Catherine Ball
@catcopywriting.bsky.social
Journalist, copywriter and PR consultant.
Mum of 4, too liberal for The Bad Place
From Leeds and living in Sheffield
Mum of 4, too liberal for The Bad Place
From Leeds and living in Sheffield
Well voter records seem to show that Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson was unaffiliated but his parents were registered Republicans… wonder how this plays into the ‘let’s get revenge on Democrats’ rhetoric?! 🤔
September 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Well voter records seem to show that Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson was unaffiliated but his parents were registered Republicans… wonder how this plays into the ‘let’s get revenge on Democrats’ rhetoric?! 🤔
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Remember the maths (math if you’re American) of resistance.
3.5% of the population need to actively dissent to succeed
US population is 340 million so that is 11.9 million people.
With 2,000 #nokings protests planned, an average of 6,000 protesters per protest would achieve the numbers needed
3.5% of the population need to actively dissent to succeed
US population is 340 million so that is 11.9 million people.
With 2,000 #nokings protests planned, an average of 6,000 protesters per protest would achieve the numbers needed
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Remember the maths (math if you’re American) of resistance.
3.5% of the population need to actively dissent to succeed
US population is 340 million so that is 11.9 million people.
With 2,000 #nokings protests planned, an average of 6,000 protesters per protest would achieve the numbers needed
3.5% of the population need to actively dissent to succeed
US population is 340 million so that is 11.9 million people.
With 2,000 #nokings protests planned, an average of 6,000 protesters per protest would achieve the numbers needed
Best day on the internet since Wagatha Christie
June 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Best day on the internet since Wagatha Christie
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I’ve seen SO MUCH confusion from Americans about the Chris Brown arrest and how the UK criminal justice system works. I’m not a lawyer but I was a court reporter for many years so let’s clear some stuff up:
You can’t pay your way out of prison here. Paying for bail isn’t a thing like in the US 1/
You can’t pay your way out of prison here. Paying for bail isn’t a thing like in the US 1/
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I’ve seen SO MUCH confusion from Americans about the Chris Brown arrest and how the UK criminal justice system works. I’m not a lawyer but I was a court reporter for many years so let’s clear some stuff up:
You can’t pay your way out of prison here. Paying for bail isn’t a thing like in the US 1/
You can’t pay your way out of prison here. Paying for bail isn’t a thing like in the US 1/
OH COME ON!! I expected more from The Independent…
Chances are not ‘slim’ that a thrice-married non-Catholic who has probably never even sat through an entire mass without falling asleep could be elected Pope.
This is insanity… I do like the very appropriate ad placement though
Chances are not ‘slim’ that a thrice-married non-Catholic who has probably never even sat through an entire mass without falling asleep could be elected Pope.
This is insanity… I do like the very appropriate ad placement though
May 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
OH COME ON!! I expected more from The Independent…
Chances are not ‘slim’ that a thrice-married non-Catholic who has probably never even sat through an entire mass without falling asleep could be elected Pope.
This is insanity… I do like the very appropriate ad placement though
Chances are not ‘slim’ that a thrice-married non-Catholic who has probably never even sat through an entire mass without falling asleep could be elected Pope.
This is insanity… I do like the very appropriate ad placement though
Come on BBC, you can do better. Stop normalising this insanity. You cannot equate Trump sharing an image of HIMSELF as Pope to Biden making the sign of the cross at a pro-choice event. They are NOT THE SAME. If you’re Catholic and also MAGA, now is the time to choose - you cannot be both
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Come on BBC, you can do better. Stop normalising this insanity. You cannot equate Trump sharing an image of HIMSELF as Pope to Biden making the sign of the cross at a pro-choice event. They are NOT THE SAME. If you’re Catholic and also MAGA, now is the time to choose - you cannot be both
When people learnt about the Holocaust and the Second World War at school, most people imagined if they were there, they would have been part of the resistance and certainly not one of the perpetrators. In reality, the majority are bystanders - ignoring what is happening now is a deliberate choice
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
When people learnt about the Holocaust and the Second World War at school, most people imagined if they were there, they would have been part of the resistance and certainly not one of the perpetrators. In reality, the majority are bystanders - ignoring what is happening now is a deliberate choice
Really sad about this… Pope Francis was a good man and a fantastic leader of the Catholic Church. Truly a people’s pope - he will be missed all over the world.
news.sky.com/story/amp/po...
news.sky.com/story/amp/po...
Pope Francis has died, the Vatican says
Francis became pope in 2013. In recent years, the 88-year-old was forced to cancel some events, sometimes at the last minute, because of his health.
news.sky.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Really sad about this… Pope Francis was a good man and a fantastic leader of the Catholic Church. Truly a people’s pope - he will be missed all over the world.
news.sky.com/story/amp/po...
news.sky.com/story/amp/po...
That anyone in 2025 can look at the post-war division of Berlin and see that as a reasonable solution should terrify us all.
These people have no rock bottom, no matter how low they sink, they always manage to go even lower
These people have no rock bottom, no matter how low they sink, they always manage to go even lower
Imagine saying this as if you think that’s a good thing
Trump envoy: We can divide Ukraine like postwar Berlin
www.thetimes.com/article/9b93...
Trump envoy: We can divide Ukraine like postwar Berlin
www.thetimes.com/article/9b93...
April 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
That anyone in 2025 can look at the post-war division of Berlin and see that as a reasonable solution should terrify us all.
These people have no rock bottom, no matter how low they sink, they always manage to go even lower
These people have no rock bottom, no matter how low they sink, they always manage to go even lower
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
September 2023: Russell Brand is exposed as a sexual predator by a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation
April 2024: Out of ‘nowhere’, Brand decides to become a born again Christian
July 2024: He becomes a MAGA supporter
April 2025: He’s charged with rape and sexual assault
🤔
April 2024: Out of ‘nowhere’, Brand decides to become a born again Christian
July 2024: He becomes a MAGA supporter
April 2025: He’s charged with rape and sexual assault
🤔
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
September 2023: Russell Brand is exposed as a sexual predator by a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation
April 2024: Out of ‘nowhere’, Brand decides to become a born again Christian
July 2024: He becomes a MAGA supporter
April 2025: He’s charged with rape and sexual assault
🤔
April 2024: Out of ‘nowhere’, Brand decides to become a born again Christian
July 2024: He becomes a MAGA supporter
April 2025: He’s charged with rape and sexual assault
🤔
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This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.
March 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.
Have you noticed how Republicans and MAGA are just as angry, aggressive, unhappy and hateful now they have (allegedly) won as they were when they lost?
Nothing will make these people happy. Hate is their whole personality
Nothing will make these people happy. Hate is their whole personality
March 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Have you noticed how Republicans and MAGA are just as angry, aggressive, unhappy and hateful now they have (allegedly) won as they were when they lost?
Nothing will make these people happy. Hate is their whole personality
Nothing will make these people happy. Hate is their whole personality
Her behaviour here is disgusting - she turned on her as soon as she heard her accent so I feel for any British journalists working for US outlets right now
NEW: Even by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s gutter standards, this is disgusting & abusive behaviour towards a British journalist.
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Her behaviour here is disgusting - she turned on her as soon as she heard her accent so I feel for any British journalists working for US outlets right now
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NEW: Even by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s gutter standards, this is disgusting & abusive behaviour towards a British journalist.
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
March 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: Even by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s gutter standards, this is disgusting & abusive behaviour towards a British journalist.
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
“We don't give a crap about your opinion & your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country.”
Huge credit to the American reporter for supporting his UK colleague. 👏
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President Zelensky will meet King Charles at Sandringham tomorrow. A spokesman for the King said the purpose of the meeting was "to annoy the fuck out of that dreadful orange shithead"
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
President Zelensky will meet King Charles at Sandringham tomorrow. A spokesman for the King said the purpose of the meeting was "to annoy the fuck out of that dreadful orange shithead"
America believes the Cold War ended in 1991…
In reality, it never stopped and it looks like Putin won…
Imagine telling Americans in the 1950s and 1960s that one day they would elect and welcome a Russian asset as their president
In reality, it never stopped and it looks like Putin won…
Imagine telling Americans in the 1950s and 1960s that one day they would elect and welcome a Russian asset as their president
March 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
America believes the Cold War ended in 1991…
In reality, it never stopped and it looks like Putin won…
Imagine telling Americans in the 1950s and 1960s that one day they would elect and welcome a Russian asset as their president
In reality, it never stopped and it looks like Putin won…
Imagine telling Americans in the 1950s and 1960s that one day they would elect and welcome a Russian asset as their president
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Zelensky is everything Trump is not:
A brave, compassionate leader who joins his people on the front lines instead of focusing on saving his own skin.
Calm under pressure and diplomatic
Zelensky doesn’t want to be a golden idol, he just wants his country to be free and Trump hates him for it
A brave, compassionate leader who joins his people on the front lines instead of focusing on saving his own skin.
Calm under pressure and diplomatic
Zelensky doesn’t want to be a golden idol, he just wants his country to be free and Trump hates him for it
March 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Zelensky is everything Trump is not:
A brave, compassionate leader who joins his people on the front lines instead of focusing on saving his own skin.
Calm under pressure and diplomatic
Zelensky doesn’t want to be a golden idol, he just wants his country to be free and Trump hates him for it
A brave, compassionate leader who joins his people on the front lines instead of focusing on saving his own skin.
Calm under pressure and diplomatic
Zelensky doesn’t want to be a golden idol, he just wants his country to be free and Trump hates him for it
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
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Just because someone is rich it doesn't mean they are smart. Generations upon generations of the smartest people the world has ever seen died as farmers in obscurity. We only get to know about the people with the money and power who were written about. They're powerful, not smart.
February 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Just because someone is rich it doesn't mean they are smart. Generations upon generations of the smartest people the world has ever seen died as farmers in obscurity. We only get to know about the people with the money and power who were written about. They're powerful, not smart.
I’m confused guys, if you wanted a king, what was all the fuss about 250 years ago? 😉 With our king, there’s no worries he will start a nuclear war…he can’t even express a political opinion in public! No king who exists today has the kind of power Trump wants for himself - he wants to be EMPEROR
February 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m confused guys, if you wanted a king, what was all the fuss about 250 years ago? 😉 With our king, there’s no worries he will start a nuclear war…he can’t even express a political opinion in public! No king who exists today has the kind of power Trump wants for himself - he wants to be EMPEROR