@drbarbarajane.bsky.social
Economic historian (rural, agricultural, mass housing), mother, grandmother, owned by working cocker spaniels, parish councillor, never vote Tory, NO dms!
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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How the Staffordshire Reform UK racism row has unfolded
Reform UK council protestors halt meeting as leaders say 'dark place'
A Staffordshire County Council meeting was suspended and police were called after protesters started chanting from the public gallery
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
How the Staffordshire Reform UK racism row has unfolded
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The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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The reality of a Reform Council, councillors who don't understand Reform policies eg supporting SEND as Farage undermines it, higher council taxes, care home closures, money wasted on stupid policies, job losses. The result disillusioned voters.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The reality of a Reform Council, councillors who don't understand Reform policies eg supporting SEND as Farage undermines it, higher council taxes, care home closures, money wasted on stupid policies, job losses. The result disillusioned voters.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"If we're really concerned about criminals in this country, leaving the ECHR would be exactly like Brexit, in that it would have the opposite effect" - European Movement UK Chair, Dr Mike Galsworthy, on Keir Starmer's calls to reform the ECHR.
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"If we're really concerned about criminals in this country, leaving the ECHR would be exactly like Brexit, in that it would have the opposite effect" - European Movement UK Chair, Dr Mike Galsworthy, on Keir Starmer's calls to reform the ECHR.
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Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
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A winter flu surge.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
Saturday Long Read: The NHS is Collapsing and Labour is Running out of Excuses
A system shaved to the bone, a winter crisis already unfolding, and a government furious because the arithmetic no longer works.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A winter flu surge.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
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Oh Donny and Vincent want to throw down with the Vicar of Christ. It’s about to get medieval in here.
December 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Oh Donny and Vincent want to throw down with the Vicar of Christ. It’s about to get medieval in here.
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It’s fundamental, as the only truly liberal democratic union of states, that the EU stands up for the hard fought for civil rights that our nations have struggled for, for over a century. As we see Russia, China & the US reject human rights, we must be a beacon for freedom.
Almost 1.2 million EU citizens have signed onto the My Choice My Choice resolution, which the European Parliament will vote on next week, to help fund abortions in the EU. Croatia alone gathered 65,000 signatures, 780% more than the national threshold set for each country.
Croatia Adds to EU Push for Safe and Accessible Abortion
MPs meet members of an initiative that has collected 1.2 million signtaures, including 65,000 from Croatia, demanding safe and accsssible abortion rights for all women in the EU.
balkaninsight.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s fundamental, as the only truly liberal democratic union of states, that the EU stands up for the hard fought for civil rights that our nations have struggled for, for over a century. As we see Russia, China & the US reject human rights, we must be a beacon for freedom.
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🇮🇹Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Prime Minister Meloni's budget.
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Meloni's budget – DW – 12/13/2025
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
www.dw.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🇮🇹Italy: Thousands demonstrate against Prime Minister Meloni's budget.
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
Italian unions have said that the new budget bill would "worsen people's living and working conditions," underfunding healthcare and education, while overspending on defense.
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.dw.com/en/italy-tho...
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Between 33 and 54 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) are estimated to have been killed in widespread floods and landslides after more than 1,000mm of rain fell over just four days in North Sumatra province www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape
Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Between 33 and 54 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) are estimated to have been killed in widespread floods and landslides after more than 1,000mm of rain fell over just four days in North Sumatra province www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Stephen Yaxley Lennon Tommy Robinson is holding a carol service today billed as “Britain belongs to the British People.”
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
December 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Stephen Yaxley Lennon Tommy Robinson is holding a carol service today billed as “Britain belongs to the British People.”
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
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Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
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US House Oversight Committee release a batch of only 19 photos out of 95,000 from the Epstein estate. Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Andrew Mountbatten, and Dean Kamen. #OpDeathEaters
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
US House Oversight Committee release a batch of only 19 photos out of 95,000 from the Epstein estate. Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Andrew Mountbatten, and Dean Kamen. #OpDeathEaters
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fq3vn...
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Rep. Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing".
FYI: The Epstein Estate released yesterday evening around 95.000 pictures to the House Democrat Oversight Committee. They apparently went through some 25.000. More pictures will soon be available.
FYI: The Epstein Estate released yesterday evening around 95.000 pictures to the House Democrat Oversight Committee. They apparently went through some 25.000. More pictures will soon be available.
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rep. Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing".
FYI: The Epstein Estate released yesterday evening around 95.000 pictures to the House Democrat Oversight Committee. They apparently went through some 25.000. More pictures will soon be available.
FYI: The Epstein Estate released yesterday evening around 95.000 pictures to the House Democrat Oversight Committee. They apparently went through some 25.000. More pictures will soon be available.
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Make America Healthy Again. Really?
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Make America Healthy Again. Really?
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
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Met chief Mark Rowley “The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state. It’s lower than all their big cities. The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London per capita.
EVERY SINGLE US STATE
EVERY SINGLE US STATE
Please 🙏 my US followers share this 👇 and show the truth on London, my birth and home city.
London is safe and successfully multicultural which threatens all Trump stands for.
London is safe and successfully multicultural which threatens all Trump stands for.
Murder rates in comparable US cities.
Look at London?
Anyone who spouts Trumps lies is a traitor.
Look at London?
Anyone who spouts Trumps lies is a traitor.
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Met chief Mark Rowley “The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state. It’s lower than all their big cities. The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London per capita.
EVERY SINGLE US STATE
EVERY SINGLE US STATE
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Five Palestine Action prisoners have been hospitalized as their hunger strike continues. All eight prisoners are refusing food to protest the UK government’s support of the weapons industry that fuels violence against Palestinian families.
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Five Palestine Action prisoners have been hospitalized as their hunger strike continues. All eight prisoners are refusing food to protest the UK government’s support of the weapons industry that fuels violence against Palestinian families.
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Garcia: "Just last night we received about 95,000 photographs from the Epstein estate. We've gone through maybe about 25,000 of them so far ... we will continue to put out more photos in the days and weeks ahead."
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Garcia: "Just last night we received about 95,000 photographs from the Epstein estate. We've gone through maybe about 25,000 of them so far ... we will continue to put out more photos in the days and weeks ahead."
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EU bypasses Orban veto on plan to fund Ukraine loan using frozen Russian assets
EU bypasses Orban veto on plan to fund Ukraine loan using frozen Russian assets
Changes to Russian sanctions rollover tees up bloc leaders summit next week
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
EU bypasses Orban veto on plan to fund Ukraine loan using frozen Russian assets
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Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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As an ex-farm worker & a rural dweller for the last 30 years, I would like to say that none of the Countryside Alliance, BASC, NFU, Fox Hunting bodies, landowner organisations represent the majority of people in the rural environment. They represent the worst of rural people & a lot of rich Townies
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As an ex-farm worker & a rural dweller for the last 30 years, I would like to say that none of the Countryside Alliance, BASC, NFU, Fox Hunting bodies, landowner organisations represent the majority of people in the rural environment. They represent the worst of rural people & a lot of rich Townies
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I've long suspected that a day will come when all of Trump’s most high-profile supporters desert him like rats off a sinking yacht.
Today, I sense we've edged a little closer to that "abandon ship" moment.
Today, I sense we've edged a little closer to that "abandon ship" moment.
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I've long suspected that a day will come when all of Trump’s most high-profile supporters desert him like rats off a sinking yacht.
Today, I sense we've edged a little closer to that "abandon ship" moment.
Today, I sense we've edged a little closer to that "abandon ship" moment.