Kacey
@kaceyvarren.bsky.social
Socialist, feminist & woke AF - Eco B&B owner....escaped England for the far north of Scotland
Angry at the state of things 📎
Angry at the state of things 📎
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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READ: Each year, private donors invite large contingents of American politicians on free tours of the Holy Land, making Israel the largest international destination for paid congressional travel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
READ: Each year, private donors invite large contingents of American politicians on free tours of the Holy Land, making Israel the largest international destination for paid congressional travel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
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"It seems that after months of outright popular defiance and ridicule of the ban by members of the general public, police officers were so confused that counter-terror police needed to clarify what constituted an offence and what did not”.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"It seems that after months of outright popular defiance and ridicule of the ban by members of the general public, police officers were so confused that counter-terror police needed to clarify what constituted an offence and what did not”.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
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With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
Palestinians in Gaza are dying as the Israeli siege turns harsh winter weather deadly
Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million…
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
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Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
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"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
Israeli tank runs over child, cutting him in half as Gaza counts 738 ceasefire violations
While the authorities in Gaza make appeals to international institutions and leaders to intervene, the Israelis appear in no mood to curb their criminality.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
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Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
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BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
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Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
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The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
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Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
A K (@wckdwitch13)
Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets. You would think the US & Israel would have those...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Ukraine has been at war with Russia & has yet to target any hospitals, schools or other civilian targets
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
You would think the US & Israel would have those same capabilities
substack.com/profile/1635...
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can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
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Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
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"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
BBC's new guidelines treat anti-Zionism as antisemitism
The BBC has issued new training guidelines around antisemitism and they are every bit as woeful as you might suspect.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
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Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
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I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
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This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
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The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
How the Jewish Chronicle Weaponizes 'Antisemitism' to Fuel a Moral Panic
On Yom Kippur, two British Jews were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, during a cruel, antisemitic act of violence.
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
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If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
Be Outraged: Your True Income Tax Rate May be Triple the Rate the Richest Billionaires Pay
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
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No Prince Philip either
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Prince Philip either