Joanna
@joannab24.bsky.social
Long retired Social Worker. Dementia campaigner. Owned by Isla, the latest in a line of westies.
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Britain is in a hole. Real wages have barely risen in 17 years, and the public realm is fraying. Our politics is increasingly fractious as a result. The underlying reason? The biggest productivity slowdown in the G7.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Britain is in a hole. Real wages have barely risen in 17 years, and the public realm is fraying. Our politics is increasingly fractious as a result. The underlying reason? The biggest productivity slowdown in the G7.
Interesting thread!
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Interesting thread!
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Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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NEW
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
NEW
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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How do you go about studying a disputed history? We say: don't study history - study histories.
Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here:
parallelhistories.org.uk
Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here:
parallelhistories.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How do you go about studying a disputed history? We say: don't study history - study histories.
Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here:
parallelhistories.org.uk
Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here:
parallelhistories.org.uk
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I have half an hour before my next interview so I'm going to sketch out what I find an important problem with the fashionable division of immigrants into "net contributors" and "net recipients" of government spending. 1/10
The argument of Lam, Philp and Badenoch would be "tell the net contributors they can stay & tell the others we are v sad to kick them out"
Maybe they would have retreated just on pragmatic reciprocity, though Lam is willing to forget about that in what she says here about her mass expulsion plans
Maybe they would have retreated just on pragmatic reciprocity, though Lam is willing to forget about that in what she says here about her mass expulsion plans
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have half an hour before my next interview so I'm going to sketch out what I find an important problem with the fashionable division of immigrants into "net contributors" and "net recipients" of government spending. 1/10
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Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
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Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
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Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.
Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement
1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…
davidallengreen.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.
Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
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“People die while waiting for a social care package, but because they’re not in a hospital queue, nobody notices.”
Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo
Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo
buff.ly
August 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“People die while waiting for a social care package, but because they’re not in a hospital queue, nobody notices.”
Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo
Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo
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Scotland is sleepwalking into a dementia care crisis – and we must act now.
Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country.
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Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Scotland is sleepwalking into a dementia care crisis – and we must act now.
Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country.
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Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country.
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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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@heraldscotland.bsky.social
I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit off🤔 Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!😱
I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit off🤔 Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!😱
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit off🤔 Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!😱
I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit off🤔 Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!😱
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The United Kingdom’s most senior judge has rejected claims that judges “interfere unwarrantably in the democratic process” and that their decisions are based on applying “values which are not shared by parliament or the general public”.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...
Trust in the courts
Top judge explains how judiciary should act in an age of populism
rozenberg.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The United Kingdom’s most senior judge has rejected claims that judges “interfere unwarrantably in the democratic process” and that their decisions are based on applying “values which are not shared by parliament or the general public”.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...
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Powerful in depth piece from Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Powerful in depth piece from Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
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Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the “Biological” Straitjacket ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/22/r...
Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the “Biological” Straitjacket
In her excellent and informed critique of the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (“FWS”), Crash Wigley notes that in its judgment the Court negle…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the “Biological” Straitjacket ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/22/r...
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If Reform are so outraged over the fishing deal, can they answer these three questions.
Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP?
Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate?
Why did they back Brexit’s 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?
Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP?
Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate?
Why did they back Brexit’s 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?
May 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If Reform are so outraged over the fishing deal, can they answer these three questions.
Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP?
Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate?
Why did they back Brexit’s 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?
Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP?
Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate?
Why did they back Brexit’s 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?
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Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue.
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
May 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue.
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
