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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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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.

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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”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“Part of the answer to not being able to afford homes in London and the South-east … is to live elsewhere. That means spreading good jobs across the country and investing in transport - like our metro Here’s a nice house ten mins from a 26 min metro commute to Birmingham”↗
6 Apr 2026Educationmeasured“I’m afraid I don’t know very much about those two funds. On Send reform: the whole thing has been about listening to parents. We have a totally broken system now, and it has to change. If you haven’t yet, please do respond to the consultation”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportcelebratory“Come for the tram chat, stay for the graph of service reliability from Wednesbury to Birmingham”↗
6 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentcelebratory“When my niece was born, my brother couldn’t take paternity leave - because he had changed job in the preceding months Not a single day out of work - yet those precious two weeks when his daughter was born were denied to him Fixed, today - because of a Labour government”↗
6 Apr 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“Well what I think is crass is London dwellers thinking that it is the only place you can have a good life. Time for really significant investment in the north and midlands so we get good jobs and great infrastructure”↗
6 Apr 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“Half a million kids out of poverty today cos of Labour. Meanwhile, the Greens just chat on. I know what makes a difference, and it’s not wasting time on some sideshow that ends no poverty for anyone.”↗
6 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentdefensive“If all I do is worry about re-election rather than doing what is right for my constituents and the country then what is the point?!”↗
6 Apr 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“I understand the restlessness, the desire for more action on the injustice we see everyday. I have it too. It’s why I do this job. But just today, let’s be proud that half a million kids are out of poverty - because we voted for a government that got it done. Take a bow, Labour voters. Thank you x”↗
6 Apr 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“People move for work all the time. We should build in London and the SE and we should create good jobs elsewhere so people don’t have to live there to get on. That’s not crass: it’s realistic”↗
6 Apr 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“They were suspended for voting against the King’s speech. I have fought to abolish this policy since long before I was an MP, and today I am more delighted than I can tell you.”↗
6 Apr 2026Jobs & Employmentcelebratory“From today, statutory sick pay is paid from the first day of illness And it’s paid to every worker, including the lowest paid, who previously got nothing Long held goals of the labour movement - realised by a Labour government”↗
6 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“Looks like a standard local councillor thread to me - lots of my councillors make posts about what they are doing in their wards I’m curious about why you think it’s particularly good”↗
6 Apr 2026Cost of Livingempathetic“I am feeling really emotional thinking about the families who will open their monthly UC payment, see it’s several hundred pounds higher than before, panic in case it’s an overpayment - only to be told, it’s yours. That money - which should always have been theirs - will transform things for them”↗
6 Apr 2026Cost of Livingcelebratory“From today, every child counts equal. So if your family are on low wages or fall on hard times - universal credit is paid for every child, not just the first two Cos every child matters - and every child deserves the chance to thrive”↗
5 Apr 2026Housing & Planningmeasured“Posted this on X. Yimbys shouting at me for not wanting to build homes. It is possible to want homes built everywhere AND good jobs and investment in the Midlands and the North.”↗
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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.