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Sara Hummingbird @sarahumm.bsky.social · Sep 18

& later in the evening and excellent speech.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Sep 17

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Sep 18

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Are you comfortable with the worlds most powerful man on earth banning books, militarising the police, damaging women's reproductive rights"

Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."

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PoggleRebecca @pogglerebecca.bsky.social · Sep 18

If you don't know what's going on with anti-trans stuff in the UK, read this.

If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.

They won't stop with us.

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Sep 17

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social · Sep 14

Carers UK is encouraged to hear that the Government is considering compensation for Carer’s Allowance overpayments - in today's @theguardian.com. Read our full reaction here: http://bit.ly/4psh7dS?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_hpmt34rhxv

Carers UK responds to Guardian article reporting that the Government is considering compensation for carers hit by the Carer’s Allowance scandal | Carers UK

bit.ly

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · Sep 14

There's a lesson in there somewhere

Dave nλ=2dsinθ @xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · Sep 13

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.

https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record

Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.

www.them.us

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 14

Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone.
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.

(Sunday Times)

Photos of Yaxley Lennon/Robinson and Musk talking on video link and a bloodied protester.

…murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly.
"The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that's who we're dealing with here."
He said that the British public were
"scared to exercise their [right to] free speech" and claimed the BBC was "com-plicit in the destruction of Britain".
When they finished their conversa-tion, Robinson said: "Not only are we in the fight right now, but we're on advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk."
By about 4pm riot police, backed by mounted patrols and dog units, were struggling to protect a group of masked antifascists hemmed in at the top of Whitehall. Missiles and flares were thrown by Robinson supporters, with some hitting officers.
Many chanted
abuse at the police, mocked officers and spat at them.
The Met said on X: "Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups. A number of officers have been assaulted."
It later added: "The turnout for the Unite the Kingdom protest was too big to fit into Whitehall. Protesters left the route on to Victoria Embankment and sought to access Whitehall from multiple directions ... When officers moved in to stop them, they faced unacceptable violence.
They were assaulted with kicks and punches. Bottles, flares and other projectiles were thrown."
More than
1,600
officers
were
deployed to deal with the demonstrations as well as several football fixtures in the capital. At least 500 police had been drafted in from forces outside London, including the Merseyside, Humberside

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · Sep 14

Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.

Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · Sep 14

My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson

Well worth a read

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...

Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...

observer.co.uk

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 26

You are lucky you live in an area that has Admiral Nurses, I was unpleasantly surprised to learn they ate not nationwide

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good advice

Jan @falcondalejan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Concerned about skewed news coverage? "Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to send a comment." This allows you to send a comment to whichever BBC radio station you're listening to. "Message for the Newsroom ..." and fill in the gap.
Get to it! 👍

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Carers Worldwide @carersworldwide.bsky.social · Aug 25

#UnpaidCarers contribute so much to our society & the global economy, yet, many receive little to no support in return.

This needs to change.

Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today 👇🏽

carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...

#CommitToCarers

A purple speech bubble with a quote from Grace: "Carers do an incredible job, saving governments millions - they deserve to be supported."

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.

Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.

buff.ly/i4kBpfF

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Aug 24

"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth

ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · Aug 22

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”

But the truth is very different.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate

Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am in love. There is a certain come hither look in that chicken's eye...

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Jane Callaghan @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social · Aug 22

A very interesting article drawing out the concept of care poverty from my colleague @profkirstein.bsky.social and collaborators.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ageing and Care Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

In this article, the authors articulate care poverty as a new theoretical lens through which we might understand the challenges people face as they age and need help and support in their daily lives. ...

link.springer.com

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ah. You have made assumptions that suit your own biases. Thanks for clarifying. You're still a racist.

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Are you also currently doing a PhD or working in academia? Just wondering how you know what my experience is

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm doing a PhD which, ego aside, seems to mean I am intelligent. I therefore feel qualified to confidently describe you as a racist

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Media here too, seems like there's a lot of us about!

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Matthew McGregor @mcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 22

Aussie unions don’t beat around the bush.

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Was it the right way up? Maybe someone needs help...

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

You make an excellent point! The mini roundabout ones baffled me. Why would you want the flag you're so proud of to be driven over multiple times a day? You'd get arrested for doing that in many countries!

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Counterpoint: The Trump administration is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm afraid they are convincing increasing numbers of people, egged on by far too much of the mainstream media and evil-minded public figures. It's not the flag itself I'm ashamed of, it's the message it's being used to send

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