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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
288posts
217substantive
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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)56 postsneutral
  • Energy & Net Zero32 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
2 Jun 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Delighted to have lunch with Alfred, the trade association for the aluminium industry today. Loads of companies in my ends, real issues to tackle together as we reindustrialise in support of defence, EVs, renewable tech but also thanks to ministers for listening on help with energy costs”↗
2 Jun 2026Local Governmentmeasured“Looks like you’re confusing me with a Birmingham MP. More broadly: if you want to beat Reform, you vote Labour. There is no other party of the left able to form a national government.”↗
2 Jun 2026Crime & Policingempathetic“Very glad to see this statement from my Sikh colleagues. I agree with every word. My thoughts are with the family and friends of Henry Nowak.”↗
2 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“I think you are right. I should have read it more closely. JL Partners is a giveaway.”↗
1 Jun 2026Technology & Digitalmeasured“*Dsit”↗
1 Jun 2026MP & Parliamentcelebratory“Great statement from Labour First We will only deliver the change we promised and beat populism by governing with Labour and trade union values. Why we must reject alliances with rival parties:”↗
1 Jun 2026Local Governmentcelebratory“Happy days - more power for the West Midlands and our Mayor”↗
31 May 2026Jobs & Employmentsarcastic“(It’s not my job anymore to care about how little the media understands unions, union members and industrial priorities, but sometimes I just can’t help myself)”↗
31 May 2026Jobs & Employmentsarcastic“Apparently we are supposed to be shocked that union members’ voter preferences resemble those of working age adults as a whole. They always have, nothing new.”↗
31 May 2026Educationmeasured“Thank you! My authority of Sandwell is listed as one of the highest contributors (alongside our neighbours of Birmingham and Wolverhampton). Will read with interest.”↗
31 May 2026Crime & Policingmeasured“And that 36% come from the West Mids - one of my jobs tomorrow is to look up the children’s commissioner report referenced, have never seen any reference to it locally in dealings with the police”↗
29 May 2026Local Governmentsarcastic“You couldn't make it up. He's a Sandwell Reform councillor and now a cabinet member - and he runs a café that was refused planning permission 18 months ago by ... Sandwell Council”↗
29 May 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Thanks for this, I appreciated reading about this research (and as a side note, I always like it when WMCA features despite being outside your remit, there is a dearth of analysis about the Midlands)”↗
28 May 2026Educationmeasured“I am pretty pro-devo, but this is I think about the 16-19 group, and I think I prefer that nationally set…”↗
28 May 2026Local Governmentmeasured“A lot to like in Andy Burnham’s response to Tony Blair, though I don’t think the further devolution of technical skills to CAs is enough to kickstart the reindustrialisation he seeks www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...”↗
27 May 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“If you want a genuine answer, it’s because we haven’t set out for ourselves and the country the analysis and hence the strategy that links all announcements, so expecting effective communication of them is for the birds, no matter how good the comms team”↗
27 May 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“This for those who think advocating for reindustrialisation means low skills low tech high job volume making of low sophistication mass market consumer items in the UK. Nah, that’s not it.”↗
27 May 2026Economy & Jobs (General)celebratory“Love this - ambitious for 50k new jobs and £44bn output from advanced manufacturing in our region by 2025 Richard Parker: “Making things is what the West Midlands has done brilliantly for centuries, and that remains central to our economic revival as technology transforms industry””↗
27 May 2026Jobs & Employmentdefensive“I am an industrial trade unionist rather than a political one, for sure (though dunno where you get “pays” from…)”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“So what do energy intensive users do now, while energy costs threaten their firms’ very existence and parent companies pull sites out of the UK cos of energy costs? They haven’t got five or ten years, it is the pace not the destination that is the issue”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Yes: we need a serious discussion about this, where being concerned about energy security and employment and industry can sit with concern to achieve net zero”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“I think you have failed to appreciate the damage high energy costs have done and are doing across the country to manufacturing”↗
27 May 2026Environmentdefensive“You think we’ll be in a better place to mitigate climate change if there is a jobs and industry apocalypse across swathes of the country?! This isn’t about the principle of acting on climate, it’s about tweaking the policy response and pace to maximise all our desired outcomes not just one”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“I think we should do both”↗
27 May 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“It does seem a common misconception, but I think it’s cos people don’t really know what we are good at in manufacturing in the UK. It’s high skill and high productivity, increasingly full of robots and AI, pays good wages, exports loads - what’s not to like?!”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“I am in favour of all sources of energy supply for now, heading towards a moment when we can get out of oil and gas cos we have done the work to transition without destroying our industry”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Domestic supply helps energy security, the taxes paid by the industry help fund the transition, and the jobs retained mean we don’t have to deal with unemployment and skills loss, but can transition fairly”↗
27 May 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“There’s a whole chapter in the Modern Industrial Strategy about advanced manufacturing and one about clean energy industries too. Both take what we are brilliant at already - high end manufacturing - and seek to expand it. No-one is suggesting a return to manufacturing mass consumer goods”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“And nuclear and oil and gas. I am in favour of a longer and slower timeline to the same destination.”↗
27 May 2026Energy & Net Zeromeasured“Where is Blair right? On energy. This country has to reindustrialise to guarantee our security, meet the challenge of climate change and create good jobs - but without cutting energy costs that isn’t possible. I am proud of recent moves to help industry but we need more”↗
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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.