Carole Davison
@caroledavison.bsky.social
UK, ally. She/her. Late-diagnosed ADHD. Progressive in faith and politics. Word nerd, books, languages. DMs not welcome
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Please sign below to demand an end to our broken electoral system and for the government to adopt Proportional Representation in our elections — so that every vote counts equally at every election.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...
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July 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Please sign below to demand an end to our broken electoral system and for the government to adopt Proportional Representation in our elections — so that every vote counts equally at every election.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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More undue prominence - Farage press conference on lawlessness getting widespread broadcast coverage. Is this just propaganda? When do the Lib Dems & greens have their press conferences covered in this way? PluralityNow This petition has never been more vital petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
July 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
More undue prominence - Farage press conference on lawlessness getting widespread broadcast coverage. Is this just propaganda? When do the Lib Dems & greens have their press conferences covered in this way? PluralityNow This petition has never been more vital petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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🚨BREAKING🚨
British rapper OURKID disrupted his performance at the South Asian Music Summit, part of Manchester International Festival, to deliver a powerful speech to support Palestine Action and to condemn the event’s sponsorship by insurance giant Aviva.
Watch to the end🔥
British rapper OURKID disrupted his performance at the South Asian Music Summit, part of Manchester International Festival, to deliver a powerful speech to support Palestine Action and to condemn the event’s sponsorship by insurance giant Aviva.
Watch to the end🔥
July 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
British rapper OURKID disrupted his performance at the South Asian Music Summit, part of Manchester International Festival, to deliver a powerful speech to support Palestine Action and to condemn the event’s sponsorship by insurance giant Aviva.
Watch to the end🔥
British rapper OURKID disrupted his performance at the South Asian Music Summit, part of Manchester International Festival, to deliver a powerful speech to support Palestine Action and to condemn the event’s sponsorship by insurance giant Aviva.
Watch to the end🔥
If you still bank with HSBC it's time to think again
Trumpism
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance
Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you still bank with HSBC it's time to think again
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That's a war criminal in the 1st pic, but David Lammy is OK shaking his hand.The woman in the 2nd pic says every hospital,every school & every home in Gaza should be razed to the ground,but Lisa Nandy is smiling beside her
The 3rd pic is the t-shirt that got a guy arrested for supporting terrorism
The 3rd pic is the t-shirt that got a guy arrested for supporting terrorism
July 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
That's a war criminal in the 1st pic, but David Lammy is OK shaking his hand.The woman in the 2nd pic says every hospital,every school & every home in Gaza should be razed to the ground,but Lisa Nandy is smiling beside her
The 3rd pic is the t-shirt that got a guy arrested for supporting terrorism
The 3rd pic is the t-shirt that got a guy arrested for supporting terrorism
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The over-platforming issue is starting to get traction now (see article below). Sign the petition for fair coverage of ALL parties petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... www.thenational.scot/news/2530913...
MP demands Ofcom investigation after BBC shows GB News clip of Nigel Farage
OFCOM must open an investigation into the BBC giving “undue prominence” to Nigel Farage in its news broadcasts, an MP has said ...
www.thenational.scot
July 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The over-platforming issue is starting to get traction now (see article below). Sign the petition for fair coverage of ALL parties petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... www.thenational.scot/news/2530913...
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Morning everyone. This is us.
We get asked a lot who we are. Truth is, there've been 25 of us join the team since we started late last year. Some great people have ducked out through the stress of it! But we soldier on.
Please join us. Link below: ⬇️
We get asked a lot who we are. Truth is, there've been 25 of us join the team since we started late last year. Some great people have ducked out through the stress of it! But we soldier on.
Please join us. Link below: ⬇️
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Morning everyone. This is us.
We get asked a lot who we are. Truth is, there've been 25 of us join the team since we started late last year. Some great people have ducked out through the stress of it! But we soldier on.
Please join us. Link below: ⬇️
We get asked a lot who we are. Truth is, there've been 25 of us join the team since we started late last year. Some great people have ducked out through the stress of it! But we soldier on.
Please join us. Link below: ⬇️
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Yup! Starmer's "Let me be clear, I stand with Israel" is proof positive thereof.
What genuine Labour leader would condone the genocidal bombing of civilian structures and hospitals or the weaponising of food distribution by targetting internationally manned/womanned food distribution points??
What genuine Labour leader would condone the genocidal bombing of civilian structures and hospitals or the weaponising of food distribution by targetting internationally manned/womanned food distribution points??
