Helen Bridgwood
@knitknurse.bsky.social
Reads, rants, sews, knits, drinks nice tea and takes selfies on the underground. Left.
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This is a great explanation of the difference between 1 million and 1 billion, and how huge the wealth gap has become.
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is a great explanation of the difference between 1 million and 1 billion, and how huge the wealth gap has become.
But if bright crochet on the Piccadilly line this morning!
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But if bright crochet on the Piccadilly line this morning!
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Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
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Another 22 dead in Gaza as a direct result of Netanyahu's aggressive collective punishment. This feels like a short pause not a path to peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 22 Palestinians, Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence say
Israel says it struck targets in Gaza after an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another 22 dead in Gaza as a direct result of Netanyahu's aggressive collective punishment. This feels like a short pause not a path to peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Kent Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
#KemkaranMustGo
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
#KemkaranMustGo
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
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Woah.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Woah.
Oh help…this person has a vote. Ffs.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Oh help…this person has a vote. Ffs.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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On the anniversary of the day Margaret Thatcher resigned, let us take a moment to remember what a cruel, heartless piece of shit she was.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
On the anniversary of the day Margaret Thatcher resigned, let us take a moment to remember what a cruel, heartless piece of shit she was.
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Or for Brexit?
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Or for Brexit?
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Farage was its biggest British champion. Putin - its Russian one.
Yakovenko, (Russian ambassador to the UK) boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
Work selfie because I came by bus today. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Work selfie because I came by bus today. 😂
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need to make sure people are aware of this when there are elections...
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases.
Reform to bin DOGE at Lancashire County Council and raise council tax instead
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
need to make sure people are aware of this when there are elections...
This is from Threads. What a hideous comment.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is from Threads. What a hideous comment.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms
Treasury select committee calls for higher duties on most addictive forms, such as high-street slots and online games
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
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Half way through this. Supertanskii is close to the mark and pulling no punches as usual.
The BBC Scandal Explained: Trump, Farage & the War on Truth
Foreigners declare war on Britain’s institutions and the flagshaggers help them. Obvs. This isn’t about “left wing bias” it’s the right controlling the media.
I have the receipts to prove it👇🏼
This is a deep dive.
youtu.be/VSLCyNsVoEc
Foreigners declare war on Britain’s institutions and the flagshaggers help them. Obvs. This isn’t about “left wing bias” it’s the right controlling the media.
I have the receipts to prove it👇🏼
This is a deep dive.
youtu.be/VSLCyNsVoEc
The BBC Scandal Explained: Trump, Farage & the War on Truth
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Half way through this. Supertanskii is close to the mark and pulling no punches as usual.
I wonder if someone read this and thought it would work well in the run up to an election? ‘Miss Marple and the President’
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I wonder if someone read this and thought it would work well in the run up to an election? ‘Miss Marple and the President’
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.
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And more than this. Extra funding for SEN especially in deprived areas. Protections in the Renting sector. Better links with Europe and young people (for starters). Changes in school curriculum. Safety measure in place to protect kids online. Go and look on the Gov's website. 1 YEAR/3 MONTHS!!
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And more than this. Extra funding for SEN especially in deprived areas. Protections in the Renting sector. Better links with Europe and young people (for starters). Changes in school curriculum. Safety measure in place to protect kids online. Go and look on the Gov's website. 1 YEAR/3 MONTHS!!
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While 10-job Reform millionaire Farage's wealth soars, Jaywick in his never-visited Clacton constituency is named by the Ministry of Housing as "most deprived area in England"
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home - BBC News
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
While 10-job Reform millionaire Farage's wealth soars, Jaywick in his never-visited Clacton constituency is named by the Ministry of Housing as "most deprived area in England"
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fucking cowards. Hiding from accountability like a vampire hides from the fucking sun.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fucking cowards. Hiding from accountability like a vampire hides from the fucking sun.
NHS manager who groomed young girls on Snapchat jailed for 28 years for rape and abuse www.bbc.com/news/article...
B…bb…but…he’s White British…
B…bb…but…he’s White British…
NHS manager who groomed young girls on Snapchat jailed for 28 years for rape and abuse
Paul Lipscombe used fake names and lied about his age to win over his victims.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
NHS manager who groomed young girls on Snapchat jailed for 28 years for rape and abuse www.bbc.com/news/article...
B…bb…but…he’s White British…
B…bb…but…he’s White British…