Jane Speare
@janespeare.bsky.social
Lefty Londoner PhD (education and poetry)
Fond as I am of Norfolk, I can’t help thinking that for those of us around in the 70s and early 80s this branding hits a particularly bum note 😳
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fond as I am of Norfolk, I can’t help thinking that for those of us around in the 70s and early 80s this branding hits a particularly bum note 😳
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Something positive Brits can do about #Gaza & the horrible winter folks are facing there. UK govt will double donations up to £3million. dec.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Something positive Brits can do about #Gaza & the horrible winter folks are facing there. UK govt will double donations up to £3million. dec.org.uk
Toothpaste. Relaxing.
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Toothpaste. Relaxing.
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
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Shirley Baker, UK photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester in the 1960s #WomensArt
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Shirley Baker, UK photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester in the 1960s #WomensArt
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Departed Company?
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Departed Company?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... An open secret, but how do you end this observation living in a world that claims to respect the rights of fellow humans?
UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... An open secret, but how do you end this observation living in a world that claims to respect the rights of fellow humans?
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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The senseless & wreckless Supreme Court judgement followed by EHRC's opportunistic segregation 'guidance' gave cover to some of the most horrendous transphobes who took their chance to oppress a marginalised group. They will never be forgotten. An injury to one, is an injury to all.
The EHRC's position "leaves businesses and their staff caught in the crossfire of the increasingly bitter gender wars, while doing absolutely nothing to advance women’s rights or protect vulnerable women from abuse": Rachel Taylor MP. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable | Letter
Letters: The EHRC has ignored warnings about the contradiction between possibly being sued for challenging someone’s gender versus being sued for failing to, says Rachel Taylor MP
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The senseless & wreckless Supreme Court judgement followed by EHRC's opportunistic segregation 'guidance' gave cover to some of the most horrendous transphobes who took their chance to oppress a marginalised group. They will never be forgotten. An injury to one, is an injury to all.
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US artist Allison May Kiphuth creates layered ink and watercolour illustrations in wooden boxes inspired by her local landscape #WomensArt
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
US artist Allison May Kiphuth creates layered ink and watercolour illustrations in wooden boxes inspired by her local landscape #WomensArt
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Minimum wage in America has increased by $0.00 since 2015
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Minimum wage in America has increased by $0.00 since 2015
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Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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Catherine Connolly has won the Irish presidency in a landslide.
Because you are allergic to truth telling & principled foreign policy, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, I hope hearing a respected leader speak with honesty & integrity causes you both to break out in hives. #GazaGenocide
Because you are allergic to truth telling & principled foreign policy, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, I hope hearing a respected leader speak with honesty & integrity causes you both to break out in hives. #GazaGenocide
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Catherine Connolly has won the Irish presidency in a landslide.
Because you are allergic to truth telling & principled foreign policy, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, I hope hearing a respected leader speak with honesty & integrity causes you both to break out in hives. #GazaGenocide
Because you are allergic to truth telling & principled foreign policy, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, I hope hearing a respected leader speak with honesty & integrity causes you both to break out in hives. #GazaGenocide
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Step Vaessen reports on yesterdays ruling by the International Court of Justice. The court concluded that Israel violated intl law by depriving Palestinians of their basic needs and that it failed to substantiate the allegations it made about UNRWA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Step Vaessen reports on yesterdays ruling by the International Court of Justice. The court concluded that Israel violated intl law by depriving Palestinians of their basic needs and that it failed to substantiate the allegations it made about UNRWA.
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Gaza needs flooding with aid. Instead, Israel is still restricting the amount of aid that can enter Gaza and has opened just 2 of the 5 crossings.
The genocide continues.
The genocide continues.
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Gaza needs flooding with aid. Instead, Israel is still restricting the amount of aid that can enter Gaza and has opened just 2 of the 5 crossings.
The genocide continues.
The genocide continues.
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He's a pro-Israel propagandist. He's not Jewish.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
He's a pro-Israel propagandist. He's not Jewish.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
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MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.
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The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk