Madam JRC
@madamjrc.bsky.social
Ex teacher, lecturer, daughter and dweller in Wales. Still interested in politics, France, family life and things that feed the soul. Not necessarily in that order obs.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
The best bit of the whole show.
Did you hear the one about the gay comic, the dual race actor, the black historian and the alpha male rugby player? They lied to each other in a game then just had a great big cuddle and became friends for life. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The best bit of the whole show.
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I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
This!
It was good to hear a full-throated challenge to Reform on patriotism.
As Starmer noted,there's nothing patriotic about stoking division, turning people against each other or "grubbing around" for US cash.
He did a good job of pitting an inclusive patriotism against an angry & exclusive chauvinism
As Starmer noted,there's nothing patriotic about stoking division, turning people against each other or "grubbing around" for US cash.
He did a good job of pitting an inclusive patriotism against an angry & exclusive chauvinism
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This!
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I’ve noticed a huge drop off in engagement recently on BlueSky around EU, Brexit and Freedom of Movement.
Can you help resharing things?
Has anyone else noticed that?
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#fbpe
Can you help resharing things?
Has anyone else noticed that?
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#fbpe
September 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’ve noticed a huge drop off in engagement recently on BlueSky around EU, Brexit and Freedom of Movement.
Can you help resharing things?
Has anyone else noticed that?
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#fbpe
Can you help resharing things?
Has anyone else noticed that?
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#fbpe
We all need to Make Racism Wrong Again.
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Reform UK's own "one in, one out" policy. ~AA
July 2024: 4 MPs
July 2024: 5 MPs
March 2025: 4 MPs
May 2025: 5 MPs
July 2025: 4 MPs
Sept 2025: 5 MPs
July 2024: 4 MPs
July 2024: 5 MPs
March 2025: 4 MPs
May 2025: 5 MPs
July 2025: 4 MPs
Sept 2025: 5 MPs
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reform UK's own "one in, one out" policy. ~AA
July 2024: 4 MPs
July 2024: 5 MPs
March 2025: 4 MPs
May 2025: 5 MPs
July 2025: 4 MPs
Sept 2025: 5 MPs
July 2024: 4 MPs
July 2024: 5 MPs
March 2025: 4 MPs
May 2025: 5 MPs
July 2025: 4 MPs
Sept 2025: 5 MPs
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
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When Brexit happened some Brits were protected by the Withdrawal Agreement: people living full year overseas and people who meet the criteria as frontier workers.
But many other Brits living or working lawfully abroad found they had lost their rights by end of pandemic.
It’s time to fix this.
But many other Brits living or working lawfully abroad found they had lost their rights by end of pandemic.
It’s time to fix this.
August 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When Brexit happened some Brits were protected by the Withdrawal Agreement: people living full year overseas and people who meet the criteria as frontier workers.
But many other Brits living or working lawfully abroad found they had lost their rights by end of pandemic.
It’s time to fix this.
But many other Brits living or working lawfully abroad found they had lost their rights by end of pandemic.
It’s time to fix this.
#welfarecuts So much anger around this. What part of Starmer's "it will get worse before it gets better" did people not understand?
March 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#welfarecuts So much anger around this. What part of Starmer's "it will get worse before it gets better" did people not understand?
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The extraordinary prison regime of Tommy Robinson. Trying to imagine what he would say if it was given to a Muslim or an asylum seeker
(caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...).
(caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...).
March 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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"Amanda Spielman should spend less time criticizing the reforms this Government is bringing and more time reflecting on her failure at Ofsted and on a teaching profession that entirely lost confidence in her as chief inspector"
Always the privately educated who think they know best.
Always the privately educated who think they know best.
This is disappointing from Amanda Spielman and very politically driven given that it was in both the Telegraph and the Times yesterday evening. Also slightly tone deaf as to what is actually happening in schools.
March 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Amanda Spielman should spend less time criticizing the reforms this Government is bringing and more time reflecting on her failure at Ofsted and on a teaching profession that entirely lost confidence in her as chief inspector"
Always the privately educated who think they know best.
Always the privately educated who think they know best.
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Essentially this will become a tourist tax. It's €12 per person and expires after two years. So €48 for a two-kid family wanting to holiday in the UK.
Of course, the EU is imposing a similar scheme on us next year. Reminded of tariffs? I am.
Of course, the EU is imposing a similar scheme on us next year. Reminded of tariffs? I am.
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Essentially this will become a tourist tax. It's €12 per person and expires after two years. So €48 for a two-kid family wanting to holiday in the UK.
Of course, the EU is imposing a similar scheme on us next year. Reminded of tariffs? I am.
Of course, the EU is imposing a similar scheme on us next year. Reminded of tariffs? I am.
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Liz Cheney condemns Trump and Vance:
"Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
"Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Liz Cheney condemns Trump and Vance:
"Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
"Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
Now that's an idea!
I've changed my mind & now think that instead of rescinding the invitation to the Fanta fascist in chief, the king should extend a special invitation to Zelensky to visit as well. If Trump is such a gimp for the royal family then he'll have to accept it & stfu about it. Show solidarity & diplomacy.
March 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Now that's an idea!
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I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
Forget about #Trump and all the world's tragedies for a moment and rejoice in this. 😁
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home
Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headliner
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Forget about #Trump and all the world's tragedies for a moment and rejoice in this. 😁
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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That's my understanding too. Probably millions of others, so why hasn't Trump caught on? #Zelenskyy
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
That's my understanding too. Probably millions of others, so why hasn't Trump caught on? #Zelenskyy
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These problems at the Gibraltar-Spain border would be so simply resolved with a Freedom of Movement agreement between UK, Gibraltar and Spain.
Even a liberal visa waiver agreement and a few returns agreements may suffice.
www.chronicle.gi/border-retur...
Even a liberal visa waiver agreement and a few returns agreements may suffice.
www.chronicle.gi/border-retur...
Border returns to uneasy normality after passport stamps unilaterally introduced, albeit briefly
By Brian Reyes and Nathan Barcio
Spanish police officers at the border have been told not to stamp the passports of Gibraltar residents with red ID cards, after a chaotic morning in which the Policia...
www.chronicle.gi
February 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
These problems at the Gibraltar-Spain border would be so simply resolved with a Freedom of Movement agreement between UK, Gibraltar and Spain.
Even a liberal visa waiver agreement and a few returns agreements may suffice.
www.chronicle.gi/border-retur...
Even a liberal visa waiver agreement and a few returns agreements may suffice.
www.chronicle.gi/border-retur...
Quite. Musk is either stupid or he thinks everyone else is.
Go f* yourself. We have a constitution, and Zelenskyy is the only legitimate president until Russia stops occupying our territories. We will hold elections immediately once Russia goes to hell and leaves Ukrainian land.
February 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Quite. Musk is either stupid or he thinks everyone else is.
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You had a good run with your revolution America, but it's good to see you have a mad King again...
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You had a good run with your revolution America, but it's good to see you have a mad King again...