Marina
@marstrina.bsky.social
I'm sorry to be so difficult, but I'm afraid the truth is that I am.
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In Irish the hedgehog is called cabáiste feargach, or angry cabbage.
This reminds me of my favourite little factoid about hedgehogs. They used to be called 'urchins' in English, so a sea urchin was a sea hedgehog. In Welsh, a hedgehog is a draenog, and a sea urchin is draenog môr... a sea hedgehog.
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In Irish the hedgehog is called cabáiste feargach, or angry cabbage.
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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The Green party: We should tax wealth!
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Green party: We should tax wealth!
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
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We are looking for girls aged 12-18 who want to have their voices heard regarding parks. We are creating a video and would love them to be part of it. Find out more:
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/be-part...
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/be-part...
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We are looking for girls aged 12-18 who want to have their voices heard regarding parks. We are creating a video and would love them to be part of it. Find out more:
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/be-part...
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/be-part...
And left wing rage. And centrist rage. And apolitical rage.
My theory is that Britain is currently 14 years old, & no matter what the government does, Britain will scream "I hate you! I wish you weren't my real mother!"
My theory is that Britain is currently 14 years old, & no matter what the government does, Britain will scream "I hate you! I wish you weren't my real mother!"
In the aftermath of the budget, Starmer and Reeves have faced a wall of right wing rage
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Keir Starmer: the anger manager
In the aftermath of the budget, Starmer and Reeves have faced a wall of right wing rage. If he wants to win in 2029, he must take the heat out of UK politics
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And left wing rage. And centrist rage. And apolitical rage.
My theory is that Britain is currently 14 years old, & no matter what the government does, Britain will scream "I hate you! I wish you weren't my real mother!"
My theory is that Britain is currently 14 years old, & no matter what the government does, Britain will scream "I hate you! I wish you weren't my real mother!"
My grandfather (a small-time artisan) got four years in a Gulag for making someone a hat from fur they'd bought on the black market. That's what "nationalising kiosks" looks like in reality. It's not Cuba, it's not the Cultural Revolution, it's not glamorous & exciting. It's dull, grey & scary.
Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My grandfather (a small-time artisan) got four years in a Gulag for making someone a hat from fur they'd bought on the black market. That's what "nationalising kiosks" looks like in reality. It's not Cuba, it's not the Cultural Revolution, it's not glamorous & exciting. It's dull, grey & scary.
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Chancellors pulling a rabbit out of a hat on budget day is a proud British political tradition involving magic and Reeves has let the country down by using trickery instead of the real thing.
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Chancellors pulling a rabbit out of a hat on budget day is a proud British political tradition involving magic and Reeves has let the country down by using trickery instead of the real thing.
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I'm full piano key necktie on anyone taking the idea that at worst a touch of spin is actually dishonest seriously after living through BoJo and Trump.
Absolutely amazing illustration on who has the power to set the media agenda. Utterly wild
Absolutely amazing illustration on who has the power to set the media agenda. Utterly wild
a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
ALT: a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm full piano key necktie on anyone taking the idea that at worst a touch of spin is actually dishonest seriously after living through BoJo and Trump.
Absolutely amazing illustration on who has the power to set the media agenda. Utterly wild
Absolutely amazing illustration on who has the power to set the media agenda. Utterly wild
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And btw @resolutionfoundation.org correctly predicted that the economy might prove more tax rich. Was CX misleading for not confirming their estimates??
As I said on Times Radio, lots of sensible people now think the whole pantomime of how Budgets are done needs to change. 4/4
As I said on Times Radio, lots of sensible people now think the whole pantomime of how Budgets are done needs to change. 4/4
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And btw @resolutionfoundation.org correctly predicted that the economy might prove more tax rich. Was CX misleading for not confirming their estimates??
As I said on Times Radio, lots of sensible people now think the whole pantomime of how Budgets are done needs to change. 4/4
As I said on Times Radio, lots of sensible people now think the whole pantomime of how Budgets are done needs to change. 4/4
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The very same people who have confected enormous outrage at the OBR's inadvertent release of the EFO an hour early, are furious that a bunch of political correspondents were not given exact guidance as to what her pre Budget position was, a few weeks early 3/
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The very same people who have confected enormous outrage at the OBR's inadvertent release of the EFO an hour early, are furious that a bunch of political correspondents were not given exact guidance as to what her pre Budget position was, a few weeks early 3/
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Have we not learned how damaging these non legally binding votes are?
