Dan Ahern
@roushamnet.bsky.social
Mongrel Brit, look outwards and smile 🔶 🇪🇺
Increasingly angry at the media campaign against biodiversity
Ecologist and book lover
parlo un po' di italiano ma non bene
Increasingly angry at the media campaign against biodiversity
Ecologist and book lover
parlo un po' di italiano ma non bene
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#ExamFactory schools are _particularly bad for SEND pupils. But they are bad for _all_ pupils. Great to join @sianberry.bsky.social getting the message out.
With the reminder that @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish SATs
With the reminder that @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish SATs
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#ExamFactory schools are _particularly bad for SEND pupils. But they are bad for _all_ pupils. Great to join @sianberry.bsky.social getting the message out.
With the reminder that @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish SATs
With the reminder that @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish SATs
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Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
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Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland says 2 Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected of being involved in railway blast
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Never found a rich criminal he won’t support.
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over killing of journalist as they hold talks in Washington - live
The crown prince also tells reporters in the Oval Office that Saudi Arabia will invest $1tn in the United States.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Never found a rich criminal he won’t support.
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You don’t get something for nothing! EU countries have to contribute…
EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
‘Politically realistic’ for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
The UK must pay into the EU budget for future participation in the European single market, it has been confirmed, in what could become a major test for the post-Brexit reset.
Ireland’s Europe minister, Thomas Byrne, said EU member states had decided the UK should make a financial contribution for closer ties: “Ireland wants to see Britain getting the benefit of closer engagement with the European Union. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You don’t get something for nothing! EU countries have to contribute…
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Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
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Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
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He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
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Baroness Jones, "When you create an atmosphere of fear and distrust, which is what Reform UK have done"
"And the Labour government mimics it making things worse"
Baroness Jones, "If we want to stop the small boats, we create safe managed routes. That's the only way to do it"
"And the Labour government mimics it making things worse"
Baroness Jones, "If we want to stop the small boats, we create safe managed routes. That's the only way to do it"
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Baroness Jones, "When you create an atmosphere of fear and distrust, which is what Reform UK have done"
"And the Labour government mimics it making things worse"
Baroness Jones, "If we want to stop the small boats, we create safe managed routes. That's the only way to do it"
"And the Labour government mimics it making things worse"
Baroness Jones, "If we want to stop the small boats, we create safe managed routes. That's the only way to do it"
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“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
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Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 18 November 1926. Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw turned down the huge cash prize attached to the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying: ‘I never forgave Alfred for inventing dynamite.’
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 18 November 1926. Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw turned down the huge cash prize attached to the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying: ‘I never forgave Alfred for inventing dynamite.’
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Reform’s running disaster at Kent County Council continues with them repainting yellow zigzags and “School Keep Clear” warnings outside a school in Sheerness that closed 9 years ago.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Reform’s running disaster at Kent County Council continues with them repainting yellow zigzags and “School Keep Clear” warnings outside a school in Sheerness that closed 9 years ago.
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Farage and Zia Yusuf are going to announce tomorrow that a Reform government will strip millions of EU nationals of benefits, more than double the cost of the NHS surcharge and cut foreign aid spending by more than 70%, The Times reports.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Farage and Zia Yusuf are going to announce tomorrow that a Reform government will strip millions of EU nationals of benefits, more than double the cost of the NHS surcharge and cut foreign aid spending by more than 70%, The Times reports.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
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Many communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, were reeling after federal Customs and Border Protection teams descended on the city at the weekend and arrested at least 81 people.
Charlotte, North Carolina reels as 81 people arrested in immigration raids
Thriving business districts in North Carolina city now at a ‘standstill’ after at least 81 were arrested over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Many communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, were reeling after federal Customs and Border Protection teams descended on the city at the weekend and arrested at least 81 people.
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As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Why we - and the Home Secretary - disapply the ECHR at our peril
By Jessica Frank-Keyes
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
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Shabana Mahmood, "I am the one that is regularly called a f*cking Paki and told to go back home"
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Shabana Mahmood, "I am the one that is regularly called a f*cking Paki and told to go back home"
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
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Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social is a fascinating series & a must watch. Only disappointment is that it was only 3 episodes not 4 where more on the British rule across the Middle East could’ve been covered. Maybe too contentious? Anyway, riveting & an uncomfortable level of pomposity on show.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social is a fascinating series & a must watch. Only disappointment is that it was only 3 episodes not 4 where more on the British rule across the Middle East could’ve been covered. Maybe too contentious? Anyway, riveting & an uncomfortable level of pomposity on show.