Rosemary Decker-T
@rvee4.bsky.social
Enjoying rural life, learning Welsh, family, nature and-sometimes- politics
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I’m at a Kemi Badenoch speech in London where she will take aim at other parties’ “psychodrama” and say the Tories are getting on with the job - while also, curiously, taking a pop at Tory centrists, seemingly in response to Andy Street and Ruth Davidson raising a few polite concerns.
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I’m at a Kemi Badenoch speech in London where she will take aim at other parties’ “psychodrama” and say the Tories are getting on with the job - while also, curiously, taking a pop at Tory centrists, seemingly in response to Andy Street and Ruth Davidson raising a few polite concerns.
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I don't want Labour to become involved in factional war over Andy Burnham not been chosen to stand in a local by-election.
Given their majority in Parliament potentially losing a by-election is nowhere near as catastrophic as possibly losing the mayoralty of Manchester.
It was a rational decision.
Given their majority in Parliament potentially losing a by-election is nowhere near as catastrophic as possibly losing the mayoralty of Manchester.
It was a rational decision.
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I don't want Labour to become involved in factional war over Andy Burnham not been chosen to stand in a local by-election.
Given their majority in Parliament potentially losing a by-election is nowhere near as catastrophic as possibly losing the mayoralty of Manchester.
It was a rational decision.
Given their majority in Parliament potentially losing a by-election is nowhere near as catastrophic as possibly losing the mayoralty of Manchester.
It was a rational decision.
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This five year old is still in jail
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This five year old is still in jail
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Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
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The Labour Defence Secretary has begun the debate for the Armed Forces Bill's second reading.
This is a very important bill, which includes the necessary perodic renewal require to ensure our armed forces can continue.
Yet not a single Reform MP was present in the Commons for the debate!
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This is a very important bill, which includes the necessary perodic renewal require to ensure our armed forces can continue.
Yet not a single Reform MP was present in the Commons for the debate!
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January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Labour Defence Secretary has begun the debate for the Armed Forces Bill's second reading.
This is a very important bill, which includes the necessary perodic renewal require to ensure our armed forces can continue.
Yet not a single Reform MP was present in the Commons for the debate!
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This is a very important bill, which includes the necessary perodic renewal require to ensure our armed forces can continue.
Yet not a single Reform MP was present in the Commons for the debate!
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🌿☕ Galanthus comes from the Greek γάλα (gala) for milk & ἄνθος (anthos) for flower
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM
🌿☕ Galanthus comes from the Greek γάλα (gala) for milk & ἄνθος (anthos) for flower
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
The word snowdrop is German Schneetropfen (snow-drop), from the tear drop shaped pearl earrings popular in the 16th & 17th centuries
Enjoy the 📸 of my "Girls With the Pearl Earring" taken in my garden this morning❤️🌿
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For the Lords to force this to fail would be an outrage. It's clear that, for some, no version of the bill would be acceptable. That and the manner of amendments and delay shows that it is not merely extra scrutiny, it is deliberately undermining the Commons decision.
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
For the Lords to force this to fail would be an outrage. It's clear that, for some, no version of the bill would be acceptable. That and the manner of amendments and delay shows that it is not merely extra scrutiny, it is deliberately undermining the Commons decision.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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Genuine question: Is anyone in the media asking Farage directly where he stands on Trump dissing the hundreds of British troops who were killed in Afghanistan?
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Genuine question: Is anyone in the media asking Farage directly where he stands on Trump dissing the hundreds of British troops who were killed in Afghanistan?
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@pollytoynbee.bsky.social in @theguardian.com exposes deliberate filibustering of the assisted dying Bill by a small group of long-opposed Peers.
She captures growing frustration at, and rising pressure, on hardline opponents to allow the Bill to move forward.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
She captures growing frustration at, and rising pressure, on hardline opponents to allow the Bill to move forward.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee
With filibustering slowing the pace to a crawl, there is no chance the legislation will get through – unless the government shows some backbone, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social in @theguardian.com exposes deliberate filibustering of the assisted dying Bill by a small group of long-opposed Peers.
