Kate Ramsey
@kateramsey.bsky.social
I'm not here to sell anything and please don't follow me if that's ALL you're here for. Also, I don't always follow back (esp. if your timeline mainly contains the same political stuff I'm already getting lots of).
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November 20th is Carers Rights Day.
5.8m people in the UK provide unpaid care to family & friends - which our health & social care system depends on.
Caring impacts a persons wellbeing, education, work & finances. We must ensure they know their rights so they don’t miss out on essential support.
5.8m people in the UK provide unpaid care to family & friends - which our health & social care system depends on.
Caring impacts a persons wellbeing, education, work & finances. We must ensure they know their rights so they don’t miss out on essential support.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
November 20th is Carers Rights Day.
5.8m people in the UK provide unpaid care to family & friends - which our health & social care system depends on.
Caring impacts a persons wellbeing, education, work & finances. We must ensure they know their rights so they don’t miss out on essential support.
5.8m people in the UK provide unpaid care to family & friends - which our health & social care system depends on.
Caring impacts a persons wellbeing, education, work & finances. We must ensure they know their rights so they don’t miss out on essential support.
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
If this was anyone other than Tom I'd think he was cruising for an affair
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If this was anyone other than Tom I'd think he was cruising for an affair
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
As if Helen didn't find him attractive enough already....
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As if Helen didn't find him attractive enough already....
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
Oh no, I'm so *over* Ambridge-based episodes...
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh no, I'm so *over* Ambridge-based episodes...
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
Re-THO-ric?.... I don't think so Radio 4....
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Re-THO-ric?.... I don't think so Radio 4....
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Lovely short thread (with a v good piece at the end). I think Ruth's point at the end is entirely right. Also I think shows that 'being an effective minister' is a skillset in itself. Castle was not a transport wonk or labour market wonk or a welfare wonk, yet she was v effective in all three roles.
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Lovely short thread (with a v good piece at the end). I think Ruth's point at the end is entirely right. Also I think shows that 'being an effective minister' is a skillset in itself. Castle was not a transport wonk or labour market wonk or a welfare wonk, yet she was v effective in all three roles.
I'm not generally the most community-spirited of people but whenever I put the fire on I always leave my curtains open for a good while to give good cheer to passing pedestrians.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm not generally the most community-spirited of people but whenever I put the fire on I always leave my curtains open for a good while to give good cheer to passing pedestrians.
How fast and loose Russia plays with the lives of her servicemen.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How fast and loose Russia plays with the lives of her servicemen.
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Call to Activism - Joe Gallina
🚨WOW! An ABC Reporter just CLOBBERED Trump And the Saudi Crown Prince with TWO of the best questions.
Please name this journalist so we can all nominate her for the Pulitzer Prize!
🚨WOW! An ABC Reporter just CLOBBERED Trump And the Saudi Crown Prince with TWO of the best questions.
Please name this journalist so we can all nominate her for the Pulitzer Prize!
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Call to Activism - Joe Gallina
🚨WOW! An ABC Reporter just CLOBBERED Trump And the Saudi Crown Prince with TWO of the best questions.
Please name this journalist so we can all nominate her for the Pulitzer Prize!
🚨WOW! An ABC Reporter just CLOBBERED Trump And the Saudi Crown Prince with TWO of the best questions.
Please name this journalist so we can all nominate her for the Pulitzer Prize!
A strange thing happened this evening. I made a social suggestion to my youngest brother over the phone and almost before I'd finished explaining it he said "yes, I'd like to do that".
This *never* happens.
Felt a little tearful to be honest.
This *never* happens.
Felt a little tearful to be honest.
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A strange thing happened this evening. I made a social suggestion to my youngest brother over the phone and almost before I'd finished explaining it he said "yes, I'd like to do that".
This *never* happens.
Felt a little tearful to be honest.
This *never* happens.
Felt a little tearful to be honest.
I think this is Phoebe's subconscious encouraging her to give birth while Kate isn't around
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think this is Phoebe's subconscious encouraging her to give birth while Kate isn't around
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
Well, I don't suppose many of us had "agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene" on our bingo cards for 2025.
But, if the Van Tulleken brothers are to be believed, the whiplash may be good for our systems.
But, if the Van Tulleken brothers are to be believed, the whiplash may be good for our systems.
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Well, I don't suppose many of us had "agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene" on our bingo cards for 2025.
But, if the Van Tulleken brothers are to be believed, the whiplash may be good for our systems.
But, if the Van Tulleken brothers are to be believed, the whiplash may be good for our systems.
Dearie me... The first of the new Play for Today series on Channel 5 doesn't bode well...
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dearie me... The first of the new Play for Today series on Channel 5 doesn't bode well...
Holiday fling for Helen??
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Holiday fling for Helen??
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
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This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Being greeted at the front door by a benignly smiling brother, somehow conveying "do not swear, moan or say anything sarcastic" is a sure sign we have that rarest of things.... unexpected company.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Being greeted at the front door by a benignly smiling brother, somehow conveying "do not swear, moan or say anything sarcastic" is a sure sign we have that rarest of things.... unexpected company.
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The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
Had a long and rather deep conversation with a friend the other night who's going through a bit of an existential crisis (in the most literal way).
She said "yes, I've always thought that YOUR home is YOUR sanctuary". The conversation moved on but of course now I'm thinking "what did she mean?".
She said "yes, I've always thought that YOUR home is YOUR sanctuary". The conversation moved on but of course now I'm thinking "what did she mean?".
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Had a long and rather deep conversation with a friend the other night who's going through a bit of an existential crisis (in the most literal way).
She said "yes, I've always thought that YOUR home is YOUR sanctuary". The conversation moved on but of course now I'm thinking "what did she mean?".
She said "yes, I've always thought that YOUR home is YOUR sanctuary". The conversation moved on but of course now I'm thinking "what did she mean?".
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
I finally understand The Parable of the Prodigal Son!
Last week I got a new key cut. Came home and it didn't work. (had it worked I probably would have been mildly pleased).
Took it back and got it redone today. It worked.
I am delighted and am preparing to kill the fatted calf.
Last week I got a new key cut. Came home and it didn't work. (had it worked I probably would have been mildly pleased).
Took it back and got it redone today. It worked.
I am delighted and am preparing to kill the fatted calf.
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I finally understand The Parable of the Prodigal Son!
Last week I got a new key cut. Came home and it didn't work. (had it worked I probably would have been mildly pleased).
Took it back and got it redone today. It worked.
I am delighted and am preparing to kill the fatted calf.
Last week I got a new key cut. Came home and it didn't work. (had it worked I probably would have been mildly pleased).
Took it back and got it redone today. It worked.
I am delighted and am preparing to kill the fatted calf.
A pox on the house of the person who popularized 8-inch solid upholstery down the sides of café chairs. Why, just WHY?
#EverydayShortArmism
#EverydayShortArmism
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A pox on the house of the person who popularized 8-inch solid upholstery down the sides of café chairs. Why, just WHY?
#EverydayShortArmism
#EverydayShortArmism
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Amused that Trump's lawyers really sent the legal letter to:
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Amused that Trump's lawyers really sent the legal letter to:
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
BBC2 is having a stonker of a film day
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
BBC2 is having a stonker of a film day
I was wondering where I'd seen this outfit before when I saw Arlene Foster modelling it in the Lords this week
Distracting attention from the Epstein files by singing a selection of the hits of Al Jolson.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I was wondering where I'd seen this outfit before when I saw Arlene Foster modelling it in the Lords this week