Kary Backhouse
@karybackhouse.bsky.social
Owned and managed by a chocolate Labrador we can often be found out and about exploring our lovely corner of the NW.
Since retiring I’m intent on travelling and seeing as many places as possible.
Since retiring I’m intent on travelling and seeing as many places as possible.
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Canada is a country of the rule of law. Canada is a country of democracy. Canada will never kiss that gangster’s ring.
March 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Canada is a country of the rule of law. Canada is a country of democracy. Canada will never kiss that gangster’s ring.
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Sounds like a plan @patmillsuk.bsky.social 👏
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sounds like a plan @patmillsuk.bsky.social 👏
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Outside the American Embassy in London....
London rocks......✊🏼
London rocks......✊🏼
March 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Outside the American Embassy in London....
London rocks......✊🏼
London rocks......✊🏼
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Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE!
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE!
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Charlie Sykes
Siri: could you remind me what the seven deadly sins were?
Siri: could you remind me what the seven deadly sins were?
March 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Charlie Sykes
Siri: could you remind me what the seven deadly sins were?
Siri: could you remind me what the seven deadly sins were?
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If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal, one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century, please watch this update. Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal, one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century, please watch this update. Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
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This talented, brave young man has been fighting his corner for equal funding for deaf athletes for some years now. The Tory gov wouldn’t listen &, seemingly, neither will this one.
Their actions border on cruelty.
PLEASE could all you good people give him a follow. It would lift him enormously. 🙏🏻
Their actions border on cruelty.
PLEASE could all you good people give him a follow. It would lift him enormously. 🙏🏻
My X account has been suspended so I’m unable to post on there today. Trying to verify my account but until it’s sorted I’d be really grateful if you could give me a mention or retweet a previous post. Today is 1350 days since I started my campaign. 1350 days the govt DCMS have done nothing
March 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This talented, brave young man has been fighting his corner for equal funding for deaf athletes for some years now. The Tory gov wouldn’t listen &, seemingly, neither will this one.
Their actions border on cruelty.
PLEASE could all you good people give him a follow. It would lift him enormously. 🙏🏻
Their actions border on cruelty.
PLEASE could all you good people give him a follow. It would lift him enormously. 🙏🏻
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Don’t know what I said or did but I’ve just gathered a boatload of American followers.
My deepest sympathies for the state you presently find yourselves in.
If it helps, the antics of Tango and Cash affect us all… unfortunately.
Welcome to my corner of BlueSky. There are beers in the fridge. 👍
My deepest sympathies for the state you presently find yourselves in.
If it helps, the antics of Tango and Cash affect us all… unfortunately.
Welcome to my corner of BlueSky. There are beers in the fridge. 👍
March 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Don’t know what I said or did but I’ve just gathered a boatload of American followers.
My deepest sympathies for the state you presently find yourselves in.
If it helps, the antics of Tango and Cash affect us all… unfortunately.
Welcome to my corner of BlueSky. There are beers in the fridge. 👍
My deepest sympathies for the state you presently find yourselves in.
If it helps, the antics of Tango and Cash affect us all… unfortunately.
Welcome to my corner of BlueSky. There are beers in the fridge. 👍
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... They’re not even hiding the corruption now - UK businesses need to be wary of doing business in the US now regulation and rule of law is being eroded
How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA
The billionaire overseeing a wide-ranging government efficiency effort is offering his own SpaceX technology as the future of flight-safety inside the Federal Aviation Administration
www.bloomberg.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... They’re not even hiding the corruption now - UK businesses need to be wary of doing business in the US now regulation and rule of law is being eroded
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NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
'The United States is Your Enemy'
A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west
broligarchy.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
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“The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny” Wow - at last a Times columnist calls out Trump appeasement for what it is. Well done Matthew Syed
www.thetimes.com/article/5d18...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d18...
The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny
Never again can we allow the bully in the White House to isolate one of our friends as he did Ukraine
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
“The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny” Wow - at last a Times columnist calls out Trump appeasement for what it is. Well done Matthew Syed
www.thetimes.com/article/5d18...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d18...
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I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
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Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
January 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
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So, you want to give ultimate judicial authority to simpletons like you and Farage?
Fuck you, I'll take my chances with people who aren't forced to resign within seven weeks of taking office.
Fuck you, I'll take my chances with people who aren't forced to resign within seven weeks of taking office.
January 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So, you want to give ultimate judicial authority to simpletons like you and Farage?
Fuck you, I'll take my chances with people who aren't forced to resign within seven weeks of taking office.
Fuck you, I'll take my chances with people who aren't forced to resign within seven weeks of taking office.
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Listening to Farage on Kuensberg and support his friend and the right to free speech on that other platform!
I’m so glad I’ve left.
I’m so glad I’ve left.
January 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Listening to Farage on Kuensberg and support his friend and the right to free speech on that other platform!
I’m so glad I’ve left.
I’m so glad I’ve left.
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Let’s make 2025 the year we finally end one of the most shocking, cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal
Lord Woodley’s Bill has passed its 2nd Reading. Will Keir Starmer give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Lord Woodley’s Bill has passed its 2nd Reading. Will Keir Starmer give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Let’s make 2025 the year we finally end one of the most shocking, cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal
Lord Woodley’s Bill has passed its 2nd Reading. Will Keir Starmer give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Lord Woodley’s Bill has passed its 2nd Reading. Will Keir Starmer give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
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Today’s long read, @grepsul’s brilliantly exposes how you’ve been had not once, not twice but repeatedly.
Ofwat today unveiled the biggest water price rises since privatisation, when bills rose to fix an underfunded system and meet new enviro standards. So why do we face another crash price-rise 3 decades later? In this @telegraphnews.bsky.social piece, I explain why. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
How Britain’s water supply spiralled into chaos – and why hiking prices could be the only solution
Privatisation in the 1980s made sense, but the mess that followed has left us, the consumers, facing distasteful choices
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Today’s long read, @grepsul’s brilliantly exposes how you’ve been had not once, not twice but repeatedly.
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I appear to have woken up in North Korea.
December 13, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I appear to have woken up in North Korea.
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Levels of Thames Water’s sewage dumping has jumped 40% in just 6 months, bills expected to go up 59% next week and fat cat bosses share a £770,000 reward.
Now what was all that bullsh*t about banning bonuses. What else were you expecting?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now what was all that bullsh*t about banning bonuses. What else were you expecting?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar - BBC News
The company saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to swell.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Levels of Thames Water’s sewage dumping has jumped 40% in just 6 months, bills expected to go up 59% next week and fat cat bosses share a £770,000 reward.
Now what was all that bullsh*t about banning bonuses. What else were you expecting?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now what was all that bullsh*t about banning bonuses. What else were you expecting?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...