Tara Carey
@tararaecarey.bsky.social
Global Head of Media at INGO Equality Now, protecting & promoting women's rights, Trustee with The Restart Project;
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UK PM Keir Starmer and all governments: Fix the rules on political donations.
Elon Musk just poured millions into electing Trump president, now he wants to buy the next UK election – and he won’t stop there.Musk also endorsed Germany’s extremist right party, the AfD. But if we
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Musk is unhinged & extremely dangerous. Electoral Commission says a simple rule change would prevent foreign companies, like Musk’s X, from making political donations. PM Keir Starmer & the Labour govt urgently need to strengthen the rules around political donations 👇✍️
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Human rights expert (the 'ex' is important here), Sir Keir Starmer has decided that stealing the only possession and link to their families that these vulnerable refugees possess is the right thing to do...
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UK powers to seize phones from migrants without arrest come into force
The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Human rights expert (the 'ex' is important here), Sir Keir Starmer has decided that stealing the only possession and link to their families that these vulnerable refugees possess is the right thing to do...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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it’s so refreshing having a party leader that actually says what I’m thinking
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
it’s so refreshing having a party leader that actually says what I’m thinking
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Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
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To add to the madness of it all, the attack on Venezuela is clearly, above all, an oil grab. But we scarcely need oil any more.
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
To add to the madness of it all, the attack on Venezuela is clearly, above all, an oil grab. But we scarcely need oil any more.
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80% of Mumsnet users do not intend to vote Reform.
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
80% of Mumsnet users do not intend to vote Reform.
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
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Nobody could have predicted this.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Nobody could have predicted this.
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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You have until the 5th January to apply to join the press team at @greenparty.org.uk greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
Work for The Green Party
Come and work for the Green Party for real hope and real change. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently under-represented within our staff t...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You have until the 5th January to apply to join the press team at @greenparty.org.uk greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
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That’s 48 miles of selling journalism door-to-door across London on Christmas Eve completed! Many commiserations to people who had high hopes for their presents but are instead getting a newsletter subscription!
Bike-couriered by the editor himself. An illustrious publication!
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
That’s 48 miles of selling journalism door-to-door across London on Christmas Eve completed! Many commiserations to people who had high hopes for their presents but are instead getting a newsletter subscription!
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#CoSP11: 🎉 Last week, countries adopted a resolution that sets minimum standards for political finance transparency.
This is the first time this has happened since the UN Convention against Corruption entered into force 20 years ago.
🔗 Read our experts’ analysis here: anticorru.pt/3g9
This is the first time this has happened since the UN Convention against Corruption entered into force 20 years ago.
🔗 Read our experts’ analysis here: anticorru.pt/3g9
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#CoSP11: 🎉 Last week, countries adopted a resolution that sets minimum standards for political finance transparency.
This is the first time this has happened since the UN Convention against Corruption entered into force 20 years ago.
🔗 Read our experts’ analysis here: anticorru.pt/3g9
This is the first time this has happened since the UN Convention against Corruption entered into force 20 years ago.
🔗 Read our experts’ analysis here: anticorru.pt/3g9
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My entire X timeline is anti-EU posts from people I don't follow.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My entire X timeline is anti-EU posts from people I don't follow.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
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Fiduciary duty may sound technical, but it matters hugely.
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
December 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Fiduciary duty may sound technical, but it matters hugely.
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
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Right, Kemi, because the best way of defying a murderous petrostate like Russia is to keep Britain hooked on fossil fuels.
Tories pledge to raid National Wealth Fund and clean tech R&D budget to boost defence spending
Conservatives warn UK is facing growing security threat from authoritarian states, but critics argue undermining investment in the net zero transition will only exacerbate security threats
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December 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Right, Kemi, because the best way of defying a murderous petrostate like Russia is to keep Britain hooked on fossil fuels.
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A year in polling of UK politics
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A year in polling of UK politics
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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In today’s Daily Mail - shows Greens on their highest EVER polling from any pollster at 19%. Crucially second pollster to have Greens above Labour in recent weeks.
Want to join the fun? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to join the fun? join.greenparty.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In today’s Daily Mail - shows Greens on their highest EVER polling from any pollster at 19%. Crucially second pollster to have Greens above Labour in recent weeks.
Want to join the fun? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to join the fun? join.greenparty.org.uk
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Ok, hear me out…
Every media outlet (newspapers, online rags) must display an “accuracy rating” on their homepage/front page based on an independent regulator.
We already do it for food, why not for what we consume intellectually.
Every media outlet (newspapers, online rags) must display an “accuracy rating” on their homepage/front page based on an independent regulator.
We already do it for food, why not for what we consume intellectually.
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ok, hear me out…
Every media outlet (newspapers, online rags) must display an “accuracy rating” on their homepage/front page based on an independent regulator.
We already do it for food, why not for what we consume intellectually.
Every media outlet (newspapers, online rags) must display an “accuracy rating” on their homepage/front page based on an independent regulator.
We already do it for food, why not for what we consume intellectually.
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Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
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Suspect some female Tory MPs are quietly dying inside at this. When you’re so desperate to get in a bit of gratuitous foreigner-bashing that you find yourself arguing *against* preventative strategies that try to prevent sexual violence, ffs, what have you become?
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Suspect some female Tory MPs are quietly dying inside at this. When you’re so desperate to get in a bit of gratuitous foreigner-bashing that you find yourself arguing *against* preventative strategies that try to prevent sexual violence, ffs, what have you become?
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies