Fiona.
@fionasings.bsky.social
Old. Love singing and also cats. Always European 🇪🇺
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
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In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
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The Keir Starmer interview with Pete Wicks confirms what I still believe: he is a decent man and does have a set of values. I just wish he'd ignore Morgan McSweeney when it comes to Governing and strike a better balance regarding immigration, because I do think it is at odds with his actual beliefs.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Keir Starmer interview with Pete Wicks confirms what I still believe: he is a decent man and does have a set of values. I just wish he'd ignore Morgan McSweeney when it comes to Governing and strike a better balance regarding immigration, because I do think it is at odds with his actual beliefs.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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So reading about Johnson’s incompetence today makes me super pleased we have Starmer. He might not make sexy headlines for the media. Or be a laugh a minute. But you’d never see him hiding in a fridge or not understanding what the country needs in a crisis.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So reading about Johnson’s incompetence today makes me super pleased we have Starmer. He might not make sexy headlines for the media. Or be a laugh a minute. But you’d never see him hiding in a fridge or not understanding what the country needs in a crisis.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
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Shabana Mahmood seems utterly unable to distinguish between racism and asylum policies. She seems to believe reducing the number of brown people in UK will reduce racism. Fundamentally flawed/naive/plain wrong. #R4Today
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood seems utterly unable to distinguish between racism and asylum policies. She seems to believe reducing the number of brown people in UK will reduce racism. Fundamentally flawed/naive/plain wrong. #R4Today
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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I’ve seen first-hand how little recognition musicians and musicologists receive. Music demands so much time, discipline, money, and years of study – yet it is so undervalued. I’d like to change that "
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’ve seen first-hand how little recognition musicians and musicologists receive. Music demands so much time, discipline, money, and years of study – yet it is so undervalued. I’d like to change that "
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
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"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
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This is not what most people who voted either directly or tactically to put Labour into power last year wanted, expected, or will be happy with.
Not in my name.
Not in my name.
This is an element of the migration/asylum plans I suspect quite a few Labour MPs will find hardest to sign up to: if you come to the UK as a refugee you can never make your life here, but only ever exist in a state of limbo.
Question on Monday
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is not what most people who voted either directly or tactically to put Labour into power last year wanted, expected, or will be happy with.
Not in my name.
Not in my name.
But the "patriots" protesting outside a Bristol hotel today have no idea of this. What have we become?
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
But the "patriots" protesting outside a Bristol hotel today have no idea of this. What have we become?
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Looks as if Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk is doing a good job. I wonder why this hasn't reached MSM?
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
London ‘World’s Best City’ for 2026: ranking first place for 11 years running
www.londonandpartners.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Looks as if Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk is doing a good job. I wonder why this hasn't reached MSM?
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
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And the Polish airmen,battle of Britain..
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
And the Polish airmen,battle of Britain..
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I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
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The fascist and misogynist media led by Sam Coates are still after Reeves, forgetting what the Tories ignored for years amongst their ministers.
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The fascist and misogynist media led by Sam Coates are still after Reeves, forgetting what the Tories ignored for years amongst their ministers.
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2018. Has Kemi Badenoch forgotten this? All OK because he was a Tory minister?
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
2018. Has Kemi Badenoch forgotten this? All OK because he was a Tory minister?
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Watching the news this morning, you could easily think the only problem in the UK today is immigration. Clearly this is not the case, but as Farage sets the news agenda, it’s what we must all think.
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Watching the news this morning, you could easily think the only problem in the UK today is immigration. Clearly this is not the case, but as Farage sets the news agenda, it’s what we must all think.
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According to the British Academy, the UK loses around £88 billion annually in missed trade and investment opportunities due to language barriers. Introducing a youth mobility scheme would not only increase freedom of movement, but it would also provide a valuable boost to the UK economy.
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
According to the British Academy, the UK loses around £88 billion annually in missed trade and investment opportunities due to language barriers. Introducing a youth mobility scheme would not only increase freedom of movement, but it would also provide a valuable boost to the UK economy.