Philippa Banks
@phil510.bsky.social
Labour Party member, vegan and I help various dog rescues particularly Nikolina Blagojevic in Bosnia & Holbrook Animal Rescue. Happily married and not interested in crypto etc!!
Mice and rats are cut open, their intestines punctured so that faeces leaks into their bodies in ineffective sepsis experiments – urge the government to put an end to this petauk.org/460
Help End Cruel Sepsis Experiments on Animals
Mice and rats are cut open, their intestines punctured so that faeces leak into their bodies in ineffective experiments – urge the government to put an end to this.
petauk.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mice and rats are cut open, their intestines punctured so that faeces leaks into their bodies in ineffective sepsis experiments – urge the government to put an end to this petauk.org/460
Shame on Queen Mary University! The London University is allowing experimenters to cut mice open and infect them with bacteria to induce sepsis in horrific and pointless experiments. Take action now! petauk.org/4bj #QueenMarySepsisCruelty
Mice Are Cut Open and Killed at Queen Mary University – Take Action Now!
Mice are being mutilated and forced to endure the painful symptoms of sepsis at Queen Mary University of London. Take action now!
petauk.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Shame on Queen Mary University! The London University is allowing experimenters to cut mice open and infect them with bacteria to induce sepsis in horrific and pointless experiments. Take action now! petauk.org/4bj #QueenMarySepsisCruelty
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An amount of money earned from a job away from the one they're elected to do should be deducted from MPs salary.
They insist that benefit recipients face similar sanctions, so they obviously believe that's the right thing to do when it's taxpayers' money we're talking about.
They insist that benefit recipients face similar sanctions, so they obviously believe that's the right thing to do when it's taxpayers' money we're talking about.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An amount of money earned from a job away from the one they're elected to do should be deducted from MPs salary.
They insist that benefit recipients face similar sanctions, so they obviously believe that's the right thing to do when it's taxpayers' money we're talking about.
They insist that benefit recipients face similar sanctions, so they obviously believe that's the right thing to do when it's taxpayers' money we're talking about.
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A Parliamentary Code of Conduct echoing normal employment standards needs to be codified and enforced.
In what other job could you be paid £94k from the public purse for not doing it?
And Farage whinges about civil servants being overpaid and the minimum wage for young people being too high?
In what other job could you be paid £94k from the public purse for not doing it?
And Farage whinges about civil servants being overpaid and the minimum wage for young people being too high?
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A Parliamentary Code of Conduct echoing normal employment standards needs to be codified and enforced.
In what other job could you be paid £94k from the public purse for not doing it?
And Farage whinges about civil servants being overpaid and the minimum wage for young people being too high?
In what other job could you be paid £94k from the public purse for not doing it?
And Farage whinges about civil servants being overpaid and the minimum wage for young people being too high?
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Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England.
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England.
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
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When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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We sacrifice what’s real—natural world, sentient animals, our health, climate—to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity.
Going to post one of these every day as a reminder.
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
Going to post one of these every day as a reminder.
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We sacrifice what’s real—natural world, sentient animals, our health, climate—to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity.
Going to post one of these every day as a reminder.
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
Going to post one of these every day as a reminder.
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
Plans are in place for an egg farm in Yorkshire to be expanded to imprison almost 100,000 hens – tell the council you object! petauk.org/4bz #StopGreenacreExpansion
Almost 100,000 Birds Could Be Imprisoned on a Monstrous Farm – Act Now!
Please sign PETA’s petition to help stop these plans and spare the lives of hens.
petauk.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Plans are in place for an egg farm in Yorkshire to be expanded to imprison almost 100,000 hens – tell the council you object! petauk.org/4bz #StopGreenacreExpansion
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Yep. #BBCBias #ToryCorruption
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yep. #BBCBias #ToryCorruption
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Nigel Farage will be having a busy day. Needs to find an excuse for Trump to sue the NHS so he can get rid of that as well.
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Nigel Farage will be having a busy day. Needs to find an excuse for Trump to sue the NHS so he can get rid of that as well.
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Today's working class, lives in social housing or private rental.
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population
Research by author reveals corporations and aristocrats are the biggest landowners
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today's working class, lives in social housing or private rental.
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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@stopfundinghate.bsky.social
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@stopfundinghate.bsky.social
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
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Honestly. My loathing for that man is boundless. Never a situation where he’s not looking to manipulate, divide, grift, self-promote, vilify, ruin…
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Honestly. My loathing for that man is boundless. Never a situation where he’s not looking to manipulate, divide, grift, self-promote, vilify, ruin…
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
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#radio4 before talking to Kemi Badenoch Anna Foster set out policies of Conservatives, Labour, Reform and Lib Dems. Why no mention of the Greens policy? Anna Foster is usually a conscientious journalist so is this BBC policy to ignore the Green party?
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#radio4 before talking to Kemi Badenoch Anna Foster set out policies of Conservatives, Labour, Reform and Lib Dems. Why no mention of the Greens policy? Anna Foster is usually a conscientious journalist so is this BBC policy to ignore the Green party?
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
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Farage is now facing an Official Parliamentary Standards investigation over funding , records, donations from foreign sources.
So crooked , if he swallowed a nail he would shit a corkscrew.
So crooked , if he swallowed a nail he would shit a corkscrew.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Farage is now facing an Official Parliamentary Standards investigation over funding , records, donations from foreign sources.
So crooked , if he swallowed a nail he would shit a corkscrew.
So crooked , if he swallowed a nail he would shit a corkscrew.
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I saved it up until I came back home, but finished Riot Women last night and MY GOD, if you haven't seen it, do. So brilliant. Angry, funny, exquisitely acted, THE SINGING!, relevant (shouldn't have to be but still is). Not saying anything everyone else hasn't said. Best thing I've watched in ages.
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I saved it up until I came back home, but finished Riot Women last night and MY GOD, if you haven't seen it, do. So brilliant. Angry, funny, exquisitely acted, THE SINGING!, relevant (shouldn't have to be but still is). Not saying anything everyone else hasn't said. Best thing I've watched in ages.