@dania626.bsky.social
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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'Night Haunts', Westway, 2020 by Gail Brodholt, London based printmaker #WomensArt
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
'Night Haunts', Westway, 2020 by Gail Brodholt, London based printmaker #WomensArt
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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"I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power." - Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
Feminist & Abolitionist
She kept her maiden name.
"A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost."
#femninism #feminist
Feminist & Abolitionist
She kept her maiden name.
"A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost."
#femninism #feminist
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power." - Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
Feminist & Abolitionist
She kept her maiden name.
"A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost."
#femninism #feminist
Feminist & Abolitionist
She kept her maiden name.
"A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost."
#femninism #feminist
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🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
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Well, Glasgow, that was quite a sunset this evening! This is how it looked over the tenements on Byres Road in the West End of the city
#glasgow #byresroad #glasgowtoday #glasgowsunset #sunset #architecture #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
#glasgow #byresroad #glasgowtoday #glasgowsunset #sunset #architecture #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, Glasgow, that was quite a sunset this evening! This is how it looked over the tenements on Byres Road in the West End of the city
#glasgow #byresroad #glasgowtoday #glasgowsunset #sunset #architecture #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
#glasgow #byresroad #glasgowtoday #glasgowsunset #sunset #architecture #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
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England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
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The rule of law has delivered:
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The rule of law has delivered:
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
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UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
www.unitetheunion.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces.
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces.
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
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Cicely Popplewell British software engineer who worked with Alan Turing on Manchester Mark 1 computer, they designed the programming language for Ferranti Mark 1 together. Joined @wes1919.bsky.social 1943 while technical assistant at Rolls Royce. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Cicely Popplewell British software engineer who worked with Alan Turing on Manchester Mark 1 computer, they designed the programming language for Ferranti Mark 1 together. Joined @wes1919.bsky.social 1943 while technical assistant at Rolls Royce. b. #OTD 29 Oct 1920 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_...
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I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
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The emergence of Maggie turning over an old leaf (or several) into her den for the winter:
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The emergence of Maggie turning over an old leaf (or several) into her den for the winter: