🔶Rebecca🔶
@mkcatlady.bsky.social
Local Lib Dem🔶🇪🇺 campaigner. Passionate about getting good people elected and fair votes for all across entire UK. Remainer 'til I die. Former tax writer.
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Do you get it now?
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Do you get it now?
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Who else is feeling nostalgic for the days when the looting happened behind closed doors?
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Who else is feeling nostalgic for the days when the looting happened behind closed doors?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The Conservatives are imploding.
Reform is full of former Tories.
Labour keeps shooting itself in the foot and is in turmoil.
The Lib Dems are the calm sensible alternative:
#LibDems
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www.libdems.org.uk/join
Reform is full of former Tories.
Labour keeps shooting itself in the foot and is in turmoil.
The Lib Dems are the calm sensible alternative:
#LibDems
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www.libdems.org.uk/join
Join us
Become a Liberal Democrat member today.
www.libdems.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
The Conservatives are imploding.
Reform is full of former Tories.
Labour keeps shooting itself in the foot and is in turmoil.
The Lib Dems are the calm sensible alternative:
#LibDems
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www.libdems.org.uk/join
Reform is full of former Tories.
Labour keeps shooting itself in the foot and is in turmoil.
The Lib Dems are the calm sensible alternative:
#LibDems
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www.libdems.org.uk/join
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
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This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
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It's ok, we have that chart at home
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
It's ok, we have that chart at home
This is quite a graph!
January 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
This is quite a graph!
If you are self-employed or a #landlord and the gross income from your business plus your gross rental income is more than £50,000, you need to prepare for quarterly reporting under Making Tax Digital. NOW!
The first #MTD report will be due by 6 July 2026.
www.litrg.org.uk/making-tax-d...
The first #MTD report will be due by 6 July 2026.
www.litrg.org.uk/making-tax-d...
Making tax digital for income tax
www.litrg.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 AM
If you are self-employed or a #landlord and the gross income from your business plus your gross rental income is more than £50,000, you need to prepare for quarterly reporting under Making Tax Digital. NOW!
The first #MTD report will be due by 6 July 2026.
www.litrg.org.uk/making-tax-d...
The first #MTD report will be due by 6 July 2026.
www.litrg.org.uk/making-tax-d...
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Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
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This is a subtweet so enormous and flaming that it's visible from space
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is a subtweet so enormous and flaming that it's visible from space
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Eight Long years we have waited for the #audit reform bill. Now the #Labour Government has caved into big business (again!) and scrapped the tighter regulation which would have protected investors.- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Long-awaited audit reform bill scrapped by UK ministers
Ministers believe bill is not best use of legislative time and will instead press on with modernising corporate reporting
giftarticle.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Eight Long years we have waited for the #audit reform bill. Now the #Labour Government has caved into big business (again!) and scrapped the tighter regulation which would have protected investors.- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
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The Trump move on Greenland is celebrated as a huge victory on multiple fronts by Moscow. As Danish papers and the Danish intelligence service have documented, the whole effort to persuade Trump that he "needed" Greenland was born in the Kremlin. kyivindependent.com/russia-welco...
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The Trump move on Greenland is celebrated as a huge victory on multiple fronts by Moscow. As Danish papers and the Danish intelligence service have documented, the whole effort to persuade Trump that he "needed" Greenland was born in the Kremlin. kyivindependent.com/russia-welco...
Andrew Who???
NEW: Another Conservative MP defects to Reform, just days after Robert Jenrick.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
January 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Andrew Who???
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Dear BBC, the word "not" seems to have been accidentally inserted into your headline...
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Dear BBC, the word "not" seems to have been accidentally inserted into your headline...
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I'd like an apology from every single right-wing hack that pretended cozying up to Trump would somehow protect us from flare-ups of his sociopathy, please.
January 18, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I'd like an apology from every single right-wing hack that pretended cozying up to Trump would somehow protect us from flare-ups of his sociopathy, please.
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Vote Reform get a Tory!
Vote Tory get Reform!
They are one and the same.
#DontVoteTory
#DontVoteReform
Vote Tory get Reform!
They are one and the same.
#DontVoteTory
#DontVoteReform
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Vote Reform get a Tory!
Vote Tory get Reform!
They are one and the same.
#DontVoteTory
#DontVoteReform
Vote Tory get Reform!
They are one and the same.
#DontVoteTory
#DontVoteReform
More than 5.5mn people in UK overpay #tax to HMRC because they don't understand their #PAYE tax code, or don't take the time to check it.
PAYE now has to cope with repayment of overpaid state benefits: Winter fuel payment and Child Benefit.
- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
PAYE now has to cope with repayment of overpaid state benefits: Winter fuel payment and Child Benefit.
- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
More than 5.5mn people in UK overpay tax to HMRC
Payslip errors and complex rules blamed for £3.5bn in overpayments
giftarticle.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
More than 5.5mn people in UK overpay #tax to HMRC because they don't understand their #PAYE tax code, or don't take the time to check it.
PAYE now has to cope with repayment of overpaid state benefits: Winter fuel payment and Child Benefit.
- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
PAYE now has to cope with repayment of overpaid state benefits: Winter fuel payment and Child Benefit.
- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT