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Every substantive Bluesky post by Torsten Bell, 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
@torstenbell.bsky.social
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67substantive
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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.

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  • Conservative Party6
Most supports
  • Labour government12
  • Rebecca Francis-Davies4
  • UK Government4
Top topics
  • MP & Parliament12 postsneutral
  • Local Government9 postscelebratory
  • Tax & Public Finances8 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
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Contingency planning needs to recognise that squeeze, but also that pressure from energy costs varies hugely between different households with the same income levels - because energy consumption varies so much (eg because of very different homes)”↗
30 Apr 2026Cost of Livingmeasured“A key reason why this issue of energy prices matters so much is a bigger picture problem that has emerged over the last two decades: essentials are taking up a bigger part of British households budgets. The squeeze people feel is real”↗
30 Apr 2026Cost of Livingmeasured“We need to think harder about how you really support household living standards in the round. You don’t help higher income households if you cut their energy bills today but put up their taxes and mortgage bills tomorrow (because higher borrowing raises inflation & debt)”↗
30 Apr 2026Cost of Livingmeasured“We can also learn lessons from the 2022 response. Then all the direct energy support was universal - which meant those in the top 10% received an average of £1,350 from the government.”↗
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Onto the response to this energy shock. A key feature is the sheer uncertainty of the impact (sadly an impact is a certainty). As an example see the material movements in forecasts for the July energy price cap over a short period. That makes the case for contingency planning”↗
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“…we hadn’t been totally asleep at the wheel in not building nuclear power plants during the low interest era of the 2010s. Nuclear generation basically halved between 2015 and 2025”↗
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“The good news is that progress on some front has been made - renewable generation has, for the first time ever, now provided over half of our electricity for two years in a row. That would be even better if…”↗
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zerosarcastic“The public knows the blindingly obvious lesson - we need more domestically produced clean energy (which is why this was until recently a matter of cross party consensus). The right is however now arguing that a fossil fuel crisis means we should… double down on fossil fuels 🤪”↗
30 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“We’ve always known that a big problem with fossil fuels is how volatile they leave energy prices - but we have learned is this volatility has got worse - on one measure doubling this decade”↗
30 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“This one is for the niche audience that wants more charts in politicians’ speeches… offered some reflections on the economic lessons of the shock that we sadly find ourselves in for @ucl.ac.uk inaugural Annual Lecture in Economic Policy. Here's a few highlights. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...”↗
29 Apr 2026Crime & Policingempathetic“Appalling attack on Jewish people in London today. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, and wider Jewish community. Antisemitism has no placed in our society. Jewish people living in London, Swansea, and everywhere else deserve to live in peace and safety.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“She also straight forward lied in claiming the number of unemployed people claiming benefits was up 1.5m - when she knows that number is largely about people transferring from legacy benefits onto UC. I’m sure she’ll be referring herself to the privileges committee any moment now”↗
29 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)angry“Post-truth nonsense from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories”↗
28 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financescelebratory“Very good news tonight. The Pension Schemes Bill has completed its journey through Parliament. Time to celebrate before the really important work begins - implementing the huge reforms it contains to deliver better pensions for savers”↗
28 Apr 2026Immigrationangry“This isn't difficult. If you exploit children, divide communities for political ends, and associate with far right activists, you are a racist. It’s not what you say it’s what you do. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...”↗
27 Apr 2026Local Governmentmeasured“This is a big chance to show no part of Swansea can be forgotten. If you want to get involved in spending Swansea’s £20m, put yourself forward for Chair of the Neighbourhood Board or email torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk with your ideas.”↗
24 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“Three lessons from the campaign to save the Ospreys: 1️⃣ Hard work will out 2️⃣ People love their region, and they hate a stitch-up 3️⃣ When we stand together, people can move mountains swanseabaynews.com/opinion-a-vi...”↗
24 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Data for the keen: www.ons.gov.uk/businessindu...”↗
24 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Evidence of a strong economic start to 2026 pre-war continues. Retail sales up 1.6% in first quarter of 2026. We’ve now seen a retail recovery consistently for 18 months (context = basically zero growth over the previous parliament)”↗
23 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesmeasured“Today’s public finance data shows: - a big reduction in borrowing last year - ⁠coming in under OBR March forecast - ⁠that the UK, having borrowed more than the G7 average in every year of the Conservative government, borrowed less last year www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...”↗
22 Apr 2026Culture & Communitymeasured“I’ll keep fighting until we’ve secured the Ospreys long-term future and the WRU has brought forward plans that command support of clubs and fans across Wales.”↗
22 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“Today is a vindication for everyone that stood up to be counted. I want to congratulate the fans and clubs for what they have achieved.”↗
22 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“What's happened? 👇 - The WRU have backed down: the Cardiff deal is off. - Ospreys will sign a new deal with the WRU, seeing the club into the 2030s with a BIG funding boost. - The St Helens development will go ahead. Professional rugby is coming back to the centre of Swansea.”↗
22 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“🚨 This is a huge moment 🚨 The attempt to force the Ospreys out of professional rugby with no proper process been defeated. Fans, and those of us who campaigned relentlessly alongside them against WRU’s chaotic reforms to Welsh rugby, have won a massive victory.”↗
20 Apr 2026Technology & Digitalmeasured“I’m calling an emergency meeting on protecting children online. Consensus is growing that more should be done: I want to make sure people in Swansea are at the forefront of shaping what's next. RSVP to torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk with your name and postcode. swanseabaynews.com/swansea-mp-c...”↗
19 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesmeasured“The introduction of default pensions for DC pensions in the current bill is part of a wider change that should see the danger of premature “life styling”’(ie derisking) reduced. And as you say individuals can always make their own choice.”↗
19 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesmeasured“It is often very easy - as it generally should be for DC pots. But not universally so and we need to improve that.”↗
19 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesangry“In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the - £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends - the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund”↗
18 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesmeasured“Strong agree - waiting for the wand”↗
18 Apr 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Quite, being supportive of green energy in theory but opposed to it being built at scale in practice is not a serious position when we badly need to deliver clean and secure energy”↗
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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.