Fay Heatley
@fayheatley.bsky.social
A life in the London suburbs. Very disappointed to announce that there really are no more heroes anymore. And finding out I'm an old fool feminist after all. It is time to go and do that reading.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
But ........blue passports.
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
But ........blue passports.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
'In the late 2000s, a friend sent me a video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners. The instant I saw Nigel Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling: "Hitler was right. Gas them. Ssssssssssss".'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
'In the late 2000s, a friend sent me a video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners. The instant I saw Nigel Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling: "Hitler was right. Gas them. Ssssssssssss".'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Real wildlife laws unlike feudal Britain
4 Northern Bald Ibis were killed with an air rifle in Extremadura in 2019. Covid caused issues with the police investigation, but they continues & last month the guilty party was sentenced, 1 year prison term, banned from hunting & fishing for 3 years & a 20,000Euro fine. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Real wildlife laws unlike feudal Britain
Reposted by Fay Heatley
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Trade folk (including myself) are unconvinced there is much of a growth dividend for Rachel Reeves from agreements with India, EU, and US. Just as there's no evidence of positive impact from independent UK trade policy since 2021. www.politico.eu/article/rach...
Rachel Reeves hopes trade deals can save Britain’s budget. Economists aren’t convinced.
With a difficult budget looming, the chancellor has increasingly turned her gaze overseas.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Trade folk (including myself) are unconvinced there is much of a growth dividend for Rachel Reeves from agreements with India, EU, and US. Just as there's no evidence of positive impact from independent UK trade policy since 2021. www.politico.eu/article/rach...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
⚡️4 killed, 17 injured in Kharkiv amid Russian drone attack.
Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 23, killing at least four people and injuring at least 17, regional officials said.
Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 23, killing at least four people and injuring at least 17, regional officials said.
4 killed, 17 injured in Kharkiv amid Russian drone attack
Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 23, killing at least four people and injuring at least 17, regional officials said.
kyivindependent.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
⚡️4 killed, 17 injured in Kharkiv amid Russian drone attack.
Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 23, killing at least four people and injuring at least 17, regional officials said.
Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 23, killing at least four people and injuring at least 17, regional officials said.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
The first episode of 'Doctor Who' – “An Unearthly Child” – premiered on this day 62 years ago! (November 23, 1963)
#OTD #OnThisDay #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild
#OTD #OnThisDay #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The first episode of 'Doctor Who' – “An Unearthly Child” – premiered on this day 62 years ago! (November 23, 1963)
#OTD #OnThisDay #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild
#OTD #OnThisDay #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild
Reposted by Fay Heatley
We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
The Belfast walls prove more enduring than the Berlin Wall bit.ly/4p8ykYY more than a quarter of a century after the Good Friday agreement Belfast is still a (physically) divided city
97 ‘peace walls’ still divide Belfast. Will they ever come down?
Twenty-seven years on from the Good Friday agreement, miles of ‘peace walls’ still separate Protestants and Catholics in Belfast. Some people want them built higher
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Belfast walls prove more enduring than the Berlin Wall bit.ly/4p8ykYY more than a quarter of a century after the Good Friday agreement Belfast is still a (physically) divided city
Reposted by Fay Heatley
I have a little Vox bass amp for sale in South Wales. Plugged my guitar in earlier. Those 2 x 5” Bulldog speakers don’t half pack a punch! £65 (which means I’ll take less).
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I have a little Vox bass amp for sale in South Wales. Plugged my guitar in earlier. Those 2 x 5” Bulldog speakers don’t half pack a punch! £65 (which means I’ll take less).
Reposted by Fay Heatley
An interesting and useful debate. Here's another one from a few years back - a Hard Talk episode with Stephen Sackur and Kathleen Stock. On BBC rather than iPlayer where it seems to have been mysteriously deleted.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Interview - Kathleen Stock: The debate about sex, gender and equality - BBC Sounds
Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher and author Kathleen Stock
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An interesting and useful debate. Here's another one from a few years back - a Hard Talk episode with Stephen Sackur and Kathleen Stock. On BBC rather than iPlayer where it seems to have been mysteriously deleted.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Also 'Sex v Gender' - Julie Bindel v Dr Helen Webberley'.
These debates happened within a week of each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnu...
These debates happened within a week of each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnu...
BIOLOGY v IDEOLOGY Julie Bindel v Dr Helen Webberley - The Gender Debate (4k)
YouTube video by The Hodge-Cast
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Also 'Sex v Gender' - Julie Bindel v Dr Helen Webberley'.
These debates happened within a week of each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnu...
These debates happened within a week of each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnu...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
'The Times Radio Gender Debate', with Helen Webberley and Helen Joyce. Chaired by Jo Coburn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaR...
🔴 LIVE: Times Radio gender debate | 9pm-10pm | 20-Nov-25
YouTube video by Times Radio
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
'The Times Radio Gender Debate', with Helen Webberley and Helen Joyce. Chaired by Jo Coburn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaR...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs
Did you know that Mrs. Bald Eagle is actually larger in size than Mr. ? Females are approx. 25% larger 🦅
Did you know that Mrs. Bald Eagle is actually larger in size than Mr. ? Females are approx. 25% larger 🦅
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs
Did you know that Mrs. Bald Eagle is actually larger in size than Mr. ? Females are approx. 25% larger 🦅
Did you know that Mrs. Bald Eagle is actually larger in size than Mr. ? Females are approx. 25% larger 🦅
Reposted by Fay Heatley
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Fay Heatley
A great blue heron preens itself at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
#StunDay #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
#StunDay #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A great blue heron preens itself at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
#StunDay #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
#StunDay #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Egret evening. 🦑🪶
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Egret evening. 🦑🪶
Reposted by Fay Heatley
#birdoftheday is #Mr&Mrs so here’s one more, a recent shot from Costa Rica—Broad-billed Motmots. Not sure who’s Mr and who’s Mrs but it’s enough that they do.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#birdoftheday is #Mr&Mrs so here’s one more, a recent shot from Costa Rica—Broad-billed Motmots. Not sure who’s Mr and who’s Mrs but it’s enough that they do.
Reposted by Fay Heatley
An American white pelican patrols the water at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
Oddly, there are still quite a few pelicans still hanging around; I saw two dozen at Union Reservoir.
#StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #pelican #pelicans
Oddly, there are still quite a few pelicans still hanging around; I saw two dozen at Union Reservoir.
#StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #pelican #pelicans
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An American white pelican patrols the water at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
Oddly, there are still quite a few pelicans still hanging around; I saw two dozen at Union Reservoir.
#StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #pelican #pelicans
Oddly, there are still quite a few pelicans still hanging around; I saw two dozen at Union Reservoir.
#StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #pelican #pelicans
Reposted by Fay Heatley
“In a refresh of guidance last issued in 2011, it [EHRC] states that transgender people should be banned from single-sex spaces that do not match their actual biological sex. This is, of course, completely right.”
Share token
www.thetimes.com/article/3821...
Share token
www.thetimes.com/article/3821...
Confusion over transgender access to sensitive spaces must end
Bridget Phillipson has sat on important new guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission that was meant to provide clarity
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“In a refresh of guidance last issued in 2011, it [EHRC] states that transgender people should be banned from single-sex spaces that do not match their actual biological sex. This is, of course, completely right.”
Share token
www.thetimes.com/article/3821...
Share token
www.thetimes.com/article/3821...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
“Councils, NHS trusts and businesses are still allowing trans women — men who identify as women — to use single-sex spaces despite a Supreme Court ruling in April that for the purposes of the Equality Act, sex is defined by biology, not gender identity. “
No excuse
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
No excuse
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Councils, NHS trusts and businesses are still allowing trans women — men who identify as women — to use single-sex spaces despite a Supreme Court ruling in April that for the purposes of the Equality Act, sex is defined by biology, not gender identity. “
No excuse
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
No excuse
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
“CUSW held its first meeting last week and 15 young women attended but Halligan had to put black cloth over the windows to keep out jeering bullies.”
It beggars belief that young women aren’t able to set up a society for women without being abused & threatened.
🎁
www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
It beggars belief that young women aren’t able to set up a society for women without being abused & threatened.
🎁
www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
At Cambridge, three brave students are taking on the trans bullies
I met the young women fighting for a return to gender sanity. One returned from sick leave to find ‘Terf’ on her door
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“CUSW held its first meeting last week and 15 young women attended but Halligan had to put black cloth over the windows to keep out jeering bullies.”
It beggars belief that young women aren’t able to set up a society for women without being abused & threatened.
🎁
www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
It beggars belief that young women aren’t able to set up a society for women without being abused & threatened.
🎁
www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
Reposted by Fay Heatley
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.