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Pauline Harrison @paulineharrison.bsky.social · Nov 17
Having grown up in the North Yorkshire Moors, Dartmoor was the logical place to move to in preparation for retirement.

#Dartmoor
#WarrenHouseInn
#England
#PaulineAYatesPhotography
Panoramic photo on top of Dartmoor at Warren House Inn. The sun is just rising over the hills and the sky is blue with light cloud cover
paulineharrison.bsky.social
This is humiliating.

30 years of work, 25 in tech, & today I'm reduced to this to buy me time.

Details are on the webpage.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/prevent-ho...

The #UKJobMarket is broken and it's only going to get worse.

@sheltercharity.bsky.social
@crowdfunder.bsky.social
#Crowdfunding
Prevent home loss due to redundancy
Stop me losing my home
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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raksky.bsky.social
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social (2021)

"… just a populist? Or… a seriously troubling collection of antisemitic outbursts, Nazi affiliations and white supremacist friends that would have been the end of any other mainstream figure's career?"

🧵 7/x
The Truth About Nigel Farage's Shocking Fascist Past
YouTube video by Byline TV
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
@theguardian.com

Today @yougov.co.uk asked these questions (more in the comments)

My question to YouGov.

Who paid you to get a feeling for the population's appetite for #Eugenics?
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
I've sat on something for over 30 yrs because although it didn't feel right at the time there was nothing to say it didn't mask something else... until #Epstein

Then @theguardian.com ran the images from Epstein's 50th birthday book.

So, here was my first and last face to face with Peter Mandelson.
I was pregnant and my partner and I were looking for a place to rent. We found an ad in the local paper saying there would be an "open house" for flats in a large house in the centre of town. We went along. It was in the evening which felt odd. When we arrived a man in a dark suit answered the door and instructed us to go into a room "with the others". In the room was a man, seated on a dining chair, he was also in a suit one leg crossed over the other, arms loosely folded on his lap. There were a couple of other men in suits standing around. It felt very "Mob" like. All of the other prospective tenants were young men. I was the only woman. The vibe was very off. I couldn't put my finger on it. Once the men in suits were sure there were no others coming the man on the seat spoke. He talked about his properties and how he had strict criteria. My partner and I met the criteria, we both worked, we weren't teenagers, we didn't receive any state help, we had excellent references from our previous landlord. The man asked anyone who didn't meet criteria to leave. A few people left. Once gone he then went round the room pointing at people and saying "stay" or "go". He pointed at us "go". I was slightly relieved. As much as we needed a new home I didn't like the Mob vibe. As we started to go I heard the man start to address the room. He was congratulating those left on being "suitable tenants" for his property. I looked back and realised that the room was filled with young attractive men, the eldest was maybe 23 and the look on the face of the man in the chair felt wrong. It was later that I realised the man in the chair was Peter Mandelson, the town's MP.
September 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
#FactCheck

This £1b relates to the financial year 2024-2025.

The #UKGovernment did not mandate a clamp down on #AgencyWorkers in the #NHS until April 2025.

These savings have nothing to do with ##WesStreeting's attack on #NHSWorkers.

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Nearly £1 billion for NHS frontline after agency spend crackdown
Government crackdown on rip-off temporary staffing agencies delivers unprecedented savings, as NHS trusts are urged to eradicate agency spending altogether.
www.gov.uk
June 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
You know who else used aid as a trap for genocide?

Nazis

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
#HappyPrideMonth

Wishing the whole #LGBTQ community a very happy pride from this family of allies.

#TransAlly
#LGBTQAlly
#HunanRights
An image of rainbow hearts around the words "Wishing all the homophobed a super uncomfortable month". Image celebrates Pride Month while calling out the homophobic behaviour of some individuals.
June 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
I used the #BankOfEngland calculator to see what an #NHS #Band2 salary should be if it kept pace with #inflation.

www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...

