Claire
@clrthrn.bsky.social
🇬🇧in 🇳🇱 Tea, music, Dutch stuff, UK/EU politics, crochet, and parenting. Currently battling a cheese addiction.
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Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
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In the 1970s, this tiny medieval church faced the prospect of demolition. Thankfully we saved it from that fate and it is now cared for by an active and loving group of volunteers.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In the 1970s, this tiny medieval church faced the prospect of demolition. Thankfully we saved it from that fate and it is now cared for by an active and loving group of volunteers.
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One of the best accounts on this site. Wholesome nostalgia that is like medicine in a world of shite.
“The farmer is sowing his corn in the large field that has been ploughed and harrowed”
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
One of the best accounts on this site. Wholesome nostalgia that is like medicine in a world of shite.
Had a message from kid's teacher. She has filled in a questionnaire with "remarkable answers" that the teacher would like to discuss. Which translates to kid is a genius or there will be a full police investigation into one of us. No middle ground.
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Had a message from kid's teacher. She has filled in a questionnaire with "remarkable answers" that the teacher would like to discuss. Which translates to kid is a genius or there will be a full police investigation into one of us. No middle ground.
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😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
I’ve just eaten a paving slab of focaccia and it’s sitting like a stone. Need to lay down and sweat out the rosemary and sea salt overdose for a while.
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I’ve just eaten a paving slab of focaccia and it’s sitting like a stone. Need to lay down and sweat out the rosemary and sea salt overdose for a while.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
Anyone who goes to the World Cup is really rolling the dice. I definitely wouldn't take my kid
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Anyone who goes to the World Cup is really rolling the dice. I definitely wouldn't take my kid
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
Imagine, as a Brit, looking at the USA and thinking "OMG Trump is a maniac" then voting for Reform without a hint of irony. The number of people who are about to do this make me want to hand back my passport and leave the Isles of Doom to their fate.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Imagine, as a Brit, looking at the USA and thinking "OMG Trump is a maniac" then voting for Reform without a hint of irony. The number of people who are about to do this make me want to hand back my passport and leave the Isles of Doom to their fate.
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Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
In case anyone is confused, you can be an Olympic champion, a first class athlete AND be a terrible ICE supporting human being. Right Jutta?
Jutta Leerdam’s ruthless brilliance leaves speed skating in awe and Jake Paul in tears
The Dutch star, who combines commercial visibility alongside elite results, won gold on Monday in front of a packed arena that included her influencer boyfriend
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM
In case anyone is confused, you can be an Olympic champion, a first class athlete AND be a terrible ICE supporting human being. Right Jutta?
Resigned to allow a new team to be built but this photo from his appointment announcement tells another story. This is the clear out of the less public of the Mandy network. Those who flew more under the radar than McSweeney but were still as connected to Mandelson.
‘A class act’: Tim Allan, the former Blair ‘smoother’ recalled to Downing Street
Described as inscrutable and smart, the PR man has a job on his hands to turn around No 10’s communications effort
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Resigned to allow a new team to be built but this photo from his appointment announcement tells another story. This is the clear out of the less public of the Mandy network. Those who flew more under the radar than McSweeney but were still as connected to Mandelson.
I’m not sure Morgan McSweeney was the “mastermind” of Labour’s election win. You could have put a dog in a top hat against the Tories and it would have won a landslide.
February 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I’m not sure Morgan McSweeney was the “mastermind” of Labour’s election win. You could have put a dog in a top hat against the Tories and it would have won a landslide.
Already too late but better than never.
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Already too late but better than never.
Pretty sure Dutch speed skaters can be seen from space in those outfits #winterolympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Pretty sure Dutch speed skaters can be seen from space in those outfits #winterolympics
It must also haunt Trump that even if he and Clinton are equally guilty of Epstein related crimes that people will still talk fondly about Clinton’s presidency and think he’s the better man.
Clintons call for their Epstein testimony to be held publicly
Bill Clinton says closed-door depositions would be akin to ‘kangaroo court’ as Hillary Clinton says they have already told House committee what they know
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It must also haunt Trump that even if he and Clinton are equally guilty of Epstein related crimes that people will still talk fondly about Clinton’s presidency and think he’s the better man.
Obsessed with curling again. Don’t think about it for 4 years then the second the Olympics starts and I’m an expert again 😂
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Obsessed with curling again. Don’t think about it for 4 years then the second the Olympics starts and I’m an expert again 😂
This is why Mandelson got the job. If Harris had won, Mandelson would not be in Washington.
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
This is why Mandelson got the job. If Harris had won, Mandelson would not be in Washington.
We all know this is what has happened but funny and disgusting to see it for real.
Facinating Shit on Reddit - A thread
Redactions are curious...and much can be gleaned...
Redactions are curious...and much can be gleaned...
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 AM
We all know this is what has happened but funny and disgusting to see it for real.
It's been quite a week in the crochet world.
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's been quite a week in the crochet world.
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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Everyday I think back to this headline
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Everyday I think back to this headline
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Who could this be? Hmm…
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Who could this be? Hmm…