny he deserves.”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“3. My colleague Joe Powell MP also wrote to the Standards Commissioner last week asking him to open a third investigation into Farage for failing to register his property interests x.com/josephpowell...”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“2. Last week, I wrote the Standards Commissioner asking him to open a separate investigation into Farage for potential breaches of parliamentary lobbying rules – specifically around seeking to influence Bank of England on policy on crypto in return for financial support from various donors”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“The facts… 1. Farage was reported to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards back in April 2026 for failing to declare £5m (Farage claims this is a gift) from Thailand-based, crypto-billionaire donor Christopher Harborne.”↗
5 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“🧵I’d rather spend my weekends doing something else than post about Nigel Farage’s murky finances, but his behaviour poses such a threat to our democratic norms that I wanted to flag a number of points in the public interest.”↗
4 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“This week in Westminster Hall on MPs and second jobs 👇🏻 ‘Phil Brickell said: “Regrettably, it feels like we are moving at a glacial speed, when outside these walls, business is going on at an increasingly fast-moving pace.”’”↗
3 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“Despite what Farage and Reform might say - my many, many questions aren’t going away any time soon. Farage isn’t a man of the people. He’s a grifter seeking to feather his own nest.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“12/ In our democracy, political influence cannot be bought and MPs must be open about their financial interests. That’s why I’ve asked the Standards Commissioner to investigate.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“11/ @thetimes.com (H/T @andrewellson1.bsky.social) has also reported fresh questions about Farage’s property declarations, with claims that only two of the five homes he owns are listed on Parliament’s register of interests.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“10/ Meanwhile, @financialtimes.com reported this week that Farage is earning £22,500 an hour from one of his nine other jobs. How much time is spending speaking up for his constituents in Clacton?”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“9/ This is part of a pattern. Nigel Farage is already under investigation by the Standards Commissioner over the £5 million ‘gift’ from Christopher Harborne that was not declared when he entered Parliament.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“8/ It is now for the Commissioner to determine the facts. After taking millions from Christopher Harborne, was Farage acting in the public interest, or in the interests of his biggest backer?”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“7/ The MPs’ Code of Conduct (section 3 pg34) states that MPs must not lobby public officials in return for payment, and must not seek to secure a financial benefit for someone from whom they have received money. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cm...”↗
2 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)angry“6/ Afterwards, Farage openly boasted about lobbying the Governor (at about 22:47). He suggested that he helped persuade the Bank of England to change course.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“5/ We know this because Farage said so himself. Before the meeting, he publicly announced on LBC (at about 26:00) that he was going to the Bank of England to make the case against those policies, bigging up Tether in the process. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gruV...”↗
2 Jul 2026Otherangry“4/ Harborne is a major investor in crypto businesses Tether and Bitfinex. Farage met with the Governor of the Bank of England to attack Bank policies that could cost Harborne money by damaging those investments.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“3/ Christopher Harborne has donated £15 million to Reform UK in the last year alone. He also gave Farage a secret personal £5 million gift - nice for some.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“2/ I have serious questions about whether Farage lobbied for policies that could benefit the business interests of the man who is bankrolling him.”↗
2 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“🧵1/ I've spent more than a decade working on anti-bribery and corruption. I know a red flag when I see one. That's why I’ve reported Nigel Farage to Parliament’s Standards Commissioner. (H/T @rowenamason.bsky.social and @tomburgis.bsky.social).”↗
30 Jun 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“@bevcraig.bsky.social is by far the best candidate for the job of Greater Manchester mayor”↗
29 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentangry“Chris Harborne can say and do what he likes, but I will make it my mission in this Parliament to ensure he cannot single-handedly dominate British politics to the detriment of our democratic system www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...”↗
26 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentangry“You couldn’t make this up. The Greens had to return a donation to Polanski - their own leader - because he wasn’t a permissible donor. And it took them more than six months to do so. Comes on top of not paying his council tax for years and not even voting last month. Utterly unserious.”↗
25 Jun 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“Great British Summer Savings starts today! Savings across children's food, soft play, the pictures, theatre, concerts and exhibitions. And from August free bus rides for children between 5-15 in Bolton West!”↗
24 Jun 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“I know @bevcraig.bsky.social would be a fantastic Greater Manchester Mayor - working with council leaders and MPs from across all our towns & across the political divide to deliver the very best for the whole of GM I'll be doing everything I can over the coming weeks to get Bev elected on 30th July”↗
22 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“My statement on the resignation of the PM this morning. It's no secret that I did not want this to happen. My focus on my constituents will continue.”↗
19 Jun 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“Congratulations to @andyburnham.bsky.social on winning in Makerfield. Now, let’s ensure Labour wins the forthcoming Greater Manchester by-election. Has to happen in the next six weeks. Andy should be front and centre of that campaign.”↗
17 Jun 2026Local Governmentmeasured“As a Greater Manchester MP, let me be clear. If Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election tomorrow his immediate priority should be ensuring Labour goes on to also win the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election which has to take place by 6 August. Andy is uniquely placed to lead that campaign.”↗
16 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentangry“3/ As Secretary of the Germany All Party Parliamentary Group, I had hoped that language such as this was a thing of the past. Kemi Badenoch should withdraw her comments immediately and unreservedly apologise. END”↗
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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.