Cath Martin 59
@cathmartin59.bsky.social
Books, walking, dog owner,climate, renewables, community energy, Green Party, Humanist, traditional music, NHS, Byline Times supporter.
Views my own.
Views my own.
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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As a journalist you’re always looking for ways to sum up the now, but the story is really often more incremental. This is from a Derbyshire county council paper. I was, inevitably, looking for “library to close” or “doge identified £Xm”, but the starting point is at least as important
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
As a journalist you’re always looking for ways to sum up the now, but the story is really often more incremental. This is from a Derbyshire county council paper. I was, inevitably, looking for “library to close” or “doge identified £Xm”, but the starting point is at least as important
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Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar.
Is the aim to help people or squeeze them?
Poverty causes insecurity, anxiety.
Need equitable distribution of income; better housing, healthcare, education, support services, progressive taxation.
Is the aim to help people or squeeze them?
Poverty causes insecurity, anxiety.
Need equitable distribution of income; better housing, healthcare, education, support services, progressive taxation.
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar.
Is the aim to help people or squeeze them?
Poverty causes insecurity, anxiety.
Need equitable distribution of income; better housing, healthcare, education, support services, progressive taxation.
Is the aim to help people or squeeze them?
Poverty causes insecurity, anxiety.
Need equitable distribution of income; better housing, healthcare, education, support services, progressive taxation.
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The importance of citizen scientists in monitoring, reporting and campaigning for action on water contamination cannot be understated
By David Miles
By David Miles
Using citizen science to improve our becks and rivers for nature and people
The importance of citizen scientists in monitoring, reporting and campaigning for action on water contamination cannot be understated
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The importance of citizen scientists in monitoring, reporting and campaigning for action on water contamination cannot be understated
By David Miles
By David Miles
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I started getting involved with @bylinesnetwork.co.uk in the summer. Best choice I've made in some time. Great group of people passionate about what they do. Very worth supporting.
Believe in the power of writing? Want to champion citizen voices? Passionate about truth and democracy?
Become a friend of Bylines Network 👇
Become a friend of Bylines Network 👇
Friends of Bylines Network - Bylines Network
Stand with us – sign up. now to become a Friend of Bylines Network
bylinesnetwork.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I started getting involved with @bylinesnetwork.co.uk in the summer. Best choice I've made in some time. Great group of people passionate about what they do. Very worth supporting.
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As part of our Boycott Amazon campaign, we recently updated our guide to Ethical Online Retailers.
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As part of our Boycott Amazon campaign, we recently updated our guide to Ethical Online Retailers.
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
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‘The course was a wonderful way of looking inward, of examining what I truly believe, what I need to reevaluate, and what questions I should never stop asking.’ We're getting some really amazing feedback. Take a look!
@humanismedu.bsky.social
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
@humanismedu.bsky.social
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
Introducing Humanism: non-religious approaches to life, with Sandi Toksvig
Click here to start the course Learn about how humanists approach life’s big questions Humanism is a non-religious, ethical world view shared by millions of people around the world. Humanists believe ...
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
‘The course was a wonderful way of looking inward, of examining what I truly believe, what I need to reevaluate, and what questions I should never stop asking.’ We're getting some really amazing feedback. Take a look!
@humanismedu.bsky.social
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
@humanismedu.bsky.social
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
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🎻 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates nine decades since its first live broadcast in December 1935
Listen to their 90th Anniversary Concert today on BBC Radio 3, broadcast live from Glasgow’s City Halls
More 👇🏻
Listen to their 90th Anniversary Concert today on BBC Radio 3, broadcast live from Glasgow’s City Halls
More 👇🏻
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates 90 years of trailblazing brilliance
Ahead of its 90th Anniversary Concert, rediscover milestones that have shaped the orchestra’s nine-decade history with the BBC SSO’s 90 Years Timeline
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎻 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates nine decades since its first live broadcast in December 1935
Listen to their 90th Anniversary Concert today on BBC Radio 3, broadcast live from Glasgow’s City Halls
More 👇🏻
Listen to their 90th Anniversary Concert today on BBC Radio 3, broadcast live from Glasgow’s City Halls
More 👇🏻
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Facts!
I'm literally reading right now a beautiful book by Horatio Clare called We Came By Sea which travels into Dover and finds the heat of hope within!
Highly recommend!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm literally reading right now a beautiful book by Horatio Clare called We Came By Sea which travels into Dover and finds the heat of hope within!
Highly recommend!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Facts!
I'm literally reading right now a beautiful book by Horatio Clare called We Came By Sea which travels into Dover and finds the heat of hope within!
Highly recommend!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm literally reading right now a beautiful book by Horatio Clare called We Came By Sea which travels into Dover and finds the heat of hope within!
Highly recommend!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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£28 billion to upgrade UK's energy network. 64% of this, a whopping £17.8 billion, is for maintenance of gas networks not new transmission lines for #renewables.
Why?
#ShortSighted
Why?
#ShortSighted
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
£28 billion to upgrade UK's energy network. 64% of this, a whopping £17.8 billion, is for maintenance of gas networks not new transmission lines for #renewables.
Why?
#ShortSighted
Why?
#ShortSighted
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The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
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It’s the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and it’s to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and it’s to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.
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Your reminder that political spending isn't regulated or recorded outside an election year
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Your reminder that political spending isn't regulated or recorded outside an election year
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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Seems like a good day to offer praise for a former student of mine, a Somali immigrant from Minneapolis who wrote the finest undergrad paper I’ve ever read (on climate, water shortages, and social instability).
And who changed my life.
He’s quoted in here:
www.terrain.org/2019/guest-e...
And who changed my life.
He’s quoted in here:
www.terrain.org/2019/guest-e...
Always Knew I Was Adopted; Just Found Out I’m Gay - Terrain.org
A Coming Out Essay in Ten Parts 1. I’m gay. Five letters. Two syllables. Is there another declaration in the English language both smaller and bigger than this one? My 17-year-old son says mom it’s ...
www.terrain.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Seems like a good day to offer praise for a former student of mine, a Somali immigrant from Minneapolis who wrote the finest undergrad paper I’ve ever read (on climate, water shortages, and social instability).
And who changed my life.
He’s quoted in here:
www.terrain.org/2019/guest-e...
And who changed my life.
He’s quoted in here:
www.terrain.org/2019/guest-e...
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The leader of Staffordshire County Council, Reform’s Ian Cooper, was a ‘top fan’ on a Facebook White Supremacist page.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The leader of Staffordshire County Council, Reform’s Ian Cooper, was a ‘top fan’ on a Facebook White Supremacist page.
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#GOODNEWS: 70 threatened species of sharks & rays just gained new protections in hopes of giving their populations a chance at recovery.🦈
This unprecedented move calls for a full international commercial trade ban for manta rays, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, and more.
https://bit.ly/4iEwoFm
This unprecedented move calls for a full international commercial trade ban for manta rays, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, and more.
https://bit.ly/4iEwoFm
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#GOODNEWS: 70 threatened species of sharks & rays just gained new protections in hopes of giving their populations a chance at recovery.🦈
This unprecedented move calls for a full international commercial trade ban for manta rays, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, and more.
https://bit.ly/4iEwoFm
This unprecedented move calls for a full international commercial trade ban for manta rays, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, and more.
https://bit.ly/4iEwoFm
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See this👇🏼😡
Farage tells German AFd anti-migrant party 'Once you are able to speak the unspeakable people will begin to think the unthinkable'
An AFd Party supporter murdered 6 people including a 9 year old boy, injuring 338 people at German Xmas Market last Dec
He’s a very dangerous extremist❗️
Farage tells German AFd anti-migrant party 'Once you are able to speak the unspeakable people will begin to think the unthinkable'
An AFd Party supporter murdered 6 people including a 9 year old boy, injuring 338 people at German Xmas Market last Dec
He’s a very dangerous extremist❗️
Farage tells German anti-immigrant party to 'speak the unspeakable'
The former Ukip leader was personally invited to speak at the Berlin event by Beatrix von Storch, the granddaughter of Hitler's finance minister
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
See this👇🏼😡
Farage tells German AFd anti-migrant party 'Once you are able to speak the unspeakable people will begin to think the unthinkable'
An AFd Party supporter murdered 6 people including a 9 year old boy, injuring 338 people at German Xmas Market last Dec
He’s a very dangerous extremist❗️
Farage tells German AFd anti-migrant party 'Once you are able to speak the unspeakable people will begin to think the unthinkable'
An AFd Party supporter murdered 6 people including a 9 year old boy, injuring 338 people at German Xmas Market last Dec
He’s a very dangerous extremist❗️
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Our investigation is also on @itvx.com news at 10pm tonight
This work has taken months. It exposes serious flaws in our democracy. Lobbying reform needs to happen - now
Follow Democracy for Sale to get all these stories, and support our work democracyforsale.substack.com
This work has taken months. It exposes serious flaws in our democracy. Lobbying reform needs to happen - now
Follow Democracy for Sale to get all these stories, and support our work democracyforsale.substack.com
Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan | Substack
A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy. Click to read Democracy for Sale, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our investigation is also on @itvx.com news at 10pm tonight
This work has taken months. It exposes serious flaws in our democracy. Lobbying reform needs to happen - now
Follow Democracy for Sale to get all these stories, and support our work democracyforsale.substack.com
This work has taken months. It exposes serious flaws in our democracy. Lobbying reform needs to happen - now
Follow Democracy for Sale to get all these stories, and support our work democracyforsale.substack.com
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Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
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It is so sad to see new exclusionary policies from Girlguiding, where trans girls had been so included before.
The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community!
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community!
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
Woodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft Folk
Woodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion. We recognise that Girlgui...
woodcraft.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It is so sad to see new exclusionary policies from Girlguiding, where trans girls had been so included before.
The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community!
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
The Woodcraft Folk is a brilliant, inclusive, non-segregated alternative for young people seeking fun, adventure and community!
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
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4 winters of Putin’s war. Daily attacks, destruction, war crimes.
Ukraine needs more help. The €210 bn in frozen Russian assets must finally be released.
Putin must pay the costs of his destruction, not European taxpayers.
It’s time for all European governments to act. Now.
Ukraine needs more help. The €210 bn in frozen Russian assets must finally be released.
Putin must pay the costs of his destruction, not European taxpayers.
It’s time for all European governments to act. Now.
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
4 winters of Putin’s war. Daily attacks, destruction, war crimes.
Ukraine needs more help. The €210 bn in frozen Russian assets must finally be released.
Putin must pay the costs of his destruction, not European taxpayers.
It’s time for all European governments to act. Now.
Ukraine needs more help. The €210 bn in frozen Russian assets must finally be released.
Putin must pay the costs of his destruction, not European taxpayers.
It’s time for all European governments to act. Now.
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...