KateSmith
@kcuckaburra.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Parent, grandparent. Love books and reading. Still interested in education, particularly Early years. Leftwing, anti Tory and Reform. Pro Europe.
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Today we celebrate 'English identity', based on its Syrian patron saint, Middle Eastern religion, Roman alphabet, Arabic numerals and German royal family
April 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today we celebrate 'English identity', based on its Syrian patron saint, Middle Eastern religion, Roman alphabet, Arabic numerals and German royal family
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www.facebook.com/share/v/1J33... So . . . it’s children and the disabled who have the broadest shoulders, is it? And I always thought he meant the super rich. How wrong was I?
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March 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
www.facebook.com/share/v/1J33... So . . . it’s children and the disabled who have the broadest shoulders, is it? And I always thought he meant the super rich. How wrong was I?
Can anyone find the clip of Starmer saying something about those with the broadest shoulders bearing the biggest burden? Because some reporter should confront him with it and ask him and Rachel Reeves if they think that’s what’s happening. In fact, it’s the opposite.
March 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Can anyone find the clip of Starmer saying something about those with the broadest shoulders bearing the biggest burden? Because some reporter should confront him with it and ask him and Rachel Reeves if they think that’s what’s happening. In fact, it’s the opposite.
The whole world is currently witnessing the absolute circus 🤡 of incompetence that is the US government. It would be fun to watch if it weren’t so damn dangerous. US citizens must be so utterly embarrassed.
March 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The whole world is currently witnessing the absolute circus 🤡 of incompetence that is the US government. It would be fun to watch if it weren’t so damn dangerous. US citizens must be so utterly embarrassed.
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Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
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That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive
Ministers have 'moral' duty to cut benefits spending, Labour MPs say
Labour is anxious to reduce the rising welfare bill as it plans boosting defence spending at a time when the Chancellor is perilously short of extra cash
inews.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive
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Russian state TV on the new world order: "Now everything is being decided inside a big triangle: Russia, China & the US. Within this, the new construction of the world will come to fruition. The EU as a united political force no longer exists..." ['News of the Week', Russia-1]
March 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Russian state TV on the new world order: "Now everything is being decided inside a big triangle: Russia, China & the US. Within this, the new construction of the world will come to fruition. The EU as a united political force no longer exists..." ['News of the Week', Russia-1]
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Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
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Please share. 🙏🏻
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Please share. 🙏🏻
Why are the BBC reporting on the Trump/Vance pile-on as though it was an equal bad tempered ‘exchange’? It wasn’t. We all saw with our own eyes what happened! Makes one wonder if what they’re telling us about the stuff we don’t see is true. Don’t trust the BBC.
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Why are the BBC reporting on the Trump/Vance pile-on as though it was an equal bad tempered ‘exchange’? It wasn’t. We all saw with our own eyes what happened! Makes one wonder if what they’re telling us about the stuff we don’t see is true. Don’t trust the BBC.
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Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
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There's no longer any denying it. The US and Russia are now allies, aligned against Europe. And we need to scramble like mad to work out what to do.
February 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's no longer any denying it. The US and Russia are now allies, aligned against Europe. And we need to scramble like mad to work out what to do.
I hope Keir Starmer and his advisers are watching how Macron handles Trump. There’s a lot to learn.
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I hope Keir Starmer and his advisers are watching how Macron handles Trump. There’s a lot to learn.
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In 2019 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda, calling claims of Russian interference "scare stories"
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
February 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In 2019 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda, calling claims of Russian interference "scare stories"
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
February 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump is on Putin's side.
That's it. That's the story and if you are on Trump and Putin's side then you're on the side of murder, fear, war and autocracy.
Find it absolutely staggering that some people who you'd expect so much more of are cheering this nightmare on
That's it. That's the story and if you are on Trump and Putin's side then you're on the side of murder, fear, war and autocracy.
Find it absolutely staggering that some people who you'd expect so much more of are cheering this nightmare on
February 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Trump is on Putin's side.
That's it. That's the story and if you are on Trump and Putin's side then you're on the side of murder, fear, war and autocracy.
Find it absolutely staggering that some people who you'd expect so much more of are cheering this nightmare on
That's it. That's the story and if you are on Trump and Putin's side then you're on the side of murder, fear, war and autocracy.
Find it absolutely staggering that some people who you'd expect so much more of are cheering this nightmare on
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Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
February 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, everything that led to the Holocaust is in danger of being forgotten.
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, everything that led to the Holocaust is in danger of being forgotten.
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
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Taxi for liberty.
January 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Taxi for liberty.