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Polly Ernest
@pollyernest.bsky.social
Writer, activist, mother
Thinking about the BritCard - as you can work from the age of 13 in the UK, will all people aged 13 plus need to have a digital ID? How does that square with online safety and privacy? What about the fact that not all 13-year-olds have a smartphone? Feels like kneejerk policy making.
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Starmer is against restoring Freedom of Movement.

Please repost if you want our Freedom of Movement restored.

We were robbed of our right to live, work, study, and love in 30 countries by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
May 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Springtime for Hitler
It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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34 time convicted felon of a President throwing a 92 million dollar vanity parade the same moment he and the GOP tell us all we need to sacrifice and suffer.
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @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...
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
May 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? www.stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oil...
ACT NOW: No New Oil!
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate.
www.stopcambo.org.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I just signed the petition urging the Government to invest in research to help those suffering from Long Covid. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, thousands remain severely ill - Many housebound or often bedbound, unable to attend school, work, or take part in daily life.  Disabled, discha...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Is anyone else having problems with state pension payments? After over 10 years, my husband’s payments have just stopped. The only way to contact DWP is by phone or post. Phone lines just cut off.
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Please share this as widely as possible!
February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Please can EVERYONE give this another push and get to 100,000 signatures this week! Only 14,000 required!! At 100,000, it will be debated by MPs in Parliament.

'Apply for the UK to join the EU asap'
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

On map: the darker the more signatures in each constituency.
February 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wasn’t Donald Trump going to end the war in Ukraine on Day 1?
February 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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BEFORE you send @jujuliagrace.bsky.social a penny read this from a wonderful WORKING DOCTOR!
February 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.

But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We must resist
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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America, 2025
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Thank God we woke up & put this sad memory firmly in the past . Taming those billionaires was so important
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Without a doubt, the best way to clear up what you intended with your two Nazi salutes at the Inauguration is to give a virtual address to Germany's neo-Nazi party less than a week later
Elon Musk urges far-right German party to move beyond ‘past guilt’
The billionaire was received by cheers while addressing a rally for Alternative for Germany where he told attendees they shouldn’t be ashamed of their history.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Starmer won’t move this parliament on the substance of Brexit for fear of Farage. But Brexit actually presents his greatest opportunity against the Reform leader- because it’s the one area Farage has a record, and it isn’t good. Labour should be brave and attack him on it.
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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What about Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Will they be arrested when they break the law?
January 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM