Ann Howarth
@annlhowarth.bsky.social
Interests: Science, Ballroom Dancing, Theatre, Cricket and what’s going on in the world.
Happy Birthday! 🍾🎉🎊
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Happy Birthday! 🍾🎉🎊
Yes, I think that’s a possibility.
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Yes, I think that’s a possibility.
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UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says
Resolution Foundation finds one in three carers from poorer families unable to work because of responsibilities
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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'Epstein’s grotesque, extensive sexual abuse network is being processed by the internet as a meme.'
🔗 Lily Isaacs on the meme-ification of Epstein
https://bit.ly/45OXnZI
🔗 Lily Isaacs on the meme-ification of Epstein
https://bit.ly/45OXnZI
Epstein has become a meme, not a monster | The Observer
The meme-makers behind AI videos of the paedophile financier dilute the horror of his crimes with humour and irony, when clarity is what they demand
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
'Epstein’s grotesque, extensive sexual abuse network is being processed by the internet as a meme.'
🔗 Lily Isaacs on the meme-ification of Epstein
https://bit.ly/45OXnZI
🔗 Lily Isaacs on the meme-ification of Epstein
https://bit.ly/45OXnZI
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Tory Legacy
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Number of people in 'very deep poverty' at highest level in more than 30 years, charity warns
Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According to its latest report, 6.8 million people - almost half of all of those in ...
news.sky.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Tory Legacy
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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The folk singer wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today.
Woody Guthrie Sang Against Dehumanizing the Immigrants Killed in a Plane Crash. ICE Is Doing It All Over Again.
Woody Guthrie wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today.
interc.pt
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The folk singer wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today.
Me too, and it’s the one I’d prefer to have in my house. But there you go!
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Me too, and it’s the one I’d prefer to have in my house. But there you go!
I really liked his shark, but it does seem he’s going.
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I really liked his shark, but it does seem he’s going.
Those are not good numbers though. 1/3 actively supports him. Another 1/3 passively accepts/tolerates him.
January 24, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Those are not good numbers though. 1/3 actively supports him. Another 1/3 passively accepts/tolerates him.
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Are we invading Antarctica?
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Are we invading Antarctica?
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His speechwriter secretly hates him.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
His speechwriter secretly hates him.
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He's finally done it. He's posted something that will make my three year old daughter more angry than me.
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
He's finally done it. He's posted something that will make my three year old daughter more angry than me.
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As the sovereign of at least four countries who shed blood in Afghanistan and Iraq I don't think King Charles should visit the United States for their 250th anniversary.
Trump's cold-blooded belittling of British and other non-US Nato sacrifices in Afghanistan apparently leading all British broadcast bulletins. Trump lied to avoid military service. Hopefully his diatribe will boomerang onto Nigel Farage.
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
As the sovereign of at least four countries who shed blood in Afghanistan and Iraq I don't think King Charles should visit the United States for their 250th anniversary.
If I had to put a bet on Trump being appreciative of a favour or Trump remembering anything in a year’s time….well there’s a good chance of neither of these. So I’d just go with saying no to him.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
If I had to put a bet on Trump being appreciative of a favour or Trump remembering anything in a year’s time….well there’s a good chance of neither of these. So I’d just go with saying no to him.
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was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
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Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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Spotted a very good guy on my way to PT today
January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Spotted a very good guy on my way to PT today
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Speechless, jaw-dropping displays tonight. Fairbanks, Alaska. iPhone photos.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Speechless, jaw-dropping displays tonight. Fairbanks, Alaska. iPhone photos.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Is there a January transfer window in politics now too?
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Is there a January transfer window in politics now too?
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There are always Trumps, in every time and place.
The difference here is that he has been able to take power.
The difference here is that he has been able to take power.
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
There are always Trumps, in every time and place.
The difference here is that he has been able to take power.
The difference here is that he has been able to take power.
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I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
Absolutely this! It’s the enablers who need to be called to account. They seem to be getting off lightly with some people even talking about them as future leaders.
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
Unhinged
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely this! It’s the enablers who need to be called to account. They seem to be getting off lightly with some people even talking about them as future leaders.
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And another thing: that this letter was sent via official channels and not tweeted out. Nobody in State stepped in to soften or tidy it up, or to keep it quiet. Instead they blasted it out to all the other European nations.
There are, I promise you, still serious and important people who think that Trump is playing 3D chess — putting on an act to convince his laggard NATO allies to pony up their fare share.
But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
![Tweet from PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin:
NEW: @potus
letter to @jonasgahrstore
links @NobelPrize
to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tdpns2ajyjp4g5niu4ouczuo/bafkreid6amzbzbj4rx2qgwsh7wyzqii3qzbgtgysv7owwqxjsydjk6qfuu@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
And another thing: that this letter was sent via official channels and not tweeted out. Nobody in State stepped in to soften or tidy it up, or to keep it quiet. Instead they blasted it out to all the other European nations.