Christine Jenkins
@christinejenk20.bsky.social
Happy retiree. Likes travel, politics, reading, nature, music. Socialist. Rejoin EU.
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that there is NO EVIDENCE for Donald Trump’s claim about Sharia law in London
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No evidence for Donald Trump’s claim about Sharia law in London – Full Fact
Speaking at the UN, the US President appeared to claim London wants to “go to Sharia law” under its “terrible mayor” Sir Sadiq Khan.
fullfact.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that there is NO EVIDENCE for Donald Trump’s claim about Sharia law in London
fullfact.org/world/donald...
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Because migrants don’t just work, they contribute disproportionately to the healthcare sector, care sector, transport and food supply chains. Want your parents care home staffed, Trains to run? Hospital ward to not collapse even faster than it already is
Then you need migrants
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
Then you need migrants
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
Farage wants to deport legal migrants in Britain
Reform’s “Boriswave” slogan masks cruelty, cooked-up data, and echoes of Trumpist authoritarianism
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Because migrants don’t just work, they contribute disproportionately to the healthcare sector, care sector, transport and food supply chains. Want your parents care home staffed, Trains to run? Hospital ward to not collapse even faster than it already is
Then you need migrants
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
Then you need migrants
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Reform’s plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics and forecasts suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/24/f...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/24/f...
Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan
Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...
bylinetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reform’s plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics and forecasts suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/24/f...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/24/f...
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A spokesperson for the Royal Parks has said there is no evidence to back up Farage's laughable claim
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A spokesperson for the Royal Parks has said there is no evidence to back up Farage's laughable claim
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Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan
Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...
bylinetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
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"The Left is the party of murder... Violence is coming... So fight or Die"
Elon Musk told 110,000 people that unless they physically attack left-wing people, they'll die, and Tommy Robinson backed him.
Both of them need to be arrested.
#UniteTheKingdom
Elon Musk told 110,000 people that unless they physically attack left-wing people, they'll die, and Tommy Robinson backed him.
Both of them need to be arrested.
#UniteTheKingdom
Elon Musk urges violence against the Left at "Unite the Kingdom" rally.
YouTube video by Femi
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September 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The Left is the party of murder... Violence is coming... So fight or Die"
Elon Musk told 110,000 people that unless they physically attack left-wing people, they'll die, and Tommy Robinson backed him.
Both of them need to be arrested.
#UniteTheKingdom
Elon Musk told 110,000 people that unless they physically attack left-wing people, they'll die, and Tommy Robinson backed him.
Both of them need to be arrested.
#UniteTheKingdom
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Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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For the avoidance of doubt, if a person chooses to accept the call to attend a protest, from a nationally known violent racist whose extreme racist history has been widely reported, then they are supporting a racist cause, and that makes them racist.
That is the only reasonable interpretation.
That is the only reasonable interpretation.
Racist far right march update:
Labour MP says he knows that there was one non-racist person marching with racists on Saturday.
Labour MP says he knows that there was one non-racist person marching with racists on Saturday.
jesus, that's a wall of text
September 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For the avoidance of doubt, if a person chooses to accept the call to attend a protest, from a nationally known violent racist whose extreme racist history has been widely reported, then they are supporting a racist cause, and that makes them racist.
That is the only reasonable interpretation.
That is the only reasonable interpretation.
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Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role
Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role
Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’
Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol on the deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on the first year’s mistakes.
The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role
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🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering scrapping VAT on energy bills
The move comes as part of the Chancellor's effort to reduce bills and the cost of living
The VAT rate on domestic energy bills is 5% at present.
The move comes as part of the Chancellor's effort to reduce bills and the cost of living
The VAT rate on domestic energy bills is 5% at present.
September 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering scrapping VAT on energy bills
The move comes as part of the Chancellor's effort to reduce bills and the cost of living
The VAT rate on domestic energy bills is 5% at present.
The move comes as part of the Chancellor's effort to reduce bills and the cost of living
The VAT rate on domestic energy bills is 5% at present.
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September 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Unlike most farmers, Guy Singh-Watson says we need to eat less meat, that large-scale farmers should pay inheritance tax and that Brexit has been “a complete and utter fuck-up”. He’s the most brutally honest farmer in the UK. @dpcarrington.bsky.social
‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain
The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Unlike most farmers, Guy Singh-Watson says we need to eat less meat, that large-scale farmers should pay inheritance tax and that Brexit has been “a complete and utter fuck-up”. He’s the most brutally honest farmer in the UK. @dpcarrington.bsky.social
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We have never had a 'politician' like Nigel Farage before, who will sit there every day encouraging racism, violence and riots.
For this reason alone any sane and decent person should never vote for such a disgusting scumbag.
For this reason alone any sane and decent person should never vote for such a disgusting scumbag.
August 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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So if I've understood this 'Raise The Colours' thing correctly, it's about intimidating immigrants, causing criminal damage, shouting racist abuse, costing local authorities money and generally behaving like a brainless tit.
August 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So if I've understood this 'Raise The Colours' thing correctly, it's about intimidating immigrants, causing criminal damage, shouting racist abuse, costing local authorities money and generally behaving like a brainless tit.
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It's impossible to overstate the damage talk radio, another import from the US, has done to the social fabric of this country.
It has allowed the far right, and other bigots, a national platform to spew their anger and hate, often unchallenged, as in this case with Paul Brand.
@lbc.co.uk
It has allowed the far right, and other bigots, a national platform to spew their anger and hate, often unchallenged, as in this case with Paul Brand.
@lbc.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It's impossible to overstate the damage talk radio, another import from the US, has done to the social fabric of this country.
It has allowed the far right, and other bigots, a national platform to spew their anger and hate, often unchallenged, as in this case with Paul Brand.
@lbc.co.uk
It has allowed the far right, and other bigots, a national platform to spew their anger and hate, often unchallenged, as in this case with Paul Brand.
@lbc.co.uk
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How much tax do we pay in the UK, compared to other countries?
This much:
This much:
August 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How much tax do we pay in the UK, compared to other countries?
This much:
This much:
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Yes?
On the week that government policy relating to the management of asylum seekers was challenged by the courts, is it time to develop more nuanced, humane policies?
It’s time for the much vaunted ‘grown-up’ debate on immigration
The UK’s immigration debate fails to address its complexities, with politicians relying on opinions over facts, leaving voters ill-informed and angry
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yes?
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'There’s an underlying tension that has been hijacked by people whose views are completely unacceptable.'
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'There’s an underlying tension that has been hijacked by people whose views are completely unacceptable.'
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There's an amazing fruit harvest this year... but what has happened to scrumping?
The roads and fields and, dare I say, gardens are strewn with fallen fruit.
Windfalls make wonderful crumbles, compote & jam. Fruit can be frozen.
So why are we wasting food?
The roads and fields and, dare I say, gardens are strewn with fallen fruit.
Windfalls make wonderful crumbles, compote & jam. Fruit can be frozen.
So why are we wasting food?
August 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
There's an amazing fruit harvest this year... but what has happened to scrumping?
The roads and fields and, dare I say, gardens are strewn with fallen fruit.
Windfalls make wonderful crumbles, compote & jam. Fruit can be frozen.
So why are we wasting food?
The roads and fields and, dare I say, gardens are strewn with fallen fruit.
Windfalls make wonderful crumbles, compote & jam. Fruit can be frozen.
So why are we wasting food?
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Conservative or Labour, both dodge the truth: Britain needs migrants. It has for at least 200 years.
The Bear exposes the myth of self-sufficiency and asks political parties to come clean.
The Bear exposes the myth of self-sufficiency and asks political parties to come clean.
Britain has never stood alone
From Empire to the NHS, this country has always relied on outsiders. The real crisis isn’t migration – it’s dishonesty
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Conservative or Labour, both dodge the truth: Britain needs migrants. It has for at least 200 years.
The Bear exposes the myth of self-sufficiency and asks political parties to come clean.
The Bear exposes the myth of self-sufficiency and asks political parties to come clean.
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Well done, @scotnational.bsky.social .
We need more honesty about the positive impact of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
The far right have stolen a march in controlling the narrative, & too many in the media are now using the terms to imply sexual predators & criminals.
#RefugeesWelcome
We need more honesty about the positive impact of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
The far right have stolen a march in controlling the narrative, & too many in the media are now using the terms to imply sexual predators & criminals.
#RefugeesWelcome
We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
August 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Well done, @scotnational.bsky.social .
We need more honesty about the positive impact of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
The far right have stolen a march in controlling the narrative, & too many in the media are now using the terms to imply sexual predators & criminals.
#RefugeesWelcome
We need more honesty about the positive impact of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
The far right have stolen a march in controlling the narrative, & too many in the media are now using the terms to imply sexual predators & criminals.
#RefugeesWelcome
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The same administration that complains about free speech "restrictions" in the UK also wants to "terminate" broadcasting it disagrees with in the USA
August 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The same administration that complains about free speech "restrictions" in the UK also wants to "terminate" broadcasting it disagrees with in the USA
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Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy just announced the intention to terminate all science activities except those related to spaceflight. It’s an extinction-level event for American science.
Trump is acting as a traitor destroying American science.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Trump is acting as a traitor destroying American science.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science
NASA's 1958 charter's top priority was, "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." Is this how it ends?
bigthink.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy just announced the intention to terminate all science activities except those related to spaceflight. It’s an extinction-level event for American science.
Trump is acting as a traitor destroying American science.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Trump is acting as a traitor destroying American science.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
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Trump halts wind farm ready to power 350K homes while your electric bill rises $130/year to prop up dying coal plants. Wall Street is walking away from fossils—but you're paying the bill.
#news #energy
#news #energy
The Real Reason Americans Pay More for Electricity Under Trump
Plus: The science of power naps, penguin poop that cools the planet, and Europe's lunar rover
daybreaknotesandbeans.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia
Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia
In North Karelia the border guard is training conscripts, the only road crossing is empty – but there is still some limited cross-border cooperation
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Finland builds fence at eastern frontier, now a critical Nato border with Russia