Louise Crossley
@candidepeel.bsky.social
Part-time soothsayer, some time poet, full-time woke.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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"I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again," & "I'm pissed off as hell about people capitulating to Trump"
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
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She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again," & "I'm pissed off as hell about people capitulating to Trump"
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
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Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
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There is also at play a reluctance to face the possibility that prominent Right wing journalists that Labour figures might have once bantered with in a spirit of gentlemanly rivalry are now going through a process of far right radicalisation
Honestly impressed at Starmer and Nandy's commitment to not doing their job. This guy is literally talking about his wife, his children, her, and her children, and they do nothing!
CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There is also at play a reluctance to face the possibility that prominent Right wing journalists that Labour figures might have once bantered with in a spirit of gentlemanly rivalry are now going through a process of far right radicalisation
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Zack Polanski: The Green leader giving hope to the left
In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform
@rudibanfield.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform
@rudibanfield.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
Zack Polanski: The Green leader giving hope to the left
In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Zack Polanski: The Green leader giving hope to the left
In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform
@rudibanfield.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform
@rudibanfield.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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And he’ll be giving away that the Labour government has completely failed at their strategies to improve the NHS by doing so.
Saturday Long Read: The NHS is Collapsing and Labour is Running out of Excuses
A system shaved to the bone, a winter crisis already unfolding, and a government furious because the arithmetic no longer works.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And he’ll be giving away that the Labour government has completely failed at their strategies to improve the NHS by doing so.
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Too many people are stuck in hospital because there isn't the social care they need.
Our plan for a dedicated winter discharge unit would get thousands out of hospital and home in time for Christmas.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
Our plan for a dedicated winter discharge unit would get thousands out of hospital and home in time for Christmas.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Too many people are stuck in hospital because there isn't the social care they need.
Our plan for a dedicated winter discharge unit would get thousands out of hospital and home in time for Christmas.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
Our plan for a dedicated winter discharge unit would get thousands out of hospital and home in time for Christmas.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
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Make that British citizen and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai.
Is the UK government going to demonstrate backbone, with Sir Keir about to go to Beijing?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is the UK government going to demonstrate backbone, with Sir Keir about to go to Beijing?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong tycoon found guilty in landmark national security case
The 78-year-old UK citizen was convicted of lobbying foreign governments to impose sanctions on HK and China.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Make that British citizen and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai.
Is the UK government going to demonstrate backbone, with Sir Keir about to go to Beijing?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is the UK government going to demonstrate backbone, with Sir Keir about to go to Beijing?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🇺🇸 "He may ramble, but Donald Trump speaks plainly. He means what he says, and he hates everything European. Except its emerging “patriotic” parties, which he wants to support."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/donald-trump-europe-britain-democracy-political-donations
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/donald-trump-europe-britain-democracy-political-donations
Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donations, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🇺🇸 "He may ramble, but Donald Trump speaks plainly. He means what he says, and he hates everything European. Except its emerging “patriotic” parties, which he wants to support."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/donald-trump-europe-britain-democracy-political-donations
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/donald-trump-europe-britain-democracy-political-donations
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Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult.
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Is a Racist
The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult.
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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This news 👇 is most serious ....
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025.
Using fake AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK.
Give everyone enforceable copyright over their voice, face, body parts to counter AI abuses. Shut down platforms that host them.
Using fake AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK.
Give everyone enforceable copyright over their voice, face, body parts to counter AI abuses. Shut down platforms that host them.
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This news 👇 is most serious ....
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
Careless management of people, particularly at sensitive junctures, leaves them disaffected, angry, and open to persuasion by rival camps. Another own goal from the perpetually stumbling Starmer.
Labour Minister Hits Out At Keir Starmer Over 'Humiliating' Cabinet Sacking
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Labour Minister Hits Out At Keir Starmer Over 'Humiliating' Cabinet Sacking
Ian Murray said his wife was "absolutely f*****g furious" at the PM.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Careless management of people, particularly at sensitive junctures, leaves them disaffected, angry, and open to persuasion by rival camps. Another own goal from the perpetually stumbling Starmer.
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'Chris Parkes, a senior lecturer in history education at King’s College London, told Times Higher Education that “to be a trans person in the UK right now is to be exhausted and terrified”.' 1/3
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
'Chris Parkes, a senior lecturer in history education at King’s College London, told Times Higher Education that “to be a trans person in the UK right now is to be exhausted and terrified”.' 1/3
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Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere”
How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How a country fails.
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Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik
After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere”
How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Straight out of the worst dystopian scenarios.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Straight out of the worst dystopian scenarios.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
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A nation now wants back into Europe – if only ministers could find their spines * Lib Dems stir from their EU hibernation long enough to win a vote by accident * Liz Truss' show – “urology chic meets interpretive arm-dancing.”
Pecksniff's Diary
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Pecksniff's Diary
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Pecksniff: Majority opposing Brexit reaches eight million: when will ministers find a backbone?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A nation now wants back into Europe – if only ministers could find their spines * Lib Dems stir from their EU hibernation long enough to win a vote by accident * Liz Truss' show – “urology chic meets interpretive arm-dancing.”
Pecksniff's Diary
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Pecksniff's Diary
eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
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No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever.
And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.
And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.
Trump gets sued for ruining the White House
A prominent preservationist group is suing President Donald Trump over his construction of ...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever.
And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.
And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: MI6 chief to issue Putin warning after Zelensky offers to drop Nato ambitions
Ukraine war latest: MI6 chief to issue Putin warning as peace talks enter second day
MI6 chief to issue a stark warning to Vladimir Putin, vowing sustained pressure on Russia
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Ukraine-Russia war latest: MI6 chief to issue Putin warning after Zelensky offers to drop Nato ambitions
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Ukraine can and will win – if its allies get serious about defence
Ukraine can and will win – if its allies get serious about defence
Ukraine can and will win – if its allies get serious about defence
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Ukraine can and will win – if its allies get serious about defence
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Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed
Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed
Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed
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Opinion | Many don’t realise just how much oestrogen shapes the brain – Christmas is when it really hits home
🖋 Dr Punam Krishan
Read more: trib.al/PrJf0Op
🖋 Dr Punam Krishan
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December 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Opinion | Many don’t realise just how much oestrogen shapes the brain – Christmas is when it really hits home
🖋 Dr Punam Krishan
Read more: trib.al/PrJf0Op
🖋 Dr Punam Krishan
Read more: trib.al/PrJf0Op
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We’re in a place where it’s simply the best choice for money. The ban on selling new petrol or diesel cars was always the right thing to do, the technology has caught up with the plan. The right wing narrative that we need a five year delay to 2035 is a Green Herring - it’s just nonsense.
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We’re in a place where it’s simply the best choice for money. The ban on selling new petrol or diesel cars was always the right thing to do, the technology has caught up with the plan. The right wing narrative that we need a five year delay to 2035 is a Green Herring - it’s just nonsense.
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Issue a statement criticising it, obviously. Exercise moral leadership. You know, that thing that all his predecessors have done on precisely this issue, and that the prime minister did last week about protecting a *modernist bus shelter*.
This interview came out yesterday afternoon. What do you want the PM to do about it?
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Issue a statement criticising it, obviously. Exercise moral leadership. You know, that thing that all his predecessors have done on precisely this issue, and that the prime minister did last week about protecting a *modernist bus shelter*.