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Lorraine C

@ellecee.bsky.social

Trainee retiree, wife, parent & grandparent. Left of centre and fully woke - concerned about climate change, education, equity and fairness. Loves walking and travel, gardening and food and chasing sunsets to photograph. No DMs please - I will unfollow

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'Reform MP Richard Tice has previously said he would want to take an axe to public spending'

Most of the cult that follow Farage cannot afford a ReformUK Government but try telling them that.

18.02.2026 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says

18.02.2026 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8129    ๐Ÿ” 3259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 324    ๐Ÿ“Œ 216

The idea that working class white boys only suffer because of equality legislation is a classic way of avoiding (a) the complexity and (b) the structural causes of both poverty and disadvantage.

Of course they want to avoid it.

18.02.2026 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 180    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This is serious. Look at what the world is LOSING, because of our GD idiots.

17.02.2026 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 230    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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โ€œ.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus โ€ฆ
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.โ€

18.02.2026 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16979    ๐Ÿ” 6106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read and share all over..he nails it

16.02.2026 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20042    ๐Ÿ” 8431    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 426    ๐Ÿ“Œ 405
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Please explain to me why when 86% of Labour voters want to rejoin, Labour says no we won't.

16.02.2026 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 261    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

One in five children infected in the recent London measles outbreak were reportedly hospitalised.
Donโ€™t believe the anti-vaxxers when they say โ€œitโ€™s a mild diseaseโ€ or โ€œitโ€™s better to get immunity naturallyโ€.
It isnโ€™t.

16.02.2026 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 492    ๐Ÿ” 220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Reform candidate called it โ€˜insaneโ€™ to jail man who said โ€˜burn asylum hotelsโ€™ Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for โ€˜young girlsโ€™ to be given โ€˜biological realityโ€™ check

Matt Goodwin said in a post on X: โ€œWelcome to the UK. Where you go to prison for 18 months for anti-immigration tweets. This is insane.โ€

No. What is insane is shrugging off incitement to racial murder.

Put this man in the bin, not the House of Commons.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

16.02.2026 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1806    ๐Ÿ” 556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Can we fix the worst student loan system in the world? As graduates from England struggle under crippling levels of debt, Mary Downer looks at how other nations do it better

"Weโ€™re charging graduates a higher marginal tax rate than somebody earning ยฃ150,000" www.thetimes.com/money/family...

15.02.2026 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Zack Polanski, "When Nigel Farage says jump, Labour ask, how high. You will never appease the right, they will just get more extreme"

"In Reform UK we see an extreme political party"

15.02.2026 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 612    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco"

"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"

"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"

15.02.2026 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1851    ๐Ÿ” 613    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

โ€œMen like Jim Ratcliffe do not like to say sorry. Even that half-arsed, lame apology he made, will have cost him a significant amount of pride. The communal voices of this country made this incredibly powerful man do something that he will have hated. I take a lot of satisfaction from that."

15.02.2026 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 369    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This is the most devastating interview and she is an extraordinary MP

13.02.2026 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€œWe were crushed by the horrorโ€ but โ€œIโ€™m a survivorโ€

Gisรจle Pelicot speaks to #Newsnight

14.02.2026 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blaming immigrants for problems is wrong, says Pep Guardiola after Ratcliffe comments Manchester Cityโ€™s manager, Pep Guardiola, has said that blaming a countryโ€™s issues on immigrants is โ€˜a big problemโ€™ after comments made by the Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Billboard outside Old Trafford aimed at Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe: "Immigrants Have done More For This City Than Billionaire Tax Dodgers Ever Will" www.theguardian.com/football/202...

13.02.2026 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Handmaidโ€™s Tale futureโ€™: Reformโ€™s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments Byelection candidate accused of indulging โ€˜alt right fantasyโ€™ by suggesting women need โ€˜biological realityโ€™ check

This says everything we need to know about Reform Uk's view on women.

Completely unacceptable.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/reform-matt-goodwin-fertility-comments-outcry-handmaids-tale

14.02.2026 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 268    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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London โ€˜not safeโ€™, claims Reform UKโ€™s Nadhim Zahawi after heโ€™s 'forced to cross street from man who hadn't slept' | LBC Mr Zahawi suggested that if he were Home Secretary, he'd be offering to send the army in.

Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...

14.02.2026 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 879    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 171    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
Infographic showing the responses to the question "Do you think the following should be nationalised and run in the public sector, or privatised and run by private companies?"
Headline: Public ownership is popular
Water - 82%
Energy - 71%
Buses - 66%
NHS - 87%
Rail - 76%
Royal Mail - 75%

Polling by YouGov, June 2024

Infographic showing the responses to the question "Do you think the following should be nationalised and run in the public sector, or privatised and run by private companies?" Headline: Public ownership is popular Water - 82% Energy - 71% Buses - 66% NHS - 87% Rail - 76% Royal Mail - 75% Polling by YouGov, June 2024

๐Ÿค”You want your government to be popular?

๐Ÿ’กWhy not try doing something that's popular with the public.

Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.

It was true at the last general election. It's true now.

#publicownership

13.02.2026 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 115    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes

13.02.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1211    ๐Ÿ” 292    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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"Epstein victims and Al-Fayed victims are watching what we do - they're not listening to what we say."

MP Natalie Fleet says itโ€™s time to talk about the victims of sexual abuse with the same passion weโ€™re talking about how bad the government is.

@lewisgoodall.com

13.02.2026 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 272    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Yep โ€” get stuffed Jim Ratcliffe, or better still, fuck off back to Monaco.

Their football team plays in red by the way.

13.02.2026 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love this response to Ratcliffe's comments by @mrjamesob.bsky.social

13.02.2026 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 535    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Reform candidate calls for โ€˜young girlsโ€™ to be given โ€˜biological realityโ€™ check Exclusive: Matt Goodwin issues warning over Britainโ€™s โ€˜fertility crisisโ€™, arguing that โ€˜many women in Britain are having children much too late in lifeโ€™

Good job he hasnโ€™t met my kids (male and female)

They would tell him exactly where to stick his opinions of their life choices!!

And not forgetting the reality of high debt, housing crisis, work-life balance etc

Being polite-misogyny rules in RefUk ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

13.02.2026 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Forget Jim Ratcliffeโ€™s half-apology: to speak of immigrants โ€˜colonisingโ€™ Britain is wrong and sinister | Sunder Katwala He fused an echo of Enoch Powell with the spirit of the far rightโ€™s great replacement theory. This is no way to progress a humane migration debate, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future

I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

13.02.2026 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 358    ๐Ÿ” 138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and โ€˜biodefenseโ€™ from the agencyโ€™s website.

The pandemic preparedness programme at NIAD is to be cut in yet another inexplicable decision by Bhattacharya. Without the research that was done by institutes such as the NIAD that was already looking at coronaviruses we would not have had such speedy vaccine development ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿงต #HealthPolicy

14.02.2026 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Zack Polanski, "2,600 have been arrested for standing with Palestine Action"

"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"

13.02.2026 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 732    ๐Ÿ” 215    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Yesterday - went to London, walked around in the rain a bit , went to a museum, had some lovely coffee, visited a pub and had a great meal (Japanese) - #LoveLondon โค๏ธ

13.02.2026 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read the room !

13.02.2026 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anywayโ€ฆ.

๐Ÿ“ Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way

13.02.2026 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2001    ๐Ÿ” 655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

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