@lizrees.bsky.social
Trade unionist and classicist
❌ Far more than just one 'bad apple' Nigel...
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/10/countdown-the-steady-shedding-of-reform-councillors-and-officials-continues/
this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025
"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"
"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"
solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with curly hair and a light-colored jacket, looking directly at the camera.
Black and white portrait of a woman smiling, wearing a light blouse with a floral pattern.
Black and white passport-style photo of a woman with light hair and a neutral expression, set against a patterned background.
Black and white portrait of a woman wearing a hat and a collared shirt, looking slightly to the side with a subtle smile.
10 October 1944 | SS detained four female Jewish prisoners: Ella Gartner, Róża Robota, Regina Safir & Estera Wajsblum.
They were involved in smuggling explosives that were used by the Sonderkommando prisoners during their revolt on 7 October 1944.
The women were hanged on 6 January 1945.
It's not just Badenoch or Jenrick. The entire British conservative project is dying iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
10.10.2025 10:54 — 👍 353 🔁 88 💬 41 📌 10A thread for American friends
I’ve had 4 vaccinations this week courtesy of the UK’s National Health Service. All of which were free for me as a cancer patient.
A flu jab (£15 from chemist if not eligible for free)
A Covid jab (£80 from chemist if not eligible for free)
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
I’m proud that my Pension Credit campaign has helped older Londoners unlock £40m in unclaimed support.
Too many Londoners are still missing out. I’m urging Londoners to use City Hall’s Cost of Living Hub to check their entitlements to benefits: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
A graphic with 'World Sight Day' written in brown and green writing and three photos of Marsha: 1. at a lectern 2. in a lab coat looking at a testing tube 3. with a Guide Dogs campaigner and her guide dog
Today marks #WorldSightDay – a day we shine a light on the importance of building stronger eye care.
My lived experience as someone born with a visual impairment has profoundly shaped my career & my drive to deliver better results for those born or diagnosed with a sight condition today.
Black and white portrait of a young boy wearing a white shirt and dark tie.
10 October 1933 | Dutch Jew, Isaäc Hartog, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
"There’s no evidence of any other country setting up a procurement process that prioritised offers that came via politically connected companies. That just didn’t happen."
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
"Badenoch’s speech was a mix of denial, delusion and obsolete dogma," writes the Guardian.
It's time for Badenoch to be honest about Brexit damage.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/conservative_voters_say_brexit_has_failed_and_damaged_uk_economy
Cartoon of a man looking at a sausage (which has a face, arms and legs, and a duck, the sausage says "Have you ever eaten a sausage or a duck? the duck says " 'cos if you have we're gonna fuck you up"
I hate when this happens
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Nobody can afford this government shutdown.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Tell Congress NOW: act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Great piece by @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social in support of the ECHR: exactly the points I and others in @soclablaw.bsky.social have been making. labourlist.org/2025/10/paul...
09.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 49 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 0
Black and white photo of a young boy smiling, wearing round glasses and a striped tank top.
8 October 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Helmut Loewenstein, was born in Eindhoven.
In November 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.
“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...
🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.
https://bit.ly/42YNQxG
Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
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This report brings back memories of identical issues in Further Education, and of having to go out on a limb closing a big FE college while DFE continued to assert that colleges would stay open. [They didn't.]
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
05.10.2025 13:58 — 👍 27622 🔁 10681 💬 824 📌 520It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.
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What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
04.10.2025 20:33 — 👍 2793 🔁 757 💬 26 📌 25
Vintage black-and-white photo of a little girl with a surprised expression, framed in an oval border.
4 October 1941 | Dutch Jewish girl, Margaretha Bertha Aussen, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork on 10 September 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
This is what authoritarians do - use the powers of the state to humiliate and degrade their opponents in public so that others will not challenge them
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Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
A vintage black-and-white photograph of a young girl standing on a chair, holding onto the backrest. The girl is wearing a dark coat and shoes, and there is a small, fluffy toy dog beside the chair.
4 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rika Porcelijn, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
