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Retired NHS Nurse Practitioner. WASPI woman. Proud Leftie, Brexit-hating Francophile. Married to the same lovely man for 50 years. I'm not going quietly. Formerly known as Dame Barbara Bisseker on the dark side. No DMs without prior agreement.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

It's been so good to spend some time in the sunny garden today and forget that the world has gone to shit.

Slava Ukraini. ✊🇺🇦

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Perhaps we should sub Hugh Grant for Keir Starmer. I doubt Trump would even notice!

@mrjamesob.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Interesting comparison with recent research from RCN about recruitment and retention of Gen Z into nursing.

It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

Stop buying America: Starbucks McDonald’s Amazon Asda Boots Apple Tesla Disney UPS Nike Levi

Trump has now completely humiliated his apologists in the U.K. but not one of them will be honest enough to admit it.

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps Lets make sure everyone knows the truth youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...

2016: Brexit: take back control 2025: The alignment of the White House with the Kremlin UK, weakened EU, weakened US, weakened Western world, weakened The winner? Putin Laughing at how he brought democracy down Laughing at 'make Brexit work' knowing that all versions of it weaken us

BBC censored David Tennant's remarks at the BATFAs “Donald Trump, he says he hasn’t seen ‘The Apprentice’ because it’s a 15. It’s not on Nickelodeon" "Donald Trump … I’m worried. I’ve said his name three times. It’s like ‘Beetlejuice’ — I’ve summoned him"

People died to give us our democracies, perfect or not… We should at least have the good grace & gratitude to fight for them.

80th day of the protests in European Georgia. This is Tbilisi tonight. Look at that crowd. 80 days of this. That’s how you resist a Putin-backed coup.

It costs money for GB News to pump hate into Britain's homes. Much of that money comes from Sky, which also makes much play of being a force for good. We've made it so easy for you to write and politely ask Sky's Chief Executive to stop funding hate. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...

Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945. The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.

The entire BBC News leadership should be fired.

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Only the richest 4% of people pay Inheritance Tax. Only the richest 1.5% of farmers will pay HALF Inheritance Tax spread over 10 years. This is a protest funded by the obscenely wealthy who want to pay no tax at all.

In RFK jnr, the USA now has a guy in charge of its public healthcare who thinks that the MMR vaccine causes autism and that flouride and chemicals in water cause cancer and turn kids gay and transgender. Good luck, America.

Trump: A lot of forks in the ummm. A lot of forks in this game

Trump: I think Tic Tac… Some of the great people I did interviews were a part of it.

There were always clues about Musk's intentions of power grab. Even his name sounds like a Marvel villain who wants to rule the world.

Just what I needed. Just what Chump needs too.

Great point.

I'm here on the sidelines cheering every action of Americans who #resist. Sadly I suspect that in spite of the rule of law being dismantled in front of their eyes, most US Citizens still don't realize their Republic is slipping away from them with horrifying speed.