Catherine Brophy
@catherinemusic.bsky.social
Music listening , research, teaching, writing, creative.
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In which, remarkably, while talking about the fiscal bind, and even after Jeremy Hunt goes on about acting in the interests of the country, no one brings up the TWO NI cuts carried out largely if not solely for narrow party political ends. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How (And When) To Topple A Leader - With Jeremy Hunt
Podcast Episode · How To Win An Election · 18/09/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In which, remarkably, while talking about the fiscal bind, and even after Jeremy Hunt goes on about acting in the interests of the country, no one brings up the TWO NI cuts carried out largely if not solely for narrow party political ends. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Fear has owned the small boats story for too long and it's allowed populists to thrive. It’s time to reclaim the narrative – here's how. ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Here’s how we change the narrative on the small boats
Populists thrive on fear and repetition. To counter the small boats saga, here's how we must reshape the story
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fear has owned the small boats story for too long and it's allowed populists to thrive. It’s time to reclaim the narrative – here's how. ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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What losing the Human Rights Act really means for you youtu.be/MNAZZDkdmPo?...
What losing the Human Rights Act really means for you
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What losing the Human Rights Act really means for you youtu.be/MNAZZDkdmPo?...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
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I'd say roughly 75% of mainstream news reporting about the disability benefit cuts has been from a Westminster angle rather than the actual impact the cuts will have
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I'd say roughly 75% of mainstream news reporting about the disability benefit cuts has been from a Westminster angle rather than the actual impact the cuts will have
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It really is time to nationalise water www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
It really is time to nationalise water
There are occasions when it is important to recall just why privatisation was supposed to have taken place in things like the UK water industry.
The claim was that private capital would deliver addit...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It really is time to nationalise water www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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VIKING NORTH exhibition starting 11th July 2025 at Yorkshire Museum #york #yorkshire #medievalsky www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/exhibition/v...
June 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
VIKING NORTH exhibition starting 11th July 2025 at Yorkshire Museum #york #yorkshire #medievalsky www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/exhibition/v...
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Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Nationalisation is the only way to fix the crisis in the water industry
Despite the damning evidence the government is clinging on to private ownership of water, which has fleeced customers for 36 years.
leftfootforward.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
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Speaking with Andrew Marr about the horrifying situation in Gaza. There is growing agreement from MPs across all parties that we must take strong action against the Israeli Government. The innocent women and children of Gaza cannot wait any longer. Action needed now.
June 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Speaking with Andrew Marr about the horrifying situation in Gaza. There is growing agreement from MPs across all parties that we must take strong action against the Israeli Government. The innocent women and children of Gaza cannot wait any longer. Action needed now.
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Yorkshire Water fined £350,000, after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse.
YW knew pumping station was broken.
YW already has 125 criminal convictions, didn't make it vigilant.
Exec prosecutions and ending the profit motive are the only cures for criminal conduct.
YW knew pumping station was broken.
YW already has 125 criminal convictions, didn't make it vigilant.
Exec prosecutions and ending the profit motive are the only cures for criminal conduct.
Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident
Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse.
www.gov.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Yorkshire Water fined £350,000, after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse.
YW knew pumping station was broken.
YW already has 125 criminal convictions, didn't make it vigilant.
Exec prosecutions and ending the profit motive are the only cures for criminal conduct.
YW knew pumping station was broken.
YW already has 125 criminal convictions, didn't make it vigilant.
Exec prosecutions and ending the profit motive are the only cures for criminal conduct.
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Carbon capture - an excuse for maintaining business as usual - doesn’t work.
Pass it on ….. and stop burning fossil fuels.
Pass it on ….. and stop burning fossil fuels.
Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Carbon capture - an excuse for maintaining business as usual - doesn’t work.
Pass it on ….. and stop burning fossil fuels.
Pass it on ….. and stop burning fossil fuels.
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Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Thames Water apologises to customers but defends bonuses
Bonus payments were defended by company management as the chief executive can
receive up to 156% of their salary as a bonus, while frontline workers can only earn between 3% and 6%.
news.sky.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
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“Each nasty reactionary comment by Reform followed by the reward of an electoral gain feels as if it eats away at a diverse and decent society, pulling back hard-won tolerance whilst validating the worst prejudices.”
My col. on the local election aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on the local election aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party? | Frances Ryan
The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best side, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Each nasty reactionary comment by Reform followed by the reward of an electoral gain feels as if it eats away at a diverse and decent society, pulling back hard-won tolerance whilst validating the worst prejudices.”
My col. on the local election aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on the local election aftermath. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This insanity needs to be stopped.
Israel is barbaric and no friend of any nation. Israel must be stopped & Palestine must be defended.
Israel is barbaric and no friend of any nation. Israel must be stopped & Palestine must be defended.
Israel Votes to Capture All of Gaza and Occupy It Indefinitely
The army is also calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This insanity needs to be stopped.
Israel is barbaric and no friend of any nation. Israel must be stopped & Palestine must be defended.
Israel is barbaric and no friend of any nation. Israel must be stopped & Palestine must be defended.
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As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
May 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
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I think the suggestion that any kind of human-to-human interaction should be replaced with human-to-chatbot interaction should be scrutinized as a kind of moral rot. It’s antisocial ideology and should be treated as such
May 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think the suggestion that any kind of human-to-human interaction should be replaced with human-to-chatbot interaction should be scrutinized as a kind of moral rot. It’s antisocial ideology and should be treated as such
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They're not even using a different URL
April 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They're not even using a different URL
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BBC bans Evan Davis from informing the public on heat pumps. “As the world has ‘progressed’ in the past few months” the BBC “has become concerned that anything like this - informing people about heat pumps - can be interpreted as treading on areas of pulic controversy” youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
20. The final episode...
YouTube video by Happy Heat Pump Podcast
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April 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
BBC bans Evan Davis from informing the public on heat pumps. “As the world has ‘progressed’ in the past few months” the BBC “has become concerned that anything like this - informing people about heat pumps - can be interpreted as treading on areas of pulic controversy” youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
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‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut to people with disabilities.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut
Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut to people with disabilities.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
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Full monthly state pension for post-2016 UK retiree is £997.75. Only 27% receive it.
Elsewhere:
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.
Elsewhere:
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.
Pension Breakeven Index: How the UK State Pension Compares to Europe
We've compared the UK's pension system to the rest of Europe’s countries to see which one offers the most to retirees. Check it out here.
www.almondfinancial.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Full monthly state pension for post-2016 UK retiree is £997.75. Only 27% receive it.
Elsewhere:
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.
Elsewhere:
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.
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Appalling
🚨 Over 1.3 million people may lose eligibility for PIP's daily living component under proposed benefit changes, says the DWP.
This will affect tens of thousands of claimants with cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and over 200,000 people with arthritis. Read more. ⬇️
buff.ly/pqwn113
This will affect tens of thousands of claimants with cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and over 200,000 people with arthritis. Read more. ⬇️
buff.ly/pqwn113
April 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Appalling
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The Isle of Arran has officially been announced as a UNESCO Global Geopark! 🎉
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Isle of Arran has officially been announced as a UNESCO Global Geopark! 🎉
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
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👀 #Selby Abbey #Yorkshire
“The Gethsemane Window” (2024)
#HelenWhittaker
Beneath olive trees, is an opened olive with the cross of sacrifice within. Winter jasmine & three flowering lilies signal the coming of spring.
#StainedGlassSunday
“The Gethsemane Window” (2024)
#HelenWhittaker
Beneath olive trees, is an opened olive with the cross of sacrifice within. Winter jasmine & three flowering lilies signal the coming of spring.
#StainedGlassSunday
April 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
👀 #Selby Abbey #Yorkshire
“The Gethsemane Window” (2024)
#HelenWhittaker
Beneath olive trees, is an opened olive with the cross of sacrifice within. Winter jasmine & three flowering lilies signal the coming of spring.
#StainedGlassSunday
“The Gethsemane Window” (2024)
#HelenWhittaker
Beneath olive trees, is an opened olive with the cross of sacrifice within. Winter jasmine & three flowering lilies signal the coming of spring.
#StainedGlassSunday