Carla Ramsay
@minkusme.bsky.social
Perpetual student (social sciences and systems thinking are my bag), art and history lover, NHS manager, volunteer for many things, all about trains and the golden rule: Be Excellent To Each Other.
Minkusme.com
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I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward
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December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
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So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Edward Enninful: ‘Britain feels less tolerant now than we were in the 90s’ www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Edward Enninful: ‘Britain feels less tolerant now than we were in the 90s’
The former British Vogue editor reflects on his early years in London, the importance of celebrating diversity and why he takes comfort in the younger generation
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December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Edward Enninful: ‘Britain feels less tolerant now than we were in the 90s’ www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Do read the whole thread - this is exactly what I've been wanting to describe in respect of my role as a public servant and as a colleague and member of our staff LGBTQ+ network.
1/ You wouldn’t know it from the coverage, but two recent employment tribunal rulings have vindicated those of us who have said from the start that the Supreme Court judgment did not require the automatic exclusion of trans people from single-sex toilets and changing rooms. 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Do read the whole thread - this is exactly what I've been wanting to describe in respect of my role as a public servant and as a colleague and member of our staff LGBTQ+ network.
LOVED watching Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Watching the chapters in order, bonus scenes (including what happens to The Pussy Wagon). Outstanding.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
LOVED watching Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Watching the chapters in order, bonus scenes (including what happens to The Pussy Wagon). Outstanding.
This has given me genuine hope. I joined the Green Party 2 years ago and the waves of positive support, clear policy positions based on social justice, have great momentum.
Hope is here.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This has given me genuine hope. I joined the Green Party 2 years ago and the waves of positive support, clear policy positions based on social justice, have great momentum.
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"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.
The view from Llantarnam: combatting the populist right
Alternately insulting and ignoring voters won’t tackle growing support for the populist right in Wales – quite the opposite. Other parties must roll their sleeves up
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November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social on taxing the rich: "This is about inequality. For decades now poor people have got poorer and rich people have got richer... the money [raised] is important but the real point is about tackling inequality.. we need to get those assets flowing around the economy"
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on taxing the rich: "This is about inequality. For decades now poor people have got poorer and rich people have got richer... the money [raised] is important but the real point is about tackling inequality.. we need to get those assets flowing around the economy"
I’m standing against Farage’s politics. Join the Never Nigel movement and help show that Reform UK isn’t the answer. If you're wanting to act and not sure what to do, this is a practical step to take: hopenothate.org.uk/are-you-a-never-nigel/ @hopenothate.org.uk
Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m standing against Farage’s politics. Join the Never Nigel movement and help show that Reform UK isn’t the answer. If you're wanting to act and not sure what to do, this is a practical step to take: hopenothate.org.uk/are-you-a-never-nigel/ @hopenothate.org.uk
Spot on, particularly the last, chilling paragraph - this is a failed Government and we are all paying the price
In which @owenjones.bsky.social carefully and irresistibly unpicks the sadistic, intellectually dishonest and politically self-defeating policies of Shabana Mahmood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones
The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Spot on, particularly the last, chilling paragraph - this is a failed Government and we are all paying the price
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Large parts of Reform’s coalition could be reached through a fair economy, decent services and a sense that politicians are listening again. These voters are not lost. They want stability and a future where things work.
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Who supports Reform UK and why? | Fed Up and rolling the dice
Our study of over 11,000 Reform UK voters is the largest and most extensive study into the party undertaken to date. We find that Reform UK is made of a coalition of voters, many with quite different ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Large parts of Reform’s coalition could be reached through a fair economy, decent services and a sense that politicians are listening again. These voters are not lost. They want stability and a future where things work.
hopenothate.org.uk/new-who-supp...
hopenothate.org.uk/new-who-supp...
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
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There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
Terrifying, and a gift to Reform UK. Normalise deportations, normalise a hostile system and chuck money at infrastructure to do it; Reform UK at the next election can faux-innocence their way to "we are merely continuing policy..."
Refugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safe
Refugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safe
Approach modelled on Denmark’s controversial system forms part of home secretary’s changes to asylum system
Refugees who have established lives with homes and families in the UK – including Ukrainians – will still face having to return if their home countries become safe, the home secretary has said.
Shabana Mahmood said the asylum system was “out of control and putting huge pressure on communities” as she announced plans to end the permanent status of refugees, who will need to reapply to remain in Britain every two and a half years. Continue reading...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Terrifying, and a gift to Reform UK. Normalise deportations, normalise a hostile system and chuck money at infrastructure to do it; Reform UK at the next election can faux-innocence their way to "we are merely continuing policy..."
What have I been up to recently? Train adventures and slightly better than duff poetry...
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The interior courtyard in Ljubljana Town Hall, looking up. The fresco decoration around participating and two storeys of balconies looking into the courtyard are stunning A year of adventures has i…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What have I been up to recently? Train adventures and slightly better than duff poetry...
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
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The Government needs to get serious about climate change. And it hasn't so we're suing. But this is the longest and most expensive legal letter Good Law Project has ever sent - and it involves a huge team of specialist lawyers. And we really could use your help. goodlaw.social/4cqi
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Government needs to get serious about climate change. And it hasn't so we're suing. But this is the longest and most expensive legal letter Good Law Project has ever sent - and it involves a huge team of specialist lawyers. And we really could use your help. goodlaw.social/4cqi
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Labour doesn't want to build a 'new state' - it has been persuaded by the Big Tech backed Tony Blair Institute that it should outsource the state to Big Tech.
This is a catastrophe in the making. Here's how to tell the PM what you think: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-keir-st...
This is a catastrophe in the making. Here's how to tell the PM what you think: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-keir-st...
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Labour doesn't want to build a 'new state' - it has been persuaded by the Big Tech backed Tony Blair Institute that it should outsource the state to Big Tech.
This is a catastrophe in the making. Here's how to tell the PM what you think: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-keir-st...
This is a catastrophe in the making. Here's how to tell the PM what you think: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-keir-st...
A week by train, visiting old friends of Arles and Heidelberg, and learning loads in Avignon. In Heidelberg, I reflected a lot on my semester as an Erasmus student: what a privilege that turned out to be, and how many opportunities have been taken away from young Brits cos of a selfish Brexit vote?
October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A week by train, visiting old friends of Arles and Heidelberg, and learning loads in Avignon. In Heidelberg, I reflected a lot on my semester as an Erasmus student: what a privilege that turned out to be, and how many opportunities have been taken away from young Brits cos of a selfish Brexit vote?
Excellent interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social - clear, policy-based answers to every question, showing understanding and empathy with voters' concerns and shifting the dial to politics with hope. I'm so proud to be a Green Party member, and here's why: bsky.app/profile/zack...
I loved speaking to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social with @zeteo.com and answering audience questions.
Catch up here 👇🏼
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Catch up here 👇🏼
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The British Mamdani? Jewish, Anti-Israel Political Star Zack Polanski Talks to Mehdi
YouTube video by Zeteo
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October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Excellent interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social - clear, policy-based answers to every question, showing understanding and empathy with voters' concerns and shifting the dial to politics with hope. I'm so proud to be a Green Party member, and here's why: bsky.app/profile/zack...
Arles, Roman history, van Gogh footsteps, Avignon for a day, big train journey and now Heidelberg.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Arles, Roman history, van Gogh footsteps, Avignon for a day, big train journey and now Heidelberg.
Trains! 19.38 hrs departure from Zagreb yesterday; then Munich to Stuttgart this morning then Stuttgart to Paris. Currently under the water on Eurostar, then last Hull Train home. Zagreb to Hull in 28 hours!
(Photos a sample from Zagreb)
(Photos a sample from Zagreb)
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trains! 19.38 hrs departure from Zagreb yesterday; then Munich to Stuttgart this morning then Stuttgart to Paris. Currently under the water on Eurostar, then last Hull Train home. Zagreb to Hull in 28 hours!
(Photos a sample from Zagreb)
(Photos a sample from Zagreb)
Learning about the history and culture of Slovenia and Croatia. Definitely recommend Ljubljana and Zagreb for great food, museums, 80s music and exploring. The past, and the present, in both countries is complicated and there are good museums and walking tours to try to help understand these.
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Learning about the history and culture of Slovenia and Croatia. Definitely recommend Ljubljana and Zagreb for great food, museums, 80s music and exploring. The past, and the present, in both countries is complicated and there are good museums and walking tours to try to help understand these.
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This is what I believe in. If you're unsure how your views as a woman and/or as an ally to trans people can be usefully articulated, and what the root cause that needs tackling is, please read and sign.
This is what I believe in. If you're unsure how your views as a woman and/or as an ally to trans people can be usefully articulated, and what the root cause that needs tackling is, please read and sign.
Trans people are increasingly being painted as a threat to women.
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
Rejecting the false narrative that frames trans people as a threat to women
Trans people are increasingly being painted as a threat to women. We're supporting Not In Our Name (NION) Women to fight back against this harmful narrative.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This is what I believe in. If you're unsure how your views as a woman and/or as an ally to trans people can be usefully articulated, and what the root cause that needs tackling is, please read and sign.
This is what I believe in. If you're unsure how your views as a woman and/or as an ally to trans people can be usefully articulated, and what the root cause that needs tackling is, please read and sign.
And while we're on the subject of media, influence and voice, this is still true:
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youtube.com/shorts/xTdEY...
Best summation of the British Press ever, and still as painfully true today as four decades ago.
YouTube video by Jaka Parker
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September 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And while we're on the subject of media, influence and voice, this is still true:
youtube.com/shorts/xTdEY...
youtube.com/shorts/xTdEY...
Dining across the divide: ‘He mentioned this chap called Jordan Peterson. I thought he was a cricketer!’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is a great conversation; a way to learn people's motivation & fears, how this translates to support for Reform and what narrative the left should display
This is a great conversation; a way to learn people's motivation & fears, how this translates to support for Reform and what narrative the left should display
Dining across the divide: ‘He mentioned this chap called Jordan Peterson. I thought he was a cricketer!’
A Reform voter and a leftwinger were happy to share a goat curry. But could they agree on Nigel Farage and immigration?
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September 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘He mentioned this chap called Jordan Peterson. I thought he was a cricketer!’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is a great conversation; a way to learn people's motivation & fears, how this translates to support for Reform and what narrative the left should display
This is a great conversation; a way to learn people's motivation & fears, how this translates to support for Reform and what narrative the left should display