Ali Harman
@alihar.bsky.social
Retired library and information specialist. Volunteers at Brent Museum and Archives.
Into local and family history. Sings with the amazing Cecil Sharp House Choir.
Plays piano. Knits, reads. Bit of gardening.
She/her.
Into local and family history. Sings with the amazing Cecil Sharp House Choir.
Plays piano. Knits, reads. Bit of gardening.
She/her.
Pinned
Ali Harman
@alihar.bsky.social
· Sep 3
George And Josh Pedal The Planet For UNICEF
Help George Kohler raise money to support UNICEF UK
www.justgiving.com
I've become slightly obsessed with the adventures of these two. Don't think they are here though. Worth a look at their videos, and please donate. www.justgiving.com/page/georgea...
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The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
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On the eve of last year’s General Election, an RPO survey found that 76% of adults want to ‘see the new Government do more to support arts and culture in Britain’. This has now risen to 85%. Survey says that public wants to see decisive action on music access, provision and funding.
bit.ly/3WWIaRt
bit.ly/3WWIaRt
Eight in 10 adults call for more government support for the arts
A new RPO survey reveals a rise in the number of people who want to see more Government support for arts and culture in Britain
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the eve of last year’s General Election, an RPO survey found that 76% of adults want to ‘see the new Government do more to support arts and culture in Britain’. This has now risen to 85%. Survey says that public wants to see decisive action on music access, provision and funding.
bit.ly/3WWIaRt
bit.ly/3WWIaRt
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It's time to taken action to get these things off our roads FULL STOP.
Absolutely nobody needs one.
I lived in the Highland of Scotland for more than 20 years and absolutely nobody who went off-road used one because they were too big, too heavy, too wide, and didn't have buck/boot space
Absolutely nobody needs one.
I lived in the Highland of Scotland for more than 20 years and absolutely nobody who went off-road used one because they were too big, too heavy, too wide, and didn't have buck/boot space
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's time to taken action to get these things off our roads FULL STOP.
Absolutely nobody needs one.
I lived in the Highland of Scotland for more than 20 years and absolutely nobody who went off-road used one because they were too big, too heavy, too wide, and didn't have buck/boot space
Absolutely nobody needs one.
I lived in the Highland of Scotland for more than 20 years and absolutely nobody who went off-road used one because they were too big, too heavy, too wide, and didn't have buck/boot space
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Emeritus Professor Chris Grey on the links between the Prescott memo which brought down the BBC's DG and Head of News, the History Reclaimed lobby group which is associated with the Tufton Street linked, Telegraph boosted, would be entryists Restore Trust and the wider world of "Brexitism".
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Emeritus Professor Chris Grey on the links between the Prescott memo which brought down the BBC's DG and Head of News, the History Reclaimed lobby group which is associated with the Tufton Street linked, Telegraph boosted, would be entryists Restore Trust and the wider world of "Brexitism".
Michael Rosen for DG
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Michael Rosen for DG
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Michael Rosen for DG
#Souleymane'sStory Wow. Such a powerful film.
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#Souleymane'sStory Wow. Such a powerful film.
"In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC."
At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC."
It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC."
At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC."
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It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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Eight child abusers were jailed today.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
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The good news is that the Labour government has reduced by 1/3 the number of asylum seekers waiting in hotels and forbidden from working.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The good news is that the Labour government has reduced by 1/3 the number of asylum seekers waiting in hotels and forbidden from working.
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The government has recovered £74m from excessive profits made by companies running asylum accommodation, the BBC can reveal.
The Home Office said it had recouped the money following a review of contracts after Labour came to power last year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Home Office said it had recouped the money following a review of contracts after Labour came to power last year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms
The amount recouped remains a small percentage of the overall cost of asylum accommodation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The government has recovered £74m from excessive profits made by companies running asylum accommodation, the BBC can reveal.
The Home Office said it had recouped the money following a review of contracts after Labour came to power last year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Home Office said it had recouped the money following a review of contracts after Labour came to power last year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
This is really good
A great website.
Full of crucial info and ideas for how to live in a way that gives us a fighting chance of avoiding catastrophe.
I’ve threaded it to break it up a little… 1/17
#lowcarbonliving
www.tudelft.nl/sustainabili...
Full of crucial info and ideas for how to live in a way that gives us a fighting chance of avoiding catastrophe.
I’ve threaded it to break it up a little… 1/17
#lowcarbonliving
www.tudelft.nl/sustainabili...
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This is really good
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Net Zero is a lot cheaper to achieve than the fossil fuel backed Reform lot and MSM would have you believe.
British public vastly overestimates cost of getting to net zero - by a staggering 14,000%.
On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to just 0.2%.
We need a National Emergency Briefing❗️
Research by fgs_global
fgsglobal.com/insights/the...
On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to just 0.2%.
We need a National Emergency Briefing❗️
Research by fgs_global
fgsglobal.com/insights/the...
Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?
The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate
fgsglobal.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Net Zero is a lot cheaper to achieve than the fossil fuel backed Reform lot and MSM would have you believe.
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Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
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So, man who chose to declare his party's manifesto was a contract now declares it was "only ever aspirations". That's absolutely not what it said in the document.
Who's going to call Farage out over that?
Who's going to call Farage out over that?
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So, man who chose to declare his party's manifesto was a contract now declares it was "only ever aspirations". That's absolutely not what it said in the document.
Who's going to call Farage out over that?
Who's going to call Farage out over that?
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Reform press conferences on what it might do were it to win an election four years from now shouldn't be getting more media coverage than concrete policy announcements from Britain's actual government
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reform press conferences on what it might do were it to win an election four years from now shouldn't be getting more media coverage than concrete policy announcements from Britain's actual government
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Reluctant to give Question Time any time - save for this:
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reluctant to give Question Time any time - save for this:
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Migration makes for political deflection and migrants an easy scapegoat, but most "concerns" around immigration are flat out false and driven by hostile rhetoric.
Reality is, on a day to day basis, people are more worried about how they'll get through to the next payday.
news.sky.com/story/manufa...
Reality is, on a day to day basis, people are more worried about how they'll get through to the next payday.
news.sky.com/story/manufa...
'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests
The cost of living, health, crime, and housing are much higher on people's lists of personal worries, a YouGov survey has suggested.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Migration makes for political deflection and migrants an easy scapegoat, but most "concerns" around immigration are flat out false and driven by hostile rhetoric.
Reality is, on a day to day basis, people are more worried about how they'll get through to the next payday.
news.sky.com/story/manufa...
Reality is, on a day to day basis, people are more worried about how they'll get through to the next payday.
news.sky.com/story/manufa...
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
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What a hideous man he is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What a hideous man he is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...