vivienne
@vivienne-a.bsky.social
Retired therapist/uni counsellor
Amateur potter/photographer/art dabbler.
Psychology/education/politics/organic gardening/environment/NHS.
💚 Green Party member.
Deplore corporate greed & rise of the far right.
Rejoin EU 🇪🇺 asap. #FBPE
Amateur potter/photographer/art dabbler.
Psychology/education/politics/organic gardening/environment/NHS.
💚 Green Party member.
Deplore corporate greed & rise of the far right.
Rejoin EU 🇪🇺 asap. #FBPE
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This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
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“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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People who voted Reform in Cornwall, Kent and elsewhere must be feeling rather foolish…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall
Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
People who voted Reform in Cornwall, Kent and elsewhere must be feeling rather foolish…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
...and so Labour continues it's squandering of the hopes we had when they were gifted such a large majority. 🤦🤦♀️🤦🤦♀️🤦!!!
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
...and so Labour continues it's squandering of the hopes we had when they were gifted such a large majority. 🤦🤦♀️🤦🤦♀️🤦!!!
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One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
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In 'How They Broke Britain', I do a pretty good job of detailing the depth & breadth of Tufton Street/Tory/Murdoch/Mail attempts to scupper the BBC, even as I castigate some presenters for going too easy on precisely the people who seek the Corporation's abolition. But I should have done more. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In 'How They Broke Britain', I do a pretty good job of detailing the depth & breadth of Tufton Street/Tory/Murdoch/Mail attempts to scupper the BBC, even as I castigate some presenters for going too easy on precisely the people who seek the Corporation's abolition. But I should have done more. 1/2
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In our increasingly monetised country more & more public money goes to support private profit - benefits going to pay private rents, benefits supporting workers who are not paid decent wages by employers, taxpayers’ money going to support privatise firms in NHS and to subsidise private train firms…
We see something similar in the UK.
Most benefits go to people IN WORK.
Because there are not enough properly paid jobs.
Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t.
Welfare was not meant to support employers.
This is wrong
Most benefits go to people IN WORK.
Because there are not enough properly paid jobs.
Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t.
Welfare was not meant to support employers.
This is wrong
The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In our increasingly monetised country more & more public money goes to support private profit - benefits going to pay private rents, benefits supporting workers who are not paid decent wages by employers, taxpayers’ money going to support privatise firms in NHS and to subsidise private train firms…
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Can we have decent Healthcare? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have decent Housing? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we be paid well? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have food? No Billionaires need to be richer
It's time to tell billionaires to fuck off.
Can we have decent Housing? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we be paid well? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have food? No Billionaires need to be richer
It's time to tell billionaires to fuck off.
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Can we have decent Healthcare? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have decent Housing? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we be paid well? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have food? No Billionaires need to be richer
It's time to tell billionaires to fuck off.
Can we have decent Housing? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we be paid well? No Billionaires need to be richer
Can we have food? No Billionaires need to be richer
It's time to tell billionaires to fuck off.
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The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
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Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Good to blame Farage for the dull-arsed, ruinous, tedious failure of Brexit.
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.
www.thetimes.com/article/8875...
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.
www.thetimes.com/article/8875...
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Good to blame Farage for the dull-arsed, ruinous, tedious failure of Brexit.
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.
www.thetimes.com/article/8875...
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.
www.thetimes.com/article/8875...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...
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Make it make sense. Autism was first discovered in 1911, and Tylenol was introduced in 1955.
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Make it make sense. Autism was first discovered in 1911, and Tylenol was introduced in 1955.
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Before you shrug and say “Oh. PPE again. Old news”
Remember 1/ that cost lives due to reduced - or no- protection 2/ All those £billions could have been spent on crumbling NHS and school infrastructure
Instead it went into Tory crony pockets
That‘s your money & my money going into their pockets
Remember 1/ that cost lives due to reduced - or no- protection 2/ All those £billions could have been spent on crumbling NHS and school infrastructure
Instead it went into Tory crony pockets
That‘s your money & my money going into their pockets
Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money".
Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions.
Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions.
Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal
An investigation into the extent of greed and deception in PPE provision. Plus: weird drama Coldwater goes off the rails. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Before you shrug and say “Oh. PPE again. Old news”
Remember 1/ that cost lives due to reduced - or no- protection 2/ All those £billions could have been spent on crumbling NHS and school infrastructure
Instead it went into Tory crony pockets
That‘s your money & my money going into their pockets
Remember 1/ that cost lives due to reduced - or no- protection 2/ All those £billions could have been spent on crumbling NHS and school infrastructure
Instead it went into Tory crony pockets
That‘s your money & my money going into their pockets
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We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status.
“They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
“Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”
“They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
“Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status.
“They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
“Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”
“They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
“Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”
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Fantastic to see @libdems.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social announce they are adopting IPPR's policy for a tax on bank windfall profits.
A targeted levy would rectify the bungled implementation of quantitative easing & provide funds for cost of living policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A targeted levy would rectify the bungled implementation of quantitative easing & provide funds for cost of living policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lib Dems call for bank windfall tax to fund green energy home loans - BBC News
Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper says bank profits could fund solar panels, heat pumps and insulation.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Fantastic to see @libdems.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social announce they are adopting IPPR's policy for a tax on bank windfall profits.
A targeted levy would rectify the bungled implementation of quantitative easing & provide funds for cost of living policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A targeted levy would rectify the bungled implementation of quantitative easing & provide funds for cost of living policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump canceled an annual government survey on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.
The data has been collected every year since mid-'90s, and is widely used by federal, state, local policymakers to make funding decisions for food-aid programs, & to evaluate how well those programs work
The data has been collected every year since mid-'90s, and is widely used by federal, state, local policymakers to make funding decisions for food-aid programs, & to evaluate how well those programs work
Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump canceled an annual government survey on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.
The data has been collected every year since mid-'90s, and is widely used by federal, state, local policymakers to make funding decisions for food-aid programs, & to evaluate how well those programs work
The data has been collected every year since mid-'90s, and is widely used by federal, state, local policymakers to make funding decisions for food-aid programs, & to evaluate how well those programs work
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Met Commissioner Mark Rowley said Facial Recognition was not used at Tommy Robinson rally because there was no intelligence it needed to be used.
What intelligence is there at the MET?
There has never ever been a peaceful Far Right march in the history of the UK.
What intelligence is there at the MET?
There has never ever been a peaceful Far Right march in the history of the UK.
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Met Commissioner Mark Rowley said Facial Recognition was not used at Tommy Robinson rally because there was no intelligence it needed to be used.
What intelligence is there at the MET?
There has never ever been a peaceful Far Right march in the history of the UK.
What intelligence is there at the MET?
There has never ever been a peaceful Far Right march in the history of the UK.
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1/ After the referendum, BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
'BBC policy on Brexit is not impartial'
Why is the BBC giving so much time to hardline Brexiteers, asks journalist Raymond Snoddy
www.radiotimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
1/ After the referendum, BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
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The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...