Sarah Chapman
@sinurata.bsky.social
Loves: cats, politics, music, GOOD chocolate. Do not think that giving me chocolate kittens as a gift is in any way acceptable. especially if they are made of inferior chocolate. That's about it really.
Good. Epic waste of time and money.
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good. Epic waste of time and money.
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely. And tbh without the endless right wing media screaming disinformation about Net Zero, I bet support for it would be MUCH higher.
Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Absolutely. And tbh without the endless right wing media screaming disinformation about Net Zero, I bet support for it would be MUCH higher.
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Animal testing to be phased out faster
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Animal testing to be phased out faster
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
However often I get hacked off with Labour, it just takes reading something like this to make me remember how utterly, utterly horrible and dreadful the Tories were (and continued to be for YEARS because the voters looked at this kind of shit and thought "yeah, more of the same" the fuckers).
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
However often I get hacked off with Labour, it just takes reading something like this to make me remember how utterly, utterly horrible and dreadful the Tories were (and continued to be for YEARS because the voters looked at this kind of shit and thought "yeah, more of the same" the fuckers).
This is genuinely good news.
I'm old enough to remember when 0% was for #SocialRent. This is great news. @tomemurtha.bsky.social @stevehilditch.bsky.social
"3 in 5 homes should be social rent under new guidance for Social & Affordable Homes Programme" #UKhousing
Thank you @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social #AngelaRayner
"3 in 5 homes should be social rent under new guidance for Social & Affordable Homes Programme" #UKhousing
Thank you @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social #AngelaRayner
Three in five homes should be social rent under new guidance for Social and Affordable Homes Programme
Homes England has published new guidance for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme ahead of the launch in February 2026.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is genuinely good news.
I literally had no idea about some of these - particularly number 5!
Labour laser focused on environment, veterans/forces and health matters in the last week. #LabourAchievements busy #FixingBritain.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I literally had no idea about some of these - particularly number 5!
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENT - a new national forest has been announced today as part of the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. This new forest will see millions of trees planted in the years ahead as part of a wider commitment to allocate over £1 billion this parliament to support to the forestry sector.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT - a new national forest has been announced today as part of the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. This new forest will see millions of trees planted in the years ahead as part of a wider commitment to allocate over £1 billion this parliament to support to the forestry sector.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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New entry on the Standards and Financial Interests investigations list.
Nigel Farage under Rule 5, Members' conduct
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
Nigel Farage under Rule 5, Members' conduct
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
Allegations currently under investigation by the Commissioner
The Commissioner looks at evidence that individual MPs may have broken the Rules of Conduct
www.parliament.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New entry on the Standards and Financial Interests investigations list.
Nigel Farage under Rule 5, Members' conduct
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
Nigel Farage under Rule 5, Members' conduct
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
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In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...
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Water company shareholders have pocketed over £85 billion of our money. 💸
So why are rivers being pumped with pollution, homes routinely filled with waste and farmland contaminated with raw sewage?
Because the system’s designed to make a few people rich—not deliver a decent, affordable service.
So why are rivers being pumped with pollution, homes routinely filled with waste and farmland contaminated with raw sewage?
Because the system’s designed to make a few people rich—not deliver a decent, affordable service.
MP slams Thames Water for 'reckless mismanagement'
North East Hertfordshire MP Chris Hinchliff has slammed Thames Water for its "reckless mismanagement" of the sewers in his constituency.
www.thecomet.net
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Water company shareholders have pocketed over £85 billion of our money. 💸
So why are rivers being pumped with pollution, homes routinely filled with waste and farmland contaminated with raw sewage?
Because the system’s designed to make a few people rich—not deliver a decent, affordable service.
So why are rivers being pumped with pollution, homes routinely filled with waste and farmland contaminated with raw sewage?
Because the system’s designed to make a few people rich—not deliver a decent, affordable service.
Interestingly, this Labour government has put a couple of highly-qualified non-politicians in charge of major govt departments (Lord Timson as Prisons Minister and Lord Hermer as Attorney General). Bet Farage isn't thinking abut people like them....
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Interestingly, this Labour government has put a couple of highly-qualified non-politicians in charge of major govt departments (Lord Timson as Prisons Minister and Lord Hermer as Attorney General). Bet Farage isn't thinking abut people like them....
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: the generation that warned their children "don't believe everything you read on the internet" did not heed their own advice.
I'm beginning to think you can't trust random videos on the internet
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the generation that warned their children "don't believe everything you read on the internet" did not heed their own advice.
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A perfect 10 of #LabourAchievements. Busy #FixingBritain In just the last four days announcements covering veterans, military homes, people in work up and big savings on electricity costs for business. 👏👏👏#FixingBritain every week by hard work and good government
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A perfect 10 of #LabourAchievements. Busy #FixingBritain In just the last four days announcements covering veterans, military homes, people in work up and big savings on electricity costs for business. 👏👏👏#FixingBritain every week by hard work and good government
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This week, the government announced that menopause will now be included in free NHS Health Checks — helping millions more women get the care, advice, and support they deserve.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This week, the government announced that menopause will now be included in free NHS Health Checks — helping millions more women get the care, advice, and support they deserve.
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Maternity and paternity pay must improve.
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between bonding with their baby and paying the bills.
They shouldn't be ground down by poverty or rushed back to work.
Properly supporting families with their first steps is an investment in our future.
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between bonding with their baby and paying the bills.
They shouldn't be ground down by poverty or rushed back to work.
Properly supporting families with their first steps is an investment in our future.
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Maternity and paternity pay must improve.
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between bonding with their baby and paying the bills.
They shouldn't be ground down by poverty or rushed back to work.
Properly supporting families with their first steps is an investment in our future.
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between bonding with their baby and paying the bills.
They shouldn't be ground down by poverty or rushed back to work.
Properly supporting families with their first steps is an investment in our future.
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Another major defence contract for the UK from a NATO ally.
This time with Türkiye buying 20 Typhoon jets - the biggest fighter jet deal in a generation, worth up to £8bn &supporting thousands of jobs across the UK.
It follows a major contract win with Norway for firgates &other smaller projects.
This time with Türkiye buying 20 Typhoon jets - the biggest fighter jet deal in a generation, worth up to £8bn &supporting thousands of jobs across the UK.
It follows a major contract win with Norway for firgates &other smaller projects.
20,000 UK jobs secured as Türkiye buys 20 Typhoon jets in biggest fighter jet deal in a generation
Thousands of skilled UK jobs have been secured for years to come as the UK and Türkiye sign a deal worth up to £8 billion for 20 UK Typhoon fighter jets – the biggest fighter jet exports deal in a gen...
www.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another major defence contract for the UK from a NATO ally.
This time with Türkiye buying 20 Typhoon jets - the biggest fighter jet deal in a generation, worth up to £8bn &supporting thousands of jobs across the UK.
It follows a major contract win with Norway for firgates &other smaller projects.
This time with Türkiye buying 20 Typhoon jets - the biggest fighter jet deal in a generation, worth up to £8bn &supporting thousands of jobs across the UK.
It follows a major contract win with Norway for firgates &other smaller projects.
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Starmer on Sarah Pochin’s comments:
"It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.”
Farage says:
"It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.”
Farage says:
Reform MP's comments 'ugly' but intention was not racist, Farage says
Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Starmer on Sarah Pochin’s comments:
"It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.”
Farage says:
"It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.”
Farage says: