Colette
@purplecolette.bsky.social
UK based 50 something female. Nature loving, artsy, progressive politics.
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The Prime Minister has just delivered his Labour Conference speech.
Over the course of an hour, he shared a list of his government’s greatest achievements.
You can find them here: www.yourparty.uk/labourachiev...
Over the course of an hour, he shared a list of his government’s greatest achievements.
You can find them here: www.yourparty.uk/labourachiev...
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Prime Minister has just delivered his Labour Conference speech.
Over the course of an hour, he shared a list of his government’s greatest achievements.
You can find them here: www.yourparty.uk/labourachiev...
Over the course of an hour, he shared a list of his government’s greatest achievements.
You can find them here: www.yourparty.uk/labourachiev...
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“Trump’s America. Don’t let it become Farage’s Britain,” Davey said in a refrain he repeated several times.
Excellent work by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - we need to hear this from the PM too
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Excellent work by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - we need to hear this from the PM too
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems the last block against ‘forces of darkness’ led by Farage, says Ed Davey
Lib Dem leader’s conference speech takes aim at Reform by predicting it would bring Trump-style policies to UK
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Trump’s America. Don’t let it become Farage’s Britain,” Davey said in a refrain he repeated several times.
Excellent work by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - we need to hear this from the PM too
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Excellent work by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - we need to hear this from the PM too
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Can anyone explain to me what counts as legitimate protest in the U.K. these days? I’m baffled. We should celebrate attacks on police as vibrant free speech but condemn pensioners with slogans on t-shirts and @ledbydonkeys.org with a projector?
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Can anyone explain to me what counts as legitimate protest in the U.K. these days? I’m baffled. We should celebrate attacks on police as vibrant free speech but condemn pensioners with slogans on t-shirts and @ledbydonkeys.org with a projector?
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Far right organisers in this country consistently side with foreign billionaires over our democratic institutions.
They are not patriots.
They are quislings.
They are not patriots.
They are quislings.
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Far right organisers in this country consistently side with foreign billionaires over our democratic institutions.
They are not patriots.
They are quislings.
They are not patriots.
They are quislings.
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That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists...
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
September 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists...
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
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Fascists aren’t welcome in our streets.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
September 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fascists aren’t welcome in our streets.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
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Angela Rayner should’ve been sacked.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Angela Rayner should’ve been sacked.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
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“David Lammy’s lie last month, that Britain was not providing intelligence to Israel has been directly contradicted by government sources,” writes CODEPINK’s Nuvpreet, “He must resign.”
codepink.substack.com/p/the-britis...
codepink.substack.com/p/the-britis...
August 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“David Lammy’s lie last month, that Britain was not providing intelligence to Israel has been directly contradicted by government sources,” writes CODEPINK’s Nuvpreet, “He must resign.”
codepink.substack.com/p/the-britis...
codepink.substack.com/p/the-britis...
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'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
August 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
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'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
August 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
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Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!
We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?
actionnetwork.org
July 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Real change is coming.
July 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Real change is coming.
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This is so exciting!
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is so exciting!
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The outrage from the establishment over artists speaking out about genocide is pretty unbelievable.
It shows youth have rumbled their game in the internet age.
Probably impossible now for any artist who doesn’t speak out against genocide to have any credibility with anyone but deranged fascists.
It shows youth have rumbled their game in the internet age.
Probably impossible now for any artist who doesn’t speak out against genocide to have any credibility with anyone but deranged fascists.
June 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The outrage from the establishment over artists speaking out about genocide is pretty unbelievable.
It shows youth have rumbled their game in the internet age.
Probably impossible now for any artist who doesn’t speak out against genocide to have any credibility with anyone but deranged fascists.
It shows youth have rumbled their game in the internet age.
Probably impossible now for any artist who doesn’t speak out against genocide to have any credibility with anyone but deranged fascists.
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2. Once again, you must ask yourself what the hell is he playing at? While squeezing the poor for every penny he can extract, he refuses to levy a wealth tax. And guess what? Voters absolutely hate it. We are profoundly attuned to unfairness, and no amount of spin will stop people seeing it.
June 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
2. Once again, you must ask yourself what the hell is he playing at? While squeezing the poor for every penny he can extract, he refuses to levy a wealth tax. And guess what? Voters absolutely hate it. We are profoundly attuned to unfairness, and no amount of spin will stop people seeing it.
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If you live in the UK,
Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure.
Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in:
👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/thames-w...
Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure.
Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in:
👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/thames-w...
Sign the petition: Block Thames Water bonuses
Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure. Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in: 👇
act.38degrees.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you live in the UK,
Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure.
Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in:
👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/thames-w...
Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure.
Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in:
👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/thames-w...
This place is just as good as that ‘other place’ for amusing user reactions to unfolding events 🍿
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This place is just as good as that ‘other place’ for amusing user reactions to unfolding events 🍿
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We're on Capitol Hill with a message for Marco Rubio:
GAZA MUST HAVE FOOD AND WATER!
RUBIO YOU MUST STOP THIS SLAUGHTER!
GAZA MUST HAVE FOOD AND WATER!
RUBIO YOU MUST STOP THIS SLAUGHTER!
May 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We're on Capitol Hill with a message for Marco Rubio:
GAZA MUST HAVE FOOD AND WATER!
RUBIO YOU MUST STOP THIS SLAUGHTER!
GAZA MUST HAVE FOOD AND WATER!
RUBIO YOU MUST STOP THIS SLAUGHTER!
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😡 Thames Water wanted to use a £3bn emergency loan to pay its executives huge bonuses.
🤮 This after Thames discharged 50% more raw sewage into rivers in 2024.
The bonuses have been stopped, but the message is clear: end the scam and bring water back into public hands.
🤮 This after Thames discharged 50% more raw sewage into rivers in 2024.
The bonuses have been stopped, but the message is clear: end the scam and bring water back into public hands.
May 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
😡 Thames Water wanted to use a £3bn emergency loan to pay its executives huge bonuses.
🤮 This after Thames discharged 50% more raw sewage into rivers in 2024.
The bonuses have been stopped, but the message is clear: end the scam and bring water back into public hands.
🤮 This after Thames discharged 50% more raw sewage into rivers in 2024.
The bonuses have been stopped, but the message is clear: end the scam and bring water back into public hands.
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Starmer proving that kompromat or "donations" are at play, changing his mind more often than I change my socks.
May 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Starmer proving that kompromat or "donations" are at play, changing his mind more often than I change my socks.
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Belkis Ayón ( 1967–1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography #WomensArt
May 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Belkis Ayón ( 1967–1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography #WomensArt
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Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.