JenW
@stuckatlights.bsky.social
Retired public servant, history/politics tutor; carer. Married.
Anti far-right, autocrats and their enablers.
Politics, health, ME, animals, environment, music and some 😊.
Born Sheffield, now Cambs.
No DMs, sleaze, GoFund or crypto please!
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Anti far-right, autocrats and their enablers.
Politics, health, ME, animals, environment, music and some 😊.
Born Sheffield, now Cambs.
No DMs, sleaze, GoFund or crypto please!
🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇿
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JenW
@stuckatlights.bsky.social
· Jan 19
First Brexit, now Trump and Musk: ignorance is back with a vengeance | William Keegan
The aggression from the Tesla billionaire is new; but Britain has years of experience in the consequences of falling for misleading promises
www.theguardian.com
"We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
FDR, Address at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1936.
Quoted in voice- of- sanity William Keegan's column
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
FDR, Address at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1936.
Quoted in voice- of- sanity William Keegan's column
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Clip - Tessa Munt MP opens the #MECFS debate, noting ~400,000 have ME in the UK, & the total could be much higher including people with with long COVID. She highlights decades of substandard, sometimes harmful care, pitiful funding, and the outdated view of ME as psychiatric.
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Clip - Tessa Munt MP opens the #MECFS debate, noting ~400,000 have ME in the UK, & the total could be much higher including people with with long COVID. She highlights decades of substandard, sometimes harmful care, pitiful funding, and the outdated view of ME as psychiatric.
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, James Bloodworth looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
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Listen in to Marie McNair MSP as she leads a Members’ Debate raising awareness of Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon.
📺 Watch live after 5pm: scottishparliament.tv
📺 Watch live after 5pm: scottishparliament.tv
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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This man is clearly deranged
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This man is clearly deranged
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My brother & his significant other celebrating Halloween. Their costume reflects the 1/3 of the American population who believes in conspiracy theories. PERFECT! Happy Halloween & find joy tonight. You deserve it! 🎃 💜
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My brother & his significant other celebrating Halloween. Their costume reflects the 1/3 of the American population who believes in conspiracy theories. PERFECT! Happy Halloween & find joy tonight. You deserve it! 🎃 💜
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NEW: Russian interference case heads to Europe's 'Supreme Court'
Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber.
Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference.
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www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...
Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber.
Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference.
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www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...
UK Russian interference case heads to 'Europe's Supreme Court'
THREE former MPs have lodged a case with “Europe’s Supreme Court”, accusing the UK Government of failing in its duty to protect elections from…
www.thenational.scot
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
NEW: Russian interference case heads to Europe's 'Supreme Court'
Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber.
Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference.
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www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...
Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber.
Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference.
1/
www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...
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Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva four weeks after her victory is one more reminder that Republicans don't accept elections when they lose. To them, participation in democracy is only a means to destroy democracy.
Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn in four weeks after her win. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing House Speaker Mike Johnson, citing “taxation without representation.”
Arizona Attorney General’s Office confirms lawsuit against House Speaker Johnson
n.pr
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva four weeks after her victory is one more reminder that Republicans don't accept elections when they lose. To them, participation in democracy is only a means to destroy democracy.
Farage installed already.
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Farage installed already.
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“While the US president likes to play the peacemaker abroad, at home he is Trump, bringer of war.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump claims to be the president of peace, but at home he is fomenting civil war | Jonathan Freedland
His ruthless use of the national guard to menace cities and political enemies is unprecedented. He is preparing for battle against the ‘enemy within’, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“While the US president likes to play the peacemaker abroad, at home he is Trump, bringer of war.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not at all the most important part of this — but why is Young Republicans leadership using Telegram to communicate?
Whole thing is basically a front for Russian security services.
Whole thing is basically a front for Russian security services.
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Not at all the most important part of this — but why is Young Republicans leadership using Telegram to communicate?
Whole thing is basically a front for Russian security services.
Whole thing is basically a front for Russian security services.
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The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.
She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”
She had to return to the hospital.
These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.
They must be held accountable.
She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”
She had to return to the hospital.
These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.
They must be held accountable.
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.
She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”
She had to return to the hospital.
These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.
They must be held accountable.
She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”
She had to return to the hospital.
These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.
They must be held accountable.
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Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times
Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...
apple.news
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Please, let the cease fire hold, and become a true peace 🕊️ I do not feel very optimistic, but not to hope would be to give evil total power over my mind.
Millions, billions, even, of us, all over the world, praying for Gaza, for Palestine, for peace ♥️ 🇪🇭
Millions, billions, even, of us, all over the world, praying for Gaza, for Palestine, for peace ♥️ 🇪🇭
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Please, let the cease fire hold, and become a true peace 🕊️ I do not feel very optimistic, but not to hope would be to give evil total power over my mind.
Millions, billions, even, of us, all over the world, praying for Gaza, for Palestine, for peace ♥️ 🇪🇭
Millions, billions, even, of us, all over the world, praying for Gaza, for Palestine, for peace ♥️ 🇪🇭
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To be fair, the government doesn’t talk nearly enough about the economic fallout from Farage’s pet project, Brexit - either what it’s already cost us or what’s still to come.
In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.
This feels well overdue.
In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.
This feels well overdue.
October 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
To be fair, the government doesn’t talk nearly enough about the economic fallout from Farage’s pet project, Brexit - either what it’s already cost us or what’s still to come.
In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.
This feels well overdue.
In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.
This feels well overdue.
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Trump is going to Walter Reed to be treated for Nobel Peace Prize Derangement Syndrome
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump is going to Walter Reed to be treated for Nobel Peace Prize Derangement Syndrome
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Shocking & shameful. A party that championed press freedom is now trying to censor the media because it doesn’t like what they’re saying about them. Maybe review what you’re saying instead of using authoritarian tactics to avoid bad press.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social is reporting where others won’t.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social is reporting where others won’t.
BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
bylinetimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shocking & shameful. A party that championed press freedom is now trying to censor the media because it doesn’t like what they’re saying about them. Maybe review what you’re saying instead of using authoritarian tactics to avoid bad press.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social is reporting where others won’t.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social is reporting where others won’t.