Band 2 in April 2024 = £24169

Band 2 in April 2025 using @bankofengland.bsky.social = £24865.80

Band 2 as announced last week = £24465
May 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
THE @thespectator1828.bsky.social has the #dogwhistle out.

Maybe when #Denmark has the levels of #homelessness the #UK does they'll understand.

In the meantime #TheSpectator will keep pandering to the wealthy because they are too self-centred to know better.

@sheltercharity.bsky.social
Spectator Dog Whistle Headline "Danes are baffled by Britain's hatred of second-home owners" Search results showing UK levels of homelessness standing at 354000. Source: Shelter charity Search showing Denmark homelessness at 6431.
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Say Their Names

#Yahya, #Rakan, #Ruslan, #Jubran, #Eve, #Revan, #Sayden, #Luqman and #Sidra.

Mum and Dad are doctors, not terrorists, doctors.

This is #Genocide.

Israel MUST be held accountable.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
But Devon County Council don't see a problem with this major road through the town.

Footpath parked on.

Double yellow lines parked over.

Video footage loaded to #OperationSnap of one of these vehicles driving down the footpath and striking a building.

#DevonCountyCouncil
#DCCHighways
3 vehicles parked on double yellow lines, and on a footpath through a town center.
May 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Absolute 🐂💩 statement from #WesStreeting about #NHSPay.

Only Doctors and those Band 4 and above will see "real terms pay rise".

@unison.org.uk has already called this out to it's members.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
Press release from UK Gov. NHS workers awarded real terms pay rises for second year in row NHS workers, including doctors and nurses, will receive real terms pay rises after the Health Secretary accepted the Pay Review Bodies’ pay recommendations From: Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP From Unison to members The government has announced a 3.6% pay increase for NHS staff in England. There have been no negotiations with unions and this is not an offer for members to accept or reject. This is an imposed pay award. What do we know? We do not yet know all the detail. We are working urgently to get clarity on exactly what this means, including when the pay rise and associated backpay will be in your pay packet. We think this is likely to be August, backdated to April 2025. However, it looks like the government has stuck to its position that staff who received an interim pay rise in April 2025 – those in Band 2 and on the entry point of Band 3 – will not receive the full 3.6%. Instead, they will receive a smaller payment to bring the combined total of both pay awards to 3.6% This is unjust. That April payment was not an agreement with those staff – it was something the government had to do to avoid breaking minimum wage law. You may also hear in the news today that many doctors have been awarded 4% plus £750, after their previous 2-year 22% settlement. We know this may feel unfair when the NHS can only succeed by working together as one team.
May 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Here in Devon the @libdems.org.uk came storming through to win 27 seats (a gain of 18 seats) falling just 4 seats short of a majority. Moving #DevonCountyCouncil from Tory to #NOC.

If the #LibDems form a coalition with @greenparty.org.uk who have 6 seats there will be a LibDem-Green working maj.
May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
So according to #ShabanaMahmood the #SupremeCourt and #Law are above #Science.

Excellent. Can we now enshrine in law that the sun is purple?
On Wednesday, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said it is “absolutely unacceptable” to question the validity of the supreme court ruling that the term “woman” is defined by biological sex.
May 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Watch Anti-trans Tory #SimonClarke on Sky realise that the ruling he's lauding means that Trans men will now use "Women Only" spaces.

SimonClarke.exe stops working 😆😆😆
youtu.be/hn7JAA28xn8?...

#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransMenAreMen
#TransLivesMatter
Simon Clarke ex-MP's Penny Drop Moment on Trans Issues!
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
youtu.be
April 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
My #TransBrothers, #TransSisters, and #TransAllies.

I call on you to implement a day of #CivilObedience

#TransMen, accompanied by women, use female toilets, female changing rooms, invade "Women Only" spaces.
April 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
#TransMen fight for your #TransSisters.

ORGANISE!

Turn up to these "Women-Only" spaces and events.

