Alison
@alison263.bsky.social
Know something about housing, homelessness & welfare benefits. Opinions galore about lots of other things. Probably wrong about many of them. A bit grumpy since 2016.
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This is Princess. She and her human work hard every day collecting trash at an apartment building. It is an often thankless job, but one kind resident thought the pair should know how much they are appreciated, and that Princess should get a uniform too. 13/10 for all (TT: oliviaolp)
February 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This is Princess. She and her human work hard every day collecting trash at an apartment building. It is an often thankless job, but one kind resident thought the pair should know how much they are appreciated, and that Princess should get a uniform too. 13/10 for all (TT: oliviaolp)
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 'Land of Hope and Dreams' U.S. Tour - Rolling Stone
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 'Land of Hope and Dreams' U.S. Tour - Rolling Stone
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Cllr David Wimble, Reform Cabinet member for economic development at Kent County Council, says he might defund Margate's Turner Contemporary Gallery to spite the local MP Polly Billington.
A pretty bleak threat from the Reform party on Kent county council...
Reform threatens to pull funding for Margate’s Turner Gallery as ‘naked retribution for local MP exposing Kent savings lies' - via Polly Billington MP
Reform threatens to pull funding for Margate’s Turner Gallery as ‘naked retribution for local MP exposing Kent savings lies' - via Polly Billington MP
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Cllr David Wimble, Reform Cabinet member for economic development at Kent County Council, says he might defund Margate's Turner Contemporary Gallery to spite the local MP Polly Billington.
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Now Nigel Farage has announced the comedy Reform UK shadow cabinet, consisting mostly of Tories, I’ve designed some rebranding for Reform to highlight their merger with the Conservative Party.
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Now Nigel Farage has announced the comedy Reform UK shadow cabinet, consisting mostly of Tories, I’ve designed some rebranding for Reform to highlight their merger with the Conservative Party.
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Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman were both part of the Conservative Government that crashed the economy, failed the NHS, and allowed water companies to dump sewage in our rivers and seas. The Reform Shadow Cabinet is a clown car.
February 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman were both part of the Conservative Government that crashed the economy, failed the NHS, and allowed water companies to dump sewage in our rivers and seas. The Reform Shadow Cabinet is a clown car.
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Reform don’t do defence.
No one appointed in their so-called Shadow Cabinet for Defence.
Must be waiting for another failed Tory to defect to fill that slot.
Nathan Gill can’t do it after he was sent down for taking Russian bribes.
You can’t trust Reform with defence.
No one appointed in their so-called Shadow Cabinet for Defence.
Must be waiting for another failed Tory to defect to fill that slot.
Nathan Gill can’t do it after he was sent down for taking Russian bribes.
You can’t trust Reform with defence.
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Reform don’t do defence.
No one appointed in their so-called Shadow Cabinet for Defence.
Must be waiting for another failed Tory to defect to fill that slot.
Nathan Gill can’t do it after he was sent down for taking Russian bribes.
You can’t trust Reform with defence.
No one appointed in their so-called Shadow Cabinet for Defence.
Must be waiting for another failed Tory to defect to fill that slot.
Nathan Gill can’t do it after he was sent down for taking Russian bribes.
You can’t trust Reform with defence.
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BREAKING NEWS: Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’. Chris Mason appointed Minister for impartial journalism.
February 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK’s ‘shadow cabinet’. Chris Mason appointed Minister for impartial journalism.
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“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
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“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
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February 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
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The Reform proposal to repeal the Equality Act + anti-discrimination laws (a proposal which Farage made and u-turned on in 2015, but which is back in 2026) has gone almost completely under the radar
Braverman is now lambasting equalities policies, saying Reform would scrap the equalities brief and repeal the Equality Act. Giving her this role - any role, in fact - does feel like quite a risk for Reform.
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The Reform proposal to repeal the Equality Act + anti-discrimination laws (a proposal which Farage made and u-turned on in 2015, but which is back in 2026) has gone almost completely under the radar
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Not surprising Farage hasn't bothered to announce a health spokesperson - his entire team is populated by politicians who broke the NHS.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Not surprising Farage hasn't bothered to announce a health spokesperson - his entire team is populated by politicians who broke the NHS.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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Hungary, please please please reject Orban in April!
Worth noting that the only two European capitals on Rubio’s post-Munich tour were Budapest and Bratislava. Orbán and Fico. This is the NSS in action: “cultivating resistance within European nations”. And it’s probably just the beginning.
www.ft.com/content/929c...
www.ft.com/content/929c...
Marco Rubio says Viktor Orbán’s leadership is ‘essential’ to US interests
US secretary of state hails ‘golden era’ in relations with Hungary and its pro-Russian premier
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Hungary, please please please reject Orban in April!
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Not entirely convinced by the "weak hiring" line used by ONS and repeated by BBC here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
February 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Not entirely convinced by the "weak hiring" line used by ONS and repeated by BBC here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 AM
"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
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No need to listen to a billionaire who moved to Monaco to save paying £4bn in tax.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No need to listen to a billionaire who moved to Monaco to save paying £4bn in tax.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
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Spectacular. Remember watching it live.
To Fly Free in Space apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26021...
Bruce McCandless II was living the dream -- floating farther out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured, was floating free in space.
Bruce McCandless II was living the dream -- floating farther out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured, was floating free in space.
February 16, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Spectacular. Remember watching it live.
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It beggars belief that people don’t see this man for what he is — a traitorous Putin puppet!
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
It beggars belief that people don’t see this man for what he is — a traitorous Putin puppet!
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Out and about spreading their vitriolic fascist bullshit. My late uncle was part of the British army that liberated Bergen Belsen death camp. He told me they had no idea of the camp as they advanced through the countryside.They followed the putrid smell in the air. They found horror. Fuck Reform UK.
February 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Out and about spreading their vitriolic fascist bullshit. My late uncle was part of the British army that liberated Bergen Belsen death camp. He told me they had no idea of the camp as they advanced through the countryside.They followed the putrid smell in the air. They found horror. Fuck Reform UK.
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‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’: Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton
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'I wouldn't touch a Jewish woman': Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton
Members of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups
manchestermill.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’: Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
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Rupert Lowe tweets his Restore Britain party will vet councillors who want to join - to avoid accepting those who "don't have the stomach" for what needs to be done.
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Rupert Lowe tweets his Restore Britain party will vet councillors who want to join - to avoid accepting those who "don't have the stomach" for what needs to be done.
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
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Satellite images of Ukrainian sports facilities destroyed by Russia.
Over 800 sports facilities in Ukraine have been partially or completely destroyed by Russia during the full-scale invasion.
Sports is never beyond politics.
📸 Radio Liberty
Over 800 sports facilities in Ukraine have been partially or completely destroyed by Russia during the full-scale invasion.
Sports is never beyond politics.
📸 Radio Liberty
February 15, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Satellite images of Ukrainian sports facilities destroyed by Russia.
Over 800 sports facilities in Ukraine have been partially or completely destroyed by Russia during the full-scale invasion.
Sports is never beyond politics.
📸 Radio Liberty
Over 800 sports facilities in Ukraine have been partially or completely destroyed by Russia during the full-scale invasion.
Sports is never beyond politics.
📸 Radio Liberty
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I'm 65 and got measles aged 2 and was very sick my grandmother had lost 2 out of three children to it years previously so must have been terrified. It left me with sight and hearing problems
February 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I'm 65 and got measles aged 2 and was very sick my grandmother had lost 2 out of three children to it years previously so must have been terrified. It left me with sight and hearing problems