Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺
@sarahcalvert.bsky.social
British migrant with roots in Yorkshire. Posts about residency in the EU, FoM, politics, culture, Brexit, Italy and the Yorkshire Dales. #ProEU and join, anti-exceptionalism. No unsolicited DMs or calls.
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Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down
Emine Saner: Do you ever hear men described as ‘hysterical’? Do people say they ‘whine’ or ‘nag’? Thought not. Here are eight sexist words we’d like to never hear from again
www.theguardian.com
Male allies. A woman I follow was called "hysterical" on here today. The only person who stood up for her was another woman. Even when these terms are used by someone on your own side, you need to call it out. These centuries old mysoginist slurs need to stop. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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If you don’t move you are a visitor to the country and if you are a visitor to the country you fall under Schengen rules for visitors. Fairly simple.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you don’t move you are a visitor to the country and if you are a visitor to the country you fall under Schengen rules for visitors. Fairly simple.
Insightful re. how Refuk HQ seem to have no idea how local councils operate. Obviously causing massive tension at a local level.
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When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall - The Guardian
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall - The Guardian
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall — The Guardian
Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county
apple.news
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Insightful re. how Refuk HQ seem to have no idea how local councils operate. Obviously causing massive tension at a local level.
'Tis risotto season.
Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.
My issue with risotto is 40 minutes of work gone in a couple of minutes ! I do love it though this looks v good . Dried mushroom so flavourful
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'Tis risotto season.
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Could prob accept some pretty draconian small boat policies if there was a genuine safe route policy alongside it. So far we have no details at all.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Could prob accept some pretty draconian small boat policies if there was a genuine safe route policy alongside it. So far we have no details at all.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Just gold teeth missing from the proposals? Can they hear themselves?
a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Just gold teeth missing from the proposals? Can they hear themselves?
This 👇
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This 👇
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
Well said
Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Well said
When Little Tommy Ten names is supporting your policies, you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Revolting.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
When Little Tommy Ten names is supporting your policies, you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Revolting.
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The government just keeps doubling down on the strategy that’s taken it to genuinely historical unpopularity ever harder.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The government just keeps doubling down on the strategy that’s taken it to genuinely historical unpopularity ever harder.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
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A response to Matt Goodwin on small boat refugees (with record of crime in Germany) committing crime (rape) in the UK.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A response to Matt Goodwin on small boat refugees (with record of crime in Germany) committing crime (rape) in the UK.
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👇🏿🎯👇🏿 T H I S 👇🏿🎯👇🏿
Ken Clarke, "Politically you can't rejoin the European Union at the moment it would cause its own nightmare, divisions and crisis"
"Brexit is doing damage to our economy"
"The time has come to rejoin the Customs Union and the EU Single Market would be a huge, huge advantage to us"
"Brexit is doing damage to our economy"
"The time has come to rejoin the Customs Union and the EU Single Market would be a huge, huge advantage to us"
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
👇🏿🎯👇🏿 T H I S 👇🏿🎯👇🏿
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Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
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We're calling it now. Isabel Kemp (Chair of the Adult Social Care Committee) has left Reform
Reform in Kent are now down to 48 from 57 in six months.
Reform in Kent are now down to 48 from 57 in six months.
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We're calling it now. Isabel Kemp (Chair of the Adult Social Care Committee) has left Reform
Reform in Kent are now down to 48 from 57 in six months.
Reform in Kent are now down to 48 from 57 in six months.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
Well done Davey.
Donald Trump is coming for the BBC and for your wallets.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Well done Davey.
Absolutely this, but let's not pretend it's anything as good as FoM. The apprentice scheme I did in the 80s using FoM isn't open to non-EU citizens. Our kids overwhelmingly want and deserve better.
It's essential that a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme is available to everyone, regardless of background. Every young person deserves the opportunity to travel, gain new skills, and experience different cultures.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Absolutely this, but let's not pretend it's anything as good as FoM. The apprentice scheme I did in the 80s using FoM isn't open to non-EU citizens. Our kids overwhelmingly want and deserve better.
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Prints below right by printmaker Ellen Heck, one of the many artists featured in the womensart book
REFRAMING WOMEN PRINTMAKERS
Gift others 🧡 or Gift yourself!! 🎁
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Gift others 🧡 or Gift yourself!! 🎁
Via any bookstore, e.g.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Prints below right by printmaker Ellen Heck, one of the many artists featured in the womensart book
REFRAMING WOMEN PRINTMAKERS
Gift others 🧡 or Gift yourself!! 🎁
Via any bookstore, e.g.
www.waterstones.com/book/reframi...
REFRAMING WOMEN PRINTMAKERS
Gift others 🧡 or Gift yourself!! 🎁
Via any bookstore, e.g.
www.waterstones.com/book/reframi...
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This is a key point that UK (and a lot of Joiners) don't get. They treat the EU like a sovereign country open to deals and big concessions. They do not appreciate it is an entity of laws and rules partly expressed via carefully constructed MS agreements. Hence the "UK is a special case" fallacy.
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This is a key point that UK (and a lot of Joiners) don't get. They treat the EU like a sovereign country open to deals and big concessions. They do not appreciate it is an entity of laws and rules partly expressed via carefully constructed MS agreements. Hence the "UK is a special case" fallacy.
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This is a shrewd and important observation by Chris Grey. The same far-right people who advocated Brexit now appear again in different guises. Beware.
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is a shrewd and important observation by Chris Grey. The same far-right people who advocated Brexit now appear again in different guises. Beware.
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The shrewder question is who is financing all of this and getting US tech firms to support it. None of this is cheap and someone or someone’s are spending a lot of money to Americanise British politics s and media
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The shrewder question is who is financing all of this and getting US tech firms to support it. None of this is cheap and someone or someone’s are spending a lot of money to Americanise British politics s and media