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Every substantive Bluesky post by Tom Hayes, classified for substance and tone — each links out to the original on Bluesky. Back to the MP page.

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14 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“Trump has spent his entire life doing this.”↗
14 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“Nuts. Like you can do deals like that in a day over the phone or in a couple of hours. Not the way things work. www.ft.com/content/359b...”↗
14 Jul 2026Economy & Jobs (General)sarcastic“Is Trump not paying back tariffs to all those countries he said were paying the US zillions? Or were his tariffs just a tax on US consumers after all? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...”↗
13 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“If the UK is this difficult to negotiate with outside, why let them inside? Who needs a wrecking ball at the table? www.ft.com/content/a1f2...”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“I agree. And with such a low number, who is to say that Binface might not sneak it? No matter what, anything less than 20% will be a humiliation for Farage.”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“No, no serious candidates. Just a comedy candidate to make a laughing stock of Farage. Do not feed his ego.”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“If the contest is just between Farage and Binface, then the turnout will be minuscule. Who is going to bother to vote in such an election?”↗
8 Jul 2026Defence & Securitysarcastic“First, he turns up and says he still wants Greeland. Now he wants to end all trade between Spain and the US. Including "visits". Does the "visits" thing cut two ways? No Americans to visit Spain? You could not make this stuff up. www.politico.eu/article/trum...”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“What Farage will hate most is mockery and being made a laughing stock, his brilliant "wheeze" blowing up in his face.”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“I see Farage asked in his address to the nation yesterday: "What's wrong with making money?" Nothing. But in his case, he did not "make" money; he was given the money. On the assumption that in this world, there is nothing for nothing, the question remains: what did he do in return for the money?”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“It is also worth asking what the turnout in such a non-election is likely to be? "Nige of the People" will find it difficult to claim that his sins have been washed clean if the turnout is less than 20%.”↗
8 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentsarcastic“Don't you just love the idea that the election for the ages - Nige v The Establishment - will turn out to be just Nige v Count Binface and other assorted fruitcakes. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...”↗
7 Jul 2026MP & Parliamentangry“From what I read, I presume Farage thinks that if he stands for election and is reelected, that somehow washes away all the money-grifting he stands accused of. The electors of Clacton do not have the power to absolve him of any financial sins he may have committed. Things don't work that way.”↗
7 Jul 2026Defence & Securitymeasured“She's the boss. Bardella can't insist on anything.”↗
7 Jul 2026Defence & Securityangry“As someone who lives in France and follows French politics closely, this seems to me to be the worst possible ruling for Le Pen and the RN. She can run for President as a criminal, wearing an ankle bracelet. Her party stole European money. No ifs, no buts.”↗
7 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“This seems to me to be a reasonable analysis of matters. Would the EU have made the progress it has made if the UK were still inside, blocking all and every initiative as it was its habit? The EU will not be in any rush to welcome the cuckoo back into the nest. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...”↗
6 Jul 2026Culture & Communitysarcastic“Whatever happened to the FIFA mantra that football should be free of political interference? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...”↗
5 Jul 2026Othermeasured“Could the UK break up if a Farage government came to power? And why won’t the EU give the UK a say in EU decision-making? My Scribblings this Sunday. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
3 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“Was it not the Luxembourg PM who said during the Brexit negotiations: The UK used to be in with lots of opt-outs. Now they are out they want lots of opt-ins. Seems like nothing has changed. Always been this way, We want a special deal because we British are exceptional.”↗
3 Jul 2026Othersarcastic“As if a country that walked out of the EU, hoping that Brexit would lead to a collapse of the EU as other countries followed it out, which, of course, did not happen, is going to be given a decision-making role in the EU. The UK needs to get real. www.ft.com/content/c5b0...”↗
23 Jun 2026Othermeasured“10 years ago today, the UK voted to leave the EU. I have followed the Brexit process extensively over those 10 years. Today, some thoughts on how I see things 10 years on. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
21 Jun 2026Othermeasured“That's for another day. But for now, the UK (and NI) is a fragile thing.”↗
21 Jun 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Minds may have changed to some extent in the UK. Minds have not changed in the EU. Read the Financial Times article, or this one from the Guardian. No easy way back. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...”↗
21 Jun 2026Othermeasured“That the UK might one day again join the EU will only become a possibility when all the Brexit actors, on both sides, have left the stage. And who knows what state the world will be in at that time? All political calculations will be different. www.ft.com/content/ac01...”↗
21 Jun 2026Defence & Securitymeasured“This week, some thoughts on the Iran deal and the madman theory of negotiations. No Scribblings next Sunday as I am away, but a special on Tuesday on Brexit, ten years to the day that the UK voted to leave. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
14 Jun 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“In this week’s Scribblings, a few thoughts on trade unions in light of their continuing declining membership. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
7 Jun 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“In this week’s Scribblings, I outline why I think 27 of the EU/EEA member states have missed today’s deadline for transposing the Pay Transparency Directive into national law. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
31 May 2026Defence & Securitymeasured“In this week’s Scribblings, some thoughts on the Iran war and the art of getting it wrong. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
24 May 2026Jobs & Employmentmeasured“In this week’s Scribblings, I write about Noam Scheiber’s book “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class” in the US. Scheiber reports on labour issues for the New York Times. hayest.substack.com/p/scribbling...”↗
23 May 2026Othersarcastic“I think it was Einstein who said that 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." The EU is not going to let the UK cherry-pick the Single Market, especially as it continues to reject FOM. Want SM access? Join the EEA. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...”↗
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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.