Thérèse
@tiggertherese.bsky.social
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European, veg grower, archaic surfer, economist & extremely appalled ex-central banker. RT ≠ endorsement. I may not entirely agree with all my own views either. https://mastodon.social/@tiggertherese https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/784397322696509320
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tiggertherese.bsky.social
Here we go again then. Some of us.
My dad and one of my brothers in a freezing cold Hyde Park at the million strong Feb 2003 Anti-Iraq War demo. Picture taken by one of my nieces. 
We bumped into my next door neighbour randomly in Shaftesbury Avenue, the neighbours on the other side at the bus stop on the way home, and the family who lived opposite was there somewhere too but had to go home because their tiny children were frozen.
My brother had never been to a demo before and, being an engineer, designed a sign which could be easily dismantled and carried on the train. It was incredibly wide but not very tall and kept hitting other marchers in the head.
And here we are again.  Most of us.
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hollyanderson.bsky.social
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."
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magicdarts.bsky.social
I’ve been tutted at for being a dickhead by three Nobel laureates with four prizes between them. How many eminent scientists have treated you with disdain?
tiggertherese.bsky.social
"...and Fox News." 🤔
en.afp.com
🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP, AP, The New York Times and Fox News have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

AFP's statement ⬇️
tiggertherese.bsky.social
Did I mention "Bleah"?
Mawgan Porth beach under very grey clouds.
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andraswf.bsky.social
Jesus, no wonder we take all your jobs and all your kids' jobs if you feed them with shit like this
lukeplunkett.com
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
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robertsaunders.bsky.social
In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".

Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Neil Kinnock goes berserk
YouTube video by Vadrigar
www.youtube.com
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
This thread is…concerning.

(I get more understated the more alarmed I am.)
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philbc3.bsky.social
Levels of bad faith on the right must be really high for Fraser Nelson to break ranks.
tiggertherese.bsky.social
All that bombing and war crimes and death - but still plenty of Hamas members.
No one predicted that did they. 🙄
en.france24.com
#Hamas has tightened its grip on #Gaza's ruined cities, launching a crackdown and executing alleged collaborators of #Israel, as seen in videos now circulating online.

FRANCE 24’s @Morgan_Ayre has the details ⤵️
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mooseallain.bsky.social
The real challenge for tech bros is striking the fine balance between completely destroying humanity and retaining enough of it that their billions are still worth something.
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eciu.net
ECIU @eciu.net · 9h
UK must be ready for ‘unprecedented’ heatwaves and flooding, climate experts warn

Heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding will all become more regular and intense, experts say.
@alb-toth.bsky.social
UK must be ready for ‘unprecedented’ heatwaves and flooding, climate experts warn
Heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding will all become more regular and intense, experts say
buff.ly
tiggertherese.bsky.social
*imagines the squealing from expat Spain if they did the same to us*
imranicus.bsky.social
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in the UK under new rules

It "is unacceptable for migrants to come here without learning our language, unable to contribute to our national life" said Shabana Mahmood in a marked shift to the right in her rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
instead they get grandmas, and priests, and inflatable frogs, and ordinary decent people rising up and saying "this is vile, this is unamerican, these are secret police"

they get kristi noem in a staring contest with a guy in a chicken suit
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michaeljsc.bsky.social
Labour’s immigration plan in full:

- raise the salience of small boats as much as possible
- make it harder and more expensive for people to come here legally and contribute
- ???
- solve the small boats issue to rapturous applause
- markets reward their ingenuity with return to growth
stephenkb.bsky.social
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Conservative criticism of Labour I absolutely did not give enough intellectual houseroom to pre-election was 'none of these guys have ever created a job'.
bojs.bsky.social
Headlines going to the English requirements but I'd completely missed this part of the plans, yet another act of idiotic self harm. Completely incompatible with the government's stated aims on housebuilding, growth, etc.
tiggertherese.bsky.social
It wasn't just Tony Blair was it. Labour are authoritarians.
iandunt.bsky.social
This whole thing has been a case study in how not to do it. But still, I'm sure this incredibly complex project will definitely work.
cjmckinney.bsky.social
Government statement to MPs on digital ID yesterday evening. "Tackling illegal immigration" carefully positioned as the third of three reasons to do it, and even then "not a silver bullet" hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
tiggertherese.bsky.social
Tottenham.
merriam-webster.com
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
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martinfarley.bsky.social
Even if this is slightly out (FindOutNow tends to be an outlier), this represents a huge shift towards the Greens and away from Labour

(Courtesy of Sheffield Green Party)
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elliechowns.bsky.social
The Warm Homes Plan is needed ASAP for the millions suffering in fuel poverty.

The govt must learn from past mistakes, hold cowboy contractors to account, run the scheme for public benefit not private profit, and ensure home insulation provides real energy savings for all.
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lordbonkers.bsky.social
Confusion reigned as the police tried to round up the Santas, arresting many official Santas in the process. A crowd of more than 2000 called for the release of Santa and pressed in on the police, later surrounding the district Police HQ, before being dispersed.
Anti-Trump tactics in Portland recall the opposition to Poland's Communist regime
The Frogs of Portland challenging Trump's goons and their occupation of the city remind me of the tactics adopted by the opposition of the ...
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