Charlotte Augst
@charlotteaugst.bsky.social
Londoner, mother of two, consultant around questions of health, care, community, influence and impact (previously CEO Richmond Group of Charities and National Voices). Head and heart. 🐈⬛ 🪴 ☕️ 🇪🇺 🌳
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
THEY DID WHAT
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Call me hysterical, but I am having flashbacks to images from German history when the Government says they will take jewellery from refugees.
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Call me hysterical, but I am having flashbacks to images from German history when the Government says they will take jewellery from refugees.
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With friends like these, who needs enemies? 😳
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
With friends like these, who needs enemies? 😳
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Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
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"Sadiq Khan will pocket an estimated £320m a year from motorists after hiking the congestion charge, The Standard can reveal" This is bordering on the misleading, if not actively so.
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Sadiq Khan will pocket an estimated £320m a year from motorists after hiking the congestion charge, The Standard can reveal" This is bordering on the misleading, if not actively so.
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
"Pocket" suggests he will himself get the money and sits within longstanding trend of misinformation about the mayor
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
Can we just raise tax for people on decent incomes (and I include myself in this) and be done with it? And crack on actually making things better - for all of us - because lo and behold, the money I would save on tax doesn't buy me good schools, unis, roads, trains, prisons, GPs on my own.
God help us, it looks like utter chaos in there.
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can we just raise tax for people on decent incomes (and I include myself in this) and be done with it? And crack on actually making things better - for all of us - because lo and behold, the money I would save on tax doesn't buy me good schools, unis, roads, trains, prisons, GPs on my own.
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Mum's heart will remain ❤️
The volunteers were at Parliament today to hear the government announce that our beautiful memorial is to be made permanent. It was an emotional day, as we have fought so long and hard to ensure that our beloved dead are not forgotten. We are grateful and happy. ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Mum's heart will remain ❤️
Hard to disagree.
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hard to disagree.
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Yeah - I think an interesting part of housing discourse is, are you able to accept that it is in fact, not personal. It's not *personal* to say that I am a winner of our current policy mix and that frankly I need to end up losing out on this transaction in the long run. It's just true!
Part of their own personal mythology. Like everyone who went on about the 15% interest rates, at a time when a house was a fraction of real terms price, following the Truss budget.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yeah - I think an interesting part of housing discourse is, are you able to accept that it is in fact, not personal. It's not *personal* to say that I am a winner of our current policy mix and that frankly I need to end up losing out on this transaction in the long run. It's just true!
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Crikey. I don't know, is it more damning to be thought of as vile by decent people or by horrible people? Trump seems to unify both ends of the spectrum in realising that he is a predator.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Crikey. I don't know, is it more damning to be thought of as vile by decent people or by horrible people? Trump seems to unify both ends of the spectrum in realising that he is a predator.
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just checking are there any rich powerful white dudes not in these emails
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
just checking are there any rich powerful white dudes not in these emails
Please someone help the hard working, wonderful @chrischirp.bsky.social yo reach even more people.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Please someone help the hard working, wonderful @chrischirp.bsky.social yo reach even more people.
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
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I’ve just been asked by Waitrose to give feedback on my recent purchase of a loose lemon. It’s sitting in the fruit drawer in the fridge. Doesn’t seem to be bothered by the nearby apples and satsumas. Any other ideas for feedback? Is this normal behaviour by a supermarket?
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’ve just been asked by Waitrose to give feedback on my recent purchase of a loose lemon. It’s sitting in the fruit drawer in the fridge. Doesn’t seem to be bothered by the nearby apples and satsumas. Any other ideas for feedback? Is this normal behaviour by a supermarket?
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
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Maximus Decimus Meridius Snuggles was never quite the same after he had past life regression therapy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Maximus Decimus Meridius Snuggles was never quite the same after he had past life regression therapy.
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we need to protect both the independent, expert creation of evidence and information *and* the communication of it by independent, non-partisan, media organisations.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
we need to protect both the independent, expert creation of evidence and information *and* the communication of it by independent, non-partisan, media organisations.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...
Can confirm. Had just the right amount of anger and anxiety to go and do one (of the many) thing(s).
IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Can confirm. Had just the right amount of anger and anxiety to go and do one (of the many) thing(s).
Feels like we are back to bad news days. Sigh. Anyway. Trying to hang onto the weekend which contained the sea. And mooching around a little town. And even some sunshine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Feels like we are back to bad news days. Sigh. Anyway. Trying to hang onto the weekend which contained the sea. And mooching around a little town. And even some sunshine.
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"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
For anyone who missed her post
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"