Liam
nicecuppatea.bsky.social
Liam
@nicecuppatea.bsky.social
Formerly @twigletsrool on Twitter. Ageing leftie despairing for the world.
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Essentials in short supply, hospitals without medical supplies, people unable to keep themselves warm.

Hani Mahmoud reports on the dire living conditions in Gaza
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Starmer literally supported the deadly chaotic Johnson plan the whole way, brushing off critics of Johnson's criminal mishandling as seeking 'opposition for opposition sake'. This ought to have been an early warning sign for credulous centrists of just how pathetic & disastrous he would be in power
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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📊 Voting intention amongst Jewish Brits:

🔴 LAB – 30% (-14)
🔵 CON – 28% (-4)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+9)
➡️ REF – 11% (+8)
🟠 LD – 9% (+1)

Via @jprinstitute, 8 Jun-20 Jul (+/- vs GE2024)
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I used to collect tickets at a railway station. I also played in the darts team for the pub across the road. I'd often have to pause mid game to meet the train then come back to continue chucking arrows; best job I ever had.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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they had been convicted for "harassment" after their MP confronted them for their campaign leaflets and they dared question her voting record

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/palestine-...
Palestine supporters have convictions for "harassing MP" overturned
In one of the UK’s more disturbing shifts towards authoritarianism, two supporters of Palestine were convicted in June of harassing an MP because they dared challenge her on Gaza.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Ofgem protects the profits of the profiteering private energy companies.
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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“A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper”
Trump (November 4, 2024)
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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IMO the most authentically British bit in it is that even though the world is absolutely wrecked and miserable, the King’s cavalry are still fannying about on horseback in the street wearing plumed golden helmets.
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.

Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!

And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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You’d think these guys would realise the “great pals having a good old laugh together” routine looks very bad indeed, but at this point I assume it’s what they want to emphasise then underline.
Shabana Mahmood gets the seal of approval from Michael Gove #GMB
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Elham is 9. Israel bombed her home and killed her mum and dad & Elham was very badly burnt. Here she describes waking up in hospital and discovering that her parents were dead.
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Life under occupation and apartheid. The Israeli occupying army is rounding up Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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BBC News: @hrw.org accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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BBC News reports on a Russian attack on Ukraine that killed at least 26 people, including 3 children.

The newsreader didn't say 'Russia denies targeting civilians' & there was no statement putting Russia's point of view.
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If only they'd had a set of ideas for how to do things like this, they could have given it a posh name, like an 'idea-ology' or something.

Of course, these sensible, grown-up, adult, pragmatists are above such things.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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📊 NEW | As Labour launches crackdowns on refugees and trans people, Starmer's approval hits new low.

✅ Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)

Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "we have a govt that is always talking about tough choices. Why are they always tough choices for working class people, for unemployed people, for disabled people? It's time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires. It is time to tax the rich"
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Which means we never have to ask why this century so far has been disastrous, clearly insane wars; financial calamity; catastrophic vandalising austerity; plummeting living standards and resurgent fascism, and clownshoes politics dorks explaining this is the fault of the poor, migrants and the left.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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@garyseconomics.bsky.social : "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger and a bigger share in economies with almost no growth and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Since my wife got psoriasis, I've learnt that not every flakey leftover on the kitchen side is a biscuit crumb.
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰

By The Rebel Bear
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM