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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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  • Nigel Farage37
  • George Cottrell8
  • Reform UK7
Top topics
  • MP & Parliament43 postscondemning
  • Crime & Policing6 postscritical
  • Defence & Security5 postscritical
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1 May 2026MP & Parliamentangry“🧵1/ Yet another worrying example of crypto donations into hard right politics. I called out Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party for taking money from an impermissible donor and reported my concerns to the Electoral Commission.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“7/ The Government’s Elections Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. I'm working with Ministers to ensure that any backdoor which allows secret donations to politicians is slammed shut.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“6/ This goes to the heart of trust, transparency, and integrity in public life. The standards system only works if it’s enforced. The Standards Commissioner must investigate - urgently.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“5/ £5m. Within 12 months. Not declared. The public, and the people of Clacton, will draw their own conclusions - but Parliament cannot look the other way. Farage needs to explain why he kept this money secret.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“ 4/ The MP’s Code of Conduct states: “New Members must register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election within one month of their election".”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“3/ The Guardian reporting asks whether it would fall under the remit of the Electoral Commission. But I think it could be one for Parliament.”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“2/ Farage announced he was going to stand at the 2024 general election only a matter of weeks after the money was given to him. That blockbuster donation was then not declared when he was elected as an MP a few months later.”↗
29 Apr 2026Othermeasured“1/ This picture shows the two of them sat next to each other at Harborne's birthday party (on the right). Chris Harborne is a crypto billionaire based in Thailand. His relationship with Farage goes back years, as detailed recently by @tomburgis.bsky.social here👉 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...”↗
29 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“THREAD 🧵 Nigel Farage was secretly given £5m by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024. That’s on top of the £22m Harborne has donated to Reform UK that we know about. This raises major red flags 🚩.”↗
25 Apr 2026Othermeasured“MONEY IN POLITICS Want to find out more? Well, if you’re interested in this topic & the risks to our democracy take a look at this astonishing long read by @tomburgis.bsky.social at the Guardian on the offshore crypto billionaires bankrolling Reform👇🏻”↗
24 Apr 2026Educationmeasured“forths with the Council before the 20 week EHCP clock starts ticking. The meeting was also an opportunity to pass on concerns from parents who have children with additional needs who require ongoing support for the change from primary to secondary, at what is a formative time in children’s lives.”↗
24 Apr 2026Educationmeasured“and personally handed over my letter detailing these concerns. Following this, this week I have met with Georgia Gould, Minister for School Standards. I flagged to Georgia parents’ concerns regarding timelines of children getting EHCPs with many families having to have long and frustrating back and”↗
24 Apr 2026Educationmeasured“Schools and parents are rightly concerned about issues accessing SEND support for their children. Recently I held a SEND roundtable at Bolton Arena with parents to discuss these concerns so that I could feed back to the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, whom I met with last week”↗
23 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentmeasured“Reform over promise and under-deliver. People in Bolton West only need to look over the border to Lancashire to see this for themselves.”↗
19 Apr 2026Educationcelebratory“Seeing some headlines claiming rejoining Erasmus+ programme will “brainwash” young people. Complete and utter nonsense. I spent one of the best years of my life in Hannover, met friends I’m still in touch with & improved critical thinking by having my views challenged from different perspectives.”↗
18 Apr 2026Transportcelebratory“What a wonderful way to enjoy our natural surroundings - and at no cost! Find out about the Ringway here ⬇️ www.gmringway.org 🥾And tell me what your favourite walk is in the comments below!”↗
18 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“Each of the 20 stages which make up the route around Greater Manchester is accessible by public transport - comprising a total of 200 miles through all of the ten boroughs, and supported by a dedicated wayfinder app.”↗
18 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“With the days getting longer and warmer, now’s the perfect time to get out and about - enjoying nature, getting fit and away from a screen. I’ve walked from Walker Fold to Blackrod previously, and from Bury to Bromley Cross.”↗
18 Apr 2026Culture & Communitycelebratory“GREATER MANCHESTER RINGWAY WALK Many followers will know I’m a passionate advocate for spending time in the great outdoors - whether it’s walking, kayaking, running or trekking. So I was delighted to walk another leg of the GM Ringway recently with my constituent, Richard.”↗
15 Apr 2026Defence & Securitycelebratory“Our armed forces aren’t simply hanging around, as the Leader of the Opposition claims. Proud to show my respect for our armed forces personnel, who continue to serve day in, day out on the land, in the air and at sea, keeping the homeland safe.”↗
12 Apr 2026Tax & Public Financesangry“And now we know Reform UK’s Deputy Leader, Richard Tice, failed to pay £91k in taxes from his property business before routing his profits offshore. This comes off the back of previous reporting on how he paid almost no corporation tax between 2018-21 despite his company making millions of pounds.”↗
11 Apr 2026Otherangry“A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK. We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company. Reform have more questions to answer.”↗
10 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“This is not normal. We should all be worried. Voters in the upcoming local elections need to ask themselves one thing: what is it about Farage that attracts criminals and billionaires who are ‘depressed about the state of Britain’ and want to help, until it’s time to pay tax in this country?”↗
10 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“This is on brand for Farage and Reform. Whether it’s taking Russian bribes, soliciting murky crypto donations or associating with convicted money launderers, and now banking millions from someone who a US court found was helping criminals clean their dirty money. They should hand back every penny.”↗
10 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“But the Telegraph handed him a column where he presents himself as a plucky truth-teller who "cannot cope with lying politicians". This is the same man who admitted in court to falsifying records and looking the other way while criminals used his platform. You couldn't make it up.”↗
10 Apr 2026Otherangry“So when Reform accepts £4 million from this man, are they sure of where this money actually coming from? A man convicted of running a platform deliberately designed to hide the origins of money is now pouring cash into British politics. Red flag, red flag, red flag.”↗
10 Apr 2026Crime & Policingangry“It gets worse. Delo personally doctored his own company's records to hide the fact that a customer was breaking the rules. He also kept serving customers in Iran - a country under international sanctions. He was fined $10 million and could have gone to prison for five years.”↗
10 Apr 2026Crime & Policingangry“His platform was officially described in court as "in effect a money laundering platform". When Delo was told it was being used to launder the proceeds of a hack, he did nothing. No reports filed. No action taken. In six years, his company never once flagged suspicious activity to authorities.”↗
10 Apr 2026Otherangry“Ben Delo isn't just a "billionaire expat" with a soft spot for Farage. In 2022 he was found guilty of serious criminal charges in the United States. American prosecutors said he deliberately built a dodgy crypto platform designed to help people hide dirty money. He admitted as much in court.”↗
10 Apr 2026MP & Parliamentangry“The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇”↗
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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.