Imogen
@imogenbxl.bsky.social
Cornish-Belgian. Chair of Labour International CLP, work in the EU, spend most of my life in cat form. She/her #JCWiL grad
Having lived in a country with ID cards I have a lot of thoughts and experiences to share. To keep it short
- Physical over digital much better and easier to preserve privacy
- you cannot make digital mandatory for a multitude of reasons
- should be a benefit to citizens not for migration
- Physical over digital much better and easier to preserve privacy
- you cannot make digital mandatory for a multitude of reasons
- should be a benefit to citizens not for migration
One million people have already signed a petition against ID cards.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Having lived in a country with ID cards I have a lot of thoughts and experiences to share. To keep it short
- Physical over digital much better and easier to preserve privacy
- you cannot make digital mandatory for a multitude of reasons
- should be a benefit to citizens not for migration
- Physical over digital much better and easier to preserve privacy
- you cannot make digital mandatory for a multitude of reasons
- should be a benefit to citizens not for migration
Thierry Breton really lives rent free in their minds huh
September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thierry Breton really lives rent free in their minds huh
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"Overall, there is strong evidence that accommodating far-right positions is not a vote winner."
Despite heavy losses in the 2025 snap election, a rightward shift on migration would be disastrous for the SPD, argues
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
fabians.org.uk/wrong-turn/
Despite heavy losses in the 2025 snap election, a rightward shift on migration would be disastrous for the SPD, argues
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
fabians.org.uk/wrong-turn/
Wrong turn | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
fabians.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Overall, there is strong evidence that accommodating far-right positions is not a vote winner."
Despite heavy losses in the 2025 snap election, a rightward shift on migration would be disastrous for the SPD, argues
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
fabians.org.uk/wrong-turn/
Despite heavy losses in the 2025 snap election, a rightward shift on migration would be disastrous for the SPD, argues
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
fabians.org.uk/wrong-turn/
Trying to beat Reform at their own game is never going to work.
Instead of playing into this false narrative of immigration being bad for the UK, we should be:
Instead of playing into this false narrative of immigration being bad for the UK, we should be:
May 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trying to beat Reform at their own game is never going to work.
Instead of playing into this false narrative of immigration being bad for the UK, we should be:
Instead of playing into this false narrative of immigration being bad for the UK, we should be:
International Women's Day stems from our fight for equality.
Each year it seems more and more important that we remember this.
Each year it seems more and more important that we remember this.
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
International Women's Day stems from our fight for equality.
Each year it seems more and more important that we remember this.
Each year it seems more and more important that we remember this.
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Ahead of #IWD2025, listen to new ep of FEPS Talks w/ Laeticia Thissen & @ashaoallen.bsky.social @cdteu.bsky.social!
🔗 bit.ly/FEPSTalks166
They discuss
🟪 increasing censorship of feminist & LGBTQ+ advocacy by Meta, X & more
🟪 rollback of #DEI by #BigTech
🟪 growing wave of online #GenderBasedViolence
🔗 bit.ly/FEPSTalks166
They discuss
🟪 increasing censorship of feminist & LGBTQ+ advocacy by Meta, X & more
🟪 rollback of #DEI by #BigTech
🟪 growing wave of online #GenderBasedViolence
March 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ahead of #IWD2025, listen to new ep of FEPS Talks w/ Laeticia Thissen & @ashaoallen.bsky.social @cdteu.bsky.social!
🔗 bit.ly/FEPSTalks166
They discuss
🟪 increasing censorship of feminist & LGBTQ+ advocacy by Meta, X & more
🟪 rollback of #DEI by #BigTech
🟪 growing wave of online #GenderBasedViolence
🔗 bit.ly/FEPSTalks166
They discuss
🟪 increasing censorship of feminist & LGBTQ+ advocacy by Meta, X & more
🟪 rollback of #DEI by #BigTech
🟪 growing wave of online #GenderBasedViolence
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Tucker Carlson claims that Ukraine has been selling "huge quantities of American weapons on the black market", which he says have been bought by Hamas, Mexican drug cartels and the HTS in Syria.
This is a claim pushed by the Kremlin for nearly three years, but there's no evidence for it.
This is a claim pushed by the Kremlin for nearly three years, but there's no evidence for it.
March 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tucker Carlson claims that Ukraine has been selling "huge quantities of American weapons on the black market", which he says have been bought by Hamas, Mexican drug cartels and the HTS in Syria.
This is a claim pushed by the Kremlin for nearly three years, but there's no evidence for it.
This is a claim pushed by the Kremlin for nearly three years, but there's no evidence for it.
USA on Friday: Free speech is in retreat in Britain and Europe
USA on Monday: Bans a children's book about a kid with freckles
USA on Monday: Bans a children's book about a kid with freckles
February 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
USA on Friday: Free speech is in retreat in Britain and Europe
USA on Monday: Bans a children's book about a kid with freckles
USA on Monday: Bans a children's book about a kid with freckles
I am once again going to say, if the UK wants to be an AI superpower the best chance of achieving this is working with Europe
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am once again going to say, if the UK wants to be an AI superpower the best chance of achieving this is working with Europe
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Gosh dang squirrels!! From ‘The Cat and the Kitten’ by Berta and Elmer Hader, 1940.
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Gosh dang squirrels!! From ‘The Cat and the Kitten’ by Berta and Elmer Hader, 1940.
So in Belgium I can get a police certificate free and instantly with a click of a button and in the UK it costs £65 and a 20 day wait
November 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM
So in Belgium I can get a police certificate free and instantly with a click of a button and in the UK it costs £65 and a 20 day wait
Wrote this after Trump's election in 2016
It needs an update but resharing the original for now -- 20 things you can do now Trump's been elected (again).
worldmeetsgrrrl.blogspot.com/2016/11/20-t...
It needs an update but resharing the original for now -- 20 things you can do now Trump's been elected (again).
worldmeetsgrrrl.blogspot.com/2016/11/20-t...
20 things you can do now Trump's been elected
First Brexit, now Trump. The world is a scary place right now, and if you're like me, you're left feeling frustrated, worried, and at times ...
worldmeetsgrrrl.blogspot.com
November 11, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Wrote this after Trump's election in 2016
It needs an update but resharing the original for now -- 20 things you can do now Trump's been elected (again).
worldmeetsgrrrl.blogspot.com/2016/11/20-t...
It needs an update but resharing the original for now -- 20 things you can do now Trump's been elected (again).
worldmeetsgrrrl.blogspot.com/2016/11/20-t...
Fresh back from the US elections and making the transition over here.
Witnessed first hand the havoc that other site was causing in the elections from targeted ads based on political views (which Europe has banned) to one-sided non-targeted ads, to failure to tackle m/disinformation
Witnessed first hand the havoc that other site was causing in the elections from targeted ads based on political views (which Europe has banned) to one-sided non-targeted ads, to failure to tackle m/disinformation
November 11, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Fresh back from the US elections and making the transition over here.
Witnessed first hand the havoc that other site was causing in the elections from targeted ads based on political views (which Europe has banned) to one-sided non-targeted ads, to failure to tackle m/disinformation
Witnessed first hand the havoc that other site was causing in the elections from targeted ads based on political views (which Europe has banned) to one-sided non-targeted ads, to failure to tackle m/disinformation