Kate Dunn
@katedunn.bsky.social
In the shed, writing (The Line Between Us, The Dragonfly, Rebecca's Children) and trying to paint...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
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Today in “Watergate was a harmless high school prank relative to the things Trump does on a daily basis”
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Today in “Watergate was a harmless high school prank relative to the things Trump does on a daily basis”
Excellent and concerning in equal measure….
Is the tide turning? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Renewed talk of a customs union may well come to nothing, but rapidly changing geo-politics mean the UK needs urgently to face up to the failure of the entire Brexit ‘strategy’: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-t...
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Excellent and concerning in equal measure….
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Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
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Migration Advisory Committee report on fiscal impact of main work migration routes.
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Migration Advisory Committee report on fiscal impact of main work migration routes.
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
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In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rage and deep sorrow…
Rage and deep sorrow…
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rage and deep sorrow…
Rage and deep sorrow…
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"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
George Monbiot
George Monbiot
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December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
George Monbiot
George Monbiot
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Rafael Behr telling it like it is…
Rafael Behr telling it like it is…
A braver Tory leader than Badenoch would dare to call out Farage's bogus patriotism | Rafael Behr
Across western democracies, established conservatives are yielding to radical nationalism. There’s no sign that Britain will be the exception, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Rafael Behr telling it like it is…
Rafael Behr telling it like it is…
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And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
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📈 79% of Brits want Freedom of Movement Back! 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
RT 🔄 if you want your freedom of movement back! 👍
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
RT 🔄 if you want your freedom of movement back! 👍
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll
Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📈 79% of Brits want Freedom of Movement Back! 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
RT 🔄 if you want your freedom of movement back! 👍
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
RT 🔄 if you want your freedom of movement back! 👍
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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People should note that Voloshyn tried to disguise Gill’s bribes as ‘media payments’
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
People should note that Voloshyn tried to disguise Gill’s bribes as ‘media payments’
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
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👇👇👇🔥💡👌
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
👇👇👇🔥💡👌
Well worth reading….
“Ukraine’s experience since February 2022 has upended long-held assumptions about the economics of war — from the belief that size and industrial capacity are a guarantee of victory to misunderstandings about mobilisation, logistics and adaptability.”
Ukraine, Europe and the new economics of war
By maintaining stability and innovating to hold out against Russia, Kyiv has shown that size matters less in conflict than it used to
giftarticle.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Well worth reading….
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The sixth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a photo of a star’s final act as it nears the end of its life.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Day 6 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Shell of a Dying Star
The sixth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features the final act of a star near the end of its life.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The sixth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a photo of a star’s final act as it nears the end of its life.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
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hey we are open until 8pm tonight, what's with that! 10% off (nearly) everything. Mince pies. All that malarkey
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
hey we are open until 8pm tonight, what's with that! 10% off (nearly) everything. Mince pies. All that malarkey
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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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What do we think writing IS? What is an author? Why bother, if you don't want to write, if you are not challenged and exhausted and exhilarated and electrocuted in the doing of it?
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What do we think writing IS? What is an author? Why bother, if you don't want to write, if you are not challenged and exhausted and exhilarated and electrocuted in the doing of it?
Important thread alert…
🆘 🧵 SUMMARY OF USA 🇺🇸 Deal
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Important thread alert…
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I’ve seen a number of people sharing this story with the comment, why didn’t he tell Stoppard, and I think the answer is probably “because people either don’t think to or think there will always be time to.” If someone has done something you admire, tell them.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’ve seen a number of people sharing this story with the comment, why didn’t he tell Stoppard, and I think the answer is probably “because people either don’t think to or think there will always be time to.” If someone has done something you admire, tell them.
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And a very happy 10th anniversary of the opening night of Funny Girl at the Menier Chocolate Factory in south London, a production which gave rise to one of the best pull quotes ever seen by human eyes
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And a very happy 10th anniversary of the opening night of Funny Girl at the Menier Chocolate Factory in south London, a production which gave rise to one of the best pull quotes ever seen by human eyes
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Any other writers get an email titled "Court Notice: Anthropic Copyright Class Action"? Is this legit? Would be just like me to eagerly follow it up and find it's a scam.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Any other writers get an email titled "Court Notice: Anthropic Copyright Class Action"? Is this legit? Would be just like me to eagerly follow it up and find it's a scam.