Diana Salmon
@disalmon.bsky.social
Ex teacher, woke lefty Europhile, baker, gardener, grumpy old woman. No DMs.
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I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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Bore da.
Yesterday There was a British Legion stall in the High St. I put a fiver in their tin but explained that I wouldn’t take a poppy.
The horror is staring all over again, Have we learnt nothing?
The huge soldier reached out and shook my hand.
Yesterday There was a British Legion stall in the High St. I put a fiver in their tin but explained that I wouldn’t take a poppy.
The horror is staring all over again, Have we learnt nothing?
The huge soldier reached out and shook my hand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bore da.
Yesterday There was a British Legion stall in the High St. I put a fiver in their tin but explained that I wouldn’t take a poppy.
The horror is staring all over again, Have we learnt nothing?
The huge soldier reached out and shook my hand.
Yesterday There was a British Legion stall in the High St. I put a fiver in their tin but explained that I wouldn’t take a poppy.
The horror is staring all over again, Have we learnt nothing?
The huge soldier reached out and shook my hand.
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax wealth now
It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.
www.oxfam.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills:
Canada - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0
United States - 326,000
Canada - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0
United States - 326,000
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills:
Canada - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0
United States - 326,000
Canada - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0
United States - 326,000
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Nigel Farage says his tax affairs are ‘nobody’s business’.
Oh yes it very much is our business.
Oh yes it very much is our business.
September 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nigel Farage says his tax affairs are ‘nobody’s business’.
Oh yes it very much is our business.
Oh yes it very much is our business.
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Reform is a magnet for racists without a home, a bin for failed Tory MPs without a future, a crèche for brainwashed children with no clue about anything, and a stage for morons who want to dress up in glittery flags, shouting.
It is anything but a serious government in waiting.
It is anything but a serious government in waiting.
September 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Reform is a magnet for racists without a home, a bin for failed Tory MPs without a future, a crèche for brainwashed children with no clue about anything, and a stage for morons who want to dress up in glittery flags, shouting.
It is anything but a serious government in waiting.
It is anything but a serious government in waiting.
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Symptomatic of how media deliberately feed anger: "asylum seekers in hotels up 8%" as the only headline being pushed.
Number much lower than Tory high, spending on hotels significantly down, applications processed faster, backlog down, overall immigration dramatically lower. But that won't do. ~AA
Number much lower than Tory high, spending on hotels significantly down, applications processed faster, backlog down, overall immigration dramatically lower. But that won't do. ~AA
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Symptomatic of how media deliberately feed anger: "asylum seekers in hotels up 8%" as the only headline being pushed.
Number much lower than Tory high, spending on hotels significantly down, applications processed faster, backlog down, overall immigration dramatically lower. But that won't do. ~AA
Number much lower than Tory high, spending on hotels significantly down, applications processed faster, backlog down, overall immigration dramatically lower. But that won't do. ~AA
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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
August 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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PE has devoured care homes, vets, GP surgeries, high streets.
It buys/sells schools too, albeit private ones.
Education commodified. Parents complain about paying VAT on fees; silent on PE profiteering.
How long before PE is let into state schools?
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It buys/sells schools too, albeit private ones.
Education commodified. Parents complain about paying VAT on fees; silent on PE profiteering.
How long before PE is let into state schools?
archive.ph/LDSfI
Private equity sale of €6bn fee-paying schools group Cognita on brink of collapse
Blackstone and CVC had expressed interest in company even as private schools have been hit by UK tax on fees
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August 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
PE has devoured care homes, vets, GP surgeries, high streets.
It buys/sells schools too, albeit private ones.
Education commodified. Parents complain about paying VAT on fees; silent on PE profiteering.
How long before PE is let into state schools?
archive.ph/LDSfI
It buys/sells schools too, albeit private ones.
Education commodified. Parents complain about paying VAT on fees; silent on PE profiteering.
How long before PE is let into state schools?
archive.ph/LDSfI
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
July 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
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From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
Peroration from Robert Jenrick’s speech at the Roger Scruton conference today:
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran
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Petition: Keir Starmer – Oppose Trump’s war on Iran
Stop Trump Coalition
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June 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran
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Noswaith dda.
Tesco this am, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. In June!
Imported from Morocco.
Things are becoming stranger by the day.
Tesco this am, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. In June!
Imported from Morocco.
Things are becoming stranger by the day.
June 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Noswaith dda.
Tesco this am, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. In June!
Imported from Morocco.
Things are becoming stranger by the day.
Tesco this am, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. In June!
Imported from Morocco.
Things are becoming stranger by the day.
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Israel now *needs* Iran to respond.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
June 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Israel now *needs* Iran to respond.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
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June 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We‘ve done No Mow May for the third year. The lawn hasn’t magically turned into a flowery meadow but we have a variety of ‘weeds’. Yesterday a pair of goldfinches appeared and fed on dandelion and grass seeds, the first I‘ve seen here.
May 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We‘ve done No Mow May for the third year. The lawn hasn’t magically turned into a flowery meadow but we have a variety of ‘weeds’. Yesterday a pair of goldfinches appeared and fed on dandelion and grass seeds, the first I‘ve seen here.
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I wonder what happened in 2016?
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I wonder what happened in 2016?
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
Bore da, morning all.
Trying to focus on the positive today, we have a nest of bluetits about to fledge.
Bees are all over our herb bed, and a collared dove has been calling.
House martins nesting under the eves.
Trying to focus on the positive today, we have a nest of bluetits about to fledge.
Bees are all over our herb bed, and a collared dove has been calling.
House martins nesting under the eves.
May 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bore da, morning all.
Trying to focus on the positive today, we have a nest of bluetits about to fledge.
Bees are all over our herb bed, and a collared dove has been calling.
House martins nesting under the eves.
Trying to focus on the positive today, we have a nest of bluetits about to fledge.
Bees are all over our herb bed, and a collared dove has been calling.
House martins nesting under the eves.
