Kathy Thornett
@kathyt.bsky.social
UK...New Forest resident....Nr. Southampton
Retired College Lecturer. Hate Brexit....so many lies. Voted YES to Europe 1975. Feel betrayed 40+ yrs European Citizenship & FOM gone. FBPE
Retired College Lecturer. Hate Brexit....so many lies. Voted YES to Europe 1975. Feel betrayed 40+ yrs European Citizenship & FOM gone. FBPE
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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This is nonsense from Blue Labour. There are now 8 million more Remainers than Leavers – and that's without any of the main parties arguing for the benefits of EU and Single Market membership for the last 9 years. To say we should keep a destructive policy due to cowardice is crazy!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Britain’s top Europe minister Nick Thomas-Symonds today defended a decision to keep the U.K. out of the EU's customs union, saying that Tuesday's non-binding British parliamentary vote on rejoining risked reviving bitter arguments about Brexit.
Britain’s Brexit point man says no to rejoining EU customs union
But speaking to POLITICO, U.K. Minister for European Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds sounds bullish on a wider reset of ties with the bloc in the new year.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is nonsense from Blue Labour. There are now 8 million more Remainers than Leavers – and that's without any of the main parties arguing for the benefits of EU and Single Market membership for the last 9 years. To say we should keep a destructive policy due to cowardice is crazy!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
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The numbers say it all. Every one of the UK’s top 10 most popular stations is in London, with many powered by the success of the Elizabeth line.
Proof that when you build world class rail, people choose it.
Proof that when you build world class rail, people choose it.
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The numbers say it all. Every one of the UK’s top 10 most popular stations is in London, with many powered by the success of the Elizabeth line.
Proof that when you build world class rail, people choose it.
Proof that when you build world class rail, people choose it.
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Unearthed footage of Hegseth in 2016
Every one of trump's clown brigade is a hypocrite and a liar. . .
At one time before they engulfed the Kool-aid for power and greed
Hegseth said this on Fox
"Trump would demand unlawful military orders "
Now Hegseth should be brought up on charges
Every one of trump's clown brigade is a hypocrite and a liar. . .
At one time before they engulfed the Kool-aid for power and greed
Hegseth said this on Fox
"Trump would demand unlawful military orders "
Now Hegseth should be brought up on charges
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Unearthed footage of Hegseth in 2016
Every one of trump's clown brigade is a hypocrite and a liar. . .
At one time before they engulfed the Kool-aid for power and greed
Hegseth said this on Fox
"Trump would demand unlawful military orders "
Now Hegseth should be brought up on charges
Every one of trump's clown brigade is a hypocrite and a liar. . .
At one time before they engulfed the Kool-aid for power and greed
Hegseth said this on Fox
"Trump would demand unlawful military orders "
Now Hegseth should be brought up on charges
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The way that this administration is targeting and harassing Somalians in Minneapolis is disgusting and vile. Keep filming this because one day we are going to hold these agents accountable. Last I heard peacefully protesting doesn’t warrant being sprayed with chemical irritants.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The way that this administration is targeting and harassing Somalians in Minneapolis is disgusting and vile. Keep filming this because one day we are going to hold these agents accountable. Last I heard peacefully protesting doesn’t warrant being sprayed with chemical irritants.
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Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
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One Russian paper today: ““We will not agree to a truce because we need the capitulation of Ukraine.” Meanwhile: “Nearly 60% of Russian regions have a hole in their budgets of over 600 billion roubles, almost 11 times more than in 2022.” #ReadingRussia
"Nearly 60% of Russian regions have hole in their budgets over 600 billion roubles": Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One Russian paper today: ““We will not agree to a truce because we need the capitulation of Ukraine.” Meanwhile: “Nearly 60% of Russian regions have a hole in their budgets of over 600 billion roubles, almost 11 times more than in 2022.” #ReadingRussia
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“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Russia has an Antenna Array of 32 installations designed to Jam/interfere with GPS placed in Kaliningrad.
Its effective range is 5-6 thousand Kilometres.
Moscow can disable GPS across entire Europe.
🇵🇱 scientists currently work on systems what use Light spectrums and natural radiation to Dodge it.
Its effective range is 5-6 thousand Kilometres.
Moscow can disable GPS across entire Europe.
🇵🇱 scientists currently work on systems what use Light spectrums and natural radiation to Dodge it.
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Russia has an Antenna Array of 32 installations designed to Jam/interfere with GPS placed in Kaliningrad.
Its effective range is 5-6 thousand Kilometres.
Moscow can disable GPS across entire Europe.
🇵🇱 scientists currently work on systems what use Light spectrums and natural radiation to Dodge it.
Its effective range is 5-6 thousand Kilometres.
Moscow can disable GPS across entire Europe.
🇵🇱 scientists currently work on systems what use Light spectrums and natural radiation to Dodge it.
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Adult social care workers provide a vital public service, but this is not reflected in their pay and job conditions.
