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maggiewebster.bsky.social
Welfare benefits adviser, gardener and progressive
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

Seth gets it

Cop kneeling on a woman's neck while other cops use bikes to shield him from cameras. Philadelphia, PA 6/10/25 #ICEprotests #ACAB

That was about insurrection. This is about rights protection.

Funding for social housing in #SpendingReview much needed. But if government doesn't end Right to Buy we'll continue to see our council housing stock sold off faster than councils can build - they're cranking up the bath taps but leaving the plug out!

I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it...

A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.

Major Qs for govt to answer on much needed housing funds: will it actually boost social housing or just go into pockets of developers? Will they end Right to Buy or will social housing keep being sold off faster than councils can build? How many new social homes will be built?

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Surely I've got this wrong. BBC say they're pandering to Reform voters to win their trust. Is that right? Well BBC I think you'll find thousands & thousands of none Reform people don't trust you. What a state for a national broadcaster. Where's Nandy? Next BBC confirm Muffin the Mule voted Reform.

🚨BREAKING The Scottish Government has recalled Flamingo Land's application to build a mega-resort on the shores of Loch Lomond! After they initially refused to act, over 50,000 of you joined our campaign and emailed the planning minister. They now must reject the application and save Loch Lomond.

Which makes government’s refusal to even consider it all the more reckless @weownit.org.uk👇

"I voted for lawless, anonymous, masked, and unchecked police" is one hell of a jump from "eggs cost too much."

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism. https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested

The greta video

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

BBC's News & Current Affairs CEO gave "a presentation on plans to address low trust issues with Reform voters... Directors discussed how story selection & other types of output, such as drama, also had a role to play" The media is part of the story. Byline Times scoop by @adambienkov.bsky.social 👇

"Mortally stupid": both splendid and apt.

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

They’re not behaving as if they’re in a four-year term. They’re behaving as if they’re in an everlasting dictatorship. Are we all clear on this?

Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.

Nordic-model countries pay more tax, have better, publicly owned services and are happier. #wato

England could face water shortages within a decade. Since 1989 population, homes increased - 25 reservoirs sold off, no new ones, no desalination plants, 1 trillion liters of water a year lost to leaks. Companies borrowed to pay dividends. No forward planning. Disaster made by privatisation.

This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space

Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

Maximus, UK arm of a US contractor, that tests whether some people should receive disability benefits reported 23% hike in pre-tax profits, from £23.6m to £29.1m. It has £800m govt contracts. US CEO got $10.2m paypacket. Public services increasingly privatised. We pay more, get less in return.

*Confirmed* - Radisson Hotels say they're pulling their ads from the GB News website following our joint action with @goodlawproject.bsky.social 👏👏👏 A huge thank you to the 6,000 people who have already taken action - let's keep this going! goodlaw.social/sfh

well said that woman!

That is the same as 2,500 people on benefits, just to assess people. And this US firm won't be spending a penny of that in the UK.

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Nigel Farage takes aim at 'ludicrous' UK abortion policies Surprise, surprise. Nigel Farage wants to force women into childbearing. www.thenational.scot/news/2519525...

Yet another transphobe now feeling safe to come out as anti-abortion too. www.thenational.scot/news/2519525...

“She means ‘fewer.’” - a Harvard graduate

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

The future was supposed to be hoverboards, flying cars and nobody having to work. Instead it will be crippling poverty and sickening fascism.

Watchdog investigates Tory peer over nuclear firm’s meeting with minister

Thames Water hit with record fine over sewage breaches

Under John Swinney, the SNP has made eradicating child poverty its top priority. Scotland is the only part of the UK where child poverty is expected to fall as a direct result of SNP policies. All we are getting from the UK Labour government on the cruel two-child cap is more empty rhetoric.

“Low-income households in Britain are now 27 per cent poorer than their equivalents in France and a staggering 60 per cent poorer than those in Ireland.” 🔥 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

They are purging all the transcripts.