Leah Rachel Rea
@misstwice.bsky.social
Thon chatty activist providing gratuitous commentary. PhD researcher and TA; human rights, intl law, conventions, and parliamentary procedure are my jams. Perpetual ECR think tanker.
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Some o tha things o life daen shift, an mair oothrou tha while. Masel an ma bein eftèr Claire Underwood isnae ane thing unner ane shift, freens, A be haein tae say.
Some things in life change, especially over time. I can say, friends, that my wanting to be Claire Underwood isn’t one of them.
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What is wrong with these people. They just spent two weeks rolling the pitch for a U-turn on a policy they didn’t even do yet?
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What is wrong with these people. They just spent two weeks rolling the pitch for a U-turn on a policy they didn’t even do yet?
Unpopular opinion: the narrative of “okay sure there was the Armistice Day, but the DUP have multiple representatives, someone could have gone to the Irish President’s inauguration” is not the gotcha that nationalist politicians seem to think it is
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Unpopular opinion: the narrative of “okay sure there was the Armistice Day, but the DUP have multiple representatives, someone could have gone to the Irish President’s inauguration” is not the gotcha that nationalist politicians seem to think it is
The young women talking about their experiences in care and leaving care on sky are brilliant activists and need to be heard
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The young women talking about their experiences in care and leaving care on sky are brilliant activists and need to be heard
My father, inventing a new reality television series: “did ye hear who is due to be on Who Wants to be in the Jungle?”
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My father, inventing a new reality television series: “did ye hear who is due to be on Who Wants to be in the Jungle?”
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This #TrusteesWeek we recognise the amazing contributions made by PSA trustees and the difference they make to our charity and to #PoliticalStudies. Thank you all for your hard work.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This #TrusteesWeek we recognise the amazing contributions made by PSA trustees and the difference they make to our charity and to #PoliticalStudies. Thank you all for your hard work.
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Pro: I found the job of my dreams
Con: ye must already be in possession of a US right to work visa
Con: ye must already be in possession of a US right to work visa
a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Pro: I found the job of my dreams
Con: ye must already be in possession of a US right to work visa
Con: ye must already be in possession of a US right to work visa
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Today seems a good day to repost this.
It’s also a good day to remember you cannot do anything granular and sensible with Labour Force Survey data at the moment
And the inactivity rate has plummeted since the data work for the Mayfield review was done*
It’s also a good day to remember you cannot do anything granular and sensible with Labour Force Survey data at the moment
And the inactivity rate has plummeted since the data work for the Mayfield review was done*
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Today seems a good day to repost this.
It’s also a good day to remember you cannot do anything granular and sensible with Labour Force Survey data at the moment
And the inactivity rate has plummeted since the data work for the Mayfield review was done*
It’s also a good day to remember you cannot do anything granular and sensible with Labour Force Survey data at the moment
And the inactivity rate has plummeted since the data work for the Mayfield review was done*
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Exc - Rachel Reeves is considering raising income tax at next month’s budget to help reduce a multibillion pound shortfall, sources have told the Guardian.
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap
Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Exc - Rachel Reeves is considering raising income tax at next month’s budget to help reduce a multibillion pound shortfall, sources have told the Guardian.
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
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New statement from the MoJ just dropped (never great if you are still having to clarify at 9pm)
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New statement from the MoJ just dropped (never great if you are still having to clarify at 9pm)
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New - Louise Haigh and Vicky Foxcroft are reviving the Tribune group to do organising in the PLP along the soft left. Key figure in the welfare rebellion are formalising their organising power ahead of the Budget.
(yes this is one for the nerds)
Story here - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(yes this is one for the nerds)
Story here - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs revive ‘desperately needed’ soft left group to take on Reform
Exclusive: Tribune hopes over 100 MPs join group led by Vicky Foxcroft and former cabinet minister Louise Haigh
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New - Louise Haigh and Vicky Foxcroft are reviving the Tribune group to do organising in the PLP along the soft left. Key figure in the welfare rebellion are formalising their organising power ahead of the Budget.
(yes this is one for the nerds)
Story here - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(yes this is one for the nerds)
Story here - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
It was my birthday over a week ago. The messages I received on the day speak volumes: the kindness of people still willing to check in and share good wishes.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It was my birthday over a week ago. The messages I received on the day speak volumes: the kindness of people still willing to check in and share good wishes.
Naur fowerty o twalmond o service efter, thir day, hinderly, wus tha last day o service fur ma faither at tha kirk as ane hird.
We dae hae sic gripes o preid fur him. ❤️
We dae hae sic gripes o preid fur him. ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Naur fowerty o twalmond o service efter, thir day, hinderly, wus tha last day o service fur ma faither at tha kirk as ane hird.
We dae hae sic gripes o preid fur him. ❤️
We dae hae sic gripes o preid fur him. ❤️
If ye are sharing that Bel Tel piece, “I’m a NI Protestant living in the ROI”, please ask yourself why in this day and age is such an article even needed, and why is it that we have fallen into the mindset of one Protestant speaks for all
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If ye are sharing that Bel Tel piece, “I’m a NI Protestant living in the ROI”, please ask yourself why in this day and age is such an article even needed, and why is it that we have fallen into the mindset of one Protestant speaks for all
Tiptoe through the tulips, by the by, is “tipper throch tha tulips” 🌷
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tiptoe through the tulips, by the by, is “tipper throch tha tulips” 🌷
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There are no words to describe the pain of Claire Throssell - whose two beautiful boys were murdered by their father after he was allowed contact despite her warnings - or her bravery at helping change the law. If only women like her had been believed sooner. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago
Claire Throssell has been central to the campaign to repeal parental contact laws following the deaths of her two sons at the hands of their father in 2014
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There are no words to describe the pain of Claire Throssell - whose two beautiful boys were murdered by their father after he was allowed contact despite her warnings - or her bravery at helping change the law. If only women like her had been believed sooner. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Mr Reynolds said both Irish and Ulster Scots, Ulster British are in "different places" in Northern Ireland.”
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Irish and Ulster Scots approaches 'don't need to be carbon copies'
Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Lee Reynolds is the commissioner for the Ulster Scots and Ulster British tradition.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Mr Reynolds said both Irish and Ulster Scots, Ulster British are in "different places" in Northern Ireland.”
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unwarldly Ullans 💀
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Unwarldly Ullans 💀
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
A paper presenter at Markets and Society 2025!!
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A paper presenter at Markets and Society 2025!!
Hey guys, I called it - I said we would be due an autumn announcement and I was right.
TEO announced the formal appointment of each Commissioner this day.
TEO announced the formal appointment of each Commissioner this day.
Autumn announcement then, meaning the office proper will be set up in 2026 aka 20 years post-St Andrews Agreement.
Realisation of language rights is slowly, but surely, happening here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Realisation of language rights is slowly, but surely, happening here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northern Ireland's first Irish language commissioner to be confirmed soon
The job has been offered to Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border body Foras na Gaeilge, BBC News NI understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hey guys, I called it - I said we would be due an autumn announcement and I was right.
TEO announced the formal appointment of each Commissioner this day.
TEO announced the formal appointment of each Commissioner this day.
The Irish Language Commissioner, and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition, have each formally been appointed this day.
Here we go: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/languag...
Language Commissioners and Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression appointed
The First Minister and deputy First Minister have announced the appointment of Dr Katy Radford as the Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression (OICE), Pól Deeds as the Irish Language...
www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Irish Language Commissioner, and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition, have each formally been appointed this day.
Here we go: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/languag...
Language Commissioners and Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression appointed
The First Minister and deputy First Minister have announced the appointment of Dr Katy Radford as the Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression (OICE), Pól Deeds as the Irish Language...
www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here we go: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/languag...
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The UK has also signed the UN Convention against cybercrime today - www.gov.uk/government/s...
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The UK has also signed the UN Convention against cybercrime today - www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Social protection is a human right.
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more:
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more:
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Social protection is a human right.
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more:
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more: