Chaminda Jayanetti
@cjayanetti.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
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Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
Kemi Baldenoch
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Kemi Baldenoch
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Was wondering why the BBC and ITV were playing the same programme/ film called “The King” then realised how thick I am.
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Was wondering why the BBC and ITV were playing the same programme/ film called “The King” then realised how thick I am.
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While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
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it is a) true that social media has a massive anti-semitism problem and is full of fake videos and b) that this has become the laziest excuse for the change in young Americans' views largely induced by Israeli atrocities!
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
it is a) true that social media has a massive anti-semitism problem and is full of fake videos and b) that this has become the laziest excuse for the change in young Americans' views largely induced by Israeli atrocities!
Man City are winning 5-4 and between them the two keepers have made precisely one save in the entire match
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Man City are winning 5-4 and between them the two keepers have made precisely one save in the entire match
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“I am proud to have scrapped the two-child limit,” #Starmer intoned yesterday “and lifted half a million children out of poverty.” Fascinating to hear he’s extremely proud of doing something he last year suspended seven of his MPs for voting for.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“I am proud to have scrapped the two-child limit,” #Starmer intoned yesterday “and lifted half a million children out of poverty.” Fascinating to hear he’s extremely proud of doing something he last year suspended seven of his MPs for voting for.”
Thanks, now my pants need a wash
Shares in a US cryptocurrency miner backed by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump shed a third of its value on Tuesday as early investors cashed out en masse at the end of a lock-up period. on.ft.com/44JdOGa
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thanks, now my pants need a wash
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Total banger www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Total banger www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
I remember watching the pro-Brexit Grace Blakeley describe EU free movement of people as "combating the demographic problems of northern Europe by exporting and extracting fertility from the periphery of Europe", because "most of those emigrants [from Poland] are young people of child bearing age"
Pinched this video from @cjsnowdon.bsky.social on Twitter because Bluesky has to see it.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I remember watching the pro-Brexit Grace Blakeley describe EU free movement of people as "combating the demographic problems of northern Europe by exporting and extracting fertility from the periphery of Europe", because "most of those emigrants [from Poland] are young people of child bearing age"
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🚨 New policy exclusive from us: Local authorities in England are placing more vulnerable 16-17 year olds in semi-independent accommodation than in residential homes with full-time care
Children’s minister admits scale of isolation is “not good enough”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Children’s minister admits scale of isolation is “not good enough”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Councils Placing More 16-17 Year Olds In Semi-Independent Care Than In Children’s Homes
Local authorities in England are placing more vulnerable 16-17 year olds in semi-independent accommodation than in residential homes with full-time...
www.politicshome.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🚨 New policy exclusive from us: Local authorities in England are placing more vulnerable 16-17 year olds in semi-independent accommodation than in residential homes with full-time care
Children’s minister admits scale of isolation is “not good enough”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Children’s minister admits scale of isolation is “not good enough”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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the depths of Argentinean loserdom about the Falklands continue to amaze
I only learned last year that all city buses are required by law to say "Las Malvinas son argentinas" on the side.
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the depths of Argentinean loserdom about the Falklands continue to amaze
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a fun thing to do if anyone wanted to ruin their life would be to point out that Argentina is a creation of settler colonialism, actually
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
a fun thing to do if anyone wanted to ruin their life would be to point out that Argentina is a creation of settler colonialism, actually
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*goes to see nurse. Does absolutely not snigger childishly. Heavens, no*
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
*goes to see nurse. Does absolutely not snigger childishly. Heavens, no*
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The Home Office has started taking action on cases of Syrian refugees with pending settlement applications. People are being sent letters saying they have 21 days to provide evidence as to why they should not be returned to Syria. Panic is spreading.
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Home Office has started taking action on cases of Syrian refugees with pending settlement applications. People are being sent letters saying they have 21 days to provide evidence as to why they should not be returned to Syria. Panic is spreading.
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Ofsted says says trend of children’s homes being registered in cheap areas, not where need is greatest, is ‘national scandal’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children’s home providers in England putting profit over need, says Ofsted
Watchdog says trend of care homes being registered in cheap areas, not where need is greatest, is ‘national scandal’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ofsted says says trend of children’s homes being registered in cheap areas, not where need is greatest, is ‘national scandal’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
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I think there's a good essay to be written about how many of the pathologies of both contemporary neo-Blairism and contemporary neo-Corbynism can be traced back to the political culture(s) of the NUS - in which many of the key players spent their formative years
There's actually one other place Zarah Sultana exists, which I think is pretty central to understanding whole political habitus: the NUS
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I think there's a good essay to be written about how many of the pathologies of both contemporary neo-Blairism and contemporary neo-Corbynism can be traced back to the political culture(s) of the NUS - in which many of the key players spent their formative years
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There's actually one other place Zarah Sultana exists, which I think is pretty central to understanding whole political habitus: the NUS
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
There's actually one other place Zarah Sultana exists, which I think is pretty central to understanding whole political habitus: the NUS
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The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
UK mulls ban on crypto cash in politics — putting Farage in firing line
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was the first U.K. political party to accept donations in cryptocurrency — and now the government is considering a ban.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
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Oh I see that the University and College Union totally failed to make the turnout threshold for industrial action: the numbers voting fell below 40%. Predictable: everyone is just exhausted, alienated and beaten down. Employers can do as they wish now.
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Oh I see that the University and College Union totally failed to make the turnout threshold for industrial action: the numbers voting fell below 40%. Predictable: everyone is just exhausted, alienated and beaten down. Employers can do as they wish now.
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This is actually the most pathetic government of my lifetime? They are ADDICTED to saying 'a big boy made me do it' about everything
Does he also believe in the Tooth Fairy? That, and other questions raised by this excellent piece: www.ft.com/content/cc83...
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is actually the most pathetic government of my lifetime? They are ADDICTED to saying 'a big boy made me do it' about everything
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Very sad news. Plenty of times in the early 90s he was the one batter England could rely on
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Very sad news. Plenty of times in the early 90s he was the one batter England could rely on
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Awful news about Robin Smith. Worth reading the bit about him in this article on the toughness required to be a test cricketer. Carried on batting with a broken jaw.
www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/108153...
www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/108153...
Nasty, brutish, short
How many of these five classic bouncers do you remember?
www.thecricketmonthly.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Awful news about Robin Smith. Worth reading the bit about him in this article on the toughness required to be a test cricketer. Carried on batting with a broken jaw.
www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/108153...
www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/108153...