Sarah
@sarahms65.bsky.social
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The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
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Reports are coming out of Gaza that up to 1.3m Palestinians are dead and only about 1 million remain.
Truly a Holocaust, and given that at least 40,000 were killed in the first 6 months and they have now been starved for 2.5 months it is not unbelievable.
Truly a Holocaust, and given that at least 40,000 were killed in the first 6 months and they have now been starved for 2.5 months it is not unbelievable.
May 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reports are coming out of Gaza that up to 1.3m Palestinians are dead and only about 1 million remain.
Truly a Holocaust, and given that at least 40,000 were killed in the first 6 months and they have now been starved for 2.5 months it is not unbelievable.
Truly a Holocaust, and given that at least 40,000 were killed in the first 6 months and they have now been starved for 2.5 months it is not unbelievable.
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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
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As far as simple pleasures go, it doesn’t get much better than this… #doodleaday #simplepleasures
April 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
As far as simple pleasures go, it doesn’t get much better than this… #doodleaday #simplepleasures
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The press have caught up with this awful story of a violent police raid on a Quaker meeting house - front page of the Sunday Times today.
Beautiful line from a Quaker Elder “The only resistance I could put up was to make tea and drink it in front of them without offering them any.”
archive.ph/Ndh1z
Beautiful line from a Quaker Elder “The only resistance I could put up was to make tea and drink it in front of them without offering them any.”
archive.ph/Ndh1z
March 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The press have caught up with this awful story of a violent police raid on a Quaker meeting house - front page of the Sunday Times today.
Beautiful line from a Quaker Elder “The only resistance I could put up was to make tea and drink it in front of them without offering them any.”
archive.ph/Ndh1z
Beautiful line from a Quaker Elder “The only resistance I could put up was to make tea and drink it in front of them without offering them any.”
archive.ph/Ndh1z
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The Home Secretary downplays "heavy-handed policing," including Friday's Quaker Meeting House raid. But the government could end this by repealing Public Order Act 2023 and parts of Policing Act 2022. Time 45.30 👇https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029k8y/sunday-with-laura-kuenssberg-30032025
March 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Home Secretary downplays "heavy-handed policing," including Friday's Quaker Meeting House raid. But the government could end this by repealing Public Order Act 2023 and parts of Policing Act 2022. Time 45.30 👇https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029k8y/sunday-with-laura-kuenssberg-30032025
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This is shocking. Even by the standards of 2025.
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is shocking. Even by the standards of 2025.
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The Tomb of the Eagles crowd funder is doing well but needs more support. Can you help?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-th...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-th...
Tomb of the Eagles
The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and restore it as a community hub and tourist locale
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Tomb of the Eagles crowd funder is doing well but needs more support. Can you help?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-th...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-th...
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With Lowe’s whip withdrawn, the proportion of Reform MPs jailed for viciously assaulting a woman now stands at 25%.
March 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
With Lowe’s whip withdrawn, the proportion of Reform MPs jailed for viciously assaulting a woman now stands at 25%.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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Just in case no one knows the UK doesn't have a record number of people on benefits, in fact we have higher employment than France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Finland and many more.
It's all just a lie for the billionaires to blame poor people for their mess.
It's all just a lie for the billionaires to blame poor people for their mess.
February 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just in case no one knows the UK doesn't have a record number of people on benefits, in fact we have higher employment than France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Finland and many more.
It's all just a lie for the billionaires to blame poor people for their mess.
It's all just a lie for the billionaires to blame poor people for their mess.
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It was 553 year ago today,
Orkney and Shetland came along to play.
They're both a really nice group of isles,
and they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...
etc
Orkney and Shetland came along to play.
They're both a really nice group of isles,
and they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...
etc
#OTD in 1472, Shetland and Orkney officially became a part of Scotland 💙
The islands, depicted here in Nicolas Sanson's 1665 map, had been annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century 🏝️
Explore the map in more detail > maps.nls.uk/view/00000989
The islands, depicted here in Nicolas Sanson's 1665 map, had been annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century 🏝️
Explore the map in more detail > maps.nls.uk/view/00000989
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It was 553 year ago today,
Orkney and Shetland came along to play.
They're both a really nice group of isles,
and they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...
etc
Orkney and Shetland came along to play.
They're both a really nice group of isles,
and they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...
etc
Have a great Superb Owl Day folks 🦉
February 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Have a great Superb Owl Day folks 🦉
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It’s Superb Owl day today isn’t dat?
an owl standing on a branch with a brick wall in the background
ALT: an owl standing on a branch with a brick wall in the background
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s Superb Owl day today isn’t dat?
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DEI
February 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
DEI
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Denmark has a new king, the King and Queen get approximately $500,000 from the Danish Government a year, and the whole family is worth $40m.
In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn.
We need to be more like Denmark.
In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn.
We need to be more like Denmark.
January 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Denmark has a new king, the King and Queen get approximately $500,000 from the Danish Government a year, and the whole family is worth $40m.
In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn.
We need to be more like Denmark.
In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn.
We need to be more like Denmark.
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Their faith lets them worship power while they’re offended by mercy. It’s not Christianity they’re practicing.
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Their faith lets them worship power while they’re offended by mercy. It’s not Christianity they’re practicing.