If these #FeministBigots turn you away take them to court citing this Ruling.
paulineharrison.bsky.social Pauline Harrison @paulineharrison.bsky.social · Apr 18
The #FeministBigots and #TERFs do realise that thanks to their #bias men like James here will be in their "Women-Only" spaces right?

Oh! Did you think that the ruling only applies to #TransWomen?

#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransMenAreMen
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ProtectHumanRights
Image of a Transman, James Barnes. Man with beared is wearing a black coat, white woolen hat, and grey t-shirt
April 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Proving they are just as inhumane as #MisogynistBigots, #FeministBigots condemn other #Women in the UK to All-male wards (see NHS statement) & strip searches by male police (see BTP).

www.ese-hormones.org/media/ei0psr...

There @theguardian.com, I fixed your headline for you

#TransWomenAreWomen
April 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
#NHSReforms look set to be for #WesStreeting what #LizTruss was to the #Economy

#NHS
#PrivateMedicine
#MedicalInsurance
#LabourUK
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
@theguardian.com has picked up the story.

Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders search.app/jnN3f
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
paulineharrison.bsky.social
Very insightful research.

I think we all knew those on the extreme right were susceptible, but I expected better of #Millenials. Is it because their parents are primarily #Boomers? Or is it that they are less sceptical than #GenX and #GenZ?
profsanderlinden.bsky.social Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · Apr 8
Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it).

Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
April 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reposted by Pauline Harrison
bylinesnetwork.co.uk
The spring statement hides a brutal truth: Britain is being reshaped to serve overseas capital | Bryan Rylands

@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
Rachel Reeves’ high-interest rate UK: foreign investors to profit as households pay the price
The spring statement hides a brutal truth: Britain is being reshaped to serve overseas capital
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

#NHSBank staff let go, #NHS 6 month recruitment freeze, People asked about taking out #Unemployment and #Healthcare Insurance, Money removed from rural schools. All in one week.

Too much to write so images have the text.
As the press aren't covering it: 1. This week I completed feedback on the Government Disability paper where disabled people were asked if they would be willing to take out Unemployment Insurance. (Image below) 2. Yesterday YouGov asked about similar question about Healthcare Insurance. This is just days after NHS Trust's dismissed all of their Bank workers and implemented a 6 month recruitment freeze. (Image below, NHS Bank email available on request). 3. I'm waiting to see what comes out from YouGov about education as this week a local school had £97k removed from their budget in a nationwide change. At no point has this government suggested getting rid of or sliming down NI taxation or lowering taxation in general if Insurance is the way forward in both cases. Basically taking 2 bites of the cherry. Byline Times Government Disability paper feedback forms Question 4 How could we introduce a new Unemployment Insurance, how long should it last for and what support should be provided during this time to support people to adjust to changes in their life and get back into work? YouGov Question Thinking about how the NHS is funded. Which of the following reflects your view? 1. Healthcare should be funded by general taxation from everyone. 2. Healthcare should be funded by compulsory health insurance for everyone, paid for from taxation for the least well off, and deducted from other people's wages. 3. Healthcare should only be funded by taxation for the least well off, with other people choosing to take out voluntary insurance if they wished. 4. None of these. 5. I don't know. What National Insurance is for National Insurance contributions count towards the benefits and pensions in the table. Class 1: Basic State Pension Yes Additional State Pension Yes New State Pension Yes New Style Jobseeker's Allowance Yes Contribution based Employment and Support Allowance Yes Maternity Allowance Yes Bereavement Support Payment Yes
April 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Reposted by Pauline Harrison
joffrewhite.bsky.social
The Government is still working for a trade deal BUT
The British people do not want
1. The NHS asset-stripped by American companies
2. GM food
3. Chlorinated chicken
4. Hormone-stuffed beef, lamb or pork
5. Revolting American chocolate
We won't buy American products.
#boycottamerica
April 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM