BashfulBlueBear
@bashfulblue.bsky.social
Our leaders should be role models for our children... but we live in deeply dangerous times.
Ex teacher, married, adult children. 🏴
💪🇦🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🚫racists&bigots
#vegetarian #nature
#EDS #AuDHD #CFS #chronicpain
Anonymous this time round.
Ex teacher, married, adult children. 🏴
💪🇦🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🚫racists&bigots
#vegetarian #nature
#EDS #AuDHD #CFS #chronicpain
Anonymous this time round.
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What happened to
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What happened to
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Israeli forces continue their war crimes, ethnically cleansing the West Bank, killing Palestinians, attacking civilians, destroying their homes, stealing their land.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11....
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11....
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Israeli forces continue their war crimes, ethnically cleansing the West Bank, killing Palestinians, attacking civilians, destroying their homes, stealing their land.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11....
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11....
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Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - a rare effort to address inequality of power.
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - a rare effort to address inequality of power.
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill.”
But of course they did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Like all recent occupants of No 11, Rachel Reeves is struggling to inject growth into a moribund economy.
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Like all recent occupants of No 11, Rachel Reeves is struggling to inject growth into a moribund economy.
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
In a break with predecessors, she has belatedly pointed the finger at Brexit and was right to do so.”
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Listening to David Lammy on @BBCr4today attempting to justify abolishing trial by jury, it is increasingly and terrifyingly clear that he simply does not understand the issues.
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Listening to David Lammy on @BBCr4today attempting to justify abolishing trial by jury, it is increasingly and terrifyingly clear that he simply does not understand the issues.
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I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Via @subtleinternal.bsky.social
Write / hassle yr local MP to ask at PMQ why the NHS / gov has given our data to a company whose CEO is making speeches about The AntiChrist, and why are we gearing up to do an MOD deal with the same company?
Write / hassle yr local MP to ask at PMQ why the NHS / gov has given our data to a company whose CEO is making speeches about The AntiChrist, and why are we gearing up to do an MOD deal with the same company?
We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Via @subtleinternal.bsky.social
Write / hassle yr local MP to ask at PMQ why the NHS / gov has given our data to a company whose CEO is making speeches about The AntiChrist, and why are we gearing up to do an MOD deal with the same company?
Write / hassle yr local MP to ask at PMQ why the NHS / gov has given our data to a company whose CEO is making speeches about The AntiChrist, and why are we gearing up to do an MOD deal with the same company?
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Stunned.
What WERE the chances?
What WERE the chances?
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Stunned.
What WERE the chances?
What WERE the chances?
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Beggars belief that @news.sky.com have a discredited former Tory MP and former Chancellor Nadim
Zahawi commenting on Rachel Reeves.
Zahawi commenting on Rachel Reeves.
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Beggars belief that @news.sky.com have a discredited former Tory MP and former Chancellor Nadim
Zahawi commenting on Rachel Reeves.
Zahawi commenting on Rachel Reeves.
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Plopkins: FARAGE MUST FACE SLEAZE PROBE OVER RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE, RACISM AND COUNTLESS OTHER LIES
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Plopkins: FARAGE MUST FACE SLEAZE PROBE OVER RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE, RACISM AND COUNTLESS OTHER LIES
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In March 2022, while Russian invasion forces were pouring into Ukraine, Farage was deeply concerned about the welfare of Russian oligarchs. Why was that? Is there something about Farage and Russia billionaires that the public ought to know about?
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In March 2022, while Russian invasion forces were pouring into Ukraine, Farage was deeply concerned about the welfare of Russian oligarchs. Why was that? Is there something about Farage and Russia billionaires that the public ought to know about?
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Israel War Crimes
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Israel War Crimes
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Labour have copied a migration policy that has failed in Denmark
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Labour have copied a migration policy that has failed in Denmark
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
The Tories showed this horrifying truth: OUR Gov't has DEPORTED INNOCENT BRITS to an UNFAMILIAR place & still haven't compensated all the victims of 'the Windrush scandal'.
Let Farage in & he'll go full Trump while his Christofascist handlers applaud.
DON'T VOTE HIM IN!
Read Afua's & Sam's articles
Let Farage in & he'll go full Trump while his Christofascist handlers applaud.
DON'T VOTE HIM IN!
Read Afua's & Sam's articles
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Tories showed this horrifying truth: OUR Gov't has DEPORTED INNOCENT BRITS to an UNFAMILIAR place & still haven't compensated all the victims of 'the Windrush scandal'.
Let Farage in & he'll go full Trump while his Christofascist handlers applaud.
DON'T VOTE HIM IN!
Read Afua's & Sam's articles
Let Farage in & he'll go full Trump while his Christofascist handlers applaud.
DON'T VOTE HIM IN!
Read Afua's & Sam's articles
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🔴 The making of a modern bigot
Everything from Farage’s cigarettes to his performative pint glass radiates the air of a man who never outgrew his rebellious, racist youth.
📝 My piece for the brilliant @afuahirsch.bsky.social’s Substack 👇
Everything from Farage’s cigarettes to his performative pint glass radiates the air of a man who never outgrew his rebellious, racist youth.
📝 My piece for the brilliant @afuahirsch.bsky.social’s Substack 👇
The making of a modern bigot
A guest post...
afuahirsch.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🔴 The making of a modern bigot
Everything from Farage’s cigarettes to his performative pint glass radiates the air of a man who never outgrew his rebellious, racist youth.
📝 My piece for the brilliant @afuahirsch.bsky.social’s Substack 👇
Everything from Farage’s cigarettes to his performative pint glass radiates the air of a man who never outgrew his rebellious, racist youth.
📝 My piece for the brilliant @afuahirsch.bsky.social’s Substack 👇
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Stewart Lee on Nigel Farage 👏👏
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Stewart Lee on Nigel Farage 👏👏
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So is this the "mainstream" leader the Jewish Chronicle is describing? Because here is anti-Semitism from a good deal more recently than Farage's schooldays:
www.thejc.com/news/nigel-f...
www.thejc.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage accused of perpetuating conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism - The Jewish Chronicle
Brexit Party leader revealed to have claimed Goldman Sachs saw the EU as the 'forerunner of global government' and a 'new world order'
www.thejc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So is this the "mainstream" leader the Jewish Chronicle is describing? Because here is anti-Semitism from a good deal more recently than Farage's schooldays:
www.thejc.com/news/nigel-f...
www.thejc.com/news/nigel-f...
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From safety to T&Cs, *anything* good about my job is in place thanks to the power of collective bargaining.
Fuck the tories. Up the workers. ✊️
Fuck the tories. Up the workers. ✊️
Nasty Badenoch claims she knows exactly what the country needs: get rid of unions, keep wages down, and pat the rich on the back for being so "hard-working." #ukpolitics
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
From safety to T&Cs, *anything* good about my job is in place thanks to the power of collective bargaining.
Fuck the tories. Up the workers. ✊️
Fuck the tories. Up the workers. ✊️
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The Jewish Chronicle is owned by Robbie Gibb, of "let's destroy the BBC and replace it with GBNews" fame.
Nobody knows who supplied the money for his purchase.
But he obviously feels comfortable to push the narrative that "Hitler Was Right, Let's Gas the Jews" Farage is a moderate voice.
Nobody knows who supplied the money for his purchase.
But he obviously feels comfortable to push the narrative that "Hitler Was Right, Let's Gas the Jews" Farage is a moderate voice.
Speechless.
Not just through the looking glass, but upside down, inside out and the wrong way around a world where the Mad Hatter is a bastion of sensibility.
#Antisemitism
Not just through the looking glass, but upside down, inside out and the wrong way around a world where the Mad Hatter is a bastion of sensibility.
#Antisemitism
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Jewish Chronicle is owned by Robbie Gibb, of "let's destroy the BBC and replace it with GBNews" fame.
Nobody knows who supplied the money for his purchase.
But he obviously feels comfortable to push the narrative that "Hitler Was Right, Let's Gas the Jews" Farage is a moderate voice.
Nobody knows who supplied the money for his purchase.
But he obviously feels comfortable to push the narrative that "Hitler Was Right, Let's Gas the Jews" Farage is a moderate voice.
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...