Boudicca of Suburbia
@boudicca.bsky.social
Lover of shoes, cycling and cemeteries. Destroyer of legions.
Pinned
Forget little blue birds, from now on I am strictly flamingos 🦩 🦩 🦩
So much stupid in one comment 🙄
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So much stupid in one comment 🙄
Why aren’t people being paid enough to live on? Isn’t this just a subsidy to businesses who underpay their staff? And if so, let’s call it what is.
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why aren’t people being paid enough to live on? Isn’t this just a subsidy to businesses who underpay their staff? And if so, let’s call it what is.
WTF is wrong with Labour? Has noone in the cabinet learnt anything from 1930s Germany, or what’s currently happening in the US?
Why do they want us to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
The Government moots leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
WTF is wrong with Labour? Has noone in the cabinet learnt anything from 1930s Germany, or what’s currently happening in the US?
Never thought I’d say this, but Pope Leo is taking a pretty strong stand on what are *actual* Christian values, and the Church of England should too.
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Never thought I’d say this, but Pope Leo is taking a pretty strong stand on what are *actual* Christian values, and the Church of England should too.
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Oh good. More media controlled by ever fewer men who use their power to serve their own ends at everyone else’s expense.😒
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Oh good. More media controlled by ever fewer men who use their power to serve their own ends at everyone else’s expense.😒
Rights for rich white men, no rights for the rest of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US says countries with DEI policies as infringing human rights
US officials say the rules will stop
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Rights for rich white men, no rights for the rest of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Calling Shabana Mahmood
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Calling Shabana Mahmood
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The government have opened a consultation on drastically limiting the Indefinite Leave to Remain system.
Presumably they're hoping not many people will notice that it's taking place.
So if you have views or know anyone who does, please take the opportunity to respond.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Presumably they're hoping not many people will notice that it's taking place.
So if you have views or know anyone who does, please take the opportunity to respond.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The government have opened a consultation on drastically limiting the Indefinite Leave to Remain system.
Presumably they're hoping not many people will notice that it's taking place.
So if you have views or know anyone who does, please take the opportunity to respond.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Presumably they're hoping not many people will notice that it's taking place.
So if you have views or know anyone who does, please take the opportunity to respond.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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But if the government start taxing the likes of Starbucks & they leave, Are we seriously saying that Britain will stop drinking coffee?
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
But if the government start taxing the likes of Starbucks & they leave, Are we seriously saying that Britain will stop drinking coffee?
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
Got my boiler fixed today and set the heating nice and high to warm everywhere up. Now my entire house is like a furnace. I miss being cold. 😐
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Got my boiler fixed today and set the heating nice and high to warm everywhere up. Now my entire house is like a furnace. I miss being cold. 😐
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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“There are not many places in the world where you can go from a council estate to becoming Mayor.
But that’s the promise of London…If you’re willing to work hard, this city will give you a helping hand, ensuring there’s no limit to what you can achieve.” — @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
But that’s the promise of London…If you’re willing to work hard, this city will give you a helping hand, ensuring there’s no limit to what you can achieve.” — @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
London proves progressive cities work. No wonder some politicians hate that, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
We must stand up and defend our liberal, progressive, caring capital
www.lbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“There are not many places in the world where you can go from a council estate to becoming Mayor.
But that’s the promise of London…If you’re willing to work hard, this city will give you a helping hand, ensuring there’s no limit to what you can achieve.” — @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
But that’s the promise of London…If you’re willing to work hard, this city will give you a helping hand, ensuring there’s no limit to what you can achieve.” — @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
So much to dissect here. I’m going to start with ‘frozen hot chocolate’.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
So much to dissect here. I’m going to start with ‘frozen hot chocolate’.
Last night I dreamt I single-handedly stopped a major heist that started in a department store.
Also in my dream: husband cross because the criminals had my phone so I didn’t let him know I’d be late meeting him for dinner. 🙄
Also in my dream: husband cross because the criminals had my phone so I didn’t let him know I’d be late meeting him for dinner. 🙄
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Last night I dreamt I single-handedly stopped a major heist that started in a department store.
Also in my dream: husband cross because the criminals had my phone so I didn’t let him know I’d be late meeting him for dinner. 🙄
Also in my dream: husband cross because the criminals had my phone so I didn’t let him know I’d be late meeting him for dinner. 🙄
The AI you didn’t ask for and don’t want is now risking your pension 😐
2/2….but it is now one that is very relevant. That’s because a large chunk of the $7tn investment pouring into data centres between now and 2030, as forecast by McKinsey, is being financed by debt of the kind that lines millions of nest eggs".
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The AI you didn’t ask for and don’t want is now risking your pension 😐
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if you are disgusted by government proposals for refugees - please, please write to both your local MP and to public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
if you are disgusted by government proposals for refugees - please, please write to both your local MP and to public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
This is why people don’t like politicians - not answering the question* but trotting out some pompous and meaningless way of avoiding answering.
* Obviously he *can’t* answer the question because then he’d have to acknowledge how monstrous this policy is.
* Obviously he *can’t* answer the question because then he’d have to acknowledge how monstrous this policy is.
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is why people don’t like politicians - not answering the question* but trotting out some pompous and meaningless way of avoiding answering.
* Obviously he *can’t* answer the question because then he’d have to acknowledge how monstrous this policy is.
* Obviously he *can’t* answer the question because then he’d have to acknowledge how monstrous this policy is.
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
I wish more Labour MPs would stand up and say this stuff. Surely *most* of them hate what the government is doing?
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I wish more Labour MPs would stand up and say this stuff. Surely *most* of them hate what the government is doing?
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Just *once* I’d like to start the day without being incredibly disappointed in Labour.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just *once* I’d like to start the day without being incredibly disappointed in Labour.
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Our Labour government is now transparently absorbing far right immigration policies like a jellyfish digesting used condoms.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our Labour government is now transparently absorbing far right immigration policies like a jellyfish digesting used condoms.
What’s wrong with Labour? I don’t care if they think this stuff is popular, they should be doing what is *right*.
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What’s wrong with Labour? I don’t care if they think this stuff is popular, they should be doing what is *right*.