LynnHenni
@lynnhenni.bsky.social
Humankind: be both - my favourite graffiti.
Looking for positivity and joy, often through a viewfinder.
Optimist, enthusiast and participant.
My politics are rooted in equality, fairness and humanity.
Looking for positivity and joy, often through a viewfinder.
Optimist, enthusiast and participant.
My politics are rooted in equality, fairness and humanity.
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Worried that Motability is paying for people who don't need them to have luxury cars?
These swindlers insist on a helicopter, motorcycle outriders, and a fleet of armoured high-end motors.
'Britain's real benefit problem is the Royal Family'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
These swindlers insist on a helicopter, motorcycle outriders, and a fleet of armoured high-end motors.
'Britain's real benefit problem is the Royal Family'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
'Britain's real benefit problem is the Royal Family'
One family gets more housing benefit, free cars, and state help than any other, says Fleet Street Fox. If they don't want to be deported they need to clean up their act
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Worried that Motability is paying for people who don't need them to have luxury cars?
These swindlers insist on a helicopter, motorcycle outriders, and a fleet of armoured high-end motors.
'Britain's real benefit problem is the Royal Family'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
These swindlers insist on a helicopter, motorcycle outriders, and a fleet of armoured high-end motors.
'Britain's real benefit problem is the Royal Family'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
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A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Bit baffled by this item
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Bit baffled by this item
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
I'd love this for frog and toad seasons; if only they could get organised all to cross the road at the same time.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'd love this for frog and toad seasons; if only they could get organised all to cross the road at the same time.
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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I wrote about the profoundly depressing response to a decision to take hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
The reaction to lifting kids out of poverty tells us a lot
Political Editor Liam Thorp reflects on the reaction to Labour's decision to remove the two-child benefit cap and improve the life chances of hundreds of thousands of children
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I wrote about the profoundly depressing response to a decision to take hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
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Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
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Google: Oh, I see! Yessss that was a typos - sorry. It should have said "Do be evil".
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Google: Oh, I see! Yessss that was a typos - sorry. It should have said "Do be evil".
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BBC describing Zarah Sultana as "Far-Left."
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
BBC describing Zarah Sultana as "Far-Left."
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
Getting a pay rise that takes you into a new tax band will not leave most folk worse off! You pay the higher rate on the amount above the higher rate threshold not the whole salary.
Why are so many commentators not spelling that out thereby playing into right wing agenda! 😬
Why are so many commentators not spelling that out thereby playing into right wing agenda! 😬
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Getting a pay rise that takes you into a new tax band will not leave most folk worse off! You pay the higher rate on the amount above the higher rate threshold not the whole salary.
Why are so many commentators not spelling that out thereby playing into right wing agenda! 😬
Why are so many commentators not spelling that out thereby playing into right wing agenda! 😬
It's a pity we can't harness the energy created by so much confected outrage. I'm no fan of Reeves but our overwhelmingly right wing press is descending even deeper than normal into the political mud without actually shedding light on the budget detail.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It's a pity we can't harness the energy created by so much confected outrage. I'm no fan of Reeves but our overwhelmingly right wing press is descending even deeper than normal into the political mud without actually shedding light on the budget detail.
Not much budget reporting reflects devolution. Very frustrating if you're trying to understand impacts of budget in Scotland, Wales or N Ireland on budget day or even the day after!
Something that's been under-reported:
Property tax is devolved. As of right now, there's no mansion tax happening in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
Probably there will be, with each creating their own tax, potentially with different bands and rates...
Property tax is devolved. As of right now, there's no mansion tax happening in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
Probably there will be, with each creating their own tax, potentially with different bands and rates...
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Not much budget reporting reflects devolution. Very frustrating if you're trying to understand impacts of budget in Scotland, Wales or N Ireland on budget day or even the day after!
🏴 Happy St Andrew's Day for those who observe.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🏴 Happy St Andrew's Day for those who observe.
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Fucking vampires.
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fucking vampires.
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In ‘but it’s not a bubble’ news.
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In ‘but it’s not a bubble’ news.
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
We're around then. 13th is cinema afternoon at the Loch Torridon Community Centre. Pos It's a Wonderful Life with mulled wine and mince pies!
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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First ice. Trondheim, Norway. Nov 2018.
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
First ice. Trondheim, Norway. Nov 2018.
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A snow (or sleet) shower approaching Upper Loch Torridon from the north west about an hour ago.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A snow (or sleet) shower approaching Upper Loch Torridon from the north west about an hour ago.
I guess it makes a change from all the recent populist/far right lunacy.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I guess it makes a change from all the recent populist/far right lunacy.
We've made it!
Less than 1000 signatures to go
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We've made it!