Olwenmcg
@olwenmcg.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Loathe Tories and Reform and unimpressed by Starmer's Labour.
Independence is normal even for Scotland. America...oh ffs.
Independence is normal even for Scotland. America...oh ffs.
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Former Reform leader in Wales is sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking Russian bribes. A great chance for a news show to use this to cover the wider problem of Putin's influence on Reform-But #r4today hasn't time because they have to cover the 30th anniversary of 'Toy Story' instead.
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Former Reform leader in Wales is sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking Russian bribes. A great chance for a news show to use this to cover the wider problem of Putin's influence on Reform-But #r4today hasn't time because they have to cover the 30th anniversary of 'Toy Story' instead.
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It turns out the newly elected Mayor of New York City is a skilled moron whisperer and it is sending MAGA into a full blown panic attack.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It turns out the newly elected Mayor of New York City is a skilled moron whisperer and it is sending MAGA into a full blown panic attack.
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What about that bloke who became London Mayor and celebrated in the house of a son of a KGB officer?
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What about that bloke who became London Mayor and celebrated in the house of a son of a KGB officer?
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We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
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I am LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY at this meeting! Republican campaign consultants built their entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani into the devil incarnate and the face of Democratic Party, then Trump slobbers all over him today in the Oval!
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I am LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY at this meeting! Republican campaign consultants built their entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani into the devil incarnate and the face of Democratic Party, then Trump slobbers all over him today in the Oval!
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All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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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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The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
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“We all know why,” says Matt Goodwin.
And we do! It’s because the methodology for estimating emigration changed! I’m sure that’s what Matt is getting at here, right?
And we do! It’s because the methodology for estimating emigration changed! I’m sure that’s what Matt is getting at here, right?
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“We all know why,” says Matt Goodwin.
And we do! It’s because the methodology for estimating emigration changed! I’m sure that’s what Matt is getting at here, right?
And we do! It’s because the methodology for estimating emigration changed! I’m sure that’s what Matt is getting at here, right?
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Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
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Sometimes you just have to murder and dismember a critical journalist. Things happen!
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sometimes you just have to murder and dismember a critical journalist. Things happen!
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
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How to lose friends and alienate people.
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
How to lose friends and alienate people.
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
I spent much of the last Government wondering what Labour were for, what their purpose was. When they got elected I thought they got off to a poor start so could only improve. I was wrong. I would never have believed how low Labour could go. Validating and promoting the reform racist agenda is sick.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I spent much of the last Government wondering what Labour were for, what their purpose was. When they got elected I thought they got off to a poor start so could only improve. I was wrong. I would never have believed how low Labour could go. Validating and promoting the reform racist agenda is sick.
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Performative cruelty once again. By Labour. Support for people seeking asylum is already heavily restricted. Most are not allowed to work, but for those who can support themselves they are already pretty much expected to. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Performative cruelty once again. By Labour. Support for people seeking asylum is already heavily restricted. Most are not allowed to work, but for those who can support themselves they are already pretty much expected to. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
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This by Mahmood is frankly not only disgusting, but also massively disingenuous. It equates seeking asylum with illegality, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum no matter the route. It ignores that Labour's policies penalise those in need of protection, and plays to hard right rhetoric.
On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will announce an overhaul of the asylum system, here’s why ⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This by Mahmood is frankly not only disgusting, but also massively disingenuous. It equates seeking asylum with illegality, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum no matter the route. It ignores that Labour's policies penalise those in need of protection, and plays to hard right rhetoric.
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This could be #Scotland.
We produce more electricity than our nation needs.
Instead, it is channeled away south,
And then we have to pay 40 to 50% more for our power than Londoners.
We produce more electricity than our nation needs.
Instead, it is channeled away south,
And then we have to pay 40 to 50% more for our power than Londoners.
This will be an incredible experiment to watch. I suspect the overall result will be greater economic prosperity fueled by the reduced cost of electricity for every link in the economic chain. Each link's savings should multiply all the others and create cascading benefits.
#EconSky #ClimateSky
#EconSky #ClimateSky
Australia is getting free electricity - will other countries follow?
As one of the most advanced solar nations in the world, Australia is well placed to experiment with giving people free power - and if it succeeds, other countries may look to copy its approach
www.newscientist.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This could be #Scotland.
We produce more electricity than our nation needs.
Instead, it is channeled away south,
And then we have to pay 40 to 50% more for our power than Londoners.
We produce more electricity than our nation needs.
Instead, it is channeled away south,
And then we have to pay 40 to 50% more for our power than Londoners.
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"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
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via Daniel Peliculas
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November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
via Daniel Peliculas
ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty