Kacey
@kaceyvarren.bsky.social
Socialist, feminist & woke AF - Eco B&B owner....escaped England for the far north of Scotland
Angry at the state of things 📎
Angry at the state of things 📎
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Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
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"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
Israeli tank runs over child, cutting him in half as Gaza counts 738 ceasefire violations
While the authorities in Gaza make appeals to international institutions and leaders to intervene, the Israelis appear in no mood to curb their criminality.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
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Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
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BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
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Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
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The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
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Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
A K (@wckdwitch13)
Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets. You would think the US & Israel would have those...
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
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can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
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Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
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"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
BBC's new guidelines treat anti-Zionism as antisemitism
The BBC has issued new training guidelines around antisemitism and they are every bit as woeful as you might suspect.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
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Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
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I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
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This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
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The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
How the Jewish Chronicle Weaponizes 'Antisemitism' to Fuel a Moral Panic
On Yom Kippur, two British Jews were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, during a cruel, antisemitic act of violence.
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
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If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
Be Outraged: Your True Income Tax Rate May be Triple the Rate the Richest Billionaires Pay
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
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No Prince Philip either
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Prince Philip either
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"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
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I'm old enough to remember politicians
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm old enough to remember politicians
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
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Eurovision vote on Israel exclusion
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
fb.watch
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Eurovision vote on Israel exclusion
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
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If Spain can - why not the UK?!
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If Spain can - why not the UK?!
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
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A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
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Bye bye magnificent blue whales ...
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200% increase in krill catch in Antarctica
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200 percent increase in krill catch, aligning with nationwide ambitions
Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has largely expanded its krill catch in 2025, causing its profits to soar.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bye bye magnificent blue whales ...
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"Gary is far kinder to Rory Stewart here than Rory has ever been to him."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Gary is far kinder to Rory Stewart here than Rory has ever been to him."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork