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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
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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
  • Reform5
Most supports
  • Labour government19
  • Labour Party12
  • Andy Burnham5
Top topics
  • Economy & Jobs (General)55 postsneutral
  • Energy & Net Zero41 postsneutral
  • MP & Parliament30 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
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”↗
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”↗
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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.