Our leaders should be role models for our children... but we live in deeply dangerous times. 😲 😔 😠 Ex teacher, married, adult children. 🏴 💪🇦🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🚫racists&bigots #vegetarian #nature #EDS #AuDHD #CFS #chronicpain Anonymous this time round.
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Good morning. Who fancies a competition with an underwhelming prize? All of you? Splendid. I would please like your photos of adorable animals enjoying/being horrified by #TheCutThroatTrial. Best pic wins a bookplate with a personalised message to stick in the front of your book. Ready? Go.
You can't hurry a good book: no impulsive dive-ins; no rash page-turning; only the looong, haaard work of preparation. Limber up guys, it's going to be quite a ride✖️ read✔️
Your cats are such beautiful, vibrant colours! 🤔 Um, personal question, but does the tabby have 'snake' in their ancestry?
You can’t put a minimum income threshold for refugees if you have banned asylum seeking people from working. You can’t expect kids fleeing a warzone to have school level English. And none of this will “stop the boats.” You need safe routes. Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.
Exactly. www.wlga.gov.uk/wales-leads-...
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Just admit it: You love your guns more than your children. The first step is acknowledging the problem.
Just in case you forgot…
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
On the way the Right has responded to the shooting in Minnesota (and all of them really)
Yes.
Some words of support for the UK’s Black and Asian populations - 1 in 6 people - that racism won’t be tolerated might be useful from our government right now but no they’re waving 🏴 flags.
The government needs to: 1 Condemn racists 2 Give FACTS about immigration and asylum seekers, including their positive effect on UK 3 Rapidly lift people out of the poverty & destitution that helps drive the anger & despair, which in turn make communities ripe for radicalisation by the far right.
Anyone who says that immigration lawyers love profiting from immigration has never met an immigration lawyer. We hate the heartless, gutless cruelty we have to deal with every day. We could make a lot more money doing literally any other kind of law (except maybe criminal legal aid, to be fair.)
No idea how they think, they appear to be thoroughly enjoying spitting racist venom at anyone who'll listen. I'm not defending Starmer, I just shared his whole statement, rather than cynically edited parts, cos he does (weakly) suggest flags are being used in the wrong way. Your fight's not with me.
I think he's utterly without honour and principle, but he did say a bit more than that. bsky.app/profile/bash...
The suspension of family reunion applications is the shutting down of one of the only safe routes that exists, forcing more people into making dangerous journeys.
So, almost guaranteeing anyone who needs to join their family members who have been recognised as refugees in the UK due to the risk to them in their home countries will have no option but the small boat crossing? And this is part of the master plan to *stop* the boats? I just… I give up.
Where did this person go?
There are thousands of stories like these. I have seen applications to keep parents and children together refused because “modern communication methods” mean they could stay connected even from different countries. Parenting via FaceTime is the Home Office’s default position.
‘Sudan landslide kills at least 1,000 people, rebel group says’ As if the situation in Sudan isn’t already desperate enough. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
That's true. But this is selective quoting. bsky.app/profile/bash...
I think he's a divisive, racist flagshagger, but just to be fair, he does say more than that. Also, that looks like the photo that was put out on St George's Day. bsky.app/profile/bash...
"I think they’re patriotic & I think they’re a great symbol of our nation. I don’t think they should be devalued & belittled. I think sometimes when they’re used purely for divisive purposes, actually it devalues the flag. I don’t want to see that. I’m proud of our flag." www.msn.com/en-gb/news/n...
That photo was taken on St George's Day, I think.
I have the same problem, I have no way of proving I walked backwards up Mount Everest, flew to Paris on an albatross or gave birth to twin penguins. 🤷🏼♀️
Yes, my intentions are Pure and Applied sincerely. (Phew, I think my brain's sweating with the effort of that one. 😅 I need a lie down. Good night!)
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Whether the women like it or not. m.youtube.com/watch?v=k23R...
The National Guardners
I have no idea of the validity of this footage, of course. Watch 3 separate 'drops' from 1 sec, 18 secs and 55 secs.
