Joe Cassidy
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Joe Cassidy
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· Jul 13
Prime example of the BBC framing heatwaves as a postive thing.
The photo desk have selected a woman wearing sunnies, drinking a cold drink on a kayak.
The headline reads “UK sizzles”.
Sizzles? It’s bbq time guys, yay!
Now let’s look at what this heatwave brought us👇
The photo desk have selected a woman wearing sunnies, drinking a cold drink on a kayak.
The headline reads “UK sizzles”.
Sizzles? It’s bbq time guys, yay!
Now let’s look at what this heatwave brought us👇
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Two billion kids would REALLY appreciate it if we did more about this than just make a few non-binding promises every year & then instantly forget about them.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Two billion kids would REALLY appreciate it if we did more about this than just make a few non-binding promises every year & then instantly forget about them.
#COP30
#COP30
The cost of living crisis is going nowhere, so Starmer has just boxed himself in.
He can now only talk about one issue until 2029 🤦♂️
He can now only talk about one issue until 2029 🤦♂️
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The cost of living crisis is going nowhere, so Starmer has just boxed himself in.
He can now only talk about one issue until 2029 🤦♂️
He can now only talk about one issue until 2029 🤦♂️
Can’t believe a climate conference with 1,600 oil lobbyists failed to cut fossil fuels… 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Can’t believe a climate conference with 1,600 oil lobbyists failed to cut fossil fuels… 🙄
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i don't think it's coincidental that transphobia in the uk ramped up massively after the brexit vote in 2016.
it's about destroying the equality act and ties in with glasman and co wanted us to leave the echr.
they're trying to destroy our human rights and trans ppl are a wedge.
it's about destroying the equality act and ties in with glasman and co wanted us to leave the echr.
they're trying to destroy our human rights and trans ppl are a wedge.
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
i don't think it's coincidental that transphobia in the uk ramped up massively after the brexit vote in 2016.
it's about destroying the equality act and ties in with glasman and co wanted us to leave the echr.
they're trying to destroy our human rights and trans ppl are a wedge.
it's about destroying the equality act and ties in with glasman and co wanted us to leave the echr.
they're trying to destroy our human rights and trans ppl are a wedge.
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It’s fun that you can point directly to when oligarchy took over America 🤑
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It’s fun that you can point directly to when oligarchy took over America 🤑
Always hearing how polarised America is.
Their ruling class sure seem united on this one…
Their ruling class sure seem united on this one…
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Always hearing how polarised America is.
Their ruling class sure seem united on this one…
Their ruling class sure seem united on this one…
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Of all the people you could defame, I wouldn’t pick a judge
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Of all the people you could defame, I wouldn’t pick a judge
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system.
- Alf Dubs, Labour Peer / former child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- Alf Dubs, Labour Peer / former child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system.
- Alf Dubs, Labour Peer / former child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- Alf Dubs, Labour Peer / former child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
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So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
Got a few regrets, but leaving Tommy Robinson’s Labour Party is not one of them.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Got a few regrets, but leaving Tommy Robinson’s Labour Party is not one of them.
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I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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On Tuesday, Keir Starmer said he was concerned that racism was returning to British politics.
This morning, his Home Secretary is loudly letting the world know that the government intends to make the lives worse of even those found to be genuine refugees.
This morning, his Home Secretary is loudly letting the world know that the government intends to make the lives worse of even those found to be genuine refugees.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On Tuesday, Keir Starmer said he was concerned that racism was returning to British politics.
This morning, his Home Secretary is loudly letting the world know that the government intends to make the lives worse of even those found to be genuine refugees.
This morning, his Home Secretary is loudly letting the world know that the government intends to make the lives worse of even those found to be genuine refugees.
This is an objectively funny article for LabourList to post *just* as Zack Polanski’s Greens overtake them in the polls while gaining thousands of new members every week.
The UK system of government and party infrastructures are hard-wired to protect against the style of insurgent politics that propelled Mamdani to victory writes Izzy Lewis
‘The UK will never have a Mamdani moment’ – LabourList
It is the morning of 5th November. Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, and some 3,400 miles away, Westminster is awash with…
labourlist.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is an objectively funny article for LabourList to post *just* as Zack Polanski’s Greens overtake them in the polls while gaining thousands of new members every week.
The UK supposedly has the 6th largest economy in the world.
So, why can’t we afford to pay doctors?
Why are UK doctors getting paid more in Australia and other ‘poorer’ nations?
So, why can’t we afford to pay doctors?
Why are UK doctors getting paid more in Australia and other ‘poorer’ nations?
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The UK supposedly has the 6th largest economy in the world.
So, why can’t we afford to pay doctors?
Why are UK doctors getting paid more in Australia and other ‘poorer’ nations?
So, why can’t we afford to pay doctors?
Why are UK doctors getting paid more in Australia and other ‘poorer’ nations?
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Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
1 in 25 participants at the #COP30 climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist. 🙄
At this rate, the last ever COP will just be thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists, standing around waiting for the waves to take them.
At this rate, the last ever COP will just be thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists, standing around waiting for the waves to take them.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
1 in 25 participants at the #COP30 climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist. 🙄
At this rate, the last ever COP will just be thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists, standing around waiting for the waves to take them.
At this rate, the last ever COP will just be thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists, standing around waiting for the waves to take them.
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NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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57 companies are responsible for 80% of the global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
57 companies are responsible for 80% of the global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
