@abbyrne.bsky.social
Irish woman living in London. Reader, book-seller, walker, crossword-solver, left-wing, writer. https://mcanespieandfox.etsy.com
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
It’s a right to rebel!
September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s a right to rebel!
Where’s Helen? We want to know what’s going on inside the court #freemochara #kneecap
August 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Where’s Helen? We want to know what’s going on inside the court #freemochara #kneecap
Sally Rooney makes me proud to be Irish #sallyrooney
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sally Rooney makes me proud to be Irish #sallyrooney
Why in the north of Ireland can you fly the flags of proscribed terrorist groups in public places and nothing happens but if you write something on a piece of cardboard in London you and hundreds of others will get arrested @metpolice.bsky.social @psni.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Why in the north of Ireland can you fly the flags of proscribed terrorist groups in public places and nothing happens but if you write something on a piece of cardboard in London you and hundreds of others will get arrested @metpolice.bsky.social @psni.bsky.social
My last day on the Dingle Peninsula for a while. Not looking forward to next week’s heatwave in London.
August 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My last day on the Dingle Peninsula for a while. Not looking forward to next week’s heatwave in London.
The police are going to be busy in the north of Ireland next weekend if they are going to arrest everybody who openly supports proscribed terrorist groups.
July 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The police are going to be busy in the north of Ireland next weekend if they are going to arrest everybody who openly supports proscribed terrorist groups.
Every time this van drove past Westminster Magistrates Court this morning the crowd went wild. GRMA Kneecap.
June 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every time this van drove past Westminster Magistrates Court this morning the crowd went wild. GRMA Kneecap.
As someone who grew up in Ballymena I can say with complete confidence that girls and woman there have always been at risk of sexual abuse and violence long before there were any immigrants in the town.
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As someone who grew up in Ballymena I can say with complete confidence that girls and woman there have always been at risk of sexual abuse and violence long before there were any immigrants in the town.
The lowest common denominator must be very low indeed in Israel if their comedians and politicians are anything to go by.
June 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The lowest common denominator must be very low indeed in Israel if their comedians and politicians are anything to go by.
@lrb.co.uk we would love some tote bags. You don’t accept DMs but I can always call into the shop and pick them up.
We are pleased by this. Well done your house! Can we send you all matching LRB tote bags as well?
DM us your address if you’d like this – meanwhile, thank you all for subscribing.
DM us your address if you’d like this – meanwhile, thank you all for subscribing.
June 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@lrb.co.uk we would love some tote bags. You don’t accept DMs but I can always call into the shop and pick them up.
@lrb.co.uk there are four flats in our house and since the new neighbours moved in we are now 100% subscribers.
May 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@lrb.co.uk there are four flats in our house and since the new neighbours moved in we are now 100% subscribers.
I just got told off by a man in the ticket office who said I shouldn’t be buying train tickets from parasites online. I think he gave me good advice.
May 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I just got told off by a man in the ticket office who said I shouldn’t be buying train tickets from parasites online. I think he gave me good advice.
One of the things that Jeremy Corbyn and Kneecap have in common is that they are both very popular with young people. Clearly certain parties find this very threatening.
May 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One of the things that Jeremy Corbyn and Kneecap have in common is that they are both very popular with young people. Clearly certain parties find this very threatening.
Jordan has offered to take in 2000 children who need urgent medical treatment, eg kids with cancer, but only around 30 so far have got to Jordan because Israel has impeded it but hey enjoy Eurovision.
May 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Jordan has offered to take in 2000 children who need urgent medical treatment, eg kids with cancer, but only around 30 so far have got to Jordan because Israel has impeded it but hey enjoy Eurovision.
It is ironic that the British Govt welcomed an Israeli govt minister into the country last week, a man complicit in the slaughter of innocent people, and now our leaders are wasting their time vilifying @kneecapceol.bsky.social whose only crime was to speak the truth about that slaughter.
April 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It is ironic that the British Govt welcomed an Israeli govt minister into the country last week, a man complicit in the slaughter of innocent people, and now our leaders are wasting their time vilifying @kneecapceol.bsky.social whose only crime was to speak the truth about that slaughter.
I have taken a huge risk by removing the electric blanket from my bed. Expect snow soon.
April 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have taken a huge risk by removing the electric blanket from my bed. Expect snow soon.
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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March 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
Watching Kier Starmer sucking up to Trump is truly sickening.
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Watching Kier Starmer sucking up to Trump is truly sickening.
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Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully
For the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes, now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
Yesterday a woman in Washington bought a copy of Mrs Dalloway from me and I thought there’s still hope for the USA.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Yesterday a woman in Washington bought a copy of Mrs Dalloway from me and I thought there’s still hope for the USA.
The sooner Trump goes to Mars the better.
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The sooner Trump goes to Mars the better.
The West End was crazy this afternoon.
December 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM
The West End was crazy this afternoon.
I'm not in the obvious demographic for Kneecap but I think what they do is brilliant. Comhghairdeas lads.
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
The Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’
A Belfast court has ruled that British government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I'm not in the obvious demographic for Kneecap but I think what they do is brilliant. Comhghairdeas lads.