She captures growing frustration at, and rising pressure, on hardline opponents to allow the Bill to move forward.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
She captures growing frustration at, and rising pressure, on hardline opponents to allow the Bill to move forward.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Makes my flesh creep’: MPs across political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about Nato troops - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Makes my flesh creep’: MPs across political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about Nato troops – UK politics live
Labour, Tory and Lib Dem MPs among those criticising US president over claim Nato troops stayed away from frontline in Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Makes my flesh creep’: MPs across political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about Nato troops - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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1/3 It’s now clear that the WRU are trying to use Cardiff going bust to try to force the Ospreys out of professional rugby.
January 23, 2026 at 10:35 AM
1/3 It’s now clear that the WRU are trying to use Cardiff going bust to try to force the Ospreys out of professional rugby.
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🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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My youngest son fundamentally misunderstanding what the Davos conference in Switzerland is.
#Davos #DoctorWho
#Davos #DoctorWho
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
My youngest son fundamentally misunderstanding what the Davos conference in Switzerland is.
#Davos #DoctorWho
#Davos #DoctorWho
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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It would have been Bernard Cribbins' 97th birthday today.
My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy.
He asked for the names of every child involved.
A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child.
A legend.
My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy.
He asked for the names of every child involved.
A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child.
A legend.
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It would have been Bernard Cribbins' 97th birthday today.
My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy.
He asked for the names of every child involved.
A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child.
A legend.
My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy.
He asked for the names of every child involved.
A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child.
A legend.
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Exactly this. The insanity of banging on about free speech half the time, and bleating "Look at this tweet! Deport him!" the other half, is never pointed out - and never EVER challenged, in softball interviews intended to elicit maximum heat and minimum light.
It is utterly exhausting.
It is utterly exhausting.
We need a Ken Clarke type figure to tell people to stop being so ridiculous, if we stripped citizenship every time somebody said appalling things, we’d be expelling an awfully large number of people
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Exactly this. The insanity of banging on about free speech half the time, and bleating "Look at this tweet! Deport him!" the other half, is never pointed out - and never EVER challenged, in softball interviews intended to elicit maximum heat and minimum light.
It is utterly exhausting.
It is utterly exhausting.
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Posted by the PM on Instagram:
"As we light the Chanukiah, our thoughts and prayers are with those murdered in the terrorist attack on Bondi beach today, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community.
Light will always win over darkness."
"As we light the Chanukiah, our thoughts and prayers are with those murdered in the terrorist attack on Bondi beach today, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community.
Light will always win over darkness."
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Posted by the PM on Instagram:
"As we light the Chanukiah, our thoughts and prayers are with those murdered in the terrorist attack on Bondi beach today, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community.
Light will always win over darkness."
"As we light the Chanukiah, our thoughts and prayers are with those murdered in the terrorist attack on Bondi beach today, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community.
Light will always win over darkness."
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A friend just gave me "The Mathematicians' Library" - early xmas gift. It's a beautiful looking tour of great books of mathematics from history. Lovely reproductions. Can't wait to properly read it.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A friend just gave me "The Mathematicians' Library" - early xmas gift. It's a beautiful looking tour of great books of mathematics from history. Lovely reproductions. Can't wait to properly read it.
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amzn.to/4iICuo5
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Please keep beautiful Wales Farage free. Nathan Gill is now in prison but he's not the only Russian asset.
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Please keep beautiful Wales Farage free. Nathan Gill is now in prison but he's not the only Russian asset.
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I hadn't watched #BBCQT in a while. Fiona Bruce's insane bias to the right wing reminded me why it's so frustrating.
Allows the Greens and LD to be constantly shouted over, interrupting them constantly herself, while letting the Reform sociopath insult the audience and lie through his teeth.
Allows the Greens and LD to be constantly shouted over, interrupting them constantly herself, while letting the Reform sociopath insult the audience and lie through his teeth.
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I hadn't watched #BBCQT in a while. Fiona Bruce's insane bias to the right wing reminded me why it's so frustrating.
Allows the Greens and LD to be constantly shouted over, interrupting them constantly herself, while letting the Reform sociopath insult the audience and lie through his teeth.
Allows the Greens and LD to be constantly shouted over, interrupting them constantly herself, while letting the Reform sociopath insult the audience and lie through his teeth.
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started