Claire
@clairedaf.bsky.social
Local politico, green, bus user, road safety campaigner, fungus forays.
As if that needed stating. The rule of law international or not is now a dead duck. Trump is after oil.
United Nations says US's attack and kidnapping in Venezuela breaks international law
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
As if that needed stating. The rule of law international or not is now a dead duck. Trump is after oil.
I don't get why Reform and the Tories want someone to lose their citzenship because of anti-semitic taunts years ago; but don't want Farage's citizenship taken away because of anti-semitic taunts years ago. If one goes so should the t'other.
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don't get why Reform and the Tories want someone to lose their citzenship because of anti-semitic taunts years ago; but don't want Farage's citizenship taken away because of anti-semitic taunts years ago. If one goes so should the t'other.
Hope in the middle of devastation and death but money is desperately needed if people are to survive and rebuild practicalaction.org/news-stories...
Hope and action in the face of devastation
In the wake of reports of mass killings in the city of El Fasher in recent days and weeks, we spoke to our Darfur area co-ordinator, Awadalla Hamid Mohamed.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hope in the middle of devastation and death but money is desperately needed if people are to survive and rebuild practicalaction.org/news-stories...
Homes and nature could exist side by side and the government's proposed NPPF and regulation changes will be disastrous in a country that is already the most nature-deprived in Europe rsnonline.org.uk/nature-not-a...
Nature Not a Blocker to Housing - Rural Services Network
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report on Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth, concluding that nature is not a “blocker” to new housing and warning that environmental pro...
rsnonline.org.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Homes and nature could exist side by side and the government's proposed NPPF and regulation changes will be disastrous in a country that is already the most nature-deprived in Europe rsnonline.org.uk/nature-not-a...
Brexit was a tactic by USophiles like Johnson (half American) and Farage (spends more time in the US than in Clacton) to get us into the clutches of the USA, the only market large enough to substitute for the EU market and one where we can have no voice or influence.
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Brexit was a tactic by USophiles like Johnson (half American) and Farage (spends more time in the US than in Clacton) to get us into the clutches of the USA, the only market large enough to substitute for the EU market and one where we can have no voice or influence.
Trump's government says hate speech is free speech but censors anti-hate speech as censorship which adds to the confusion as Trump has already re-branded lies as truth and truth as fake www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Trump administration bans two British social media campaigners from US
The visa sanctions have been branded an ‘authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship’
www.independent.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump's government says hate speech is free speech but censors anti-hate speech as censorship which adds to the confusion as Trump has already re-branded lies as truth and truth as fake www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Pavements are for pedestrians metro.co.uk/2025/12/18/r...
Uber Eats robot thrown into bush by two Wee Willy Winkies, a cow and a Pikachu
The robot was damaged and now needs to be 'fixed up'.
metro.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pavements are for pedestrians metro.co.uk/2025/12/18/r...
I nibbled haws today. Never seen so many red berries. Stepfather called haws cheese and ate a lot when his family lived in deep poverty in the 1930s. Beautiful day. Blue sky. November was warmest on record. Mild December so far.
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I nibbled haws today. Never seen so many red berries. Stepfather called haws cheese and ate a lot when his family lived in deep poverty in the 1930s. Beautiful day. Blue sky. November was warmest on record. Mild December so far.
Trump is turning the US into a no-go area for tourists. Just as well that my brother returned to the UK after many years living in the US.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump is turning the US into a no-go area for tourists. Just as well that my brother returned to the UK after many years living in the US.
Peers coming out our ears 👂👂Blair created 374 because the Lords House had been packed with Tories. Cameron 245. Johnson 87. May 43, Sunak 51 and Liz Truss 29 before you could say lettuce 🥬. Starmer has only created 62 and this time allowed Tories 3, LibDems 5. No Greens 😒
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Peers coming out our ears 👂👂Blair created 374 because the Lords House had been packed with Tories. Cameron 245. Johnson 87. May 43, Sunak 51 and Liz Truss 29 before you could say lettuce 🥬. Starmer has only created 62 and this time allowed Tories 3, LibDems 5. No Greens 😒
A social media ban for under-16s is probably a good thing not just in Australia but worldwide. The question is what teenagers will do instead. If nothing is in place will they take to other addictions - comfort eating? drugs? gambling? Or will they settle for board games, crochet and patience?
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A social media ban for under-16s is probably a good thing not just in Australia but worldwide. The question is what teenagers will do instead. If nothing is in place will they take to other addictions - comfort eating? drugs? gambling? Or will they settle for board games, crochet and patience?
Great British Railways. Keeping England and Scotland united.
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great British Railways. Keeping England and Scotland united.
This, Bickershaw and other illegal dumps that destroy our countryside will continue to happen unless the government sorts out the law, helps landowners to block access and funds the Environment Agency and police to deal with reported waste dumping www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/justice...
Justice for Hoad’s Wood?
Imagine a quiet, picturesque woodland in Kent, ancient trees standing tall, carpets of bluebells swaying in the breeze, and wildlife thriving in their natural habitat. Now, picture that same woodland ...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This, Bickershaw and other illegal dumps that destroy our countryside will continue to happen unless the government sorts out the law, helps landowners to block access and funds the Environment Agency and police to deal with reported waste dumping www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/justice...
Labour government doesn't like landlords having no-fault evictions then puts a no-fault end clause in its Elms contracts. Why? Disastrous for farmers, wildlife, nature. Also slashes nature recovery money from 1/3 of £2.4bn a year to £500m over 20 yr. Nuts. www.pressreader.com/usa/the-guar...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Labour government doesn't like landlords having no-fault evictions then puts a no-fault end clause in its Elms contracts. Why? Disastrous for farmers, wildlife, nature. Also slashes nature recovery money from 1/3 of £2.4bn a year to £500m over 20 yr. Nuts. www.pressreader.com/usa/the-guar...
Until 2010 strict campaign cost limit stopped wealthy people hogging our democracy or buying their way in. Tories then excluded cost of transport so candidates could fly without limit. That suited Farage. Now Everett says Farage's team still went over the limit but cooked the books. Believable?
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Until 2010 strict campaign cost limit stopped wealthy people hogging our democracy or buying their way in. Tories then excluded cost of transport so candidates could fly without limit. That suited Farage. Now Everett says Farage's team still went over the limit but cooked the books. Believable?
To have or not to have, that is the question for many overstretched couples [you may need to have a TV license to read this] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families
'For every three children wanted… only two are born,' says one expert. So, what has led to this gap?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
To have or not to have, that is the question for many overstretched couples [you may need to have a TV license to read this] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage being outed as a racist schoolboy won't do him any harm with his following. Probably no coincidence that he suddenly gets £ms from an expat donor.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Farage being outed as a racist schoolboy won't do him any harm with his following. Probably no coincidence that he suddenly gets £ms from an expat donor.
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If you want a more politicians like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who will speak with honesty, humanity and integrity then now is the time to join.
Together we can tell a different story of what Britain is and shape what it will be.
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Together we can tell a different story of what Britain is and shape what it will be.
join.greenparty.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you want a more politicians like @zackpolanski.bsky.social who will speak with honesty, humanity and integrity then now is the time to join.
Together we can tell a different story of what Britain is and shape what it will be.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Together we can tell a different story of what Britain is and shape what it will be.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Reform have so much money now from wealthy expats that nobody can stop them buying their way in www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Reform have so much money now from wealthy expats that nobody can stop them buying their way in www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Trump vowed to get prices down “from day one” and to make peace in a week. He didn't keep his vows but his voters indulge him. Reform promised to reduce council tax and can't do it but their voters don't mind. Starmer made lots of pledges he isn't keeping. Do most voters prefer politicians who lie?
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Trump vowed to get prices down “from day one” and to make peace in a week. He didn't keep his vows but his voters indulge him. Reform promised to reduce council tax and can't do it but their voters don't mind. Starmer made lots of pledges he isn't keeping. Do most voters prefer politicians who lie?
At last! So glad that Reeves has been shamed into lifting the 2-child benefit cap that has kept hundreds of thousands of children in poverty since 2017 🙌
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
At last! So glad that Reeves has been shamed into lifting the 2-child benefit cap that has kept hundreds of thousands of children in poverty since 2017 🙌
Leafsweeping 🍂🧹morning with other Green councillors in Skipton
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Leafsweeping 🍂🧹morning with other Green councillors in Skipton
I completely agree that we need a few thousand spent on signposts in Skipton it is a nightmare and many of the fingerposts point the wrong way www.cravenherald.co.uk/opinion/opin...
Letter: North Yorkshire Council and infrastructure projects
I NEARLY got excited reading the November 13 edition of the Craven Herald (Bridge is removed as project moves on). Unfortunately, the bridge…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I completely agree that we need a few thousand spent on signposts in Skipton it is a nightmare and many of the fingerposts point the wrong way www.cravenherald.co.uk/opinion/opin...
Is this for real? I find it hard to believe that PM Starmer is the same man that once made these pledges.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Is this for real? I find it hard to believe that PM Starmer is the same man that once made these pledges.