Tim Lowe
@timlow3.bsky.social
Canadian living in Amsterdam for over 20 years. 🇨🇦❤️🇪🇺
Exile from the other place, thank goodness.
#ElbowsUp #FuktRump
Exile from the other place, thank goodness.
#ElbowsUp #FuktRump
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Tim Lowe
@timlow3.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Why do #MAGA freak out when they are publicly accused of being fascists and Nazis?
Why do reform freak out when they are publicly accused of being racist in their actions and speech?
Why do both freak out when they are publicly revealed to be under russian influence?
Why do #MAGA freak out when they are publicly accused of being fascists and Nazis?
Why do reform freak out when they are publicly accused of being racist in their actions and speech?
Why do both freak out when they are publicly revealed to be under russian influence?
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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Joke’s on everyone who said liberal arts degrees don’t prepare you for the real world - my studies in rise of the Third Reich now doubles as a survival guide.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Joke’s on everyone who said liberal arts degrees don’t prepare you for the real world - my studies in rise of the Third Reich now doubles as a survival guide.
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The govt is considering bringing back PFI-style contracts. 🚨
+ that could mean billions of public money going to private companies.💸
The NHS belongs to us all. It's not another profit stream for private companies.
✊ If you agree, add your voice and let politicians know → bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
+ that could mean billions of public money going to private companies.💸
The NHS belongs to us all. It's not another profit stream for private companies.
✊ If you agree, add your voice and let politicians know → bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The govt is considering bringing back PFI-style contracts. 🚨
+ that could mean billions of public money going to private companies.💸
The NHS belongs to us all. It's not another profit stream for private companies.
✊ If you agree, add your voice and let politicians know → bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
+ that could mean billions of public money going to private companies.💸
The NHS belongs to us all. It's not another profit stream for private companies.
✊ If you agree, add your voice and let politicians know → bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
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12/12 THE FINAL WARNING
"We tend to notice international law only when it is failing," Hathaway concludes.
She stresses the need to explain the system's impact, "otherwise people may not realise what they have until they lose it.”
By The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
"We tend to notice international law only when it is failing," Hathaway concludes.
She stresses the need to explain the system's impact, "otherwise people may not realise what they have until they lose it.”
By The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic
Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
12/12 THE FINAL WARNING
"We tend to notice international law only when it is failing," Hathaway concludes.
She stresses the need to explain the system's impact, "otherwise people may not realise what they have until they lose it.”
By The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
"We tend to notice international law only when it is failing," Hathaway concludes.
She stresses the need to explain the system's impact, "otherwise people may not realise what they have until they lose it.”
By The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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🚨 🌐 "A REALLY SCARY MOMENT" FOR THE WORLD 🌐 🚨
Oona #Hathaway, a top Yale academic and fmr. Pentagon legal adviser, has warned that the international legal order is at risk of "total collapse," driven by wars in #Ukraine and #Gaza and threats from Donald #Trump.
#InternationalLaw #Geopolitics
🚨 🌐 "A REALLY SCARY MOMENT" FOR THE WORLD 🌐 🚨
Oona #Hathaway, a top Yale academic and fmr. Pentagon legal adviser, has warned that the international legal order is at risk of "total collapse," driven by wars in #Ukraine and #Gaza and threats from Donald #Trump.
#InternationalLaw #Geopolitics
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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🚨 🌐 "A REALLY SCARY MOMENT" FOR THE WORLD 🌐 🚨
Oona #Hathaway, a top Yale academic and fmr. Pentagon legal adviser, has warned that the international legal order is at risk of "total collapse," driven by wars in #Ukraine and #Gaza and threats from Donald #Trump.
#InternationalLaw #Geopolitics
🚨 🌐 "A REALLY SCARY MOMENT" FOR THE WORLD 🌐 🚨
Oona #Hathaway, a top Yale academic and fmr. Pentagon legal adviser, has warned that the international legal order is at risk of "total collapse," driven by wars in #Ukraine and #Gaza and threats from Donald #Trump.
#InternationalLaw #Geopolitics
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Day 1357 is underway.
Every single day I bust a gut to bring all the important war news together in one place.
Fact-checked and using my contacts, knowledge and experience of Ukraine to compile THE best thread and still going, because Ukraine needs us!
Coffee needed please!🙏
Every single day I bust a gut to bring all the important war news together in one place.
Fact-checked and using my contacts, knowledge and experience of Ukraine to compile THE best thread and still going, because Ukraine needs us!
Coffee needed please!🙏
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Day 1357 is underway.
Every single day I bust a gut to bring all the important war news together in one place.
Fact-checked and using my contacts, knowledge and experience of Ukraine to compile THE best thread and still going, because Ukraine needs us!
Coffee needed please!🙏
Every single day I bust a gut to bring all the important war news together in one place.
Fact-checked and using my contacts, knowledge and experience of Ukraine to compile THE best thread and still going, because Ukraine needs us!
Coffee needed please!🙏
Is American politics turning back to country over tribe again?
