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I love my books and cooking. I keep an eye on politics. Londoner, now based in Yorkshire. Member of the precariat. I won't reply to chat messages.
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If the stakes weren’t so high, the contortions & humiliations of all the people who cheered this in & sneered about ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ etc would be absolutely hilarious.

submitted 2 days ago • 282 comments

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

submitted 12 days ago • 108 comments

So much evil in one photo it is actually staggering

submitted 23 days ago • 2247 comments

Stan Laurel visiting his mum and dad in 1932. Trust me. You need this. youtu.be/J3K43OEC9jw?...

submitted 23 days ago • 40 comments

UK govt targets old, sick, disabled. Long-term sick need to find jobs. Face benefit cuts of £5k a year. This after two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut. 6.3m await hospital appointment, 2.8m chronically ill Govt won't tax wealth; increase capital gains, corporate tax archive.ph/zDPGT

submitted 27 days ago • 85 comments

Don't let people forget.

submitted 27 days ago • 21 comments

It's a problem we have in the UK and the US and the world over. It you are a Political Party for the working people you shouldn't be funded and taking your orders from billionaires. It's that simple.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

Let people think on these words

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submitted 34 days ago • 9 comments

Or both…

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Elon just did a sieg heil during his speech.

submitted 39 days ago • 328 comments

This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla. Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...

submitted 51 days ago • 67 comments

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 52 days ago • 42 comments

In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now

submitted 53 days ago • 275 comments

“One Day” by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and #BenjaminPhillips This is an a powerful and emotional true-story about an escape from a convoy to Auschwitz. It’s masterfully told and by equal measure shows the fear but also the hope in the darkest of times. Perfect for UKS2 #PicturebookPage

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Private equity profiteering from children's misery. Compass Community has financialised foster care. Profits up from £3m to £10.8m. Fees double/triple compared to what councils could charge. Low pay, lack of workers' rights are hallmarks. End privatisation. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

submitted 54 days ago • 38 comments

Absolutely spot on from @carolinelucas.bsky.social

submitted 54 days ago • 33 comments

#Starmer Labour accepted a £4m donation from the Cayman Islands in May 2024...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Private equity tycoon Guy Hands' luxury hotel chain cuts workers' wages . Cut profit margins, exec pay, dividends ... thought not. Hands just made £4.3bn profit, sold MoD servicemen’s homes back to the UK govt for £6bn. Workers blood/sweat makes tycoons rich, but earns no loyalty archive.ph/PTaNy

submitted 55 days ago • 46 comments

@dryjanuary.bsky.social Really supportive in making DJ that much easier. Just had my first sober Friday in years! #DryJanuary

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

The government had 10 years to come up with a plan for social care before they came into power. Now, Wes Streeting has announced an independent inquiry that will take *another* 3 years. We have a crisis right now in social care. Are we supposed to wait? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

submitted 56 days ago • 11 comments

#Capitalism Working just as intended...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Reading a column from a Tory MP on the Fascists from the Mail in 1934... "There is no fundamental difference in outlook...Why should there not be concord and agreement between that old historic party... and this new virile offshoot?"

submitted 62 days ago • 23 comments

I’m on LBC tomorrow night - Three hours- three main topics. Give me the best “wild card” phone-in topic for the third hour - winner gets a shout out on air (maybe) I’m looking for ones I can actually do but insane impossible suggestions also welcome

submitted 64 days ago • 126 comments

Make sure everyone sees this.

submitted 66 days ago • 608 comments

submitted 66 days ago • 19 comments

The GOP Nativity scene: No unwed mothers, Middle Eastern people, refugees, and obviously no wise men.

submitted 68 days ago • 1038 comments

#RefugeesWelcome please share.

submitted 107 days ago • 250 comments

Farage spent yrs trashing establishment politics yet trying to be an MP. Last yr all his stars aligned when t Limited Company he calls a party voted him into t House of Commons on his 8th try. His constituents never see him. He's with Trump &Musk forging evil plans. www.facebook.com/reel/9387230...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

George IV's typical breakfast: 2 pigeons; 3 steaks; 1 bottle wine; 1 glass champagne; 2 glasses port; 1 glass brandy; some laudanum

submitted 68 days ago • 20 comments

I like this…..

submitted 69 days ago • 211 comments

We are mugged. More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped. 50% at Wessex Water. Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills. Govt won't end the privatisation scam. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

submitted 68 days ago • 49 comments

Tour of my new show Booking now open www.michaelrosen.co.uk/shows/

submitted 69 days ago • 4 comments

Protestors gathered in Damascus, Syria for unity and calling for a secular, law abiding, and plural state. Syrian actor Maxim Khalil in front of thousands of people in Umayyad Square spoke up in support for the rights of women and girls: "The Syrian woman deserves to take on all roles”

submitted 69 days ago • 121 comments

Ministers resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UK “We’ll beat Reform by defeating their arguments rather than changing the rules to stop them getting money from Elon Musk”said a source www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 69 days ago • 277 comments

A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies — by Michael Moore www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifest...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Of the 92 clubs in the Premier and the English Football Leagues, Bromley FC are the only team to play their home games in the constituency of a Conservative MP.

submitted 69 days ago • 5 comments

Keir Starmer-led Labour Govt is unpopular. Why? It is following Tory or worse policies Two-child benefit cap Winter fuel payment cut No change in income tax thresholds No curb on profiteering No end to water woes Botched rail nationalisation Must change policies leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...

submitted 69 days ago • 93 comments

Rather than spending money on increasing NHS bed capacity and improving psychiatric community services, the NHS is spending £2 billion on private mental health hospitals. Mental health patients often have to wait days in A+E because there are no NHS psychiatric beds. Why is this allowed?

submitted 69 days ago • 7 comments

Okay one more. I love this energy from the young Dems.

submitted 70 days ago • 151 comments

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by Margaret Atwood Douglas Adams Ian McEwan Maya Angelou Alexander McCall Smith #BookSky 📚💙

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

In 1990, Canadian politician Philippe Gigantès read for several hours from his book in the Senate as a filibuster tactic. He was accused of trying to get a free French translation of the book, since parliamentary speeches in Canada are transcribed in both official languages.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

They'll say anything to gain power.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Dangers of outsourcing NHS eye care to private companies. High street optometrist refer people to private clinics over the NHS. Payback is guaranteed follow-up work. All funded by public purse. 30%-40% profit margin. NHS hollowed out and privatised. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

submitted 70 days ago • 23 comments