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shifnolian.bsky.social
Forever European, hate Brexit and its promoters. Woke, slightly left of centre, despise the Tories/Reform/Trump/Musk
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Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride: action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

Congrats Romania 🎉🍾🎈 Russia and Trumpism continue to be rejected around the globe 🙌🏼

My God. I never had the slightest hope this could happen. It seemed impossible. Romania votes against populism, rejects the far-right. An incredible result www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

❗ No child should have to know what a food bank is, let alone need one. Repost if you agree

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

Italy has fined Amazon $1.3bn for unfair business practices. In the UK Amazon does not even pay the £3bn a year tax that it should. It's time for us to fine and tax the hell out of Amazon.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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We revealed last week that the director of Luxe Lifestyle – a firm that bagged a £25.7m PPE contract during Covid – had been arrested 👀 goodlawproject.org/vip-lane-arr...

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

I'm old enough to remember Michael Gove turning up at work to vote completely off his face. For that he didn't get fired, but he did get a peerage.

MTG dabbling in insider trading now too

Just how unpopular is Donald Trump? If you want Donald Trump impeached and removed from power, Like. If you want him thrown in jail too, RT.

BREAKING: NHS dental fees are about to go up! Enough is enough: sign the petition to say no to new price hikes, and demand a real plan to fund NHS dentistry: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sc...

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

Free speech latest. www.politico.eu/article/musk...

How is this okay?

NEW: Elizabeth Murdoch warns a “perfect storm” is hitting the British TV industry. She says it could also lead to British stories disappearing from the small screen. Big names now speaking out on the TV crisis:

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history! Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

TRUMPCESSION Biden handed Trump the strongest economy in the world, and now we are looking at a self-inflicted recession 2 month later, the Trumpcession ... what a loser Trump is ... and a whiner ... #Trumpcession

Once again for the love of god just put taxes up, you'll have to anyway before this parliament is out so do it now, cite defence as the reason, lean into the fact the world has changed & govt must too. (Me and @johnharris1969.bsky.social discussed this on the Guardian Politics Weekly pod btw..

Yesterday: Musk insulted the Foreign Minister of an ally saying "be quiet, small man." Today he is calling a US Senator a "traitor." This is uncharted waters. Musk is acting as a representative of the US government overseas, and de facto Prime Minister at home. Huge power w no accountability

America will never recover from the shame it has brought upon itself this week.

I’ll never forget hearing from people, eager to help & already active in this field, whose calls were not even returned.

My sentiments precisely

Ukraine is now under attack from two autocrats. One in the Kremlin. One in the White House. For the sake of democracies everywhere, we must stand by Zelenskyy

British troops have fought and died alongside the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq, just to be written off as non-existent people from "some random country". We have to maintain tolerable relations with this administration to try and minimise damage, but my god it's not easy.

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

Britain’s Maddest Headteacher

As America seems to be welcoming the likes of the Tates, Brand, and C. Robinson, perhaps they could also take Fox, Wooton, Grimes, and Yaxley-Lennon and have a complete set.

A cold but beautifully sunny morning & so my annual note to self that seasonal affective disorder is real…

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.