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@elasmith2025.bsky.social

British woman. Interested in politics and world affairs. Hoping for a better world

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BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms

JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

24.02.2026 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1747    πŸ” 767    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 52
Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?)

Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?) Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence.
The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps.
Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear.
The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled.
Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to
"contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence. The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps. Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear. The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled. Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to "contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

β€œRarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

24.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1710    πŸ” 777    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 44
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WTF? #MAGAmerica πŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺ

22.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Our plan? We risk the world economy investing trillions into AI, eliminating almost every job on this planet."

22.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5
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"Raise college prices for decades then have AI replace every white-collar job.

Yes, perfect.

Now make the college degrees they went into debt for completely useless."

22.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks β€” The Guardian Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

July 2025, πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ woman on holiday with her husband in America and Canada for 6 weeks, detained by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Border officials left in a cell, shackled, handcuffed and sleeping on the floor initially before being driven 16 hours to a detention centre for 6 weeks by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ border officials

apple.news/AgpcB41ERTmu...

22.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform accused of β€˜pitching for votes of misogynists and homophobes’ with plans to scrap Equality Act Charities have warned that scrapping the Equality Act would be a β€˜significant step backwards’ for discrimination protections in Britain

Reform accused of β€˜pitching for votes of misogynists and homophobes’ with plans to scrap Equality Act

www.aol.com/articles/ref...

22.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Insightful reporting by David Allen Green at the Financial Times on why Palantir data-analytics defence contracts with UK government should raise concern.

21.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13
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Nigel Farage Is Losing the Plot The Gorton and Denton by-election could be the moment when the Reform UK leader's meteoric rise finally starts crashing down

Nigel Farage Is Losing the Plot

The Gorton and Denton by-election could be the moment when the Reform UK leader's meteoric rise finally starts crashing down

22.02.2026 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
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Boris Johnson colluding with right wing Americans to undermine the UK.

Where have I heard this before?

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

22.02.2026 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 790    πŸ” 325    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 12
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Palantir’s far-reaching gaze penetrates Britain Are we really still independent of the US security state?

#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than Β£670 million in UK Government contracts.

Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.

05.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 238    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14
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Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women? Critics link Farage’s β€˜Trump-lite’ condescension to female journalists to Reform’s moves against women’s rights

Farage β€œwants to distract people into thinking their problems are because of women or equality and diversity policies, or immigrants. Like Trump, it shifts the discourse and that’s v dangerous”

Women must turn Farage’s problem with women into a problem for him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

22.02.2026 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 601    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 8
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New Mexico officials are reopening the investigation at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.

Let’s be clear: they’re investigating claims that girls may have been murdered and buried there. It’s a crime scene and should have been taken seriously years ago.

Instead, here we are. Looking at a cold case.

21.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6186    πŸ” 2331    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 95
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β€˜No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13099    πŸ” 6637    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 365

Laura Kuenssberg? Interviewing a washed-up and disgraced former PM? Come on, Beeb, is this the best you can do?

21.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Far Right thugs beat someone up, then the Police arrest the VICTIM.

What the hell?

21.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 19

The fact that he is just hurting American consumers, American businesses and the US economy not only does not matter to him, I think in the midst of a tantrum like this (and make no mistake, this is a tantrum), he probably sees it as a plus. He's angry at a world learning to say "no" to him.

21.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2

The future being laid out for the people of Gaza is a highly surveilled dystopia of industrial complexes and luxury resorts where there were once homes, farms and communities.

21.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why aren't AI data centers REQUIRED to pay for their own power????

They use OUR utilities and resources to amass fortunes they don't share with US.

21.02.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 342    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 11
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The US government keeps using dangerous chemicals on protesters Civilians, children, and even the agents themselves are at risk.

All that gas you keep seeing federal agents use against protesters? Yeah, it's quite dangerous.

20.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1709    πŸ” 1045    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 40
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Lawmaker Says Epstein Files Refute Trump Rep. Maxwell Frost says unredacted files contradict Trump’s account of banning Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.

Trump said he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago. A lawmaker who reviewed unredacted files says they tell a different story: he continued to be a welcomed guest, and Pam Bondi struggled to cover that fact up. time.com/7379910/epst...

20.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7
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Matt Goodwin’s academic project was debunked as β€˜total garbage’ Reform’s Gorton & Denton by-election candidate left a right-wing think tank β€˜with his tail between his legs’ when work was exposed, sources tell The Times

Another story from Gorton & Denton...

20.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 9

Maybe Gorsuch could have thought about that before casting his vote for presidential immunity.

20.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1397    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 5
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Two crooks

20.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zelenskyy: 10,000 North Korean soldiers are now on the territory of Russia. It is extremely dangerous that they are gaining knowledge about modern hybrid warfare. They know how to defend against missiles, against different types of drones – including fiber-optic drones – from FPV to long-range drones. They are learning on the territory of Russia now, because we are responding to Russia’s attacks. So they have this opportunity. What will they do with this knowledge? At the very least, they will bring this knowledge and experience home to North Korea

Zelenskyy: 10,000 North Korean soldiers are now on the territory of Russia. It is extremely dangerous that they are gaining knowledge about modern hybrid warfare. They know how to defend against missiles, against different types of drones – including fiber-optic drones – from FPV to long-range drones. They are learning on the territory of Russia now, because we are responding to Russia’s attacks. So they have this opportunity. What will they do with this knowledge? At the very least, they will bring this knowledge and experience home to North Korea

20.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1244    πŸ” 563    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 20
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He's not taking it well you guys

20.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 14031    πŸ” 3469    πŸ’¬ 2330    πŸ“Œ 681
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The Israeli Government Installed Security at Epstein Apartment Security equipment and alarms were installed by the Israeli government at a notorious Manhattan residence frequented by former PM Ehud Barak.

israelpalestinenews.org/epstein-manh...

20.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons In dozens of cases, the CPJ documented a recurring set of abuses and strategies to silence journalists and their ability to bear witness.

israelpalestinenews.org/committee-to...

20.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Tucker Confronts Mike Huckabee on America’s Toxic Relationship With Israel
YouTube video by Tucker Carlson Tucker Confronts Mike Huckabee on America’s Toxic Relationship With Israel

Speechless!

Tucker Carlson: God promised Abraham the land between the Nile and the Euphrates which is basically the entire Middle East… Does Israel have the right to that land?

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: It would be fine if they took it all.

youtu.be/XS7itdfgNnU?...

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