Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Support for vaccinating kids against infectious diseases dropped from 81% in 1991 to 51% last year We are getting dumber as a society
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view profile on Bluesky Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Support for vaccinating kids against infectious diseases dropped from 81% in 1991 to 51% last year We are getting dumber as a society
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
We need more of this in the UK…more ‘backone’…
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
James Steel (@jamessteel2008.bsky.social) reposted
Where has this been all summer while the Toad has been able to get away with his summer of lies and propaganda.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Well done!
🌻Sheila 🏴🇪🇺✌️ (@sheilzz.bsky.social) reposted
#getusoutofhere #supportscotland #ScottishIndependence
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
I totally agree this is completely unacceptable. But please don’t encourage Musk to get involved in our politics. We have enough right wing idiots of our own!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
The Daily Hail are not a newspaper any country’s media should follow. All lies & garbage basically…
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure I’d even use it as that!!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
God the Mail are getting desperate ..
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s one point. But unfortunately Labour aren’t handling this well - their own policies are making it harder for those who’d normally support them to do so…
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
…and actually being allowed a voice on the BBC…
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Most of Farage’s thugs believe their ancestors ‘sprung from England’s soil’. Ironic as they have turnips for brains..
Trickcyclist 🦋🏴🇪🇺 (@trickcyclist.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We only became the nation we were thanks to immigration. Nationalism is economic suicide.
Iacovos (@iacovos.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
UK needs migrants more than it needs racists
kalulushi.bsky.social (@kalulushi.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Refreshing 👏 I'd also like to add that these interviewers have GOT TO STOP asking the same old pre-scripted qs on numbers, boats, underhand tactical qs etc Most people just want a fully functioning country: means focus on the huge issues that need it now Fed up with the constant hate chatter
Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) reposted
Strong start.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"That is why I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it." Yes, there is a difference.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t be any worse than a human rights lawyer who agrees with arresting pensioners for peaceful protest!!
The Green Party of England & Wales (@greenparty.org.uk) reposted
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Right wing media too rabid at the moment to notice anything but Farage & small boats!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
It wont be anything anyone wants to hear if he’s saying it…,
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
As a once committed Labour supporter I no longer recognise the party as ‘Labour’. I will vote either Lib Dem or Green in future…
Gareth Bouch (@garethbouch.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And also don't the Greens have the same number of MPs as Reform? Why do we not hear more from the Lib Dems and Greens? Why are you so eager to indulge and enable Reform? @samcoatessky.bsky.social
Rob Judge (@robjj73.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Well said Mr Taylor. Can we ask why Nigel Ten jobs has been on Question Time 35 odd times and yet Ed Davey & leading Liberal & Green figures never have such opportunities?
Meg (@roaringmeg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Lib Dem’s 72 MPs. Reform 4
Jazzaoxon (@jazzaoxon.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Lib Dems have 72 MPs, Reform have 4MPs. Therefore, Lib Dems should have X 18 the amount of exposure on the airwaves and in column inches than Revorm..
Luke Taylor MP (@luketaylorld.bsky.social) reposted
@samcoatessky.bsky.social hi Sam, this morning you stated “…the main opposition parties, the Cons and Reform UK…” Unless I missed 67 Parliamentary by-elections since July, the Lib Dems are very much the main opposition party with the Cons, not Reform. Do we have to keep doing this?
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
Labour could have made the case for a humane immigration system that treats refugees with dignity and respect. Instead, they have fanned the flames of racism and emboldened the far-right. My piece for @tribunemagazine www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/labour-is-paving-the-path-to-fascism
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK …the product of self medication
johnsamuel58.bsky.social (@johnsamuel58.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Don't let facts cloud the issue ! Racists and bigots aren't interested in Britains history.
David Osland (@davidosland.bsky.social) reposted
Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
How many days on the golf course this year do far?
altNOAA 🇺🇸 (@altnoaa.bsky.social) reposted
The oldest fossil evidence shows that humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago and would have had dark pigmented skin to protect them from intense UV rays. So if you're a believer in "God," and believe man was created in his image... then it stands to reason that God is a Black man.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Ffs who can the bloody BBC target next?
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Stirring the pot of hatred…it’s what most of the media are doing…
Colin Lawson (@colindlawson.bsky.social) reposted
The politicians who demonised European immigrants, who designed our post-Brexit immigration regime, and who pushed asylum seekers into hotels, are blaming everyone else for the way their policies played out. writesbright.substack.com/p/brexiteers...
Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social) reposted
Farage is whipping up anger against the ECHR with false claims. As The Bear brilliantly writes: “The ECHR [is] the foundation that protects you from your own government.” That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
sam-27.bsky.social (@sam-27.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Such a disappointment. After 14 years of Tory harm & cruelty we wanted better. It’s utterly depressing that we are at the mercy of 🐸 & his paymasters. Labour should be pushing back Deport ignorance not immigrants
Zoe Gardner (@zoejardiniere.bsky.social) reposted
I wouldn’t have thought many Labour MPs came into politics to strip the rights of torture survivors to be reunited with the spouses & children. They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Strange how I haven’t heard this on the BBC, but loads for the last few days on Rayner’s perfectly legal but supposed ‘tax dodging’
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Done & shared
Marina Purkiss (@marina-purkiss.bsky.social) reposted
Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out And, the feathers it would ruffle My lovely followers, you know what to do: nationaltvawards.com/vote 🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like they have a need to find new things to hate.
Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 (@fbpech.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This is beyond appalling. WHO do Labour speak for now? They’ve alienated many of their core voters. These rules are utterly cruel. Who do they appeal to? Not Labour voters. I know our infrastructure can’t cope with huge levels of immigration, but we should still be humane and compassionate.
Zoe Gardner (@zoejardiniere.bsky.social) reposted
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced. Recognised refugees - so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger - will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Colin Dunn 🏴 (@indyposterboy.scot) reposted
Can we keep the refugees, please, and send the xenophobic union-jack waving thugs back where they came from instead?
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Brexit - championed by Farage - has been a significant factor in many of the UK’s problems - it’s time UK news shows and Labour started pointing that out youtu.be/be3b8RkMqvs?...
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
BBC are so partial to headlining things that divide like asylum seekers etc. Will they ask Rylan to step down after his recent controversial right wing remarks, like they asked Gary Linekar to do after his liberal views aired? I won’t hold my breath…
Oliver (@oliver48.bsky.social) reposted
... and Reform, Tories & Labour promoting racism in the UK know we're no different
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s doing his best to destabilise the US & the West …for Putin
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s not that bright you know.,,
Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) reposted
The fact that Reform were trying to run a person who had been dead for six months as their Croydon Mayoral candidate is proof if it were needed that they are not a serious party. It demonstrates abject incompetence and no vetting as well as utter contempt for the electorate.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Hah he won’t hang around once he’s out of office …he’ll be off to live in Russia
White Horse Souse (@slat54.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
POTUS- Piece Of Total Useless Shit.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, his mind must be an aging swirling sewer of hate….its bound to affect his body 🤞🏻
Ron Hacker (@ronhacker.bsky.social) reposted
It's right in front of our faces.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
If the Home Office got off their backsides and had a decent immigration system that actually works then people wouldn’t have to risk getting in small boats. Plus if we stopped selling arms to kill others & promote war it may cut down on asylum seekers.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
I think both Fartage & the old orange one are in it with Russia to destabilise the West…
Facelesscontent (@facelesscontent.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry but are you speaking English ? What are ‘military trained their build with mussels’ (which are shell fish by the way)
betty-davies-eyes.bsky.social (@betty-davies-eyes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
He is just adding fuel to the fire . He said that they are coming here and having everything free . This is what people are up in arms about, when that ain't true , these TV programmes need to be shut down
Oliver (@oliver48.bsky.social) reposted
In the late 1940s, early 1950s the top tax rate for the very rich was over 90% and the NHS, Welfare State, massive council house build, nationalisation of public utilities were all very "sustainable" meme vai Durah Ashton
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you’re asking the wrong guy…
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
turn-left.bsky.social (@turn-left.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We’re constantly told women are too emotional….
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
The voting system needs looking at then!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you think any foreign fans will risk coming over there? It’ll be the US versus nobody..
roseywv.bsky.social (@roseywv.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I don't know Even a third grader has more sense then that 🤪 I can not believe how people jumped all over Joe Biden whenever he said something wrong And yet do not say a word when Trump talks drivel everyday
Normal Island News (@normalisland.co.uk) reposted
BREAKING: The far right have not called for all white men to be kicked out of the UK after a white British Labour councillor was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl 🤷♀️
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s face it he has no idea about…anything really….he just spouts off and thinks it makes ‘great tv’.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“My budget has become double for food shopping”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Rep. Jeff Van Drew claims he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Some good news here at least!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
I loved my visits to the States some years ago & want to go back. But never when he’s in charge…
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s adding the country to his string of failures…
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbf I wouldn’t touch a Tesla if I had all the money in the world…I have standards..
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Chris Oliff UK (@4chris.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... So this is the sort of person advising the Reform Party. I’d suggest he’d be better off becoming an adult before opening his mouth.
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Er…yes they could. Farage is NOT the ‘man on the street’ he’s a ex city trader and has made a huge amount of money outside of his role in Parliament whilst ignoring the constituents who elected him!
Cheryl B (@lightspotter.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh for heaven’s sake what have these people got for brains?