July 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Yup! Starmer's "Let me be clear, I stand with Israel" is proof positive thereof.
What genuine Labour leader would condone the genocidal bombing of civilian structures and hospitals or the weaponising of food distribution by targetting internationally manned/womanned food distribution points??
What genuine Labour leader would condone the genocidal bombing of civilian structures and hospitals or the weaponising of food distribution by targetting internationally manned/womanned food distribution points??
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We’ve got just over 2 months to get this to 10k sigs. Bluesky has been crucial in getting this far.Thank you. Please continue to cascade where you can. We want fair broadcast coverage of all parties, not over platforming of one which verges on propaganda. Sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We’ve got just over 2 months to get this to 10k sigs. Bluesky has been crucial in getting this far.Thank you. Please continue to cascade where you can. We want fair broadcast coverage of all parties, not over platforming of one which verges on propaganda. Sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Hundreds of thousands of people dead, many more missing. Thousands with life changing injuries & starvation spreading. People being shot when they try to access food aid.
And David Llammy says the UK govt will do more if the situation worsens?
Shame on the uk govt.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/lam...
And David Llammy says the UK govt will do more if the situation worsens?
Shame on the uk govt.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/lam...
Lammy says UK will go further in measures against Israel if situation in Gaza continues
British foreign minister David Lammy on Tuesday stressed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that London will go further in its measures against Israel if the situation continues.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hundreds of thousands of people dead, many more missing. Thousands with life changing injuries & starvation spreading. People being shot when they try to access food aid.
And David Llammy says the UK govt will do more if the situation worsens?
Shame on the uk govt.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/lam...
And David Llammy says the UK govt will do more if the situation worsens?
Shame on the uk govt.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/lam...
Please sign this petition if you believe that Israel is abusing the human rights of Palestinians
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Sign the Petition
Expel Israel from Eurovision Over Human Rights Violations
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July 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Please sign this petition if you believe that Israel is abusing the human rights of Palestinians
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The answer is, apparently, allowing it to "wither and die"
Lisa Nandy has accepted funding from the Israel lobby, refused to condemn Israel's violations of international law, and proudly calls herself a Zionist.
What on earth was she doing as chair of Labour Friends of Palestine?
www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
What on earth was she doing as chair of Labour Friends of Palestine?
www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
What happened to Labour Friends of Palestine?
Exclusive: Insiders tell Declassified the organisation was allowed to ‘wither and die’ under Lisa Nandy’s stewardship.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The answer is, apparently, allowing it to "wither and die"
This is what Yvette Cooper has become 😳
Missed this in Friday's Politico PM: "Home Sec Yvette Cooper took GB News and the Sun on an immigration raid at a caravan park in Kent this week." Cosy!
"She talked tough about cracking down on illegal migrant workers, although none were found on the raid."
"She talked tough about cracking down on illegal migrant workers, although none were found on the raid."
July 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is what Yvette Cooper has become 😳
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The BBC is firing everyone who allowed Bob Vylan to be broadcast.
But it doesn't fire anyone who repeats Israel's lies 24/7 as 'News'.
But it doesn't fire anyone who repeats Israel's lies 24/7 as 'News'.
July 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The BBC is firing everyone who allowed Bob Vylan to be broadcast.
But it doesn't fire anyone who repeats Israel's lies 24/7 as 'News'.
But it doesn't fire anyone who repeats Israel's lies 24/7 as 'News'.
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🔁PLEASE SIGN ✍🏽 & SHARE!🔁
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
July 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🔁PLEASE SIGN ✍🏽 & SHARE!🔁
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
TLDR: His name is Terry Burns. If UK PM stuck to his manifesto commitment he would lose some power over appointments. Have a read
No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment on constitutional reform. Tomorrow, we find out if he's succeeded.
iandunt.substack.com/p/this-wedne...
iandunt.substack.com/p/this-wedne...
This Wednesday: The last best hope for Lords reform
No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment.
iandunt.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
TLDR: His name is Terry Burns. If UK PM stuck to his manifesto commitment he would lose some power over appointments. Have a read
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Is the UK really a democracy? @femi-oluwole.bsky.social argues it's not.
Because how democratic is a system where a party can win total power on just 1/3 of the vote, and the vast majority of votes are ignored? 🤔
That's why we need #PRnow.