So, it is welcome that the Government is creating the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body - our latest briefing note looks at how to ensure its success.
➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN
So, it is welcome that the Government is creating the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body - our latest briefing note looks at how to ensure its success.
➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Adult social care workers provide a vital public service, but this is not reflected in their pay and job conditions.
So, it is welcome that the Government is creating the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body - our latest briefing note looks at how to ensure its success.
➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN
So, it is welcome that the Government is creating the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body - our latest briefing note looks at how to ensure its success.
➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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“As far as “freedom of speech” and “political liberty” go, even the ranking published annually by the hyper libertarian Washington-based Cato Institute acknowledges that 6 of the top 10 most free countries of the world are from the EU. In contrast, the US is tied with the UK at number 17. “
The NSS insists: “We must protect our country from invasion . . . from unchecked migration.” That idea is then extended across the Atlantic to Europe. This is what underpins the NSS’s controversial claim that Europe stands on the brink of “civilisational erasure”.
www.ft.com/content/9536...
www.ft.com/content/9536...
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“As far as “freedom of speech” and “political liberty” go, even the ranking published annually by the hyper libertarian Washington-based Cato Institute acknowledges that 6 of the top 10 most free countries of the world are from the EU. In contrast, the US is tied with the UK at number 17. “
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The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
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A really positive meeting today for the West Northamptonshire Lib Dems, covering a range of themes. A big welcome was given to Harry, a former Labour Councillor who has joined the team. Thanks to everyone who came along. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A really positive meeting today for the West Northamptonshire Lib Dems, covering a range of themes. A big welcome was given to Harry, a former Labour Councillor who has joined the team. Thanks to everyone who came along. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
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"I have worked with Nathan Gill over a period of years and he's been terrific, he's never, ever, let me down. He's as honest as the day is long."
Nigel Farage
BBC News 2016
Nigel Farage
BBC News 2016
Welsh election: UKIP's Farage backs 'terrific' Gill
UKIP leader Nigel Farage backs the party's Welsh leader Nathan Gill as
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"I have worked with Nathan Gill over a period of years and he's been terrific, he's never, ever, let me down. He's as honest as the day is long."
Nigel Farage
BBC News 2016
Nigel Farage
BBC News 2016
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Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
October 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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Nobody, even with half a brain can honestly say #Brexit has worked. You know this, I know this & you can bet your life so does #Starmer.
So this pretence of trying to 'make Brexit work' is nothing but a sham. Why do every PM since muppet #Johnson try to do the impossibe? Same "owners"??
#RejoinEU
So this pretence of trying to 'make Brexit work' is nothing but a sham. Why do every PM since muppet #Johnson try to do the impossibe? Same "owners"??
#RejoinEU
Starmer still pretending he can make Brexit work, still refusing Single Market, Customs Union or Freedom of Movement.
He's making things worse, not better.
He's making things worse, not better.
Strong 'bald men squabbling over comb' vibes to this attack line. Yes, Nigel Farage drove the economy into a cul de sac with Brexit. But the dude who refused to reverse it out is Keir Starmer.
October 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do
Microplastics have been found almost everywhere: in blood, placentas, lungs – even the human brain. One study estimated our cerebral organs alone may contain 5g of the stuff, or roughly a teaspoon. If true, plastic isn’t just wrapped around our food or woven into our clothes: it is lodged deep inside us.
Now, researchers suspect these particles may also be meddling with our gut microbes. When Dr Christian Pacher-Deutsch at the University of Graz in Austria exposed gut bacteria from five healthy volunteers to five common microplastics, the bacterial populations shifted – along with the chemicals they produced. Some of these changes mirrored patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
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For over 3 years, Frontline Medics has been rescuing the wounded with Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade.
Now, we’re running out of fuel and funds.
🎯 Goal: €7,500 | 📍 €1,086
💙 Please help us keep moving.
paypal.me/FrontlineMedics
donate.stripe.com/28o5le3Zm0Fvfny000
Now, we’re running out of fuel and funds.
🎯 Goal: €7,500 | 📍 €1,086
💙 Please help us keep moving.
paypal.me/FrontlineMedics
donate.stripe.com/28o5le3Zm0Fvfny000
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
For over 3 years, Frontline Medics has been rescuing the wounded with Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade.
Now, we’re running out of fuel and funds.
🎯 Goal: €7,500 | 📍 €1,086
💙 Please help us keep moving.
paypal.me/FrontlineMedics
donate.stripe.com/28o5le3Zm0Fvfny000
Now, we’re running out of fuel and funds.
🎯 Goal: €7,500 | 📍 €1,086
💙 Please help us keep moving.
paypal.me/FrontlineMedics
donate.stripe.com/28o5le3Zm0Fvfny000
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Citizens demanding transparency and lawfulness from their public servants.
📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong
📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong
October 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Citizens demanding transparency and lawfulness from their public servants.
📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong
📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong
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The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...