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Dog lover, mum, nanny, left leaning, woke #FBPE supports Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

10.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1737    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 33
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'The guys who run Reform are absolute chancers.

The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.'

@ross-greer.bsky.social on #bbcdn

01.10.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 21

Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.

Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out

11.09.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1883    πŸ” 825    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 41

Israel bombed a hospital.

Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.

Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.

Read that again.

Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

25.08.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2105    πŸ” 878    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 45
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The Left Can’t Be Split If It’s Already Been Dismantled Bracing myself for the backlash to this, but saying it anyway..

My thoughts here...

open.substack.com/pub/marinapu...

30.07.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government

Are you ready to pay Β£1,000bn+ by 2050 to keep England's water in private hands?

With inflation, it will be even higher. Shareholders will be richer. People won't own anything.

Why do Ministers never talk about the cost of privatisation?

Soon water will cost as much as energy.

Must end the scam.

01.08.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Guardian view on starvation in Gaza: it will take more than words to halt Israel’s genocide | Editorial Editorial: Condemnation is rightly growing. But until concrete action is taken, western allies will remain complicit with these horrifying crimes

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The UK government could and should do a lot more. Don't wait to see how things go before taking more sanctions, take them now. Otherwise yes we are complicit

24.07.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition STOP the new 4 point PIP rule

The new 4 point rule is Savage. Do you realise that if you lost a leg tomorrow you would not qualify for PIP. Even if it forced you to reduce working hours or give up your job entirely.

Please share.
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28.06.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
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He didn’t say that.

He chanted β€œDeath to the IDF”.

If he’d have changed β€œDeath to the Russian Army”, the Daily Mail wouldn’t have splashed on it, or demanded his arrest.

This rag shows infinitely more rage over a chant than the IDF incinerating thousands of little children.

29.06.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1090    πŸ” 258    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 15

Time and again, those with the broadest shoulders contribute the least, while the most vulnerable are asked to tighten already-unbearable belts. Sunak pays a lower effective tax rate than a nurse. That should prompt reform at the top, not punishment at the bottom.

26.06.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone should write to their MP saying:

Israel’s attack on Iran is insane. It is also being used to distract from Gaza, where internet has been cut, and the West Bank, where settlements are aggressively expanding.

The UK government MUST recognise the State of Palestine now.

Does your MP agree?

13.06.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 760    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 14
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Donald Trump, "The USA wasn't involved," also Donald Trump, "the next attack will be even more brutal."

You realize it can't be both.

13.06.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 9 January 2025

37% of the people (2.7m) on Universal Credit are in employment. Work does not pay enough.

Public purse is boosting corporate profits, dividends, exec pay.

1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined and oppose redistribution.

What do they gain from consigning millions to misery?

22.05.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
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UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid – Israel-Gaza war live UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... As the world watches on....

20.05.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brexit hasn't been betrayed.

The British people have not been betrayed.

The betrayal was Brexit.

Once that is the established narrative, we can all go forward together.

19.05.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3531    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 19

I’m one of those dodgy immigrants who came here on a spouse visa and got indefinite leave to remain after 12 months.

The incalculable harm I have done to the UK includes dedicating my life to public service, educating thousands of British young people, and paying more tax than I’ll ever get back.

13.05.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11312    πŸ” 1963    πŸ’¬ 329    πŸ“Œ 53
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With supermarkets not always making the country of origin clear on fruit, vegetables and many other goods, FYI the first three numbers of the bar code denote the country of origin.

14.05.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Migration is driving down living standards, say Labour voters

Fewer than one in four who backed Sir Keir Starmer's party last year thinks they feel economic benefits of immigration

Migration is driving down living standards, say Labour voters Fewer than one in four who backed Sir Keir Starmer's party last year thinks they feel economic benefits of immigration

Rather than continuing to push anti-immigration policies and rhetoric, Labour should be showing why immigration is not only good for the UK, but essential. Pandering to Reform doesn't win Labour support, but cutting immigration will make everyone's life worse, which is hardly a vote winner. #r4today

07.05.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1

Brexiter Steve β€˜hard man’ Baker says Labour’s trade deal with India is great news, β€œfurthering free trade in the national interest outside the EU”
But Steve doesn’t say that a customs union deal *with* the EU would be 20 times bigger. Or, of course, what Tory EU-phobia has already cost us.

07.05.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1073    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 7

The veterans who fought for Britain in world war two included many refugees like my Uncle Albrecht, a Free Czech. Remember that when Reform UK use the anniversary of VE Day to spout anti-refugee bilge.

05.05.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 400    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Andy Burnham, "The country took a series of wrong turns in the 1980s"

"It's left people in a situation where the essentials of life, water, homes, electricity, buses, rail, these are way expensive compared to everywhere else in Europe"

"It's about fixing that and turning it around"

20.04.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 952    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 21
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16.04.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9774    πŸ” 2315    πŸ’¬ 386    πŸ“Œ 106

Congratulations, lovely to read some good news, enjoy your baby

12.04.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels almost cruel to point out that all the bollocks about our 10% tariffs being a 'Brexit benefit' lasted for about four days. But here we are...

10.04.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4054    πŸ” 586    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 21

Since Trump became president, this government are ignoring more atrocities than ever

10.04.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since Trump came into power, this government seem to be ignoring even more atrocities

10.04.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel deporting two Labour MPs? The British government is finally outraged | Owen Jones Eighteen months of slaughter in Gaza has resulted in little more than tepid official letters. It’s taken diplomatic humiliation to cause real anger, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.04.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rights groups urge Starmer to dial down anti-migrant rhetoric Exclusive: 136 organisations tell PM to stop using β€˜demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summit

Absolutely right. Time for politicians to start telling the truth - that migration is good for this country - instead of dancing to Nigel Farage's tune and whipping up dangerous anti-migrant hate.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

07.04.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 847    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 13

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