Kacey
@kaceyvarren.bsky.social
Socialist, feminist & woke AF - Eco B&B owner....escaped England for the far north of Scotland
Angry at the state of things 📎
Angry at the state of things 📎
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Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nigel Farage, currently under investigation for
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
- election expenses fraud
- antisemitism rants
- Putin connections
- £40billion lost to UK public finances
- friendships with
* child rapist
* Russian spy
* 'illegal' immigrant employer
is only kept afloat by
uncritical billionaire media adulation
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"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Trevor Phillips letting those lies slide is Sky News being complicit in normalising disability hate."
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
BBC's new guidelines treat anti-Zionism as antisemitism
The BBC has issued new training guidelines around antisemitism and they are every bit as woeful as you might suspect.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I watched Maher tell Kasparian Israel has every right to annex West Bank, Lebanon, & Syria because Jews lived there 3,000 yrs ago
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
The idea you can take land to rebuild a kingdom is just batshit—but that is the ideology of Zionism
According to the BBC, it is antisemitic of me to point this out
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Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wholesale UK Electricity is 35% cheaper than the same period in 2024, Gas is 28% cheaper.
What about YOUR bills?
What about YOUR bills?
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I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm pretty sure, if full implications of
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
socialist .v. capitalist economy
were explained to people, they'd vote for
socialism by a massive majority, but with
British Establishment + billionaires
controlling the media, education system, etc
we've go our work cut out ...
meme via Michael McCarthy
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This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal.
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
"A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues."
https://bit.ly/44irJTE
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The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
How the Jewish Chronicle Weaponizes 'Antisemitism' to Fuel a Moral Panic
On Yom Kippur, two British Jews were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, during a cruel, antisemitic act of violence.
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Jewish weekly has played a role in whipping up fear & by falsely conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
This false conflation explains the dramatic increase in the term’s frequency, & why in the Chronicle, Corbyn appears to be far more threatening to Jews than Hitler
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If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
Be Outraged: Your True Income Tax Rate May be Triple the Rate the Richest Billionaires Pay
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers
www.counterpunch.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
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No Prince Philip either
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Prince Philip either
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"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
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I'm old enough to remember politicians
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm old enough to remember politicians
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
talking about tackling the causes of crime
and then doing the opposite ...
meme via Anthony Corella
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Eurovision vote on Israel exclusion
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
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December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Eurovision vote on Israel exclusion
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
“If we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people.”
Billy Bragg
fb.watch/DTvtyegc-7/
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If Spain can - why not the UK?!
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If Spain can - why not the UK?!
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
"In a world searching for cleaner solutions, Spain gave a glimpse of what the future could look like. For an entire day, the country ran solely on renewable energy, drawing power from wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric systems."
via Thank Your Garden
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A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
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Bye bye magnificent blue whales ...
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200% increase in krill catch in Antarctica
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200 percent increase in krill catch, aligning with nationwide ambitions
Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has largely expanded its krill catch in 2025, causing its profits to soar.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bye bye magnificent blue whales ...
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"Gary is far kinder to Rory Stewart here than Rory has ever been to him."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Gary is far kinder to Rory Stewart here than Rory has ever been to him."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
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‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries
David Lammy plans to cut the number of jury trials in England and Wales. A defendant, a victim, a barrister, a KC, a judge and a juror have concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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There's a fundamental failure of imagination among political leaders about the realities of governing in the 21st Century (this is true for the UK as well as the EU). Toxic information environments, malevolent state actors - these are the threats of today.
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There's a fundamental failure of imagination among political leaders about the realities of governing in the 21st Century (this is true for the UK as well as the EU). Toxic information environments, malevolent state actors - these are the threats of today.
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Unfortunately, with Rupert Lowe, Jenrick, Susan Hall and Reform councillors across the country pushing hard on blatant racism (& a third of the population voting for it by way of Reform Ltd), I think they’re achieving quite a lot of it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Unfortunately, with Rupert Lowe, Jenrick, Susan Hall and Reform councillors across the country pushing hard on blatant racism (& a third of the population voting for it by way of Reform Ltd), I think they’re achieving quite a lot of it.
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Gangster diplomacy from country run by ZioNazi mafia.
US Warns NATO Ties at Risk After EU Fines Musk’s X
A €120M EU fine on Elon Musk’s X has detonated into a NATO fight after senior U.S. officials said Europe can’t rely on Article 5 while enforcing tech rules they argue weaken American security.
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A €120M EU fine on Elon Musk’s X has detonated into a NATO fight after senior U.S. officials said Europe can’t rely on Article 5 while enforcing tech rules they argue weaken American security.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-warns-n...
U.S. Warns NATO Ties Are at Risk After EU Fines Musk’s X
A €120 million EU fine on Elon Musk’s X has become a NATO flashpoint after senior U.S. officials said Europe can’t lean on U.S. defense while enforcing tech rules they argue harm American security.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gangster diplomacy from country run by ZioNazi mafia.
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"We are living through protracted, overlapping losses: loss of services, loss of stability, loss of communal spaces, loss of trust in institutions. [...] Any attempt to explain rising mental distress that ignores these conditions will inevitably miss the mark."
Increased rates of autism, ADHD, and other mental health conditions are evidence of decades of unmet need. Wes Streeting is missing the point, writes Rowan Humphries-Massey
Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'
www.bigissue.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"We are living through protracted, overlapping losses: loss of services, loss of stability, loss of communal spaces, loss of trust in institutions. [...] Any attempt to explain rising mental distress that ignores these conditions will inevitably miss the mark."
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Ofgem has announced au upgrade of our creaking energy grid. And who is going to pay for it? You
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ofgem has announced au upgrade of our creaking energy grid. And who is going to pay for it? You
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
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Blame Wes Streeting
and his NHS privatising policies
bought with £££££s of bribes
not doctors
and his NHS privatising policies
bought with £££££s of bribes
not doctors
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Blame Wes Streeting
and his NHS privatising policies
bought with £££££s of bribes
not doctors
and his NHS privatising policies
bought with £££££s of bribes
not doctors
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Don't believe the "moaning Minnies"
in the Sun, Mail, Express, Telegraph, Times, GB news ...
whose billionaire owners just want to keep paying zero tax
welfare spending has fallen!!!
in the Sun, Mail, Express, Telegraph, Times, GB news ...
whose billionaire owners just want to keep paying zero tax
welfare spending has fallen!!!
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Don't believe the "moaning Minnies"
in the Sun, Mail, Express, Telegraph, Times, GB news ...
whose billionaire owners just want to keep paying zero tax
welfare spending has fallen!!!
in the Sun, Mail, Express, Telegraph, Times, GB news ...
whose billionaire owners just want to keep paying zero tax
welfare spending has fallen!!!