@emmariec.bsky.social
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Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster ser...
Three London firms are now the biggest players in the provision of foster carers in England
observer.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
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‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
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With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States, @vermontgmg.bsky.social writes in @wired.com.
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States, @vermontgmg.bsky.social writes in @wired.com.
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Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
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 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Zia Yusuf is attacking Robert Jenrick over the admission of Aghan refugees under the ARAP scheme, whose purpose was to relocate to the UK Afghan citizens who worked for the UK government in Afghanistan and were at risk of reprisal from the Taliban
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Zia Yusuf is attacking Robert Jenrick over the admission of Aghan refugees under the ARAP scheme, whose purpose was to relocate to the UK Afghan citizens who worked for the UK government in Afghanistan and were at risk of reprisal from the Taliban
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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It is innumerate to compare the % of adverts containing any black person with the % of the population: unless adverts contained 1 person each.
This massively exaggerates the (actual) "over-representation" of black voices and flips the actual under-representation of South Asians in TV advertising
This massively exaggerates the (actual) "over-representation" of black voices and flips the actual under-representation of South Asians in TV advertising
October 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is innumerate to compare the % of adverts containing any black person with the % of the population: unless adverts contained 1 person each.
This massively exaggerates the (actual) "over-representation" of black voices and flips the actual under-representation of South Asians in TV advertising
This massively exaggerates the (actual) "over-representation" of black voices and flips the actual under-representation of South Asians in TV advertising
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This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
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Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of some Charlie Kirk highlights
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of some Charlie Kirk highlights
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Village idiots verbally abusing an influx of "illegal immigrants" at a campsite in Newbridge, Wales
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
August 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Village idiots verbally abusing an influx of "illegal immigrants" at a campsite in Newbridge, Wales
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
They were a group of Scouts from Scotland
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has consequences
Statement from Scouts Cymru
"We are aware of a racially aggravated incident targeting under-18s"
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Long, and every paragraph is scary: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops o...
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Long, and every paragraph is scary: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
June 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
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🔴 Non-Disabled People's Delusions that Disability 'Is Nothing To Do With Them' Only Harm Disabled People
As cuts to disabled people's benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, @penpep.bsky.social reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
As cuts to disabled people's benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, @penpep.bsky.social reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
Non-Disabled People's Delusions That Disability 'Is Nothing To Do With Them' Only Harm Disabled People
As Government cuts to disabled people's benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, Penny Pepper reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
bylinetimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔴 Non-Disabled People's Delusions that Disability 'Is Nothing To Do With Them' Only Harm Disabled People
As cuts to disabled people's benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, @penpep.bsky.social reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
As cuts to disabled people's benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, @penpep.bsky.social reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
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Amazing piece by @novicsara.bsky.social - highly recommended
I’m sending it to many people to help them understand the importance of what’s happening to my field
I’m sending it to many people to help them understand the importance of what’s happening to my field
The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone
Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Amazing piece by @novicsara.bsky.social - highly recommended
I’m sending it to many people to help them understand the importance of what’s happening to my field
I’m sending it to many people to help them understand the importance of what’s happening to my field
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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
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Zhang Yazhou could never have imagined that Tesla would sue her for defamation — and win — after she claimed the brakes of her Model 3 had failed in an accident that sent her parents to the hospital.
apnews.com/article/tesl...
apnews.com/article/tesl...
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.
apnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Zhang Yazhou could never have imagined that Tesla would sue her for defamation — and win — after she claimed the brakes of her Model 3 had failed in an accident that sent her parents to the hospital.
apnews.com/article/tesl...
apnews.com/article/tesl...
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Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the saviour of the UK:
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the savior of the UK.
YouTube video by Rosie Holt
youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the saviour of the UK:
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
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STORY
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch has never actually met any grooming gang survivors
The Tory leader's spokesman said she didn't need to meet with victims, because she's read all about it in the media - and had no current plans to meet with anyone - but denied she was jumping on an El...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
STORY
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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My latest for @theneweuropean.bsky.social about @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and her tireless fight to protect women.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/126856...
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/126856...
January 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My latest for @theneweuropean.bsky.social about @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and her tireless fight to protect women.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/126856...
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/126856...
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If, like me, you’re worried about the role of money in British politics and the threat of foreign influence, do take Democracy for Sale’s survey on this
Only take a few minutes and really useful to have data to back up public concern about this. Thanks!
democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
Only take a few minutes and really useful to have data to back up public concern about this. Thanks!
democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy
A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
democracyforsale.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 10:49 PM
If, like me, you’re worried about the role of money in British politics and the threat of foreign influence, do take Democracy for Sale’s survey on this
Only take a few minutes and really useful to have data to back up public concern about this. Thanks!
democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
Only take a few minutes and really useful to have data to back up public concern about this. Thanks!
democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard