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Helen Lister
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Lefty Remainer. Books; Cats; The Archers; Gardening and the Great Outdoors.
Nothing to see here…

Only the UK deputy PM’s newest best buddy (who happens to be vice president of the United States) declaring he doesn’t “give a shit” about murder he endorses of civilians being Actual War Crimes…
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Someone needs to change the passwords at The White House and keep them from the president…
May 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Helen Lister
LIBERATION DAY - A Papua New Guinea Courier special edition.

Click through to read it all...

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Liberation Day - A PNG Courier special
It’ll always be free.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
March 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
March 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by Helen Lister
For all you raptor apologists, the full interview is here.
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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If we elect people devoid of empathy then we create nations of cruelty led by people who constantly whine about how people are not kind enough to them
March 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s almost Spring…

If you start gardening naked in your back garden, your neighbours will put up a free fence for you.

(Follow me for more gardening and money saving tips.)
March 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Cat Haiku:

International
Women's Day, you say...? Not here...
I rule in this house.

#Caturday #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cat Haiku:

Strewth! My poor head! I
fear I may have overdone
the catnip again.

😻
March 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The Covid Inquiry's decision not to call PPE suppliers to give evidence smacks of a whitewash.

Inadequate PPE killed thousands while enriching a few wealthy individuals.

Now, those individuals are being protected from public scrutiny.

news.sky.com/story/potent...
'Potential whitewashing': COVID inquiry criticised after saying it won't hear from PPE suppliers
Bereaved families accuse the inquiry of "protecting" PPE suppliers from public scrutiny but a spokesperson for the probe tells Sky News there is no need for them to give evidence to ensure a "thorough...
news.sky.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
February 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
‘The Art of the Deal’ indeed…
#TheArtOfTheDeal
February 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Cat Haiku:

Feeling so, so good!
Perhaps that vet isn't such
A twit after all.
February 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Cat Haiku:

Expensive Waitrose
prawns are fine; identical
Aldi prawns are not.
February 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Kate Hoey "Why is Keir Starmer rushing to be the first prime minister to have dinner with the EU 27 since we left"

Oli Dugmore, "Because they're our largest trading partner"

Kate Hoey, "So what"
February 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dream truths to their lies, kindnesses to their malevolences and solidarity to their divisiveness.

#bee #goodnight #dream
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Brexit was a con.

Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.

On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
January 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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GBeebies visiting really Brexity areas to find anyone who thinks it was a good idea. It's not going well.

"I really struggle to think of anything positive that's come out of it. A lot of people that I speak to said that if they had the choice again, would vote to stay." ~AA
January 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Over 50,000 excess deaths since 2023 due to delays in emergency care caused by cuts, underfunding, staff shortages and prioritising privatisation.

There should be a monument made entitled 'Government Failure'

Stop prioritising privatisation

Fix the NHS 💙

👉 Invest
👉 Fix NHS pay
👉 End outsourcing
January 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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How dare Wes Streeting - who cynically regurgitates the Far Right narratives about trans people - ask for unity against it. What front he has! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting heckled by climate protesters at Fabian Society address
Speech calling for unity against ‘populist right’ interrupted by two women opposed to Drax power plant subsidies
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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So, the people who've been putting Bibles in classrooms, the Ten Commandments in courthouses, and legislating away women's rights to their bodies are suddenly worried about the mixing of politics and religion, huh?
a man in a white shirt and tie is holding a clipboard in front of a white board with the word almost written on it
ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is holding a clipboard in front of a white board with the word almost written on it
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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We want you to know that this is not who we are. It may be who this man is. It may be who those sharing power with him are. It may even be the tens of millions who voted for him.

But this is not the totality of this nation.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM