Anne Porcheron
@anneporcheron.bsky.social
Teaching apprentices & trainee accountants by day
School governor
Books, music, running, food
London
School governor
Books, music, running, food
London
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
A welcome antidote to the spate of articles on the woes of the wealthiest homeowners - all that publicity when those facing insecure or inadequate housing struggle to make their voices heard from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A welcome antidote to the spate of articles on the woes of the wealthiest homeowners - all that publicity when those facing insecure or inadequate housing struggle to make their voices heard from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Glasman's "Blue Labour" is just Blue. Biased reporting of immigration cases, televised trials for grooming gangs - what difference is there between him and Jenrick?
'The ability to deport a drug dealer must not depend on the quality of chicken nuggets in Albania' writes Lord Glasman (why UK must leave ECHR)
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Glasman's "Blue Labour" is just Blue. Biased reporting of immigration cases, televised trials for grooming gangs - what difference is there between him and Jenrick?
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This is a direct consequence of Jenrick's attacks. He needs to be held responsible.
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is a direct consequence of Jenrick's attacks. He needs to be held responsible.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am so angry at the all-too-believable levels of racism in the justice system, media, and politics right now.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am so angry at the all-too-believable levels of racism in the justice system, media, and politics right now.
"Care". Where is the outrage, these are children, 2000 of them, missing in the UK.
More than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Care". Where is the outrage, these are children, 2000 of them, missing in the UK.
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The power of Ian Wright
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The power of Ian Wright
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As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
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Important: Read Dan's thread and then fill out the consultation on the link at the end
It's very important for as many of you as possible to take part
It's very important for as many of you as possible to take part
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Important: Read Dan's thread and then fill out the consultation on the link at the end
It's very important for as many of you as possible to take part
It's very important for as many of you as possible to take part
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
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This is a level of blood libeling of immigrants (and their citizen children, being lumped in as 'illegals') comparable to the demonization of Tutsis in the time immediately preceding the Rwandan Genocide, or the libels against Jews in the buildup to the Holocaust.
Their intentions are clear.
Their intentions are clear.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is a level of blood libeling of immigrants (and their citizen children, being lumped in as 'illegals') comparable to the demonization of Tutsis in the time immediately preceding the Rwandan Genocide, or the libels against Jews in the buildup to the Holocaust.
Their intentions are clear.
Their intentions are clear.
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV has issued another forceful condemnation of the Trump-Vance ICE raids, calling them “violent” and “extremely disrespectful” to the migrants’ “dignity that is theirs.”
The White House has declined to comment.
The White House has declined to comment.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV Slams Trump-Vance ICE Raids as “Violent” and “Extremely Disrespectful”
In the latest episode of the ongoing Vatican–Washington showdown, Pope Leo XIV decried the mistreatment migrants under the Trump-Vance Administration — and so far the White House has no response.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV has issued another forceful condemnation of the Trump-Vance ICE raids, calling them “violent” and “extremely disrespectful” to the migrants’ “dignity that is theirs.”
The White House has declined to comment.
The White House has declined to comment.
What a great week to have one Scottish and one Irish parent #TheFootball
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What a great week to have one Scottish and one Irish parent #TheFootball
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Instead of the Nuzzi shit, let's focus on the fact that apparently Johnny Knoxville got married this past weekend, the wedding was officiated by John Waters, and a dog was involved
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Instead of the Nuzzi shit, let's focus on the fact that apparently Johnny Knoxville got married this past weekend, the wedding was officiated by John Waters, and a dog was involved
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“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
Deporting *children* as a Labour policy. Grim, but perhaps unsurprising next step in a country that seems unbothered by unaccompanied child asylum seekers just disappearing from care www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Deporting *children* as a Labour policy. Grim, but perhaps unsurprising next step in a country that seems unbothered by unaccompanied child asylum seekers just disappearing from care www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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So counter-productive. Use dishonesty to aggravate feelings of grievance over asylum, and respond to the problem you create with performative cruelty.
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So counter-productive. Use dishonesty to aggravate feelings of grievance over asylum, and respond to the problem you create with performative cruelty.
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where to start
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
where to start
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
In 2014 Shabana Mahmood was protesting against Sainsbury's stocking goods from occupied Palestinian territories.
In 2025 she is proposing policies welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe.
Incredible journey (derogatory).
In 2025 she is proposing policies welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe.
Incredible journey (derogatory).
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In 2014 Shabana Mahmood was protesting against Sainsbury's stocking goods from occupied Palestinian territories.
In 2025 she is proposing policies welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe.
Incredible journey (derogatory).
In 2025 she is proposing policies welcomed by Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe.
Incredible journey (derogatory).