Paula
@cillacat.bsky.social
Hello I love following Politics and Current Affairs. Cat lover, living with cancer but enjoying life to the full.
Fully support our NHS. 🐈⬛💙🏳️🌈
Leave only footprints when traveling.
Fully support our NHS. 🐈⬛💙🏳️🌈
Leave only footprints when traveling.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Americans think Europeans are pathetic.
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
Europe has two months to decide whether it will defend Denmark from US attack
"We'll worry about Greenland in about two months" Trump says after invading Venezuela, as White House policy chief Stephen Miller's wife suggests US occupation of the Danish territory is coming "soon"
davekeating.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Americans think Europeans are pathetic.
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
And sadly, I think that's what many Europeans think about themselves. That is how they're behaving.
Can any European leader say what they will do if the US openly prepares to take Greenland by force?
Ukrainians didn't surrender. Will Europeans?
Labour will fail at the local elections not because all the stuff they are deciding to prioritize now. It’s what they have done in supporting Genocide in Gaza and supporting Netanyahu. Plus arresting 1000s of law abiding citizens for holding up a piece of cardboard. The media may have ignored.
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Labour will fail at the local elections not because all the stuff they are deciding to prioritize now. It’s what they have done in supporting Genocide in Gaza and supporting Netanyahu. Plus arresting 1000s of law abiding citizens for holding up a piece of cardboard. The media may have ignored.
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I’m sorry but paying tax is patriotic. Running a fleet of taxis, paying drivers, servicing citizens in Cities requires good roads, security and people to have money in their pockets.
Uber need to pay their taxes. Boycott them as much as possible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Uber need to pay their taxes. Boycott them as much as possible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 AM
I’m sorry but paying tax is patriotic. Running a fleet of taxis, paying drivers, servicing citizens in Cities requires good roads, security and people to have money in their pockets.
Uber need to pay their taxes. Boycott them as much as possible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Uber need to pay their taxes. Boycott them as much as possible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How does an interview with our PM of an hour not mention Israel, Gaza, hunger strikers, locking up 1000s of people for holding a piece of cardboard and genocide. People see what he has done and his support for all this against the will of most people. He has destroyed Labour which is so wrong.
January 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
How does an interview with our PM of an hour not mention Israel, Gaza, hunger strikers, locking up 1000s of people for holding a piece of cardboard and genocide. People see what he has done and his support for all this against the will of most people. He has destroyed Labour which is so wrong.
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The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
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To Rachel Reeves ....
I am an unapologetic EX Labour voter.
Given your links with a regime who murder innocent Palestinians on a daily basis, I will always remain an EX Labour voter.
I am an unapologetic EX Labour voter.
Given your links with a regime who murder innocent Palestinians on a daily basis, I will always remain an EX Labour voter.
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
To Rachel Reeves ....
I am an unapologetic EX Labour voter.
Given your links with a regime who murder innocent Palestinians on a daily basis, I will always remain an EX Labour voter.
I am an unapologetic EX Labour voter.
Given your links with a regime who murder innocent Palestinians on a daily basis, I will always remain an EX Labour voter.
Get on with it Starmer. You have a large majority but you are not using it.
Britain is missing out on up to £100m for every week that a landmark deal with the European Union is not in place, according to new research that has prompted calls for Keir Starmer to urgently break the Brexit economic “doom loop”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Delay to post-Brexit deal costs UK £100m a week, analysis shows
Labour government hits out at critics, denouncing it as a ‘shame’ that they are not supporting its progress in forging closer ties with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Get on with it Starmer. You have a large majority but you are not using it.
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The Tories are looking after their own interests as usual while Badenough is showing once again that she has no backbone.
Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich
Labour urges Conservative leader to reveal whether she knew David Wolfson was to represent Russian oligarch in legal case
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Tories are looking after their own interests as usual while Badenough is showing once again that she has no backbone.
We will not forget.
In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
#WarCrimes
#UKPolitics
#Starmer
#Israel
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
#WarCrimes
#UKPolitics
#Starmer
#Israel
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
Israeli air force chief given special immunity to visit Britain
Exclusive: Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar received a “special mission” certificate for his secret trip to the UK, protecting him from arrest for war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
We will not forget.
