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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Another point is that it works both ways, yes, some who instinctively sympathise with Palestine will be pushed to extreme and just plain wrong ideas by social media bullshit, but it's also happened to those who can't admit fault with Israel and have an information ecosystem confirming that belief.
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 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Another point is that it works both ways, yes, some who instinctively sympathise with Palestine will be pushed to extreme and just plain wrong ideas by social media bullshit, but it's also happened to those who can't admit fault with Israel and have an information ecosystem confirming that belief.
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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I'm in the top 10% of diarrhoea fans 🥰
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm in the top 10% of diarrhoea fans 🥰
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GB News are putting more overt racism in an unregulated online space (though the TV Channel itself did broadcast Lucy White saying that anybody who wants to practice Islam in Britain should leave Britain for a Muslim country)
bsky.app/profile/jim....
bsky.app/profile/jim....
1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
GB News are putting more overt racism in an unregulated online space (though the TV Channel itself did broadcast Lucy White saying that anybody who wants to practice Islam in Britain should leave Britain for a Muslim country)
bsky.app/profile/jim....
bsky.app/profile/jim....
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
do not go to a 4D screening of Last Tango in Paris
If you've never been to a 4D screening, it basically involves you being twatted over and over again. Your seat just straight up hits you in the back, repeatedly, then occasionally sprays water in your face. Within ten minutes I thought: I might actually puke. This went on for three hours.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
do not go to a 4D screening of Last Tango in Paris
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Reform should rapidly suspend Staffordshire Council leader Ian Coopet for this overt racism
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform should rapidly suspend Staffordshire Council leader Ian Coopet for this overt racism
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
"Called It" tweets/posts are still the worst
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Called It" tweets/posts are still the worst
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- I deleted 9 posts because America had woken up and arguing about something I hadn’t said was getting tedious (top 15% of Bluesky users)
- I tried to paste an image into a DM 27 times before remembering you can’t do that (top 20% of Bluesky users)
- I tried to paste an image into a DM 27 times before remembering you can’t do that (top 20% of Bluesky users)
- I blocked 37 other users because I couldn’t be bothered to explain the joke to them (top 22% of Bluesky users)
- I was blocked by 42 other users for being almost unbearably smug and/or worthy (top 67% of Bluesky users)
- I was blocked by 42 other users for being almost unbearably smug and/or worthy (top 67% of Bluesky users)
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
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
- I deleted 9 posts because America had woken up and arguing about something I hadn’t said was getting tedious (top 15% of Bluesky users)
- I tried to paste an image into a DM 27 times before remembering you can’t do that (top 20% of Bluesky users)
- I tried to paste an image into a DM 27 times before remembering you can’t do that (top 20% of Bluesky users)
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I clicked on the article knowing it would make me angry and then told everyone how angry I was 154 times (top 87% of users)
- I blocked 37 other users because I couldn’t be bothered to explain the joke to them (top 22% of Bluesky users)
- I was blocked by 42 other users for being almost unbearably smug and/or worthy (top 67% of Bluesky users)
- I was blocked by 42 other users for being almost unbearably smug and/or worthy (top 67% of Bluesky users)
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
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I clicked on the article knowing it would make me angry and then told everyone how angry I was 154 times (top 87% of users)
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The fascinating thing about the Starmer-Badenoch era is it really shows how much leadership cues matter even in an era of low partisanship and a fragmented public sphere. Starmer has transmitted learned helplessness to the centre-left, Badenoch has transmitted clown behaviour to the right.
The Kemoi Badenoch energy that radiates off these anti-Reeves articles shows just how much having a figure who isn't a fucking clown as Opposition Leader actually matters - a principle that R Beloved Fourth Estate really cared about from 2015-2024 but mysteriously gave up on for some reason
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The fascinating thing about the Starmer-Badenoch era is it really shows how much leadership cues matter even in an era of low partisanship and a fragmented public sphere. Starmer has transmitted learned helplessness to the centre-left, Badenoch has transmitted clown behaviour to the right.
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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