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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 10h

Good! We need to pay more tax, and it needs to be spent properly for the good of the country. They should have said this right from the outset instead of pretending that we could magically achieve enough growth that we wouldn't need them.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 10h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlaw.social

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 16h

Almost no media coverage and very little political attention paid to the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli jails. So much focus only on the Israeli hostages. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

www.theguardian.com

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 10h

So many vets' practices have been taken over by a small number of big chains backed by venture capital, who just see it as a money making business. It makes things very difficult for independent practices that are trying to do the right thing by their customers and their pets.

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 2d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 19h

I believe it's more that you need a standard of English that is good enough to take A levels in general, rather than specifically an English subject A level.

Even so, that's still a higher standard than many native Britons have achieved (including, if we're honest, plenty who do have A levels!)

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

We should be doing that anyway, as long as we can pick which half.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024, about 600,000 who turned 19.
Of those, about 300,000 took at least one A level.
Of those, about 56,000 took some form of English A level.
Of those, only 13,000 took English Language A level.

That's about 2% of the population.

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 11d

Stephen the Waxy Lemon

Cartoon featuring a waxy lemon called Stephen who meets a pedantic pear
Panel 1
Stephen: HELLO READERS, I’M OFF
DOWN THE GREENGROCERS TODAY TO PROTEST ABOUT ALL THE NON-INDIGENOUS FRUIT ON THE SHELVES...
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Stephen: BLOODY KIWIS AND CUMWUATS... COMING OVER HERE... INVADING ENGLISH PUDDINGS...
Pear: ERR... I HATE TO BE A PEDANTIC
PEAR BUT...
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Pear: LEMONS WERE ORIGINALLY IMPORTED TO THE UK FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN THE 15TH CENTURY... THE WORD “LEMON" ITSELF HAS FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND PERSIAN ROOTS... ...AND THEIR INTRODUCTION WAS FACILITATED BY ARABIC AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE…
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Stephen is seething. Barely able to contain his rage…
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Stephen has decked the pear - who lies unconscious on the ground, his glasses broken - and is stomping off into the distance.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

Given how shit most regulators are, that's a pretty low bar...

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Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · 1d

The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov’s treatment of trans people may breach human rights law.

This must be a wake up call.

We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years.

Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

And never admit that they were wrong. One day they just change tack and pretend that that was their opinion all along.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

I hope people in Lincolnshire aren't going to become refugees in other parts of the country, seeking sanctuary and escape from danger 🤔

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of people in the media are bad people 🤷🏻

Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not convinced that that's true ... but even if were is a genius of the highest order, choosing to portray himself as a braindead himbo who cares more about his hair and teeth than world affairs is not exactly an edifying career, arguably worse to choose that than to really be that person.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 2d

This is a) utterly terrifying and b) vital. Don’t turn away. The crisis is fixable because it is, ultimately, political. We know the chemistry. We decline the action necessary.

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 2d

The headline news that won't be headline news.

'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse

Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study

www.businessgreen.com

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 2d

That's not OK

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 2d

He's been an unwatchable vapid twat for ever and a day though.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 8d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 2d

Bye Felicia.

If more of those parasites shut down and went out of business, the country would be far better for it.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 2d

Lending money to people when they can't afford to pay it back is bad enough when they are buying a stable (or appreciating) asset like a house ... but lending them money to buy an asset that depreciates rapidly seems like a particularly bad idea 🤔

Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 3d

The original intention was that tuition fees would be *capped* at £9k but "lesser" universities would be likely to offer tuition at cheaper rates in order to attract students.

Of course, no university wanted to admit to being a lesser university, so they all went for the full £9k from day one.

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Stevie D @stevieinselby.bsky.social · 3d

So rather than just being crap at one thing, it can be crap at LOTS of things all at the same time 🙄

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