Rachel Coates
@coatescan.bsky.social
Mother, writer, musician, dreamer💫
Plotting revolution from a houseboat in a ditch
Forever European 🇪🇺, multilingual #FBPE
Somewhat of a shouty madam; prone to witchcraft and explosions of lefty swears
Plotting revolution from a houseboat in a ditch
Forever European 🇪🇺, multilingual #FBPE
Somewhat of a shouty madam; prone to witchcraft and explosions of lefty swears
If I were a big U.K. retailer this Christmas I’d be deleting the word Christmas from all festive items just to get free advertising from Farage’s lot whining on social media as payback for Brexit
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If I were a big U.K. retailer this Christmas I’d be deleting the word Christmas from all festive items just to get free advertising from Farage’s lot whining on social media as payback for Brexit
Interesting that the countries with the best educational outcomes for kids, all kids, are those where politicians are kept out of education policy
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Interesting that the countries with the best educational outcomes for kids, all kids, are those where politicians are kept out of education policy
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Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
To hear a Labour Home Secretary talk about ‘reforming how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted in immigration cases’, should make everyone shudder.
Again, government proving to be the most punitively right wing in memory
Again, government proving to be the most punitively right wing in memory
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
To hear a Labour Home Secretary talk about ‘reforming how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted in immigration cases’, should make everyone shudder.
Again, government proving to be the most punitively right wing in memory
Again, government proving to be the most punitively right wing in memory
Bubba the love sponge must be having an unexpected weekend
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bubba the love sponge must be having an unexpected weekend
Can’t think of anyone who deserves a freedom pass more than @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Can’t think of anyone who deserves a freedom pass more than @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Liverpool Evening News have shared this post multiple times over the past few months.
This is now the norm for news agencies- they know it will get clicks from racists and people who genuinely care.
This is why we need the #BBC now more than ever
This is now the norm for news agencies- they know it will get clicks from racists and people who genuinely care.
This is why we need the #BBC now more than ever
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Liverpool Evening News have shared this post multiple times over the past few months.
This is now the norm for news agencies- they know it will get clicks from racists and people who genuinely care.
This is why we need the #BBC now more than ever
This is now the norm for news agencies- they know it will get clicks from racists and people who genuinely care.
This is why we need the #BBC now more than ever
JD Vance met with Paul Marshall of GB News while on holiday in the U.K. earlier this year.
This apparently very late attack on the #BBC is calculated and, as ever, designed by the right wing press for financial gain
This apparently very late attack on the #BBC is calculated and, as ever, designed by the right wing press for financial gain
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
JD Vance met with Paul Marshall of GB News while on holiday in the U.K. earlier this year.
This apparently very late attack on the #BBC is calculated and, as ever, designed by the right wing press for financial gain
This apparently very late attack on the #BBC is calculated and, as ever, designed by the right wing press for financial gain
We must be careful about conflating fact and fiction.
Especially when it comes to cons flating
Especially when it comes to cons flating
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We must be careful about conflating fact and fiction.
Especially when it comes to cons flating
Especially when it comes to cons flating
I hope every last disgusting detail leaks out.
Humiliation?
Powerlessness?
Anger?
Wanting to die from shame?
That’s what sexual abuse feels like to a child.
Humiliation?
Powerlessness?
Anger?
Wanting to die from shame?
That’s what sexual abuse feels like to a child.
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I hope every last disgusting detail leaks out.
Humiliation?
Powerlessness?
Anger?
Wanting to die from shame?
That’s what sexual abuse feels like to a child.
Humiliation?
Powerlessness?
Anger?
Wanting to die from shame?
That’s what sexual abuse feels like to a child.
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Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
Somewhat surprising: Reform UK Ltd pulling out of a BBC film about the rise of the party
Not at all surprising: said film due to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg
Silver linings
Not at all surprising: said film due to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg
Silver linings
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Somewhat surprising: Reform UK Ltd pulling out of a BBC film about the rise of the party
Not at all surprising: said film due to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg
Silver linings
Not at all surprising: said film due to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg
Silver linings
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Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally.
So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.
So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally.
So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.
So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.
The comments on this piece of Reform Ltd grifting (football shirts for a non existent team) are utterly disgusting and yet exactly what you would expect.
Protecting women and girls my arse
Protecting women and girls my arse
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The comments on this piece of Reform Ltd grifting (football shirts for a non existent team) are utterly disgusting and yet exactly what you would expect.
Protecting women and girls my arse
Protecting women and girls my arse
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Seriously wtf are we doing here
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Seriously wtf are we doing here
The Labour Party running spoof Halloween ads on socials warning about Reform: their base don’t care and the rest of us think it’s sleazy.
We want to see proper labour values not a populist swinging contest.
The obsession with reform is a nightmare from Downing Street.
We want to see proper labour values not a populist swinging contest.
The obsession with reform is a nightmare from Downing Street.
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Labour Party running spoof Halloween ads on socials warning about Reform: their base don’t care and the rest of us think it’s sleazy.
We want to see proper labour values not a populist swinging contest.
The obsession with reform is a nightmare from Downing Street.
We want to see proper labour values not a populist swinging contest.
The obsession with reform is a nightmare from Downing Street.
Before we applaud Charles Windsor, he is also head of the Church of England, which covered up decades of child sex abuse and also gave Trump a gilded private wealth orgy last month. Trump of course an adjudicated sex offender himself.
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Before we applaud Charles Windsor, he is also head of the Church of England, which covered up decades of child sex abuse and also gave Trump a gilded private wealth orgy last month. Trump of course an adjudicated sex offender himself.
If ever there was an allegory 2025 it’s the great unwashed shouting ‘rapists’ at migrant accommodations full of women and children, while the best mate of the head sex offender gets downgraded to a slightly less offensive castle.
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If ever there was an allegory 2025 it’s the great unwashed shouting ‘rapists’ at migrant accommodations full of women and children, while the best mate of the head sex offender gets downgraded to a slightly less offensive castle.
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I was going to suggest Guantanamo Bay, Wormwood Scrubs, or Belmarsh...
Turns out, more suitable abodes might include HMP Whatton, HMP Rye Hill, HMP Ashford, HMP Bure, et al. I particular enjoy the HMP aspect of this solution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Turns out, more suitable abodes might include HMP Whatton, HMP Rye Hill, HMP Ashford, HMP Bure, et al. I particular enjoy the HMP aspect of this solution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prince Andrew: Where could he end up if he leaves his Windsor mansion?
Prince Andrew's links with Jeffrey Epstein have prompted calls for him to be removed from his mansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The Andrew formerly known as Prince…
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Andrew formerly known as Prince…
Breaking: Andrew Windsor stripped of Prince title. Huge
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Breaking: Andrew Windsor stripped of Prince title. Huge
Literally was thinking as I put the bins out in a gale this morning, I must align with head hobbit Tommy Robinson or I may surely die
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Literally was thinking as I put the bins out in a gale this morning, I must align with head hobbit Tommy Robinson or I may surely die
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Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.