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❌🟠💩🤡 Interested in UK & World politics because i'm both curious & terrified of it all! (Lefty). Eurovision fan 🎤🎹🎧(good distraction from stress!) Eclectic music taste. Yes, it is "grim up north" when we have a Reform UK council!
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23 years ago this month, I met my Mr Right. We have been through a lot, but always tackled challenges together as a team. Having the same sense of humour & outlook on life also helps!

Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

We know the threat Reform poses – to our communities, our democracy and our precious liberal values. We know where their divisive, destructive brand of politics could lead. Other parties can't or won't stand up to them. It's up to us to be the antidote to Reform's hate and division.

Hundreds of historians, including many high profile ones, sign a letter condemning the government's attacks on LGBT people and warning how we are in danger of repeating history docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The central thing that politicians need to grasp is very simple: You don't defeat Farage by agreeing with him. You don't defeat Farage by being "Farage lite". You need to go out and persuade Reform voters that he is a liar, a charlatan, and working against their material interests.

Local elections don’t usually change the game of British politics. This time might be different. Nigel Farage’s populist, right-wing Reform UK has its first levers of power after a torrid set of results in England for the two main parties, Labour and the Conservatives.

👇🏾 true

The votes are coming in and Reform has secured unprecedented wins. But our work isn’t over. It's frightening to see far-right hate being normalised in our society. Right now, this Govt. is cowering to the far-right, instead of standing up to hate head on. They are giving dangerous views power.

So, the UK is doomed! Give it 3 & a half years & we will lose our Human Rights & our sanity! #ukelections

The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.

Good morning Bluesky

Congrats to Mark Carney #canada

💔 RIP Bianca Castro-Arabejo, you were wonderful! 💐

Trans rights are human rights, today and everyday.

Solidarity with all trans, non-binary & intersex people facing the harsh and ill-considered guidance issued by the EHRC. It’s full of holes & has clearly been written without input from trans people. I will push for this to be withdrawn until thought-out guidance can be produced.

This morning @greenparty.org.uk has called for the EHRC’s harsh and ill-considered guidance on single-sex spaces to be withdrawn. As it stands the guidance puts trans people at risk of discrimination & violence, and clearly hasn’t been drawn up with trans people’s input. I’ll be pushing for better.

youtu.be/GFi-X5kgYIc?...

On Easter Sunday my lovely Husband cooked me an epic roast dinner. One of the best meals this year! Today (Tuesday) we found frozen peas accidently put in the fridge! We laughed 🤣

youtu.be/qw46fC3dkVY?... Best Pop/ Rock/ Alt vocalist today! No autotune unlike some at Coachella

youtu.be/jRNwyUB8m4k?... REAL VOCALS! Beats some at Coachella

youtu.be/cKwcpmDr4p8?... No autotune, unlike some at Coachella.

youtu.be/fAstbZCmpJs?... Others at Coachella may rely on Autotune, i'd rather listen to Cassyette singing for real.

My top ten #eurovision25 #esc

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Ben Franklin died today in 1790. The only man to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris and the constitution. During the debates on the Constitution he was asked if America was to be a republic or a monarchy. He replied, ‘A republic, if you can keep it.’

2025- how is it going?

Unison is the largest women’s organization in the UK. It has a million women members. The Unison women’s conference just voted for a motion that said; “trans women are women and trans men are men” with no-one speaking against it. Transphobia is a top-down, elite practice.

Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t | Martin Kettle

Trump is requiring the United Kingdom to get rid of laws protecting LGBTQ people before he will agree to a trade deal with them.

Transphobia is no more "acceptable" than any other form of bigotry, and I continue to be absolutely astounded, shocked, and revolted that otherwise "liberal" people think otherwise. What do they want transgender people to do? Hide away? Pretend they don't exist?

metro.co.uk/2025/04/16/d...

youtu.be/MqdCUNB5CJA?... All trans people are in my heart today. Today is a very sad day.

21st Century Dystopia was predicted. I'm now interested to learn about academics who warned us, politicians who warned us and even mystics & prophets!

Good morning Bluesky !

If I ever became a manager. I would interview people in a way that- was informal, two way conversation not an interrogation, and let conversation flow. You can't judge if that person is a great fit for the company if they are in 'robotic interview mode' or worse 'nervous wreck mode'.

My Review of ALL 30 performances in the Eurovision in Concert 🇳🇱 pre-party is up! youtu.be/l9bu0ltpQnY

Today, for me personally/ professionally is a good day. After a stressful 2 years, things are going in a better direction!

The US is utter chaos. Complete and utter chaos, for at least another four years and probably long into the future. Any British government working in the national interest will be investigating how to quickly reduce our exposure to it.

This is Donald Trump’s Liz Truss moment. Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.