😆👏🏻 Such a wholesome conversation - much better than all the division around these days.
Nine years ago today I introduced my Commons #TuringBill Its aim: to ‘pardon’ gay men found guilty of ‘crimes’ no longer on the statute book. The Tory Government promised support but then filibustered the bill to kill it off. Have a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=06Wi...
#refugeeswelcome #Capitalism #wealthtax #billionaireban
Here's a chance to make a difference! And work with the two Green Peers ... greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
"When you live to be over 70 it is sometimes tempting to think that you have seen it all and that nothing much will shock you. Then you hear something that stops you in your tracks, causing you to re-assess your definition of evil."
That's positive, in every measure. 📏 😁
The ECHR isn’t “Brussels meddling”. It’s the foundation that protects you the day your government goes too far. The Bear explains why losing it would mean losing control.
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
Sex Matters has deleted his page from its website - but the internet never forgets. web.archive.org/web/20241107...
A reminder that this is who Sex Matters really are: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...
Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
Caoimhín MacMaoláin in TCD alternately fought with admin and kept me going for four years, to keep me in uni for my final year - when I was repeatedly deferring and on the verge of failing out through disability - and I am forever grateful to him for it.
But at least it's mathsy.
If, and there is no single silver bullet here, they were to make it safer and simpler for people to seek asylum, without those people feeling that they have to use irregular routes, then they could reduce channel crossings, thereby reducing the pictures on front pages. 2/
It's infuriating. Young people are being disbelieved, having genuine problems minimised and being characterised as whiners who want to feel speciall. As for self-diagnosis, maybe assessing in a timely manner and, if appropriate, diagnosis & treatment/support given, this would negate the need!
North, south east and west Let's get rid of the racist pest
“Hope this helps” #DAF (DumbAssFascusts)
UNRWA warns there is no space for Palestinians forcibly fleeing Gaza City, as Israeli attacks attempt to forcibly displace nearly a million people to so-called evacuation zones in southern Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/siqj7j
Sick of people like Lucy Beresford being invited on @lbc.co.uk to reinforce reactionary attitudes about young people being soft, ADHD being trendy etc. 🤦🏼♀️ Like inviting an anti-vacc doctor to speak- they are officially an expert but most experts disagree with them. Disappointing from Nick Abbot
Autocrats’ Playbook: page 17. Criminalise your opponents. I mean, at this stage it writes itself. www.foxnews.com/video/637738...
Beautiful!
This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous. The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
Guy with glasses is Rylan Clarke, currently an ITV presenter who spouted off a bunch of hard right lies and talking points about immigrants on air, without fact checks.
Please repost this!
When the author narrates the audiobook
#FreePalestine youtube.com/shorts/MT-7O...
Banning asylum seekers from buying snowmobiles or furs 🤦🏼♀️ gives the impression they are living a life of luxury! In fact, this reeks of dehumanisation, with stories of asylum seekers prevented from using the money to pay for a haircut or a library late fine. God forbid they do more than merely exist!
Russia kills children from a distance with missiles and drones. Those who fall under its control, it steals — erasing their Ukrainian identity. Russia forges their names, their documents, their entire lives. Children are forced to forget who they are. (Bring Kids Back UA)
You're right. Criticise the racism & violence of some of those people. The only link with them lacking access to a dentist is that people living in deep poverty & let down by successive governments are angry and looking for someone to blame - and ripe for radicalisation.
I’m not sure this is true for the main cast. We had an excellent time making it. The crew, too. A misleading headline.
Yvette Cooper, is this terrorism? Keir Starmer? Are these 'groups' a threat against the safety of people in our country? Are they threatening violence? *Are they spreading terror?*
Words would just spoil it.
Nigel Farage says he hates Europe but all his children, which have European mothers, have EU passports not British ones. He is a disgraceful fraud everything he says is a lie.
Reform-led Durham Council are removing some England flags. I don't imagine this will make GB News or one of Darren Grimes' hysterical videos...