Because how democratic is a system where a party can win total power on just 1/3 of the vote, and the vast majority of votes are ignored? 🤔
That's why we need #PRnow.
July 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Is the UK really a democracy? @femi-oluwole.bsky.social argues it's not.
Because how democratic is a system where a party can win total power on just 1/3 of the vote, and the vast majority of votes are ignored? 🤔
That's why we need #PRnow.
Because how democratic is a system where a party can win total power on just 1/3 of the vote, and the vast majority of votes are ignored? 🤔
That's why we need #PRnow.
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UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work.
A welcome development to end harassment, bullying and silencing of victims.
NDAs used extensively to settle cases including sexual misconduct, racism, and pregnancy discrimination.
A welcome development to end harassment, bullying and silencing of victims.
NDAs used extensively to settle cases including sexual misconduct, racism, and pregnancy discrimination.
UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work
Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work.
A welcome development to end harassment, bullying and silencing of victims.
NDAs used extensively to settle cases including sexual misconduct, racism, and pregnancy discrimination.
A welcome development to end harassment, bullying and silencing of victims.
NDAs used extensively to settle cases including sexual misconduct, racism, and pregnancy discrimination.
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This! A thousand times this. I hate the popular misunderstanding that the Luddites were just against technological progress on principle.
I'm both a proud luddite *and* early adopter of tech - because it's not the tech that's the problem; it's exploitation of workers & worsening of conditions
I'm both a proud luddite *and* early adopter of tech - because it's not the tech that's the problem; it's exploitation of workers & worsening of conditions
The Luddites didn’t smash up looms because they were frightened of the future. They smashed them up because they were frightened of their bosses.
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This! A thousand times this. I hate the popular misunderstanding that the Luddites were just against technological progress on principle.
I'm both a proud luddite *and* early adopter of tech - because it's not the tech that's the problem; it's exploitation of workers & worsening of conditions
I'm both a proud luddite *and* early adopter of tech - because it's not the tech that's the problem; it's exploitation of workers & worsening of conditions
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We MUSTN'T let the noise about hate speech drown out the reality of genocide in Gaza. This is superb from Andrew Marr @lbc :
"The way this Israeli government is now treating civilians, including babies and children, may one day destroy Israel itself."
#FreePalestineNow
"The way this Israeli government is now treating civilians, including babies and children, may one day destroy Israel itself."
#FreePalestineNow
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We MUSTN'T let the noise about hate speech drown out the reality of genocide in Gaza. This is superb from Andrew Marr @lbc :
"The way this Israeli government is now treating civilians, including babies and children, may one day destroy Israel itself."
#FreePalestineNow
"The way this Israeli government is now treating civilians, including babies and children, may one day destroy Israel itself."
#FreePalestineNow
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Make healthy food more appealing, govt tells supermarkets.
How about making good food affordable by curbing profiteering - energy, water, transport, banks, insurance, exec pay, regressive taxation?
Need equitable distribution of income/wealth.
Need action, not weasley words
How about making good food affordable by curbing profiteering - energy, water, transport, banks, insurance, exec pay, regressive taxation?
Need equitable distribution of income/wealth.
Need action, not weasley words
Make healthy food more appealing, government tells supermarkets
Supermarkets will be challenged to sell healthier food, under a new government obesity plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Make healthy food more appealing, govt tells supermarkets.
How about making good food affordable by curbing profiteering - energy, water, transport, banks, insurance, exec pay, regressive taxation?
Need equitable distribution of income/wealth.
Need action, not weasley words
How about making good food affordable by curbing profiteering - energy, water, transport, banks, insurance, exec pay, regressive taxation?
Need equitable distribution of income/wealth.
Need action, not weasley words
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Preston is to enter into a friendship agreement with the Palestinian city of Hebron. 👏👏👏
Preston and Hebron: a friendship agreement
Preston is to enter into a friendship agreement with the Palestinian city of Hebron
northwestbylines.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Preston is to enter into a friendship agreement with the Palestinian city of Hebron. 👏👏👏
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It occurs to me that the narrative that British Jews support the genocide in Palestine might be about as accurate - not very - as the narrative that women support the cruelty of trans exclusion.
June 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It occurs to me that the narrative that British Jews support the genocide in Palestine might be about as accurate - not very - as the narrative that women support the cruelty of trans exclusion.
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MPs, especially Ministers, making the poor poorer while getting richer ...
June 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
MPs, especially Ministers, making the poor poorer while getting richer ...