Andrea Siggens
@mackemdragon.bsky.social
🐕🐈🐼🐧🐋🕷🌊🌈🌳🪻I support Palestine🇵🇸
Animal mad,a full time carer for my husband.
❤️knitting&wildlife gardening,SAFC till I die❤️
Long Covid since April 2020.
WOKE AF😉
Animal mad,a full time carer for my husband.
❤️knitting&wildlife gardening,SAFC till I die❤️
Long Covid since April 2020.
WOKE AF😉
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Good morning dear friends, he is today’s #Motification. I’ve spoken to Mo @helpcatsmsallam and he’s fine but it was a bad night, several buildings were bombed in his area. He went to the market early and got a good parcel of vegetables for about $110 so prices are a bit less.
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Good morning dear friends, he is today’s #Motification. I’ve spoken to Mo @helpcatsmsallam and he’s fine but it was a bad night, several buildings were bombed in his area. He went to the market early and got a good parcel of vegetables for about $110 so prices are a bit less.
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Whilst a ceasefire is very welcome news, it's problematic. For Biden to start directing a normalisation with Israel/Saudi is disingenuous #GazaGenocide
Under the terms Netanyahu has 60 days to withdraw troops at which point Trump is sworn in. Buying for time? www.ft.com/content/6110...
Under the terms Netanyahu has 60 days to withdraw troops at which point Trump is sworn in. Buying for time? www.ft.com/content/6110...
Ceasefire begins in Israel-Lebanon war
Agreement raises hopes of end to conflict between Israeli forces and Hizbollah
www.ft.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Whilst a ceasefire is very welcome news, it's problematic. For Biden to start directing a normalisation with Israel/Saudi is disingenuous #GazaGenocide
Under the terms Netanyahu has 60 days to withdraw troops at which point Trump is sworn in. Buying for time? www.ft.com/content/6110...
Under the terms Netanyahu has 60 days to withdraw troops at which point Trump is sworn in. Buying for time? www.ft.com/content/6110...
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The benefits bill is so high because we use it to fund low wages by employers and high rent by landlords.
November 26, 2024 at 11:47 AM
The benefits bill is so high because we use it to fund low wages by employers and high rent by landlords.
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Totally agree the minimum wage is not close to good enough, after pension it's around £1600 a month for a full time worker.
Even living without big overheads is so difficult as soon as an emergency hits that person will instantly end up in debt.
Even living without big overheads is so difficult as soon as an emergency hits that person will instantly end up in debt.
Hunger is a violation of basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis.
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
UK's food bank crisis is violating our basic human rights
Food banks are a violation of our human right to food on an unprecedented scale. Hunger should spark outrage, writes Just Fair’s Alex Firth.
www.bigissue.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Totally agree the minimum wage is not close to good enough, after pension it's around £1600 a month for a full time worker.
Even living without big overheads is so difficult as soon as an emergency hits that person will instantly end up in debt.
Even living without big overheads is so difficult as soon as an emergency hits that person will instantly end up in debt.
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russia is attacking Ukraine with Tu-160 bombers which they received from us 25 years ago
The investigative project “Schemes” revealed that Ukraine transferred these planes to russia in the 1990s in exchange for clearing its gas debt
At least 6 of them are now actively used by the russian military
😡
The investigative project “Schemes” revealed that Ukraine transferred these planes to russia in the 1990s in exchange for clearing its gas debt
At least 6 of them are now actively used by the russian military
😡
November 26, 2024 at 7:55 PM
russia is attacking Ukraine with Tu-160 bombers which they received from us 25 years ago
The investigative project “Schemes” revealed that Ukraine transferred these planes to russia in the 1990s in exchange for clearing its gas debt
At least 6 of them are now actively used by the russian military
😡
The investigative project “Schemes” revealed that Ukraine transferred these planes to russia in the 1990s in exchange for clearing its gas debt
At least 6 of them are now actively used by the russian military
😡
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Last time Trump imposed tariffs on China
They retaliated against American soybean farmers-who then lost all their Chinese buyers
And the farmers had to get bailed out by subsidies
So not only were the tariffs an abject failure
They wound up costing the American people $23 billion in subsidies
They retaliated against American soybean farmers-who then lost all their Chinese buyers
And the farmers had to get bailed out by subsidies
So not only were the tariffs an abject failure
They wound up costing the American people $23 billion in subsidies
November 27, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Last time Trump imposed tariffs on China
They retaliated against American soybean farmers-who then lost all their Chinese buyers
And the farmers had to get bailed out by subsidies
So not only were the tariffs an abject failure
They wound up costing the American people $23 billion in subsidies
They retaliated against American soybean farmers-who then lost all their Chinese buyers
And the farmers had to get bailed out by subsidies
So not only were the tariffs an abject failure
They wound up costing the American people $23 billion in subsidies
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1410 families completely wiped out in Gaza with 3463 families left with only one survivor.
There are no words adequate 💔🖤🤍💚
www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Inte...
There are no words adequate 💔🖤🤍💚
www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Inte...
Gaza health ministry: 1,410 families completely wiped out in Gaza war
Gaza’s health ministry has compiled figures on families who have lost multiple members to Israeli attacks in Gaza. It says:- 1,410 families have been completely wiped out- 3,463 families have be...
www.mtv.com.lb
November 26, 2024 at 1:53 PM
1410 families completely wiped out in Gaza with 3463 families left with only one survivor.
There are no words adequate 💔🖤🤍💚
www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Inte...
There are no words adequate 💔🖤🤍💚
www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Inte...
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188 Palestinian journalists killed in the last 14 months.
November 24, 2024 at 9:14 PM
188 Palestinian journalists killed in the last 14 months.
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How can anyone say COP 29 was anything other than a failure when there is still NO COMMITMENT TO END FOSSIL FUELS USE?
COP is little more than a PR wheeze to make it look as if western governments are doing something.
Can anyone convince me otherwise?
COP is little more than a PR wheeze to make it look as if western governments are doing something.
Can anyone convince me otherwise?
November 25, 2024 at 1:49 PM
How can anyone say COP 29 was anything other than a failure when there is still NO COMMITMENT TO END FOSSIL FUELS USE?
COP is little more than a PR wheeze to make it look as if western governments are doing something.
Can anyone convince me otherwise?
COP is little more than a PR wheeze to make it look as if western governments are doing something.
Can anyone convince me otherwise?
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Tax dodgers...and tax evaders
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in UK last year, HMRC believes
Total of £11.5bn in missing tax from foreign companies is suspected for 2022-23, according to UHY Hacker Young
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Tax dodgers...and tax evaders
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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And if it wants to reduce the benefits bill, how about tackling low wages and high rents that benefits are used to subsidise?
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 PM
And if it wants to reduce the benefits bill, how about tackling low wages and high rents that benefits are used to subsidise?
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The true benefits scroungers are at the top of the food train, corporate bail outs & grants swallowed up but let’s blame the most needy.
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The true benefits scroungers are at the top of the food train, corporate bail outs & grants swallowed up but let’s blame the most needy.
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Starmer during the general election campaign
"We will raise £billions by going after tax evaders & cheats"
Starmer reality
'I fully intend to echo David Cameron by vilifying & scapegoated the most & most vulnerable in our society'
"We will raise £billions by going after tax evaders & cheats"
Starmer reality
'I fully intend to echo David Cameron by vilifying & scapegoated the most & most vulnerable in our society'
November 26, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Starmer during the general election campaign
"We will raise £billions by going after tax evaders & cheats"
Starmer reality
'I fully intend to echo David Cameron by vilifying & scapegoated the most & most vulnerable in our society'
"We will raise £billions by going after tax evaders & cheats"
Starmer reality
'I fully intend to echo David Cameron by vilifying & scapegoated the most & most vulnerable in our society'
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Starting with these parasites
November 26, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Starting with these parasites
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Labour's latest attack on welfare is a disgraceful assault on the dignity of the sick and disabled.
If the government really wanted to crack down on people "gaming the system", they would go after tax dodgers hoarding our country's wealth.
If the government really wanted to crack down on people "gaming the system", they would go after tax dodgers hoarding our country's wealth.
November 26, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Labour's latest attack on welfare is a disgraceful assault on the dignity of the sick and disabled.
If the government really wanted to crack down on people "gaming the system", they would go after tax dodgers hoarding our country's wealth.
If the government really wanted to crack down on people "gaming the system", they would go after tax dodgers hoarding our country's wealth.
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The government failed to confirm Netanyahu would be immediately arrested in the UK, despite an ICC warrant.
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
November 25, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The government failed to confirm Netanyahu would be immediately arrested in the UK, despite an ICC warrant.
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
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This has never been more relevant.
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
This has never been more relevant.