Anne H
@amokura13.bsky.social
Retired, love travelling. Aged 50 started living on a sailing boat for 10 years, sailed across the Atlantic both ways. Returned to UK, moved into a caravan for 3 years and toured Europe. Then Covid hit...
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The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
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The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️
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December 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️
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Can never invoke Godwin’s second law enough times
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Can never invoke Godwin’s second law enough times
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
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(aside - the annual breathless comparisons of number of admissions this year compared to the same week last year are always pointless in my opinion as the timing of waves shifts year to year and so these comparisons tell you very little) 5/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
(aside - the annual breathless comparisons of number of admissions this year compared to the same week last year are always pointless in my opinion as the timing of waves shifts year to year and so these comparisons tell you very little) 5/10
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So why are NHS leaders and the newspapers sounding the alarm?
Well, the NHS never copes well in winter and this year is no exception. Also, I imagine they want to put pressure on doctors not to strike. 8/10
Well, the NHS never copes well in winter and this year is no exception. Also, I imagine they want to put pressure on doctors not to strike. 8/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So why are NHS leaders and the newspapers sounding the alarm?
Well, the NHS never copes well in winter and this year is no exception. Also, I imagine they want to put pressure on doctors not to strike. 8/10
Well, the NHS never copes well in winter and this year is no exception. Also, I imagine they want to put pressure on doctors not to strike. 8/10
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But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
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Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
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December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
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Just an observation… but if Farage *was not* now a racist - genuinely… then he would really want to make up for the hurt he caused as a schoolboy bully. Definitely not make it worse.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just an observation… but if Farage *was not* now a racist - genuinely… then he would really want to make up for the hurt he caused as a schoolboy bully. Definitely not make it worse.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
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A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
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TL:DR There is no lever marked "closer UK-EU relations for easy, quick benefits" available to a new Labour (or any other party) leader.
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
TL:DR There is no lever marked "closer UK-EU relations for easy, quick benefits" available to a new Labour (or any other party) leader.
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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The Enclosure Acts took away centuries of shared access to land, putting fences between people and nature. Securing the Right to Roam is about reclaiming the freedom to explore, enjoy, and reconnect with our countryside once again.
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
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Why do you support a Right to Roam?
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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Enclosure Acts took away centuries of shared access to land, putting fences between people and nature. Securing the Right to Roam is about reclaiming the freedom to explore, enjoy, and reconnect with our countryside once again.
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Thú is exactly the kind of misinformation from @andrewhaglington.bsky.social that will stop the UK actually making the effort of acceed like other countries have.
Firstly, France and Germany did not offer a special deal, because this is not their perogative - applications go through Brussels.
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Firstly, France and Germany did not offer a special deal, because this is not their perogative - applications go through Brussels.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Thú is exactly the kind of misinformation from @andrewhaglington.bsky.social that will stop the UK actually making the effort of acceed like other countries have.
Firstly, France and Germany did not offer a special deal, because this is not their perogative - applications go through Brussels.
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Firstly, France and Germany did not offer a special deal, because this is not their perogative - applications go through Brussels.
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"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
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From the NS Morning Call. I have a bridge to sell the Labour folk who think the EU would sign up for this.
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From the NS Morning Call. I have a bridge to sell the Labour folk who think the EU would sign up for this.
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Hand the election to Reform AND damage the economy further? Labour's right wing immigration policies are doing double duty.
I cannot think of any previous case where a political party came to power with as many advantages as Labour, and squandered them so fast.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I cannot think of any previous case where a political party came to power with as many advantages as Labour, and squandered them so fast.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Hand the election to Reform AND damage the economy further? Labour's right wing immigration policies are doing double duty.
I cannot think of any previous case where a political party came to power with as many advantages as Labour, and squandered them so fast.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I cannot think of any previous case where a political party came to power with as many advantages as Labour, and squandered them so fast.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Michelle Mone who got paid nearly triple the cost of her useless PPE, is still jetting and sailing around the world in her megayacht with her £232m.
Crime pays when you are rich, because they never send you to jail.
Crime pays when you are rich, because they never send you to jail.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Michelle Mone who got paid nearly triple the cost of her useless PPE, is still jetting and sailing around the world in her megayacht with her £232m.
Crime pays when you are rich, because they never send you to jail.
Crime pays when you are rich, because they never send you to jail.
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"There is wider exasperation that the UK political system doesn’t really understand Brussels, possibly never did, and under-estimates the problems that then arise in negotiations."
Amid ongoing chatter in London about some Labour figures wanting to go further in EU relations, what does Brussels think of the UK... I've drawn a typical consensus view based on many conversations including with the few there who really care...
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Everything Brussels really thinks about the UK
Mostly, the Brussels bubble does not consider the UK too much. That rather amorphous group of those working in and around the institutions whether for government or other organisations, that…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"There is wider exasperation that the UK political system doesn’t really understand Brussels, possibly never did, and under-estimates the problems that then arise in negotiations."
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Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.