Citizen Ann
@citizenann.bsky.social
Retired - lots of volunteering, so plenty of time to tweet/retweet and update my FB status with (mostly) provocative comments. Humanist. Increasingly shouty. Also on X
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Choir singing carols. Xmas tree lights on. Jolly cheers.
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Choir singing carols. Xmas tree lights on. Jolly cheers.
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
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I'm "your listener", Chris Mason. I want to know why Boris Johnson isn't in jail, not whether Rachel Reeves left some details out of a few interviews. #r4today
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I'm "your listener", Chris Mason. I want to know why Boris Johnson isn't in jail, not whether Rachel Reeves left some details out of a few interviews. #r4today
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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I cannot wait for the Tories to wheel out Chris Philp to accuse Rachel Reeves of lying. It will remind me of this great moment when he was sat opposite Mick Lynch on #Newsnight
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I cannot wait for the Tories to wheel out Chris Philp to accuse Rachel Reeves of lying. It will remind me of this great moment when he was sat opposite Mick Lynch on #Newsnight
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99% of British media isn't just right-wing claptrap it's remarkably poor quality. Group think, herd mentality. Self referencing other client journalists to try and lend weight to stories with no more substance than a soap bubble.
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
99% of British media isn't just right-wing claptrap it's remarkably poor quality. Group think, herd mentality. Self referencing other client journalists to try and lend weight to stories with no more substance than a soap bubble.
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
Spot on.
99% of British media isn't just right-wing claptrap it's remarkably poor quality. Group think, herd mentality. Self referencing other client journalists to try and lend weight to stories with no more substance than a soap bubble.
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
We want facts, references, quotes.
In short we need decent journalism
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Spot on.
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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One third of Spanish pork export certificates blocked since swine fever outbreak, minister says reut.rs/4rsFby0
One third of Spanish pork export certificates blocked since swine fever outbreak, minister says
About one third of Spanish pork export certificates have been blocked after the first outbreak of swine fever for three decades, Spain's agriculture minister said on Saturday.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
One third of Spanish pork export certificates blocked since swine fever outbreak, minister says reut.rs/4rsFby0
Yes thank goodness. Eat your heart out Chris Mason and Co whilst you beaver away chasing negative spin.
Because there’s not much else to complain about. They don’t want to moan about kids being lifted out of poverty or millionaire property owners paying a bit more so they’ve settled on shouting about that. 🙄
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Yes thank goodness. Eat your heart out Chris Mason and Co whilst you beaver away chasing negative spin.
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Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.
He’s scrambling.
He’s scrambling.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.
He’s scrambling.
He’s scrambling.
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
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This raises the worrying prospect that overwhelming media power in Britain could be concentrated in the hands of a tiny number of very wealthy, extremely nasty and very right wing crackpots who will use it for malignant ends
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This raises the worrying prospect that overwhelming media power in Britain could be concentrated in the hands of a tiny number of very wealthy, extremely nasty and very right wing crackpots who will use it for malignant ends
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Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
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Reform UK councillor ousted from Leicestershire County Council cabinet position
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
Reform UK councillor ousted from Leicestershire County Council cabinet position
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
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November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reform UK councillor ousted from Leicestershire County Council cabinet position
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
#r4today curiously moving piece this morning on the nightmare of the family of the young boy who went missing in Tenerife and the part played by social media in exacerbating the hell their life became. Strong evidence of the need for stricter controls.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#r4today curiously moving piece this morning on the nightmare of the family of the young boy who went missing in Tenerife and the part played by social media in exacerbating the hell their life became. Strong evidence of the need for stricter controls.
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So many wounds will have been re-opened today on hearing this. Family members taken to hospital who died alone, wives, children, fathers who were never seen again. Closed coffins, restricted funerals. Thinking of you tonight.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So many wounds will have been re-opened today on hearing this. Family members taken to hospital who died alone, wives, children, fathers who were never seen again. Closed coffins, restricted funerals. Thinking of you tonight.
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"These people are using children to get into the UK."
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"These people are using children to get into the UK."
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
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Leaving an entire neighbourhood in Bristol with only faith-based school options fundamentally undermines fairness and parental choice. The local community is clear in its opposition. Decision makers should listen. humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
Save the last non-faith school in Hotwells, Bristol, from closure, Humanists UK tells DfE
Humanists UK has called on decision makers in Bristol to reject proposals to merge Hotwells Primary School, a school of no religious character, with a Church of England Primary school. If the decision...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Leaving an entire neighbourhood in Bristol with only faith-based school options fundamentally undermines fairness and parental choice. The local community is clear in its opposition. Decision makers should listen. humanists.uk/2025/11/14/r...
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More than 1/4 private faith schools in England are failing to meet basic legal standards, Ofsted shows. We absolutely need stronger oversight, greater transparency & a firm expectation that all schools – whether of a religious character or not – meet the same robust standards. Every child matters.
Private faith schools far more likely to fail basic standards
New figures from Ofsted show that more than one in four private faith schools in England are failing to meet basic legal standards – almost double the rate of other types of private school. In respons...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
More than 1/4 private faith schools in England are failing to meet basic legal standards, Ofsted shows. We absolutely need stronger oversight, greater transparency & a firm expectation that all schools – whether of a religious character or not – meet the same robust standards. Every child matters.
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Moronic thugs dressed up to kill innocent foxes and barbarically beating a helpless horse across the head - RSPCA where are you. ????
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Moronic thugs dressed up to kill innocent foxes and barbarically beating a helpless horse across the head - RSPCA where are you. ????
Not a policy, wait for the actual bill then carefully read it in detail. Then comment
Intrigued that the Labour Party has a Denmark policy - seize jewellery and assets from asylum seekers - and also an anti-Denmark policy - don’t tax middle earners enough to support welfare state.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not a policy, wait for the actual bill then carefully read it in detail. Then comment
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This law has sofar not been used in Denmark and is not likely ever to be. That is unless someone lands with a truckload of bling and proceeds to claim generous benefits. Makes sense, really. Think about it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This law has sofar not been used in Denmark and is not likely ever to be. That is unless someone lands with a truckload of bling and proceeds to claim generous benefits. Makes sense, really. Think about it.
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So my second List this week. 10 this time. A total of 21 announcements or pieces of positive information by our Labour Government in 1 week. Some big news next week and more info on a better than expected OBR analysis. Well done Labour #FixingBritain
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So my second List this week. 10 this time. A total of 21 announcements or pieces of positive information by our Labour Government in 1 week. Some big news next week and more info on a better than expected OBR analysis. Well done Labour #FixingBritain
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Ken Clarke endorses the idea of banning social media for children under 16 as Australia is doing #BBCQT
"I find it incomprehensible that anybody of any age can spend literally hours each day on a phone exchange views and insults with people they don't know"
"I find it incomprehensible that anybody of any age can spend literally hours each day on a phone exchange views and insults with people they don't know"
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ken Clarke endorses the idea of banning social media for children under 16 as Australia is doing #BBCQT
"I find it incomprehensible that anybody of any age can spend literally hours each day on a phone exchange views and insults with people they don't know"
"I find it incomprehensible that anybody of any age can spend literally hours each day on a phone exchange views and insults with people they don't know"