Caroline Jackson
@cejax74cj.bsky.social
UK Baby Boomer, living in hope for a world gone mad. Left leaning🌹 Interested in Politics 🇪🇺 The Arts, Drawing & Painting, Food,Travel,Culture + whatever takes my fancy..in no particular order.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Gonna restate my grand unified theory of Morgan McSweeney:
He's treating the government like a CLP, ruling with an iron fist, trying to crush all opposition.
The problem is, in a CLP, those crushed quit and cease to be a factor. In the PLP - and the country - they do not.
He's treating the government like a CLP, ruling with an iron fist, trying to crush all opposition.
The problem is, in a CLP, those crushed quit and cease to be a factor. In the PLP - and the country - they do not.
This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Gonna restate my grand unified theory of Morgan McSweeney:
He's treating the government like a CLP, ruling with an iron fist, trying to crush all opposition.
The problem is, in a CLP, those crushed quit and cease to be a factor. In the PLP - and the country - they do not.
He's treating the government like a CLP, ruling with an iron fist, trying to crush all opposition.
The problem is, in a CLP, those crushed quit and cease to be a factor. In the PLP - and the country - they do not.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals
And once again, I ask whether Ministers and No10 realise that the readership of one paper can in fact read the contents of another.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
When you go to Auschwitz they have piles of jewellery and watches which were confiscated from those arriving.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When you go to Auschwitz they have piles of jewellery and watches which were confiscated from those arriving.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
It's Blue Labour and Reform that are tearing the country apart, by weaponizing the issue of asylum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's Blue Labour and Reform that are tearing the country apart, by weaponizing the issue of asylum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
💥THIS 💯 👇
Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
💥THIS 💯 👇
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
I want councils to have the power to say no to new gambling establishments.
That's why I am campaigning to end the 'Aim to Permit' system, to clean up our high streets.
And it's only right companies pay their fair share - so I'm pushing for a gambling tax rise in #Budget2026.
That's why I am campaigning to end the 'Aim to Permit' system, to clean up our high streets.
And it's only right companies pay their fair share - so I'm pushing for a gambling tax rise in #Budget2026.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I want councils to have the power to say no to new gambling establishments.
That's why I am campaigning to end the 'Aim to Permit' system, to clean up our high streets.
And it's only right companies pay their fair share - so I'm pushing for a gambling tax rise in #Budget2026.
That's why I am campaigning to end the 'Aim to Permit' system, to clean up our high streets.
And it's only right companies pay their fair share - so I'm pushing for a gambling tax rise in #Budget2026.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
How perfectly tragic.
bsky.app/profile/impl...
bsky.app/profile/impl...
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How perfectly tragic.
bsky.app/profile/impl...
bsky.app/profile/impl...
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Marjorie Taylor Greene said the growing animosity between her and Donald Trump “has all come down to the Epstein files.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene says fallout with Trump 'has all come down to the Epstein files'
The Georgia Republican said the president’s recent attacks on her could put her life in danger.
www.politico.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene said the growing animosity between her and Donald Trump “has all come down to the Epstein files.”
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Denmark has high returns of those whose asylum claim fail. (But this is not a new policy for the UK)
On the novel policy: cancelling protection by declaring a country safe, so people leave or can be removed, Denmark has an extremely low number of returns of Syrians whose leave was cancelled
On the novel policy: cancelling protection by declaring a country safe, so people leave or can be removed, Denmark has an extremely low number of returns of Syrians whose leave was cancelled
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Denmark has high returns of those whose asylum claim fail. (But this is not a new policy for the UK)
On the novel policy: cancelling protection by declaring a country safe, so people leave or can be removed, Denmark has an extremely low number of returns of Syrians whose leave was cancelled
On the novel policy: cancelling protection by declaring a country safe, so people leave or can be removed, Denmark has an extremely low number of returns of Syrians whose leave was cancelled
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
A good sign that you need to disengage from politics a bit is you shouldn’t have be having conversations in which the other person goes “uh, no, I don’t think this” to which you then reply “yes, you do!”
Your answer is 'no' because what you're actually trying to sell is leftist ideology around wealth redistribution, colonialism & cultural homogeneity.
None of that has anything to do with safety, life expectancy, the difficulties of crossing the Channel in a dinghy, or what Mahmood is talking about.
None of that has anything to do with safety, life expectancy, the difficulties of crossing the Channel in a dinghy, or what Mahmood is talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A good sign that you need to disengage from politics a bit is you shouldn’t have be having conversations in which the other person goes “uh, no, I don’t think this” to which you then reply “yes, you do!”
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Good thread this. I think people are much smarter than they are given credit for, and they intuit that the government’s actual view is “what can we say to make these people shut up about immigration?”
Which then takes you back into the familiar territory of pleasing nobody - winding up the left for a policy that potentially doesn’t make that much difference in practice
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Good thread this. I think people are much smarter than they are given credit for, and they intuit that the government’s actual view is “what can we say to make these people shut up about immigration?”
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
At what point will Labour politicians, locally and nationally, really start to push back against the endless underfunding of local authorities?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At what point will Labour politicians, locally and nationally, really start to push back against the endless underfunding of local authorities?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Fraser Nelson: NEW: 93 murders in London (pop: ~9m) in 12 months to October.
The city's murder rate is now lowest for decades; perhaps centuries. comment.press/7892
The city's murder rate is now lowest for decades; perhaps centuries. comment.press/7892
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Fraser Nelson: NEW: 93 murders in London (pop: ~9m) in 12 months to October.
The city's murder rate is now lowest for decades; perhaps centuries. comment.press/7892
The city's murder rate is now lowest for decades; perhaps centuries. comment.press/7892
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone.
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone.
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
“Climate change is already biting.” The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea. Read this informative interview with him ⤵️
Outgoing Broads boss: the unstoppable rise of the waters
Outgoing Broads Authority chief executive John Packman warns climate change is “already biting” as rising seas threaten Norfolk’s wetlands
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Climate change is already biting.” The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea. Read this informative interview with him ⤵️
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
🏠 What is the Local Housing Allowance ‘affordability gap’ and why is it growing? 🏠
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🏠 What is the Local Housing Allowance ‘affordability gap’ and why is it growing? 🏠
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks the BBC and tries to pick pockets of millions of licence fee payers.
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks the BBC and tries to pick pockets of millions of licence fee payers.
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Would be fun if the BBC sued Trump in Florida
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Would be fun if the BBC sued Trump in Florida
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
Whether they benefit *enough* is where the 'can they get better at governing?' becomes so important:
‘Their credibility has been shot to pieces’: Labour MPs turn on Starmer and Reeves
Income tax U-turn adds to mood of despair among party’s backbenchers
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Whether they benefit *enough* is where the 'can they get better at governing?' becomes so important:
Reposted by Caroline Jackson
For the basic reason that: 1) a lot of people fear Farage 2) most people understand how our electoral system works 3) turnout will be up, both by people inspired by Farage and by people who fear him 4) Labour will benefit from that a bit.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For the basic reason that: 1) a lot of people fear Farage 2) most people understand how our electoral system works 3) turnout will be up, both by people inspired by Farage and by people who fear him 4) Labour will benefit from that a bit.