Wakeyjoe
@wakeyjoe.bsky.social
Retired teacher of hearing impaired children, trade union caseworker, human rights activist, atheist . Let's get back into the EU family. No DMs.
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Yes, raping a 15-year-old *is* bad but, on the other hand, he closes his business on Sundays to prove how much holier he is than you, so it all evens out. #ThePublicSanctimonyOfPrivatelyAwfulPeople
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yes, raping a 15-year-old *is* bad but, on the other hand, he closes his business on Sundays to prove how much holier he is than you, so it all evens out. #ThePublicSanctimonyOfPrivatelyAwfulPeople
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
February 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
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Fannie Lou Hamer – The Power of One Voice
Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Black voting rights despite beatings & threats.
Her courage changed elections forever. We honor her fight. #BHM2024
Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Black voting rights despite beatings & threats.
Her courage changed elections forever. We honor her fight. #BHM2024
February 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fannie Lou Hamer – The Power of One Voice
Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Black voting rights despite beatings & threats.
Her courage changed elections forever. We honor her fight. #BHM2024
Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Black voting rights despite beatings & threats.
Her courage changed elections forever. We honor her fight. #BHM2024
In a nutshell
A dictatorship that kills people from democracies if they say something inconvenient hosting another dictatorship that does the same and a country run by a wannabe dictator who wants people jailed for saying anything inconvenient gathered to decide the fate of a democracy that wasn’t even invited?
February 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In a nutshell
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Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on morons
January 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on morons
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This is worrying since it could form a template for the next GE. Local branches of Conservative Party & Reform UK have held talks about unofficial pacts ahead of local council elections next year, a bid to unite right-wing voters against Labour the Party
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tories and Reform UK Discuss Informal Pact as Musk Boosts Farage
Local branches of the Conservative Party and Reform UK have held talks about unofficial pacts ahead of local council elections next year, a bid to unite right-wing voters against Keir Starmer’s govern...
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This is worrying since it could form a template for the next GE. Local branches of Conservative Party & Reform UK have held talks about unofficial pacts ahead of local council elections next year, a bid to unite right-wing voters against Labour the Party
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Does she think she's Kylie?
Kimberly Guilfoyle is thrilled to be ambassador to Greece as that's pretty much her all-time favorite musical.
December 11, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Does she think she's Kylie?
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“After rejecting plans for a youth mobility scheme… European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has indicated that the government is now open to consider the proposal.”
Starmer’s lead EU negotiator opens door to a major concession in Brexit reset talks
European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has opened the door to agreeing a youth mobility scheme
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:45 AM
“After rejecting plans for a youth mobility scheme… European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has indicated that the government is now open to consider the proposal.”
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December 10, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Ah, Feargal Sharkey is here! 🦋
Lovely. Please follow him and reshare this post to alert others.
Lovely. Please follow him and reshare this post to alert others.
The stretch of the River Cam in Cambridge which has been designated bathing water, Sheep’s Green, failed the phosphate test, failed the nitrate test and failed the ammonia test.
You have been warned.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/feargal...
You have been warned.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/feargal...
'I'd stay well away from swimming there': Feargal Sharkey tests the River Cam after site was awarded bathing status
One of Britain’s top swimming spots is 'failing' on water quality due to pollution, according to environmental testing conducted by LBC.
www.lbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Ah, Feargal Sharkey is here! 🦋
Lovely. Please follow him and reshare this post to alert others.
Lovely. Please follow him and reshare this post to alert others.
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“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Mea...
Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Tuesday December 3rd) publishing a new report, ‘Too Skint for School’, examining the link between poverty and school...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
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“Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Israeli Government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organisations”
Israeli Government Lashes Out at ICC as Leaked Documents Reveal Secret Links to UK Lobby Group
The International Criminal Court is under enormous pressure to drop its arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:32 PM
“Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Israeli Government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organisations”
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TODAY IS #HumanRightsDay
Let’s remember Human Rights are universal & non- negotiable.
If we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
Let’s remember Human Rights are universal & non- negotiable.
If we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 10, 2024 at 8:29 AM
TODAY IS #HumanRightsDay
Let’s remember Human Rights are universal & non- negotiable.
If we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
Let’s remember Human Rights are universal & non- negotiable.
If we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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Here's someone interesting to follow:
@jonathanelmer.bsky.social the Green Party's Nature spokesperson ...
@jonathanelmer.bsky.social the Green Party's Nature spokesperson ...
December 10, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Here's someone interesting to follow:
@jonathanelmer.bsky.social the Green Party's Nature spokesperson ...
@jonathanelmer.bsky.social the Green Party's Nature spokesperson ...
America is going to burn
December 11, 2024 at 2:09 AM
America is going to burn
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#Bylines are an important community reporting resource.
The changes to agricultural land inheritance tax have been poorly explained by HMRC, and the confusion has been exacerbated by abysmal reporting, even by the BBC.
Geoff Thompson digs a little deeper ...
Geoff Thompson digs a little deeper ...
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:42 AM
#Bylines are an important community reporting resource.
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Lee Anderson on his way to work this morning.
December 10, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Lee Anderson on his way to work this morning.
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The home of free speech turns out to be a hater of Muslims.
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The home of free speech turns out to be a hater of Muslims.
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Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows
Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows
Campaigners say NAO report shows impact of DWP staffing decisions and failure to address flaws in benefit’s design
Hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers were hit with ruinous penalties for minor breaches of carer’s allowance rules in the five years…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows