Anita Pearce
@neatapeata.bsky.social
Pet parent, multi racial European. Current affairs & politics junky #fbppr #fbpe
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Well this feels pretty damning
‘it was a glorified stag do. Some members of the team followed two days of drinking in Brisbane with four more in Noosa – six in total, as many days as there had been of Test cricket at this point in the tour.’
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
‘it was a glorified stag do. Some members of the team followed two days of drinking in Brisbane with four more in Noosa – six in total, as many days as there had been of Test cricket at this point in the tour.’
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
December 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Well this feels pretty damning
‘it was a glorified stag do. Some members of the team followed two days of drinking in Brisbane with four more in Noosa – six in total, as many days as there had been of Test cricket at this point in the tour.’
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
‘it was a glorified stag do. Some members of the team followed two days of drinking in Brisbane with four more in Noosa – six in total, as many days as there had been of Test cricket at this point in the tour.’
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Those Brexit benefits pile up (Literally) : Long queues of travellers have formed at the Port of Dover, which are being blamed on IT issues at 🇫🇷 border controls
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Port of Dover Christmas getaway delays due to IT issues in Calais
The Port of Dover says earlier problems in Calais are causing processing delays of up to one hour.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Those Brexit benefits pile up (Literally) : Long queues of travellers have formed at the Port of Dover, which are being blamed on IT issues at 🇫🇷 border controls
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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Oops. This is a Republican representative, saying the files released break the law and Pam Bondi could be criminally prosecuted.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Oops. This is a Republican representative, saying the files released break the law and Pam Bondi could be criminally prosecuted.
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It’s done! In the final episode of the story of socialism we look back over the whole season and explore different forms of socialism today. Thanks from me and @iandunt.bsky.social to everyone who listened and supported our work. It was daunting to take on but we’re very proud of it.
The finale is out! Join @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social as they wrap up their epic season on socialism.
Listen now ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
Listen now ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s done! In the final episode of the story of socialism we look back over the whole season and explore different forms of socialism today. Thanks from me and @iandunt.bsky.social to everyone who listened and supported our work. It was daunting to take on but we’re very proud of it.
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Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Society of Editors has raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plan to reduce scrutiny of No 10 by political journalists, saying it risks weakening transparency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Society of Editors decries Starmer’s plan to reduce media scrutiny of No 10
Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerning
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The Society of Editors has raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plan to reduce scrutiny of No 10 by political journalists, saying it risks weakening transparency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"One influencer said that in a previous interview with a government minister they were asked to pre-submit questions for approval and warned against going off subject matter"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Society of Editors decries Starmer’s plan to reduce media scrutiny of No 10
Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerning
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"One influencer said that in a previous interview with a government minister they were asked to pre-submit questions for approval and warned against going off subject matter"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
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My latest. Love the pic.
In filing a claim against the BBC he probably won’t win, Donald Trump is trying to exert leverage so the broadcaster’s executives capitulate, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My latest. Love the pic.
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NEW
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
European Council, 18 December 2025, Ukraine
The European Council discussed the latest developments as regards Ukraine.
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Loving your work! Thank you! ❤️
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Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Loving your work! Thank you! ❤️
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EU summit conclusions now published, including the text on financing for Ukraine, as further explained in my thread. There's also a separate additional statement on Ukraine, supported by 25 Member States www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
EU summit conclusions now published, including the text on financing for Ukraine, as further explained in my thread. There's also a separate additional statement on Ukraine, supported by 25 Member States www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
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Great @yorkshirebylines.co.uk write up of my recent talk about Trump for grassroots Europe
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...
Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...
Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!
Trump’s authoritarian threat to Europe and the UK
No room for complacency: the signs are that US authoritarianism will spread here – and we must be prepared
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Great @yorkshirebylines.co.uk write up of my recent talk about Trump for grassroots Europe
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...
Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...
Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!
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Had another lovely afternoon recording this great little podcast.
Enjoy! 🥳👇
Enjoy! 🥳👇
NEW EPISODE: The space between peace and war
☠️ Europe's choice on Ukraine: be galvanised or paralysed
😎 How spies are waging their own war on us
🧞 Inevitable pantomime references
🎧 SPOTIFY open.spotify.com/episode/1Qn9...
🍏 APPLE podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@annettedittert.bsky.social
☠️ Europe's choice on Ukraine: be galvanised or paralysed
😎 How spies are waging their own war on us
🧞 Inevitable pantomime references
🎧 SPOTIFY open.spotify.com/episode/1Qn9...
🍏 APPLE podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@annettedittert.bsky.social
The Space Between Peace And War
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Had another lovely afternoon recording this great little podcast.
Enjoy! 🥳👇
Enjoy! 🥳👇
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Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
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It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
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“If they can't even agree on a loan to support Ukraine, they may as well go home... You can't be going all over the place announcing that "we're at war", and then acting in the same way you were when you were talking about fishing quotas.”
NEW EPISODE: The space between peace and war
☠️ Europe's choice on Ukraine: be galvanised or paralysed
😎 How spies are waging their own war on us
🧞 Inevitable pantomime references
🎧 SPOTIFY open.spotify.com/episode/1Qn9...
🍏 APPLE podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@annettedittert.bsky.social
☠️ Europe's choice on Ukraine: be galvanised or paralysed
😎 How spies are waging their own war on us
🧞 Inevitable pantomime references
🎧 SPOTIFY open.spotify.com/episode/1Qn9...
🍏 APPLE podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@annettedittert.bsky.social
The Space Between Peace And War
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“If they can't even agree on a loan to support Ukraine, they may as well go home... You can't be going all over the place announcing that "we're at war", and then acting in the same way you were when you were talking about fishing quotas.”
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Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320