Jacquie Mercer
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Jacquie Mercer
@jacq66.bsky.social
Counting down to retirement in 2026, campaigning to join the EU, knitting to accompany plotting, thinking global - acting local, proud to have a cat …
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Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This piece is billed as ‘father of girls thinks misogyny lessons are unnecessary’ but right at the end he actually asks the girls he is confidently speaking on behalf of and they…disagree. Amazing. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
I’m a father of teen girls. I don’t want misogyny lessons for boys
The government is planning classes to combat prejudice against women. Andrew Billen isn’t sure it will work
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December 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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"All Kemi Badenoch cares about is getting a good media line," Jess Phillips tells Lewis Goodall.

The Tory leader has attacked plans to teach children about misogyny, blaming migrants for crimes against women and girls.

"She's not a serious person"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/jess...
Jess Phillips: 'Kemi Badenoch is not a serious person' | The News Agents
Children in secondary school will be taught about misogyny under new measures to tackle violence against women and girls in England and Wales. Kemi Badenoch has said migrants are to blame, but…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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“When they are defending their liberal democracy, they are in fact defending ours as well.”

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.

We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄

📢 Share to make the call even louder!

With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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On the occasion of her 250th birthday, we invited Miss Austen to cast a critical eye over our work. We are grateful for her kind attention | East Anglia Bylines
A review of East Anglia Bylines, as conceived by Miss Jane Austen
On the occasion of her 250th birthday, we invited Miss Austen to cast a critical eye over our work. We are grateful for her kind attention
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨

Starmer orders investigation into foreign election interference.

🇷🇺 What will this mean for those persistent Russian links to our elections?

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starmer-orders-probe-into-foreign-election-interference-after-ex-reform-2025-12-16/
UK's Starmer orders probe into foreign election interference after ex-Reform politician jailed, Times reports
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ordered a probe into foreign election interference after a former senior member of Reform UK was jailed for taking bribes to promote Russian interests in the Eu...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Returning our water to public ownership
Is it time for our water companies to be taken back into public ownership? MP Clive Lewis and the organisation Compass certainly think so

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Returning our water to public ownership
Is it time for our water companies to be taken back into public ownership? MP Clive Lewis and the organisation Compass certainly think so
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Stop asking what victims did or did not do

A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
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Stop asking what victims did or did not do
A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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European leaders commit to aid Ukraine militarily against future Russian attacks, if a peace deal is reached. Nothing Trump and Russia asked for will be part of deal, including their requests to occupy Ukrainian territory. The US was reduced to an observer role, France will lead the coalition.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Exclusive: Police face ‘super-complaint’ over ‘inhumane’ delays in sexual offences investigations

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Exclusive: Police face ‘super-complaint’ over ‘inhumane’ delays in sexual offences investigations
Some survivors say ‘biggest regret’ has been reporting abuse in the first place, as Home Office data shows more than 37,000 sexual offences investigations have taken over three years to be resolved.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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🚨 The Epstein files will be released in DAYS but Trump is making sure they're REDACTED as you read this.

Unfortunately for him we just took the WORLD'S BIGGEST photo of him with Jeffrey Epstein to Washington, DC.

Here it is right outside the US Capitol. JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS

#trump #epstein
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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New from me!
After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials.

Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again.

Check out our investigation!
Bellingcat’s @koltai.bsky.social uncovers the Hungarian national behind two deepfake porn websites. The key figure rakes in profits and vacations in luxury hotels in Dubai and Bali, whilst website visitors create sexually explicit images and videos.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How We Found the Man Behind Two Deepfake Porn Sites
Business documents, website code and leaked data all led us back to one person profiting off non-consensual sexual imagery of women.
www.bellingcat.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It has been 13 years since my neighbor killed 26 in Sandy Hook. 13 years of more children & young people being shot at schools. 13 years of watching this country refuse to learn. How much longer until Americans choose children’s #FreedomToLive over guns?
As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
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Video: Students huddle together in library after fatal shooting at Brown University
The video was captured during a shelter-in-place order that followed the shooting, which killed two students and injured nine others.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A new report exposes systematic torture of Ukrainians in Russian captivity as an organized, widespread practice.

🧵 1/7 ⬇️
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"We absorbed 250,000 Ukrainians... Why is it that we can do that for people from one country but not from anywhere else in the world?"

Ellie Chowns, Leader of the Greens in Westminster, wants to tackle illegal crossings by providing "safe, legal and managed routes."

#Newsnight
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM