Diana
@ditotts.bsky.social
Community minded. Generous with your time reaps rewards not always monetary. Likes organising in between sewing. Check facts before posting. No DM's unless we've chatted. Views my own.
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The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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The death of Twitter, beautifully articulated by the legendary Stewart Lee.
Catch this full episode of The Trawl anywhere you get your pods ✌🏾
Catch this full episode of The Trawl anywhere you get your pods ✌🏾
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The death of Twitter, beautifully articulated by the legendary Stewart Lee.
Catch this full episode of The Trawl anywhere you get your pods ✌🏾
Catch this full episode of The Trawl anywhere you get your pods ✌🏾
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Recent voter research by More in Common shows British audiences are far less tolerant of Trump-style disruption than Reform seems to assume. That gap matters. Read Luke Tryl's analysis ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
Is Nigel Farage Britain’s Trump?
Pollster Luke Tryl has been looking at how people view the relationship between Nigel Farage and Donald Trump. Not good news for Reform
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Recent voter research by More in Common shows British audiences are far less tolerant of Trump-style disruption than Reform seems to assume. That gap matters. Read Luke Tryl's analysis ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
I predict the US won’t see midterm elections.
He’s laying the ground work for interfering with the midterms because he knows Republicans will get slammed in a fair election.
February 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I predict the US won’t see midterm elections.
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#PoliticsLive
When is former Tory Peer Michelle Mone being stripped of her title, then?
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
When is former Tory Peer Michelle Mone being stripped of her title, then?
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
PPE Medpro: Thousands sign petition to banish Michelle Mone from the House of Lords
PPE Medpro, which is linked to Baroness Mone, has been ordered to repay the UK Government £122 million.
www.scotsman.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
#PoliticsLive
When is former Tory Peer Michelle Mone being stripped of her title, then?
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
When is former Tory Peer Michelle Mone being stripped of her title, then?
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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About time!!
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has urged House of Lords to urgently modernise disciplinary procedures so that Peter Mandelson can be stripped of his peerage and removed from upper chamber.
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
About time!!
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1/ An authoritarian government begins rounding up people it sees as targets, using a rapidly expanded paramilitary force known for brutal tactics. Because of a lack of detention spaces, it warehouses people in requisitioned facilities. The year is 1933, the place is Germany. ⬇️
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
1/ An authoritarian government begins rounding up people it sees as targets, using a rapidly expanded paramilitary force known for brutal tactics. Because of a lack of detention spaces, it warehouses people in requisitioned facilities. The year is 1933, the place is Germany. ⬇️
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This is really poor by @lbc.co.uk. The common denominator in the majority of sex crimes are men. Vanessa shouldn’t use colour or nationality. This is selective and very wrong.
youtu.be/RZbmuApELLk?...
youtu.be/RZbmuApELLk?...
Vanessa Feltz ENDS debate when exposed on racism! : Deng Majek
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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February 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM
This is really poor by @lbc.co.uk. The common denominator in the majority of sex crimes are men. Vanessa shouldn’t use colour or nationality. This is selective and very wrong.
youtu.be/RZbmuApELLk?...
youtu.be/RZbmuApELLk?...
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No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations.
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
ALT: a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:56 PM
No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations.
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
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The Express… and Farage… want Brexit to be even worse than this…
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Where's the £350 million a year Brexiters claimed we'd gain...?
January 31, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The Express… and Farage… want Brexit to be even worse than this…
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime"
- "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain, 1869
- "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain, 1869
October 17, 2024 at 2:17 PM
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime"
- "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain, 1869
- "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain, 1869
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Racist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his fake name 'Tommy Robinson' is backing the Reform candiate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Racist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his fake name 'Tommy Robinson' is backing the Reform candiate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
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A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence & Space’s site.
It is backed by £3.9m from the UK Space Agency.
It will help SMEs, start-ups & researchers access labs, workspaces & testing facilities through a no-cost residency programme.
It is backed by £3.9m from the UK Space Agency.
It will help SMEs, start-ups & researchers access labs, workspaces & testing facilities through a no-cost residency programme.
UK Space Agency
We support the government to boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. UK Space Agency is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Inno...
www.gov.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence & Space’s site.
It is backed by £3.9m from the UK Space Agency.
It will help SMEs, start-ups & researchers access labs, workspaces & testing facilities through a no-cost residency programme.
It is backed by £3.9m from the UK Space Agency.
It will help SMEs, start-ups & researchers access labs, workspaces & testing facilities through a no-cost residency programme.
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🚨 #GVerse #BreakingNews: Jacksonville, Florida, tonight.
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 AM
🚨 #GVerse #BreakingNews: Jacksonville, Florida, tonight.
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
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I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
goodlaw.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
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have since learned this
Ofcom: For a parliamentary by-election, this period begins with the issuing of a writ or on such earlier date (in the London Gazette)
6.6: Candidates... must not act as news presenters, interviewers or presenters of any type of programme during the election period
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
6.6: Candidates... must not act as news presenters, interviewers or presenters of any type of programme during the election period
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
have since learned this
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Adult social care is a vital public service, despite the mediocre pay and job conditions on offer to England’s 1.5 million social care workers.
The creation of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body is a welcome step forward.
Here's how the Government can make a success ⤵️
The creation of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body is a welcome step forward.
Here's how the Government can make a success ⤵️
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Adult social care is a vital public service, despite the mediocre pay and job conditions on offer to England’s 1.5 million social care workers.
The creation of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body is a welcome step forward.
Here's how the Government can make a success ⤵️
The creation of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body is a welcome step forward.
Here's how the Government can make a success ⤵️
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Lee Anderson in being a complete dickhead shocker
Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over major by-election blunder
Lee Anderson shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election outside Stanley House Function Rooms - which is in the wrong constituency
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Lee Anderson in being a complete dickhead shocker
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Rest assured that Reform will NEVER work with Tories.
Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…
Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Rest assured that Reform will NEVER work with Tories.
Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…
Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…
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January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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The Tories vowed to abolish leaseholds in 2023:
Gove...'told MPs the government would "absolutely" maintain a commitment to abolish the leasehold system and would "bring forward legislation shortly".'
They failed - nobbled by the landlord lobby?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Gove...'told MPs the government would "absolutely" maintain a commitment to abolish the leasehold system and would "bring forward legislation shortly".'
They failed - nobbled by the landlord lobby?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Leaseholds will not be abolished by government this year
Michael Gove says the system is unfair but getting rid of it will take longer than he hoped.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The Tories vowed to abolish leaseholds in 2023:
Gove...'told MPs the government would "absolutely" maintain a commitment to abolish the leasehold system and would "bring forward legislation shortly".'
They failed - nobbled by the landlord lobby?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Gove...'told MPs the government would "absolutely" maintain a commitment to abolish the leasehold system and would "bring forward legislation shortly".'
They failed - nobbled by the landlord lobby?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
And he despatched #LiarJohnson by using his lies against him👍
In uncertain times Starmer is the man for the job.
In uncertain times Starmer is the man for the job.
They say Starmer is boring. I don’t see that.
He stood up to Musk. Right result
He stood up to Trump. A better result
He stood up to Burnham. Right result.
He’s a man of courage and integrity. Exactly the qualities I’ve wanted in a PM for the last 14 years.
He stood up to Musk. Right result
He stood up to Trump. A better result
He stood up to Burnham. Right result.
He’s a man of courage and integrity. Exactly the qualities I’ve wanted in a PM for the last 14 years.
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
And he despatched #LiarJohnson by using his lies against him👍
In uncertain times Starmer is the man for the job.
In uncertain times Starmer is the man for the job.