Fiona Montgomery
@fionamont21.bsky.social
Avmo. Mum/Gran (& now Great Gran :-)!) Feminist Journalist Trade Unionist. UK shld sign #nuclearban
@nuclearban
My short memoir extract in Fish Anthology 2018.
fishpublishing.com/fish-books/
@nuclearban
My short memoir extract in Fish Anthology 2018.
fishpublishing.com/fish-books/
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This needs to be on all the morning shows on Tuesday: When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.' people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This needs to be on all the morning shows on Tuesday: When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.' people.com/donald-trump...
Kate Ramsden re the Morning Star Women’s Readers & Supporters Group in Scotland conf, 30 Nov. Returning to a class analysis of sex-based oppression - "Violence against women & girls is a serious & growing challenge for the left." #VAWG #16Days #NordicModelNow morningstaronline.co.uk/article/retu...
Returning to a class analysis of sex-based oppression
SCOTLAND’S Morning Star autumn conference takes place at the end of this month with a very welcome focus on women’s rights and women’s liberation. It comes at a time when we are seeing many of the rig...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Kate Ramsden re the Morning Star Women’s Readers & Supporters Group in Scotland conf, 30 Nov. Returning to a class analysis of sex-based oppression - "Violence against women & girls is a serious & growing challenge for the left." #VAWG #16Days #NordicModelNow morningstaronline.co.uk/article/retu...
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🌍At #COP30 in Belém, #climatejustice & #taxjustice are now one shared global agenda.
A side event by @globalsolidaritylevies.org @taxjustice.net & @germanwatch.bsky.social explored how fair taxation can fund predictable, debt-free climate finance. ➡️https://taxjustice.net/topics/un-tax-convention
A side event by @globalsolidaritylevies.org @taxjustice.net & @germanwatch.bsky.social explored how fair taxation can fund predictable, debt-free climate finance. ➡️https://taxjustice.net/topics/un-tax-convention
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🌍At #COP30 in Belém, #climatejustice & #taxjustice are now one shared global agenda.
A side event by @globalsolidaritylevies.org @taxjustice.net & @germanwatch.bsky.social explored how fair taxation can fund predictable, debt-free climate finance. ➡️https://taxjustice.net/topics/un-tax-convention
A side event by @globalsolidaritylevies.org @taxjustice.net & @germanwatch.bsky.social explored how fair taxation can fund predictable, debt-free climate finance. ➡️https://taxjustice.net/topics/un-tax-convention
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Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
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Thousands take to streets of Glasgow to highlight 'climate emergency'
->BBC | #climate emergency | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->BBC | #climate emergency | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Thousands take to streets of Glasgow to highlight 'climate emergency'
17 minutes ago Share Save Benjamin Russell Share Save Reuters Demonstrators marched through Glasgow before a rally was held on Glasgow Green Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Glasgow to protest against climate change. Demonstrators marched through...
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Remembering Rachel Cooke this evening, a brilliant writer, staunch colleague and witty, wise human who will be hugely missed. My thoughts with her family and friends
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Remembering Rachel Cooke this evening, a brilliant writer, staunch colleague and witty, wise human who will be hugely missed. My thoughts with her family and friends
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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“In all of this, of course, she was a newspaper’s dream."
Remembering Rachel Cooke (1969-2025). The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy.
https://bit.ly/4ib8GjN
Remembering Rachel Cooke (1969-2025). The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy.
https://bit.ly/4ib8GjN
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“In all of this, of course, she was a newspaper’s dream."
Remembering Rachel Cooke (1969-2025). The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy.
https://bit.ly/4ib8GjN
Remembering Rachel Cooke (1969-2025). The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy.
https://bit.ly/4ib8GjN
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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Rushed NHS cuts will cost patients and staff dearly.
Thousands of skilled workers face redundancy - experience the health service still needs. UNISON says this shambolic process must stop.
unsn.uk/4p02FbS
Thousands of skilled workers face redundancy - experience the health service still needs. UNISON says this shambolic process must stop.
unsn.uk/4p02FbS
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Rushed NHS cuts will cost patients and staff dearly.
Thousands of skilled workers face redundancy - experience the health service still needs. UNISON says this shambolic process must stop.
unsn.uk/4p02FbS
Thousands of skilled workers face redundancy - experience the health service still needs. UNISON says this shambolic process must stop.
unsn.uk/4p02FbS
Yes, the correct line on recording rape An essential part of understanding & tackling the terrifyingly high levels of male violence against women & girls There's been far too much gaslighting in recent times deliberately trying to obscure the facts, failing individual women & girls & all of us #VAWG
Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell: "A man who rapes or attempts to rape a woman, girl or other victim is, should be, and will be recorded by Police Scotland as a male."
