Claire
@claire-b.bsky.social
Dogs, politics, nature, runner, northerner, trying to remain optimistic
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
June 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
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BREAKING: Man arrested over Liverpool collision is 53 year-old from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
May 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
BREAKING: Man arrested over Liverpool collision is 53 year-old from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
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For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned
May 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned
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Here is the chair of @uktradebusiness.bsky.social Committee, @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, with a quick verdict and a great summary of today's UK-EU Reset deal. Andrew has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make today happen and deserves huge praise. ~AA
May 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here is the chair of @uktradebusiness.bsky.social Committee, @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social, with a quick verdict and a great summary of today's UK-EU Reset deal. Andrew has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make today happen and deserves huge praise. ~AA
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Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
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Brian Unwin, former President of the European Investment Bank, highlights the eye-watering levels of long-term financing we've lost because of Brexit in his letter to The Guardian. 📝
March 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Brian Unwin, former President of the European Investment Bank, highlights the eye-watering levels of long-term financing we've lost because of Brexit in his letter to The Guardian. 📝
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Havong my own personal version of the Signal hearings rn.
The young finance dudebro nepo baby in front of me on the DLR right is on his phone loudly admitting to crimes.
Sounds like it's coming crashing down on him. Which is fun.
The young finance dudebro nepo baby in front of me on the DLR right is on his phone loudly admitting to crimes.
Sounds like it's coming crashing down on him. Which is fun.
March 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Havong my own personal version of the Signal hearings rn.
The young finance dudebro nepo baby in front of me on the DLR right is on his phone loudly admitting to crimes.
Sounds like it's coming crashing down on him. Which is fun.
The young finance dudebro nepo baby in front of me on the DLR right is on his phone loudly admitting to crimes.
Sounds like it's coming crashing down on him. Which is fun.
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“Angela Rayner asked whether she could do something on her off time during a trip, was told it wasn’t on, so didn’t” isn’t exactly a Woodward and Bernstein level exclusive
March 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Angela Rayner asked whether she could do something on her off time during a trip, was told it wasn’t on, so didn’t” isn’t exactly a Woodward and Bernstein level exclusive
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🚨🚨 THIS is a MAJOR story: Amidst civil unrest in the country and Erdogan's despicable jailing of his main political rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey.🧵
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨🚨 THIS is a MAJOR story: Amidst civil unrest in the country and Erdogan's despicable jailing of his main political rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey.🧵
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
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Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
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The Disinformation War Against Mark Carney Begins: A Coordinated Global Attack
How a US-Russian Propaganda Machine is Targeting Canada’s Leading Political Threat
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March 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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Surprised to see so many headlines from news outlets suggesting Putin has agreed to a ceasefire.
He’s done no such thing. He’s basically said he would do in theory, providing his conditions are met, on his terms. Which is just a variation on what he’s always said.
He’s done no such thing. He’s basically said he would do in theory, providing his conditions are met, on his terms. Which is just a variation on what he’s always said.
March 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Surprised to see so many headlines from news outlets suggesting Putin has agreed to a ceasefire.
He’s done no such thing. He’s basically said he would do in theory, providing his conditions are met, on his terms. Which is just a variation on what he’s always said.
He’s done no such thing. He’s basically said he would do in theory, providing his conditions are met, on his terms. Which is just a variation on what he’s always said.
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Not only is this crass, it is highly significant.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
March 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Not only is this crass, it is highly significant.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
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Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
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Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...
February 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...
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Bravely and calmly, moments after RefUK's Zia Yusuf accuses gov't of "being willing to sacrifice the lives of citizens on the altar of virtue signalling" @pimlicat.bsky.social reminds the panel that the language we use "if it seeks to inflame and cause division" is very much part of the problem. ~AA
January 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bravely and calmly, moments after RefUK's Zia Yusuf accuses gov't of "being willing to sacrifice the lives of citizens on the altar of virtue signalling" @pimlicat.bsky.social reminds the panel that the language we use "if it seeks to inflame and cause division" is very much part of the problem. ~AA
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Perhaps the most important point here is that everything we think we know about the government has been intermediated by somebody -- usually somebody with a far-right agenda.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Perhaps the most important point here is that everything we think we know about the government has been intermediated by somebody -- usually somebody with a far-right agenda.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Perhaps the most important point here is that everything we think we know about the government has been intermediated by somebody -- usually somebody with a far-right agenda.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Perhaps the most important point here is that everything we think we know about the government has been intermediated by somebody -- usually somebody with a far-right agenda.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
January 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x
January 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x
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Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
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On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
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All Elon Musk, all of the time!
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
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January 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM