Kitty Telf
@kittytelf.bsky.social
She/they
Lefty, gothy, witchy, and always anti-fash.
Lefty, gothy, witchy, and always anti-fash.
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Morning commuters from Glasgow to Edinburgh will see their fares drop by 48%.
@scottishgreens.org, trade unions and commuters worked together to demand the removal of peak rail fares.
Peak rail fares are now scrapped for good! 🥳
@scottishgreens.org, trade unions and commuters worked together to demand the removal of peak rail fares.
Peak rail fares are now scrapped for good! 🥳
September 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Morning commuters from Glasgow to Edinburgh will see their fares drop by 48%.
@scottishgreens.org, trade unions and commuters worked together to demand the removal of peak rail fares.
Peak rail fares are now scrapped for good! 🥳
@scottishgreens.org, trade unions and commuters worked together to demand the removal of peak rail fares.
Peak rail fares are now scrapped for good! 🥳
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Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners | Sadia Sikandar @diyabutt.bsky.social
Perth stands up: refugee backers outnumber far-right protesters
Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners
bylines.scot
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners | Sadia Sikandar @diyabutt.bsky.social
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📈Rent keeps increasing.
📈Food prices are inflating.
📈Energy bills are through the roof.
But the rich. They keep getting richer. ⤵️
📈Food prices are inflating.
📈Energy bills are through the roof.
But the rich. They keep getting richer. ⤵️
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📈Rent keeps increasing.
📈Food prices are inflating.
📈Energy bills are through the roof.
But the rich. They keep getting richer. ⤵️
📈Food prices are inflating.
📈Energy bills are through the roof.
But the rich. They keep getting richer. ⤵️
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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If we threw the same amount of money at climate catastrophe that this unhinged iteration of Silicon Valley is at “AI” to force us all to use it, we could actually mitigate some of the damage and protect our ecosystems, but then how will 6 guys make all the money.
August 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If we threw the same amount of money at climate catastrophe that this unhinged iteration of Silicon Valley is at “AI” to force us all to use it, we could actually mitigate some of the damage and protect our ecosystems, but then how will 6 guys make all the money.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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One new MP who has remained loyal: “There is a lot of political naivety here. They don’t understand that a year after a historic victory, we shouldn’t be undermining the leadership that helped get them elected.”
Maybe the leadership should have considered not undermining the party.
Maybe the leadership should have considered not undermining the party.
July 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
One new MP who has remained loyal: “There is a lot of political naivety here. They don’t understand that a year after a historic victory, we shouldn’t be undermining the leadership that helped get them elected.”
Maybe the leadership should have considered not undermining the party.
Maybe the leadership should have considered not undermining the party.
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Words don't come close to describing just how profoundly bad an idea this is.
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
July 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Words don't come close to describing just how profoundly bad an idea this is.
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A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations.
Profits came before people.
Yet this is the system that Farage/Reform, neoliberals want in the UK
Defend the NHS, or risk bankruptcy and poor health.
archive.ph/noB9w
Insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations.
Profits came before people.
Yet this is the system that Farage/Reform, neoliberals want in the UK
Defend the NHS, or risk bankruptcy and poor health.
archive.ph/noB9w
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations.
Profits came before people.
Yet this is the system that Farage/Reform, neoliberals want in the UK
Defend the NHS, or risk bankruptcy and poor health.
archive.ph/noB9w
Insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations.
Profits came before people.
Yet this is the system that Farage/Reform, neoliberals want in the UK
Defend the NHS, or risk bankruptcy and poor health.
archive.ph/noB9w
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Absolutely everything Conservative Christians say about Sharia law is what they want to do themselves in America. Banning women’s rights and LGBTQ rights is literally their highest priority. They just think they should be the ones doing it.
July 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Absolutely everything Conservative Christians say about Sharia law is what they want to do themselves in America. Banning women’s rights and LGBTQ rights is literally their highest priority. They just think they should be the ones doing it.
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“UN experts today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.“We are concerned at the unjustified ...
www.ohchr.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“UN experts today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Oxfam has found that billionaires pay effective tax rates close to 0.3% of their wealth.
UK billionaires’ wealth increased by £35m a day in 2024.
The world is now on track to see five trillionaires within a decade.
Tax. The. Rich.
UK billionaires’ wealth increased by £35m a day in 2024.
The world is now on track to see five trillionaires within a decade.
Tax. The. Rich.
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Oxfam has found that billionaires pay effective tax rates close to 0.3% of their wealth.
UK billionaires’ wealth increased by £35m a day in 2024.
The world is now on track to see five trillionaires within a decade.
Tax. The. Rich.
UK billionaires’ wealth increased by £35m a day in 2024.
The world is now on track to see five trillionaires within a decade.
Tax. The. Rich.
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We seem to be heading in a direction where trans people can be excluded and segregated from spaces and services all across Britain.
But you can speak out. Email your MP and the Minister for Equalities in two minutes, or complete the EHRC consultation: scottishtrans.org/emailfortransinclusion
But you can speak out. Email your MP and the Minister for Equalities in two minutes, or complete the EHRC consultation: scottishtrans.org/emailfortransinclusion
June 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We seem to be heading in a direction where trans people can be excluded and segregated from spaces and services all across Britain.
But you can speak out. Email your MP and the Minister for Equalities in two minutes, or complete the EHRC consultation: scottishtrans.org/emailfortransinclusion
But you can speak out. Email your MP and the Minister for Equalities in two minutes, or complete the EHRC consultation: scottishtrans.org/emailfortransinclusion
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The UK Met Office is asking for name suggestions for next season's storms.
People are suggesting Shell, BP, Exxon, Big Oil etc. to give them credit for their contribution.
Go to the site and add your suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
#climatechange #climateimpacts #storms #bigoil
People are suggesting Shell, BP, Exxon, Big Oil etc. to give them credit for their contribution.
Go to the site and add your suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
#climatechange #climateimpacts #storms #bigoil
Name our Storms
www.metoffice.gov.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The UK Met Office is asking for name suggestions for next season's storms.
People are suggesting Shell, BP, Exxon, Big Oil etc. to give them credit for their contribution.
Go to the site and add your suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
#climatechange #climateimpacts #storms #bigoil
People are suggesting Shell, BP, Exxon, Big Oil etc. to give them credit for their contribution.
Go to the site and add your suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
#climatechange #climateimpacts #storms #bigoil
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Just to be clear: young people will get out and vote if you give them a candidate to vote for. If you give them the same nasty centrist who doesn’t represent their values, they have no stakes in it and they won’t vote. This isn’t rocket science.
June 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Just to be clear: young people will get out and vote if you give them a candidate to vote for. If you give them the same nasty centrist who doesn’t represent their values, they have no stakes in it and they won’t vote. This isn’t rocket science.
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None of those newspapers (or the BBC) that gleefully ran stories when the EHRC gave trans people a shoeing will now report on the EHRC admitting they (and hence those stories) were wrong. Are those outlets craven - or dishonest?
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
EHRC Drops Workplace Toilet Advice Amid Legal Threat - Law360
Britain's equal rights watchdog has dropped its advice to employers that they must provide single-sex toilets in the wake of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court decision in the face of a court challenge.
www.law360.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
None of those newspapers (or the BBC) that gleefully ran stories when the EHRC gave trans people a shoeing will now report on the EHRC admitting they (and hence those stories) were wrong. Are those outlets craven - or dishonest?
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
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Last week we were invited to attend an EHRC Q&A about their consultation, but decided not to go as the invitation made it clear that we wouldn’t be listened to, and we couldn't see a positive outcome of attending.
Read our full response to the invitation here: www.scottishtrans.org/wp-content/u...
Read our full response to the invitation here: www.scottishtrans.org/wp-content/u...
June 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Last week we were invited to attend an EHRC Q&A about their consultation, but decided not to go as the invitation made it clear that we wouldn’t be listened to, and we couldn't see a positive outcome of attending.
Read our full response to the invitation here: www.scottishtrans.org/wp-content/u...
Read our full response to the invitation here: www.scottishtrans.org/wp-content/u...
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JK Rowling's vast fortune now quite explicitly being weaponised to bully public authorities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
June 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
JK Rowling's vast fortune now quite explicitly being weaponised to bully public authorities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🦩The #FlamingoLand decision isn’t set in stone yet. Until it is, Scottish Government ministers have the power to change the decision.
That’s why we need as many people as possible to write to Planning Minister Ivan McKee, telling him he needs to act now.
Add your name: greens.scot/LochLomond
That’s why we need as many people as possible to write to Planning Minister Ivan McKee, telling him he needs to act now.
Add your name: greens.scot/LochLomond
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW -
greens.scot
May 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🦩The #FlamingoLand decision isn’t set in stone yet. Until it is, Scottish Government ministers have the power to change the decision.
That’s why we need as many people as possible to write to Planning Minister Ivan McKee, telling him he needs to act now.
Add your name: greens.scot/LochLomond
That’s why we need as many people as possible to write to Planning Minister Ivan McKee, telling him he needs to act now.
Add your name: greens.scot/LochLomond
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I remember some very sensible people telling me abortion would never be under threat in the UK the same way it happened in the US.
Yet another transphobe now feeling safe to come out as anti-abortion too. www.thenational.scot/news/2519525...
'The mask is slipping': Nigel Farage takes aim at UK abortion rules
NIGEL Farage has said it is "utterly ludicrous" to allow abortion up to 24 weeks with the law "totally out of date"
www.thenational.scot
May 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I remember some very sensible people telling me abortion would never be under threat in the UK the same way it happened in the US.