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Never forget the 3 British soldiers killed by Israel in a deliberate targetted strike during the Gaza genocide.
John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Israeli air strike
John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Israeli air strike
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Never forget the 3 British soldiers killed by Israel in a deliberate targetted strike during the Gaza genocide.
John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Israeli air strike
John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Israeli air strike
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Farage has 41 mentions and counting in the Epstein files, according to this post. Would i be surprised 😮?, no not at all.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Farage has 41 mentions and counting in the Epstein files, according to this post. Would i be surprised 😮?, no not at all.
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Can we just start the year with some grown up politicians please? This is performative nonsense. Grrrr 🤬
January 1, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Can we just start the year with some grown up politicians please? This is performative nonsense. Grrrr 🤬
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2025 Awards:
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
2025 Awards:
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
We need to educate these billionaires they can not take it will them. Give some away now and improve people’s lives equally society’s are far happier. ❤️🩹
Universal Basic Income now
The world’s 500 richest people have total wealth of $11.9tn.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
We need to educate these billionaires they can not take it will them. Give some away now and improve people’s lives equally society’s are far happier. ❤️🩹
Well done Brexiters. 🤯
Three-hour airport queues for UK
passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk/news/uk-pass...
passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk/news/uk-pass...
Three-hour airport queues for UK passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Well done Brexiters. 🤯
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'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
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"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
How much has been spent on doing nothing for these post office people. They are finally getting compensation but all too late. People should be locked up but no we just spend more on lawyers and judges.
"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
December 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How much has been spent on doing nothing for these post office people. They are finally getting compensation but all too late. People should be locked up but no we just spend more on lawyers and judges.
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"A whopping 89% of people globally want stronger action on the climate crisis, but mistakenly believe they're in the minority. Worrying about climate change is something we're largely doing in the privacy of our own minds, meaning we're locked in a self-fulfilling spiral of silence."
#NetZero 🌻
#NetZero 🌻
Unleashing the 89% of People Who Want Climate Action Could Lead to ‘Social Tipping Point’ and More Government Action, Experts Say - EcoWatch
A whopping 89% of people globally want stronger action on the climate crisis, but feel trapped in a “spiral of silence," researchers say.
www.ecowatch.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"A whopping 89% of people globally want stronger action on the climate crisis, but mistakenly believe they're in the minority. Worrying about climate change is something we're largely doing in the privacy of our own minds, meaning we're locked in a self-fulfilling spiral of silence."
#NetZero 🌻
#NetZero 🌻
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UK manufacturers are to be hit with mountains of Brexit-style paperwork in January on £7bn worth of exports to the EU after the government failed to secure an expected exemption from new green taxes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork
Brussels confirms Christmas carve-out from green levies will not happen, leading to Brexit-style requirements
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
UK manufacturers are to be hit with mountains of Brexit-style paperwork in January on £7bn worth of exports to the EU after the government failed to secure an expected exemption from new green taxes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer get your act together. 14 years we waited and campaigned for you. Now we have a damp squib who only seems to support Israel over the people. We voted for CHANGE. Fiddling around the edges is not working.
“Britain is missing out on up to £100m for every week that a landmark deal with the European Union is not in place, according to new research that has prompted calls for Sir Keir Starmer to urgently break the Brexit economic “doom loop”.”
#Brexit disaster
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#Brexit disaster
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Delay to post-Brexit deal costs UK £100m a week, analysis shows
Labour government hits out at critics, denouncing it as a ‘shame’ that they are not supporting its progress in forging closer ties with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Starmer get your act together. 14 years we waited and campaigned for you. Now we have a damp squib who only seems to support Israel over the people. We voted for CHANGE. Fiddling around the edges is not working.
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Labour made a choice to lift over half a million children out of poverty. Because it's the right thing to do.
Reform and the Tories' child poverty pact would see this important progress undone. With poorer children paying the price.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform and the Tories' child poverty pact would see this important progress undone. With poorer children paying the price.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
December 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Labour made a choice to lift over half a million children out of poverty. Because it's the right thing to do.
Reform and the Tories' child poverty pact would see this important progress undone. With poorer children paying the price.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform and the Tories' child poverty pact would see this important progress undone. With poorer children paying the price.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...