Alison
@alisonkc.bsky.social
Anti extreme right wing and racism, pro Union, Republican (the British type) and politically left leaning. I’m old enough that I feel cheated by lifetime guarantees. I do not respond to unsolicited DMs.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
This should bring a smile to your face. Happy Sunday.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rZyYOGhjkE8&si=7AUuyDjv0-zhsdld
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rZyYOGhjkE8&si=7AUuyDjv0-zhsdld
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This should bring a smile to your face. Happy Sunday.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rZyYOGhjkE8&si=7AUuyDjv0-zhsdld
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rZyYOGhjkE8&si=7AUuyDjv0-zhsdld
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What’s Trump on the Reich-ter scale?
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What’s Trump on the Reich-ter scale?
“Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My favourite president.” In office, he was lionised by Wall Street and the international commentariat.”
And now? Crickets.
And now? Crickets.
October 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My favourite president.” In office, he was lionised by Wall Street and the international commentariat.”
And now? Crickets.
And now? Crickets.
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Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
observer.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Tice's quote is fake.
Starmer said: "While we must come together to fight Reform with everything this movement has, we must go into that battle armed – not just with words but condemnation – but with action. That means tackling all the problems they pray upon. All the problems.”
Starmer said: "While we must come together to fight Reform with everything this movement has, we must go into that battle armed – not just with words but condemnation – but with action. That means tackling all the problems they pray upon. All the problems.”
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Tice's quote is fake.
Starmer said: "While we must come together to fight Reform with everything this movement has, we must go into that battle armed – not just with words but condemnation – but with action. That means tackling all the problems they pray upon. All the problems.”
Starmer said: "While we must come together to fight Reform with everything this movement has, we must go into that battle armed – not just with words but condemnation – but with action. That means tackling all the problems they pray upon. All the problems.”
Signed.
Wow! Now over 37,000 signatures! 🙏
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can support the campaign to change the law here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can support the campaign to change the law here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Signed.
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JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ed Miliband's message to Elon Musk:
"Get out of our politics and our country."
"Get out of our politics and our country."
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ed Miliband's message to Elon Musk:
"Get out of our politics and our country."
"Get out of our politics and our country."
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A question on this - who are these mysterious and terribly kind “donors”?
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A question on this - who are these mysterious and terribly kind “donors”?
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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A big 'fuck you' to all anti-ULEZ wankers. Saving untold deaths from air pollution? Terrible, eh?
I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
I decided this was unacceptable.
Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.
I decided this was unacceptable.
Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.
October 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A big 'fuck you' to all anti-ULEZ wankers. Saving untold deaths from air pollution? Terrible, eh?
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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Ever since I learned the word for a group of raccoons is a gaze, scenes from English literature take on whole new meanings.
(Peter Brouwer on Facebook)
(Peter Brouwer on Facebook)
December 15, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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The brilliant Talking Heads inspired this meme…
“Once In A Lifetime” 🎶
“Once In A Lifetime” 🎶
August 29, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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Residents install early warning system.
December 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Residents install early warning system.
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And there was me, anxious that a big Tech mogul was going to control our lives, when he’s been trumped by a promise of death by world war on January 20th. Happy New Year.
December 3, 2024 at 1:46 PM
And there was me, anxious that a big Tech mogul was going to control our lives, when he’s been trumped by a promise of death by world war on January 20th. Happy New Year.
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
“Whether these connections across the Atlantic between Trump’s MAGA Republicans, the world’s richest media oligarch, the UK’s far-right, and Farage and his Conservative rivals will solidify into something more substantial remains to be seen.
But it is a nexus that must be noted”.
But it is a nexus that must be noted”.
"That is why I do not believe that the likes of Nigel Farage can simply be ‘ignored’ and not given the ‘oxygen’ of a platform.
"What he says and does should be rigorously scrutinised and taken seriously"
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/02/t...
"What he says and does should be rigorously scrutinised and taken seriously"
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/02/t...
Trump’s Return and the Farage Blindspot: Dismissing What We Disagree With in the Hope It Will Disappear Isn’t the Answer – Reality Proves Otherwise
Not taking seriously political figures we find undesirable will not change their potential impact or ambitions – Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, and Nigel Farage only benefit from being underes...
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:30 PM
“Whether these connections across the Atlantic between Trump’s MAGA Republicans, the world’s richest media oligarch, the UK’s far-right, and Farage and his Conservative rivals will solidify into something more substantial remains to be seen.
But it is a nexus that must be noted”.
But it is a nexus that must be noted”.
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Reminds me of the road sign in Lincolnshire: "To Old Bolingbroke and Mavis Enderby," to which someone had added "the gift of a son"
December 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Reminds me of the road sign in Lincolnshire: "To Old Bolingbroke and Mavis Enderby," to which someone had added "the gift of a son"
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This can be stopped fairly easily. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social has a very good summary of what is required here. If Starmer implemented something like this, he would be making a historic improvement to British politics open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
open.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This can be stopped fairly easily. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social has a very good summary of what is required here. If Starmer implemented something like this, he would be making a historic improvement to British politics open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Trump’s appointing family now.
What happened, did he run out of rapists?
What happened, did he run out of rapists?
December 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s appointing family now.
What happened, did he run out of rapists?
What happened, did he run out of rapists?