Now that would be great!
youtu.be/uVjirZhjV3o?...
Now that would be great!
youtu.be/uVjirZhjV3o?...
Democrats applaud 7 Kansas House Republicans' refusal to sign petition for redistricting special
YouTube video by KAKE News
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Is American politics turning back to country over tribe again?
Now that would be great!
youtu.be/uVjirZhjV3o?...
Now that would be great!
youtu.be/uVjirZhjV3o?...
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“My message to the European Commission is clear: the time for piecemeal and complacent solutions is over. The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé ahead of the Commission unveiling the European #DemocracyShield.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“My message to the European Commission is clear: the time for piecemeal and complacent solutions is over. The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé ahead of the Commission unveiling the European #DemocracyShield.
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The EPP Group expects the European Commission to show ambition and courage when it unveils the long-awaited European #DemocracyShield.
"The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé, Parliament’s rapporteur for the #EUDS.
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"The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé, Parliament’s rapporteur for the #EUDS.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The EPP Group expects the European Commission to show ambition and courage when it unveils the long-awaited European #DemocracyShield.
"The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé, Parliament’s rapporteur for the #EUDS.
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"The Parliament expects an ambitious and courageous reform agenda to defend democracy,” says MEP Tomas Tobé, Parliament’s rapporteur for the #EUDS.
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Your courage, your commitment to freedom and democracy, and your dedication to European unity continue to inspire and strengthen our shared Union. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Your courage, your commitment to freedom and democracy, and your dedication to European unity continue to inspire and strengthen our shared Union. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
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Two things here are true. 1) Trump is MAGA and the movement will back whatever he wants. 2) the pivot to confront China by Trump was, is, and always will be a sham. He has strengthened China and weakened US allies.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Two things here are true. 1) Trump is MAGA and the movement will back whatever he wants. 2) the pivot to confront China by Trump was, is, and always will be a sham. He has strengthened China and weakened US allies.
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UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall.
The company suspected of shifting profits to low/no tax offshore jurisdictions, a widespread practice among large companies.
Viagogo is already under scrutiny as the govt moves is reviewing “secondary ticketing”.
The company suspected of shifting profits to low/no tax offshore jurisdictions, a widespread practice among large companies.
Viagogo is already under scrutiny as the govt moves is reviewing “secondary ticketing”.
UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall
Company already under scrutiny on ‘secondary ticketing’ amid outcry over touts using such platforms to exploit fans
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall.
The company suspected of shifting profits to low/no tax offshore jurisdictions, a widespread practice among large companies.
Viagogo is already under scrutiny as the govt moves is reviewing “secondary ticketing”.
The company suspected of shifting profits to low/no tax offshore jurisdictions, a widespread practice among large companies.
Viagogo is already under scrutiny as the govt moves is reviewing “secondary ticketing”.
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
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President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa:
Russia has participated,in one way or another,in the war against the people of Syria.So,part of the negotiations that took place with Syria is that those who are wanted should be surrendered to Syria, including Bashar al-Assad. Russians have a different opinion.
Russia has participated,in one way or another,in the war against the people of Syria.So,part of the negotiations that took place with Syria is that those who are wanted should be surrendered to Syria, including Bashar al-Assad. Russians have a different opinion.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa:
Russia has participated,in one way or another,in the war against the people of Syria.So,part of the negotiations that took place with Syria is that those who are wanted should be surrendered to Syria, including Bashar al-Assad. Russians have a different opinion.
Russia has participated,in one way or another,in the war against the people of Syria.So,part of the negotiations that took place with Syria is that those who are wanted should be surrendered to Syria, including Bashar al-Assad. Russians have a different opinion.
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🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Keir Starmer shamed as 10 million see video of Labour’s broken promises to our nuclear veterans
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
Keir Starmer shamed as 10m people see video of broken promises to nuke veterans
On Remembrance Day, more than 10m people have seen a viral video of Labour's broken promises to Britain's nuclear heroes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Keir Starmer shamed as 10 million see video of Labour’s broken promises to our nuclear veterans
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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We showed up. We voted. We marched. No one is fighting for us. I feel like we are on our own. Our Dem leadership must change and represent what the majority of their party wants. Schumer and Durbin must go.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We showed up. We voted. We marched. No one is fighting for us. I feel like we are on our own. Our Dem leadership must change and represent what the majority of their party wants. Schumer and Durbin must go.
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To repeat: A world where balance is defined as giving lies the same space as truth, evil the same platform as good and where money buys the narrative is not a good world for 99.99% of us.
The mistake many in the media make re IMPARTIALITY, is to give Persons A & B an equal say when what needs to happen is to ensure journalists seek the real truth & are in full command of their facts & are prepared to call out the BS of Persons A & B Equally & Impartially
#BBC #GaryLineker
#DumpTrump
#BBC #GaryLineker
#DumpTrump
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
To repeat: A world where balance is defined as giving lies the same space as truth, evil the same platform as good and where money buys the narrative is not a good world for 99.99% of us.
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7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.