Basicallygrace
@basicallygrace.bsky.social
Mum to 4 autistic adults. Carer, teacher, friend. Teach ESL, love the environment.
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Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
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One of today’s Russian papers suggests that “The Russian army may take advantage of the cooling of the United States to the Ukraine issue...experts predict the possible opening of two new fronts.” #ReadingRussia
Today's Russian papers: blaming Europe, crumbling infrastructure
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
One of today’s Russian papers suggests that “The Russian army may take advantage of the cooling of the United States to the Ukraine issue...experts predict the possible opening of two new fronts.” #ReadingRussia
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Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates
Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"They're eating the free speech!"
The notion that Europeans live in a repressive anti-free-speech hellscape because Twitter got fined is so funny to me.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"They're eating the free speech!"
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Farage banging 🇷🇺 Putin’s drum for him again. I’d missed this one regarding Russia’s novichok attack on British soil that killed a British woman.
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Farage banging 🇷🇺 Putin’s drum for him again. I’d missed this one regarding Russia’s novichok attack on British soil that killed a British woman.
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
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4/ Robbie Gibb was heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way with the BBC, he would “blow the place up”.
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
4/ Robbie Gibb was heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way with the BBC, he would “blow the place up”.
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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Many people would be happy to pay more tax to fix the mess the Tories left behind. One reader explains why.
Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
www.bigissue.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Many people would be happy to pay more tax to fix the mess the Tories left behind. One reader explains why.
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I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn't expect after childbirth
I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn't expect after childbirth
Pelvic organ prolapse affects around one in 12 mothers, but many people have never even heard of it.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn't expect after childbirth
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🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
October 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.
Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
Sunrise and bird song in the Yorkshiredales
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sunrise and bird song in the Yorkshiredales
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user
Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
observer.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user
Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto.
It's Brexit 2.
And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they
are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
It's Brexit 2.
And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they
are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
October 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto.
It's Brexit 2.
And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they
are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
It's Brexit 2.
And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they
are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
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Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...
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Criticism of the BBC for the undue prominence it’s giving to Reform seems to be the only criticism of the BBC it won’t amplify. Funny that. 🤔
BBC promoting Reform as the 3rd party again
In reality, Lib Dems are the 3rd party and Reform are the 7th party
In reality, Lib Dems are the 3rd party and Reform are the 7th party
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Criticism of the BBC for the undue prominence it’s giving to Reform seems to be the only criticism of the BBC it won’t amplify. Funny that. 🤔
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Incredibly, Kemi Badenoch believes that supporting far right racists who, lest we forget, want mass deportation of all immigrants (especially black and brown ones), will mean they will be happy to vote for a party led by a black woman who was raised in Nigeria.
I mean, it's a strategy, I suppose.
I mean, it's a strategy, I suppose.
Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Incredibly, Kemi Badenoch believes that supporting far right racists who, lest we forget, want mass deportation of all immigrants (especially black and brown ones), will mean they will be happy to vote for a party led by a black woman who was raised in Nigeria.
I mean, it's a strategy, I suppose.
I mean, it's a strategy, I suppose.
Fulfilled a long term wish and visited Sissinghurst today
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fulfilled a long term wish and visited Sissinghurst today
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EPSTEIN: 200 pages in that birthday book…some entries from family.
Some from his schooldays. But others are more revealing.
Eg “A collection of limericks written by his art advisor, Stuart Pivar, for example, notes that Epstein, “though up to no good/whenever he could/has avoided the penitentiary.”
Some from his schooldays. But others are more revealing.
Eg “A collection of limericks written by his art advisor, Stuart Pivar, for example, notes that Epstein, “though up to no good/whenever he could/has avoided the penitentiary.”
September 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
EPSTEIN: 200 pages in that birthday book…some entries from family.
Some from his schooldays. But others are more revealing.
Eg “A collection of limericks written by his art advisor, Stuart Pivar, for example, notes that Epstein, “though up to no good/whenever he could/has avoided the penitentiary.”
Some from his schooldays. But others are more revealing.
Eg “A collection of limericks written by his art advisor, Stuart Pivar, for example, notes that Epstein, “though up to no good/whenever he could/has avoided the penitentiary.”
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Funny how this keeps happening?
EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
Thug convicted of bid to murder child is part of far right ‘save our children’ vigilante group in east Belfast
A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is part of a far-right vigilante ‘save our children’ group patrolling Belfast’s streets.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Funny how this keeps happening?
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Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.
August 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.
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🎉IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!🎉
My first legal thriller, #TheCutThroatTrial!
The mutilated body of an old man is found in the street. Three teenagers nearby, caked in his blood.
Each points the finger at the others.
Each has his own story.
Available NOW in the links below 👇
My first legal thriller, #TheCutThroatTrial!
The mutilated body of an old man is found in the street. Three teenagers nearby, caked in his blood.
Each points the finger at the others.
Each has his own story.
Available NOW in the links below 👇
August 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🎉IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!🎉
My first legal thriller, #TheCutThroatTrial!
The mutilated body of an old man is found in the street. Three teenagers nearby, caked in his blood.
Each points the finger at the others.
Each has his own story.
Available NOW in the links below 👇
My first legal thriller, #TheCutThroatTrial!
The mutilated body of an old man is found in the street. Three teenagers nearby, caked in his blood.
Each points the finger at the others.
Each has his own story.
Available NOW in the links below 👇
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“A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word ‘n*****’ at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there’d be ‘black body bags’
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
Perhaps rather than endlessly promoting Mr Farage, the national media could highlight what his local councillors are doing - as demonstrated here by @northantstelegraph.bsky.social
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Corby Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations
Reform councillor Robert Bloom, who has been in his North Northamptonshire Council post for just 117 days, has resigned after a neighbour alleged he used appalling racial slurs toward her family.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word ‘n*****’ at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there’d be ‘black body bags’
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
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Leaving the ECHR would unravel the Good Friday Agreement, destabilise devolution, and wreck our EU security deal. It would strip Britain of influence and safety. This reckless move must be stopped.
Why Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ migrant deportation plans don’t add up
Nigel Farage claims he would deport 600,000 asylum seekers in the first term of a Reform government and ramp up detentions of those who come here illegally. But the numbers don’t quite add up, as…
www.the-independent.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Leaving the ECHR would unravel the Good Friday Agreement, destabilise devolution, and wreck our EU security deal. It would strip Britain of influence and safety. This reckless move must be stopped.
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Left: Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden says Angela Rayner owning two homes is a "huge property portfolio"
Right: That time Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats from Conservative donor Nicolas James Roach, who donated £5k to the Conservatives and £50k to Jeremy Hunt
Right: That time Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats from Conservative donor Nicolas James Roach, who donated £5k to the Conservatives and £50k to Jeremy Hunt
August 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Left: Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden says Angela Rayner owning two homes is a "huge property portfolio"
Right: That time Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats from Conservative donor Nicolas James Roach, who donated £5k to the Conservatives and £50k to Jeremy Hunt
Right: That time Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats from Conservative donor Nicolas James Roach, who donated £5k to the Conservatives and £50k to Jeremy Hunt