My immediate thought, too. Not only unethical but downright dangerous.
ICYMI: A sitting British MP, James McMurdock, is using the N-word to attack a journalist, Mhari Aurora. Far-right influencers such as Andrew Tate have been deploying the capital "N" as racist shorthand in social media attacks on Black people.
Every time, this is where it ends up. People being abused because of their race. Whether it is a Green councillor on the beach with his family or this takeaway, this is what happens. This isn’t a patriotic endeavour. This is just racism.
As an update, a local window cleaner went around to totally clean up the frontage of the shop for them, for free. It meant a lot to the owner. www.facebook.com/reel/7968856...
Agree. In general, please say transgender/trans *person*. 'Transgender' is an adjective like tall or happy. We don't refer to a tall woman as a tall or to a happy man as a happy. (Some people - not you - are using the fascist tactic of denying trans people's humanity. A dark path we've seen before.)
Hmm, ok. Well there have been over 400 school shootings since 1999. So are you going to address the root cause of the other 398, Mike? Also, you say the problem is "trans" and "mental health", but do you acknowledge that telling trans kids they're worthless is bad for mental health, Mike?
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The TransLatin@ Coalition held its inaugural Walk4Humanity to raise funding that the president has cut during his ongoing anti-trans crusade. The result was a community triumph. www.huffpost.com/ent... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
RFK Jr, "We need to stop trusting the experts, right.. Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy" Good luck America 🤷♂️
"Don't trust the experts, do your own research.*" *But you can't do your own research without access to data or methods of analysis or in depth training, or high intelligence so... "Do trust the ignorant amateurs." 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Radio 4: Are asylum seekers the biggest issue in Britain? Also Radio 4: Here’s Farage, on again, just in case you forgot he exists. We’ll keep handing him the mic until you’re convinced asylum seekers are personally hiding under your bed. Journalism, apparently.”
"Protecting women and girls" is standard fascist propaganda but it's just worked against trans people, so of course they're trying it elsewhere
Some people have a combination of stupidity and enthusiasm for spitting venom. Put them in our ecosystem of hate & lies being blasted daily - by much of our Media & politicians, including those who should know better - and this bigoted mob mentality ensues. Trans people, asylum seekers, who's next?
Fine. But if the UK government isn’t stirred to trouble Tzipi Hotovely’s inbox concerning the TRIPLE strike upon Nasser Hospital, it’ll serve only to further cement their hopeless racism and total complicity in the collective memory.
Farage has the same number of houses as MPs
So you're willing to forfeit the right to freedom of thought because Farage & Reform say we need to leave the ECHR in order to stick it to those pesky immigrants 🤔 #YouCantFixStupid
The top of the BBC is stuffed with Right Wingers and Tim Davie said he wanted to appeal to Reform voters - even in choosing News stories. At the very least it's irresponsible - at the very, very least. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbcs-p...
Same thought crossed my mind. The hypocrisy is stark!
I see, well no change there, it seems. These think tanks & blowhards, with Media help, manipulate public perception, so (expensive) intervention is deemed unnecessary. But children/parents/teachers must be heard & supported & adequate staffing provided. There's never enough money to do it right. 🤷🏼♀️
Absolutely! 😁 They don't seem keen to accept that constantly draining Education of resources (eg for 14 years), is not conducive to helping all children to thrive in our schools, with the correct support in place. Maybe the RW need more grit/resilience to accept and learn from their past mistakes? 🤔
@lbc.co.uk airwaves, and much of our media, are full of ignorant people saying there is overdiagnosis of ND in children. Jeremy Hunt has no idea what he's talking about but everyone listens. It's all about money! Psychiatrists - the actual experts - do know what they are talking about! Let's listen.
All thanks to the #Tories selling off the #UK #Nationalise
The article literally tells you the truth, as opposed to your childish rehash of RW talking points, ie lies
Avoiding the point, I see.
You know he's not in the Labour Party, don't you?
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russ...
Also applies to the UK government.
This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
