Bernadette Meaden
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Reading, writing, pictures, and ducks.
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The fact we have any food banks is the best indicator that wages have been flatlined as corporate profits surge. our system is broken and needs a re-set. .GOV should not need to top up folks wages and folk should not need charity to eat in the 21st century. We've gone wrong somewhere.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The fact we have any food banks is the best indicator that wages have been flatlined as corporate profits surge. our system is broken and needs a re-set. .GOV should not need to top up folks wages and folk should not need charity to eat in the 21st century. We've gone wrong somewhere.
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I would like a single political commentator to explain to me how the UK's super-wealthy plan to pick up their West London property portfolios and lift them out of the country tout court – preferably one who also spent the past two decades comparing national economic policy to a household budget.
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I would like a single political commentator to explain to me how the UK's super-wealthy plan to pick up their West London property portfolios and lift them out of the country tout court – preferably one who also spent the past two decades comparing national economic policy to a household budget.
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We were in Rwanda when news of a potential pandemic was breaking...we had hand sanitising and masks everywhere and social distancing was the norm...we flew back to Heathrow... absolutely nothing at all and then we watched Cheltenham races in utter disbelief. Rwanda had so few deaths 💔
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We were in Rwanda when news of a potential pandemic was breaking...we had hand sanitising and masks everywhere and social distancing was the norm...we flew back to Heathrow... absolutely nothing at all and then we watched Cheltenham races in utter disbelief. Rwanda had so few deaths 💔
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Teenager prosecuted over £1.67 in unpaid tax on a car.
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
Teenager convicted over £1.67 unpaid tax bill for 18th birthday gift
The prosecution of the teenager happened in the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Teenager prosecuted over £1.67 in unpaid tax on a car.
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
A criminal conviction for an offence that happened before she knew she even owned a car.
Infuriating that this kind of thing is still happening
Labour has failed to fix the #SingleJusticeProcedure
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...
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In the press conference Trump brought up Mamdani’s use of the word ‘affordability’ and said how there was another word for this – ‘groceries’. You could write an entire article about the chasm of difference between how these two men understand the world just about that. Instead, we get this drivel.
Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In the press conference Trump brought up Mamdani’s use of the word ‘affordability’ and said how there was another word for this – ‘groceries’. You could write an entire article about the chasm of difference between how these two men understand the world just about that. Instead, we get this drivel.
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An extraordinary statement. How do you move a city of 10 million people to somewhere they can find water?
"If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. If it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran." — President Pezeshkian
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
"If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. If it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran." — President Pezeshkian
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Iran's capital must relocate due to dire water situation, president insists
Tehran's troubles are a red flag for thirsty cities around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An extraordinary statement. How do you move a city of 10 million people to somewhere they can find water?
"If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. If it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran." — President Pezeshkian
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
"If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. If it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran." — President Pezeshkian
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
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Painting by John Moore ‘Post’ 2011.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions 177.8 x 152.4 cm.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions 177.8 x 152.4 cm.
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Painting by John Moore ‘Post’ 2011.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions 177.8 x 152.4 cm.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions 177.8 x 152.4 cm.
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One strange thing about the BBC/Trump row is that the programme in question was actually made by an independent production company. Yes, the BBC producers and Panorama’s editor should have checked everything before it was broadcast. But…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
One strange thing about the BBC/Trump row is that the programme in question was actually made by an independent production company. Yes, the BBC producers and Panorama’s editor should have checked everything before it was broadcast. But…
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Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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"How could we not feel this rage, after watching children zip-tied in the middle of the night, teachers kidnapped from their workplaces, and fathers killed by law enforcement?"
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Chicago Is in a State of Holy Rage
On Nov. 14, clergy from a variety of faiths gathered outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Ill., to articulate God’s rage.
sojo.net
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"How could we not feel this rage, after watching children zip-tied in the middle of the night, teachers kidnapped from their workplaces, and fathers killed by law enforcement?"
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
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The massive question all the "the rich are overtaxed" people need to answer: if that's true, how come there has been so much accumulation of wealth and assets at the top of society, while the poor and middle have slowly had their wealth squeezed or outright removed?
As a non Brit, your Public Services are drastically underfunded and need serious reforms. But the problem is not that the state has gone too hard on the rich lmao
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The massive question all the "the rich are overtaxed" people need to answer: if that's true, how come there has been so much accumulation of wealth and assets at the top of society, while the poor and middle have slowly had their wealth squeezed or outright removed?
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Militarism is a major driver of climate change. Expanding spending on weapons of war is self-defeating, driving insecurity and conflict while diverting resources away from tackling root causes of war.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
Quakers join global call to expose hidden military emissions at COP30
As global leaders meet in Brazil for COP30, Quakers and others are urging them to confront the climate impact of war and rising military spending.
www.quaker.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Militarism is a major driver of climate change. Expanding spending on weapons of war is self-defeating, driving insecurity and conflict while diverting resources away from tackling root causes of war.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
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NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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A few weeks ago this Reform rising star went on LBC & said young people were being paid too much,citing his experience in hospitality.
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A few weeks ago this Reform rising star went on LBC & said young people were being paid too much,citing his experience in hospitality.
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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"London knife deaths reach lowest level since Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan took office, data shows"
Knife crime in London had been on an upwards trajectory since 2014 which coincided with 4 years of Tory rule and cuts as well as 6 years of Boris Johnson as Mayor
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
Knife crime in London had been on an upwards trajectory since 2014 which coincided with 4 years of Tory rule and cuts as well as 6 years of Boris Johnson as Mayor
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
London knife deaths reach lowest level since Sadiq Khan took office, data shows
A 12-month rolling figure shows the lowest number of teenage knife deaths since December 2014
www.mylondon.news
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"London knife deaths reach lowest level since Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan took office, data shows"
Knife crime in London had been on an upwards trajectory since 2014 which coincided with 4 years of Tory rule and cuts as well as 6 years of Boris Johnson as Mayor
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
Knife crime in London had been on an upwards trajectory since 2014 which coincided with 4 years of Tory rule and cuts as well as 6 years of Boris Johnson as Mayor
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
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I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
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This is the kind of policy people will resist a lot until it comes in and they realise it pretty much doesn’t apply to them (like, as others have pointed out, ULEZ). So just get it done – the time before it comes in is the most dangerous one.
I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is the kind of policy people will resist a lot until it comes in and they realise it pretty much doesn’t apply to them (like, as others have pointed out, ULEZ). So just get it done – the time before it comes in is the most dangerous one.
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The Chartists, an enduring reminder that change is possible and vitally important, even when (at the time) you don't 'win'.
The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Chartists, an enduring reminder that change is possible and vitally important, even when (at the time) you don't 'win'.
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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