Kath Ross
@kathross.bsky.social
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Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term.
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
February 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term.
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
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Report says that while Cab Office dismissed the claims against Romeo, the Foreign Office did not. Echoes of my experience in 2019, when Cabinet Office refused to address my ethical concerns about Brexit, but FCO took them seriously. Cab Office has become politicized. www.channel4.com/news/sources...
Sources tell Channel 4 News allegations against Dame Romeo were not dismissed
Following days of political turmoil and speculation - Sir Chris Wormald is standing down as the head of the Civil Service - after just over a year in the post.
www.channel4.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Report says that while Cab Office dismissed the claims against Romeo, the Foreign Office did not. Echoes of my experience in 2019, when Cabinet Office refused to address my ethical concerns about Brexit, but FCO took them seriously. Cab Office has become politicized. www.channel4.com/news/sources...
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According to Defend Our Juries more than 2,700 people have been arrested since proscription took effect – most of them for holding placards saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” – accused of offences under section 13 of the Terrorism Act
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands of people arrested for supporting group since anti-terrorism proscription are in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
According to Defend Our Juries more than 2,700 people have been arrested since proscription took effect – most of them for holding placards saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” – accused of offences under section 13 of the Terrorism Act
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Let’s spare a thought for Chris Mason, who worked very, very hard over past 2 weeks, to build pressure for Starmer to resign.. all in vain❗️
He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it
Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼♂️
He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it
Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼♂️
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Let’s spare a thought for Chris Mason, who worked very, very hard over past 2 weeks, to build pressure for Starmer to resign.. all in vain❗️
He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it
Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼♂️
He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it
Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼♂️
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The UK Government is being urged to consider closer ties to the EU after a report has found Scotland is missing out on a share of a landmark £15 billion pound funding package 💡
Warning as Scotland 'misses out' on £15 billion EU funding package due to Brexit
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The UK Government is being urged to consider closer ties to the EU after a report has found Scotland is missing out on a share of a landmark £15 billion pound funding package 💡
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This is Elon Musk territory, isn't it? A woman's purpose is to bear children.
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
www.independent.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
This is Elon Musk territory, isn't it? A woman's purpose is to bear children.
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Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
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If Russian propagandists are fantasising about joining forces with America to fight Europe there is something fundamentally wrong with America.
Russian propagandist Solovyev fantasizes about a large-scale war in Europe,with the idea of a "united Russian-American army"fighting the EU:
"I don’t rule out the possibility of a war unfolding in the European theater of military operations -a united Russian-American army against the army of the EU
"I don’t rule out the possibility of a war unfolding in the European theater of military operations -a united Russian-American army against the army of the EU
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
If Russian propagandists are fantasising about joining forces with America to fight Europe there is something fundamentally wrong with America.
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"A conservative network led by Michael Gove and Nigel Farage’s senior adviser James Orr has spent more than half a million pounds pushing far-right and anti-trans voices – some of it fuelled by profits from Russian oil."
Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil | Good Law Project
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
goodlaw.social
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"A conservative network led by Michael Gove and Nigel Farage’s senior adviser James Orr has spent more than half a million pounds pushing far-right and anti-trans voices – some of it fuelled by profits from Russian oil."
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⚡Russian losses in Ukraine ‘astonishing,’ former MI6 chief says.
“The losses are terrible, and even the Russians will struggle to replace that level of losses,” Sir Richard Moore said
“The losses are terrible, and even the Russians will struggle to replace that level of losses,” Sir Richard Moore said
Russian losses in Ukraine 'astonishing,' former MI6 chief says
Former MI6 chief Richard Moore said about 30,000 Russian troops were killed in December, roughly twice the Soviet Afghan war death toll.
kyivindependent.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
⚡Russian losses in Ukraine ‘astonishing,’ former MI6 chief says.
“The losses are terrible, and even the Russians will struggle to replace that level of losses,” Sir Richard Moore said
“The losses are terrible, and even the Russians will struggle to replace that level of losses,” Sir Richard Moore said
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That's right - I got a LOT into this article.
But when it comes to subverting democracy and harming children - LGBTQ+ people and the left are not the actual enemy.
The Epstein files reveal how the world's most famous child sex trafficker was working with the US far right to influence European democracy.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right...
The Epstein files reveal how the world's most famous child sex trafficker was working with the US far right to influence European democracy.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right...
In the European Parliament, global politicians pledged alleg
In Brussels, the far right blamed the left for attacking democracy. The Epstein files told a very different story.
www.opendemocracy.net
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
That's right - I got a LOT into this article.
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The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump’s name has been redacted from the Epstein files multiple times according to Jamie Raskin.
Tomorrow Pam Bondi must be asked straight out why she redacted Trump‘s name from the Epstein files and why she has redacted so many other names from the Epstein files. What is she hiding?
Tomorrow Pam Bondi must be asked straight out why she redacted Trump‘s name from the Epstein files and why she has redacted so many other names from the Epstein files. What is she hiding?
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump’s name has been redacted from the Epstein files multiple times according to Jamie Raskin.
Tomorrow Pam Bondi must be asked straight out why she redacted Trump‘s name from the Epstein files and why she has redacted so many other names from the Epstein files. What is she hiding?
Tomorrow Pam Bondi must be asked straight out why she redacted Trump‘s name from the Epstein files and why she has redacted so many other names from the Epstein files. What is she hiding?
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Now that members of Congress are able to see what was redacted they are learning how Todd Blanche failed to comply with the law in countless instances, and it’s now about to get real because what DOJ was hiding is the most incriminating stuff.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Now that members of Congress are able to see what was redacted they are learning how Todd Blanche failed to comply with the law in countless instances, and it’s now about to get real because what DOJ was hiding is the most incriminating stuff.
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Massie also added, “I am not depressed or mentally ill and have never had thoughts of suicide.” www.commondreams.org/news/massie-...
Massie Threatens to Go 'Nuclear' and Reveal Epstein Client Names If Bondi Won't Unredact Them | Common Dreams
Massie Plots 'Nuclear Option' for Epstein File Release
www.commondreams.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Massie also added, “I am not depressed or mentally ill and have never had thoughts of suicide.” www.commondreams.org/news/massie-...
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Norway's ex-PM Jagland served as a middleman for Russia for 5 years while running the Council of Europe.
Epstein used this channel to help Russia build leverage on Trump.
Trump is compromised, and Jagland is a traitor
Epstein used this channel to help Russia build leverage on Trump.
Trump is compromised, and Jagland is a traitor
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Norway's ex-PM Jagland served as a middleman for Russia for 5 years while running the Council of Europe.
Epstein used this channel to help Russia build leverage on Trump.
Trump is compromised, and Jagland is a traitor
Epstein used this channel to help Russia build leverage on Trump.
Trump is compromised, and Jagland is a traitor
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
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Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
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Picture 1: Two plain clothes police officers during a search of Peter Mandelson's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Picture 1: Two plain clothes police officers during a search of Peter Mandelson's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
Picture 2: Police search Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home
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Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Almost every council is about to go bankrupt while private schools rake in over £8bn from SEND children
Private schools charge councils eye-watering amounts per SEND pupil for a placement, leading to mass local authority 'insolvency'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Private schools charge councils eye-watering amounts per SEND pupil for a placement, leading to mass local authority 'insolvency'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Almost every council is about to go bankrupt while private schools rake in over £8bn from SEND children
Private schools charge councils eye-watering amounts per special needs pupil for a placement, leading to mass local authority 'insolvency'
www.thecanary.co
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Almost every council is about to go bankrupt while private schools rake in over £8bn from SEND children
Private schools charge councils eye-watering amounts per SEND pupil for a placement, leading to mass local authority 'insolvency'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Private schools charge councils eye-watering amounts per SEND pupil for a placement, leading to mass local authority 'insolvency'
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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It is refreshing (if also depressing) to see a journalist honest enough to recognise what the Mandelson appointment and defenestration tells us about our media and our politics.
"Starmer didn't pick Mandelson in spite of his Epstein connections… He picked him because of them."
Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won?
"Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.
Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won?
"Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It is refreshing (if also depressing) to see a journalist honest enough to recognise what the Mandelson appointment and defenestration tells us about our media and our politics.