Lady Lotto
@ladylotto.bsky.social
Lecturer in literature specialising in Renaissance drama, and colonial and post-colonial literature. I spend a lot of time involved in classical singing. Also passionate about politics. Never a Tory! Left of centre. Pro EU. Live in London.
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If you don't like the AfD, I strongly suggest that you stop using X
December 20, 2024 at 8:48 AM
If you don't like the AfD, I strongly suggest that you stop using X
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Giselle Pelicot. What a brave woman. Global icon
December 19, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Giselle Pelicot. What a brave woman. Global icon
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Gisèle Pélicot coming out of court in Avignon to cheers, women shouting "Bravo! "" Merci, Gisèle!" A remarkable woman. What she experienced is beyond imagining, her courage immense. I hope this will change things.
December 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Gisèle Pélicot coming out of court in Avignon to cheers, women shouting "Bravo! "" Merci, Gisèle!" A remarkable woman. What she experienced is beyond imagining, her courage immense. I hope this will change things.
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With its mix of politics and frivolity, this is an ideal episode to use as a gateway drug to get friends and family hooked on Quiet Riot. If you each get one extra person to listen, you can double our reach.
Go on. Be our dealer. Do it now. First hit is free.
Go on. Be our dealer. Do it now. First hit is free.
🎄🎇 A Very Nigel(la) Quiet Riot: Part I 🎆🎄
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social, review 2024 with their BFFs @nigelsmith.org & @nigella.bsky.social!
What surprised us? Who impressed us? What TV did we binge?
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@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social, review 2024 with their BFFs @nigelsmith.org & @nigella.bsky.social!
What surprised us? Who impressed us? What TV did we binge?
🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/3Wmh...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Very Nigel(la) Quiet Riot: Xmas Special Part I
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
With its mix of politics and frivolity, this is an ideal episode to use as a gateway drug to get friends and family hooked on Quiet Riot. If you each get one extra person to listen, you can double our reach.
Go on. Be our dealer. Do it now. First hit is free.
Go on. Be our dealer. Do it now. First hit is free.
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It’s so critical that this Labour govt makes people’s lives measurably better. The last 14 years of Toryism have been pretty horrific and we need to see real change urgently. But surely we can hold them to account without helping the right to tear them down. Because then what?
September 25, 2024 at 6:39 AM
It’s so critical that this Labour govt makes people’s lives measurably better. The last 14 years of Toryism have been pretty horrific and we need to see real change urgently. But surely we can hold them to account without helping the right to tear them down. Because then what?
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“Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?” @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2024 at 5:37 AM
“Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?” @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
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well this is awkward
September 4, 2024 at 7:21 AM
well this is awkward
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Killed by greed and a culture of dishonesty
Thursday’s Times leads with police and prosecutors facing calls to bring criminal charges over the Grenfell disaster after the inquiry concluded all 72 deaths were avoidable
Thursday’s Times leads with police and prosecutors facing calls to bring criminal charges over the Grenfell disaster after the inquiry concluded all 72 deaths were avoidable
September 4, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Killed by greed and a culture of dishonesty
Thursday’s Times leads with police and prosecutors facing calls to bring criminal charges over the Grenfell disaster after the inquiry concluded all 72 deaths were avoidable
Thursday’s Times leads with police and prosecutors facing calls to bring criminal charges over the Grenfell disaster after the inquiry concluded all 72 deaths were avoidable
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Now if the Telegraph could join the dots with its own hostile rhetoric. This isn't hypothetical, it has been studied for years, anti-immigration policies and politics undermine countries, whereas positive policies and politics can actually help boost economies.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
September 5, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Now if the Telegraph could join the dots with its own hostile rhetoric. This isn't hypothetical, it has been studied for years, anti-immigration policies and politics undermine countries, whereas positive policies and politics can actually help boost economies.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Angela Rayner on Grenfell: “Greed and deregulation were put before safety”
Deregulation is not some buccaneering good as Tories would have you believe.
Deregulation means removing our protections so that the rich and the powerful can take risks and exploit us.
Let’s not help them do that.
Deregulation is not some buccaneering good as Tories would have you believe.
Deregulation means removing our protections so that the rich and the powerful can take risks and exploit us.
Let’s not help them do that.
September 5, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Angela Rayner on Grenfell: “Greed and deregulation were put before safety”
Deregulation is not some buccaneering good as Tories would have you believe.
Deregulation means removing our protections so that the rich and the powerful can take risks and exploit us.
Let’s not help them do that.
Deregulation is not some buccaneering good as Tories would have you believe.
Deregulation means removing our protections so that the rich and the powerful can take risks and exploit us.
Let’s not help them do that.
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A brief 🧵 about Brexit denialism suffocating Britain (originally posted on X)
1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.
1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.
August 28, 2024 at 6:39 PM
A brief 🧵 about Brexit denialism suffocating Britain (originally posted on X)
1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.
1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.
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What a touching final message from Sven-Göran Eriksson
August 26, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What a touching final message from Sven-Göran Eriksson
Great thread.
This is a good piece - but like all others, assumes we all know and agree on what 'immigration' or 'immigrant' means. And I don't think that's the case. A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After the riots, Keir Starmer should tell us the truth about our country. This is why he won't | Nesrine Malik
The violence exposed racist narratives based on lies. Yet where is the counter-argument, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Great thread.
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August 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Looking at the current state of the Conservative Party, a Labour failure in government seems less likely to lead to a Prime Minister Badenoch than a permanently fractured political scene where no party can gain a workable majority alone after 2029
August 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Looking at the current state of the Conservative Party, a Labour failure in government seems less likely to lead to a Prime Minister Badenoch than a permanently fractured political scene where no party can gain a workable majority alone after 2029
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"Fruit and veg prices to rise unless Starmer delays new Brexit border checks"
"Dover boss warns increased post-Brexit red tape will leave port unable to cope by Easter"
Labour now having to deal with the chaos of Brexit The sooner we rejoin the EU Single Market the sooner all of this nonsense ends
"Dover boss warns increased post-Brexit red tape will leave port unable to cope by Easter"
Labour now having to deal with the chaos of Brexit The sooner we rejoin the EU Single Market the sooner all of this nonsense ends
August 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
"Fruit and veg prices to rise unless Starmer delays new Brexit border checks"
"Dover boss warns increased post-Brexit red tape will leave port unable to cope by Easter"
Labour now having to deal with the chaos of Brexit The sooner we rejoin the EU Single Market the sooner all of this nonsense ends
"Dover boss warns increased post-Brexit red tape will leave port unable to cope by Easter"
Labour now having to deal with the chaos of Brexit The sooner we rejoin the EU Single Market the sooner all of this nonsense ends
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Starmer on Downing St location for his speech: “This is a garden and a building once used for lockdown parties…this garden and this building is now back in your service.”
August 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Starmer on Downing St location for his speech: “This is a garden and a building once used for lockdown parties…this garden and this building is now back in your service.”
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Tim Leunig in the FT is right about Brexit.
But it’s far worse.
Brexit ripped us out of our $19 trillion GDP domestic market & reduced us to one a 6th of it, thumped our economy, fractured the UK, threw our governance into chaos, & generated perilous geopolitical effects.
A🧵/1.
But it’s far worse.
Brexit ripped us out of our $19 trillion GDP domestic market & reduced us to one a 6th of it, thumped our economy, fractured the UK, threw our governance into chaos, & generated perilous geopolitical effects.
A🧵/1.
August 23, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Tim Leunig in the FT is right about Brexit.
But it’s far worse.
Brexit ripped us out of our $19 trillion GDP domestic market & reduced us to one a 6th of it, thumped our economy, fractured the UK, threw our governance into chaos, & generated perilous geopolitical effects.
A🧵/1.
But it’s far worse.
Brexit ripped us out of our $19 trillion GDP domestic market & reduced us to one a 6th of it, thumped our economy, fractured the UK, threw our governance into chaos, & generated perilous geopolitical effects.
A🧵/1.
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@dminghella.bsky.social posted this on t’other place & it is absolutely spot on so I had to share it ♥️
August 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
@dminghella.bsky.social posted this on t’other place & it is absolutely spot on so I had to share it ♥️
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As Twitter dies trolls are looking at other media outlets to engage. Hide their replies. Then go to their profile and block them. Never engage. They will soon tire of their trolling if they get no response. Peace and Harmony prevails when we stick together.
October 7, 2023 at 3:53 PM
As Twitter dies trolls are looking at other media outlets to engage. Hide their replies. Then go to their profile and block them. Never engage. They will soon tire of their trolling if they get no response. Peace and Harmony prevails when we stick together.
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⚠️ PCBs have been leaking from a former landfill site in Cheshire for 50 years.
Read this absolute catalogue of failure from the authorities to take effective action to stop it. There was even an ITV documentary exposing it... in 1989!!
Read this absolute catalogue of failure from the authorities to take effective action to stop it. There was even an ITV documentary exposing it... in 1989!!
Still leaching after all these years
PCBs have been leaking from a former landfill site in Cheshire for 50 years. Why have the authorities not taken effective action to stop it?
northwestbylines.co.uk
August 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
⚠️ PCBs have been leaking from a former landfill site in Cheshire for 50 years.
Read this absolute catalogue of failure from the authorities to take effective action to stop it. There was even an ITV documentary exposing it... in 1989!!
Read this absolute catalogue of failure from the authorities to take effective action to stop it. There was even an ITV documentary exposing it... in 1989!!
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He received £1400 a month for incitement to racial hatred and violence on his social account.
But WHO FROM? Surely that's the real story? Who's funding these people? They must held accountable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But WHO FROM? Surely that's the real story? Who's funding these people? They must held accountable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lincoln 'keyboard warrior' jailed for part in UK disorder
Wayne O’Rourke posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 18, 2024 at 7:30 AM
He received £1400 a month for incitement to racial hatred and violence on his social account.
But WHO FROM? Surely that's the real story? Who's funding these people? They must held accountable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But WHO FROM? Surely that's the real story? Who's funding these people? They must held accountable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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So very true.
August 17, 2024 at 7:19 PM
So very true.
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The full resignation letter from Mark Smith, Foreign Office diplomat, over the the UK’s continuing arms sales to Israel. It is quite something.
August 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The full resignation letter from Mark Smith, Foreign Office diplomat, over the the UK’s continuing arms sales to Israel. It is quite something.