Caroline Hughes
@fox471.bsky.social
I live happily in London, with foxes, squirrels, husband and occasional mouse (the cat died). I am fond of things being fair and I like evidence-based truth and to form my own opinion. I'm left of centre & a pragmatist. The world now scares me.
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Caroline Hughes
@fox471.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Did the big Garden Birdwatch today. We live in Hackney. I looked out at the tits, blackbirds, sparrows, hoping for a parrot or a finch, and suddenly a sparrow hawk at the bird bath. What a thrill. The songbirds vanished, mind.
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"Brexit was the most cowardly thing our country has ever done."
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"Brexit was the most cowardly thing our country has ever done."
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
Yet again the NYT tries to persuade a Brit to take out a subscription for their games with a Wordle word ‘Fritz’. Forget it NYT.
September 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yet again the NYT tries to persuade a Brit to take out a subscription for their games with a Wordle word ‘Fritz’. Forget it NYT.
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If Angela Rayner lived in a cardboard box, the Telegraph would claim she nicked it.
August 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If Angela Rayner lived in a cardboard box, the Telegraph would claim she nicked it.
Bit harsh 🤣
david lammy belongs in prison.
Lammy refers himself to watchdog after fishing illegally with JD Vance
August 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Bit harsh 🤣
Palestine Action arrests yesterday … 474 arrests, was it? What is it Steve Richards always says? Consequences. And while the far right kick off every w/e an 89 year old is arrested. I despair.
August 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Palestine Action arrests yesterday … 474 arrests, was it? What is it Steve Richards always says? Consequences. And while the far right kick off every w/e an 89 year old is arrested. I despair.
People debating whether or not the Israeli government is committing genocide on Palestinians. How about if we just call it torture and mass murder?
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
People debating whether or not the Israeli government is committing genocide on Palestinians. How about if we just call it torture and mass murder?
I wake in the middle of each night thinking of starving children, doctors too weak from hunger to help. I am beyond angry at our so called leaders doing so little.
July 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I wake in the middle of each night thinking of starving children, doctors too weak from hunger to help. I am beyond angry at our so called leaders doing so little.
Today’s Strands in the NYT - ouch.
July 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today’s Strands in the NYT - ouch.
I think maybe, if I was an Israeli, I would feel such shame for my country.
July 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think maybe, if I was an Israeli, I would feel such shame for my country.
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The BBC and UK MPs all rush to condemn Kneecap and Bob Vylan, meanwhile, Israeli kids sing horrifying state propaganda songs about the “annihilation” of Gaza whilst referring to themselves (white people) as “the pretty and the pure” and nobody says a fucking thing.
This shit is chilling.
This shit is chilling.
July 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The BBC and UK MPs all rush to condemn Kneecap and Bob Vylan, meanwhile, Israeli kids sing horrifying state propaganda songs about the “annihilation” of Gaza whilst referring to themselves (white people) as “the pretty and the pure” and nobody says a fucking thing.
This shit is chilling.
This shit is chilling.
So, this is what someone who despises nature did in Hackney today. Maybe they are ill in some way?
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
So, this is what someone who despises nature did in Hackney today. Maybe they are ill in some way?
Emily M interviewing Rupert Lowe on The News Agents. I was stunned, and not in a good way. Just gobsmacked.
May 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Emily M interviewing Rupert Lowe on The News Agents. I was stunned, and not in a good way. Just gobsmacked.
‘Labour is pissing a lot of people off without necessarily solving the underlying problem’ - John Elledge. Labour in a nutshell. Sigh.
March 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
‘Labour is pissing a lot of people off without necessarily solving the underlying problem’ - John Elledge. Labour in a nutshell. Sigh.
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Absolutely packed House of Commons for Clive Lewis's Water Bill
March 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Absolutely packed House of Commons for Clive Lewis's Water Bill
Twitter … X …. Whatever: a curious mix of pure spite and ludicrous sentimentality.
March 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Twitter … X …. Whatever: a curious mix of pure spite and ludicrous sentimentality.
Labour: the party which managed to ruin its own honeymoon; without the humility to listen to its ordinary supporters, or communicate anything positive in simple words.
March 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Labour: the party which managed to ruin its own honeymoon; without the humility to listen to its ordinary supporters, or communicate anything positive in simple words.
I am a Labour voter and I know they’re doing good things in power. But I cannot support them now. For goodness sake, tax wealth! Reform property tax! Anything, but make the poor poorer.
March 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I am a Labour voter and I know they’re doing good things in power. But I cannot support them now. For goodness sake, tax wealth! Reform property tax! Anything, but make the poor poorer.
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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The USA is not a place I feel inclined to visit anymore…
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The USA is not a place I feel inclined to visit anymore…
This morning, shopping, I was asked by the man serving me why I wasn’t smiling! I asked him how he would feel if he was asked the same question? And none of your damned business, I thought. The shop has lost my custom.
March 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This morning, shopping, I was asked by the man serving me why I wasn’t smiling! I asked him how he would feel if he was asked the same question? And none of your damned business, I thought. The shop has lost my custom.
Oh my god, twice. (Not sure how many more times my jaw can drop from what that orange nutter and his weirdos are doing.)
Yeah, ya think?
"They are there to make sure we handle and store these materials in a way that avoids a nuclear chain reaction from occurring..... Losing these folks is concerning.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"They are there to make sure we handle and store these materials in a way that avoids a nuclear chain reaction from occurring..... Losing these folks is concerning.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
March 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Oh my god, twice. (Not sure how many more times my jaw can drop from what that orange nutter and his weirdos are doing.)
Exactly so.😂😂😂
one day you're young and fun and partying til dawn, the next you arrive at a National Trust property in the deep suburbs on a Sunday morning minutes before it actually opens
March 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Exactly so.😂😂😂
Bridget Philipson, Lisa Nandy, Rachel Reeves and Annalise Dobbs (now resigned); all briefed against by Labour insiders er al. I wonder what they all have in common 🤔?
February 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Bridget Philipson, Lisa Nandy, Rachel Reeves and Annalise Dobbs (now resigned); all briefed against by Labour insiders er al. I wonder what they all have in common 🤔?
Just got our Thames water bill. Up by 47%. Is this for real??? I thought bills were increasing gradually? And how on earth can people pay this?
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just got our Thames water bill. Up by 47%. Is this for real??? I thought bills were increasing gradually? And how on earth can people pay this?