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Yes, the correct line on recording rape An essential part of understanding & tackling the terrifyingly high levels of male violence against women & girls There's been far too much gaslighting in recent times deliberately trying to obscure the facts, failing individual women & girls & all of us #VAWG
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Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell: "A man who rapes or attempts to rape a woman, girl or other victim is, should be, and will be recorded by Police Scotland as a male."
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell: "A man who rapes or attempts to rape a woman, girl or other victim is, should be, and will be recorded by Police Scotland as a male."
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Not only does Dr. Freyd touch on betrayal trauma, she demonstrates enormous #courage in the face of it in this video.
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Jennifer Freyd 2025 - Institutional Betrayal and the Path to Courage
YouTube video by jjfreyd
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not only does Dr. Freyd touch on betrayal trauma, she demonstrates enormous #courage in the face of it in this video.
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In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Jennifer Freyd 2025 - Institutional Betrayal and the Path to Courage
YouTube video by jjfreyd
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Excellent @scottishcnd.bsky.social conference today in Glasgow. Livestream you can replay. Powerful speeches and discussion. #JobsNotBombs #BanTheBomb #NuclearWeaponsAreMyRedLine www.youtube.com/live/yUHXurF...
Stop the Nuclear Nightmare: Build Scotland for People and Peace
YouTube video by Scottish CND
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Excellent @scottishcnd.bsky.social conference today in Glasgow. Livestream you can replay. Powerful speeches and discussion. #JobsNotBombs #BanTheBomb #NuclearWeaponsAreMyRedLine www.youtube.com/live/yUHXurF...
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I'm glad to see DARVO explained by @time.com
However, the article could have been more useful with relevant research findings. We now know a lot about who uses DARVO, the impact of DARVO on victims and observers, and how to mitigate its impact: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
time.com/7329822/how-...
However, the article could have been more useful with relevant research findings. We now know a lot about who uses DARVO, the impact of DARVO on victims and observers, and how to mitigate its impact: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
time.com/7329822/how-...
Here's How to Know You're Talking to a Narcissist
Recognizing common tactics will help you stay neutral under pressure.
time.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm glad to see DARVO explained by @time.com
However, the article could have been more useful with relevant research findings. We now know a lot about who uses DARVO, the impact of DARVO on victims and observers, and how to mitigate its impact: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
time.com/7329822/how-...
However, the article could have been more useful with relevant research findings. We now know a lot about who uses DARVO, the impact of DARVO on victims and observers, and how to mitigate its impact: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
time.com/7329822/how-...
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North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
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North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 1st November 2025
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
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Oprah Daily selected "betrayal blindness" as "word of the week."
Betrayal blindness is a survival strategy, although it comes with costs:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT...
Oprah Daily didn't say it, but people can also be blind to institutional betrayal.
www.oprahdaily.com/life/relatio...
Betrayal blindness is a survival strategy, although it comes with costs:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT...
Oprah Daily didn't say it, but people can also be blind to institutional betrayal.
www.oprahdaily.com/life/relatio...
You Might Be Blind to Betrayal. An Expert Explains Why It’s So Hard to See the Truth.
How to get your brain out of survival mode and into true safety.
www.oprahdaily.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Oprah Daily selected "betrayal blindness" as "word of the week."
Betrayal blindness is a survival strategy, although it comes with costs:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT...
Oprah Daily didn't say it, but people can also be blind to institutional betrayal.
www.oprahdaily.com/life/relatio...
Betrayal blindness is a survival strategy, although it comes with costs:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT...
Oprah Daily didn't say it, but people can also be blind to institutional betrayal.
www.oprahdaily.com/life/relatio...
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Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood
theferret.scot/anger...
theferret.scot/anger...
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood
theferret.scot/anger...
theferret.scot/anger...
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
- Philip K. Dick
- Philip K. Dick
Butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee are responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change the key driver of rising grocery bills
#climatecrisis
@eciu.net
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
#climatecrisis
@eciu.net
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
- Philip K. Dick
- Philip K. Dick
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Visual metaphor of the Trump II presidency.
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Visual metaphor of the Trump II presidency.