Cartimandua
@cattygran.bsky.social
Book loving, allotment gardening, cat loving Geordie now exiled in Brummagem. NUFC. Likes a bit of that “woke” stuff, thinks there should be a bit more of it.
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Best column yet from John Crace
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Best column yet from John Crace
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"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
I’ve spent all week having long chats with my daughter’s dog ( I’m looking after her while they have a holiday). Drown me now
“Other signs of witchcraft listed in local records include not attending church and talking to animals…”
That’s most of Bluesky done for.
That’s most of Bluesky done for.
Witches of Dumbarton - tortured, executed and falsely accused
More than two dozen people in the town were accused and tortured in the belief that they were doing Satan's bidding.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’ve spent all week having long chats with my daughter’s dog ( I’m looking after her while they have a holiday). Drown me now
@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social I’m blasting my way through the new Philip Pullman The Rose Field. It’s been a long wait for it but worth it
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social I’m blasting my way through the new Philip Pullman The Rose Field. It’s been a long wait for it but worth it
I have succumbed and put the lovely big fat warm winter duvet on the bed. It’s just total cosy bliss. I might never get out again
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have succumbed and put the lovely big fat warm winter duvet on the bed. It’s just total cosy bliss. I might never get out again
Cow banger and turnip shepherd are definitely #Wulferhampton professions, though I’m going to be fatuous pauper.
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Cow banger and turnip shepherd are definitely #Wulferhampton professions, though I’m going to be fatuous pauper.
Morning Bluesky and Wulferhampton!
Have a stupendous Sunday
Have a stupendous Sunday
October 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Morning Bluesky and Wulferhampton!
Have a stupendous Sunday
Have a stupendous Sunday
Edible or not edible? I wish I knew as this is a potential feast on our dead ash tree
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Edible or not edible? I wish I knew as this is a potential feast on our dead ash tree
I worked in Handsworth for years and knew so many good people in its community. Positive people who cared. How dare that pillock Jenrick denigrate it!!
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I worked in Handsworth for years and knew so many good people in its community. Positive people who cared. How dare that pillock Jenrick denigrate it!!
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why are West Midlands police allowing flag hangers to block a public highway, exactly
Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.
The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.
Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.
The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.
Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
why are West Midlands police allowing flag hangers to block a public highway, exactly
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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“Britain’s biggest export is waste,” says Ashby. “That’s what we make the most of now.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘A broken system full of criminality and death’: the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK’s rubbish
Turkey’s recycling centres treat vast amounts of the UK’s waste – and rely on refugees who work in conditions so unsafe that hundreds have died. A new podcast uncovers the sinister side of what happen...
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“Britain’s biggest export is waste,” says Ashby. “That’s what we make the most of now.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Big US tech company Nvidia saying they're gonna build data centres in the UK and we have to burn more gas to power them? Uh, no. British people shouldn't be paying higher bills and suffering accelerated climate change for your bottom line.
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Big US tech company Nvidia saying they're gonna build data centres in the UK and we have to burn more gas to power them? Uh, no. British people shouldn't be paying higher bills and suffering accelerated climate change for your bottom line.
I’m old enough to remember when Lowri Turner wasn’t a batshit Trump apologist #channel5 #MattAlwrightshow
September 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I’m old enough to remember when Lowri Turner wasn’t a batshit Trump apologist #channel5 #MattAlwrightshow
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Greenpeace rebranded Westminster to protest Trump’s state visit.
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Greenpeace rebranded Westminster to protest Trump’s state visit.
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🚨 POLICE TOOK OUR TRUMP & EPSTEIN VAN
They're obviously terrified of THIS photo of Donald with the world’s most notorious paedophile making headlines while Trump visits the King.
So whatever you do - DO NOT SHARE THIS VIDEO
Location: Windsor High Street, UK
#trump #epstein
They're obviously terrified of THIS photo of Donald with the world’s most notorious paedophile making headlines while Trump visits the King.
So whatever you do - DO NOT SHARE THIS VIDEO
Location: Windsor High Street, UK
#trump #epstein
September 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Word Peaks
Outsmart the alphabet in a word game of highs and lows
wordpeaks.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
action.wemove.eu
September 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Is it time to put the heating on yet? 🥶🥶
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Is it time to put the heating on yet? 🥶🥶