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Have we not learned how damaging these non legally binding votes are?
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The BBC (in name of 'impartiality') has entered some post-post-truth hall of mirrors, in which it holds the Labour Chancellor to some epistemological standard so high, that nobody can understand what the hell it actually means
Chris Mason sounds utterly absurd, trying to turn the screws on Rachel Reeves while acknowledging that she has done nothing that one wouldn't expect a politician to do.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The BBC (in name of 'impartiality') has entered some post-post-truth hall of mirrors, in which it holds the Labour Chancellor to some epistemological standard so high, that nobody can understand what the hell it actually means
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
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Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
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I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
... at the Building Safety Regulator - which has lead to 9 month delays at this stage alone:
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
Nine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
www.building.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
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We asked participants at our national convention what made them come, from all over Israel, to our 10th anniversary event in Haifa. This is what they said.
We’re humbled by our amazing community of Jews and Palestinians who believe in this fight and believe in the work we do together.
We’re humbled by our amazing community of Jews and Palestinians who believe in this fight and believe in the work we do together.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We asked participants at our national convention what made them come, from all over Israel, to our 10th anniversary event in Haifa. This is what they said.
We’re humbled by our amazing community of Jews and Palestinians who believe in this fight and believe in the work we do together.
We’re humbled by our amazing community of Jews and Palestinians who believe in this fight and believe in the work we do together.
I particularly like the 'happiness equality' stat.
Don't Panic: Britain is not broken. The UK can do better, but we shouldn't be too gloomy about things. If you look at the stats, there's a lot to be happy with (including how happy we are): adamcorlett.com/2025/11/30/d...
Don’t Panic: Britain is not broken – adamcorlett.com
adamcorlett.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I particularly like the 'happiness equality' stat.
I lost Whamageddon today courtesy of one of those incredibly annoying London rickshaw riders, & if I didn't already hate their guts, I would now
Whamageddon variations:
– listen to it every day
– listen to every hour
– listen to it on a loop
Last to give up wins
– listen to it every day
– listen to every hour
– listen to it on a loop
Last to give up wins
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I lost Whamageddon today courtesy of one of those incredibly annoying London rickshaw riders, & if I didn't already hate their guts, I would now
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This is what I love about social media. A story in a paper that you know doesn't add up, but you dont know how to work it out. So along comes Emma and explains it all for you. Yet again sterling work and much appreciated.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is what I love about social media. A story in a paper that you know doesn't add up, but you dont know how to work it out. So along comes Emma and explains it all for you. Yet again sterling work and much appreciated.
This is the thing - the govt is absolutely no good at communicating its complex, holistic economic strategy, true; but the people whose job it is to comment on such a strategy have completely abdicated their responsibility to understand & explain it.
That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is the thing - the govt is absolutely no good at communicating its complex, holistic economic strategy, true; but the people whose job it is to comment on such a strategy have completely abdicated their responsibility to understand & explain it.
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It’s exactly because we believe in Britain’s future that this government has started investing in it. Revised fiscal rules have enabled the highest sustained levels of public investment in a generation - £120bn extra.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s exactly because we believe in Britain’s future that this government has started investing in it. Revised fiscal rules have enabled the highest sustained levels of public investment in a generation - £120bn extra.
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It’s unusual to see an organisation see Conquest’s second law - that you can explain organisations’ behaviour by assuming they are controlled by their enemies - embraced so enthusiastically and literally
Your Party conference votes for allowing dual membership:
"Members shall be permitted to hold membership in other national political parties where they have been approved by the CEC as aligning with the Party’s values, to include those with whom the Party cooperates electorally."
69% majority
"Members shall be permitted to hold membership in other national political parties where they have been approved by the CEC as aligning with the Party’s values, to include those with whom the Party cooperates electorally."
69% majority
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s unusual to see an organisation see Conquest’s second law - that you can explain organisations’ behaviour by assuming they are controlled by their enemies - embraced so enthusiastically and literally
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It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
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I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
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I’m enjoying the shuddering 180 from “Rachel Reeves should resign because the economy is in the toilet and we are all doomed” to “Rachel Reeves should resign because the economy is not in the toilet and we are not all doomed”. It really is the perfect reverse ferret.
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’m enjoying the shuddering 180 from “Rachel Reeves should resign because the economy is in the toilet and we are all doomed” to “Rachel Reeves should resign because the economy is not in the toilet and we are not all doomed”. It really is the perfect reverse ferret.