Becci
@becci-b.bsky.social
Middle aged lefty weirdo who likes dogs more than people. Don't DM
Boo loves to find a stick to accompany her on her walk, the bigger the better. It helps her to be brave around dogs & kids
May 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Boo loves to find a stick to accompany her on her walk, the bigger the better. It helps her to be brave around dogs & kids
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DWP pays HALF A BILLION to dead people - while underpaying pensions & cutting benefits
While the DWP paid £512 million to deceased individuals over the past five years, it underpaid pensions by £200m and cut benefits for the poorest people.
WTF is going on???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
While the DWP paid £512 million to deceased individuals over the past five years, it underpaid pensions by £200m and cut benefits for the poorest people.
WTF is going on???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP pays HALF A BILLION to dead people - while underpaying pensions & cutting benefits
While the DWP paid £512 million to deceased individuals over the past five years, it underpaid pensions by £200m and cut benefits
www.thecanary.co
January 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DWP pays HALF A BILLION to dead people - while underpaying pensions & cutting benefits
While the DWP paid £512 million to deceased individuals over the past five years, it underpaid pensions by £200m and cut benefits for the poorest people.
WTF is going on???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
While the DWP paid £512 million to deceased individuals over the past five years, it underpaid pensions by £200m and cut benefits for the poorest people.
WTF is going on???
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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“Hello, do you have ‘Unleashed’ by Boris Johnson and ‘Ten Years To Save The West’ by Liz Truss❓
What a pound each, that seems excessive..
OK good so a pound for both, I’ll take them..
Yes correct they’re Xmas gifts for two people that I really can’t stand”❗️
What a pound each, that seems excessive..
OK good so a pound for both, I’ll take them..
Yes correct they’re Xmas gifts for two people that I really can’t stand”❗️
December 5, 2024 at 12:57 PM
“Hello, do you have ‘Unleashed’ by Boris Johnson and ‘Ten Years To Save The West’ by Liz Truss❓
What a pound each, that seems excessive..
OK good so a pound for both, I’ll take them..
Yes correct they’re Xmas gifts for two people that I really can’t stand”❗️
What a pound each, that seems excessive..
OK good so a pound for both, I’ll take them..
Yes correct they’re Xmas gifts for two people that I really can’t stand”❗️
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The British left been in retreat ever since the high water mark of 2017, but how bad is it actually?
How cooked is the British left?
In 2017 the British left almost won power for the first time in generations. Since then it's been routed at every turn.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:20 PM
The British left been in retreat ever since the high water mark of 2017, but how bad is it actually?
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer Rejects Call for Fairer Votes Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
Keir Starmer is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
Keir Starmer is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
Keir Starmer Rejects Call for Fairer Votes Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
Keir Starmer is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:56 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer Rejects Call for Fairer Votes Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
Keir Starmer is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
Keir Starmer is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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EXPOSED: the scandal of big money in UK politics - corruption, dark money, and cash for access
Research from @transparencyuk.bsky.social has revealed that one in every ten pounds from political donors comes from dubious sources
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Research from @transparencyuk.bsky.social has revealed that one in every ten pounds from political donors comes from dubious sources
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
EXPOSED: the scandal of big money in UK politics - corruption, dark money, and cash for access
Research from Transparency International has revealed that one in every ten pounds from political donors comes from dubious sources
www.thecanary.co
December 2, 2024 at 7:27 PM
EXPOSED: the scandal of big money in UK politics - corruption, dark money, and cash for access
Research from @transparencyuk.bsky.social has revealed that one in every ten pounds from political donors comes from dubious sources
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Research from @transparencyuk.bsky.social has revealed that one in every ten pounds from political donors comes from dubious sources
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
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UK refuses to confirm if it gave Israeli military chief special immunity on visit this week - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-refuses-say-if-it-gave-israeli-military-chief-special-immunity-visit-week
UK refuses to confirm if it gave Israeli military chief special immunity on visit this week
Israel reportedly fears that Herzi Haveli, who visited the UK this week, could be issued an arrest warrant by the ICC
www.middleeasteye.net
November 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
UK refuses to confirm if it gave Israeli military chief special immunity on visit this week - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-refuses-say-if-it-gave-israeli-military-chief-special-immunity-visit-week
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Our government’s complicity and callous attitude towards the genocide in Palestine is a stain on humanity and must galvanise more of us than ever to take action.
