Annabel
@annabelrob.bsky.social
Resident of Birmingham, UK; parent of two; works in offshore wind project management; was once a scientist - still has faith in experts. Supports liberal, interventionist government.
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
I wonder if any of the people who (incorrectly) jumped to assume the train knife attacker was a Muslim / immigrant will be equally quick to note the Arabic name of the train guard who heroic put his life on the line… no of course not.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I wonder if any of the people who (incorrectly) jumped to assume the train knife attacker was a Muslim / immigrant will be equally quick to note the Arabic name of the train guard who heroic put his life on the line… no of course not.
C**ts. Mess up your own country, but f**k off messing with a hugely important (symbolic) climate initiative.
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
C**ts. Mess up your own country, but f**k off messing with a hugely important (symbolic) climate initiative.
Just adding the link to show this is real… www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just adding the link to show this is real… www.gov.uk/government/n...
Jenrick and Badenoch this week seem to have really leant into the mission of making the Conservatives completely unelectable 👏😅🙌
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Jenrick and Badenoch this week seem to have really leant into the mission of making the Conservatives completely unelectable 👏😅🙌
Handsworth’s ethnic mix is 25% Pakistani, 23% Indian, 10% Bangladeshi, 9% white, 8% black Caribbean, 8% Black African (and some other groups) - that is incredibly diverse (culture, religion, etc). So Jenrick *must* be meaning a shortage of white people when he says there’s insufficient diversity.
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Handsworth’s ethnic mix is 25% Pakistani, 23% Indian, 10% Bangladeshi, 9% white, 8% black Caribbean, 8% Black African (and some other groups) - that is incredibly diverse (culture, religion, etc). So Jenrick *must* be meaning a shortage of white people when he says there’s insufficient diversity.
Staggering
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Staggering
Watching the 2021 Paw Patrol movie with the kids and it seems so much darker/prescient in the era of Trump2.0…
September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Watching the 2021 Paw Patrol movie with the kids and it seems so much darker/prescient in the era of Trump2.0…
Wow. In most places having worked for a UN Agency would be a positive. In the current USA it is a reason to overturn a green card…
US immigration judge said prominent pro-Palestine activist withheld information on green card application.
US judge orders deportation of activist Mahmoud Khalil to Syria or Algeria
US immigration judge said prominent pro-Palestine activist withheld information on green card application.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Wow. In most places having worked for a UN Agency would be a positive. In the current USA it is a reason to overturn a green card…
Carol Ann Duffy has a new poem that is pretty powerful (imo) on the hypocrisy that is playing out in the UK with Trump’s visit.
September 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Carol Ann Duffy has a new poem that is pretty powerful (imo) on the hypocrisy that is playing out in the UK with Trump’s visit.
While some in the UK obsesses about immigrants attacking women/changing our culture, a 20 year old Sikh woman in the UK was raped by 2 white men and told “You don’t belong in this country, get out.” The horrific truth of some of our “defenders”. 🤬
September 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
While some in the UK obsesses about immigrants attacking women/changing our culture, a 20 year old Sikh woman in the UK was raped by 2 white men and told “You don’t belong in this country, get out.” The horrific truth of some of our “defenders”. 🤬
5 million extra NHS appointments since the general election. 🙌 let’s get back to talking about policies and results.
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
5 million extra NHS appointments since the general election. 🙌 let’s get back to talking about policies and results.
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A Labour milestone. The Employment Rights Bill clears its last major hurdle in Parliament. Labour honours it promise to restore workers rights to help make workplaces fairer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Labour’s new plan for workers’ rights passes a milestone
The Employment Rights Bill aims to reverse a generation of employment legislation. Its third reading in the House of Lords was its last major hurdle
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Labour milestone. The Employment Rights Bill clears its last major hurdle in Parliament. Labour honours it promise to restore workers rights to help make workplaces fairer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
The Right (media and politicians) are really gunning for renewables, following Trump. Just to state some basic facts (disputed only by uniformed or unhinged):
- new solar and wind generation is MUCH cheaper than new gas generation (for UK)
- screwing the climate and costing more is CRAZY
- new solar and wind generation is MUCH cheaper than new gas generation (for UK)
- screwing the climate and costing more is CRAZY
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Right (media and politicians) are really gunning for renewables, following Trump. Just to state some basic facts (disputed only by uniformed or unhinged):
- new solar and wind generation is MUCH cheaper than new gas generation (for UK)
- screwing the climate and costing more is CRAZY
- new solar and wind generation is MUCH cheaper than new gas generation (for UK)
- screwing the climate and costing more is CRAZY
Oh the have the legacy of Andrew Wakefield. 26 years since his fraud ignited the anti-vax movement. How different the world might be if he had used his astonishing powers of influence to convince people of the health risk of GHG emissions, or maybe poor diet, or any real threat…
August 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Oh the have the legacy of Andrew Wakefield. 26 years since his fraud ignited the anti-vax movement. How different the world might be if he had used his astonishing powers of influence to convince people of the health risk of GHG emissions, or maybe poor diet, or any real threat…
A-level results day and my nephew is not sharing how he did… I’ll see him later, not sure the best way to approach this. Do I ask directly how he’s feeling about his results, or leave him to broach it? Family minefield! 🤔⚠️
August 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A-level results day and my nephew is not sharing how he did… I’ll see him later, not sure the best way to approach this. Do I ask directly how he’s feeling about his results, or leave him to broach it? Family minefield! 🤔⚠️
The Survivors Network is (vitally) still providing support for sexual violence victims who are trans/non-binary, but this BBC article completely misses the perspective of the non-cis survivors and vulnerable people. 😞
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Transgender row rape charity starts new service for biological women
The new group will run alongside an existing service which allows trans and non-binary people to take part
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The Survivors Network is (vitally) still providing support for sexual violence victims who are trans/non-binary, but this BBC article completely misses the perspective of the non-cis survivors and vulnerable people. 😞
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expelling people because you disagree with them is awful. Wrong move entirely.
🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes to suspend Angela Rayner & Birmingham Council leader John Cotton from Unite membership & to re-examine relationship with Labour over Birmingham bins dispute
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Expelling people because you disagree with them is awful. Wrong move entirely.
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🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes to suspend Angela Rayner & Birmingham Council leader John Cotton from Unite membership & to re-examine relationship with Labour over Birmingham bins dispute
July 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes to suspend Angela Rayner & Birmingham Council leader John Cotton from Unite membership & to re-examine relationship with Labour over Birmingham bins dispute
The Chancellor cries in Parliament, none of us know why. But SNP leader Stephen Flynn responds with humanity and class, while the Conservative leader is an arse about it. Such is the difference between left and right…
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Chancellor cries in Parliament, none of us know why. But SNP leader Stephen Flynn responds with humanity and class, while the Conservative leader is an arse about it. Such is the difference between left and right…
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It’s worth noting that “we need to hold seats where Reform are the biggest threat” and “we need to win over Reform voters” are not the same thing.
It is possible (and in fact, much easier) to win back 2024 voters lost to other parties/not voting than to win voters from Reform.
It is possible (and in fact, much easier) to win back 2024 voters lost to other parties/not voting than to win voters from Reform.
Voters who have deserted Labour since the election are much more likely to vote Green or Lib Dems, than Reform, new YouGov polling finds.
Green and Lib Dem defectors are also much more likely to consider switching back than Reform voters who overwhelmingly say they're committed to Farage's party
Green and Lib Dem defectors are also much more likely to consider switching back than Reform voters who overwhelmingly say they're committed to Farage's party
June 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It’s worth noting that “we need to hold seats where Reform are the biggest threat” and “we need to win over Reform voters” are not the same thing.
It is possible (and in fact, much easier) to win back 2024 voters lost to other parties/not voting than to win voters from Reform.
It is possible (and in fact, much easier) to win back 2024 voters lost to other parties/not voting than to win voters from Reform.
Oh my, this is such an engrained narrative this should be so much more widely known! Thanks @sebastiansalek.com
No, millionaires are NOT fleeing Britain.
The news story appeared more than 10,000 times last year, cooked up by a company that profits when we believe in the ‘exodus’.
But in reality, the number was close to zero: 🧵
The news story appeared more than 10,000 times last year, cooked up by a company that profits when we believe in the ‘exodus’.
But in reality, the number was close to zero: 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Oh my, this is such an engrained narrative this should be so much more widely known! Thanks @sebastiansalek.com
Over 240 people killed in a plane crash headed for London (more than 50 British) and with 24 hrs it is reduced to No2 news story. Unthinkable if this had been, say a New York to London flight. Yet more evidence the UK is still fundamentally racist…
June 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Over 240 people killed in a plane crash headed for London (more than 50 British) and with 24 hrs it is reduced to No2 news story. Unthinkable if this had been, say a New York to London flight. Yet more evidence the UK is still fundamentally racist…