Claire O
@baloolah.bsky.social
Irish woman in the UK- Fed up with the world- textiles as therapy
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I have NEVER seen a party as determined not to get re-elected as the current incarnation of Labour.
It's bizarre and thoroughly depressing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's bizarre and thoroughly depressing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I have NEVER seen a party as determined not to get re-elected as the current incarnation of Labour.
It's bizarre and thoroughly depressing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's bizarre and thoroughly depressing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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With every passing day, the delta grows between my low hopes for Labour and where they are now.
They are abominably awful.
To think they were gifted everything on a plate: a gigantic majority, and a public filled with righteous fury at the Tories.
To mess up this badly is unthinkable. And yet...
They are abominably awful.
To think they were gifted everything on a plate: a gigantic majority, and a public filled with righteous fury at the Tories.
To mess up this badly is unthinkable. And yet...
September 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
With every passing day, the delta grows between my low hopes for Labour and where they are now.
They are abominably awful.
To think they were gifted everything on a plate: a gigantic majority, and a public filled with righteous fury at the Tories.
To mess up this badly is unthinkable. And yet...
They are abominably awful.
To think they were gifted everything on a plate: a gigantic majority, and a public filled with righteous fury at the Tories.
To mess up this badly is unthinkable. And yet...
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Can’t get enough of this. @raskin.house.gov rubbing Nigel Farage’s nose in his self-confessed love of Putin as he’s forced to sit & watch is delicious beyond words
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can’t get enough of this. @raskin.house.gov rubbing Nigel Farage’s nose in his self-confessed love of Putin as he’s forced to sit & watch is delicious beyond words
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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
July 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
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I’d like to remind you that, despite the hysterical press, the IDF is not a persecuted minority. It’s a powerful military force committing genocide and war crimes.
Black men, however, are, and always have been, a persecuted minority.
Black men, however, are, and always have been, a persecuted minority.
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’d like to remind you that, despite the hysterical press, the IDF is not a persecuted minority. It’s a powerful military force committing genocide and war crimes.
Black men, however, are, and always have been, a persecuted minority.
Black men, however, are, and always have been, a persecuted minority.
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Having walked around this area a number of times I’ll be there on the @righttoroam.bsky.social event. Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
It's not town vs country, whatever the culture warriors might tell you. It's money and power vs people.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Having walked around this area a number of times I’ll be there on the @righttoroam.bsky.social event. Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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“When words stop meaning what they’re meant to mean, then we’re in trouble.” In a new interview, the novelist Katie Kitamura talks about why writing is particularly important right now.
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April 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“When words stop meaning what they’re meant to mean, then we’re in trouble.” In a new interview, the novelist Katie Kitamura talks about why writing is particularly important right now.
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I know the right wing media finds it all very difficult so, in an attempt to be helpful, this is what an actual interference with free speech looks like.
March 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I know the right wing media finds it all very difficult so, in an attempt to be helpful, this is what an actual interference with free speech looks like.
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Emojis. Fucking emojis. I get the ick when men use them about dating let alone bombings where civilians die.
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Emojis. Fucking emojis. I get the ick when men use them about dating let alone bombings where civilians die.
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Every day and in every way, Trump and his cohorts take another shit on the Constitution they have promised to revere and defend.
March 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Every day and in every way, Trump and his cohorts take another shit on the Constitution they have promised to revere and defend.
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As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
March 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
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The rise of the AfD, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Reform, and every other Far Right party isn't 'organic' or a popular reaction.
It is due to unlimited, non stop support from the Far Right Billionaire Media, and the many idiots who will vote for blatant lies.
It is due to unlimited, non stop support from the Far Right Billionaire Media, and the many idiots who will vote for blatant lies.
February 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The rise of the AfD, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Reform, and every other Far Right party isn't 'organic' or a popular reaction.
It is due to unlimited, non stop support from the Far Right Billionaire Media, and the many idiots who will vote for blatant lies.
It is due to unlimited, non stop support from the Far Right Billionaire Media, and the many idiots who will vote for blatant lies.
Ive just signed and emailed the chairman
mailto:Chairman@marks-and-spencer.com
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
mailto:Chairman@marks-and-spencer.com
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
Sign the Petition
Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
actionstorm.org
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ive just signed and emailed the chairman
mailto:Chairman@marks-and-spencer.com
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
mailto:Chairman@marks-and-spencer.com
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
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Don’t rely on Politico.
Mathias Döpfner, its owner, self described contrarian & CEO of Axel Springer, praised the “inspiring message” of JD Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the US vice-president.
Mathias Döpfner, its owner, self described contrarian & CEO of Axel Springer, praised the “inspiring message” of JD Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the US vice-president.
February 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Don’t rely on Politico.
Mathias Döpfner, its owner, self described contrarian & CEO of Axel Springer, praised the “inspiring message” of JD Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the US vice-president.
Mathias Döpfner, its owner, self described contrarian & CEO of Axel Springer, praised the “inspiring message” of JD Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the US vice-president.
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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5. Sustaining the most extreme anti-protest measures in any allegedly-democratic country. You could even start to believe that Labour finds it convenient to criminalise protest and send peaceful dissenters to jail for years.
February 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
5. Sustaining the most extreme anti-protest measures in any allegedly-democratic country. You could even start to believe that Labour finds it convenient to criminalise protest and send peaceful dissenters to jail for years.
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I'm not easily shocked, but the sight of individuals cheering on the richest man in the world as he takes away vital aid to the most desperate people on this Earth has shocked me.
There are good people. There are bad people. Then there's Elon Musk and his empathy devoid flesh failure followers.
There are good people. There are bad people. Then there's Elon Musk and his empathy devoid flesh failure followers.
February 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I'm not easily shocked, but the sight of individuals cheering on the richest man in the world as he takes away vital aid to the most desperate people on this Earth has shocked me.
There are good people. There are bad people. Then there's Elon Musk and his empathy devoid flesh failure followers.
There are good people. There are bad people. Then there's Elon Musk and his empathy devoid flesh failure followers.
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Reform hasn’t got to this point organically. They have got to this point via foreign money, Russian interference, disinformation, mass manipulation, disproportionate MSM coverage and being constantly massively boosted by right wing social media companies. There is fuck all democratic about it.
February 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reform hasn’t got to this point organically. They have got to this point via foreign money, Russian interference, disinformation, mass manipulation, disproportionate MSM coverage and being constantly massively boosted by right wing social media companies. There is fuck all democratic about it.
Too many words - too many days of chaos - too many white men strutting around wanting everyone in their place
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Too many words - too many days of chaos - too many white men strutting around wanting everyone in their place
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I used to scratch my head as to how they all allowed the world to go to hell in a handbasket in the 1930s and why not enough was done to prevent it. We all know now.
January 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I used to scratch my head as to how they all allowed the world to go to hell in a handbasket in the 1930s and why not enough was done to prevent it. We all know now.
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This terribly humiliating Farage business reminds me of that ancient proverb, “He who shall insert himself too deeply into the colon of another egomaniac for self-advancement must risk being shat out at very short notice”.
January 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This terribly humiliating Farage business reminds me of that ancient proverb, “He who shall insert himself too deeply into the colon of another egomaniac for self-advancement must risk being shat out at very short notice”.
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Why are we giving so much airtime to this grifting clown?
January 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why are we giving so much airtime to this grifting clown?
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So y’all know that the lead investor in this place is a crypto company founded by Steve Bannon’s ex-business partner, right?
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 AM
So y’all know that the lead investor in this place is a crypto company founded by Steve Bannon’s ex-business partner, right?