📰 Read my latest article in @labouroutlook.bsky.social:
📰 Read my latest article in @labouroutlook.bsky.social:
If Keir Starmer will not speak up for Gaza, we must continue to raise our voices for them
If our Prime Minister will not speak up for the people living through a genocide in Gaza, then we must raise our voices for them - Samuel Sweek, Peace and Justice Project.
labouroutlook.org
November 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Our government’s complicity and callous attitude towards the genocide in Palestine is a stain on humanity and must galvanise more of us than ever to take action.
📰 Read my latest article in @labouroutlook.bsky.social:
📰 Read my latest article in @labouroutlook.bsky.social:
Boo is curled up fast asleep. I've only had her for just over 5 months, but she seems to have really settled with me now & starting to show her sweet personality
November 28, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Boo is curled up fast asleep. I've only had her for just over 5 months, but she seems to have really settled with me now & starting to show her sweet personality
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One in four households with very young children are in food poverty. Labour has no excuse.
This shocking state of affairs around child food poverty has been worsened by Labour's failure to act on things like the two-child limit
www.thecanary.co/uk/2024/11/2...
This shocking state of affairs around child food poverty has been worsened by Labour's failure to act on things like the two-child limit
www.thecanary.co/uk/2024/11/2...
One in four households with very young children are in food poverty. Labour has no excuse.
This shocking state of affairs on child food poverty has been worsened by Labour's failure to act on things like the two-child benefit cap
www.thecanary.co
November 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
One in four households with very young children are in food poverty. Labour has no excuse.
This shocking state of affairs around child food poverty has been worsened by Labour's failure to act on things like the two-child limit
www.thecanary.co/uk/2024/11/2...
This shocking state of affairs around child food poverty has been worsened by Labour's failure to act on things like the two-child limit
www.thecanary.co/uk/2024/11/2...
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The UK is now arming suspected war criminals who have been indicted by the world’s pre-eminent criminal court, the ICC.
The government must end ALL arms sales NOW.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-isra...
The government must end ALL arms sales NOW.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-isra...
UK threatened with emergency ban of arms exports to Israel after ICC warrants
Rights groups warn British government that it is 'now arming suspected war criminals who have been indicted by the world’s pre-eminent criminal court'
www.middleeasteye.net
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
The UK is now arming suspected war criminals who have been indicted by the world’s pre-eminent criminal court, the ICC.
The government must end ALL arms sales NOW.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-isra...
The government must end ALL arms sales NOW.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-isra...
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No Other Land: An Israeli-Palestinian duo fight to expose apartheid as war rages in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/no-other-land-israel-palestinian-filmmakers-on-carnage
No Other Land: An Israeli-Palestinian duo fight to expose apartheid as war rages in Gaza
MEE speaks to Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra about death threats, mob attacks and antisemitism
www.middleeasteye.net
November 26, 2024 at 6:02 PM
No Other Land: An Israeli-Palestinian duo fight to expose apartheid as war rages in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/no-other-land-israel-palestinian-filmmakers-on-carnage
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Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
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"The fact that you as a defendant see your crime as less than the other person’s and see yourself as morally superior is irrelevant. The only relevant question is have you broken the law?"
Please read my latest piece here 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-moral-e...
Please read my latest piece here 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-moral-e...
"No moral equivalence" has no legal relevance in international law
It's the type of argument you use when you have no credible defence
www.councilestatemedia.uk
November 25, 2024 at 7:55 PM
"The fact that you as a defendant see your crime as less than the other person’s and see yourself as morally superior is irrelevant. The only relevant question is have you broken the law?"
Please read my latest piece here 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-moral-e...
Please read my latest piece here 👇
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/no-moral-e...
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King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
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Israel strikes central Beirut in predawn attack, killing 11 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-strikes-central-beirut-predawn-attack-killing
Israel strikes central Beirut in predawn attack, killing 11
The Israeli military used cluster bombs to destroy a residential building in Basta al-Fawqa neighbourhood
www.middleeasteye.net
November 23, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Israel strikes central Beirut in predawn attack, killing 11 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-strikes-central-beirut-predawn-attack-killing
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Blair patron of charity that shows Gaza and West Bank as part of Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tony-blair-patron-jewish-nation-fund-erases-west-bank
Blair patron of charity that shows Gaza and West Bank as part of Israel
Jewish National Fund's UK branch also includes Golan Heights in map of Israel on website
www.middleeasteye.net
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Blair patron of charity that shows Gaza and West Bank as part of Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tony-blair-patron-jewish-nation-fund-erases-west-bank