Stephen Harte
@sjharte.bsky.social
Edinburgh based lawyer, liberal, Eurovision, 🇪🇺Rejoiner, 🏳️🌈 he/him #LGBwithTheT #TransAlly
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Teacher time is a huge issue across our city!
Well done Edinburgh Western MSP @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk holding the Scottish Government to account on their broken promise at #FMQs.
Well done Edinburgh Western MSP @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk holding the Scottish Government to account on their broken promise at #FMQs.
When John Swinney was Education Secretary, the SNP made a manifesto commitment to cut teachers’ class contact time.
But it hasn't happened, and teachers are so angry about it that they could go on strike.
Why has the SNP not delivered their manifesto commitment to our teachers?
But it hasn't happened, and teachers are so angry about it that they could go on strike.
Why has the SNP not delivered their manifesto commitment to our teachers?
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Teacher time is a huge issue across our city!
Well done Edinburgh Western MSP @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk holding the Scottish Government to account on their broken promise at #FMQs.
Well done Edinburgh Western MSP @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk holding the Scottish Government to account on their broken promise at #FMQs.
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UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter
UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter
Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual
Hospitals are bracing for a once-in-a-decade flu season, with a mutated version of the virus that is spreading widely in younger people expected to drive a wave of admissions when it reaches the elderly.
The threat has prompted NHS managers to redouble efforts to vaccinate staff and communities, expand same-day emergency care and treat more patients in the community to reduce the need for hospital stays. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter
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Guessing that Megan Kelly wouldn’t be making careful distinctions between pedophilia and hebophilia if Rachel Maddow was fucking 15-year-old girls.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Guessing that Megan Kelly wouldn’t be making careful distinctions between pedophilia and hebophilia if Rachel Maddow was fucking 15-year-old girls.
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Donald Trump is coming for the BBC and for your wallets.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Donald Trump is coming for the BBC and for your wallets.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.
To be clear…..Trump is an evil grifter.
The money he is after here is not “BBC money” - for there is no such thing. He wants money from the pickets of we ordinary TV licence payers.
The money he is after here is not “BBC money” - for there is no such thing. He wants money from the pickets of we ordinary TV licence payers.
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
To be clear…..Trump is an evil grifter.
The money he is after here is not “BBC money” - for there is no such thing. He wants money from the pickets of we ordinary TV licence payers.
The money he is after here is not “BBC money” - for there is no such thing. He wants money from the pickets of we ordinary TV licence payers.
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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This is the kicker - the "Puberty blockers study under investigation" headline which kicked off reams of coverage elsewhere was entirely concocted, because it was the *journalists themselves* who forced the investigation to happen. The investigation found nothing wrong, but by then it was too late.
The ultimate twist is that 'gender critical' activist-journalists, Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes, reported the study to the HRA themselves!
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is the kicker - the "Puberty blockers study under investigation" headline which kicked off reams of coverage elsewhere was entirely concocted, because it was the *journalists themselves* who forced the investigation to happen. The investigation found nothing wrong, but by then it was too late.
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Really good thread here, reminding us just how dishonest this group of gender critical journalists operating within the BBC and BMJ were, and the horrific damage they did.
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Really good thread here, reminding us just how dishonest this group of gender critical journalists operating within the BBC and BMJ were, and the horrific damage they did.
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Why the fuck can't we all just live and let live? I'm not trans, but I know folks who are and the strife they have to go through in life already is awful. The UK state is a disgusting thing, if you don't fit in you're demonised by those at the top that share a certain world view.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Why the fuck can't we all just live and let live? I'm not trans, but I know folks who are and the strife they have to go through in life already is awful. The UK state is a disgusting thing, if you don't fit in you're demonised by those at the top that share a certain world view.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
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It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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The fact the Republican Party led by Donald Trump, has fought so relentlessly to deny people food should end forever the identification of them as “the party of Christian principles”.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The fact the Republican Party led by Donald Trump, has fought so relentlessly to deny people food should end forever the identification of them as “the party of Christian principles”.
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It is so wonderful to see both our presidential candidates @joshbabarinde.bsky.social and @pruebray.bsky.social coming together to push back against the Quotas rule changes 🫶
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It is so wonderful to see both our presidential candidates @joshbabarinde.bsky.social and @pruebray.bsky.social coming together to push back against the Quotas rule changes 🫶
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i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
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Conspiracy theory: Nvidia, Microsoft et al are happy to invest in OpenAI knowing it's not and never will be profitable, because the long term plan isn't to support OpenAI, but to strip it for IP and various other parts once the music stops
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Conspiracy theory: Nvidia, Microsoft et al are happy to invest in OpenAI knowing it's not and never will be profitable, because the long term plan isn't to support OpenAI, but to strip it for IP and various other parts once the music stops
I made two posts today about Scottish land law. I don’t practice Scottish land law and haven’t looked at it since I was a trainee lawyer. It’s amazing what information stays in your head.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I made two posts today about Scottish land law. I don’t practice Scottish land law and haven’t looked at it since I was a trainee lawyer. It’s amazing what information stays in your head.
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For third time since May, Greens don't put up anyone to defend one of their own seats.
Yet another Lib Dem gain in Mel Stride’s seat, this time from the Greens
Yet another Lib Dem gain in Mel Stride's seat, this time from the Greens
For the third time in recent months, the Lib Dems gain a seat in a council by-election in Conservative MP Mel Stride's constituency.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For third time since May, Greens don't put up anyone to defend one of their own seats.
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Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
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"I was pleased to secure a commitment to replacing the Edinburgh Eye Pavilion in budget negotiations but patients should not have to wait six years to see it completed.
We need to get shovels in the ground as soon as possible."
@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk
We need to get shovels in the ground as soon as possible."
@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"I was pleased to secure a commitment to replacing the Edinburgh Eye Pavilion in budget negotiations but patients should not have to wait six years to see it completed.
We need to get shovels in the ground as soon as possible."
@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk
We need to get shovels in the ground as soon as possible."
@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk
Back in the 1960s it was controversial that JFK was a Catholic and running for President. Being a Catholic was often a controversial.
www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
John F. Kennedy and Religion
Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960. JFK established an informal network of advisers on the religious issue—i...
www.jfklibrary.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Back in the 1960s it was controversial that JFK was a Catholic and running for President. Being a Catholic was often a controversial.
www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
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Zohran Mamdani recently celebrated Sylvia Rivera, spoke out against the hate campaign targeting the marginalised trans community, and promised to make New York an LGBTQIA sanctuary. He’s now Mayor of NYC! I hope UK politicians will have the backbone and decency to do the same. youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg 🏳️⚧️
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Zohran Mamdani recently celebrated Sylvia Rivera, spoke out against the hate campaign targeting the marginalised trans community, and promised to make New York an LGBTQIA sanctuary. He’s now Mayor of NYC! I hope UK politicians will have the backbone and decency to do the same. youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg 🏳️⚧️