The Gearwitch
@gearwitch.bsky.social
My friends call me Trish. Elderly, Wiccan & Gender Queer. Politically I'm a pragmatic Socialist with a strong committment to human rights - do what you will but harm none. I live in the rural South-West of England. I write Fantasy and build old cars.
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It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
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Wrote about that in The Mother of All Questions.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wrote about that in The Mother of All Questions.
Latest from CBS...
"Is rape really always a bad thing? We need to have that discussion."
"Is rape really always a bad thing? We need to have that discussion."
The "acceptable debate" according to Bari Weiss.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Latest from CBS...
"Is rape really always a bad thing? We need to have that discussion."
"Is rape really always a bad thing? We need to have that discussion."
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When do we start zip tying Russian flags to the lampposts?
✍️ "This whole grubby saga just shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security."
Luke Pollard writes in the Daily Mirror 📰 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Luke Pollard writes in the Daily Mirror 📰 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Pressure mounts on Farage to launch probe into Russian influence on Reform
Labour defence minister Luke Pollard has challenged Nigel Farage to prove that Nathan Gill - who was jailed for accepting Russian bribes - was a one-off case
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When do we start zip tying Russian flags to the lampposts?
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Goodness me, far right extremists being funded by the Kremlin! Who’da thunkit?! Well anyone monitoring the far right & politics in UK/Ireland.
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Goodness me, far right extremists being funded by the Kremlin! Who’da thunkit?! Well anyone monitoring the far right & politics in UK/Ireland.
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
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Trans people have exhaustively detailed the links between the anti-trans and anti-abortion movements, we warned that transphobia was a wedge issue for the religious right to roll back women's rights, only for us to be ignored, and of course UK TERFs are setting their sights on abortion.
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Trans people have exhaustively detailed the links between the anti-trans and anti-abortion movements, we warned that transphobia was a wedge issue for the religious right to roll back women's rights, only for us to be ignored, and of course UK TERFs are setting their sights on abortion.
Three days with no Internet or mobile phone cover....
It was nice while it lasted.
It was nice while it lasted.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Three days with no Internet or mobile phone cover....
It was nice while it lasted.
It was nice while it lasted.
Stella Creasy is a Labour MP. One who does not appear to be programmed to try and beat Reform at their own game.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Stella Creasy is a Labour MP. One who does not appear to be programmed to try and beat Reform at their own game.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"I say, Prime Minister! That chap, Sir Oswald Mosely, and the Daily Mail are stirring up trouble by talking about there being a Jewish Problem"
"Disgraceful. We must fight these forces of darkness with all our might - persecute a few Jews, that'll sort it."
"Yes, Prime Minister..."
"Disgraceful. We must fight these forces of darkness with all our might - persecute a few Jews, that'll sort it."
"Yes, Prime Minister..."
So their answer to uniting the country is that we all become right wing racist flag shaggers.
Right I’m off to get me head shaved.
Right I’m off to get me head shaved.
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"I say, Prime Minister! That chap, Sir Oswald Mosely, and the Daily Mail are stirring up trouble by talking about there being a Jewish Problem"
"Disgraceful. We must fight these forces of darkness with all our might - persecute a few Jews, that'll sort it."
"Yes, Prime Minister..."
"Disgraceful. We must fight these forces of darkness with all our might - persecute a few Jews, that'll sort it."
"Yes, Prime Minister..."
What a complete loser.... Makes me ashamed to be British, to be honest.
Patriots 🙄
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 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What a complete loser.... Makes me ashamed to be British, to be honest.
"They're saying that the trouble with these people is that they don't assimilate into our culture"
"I know! Lets make it even harder to assimilate. Then, perhaps they'll go away."
Genius.... ffs....
"I know! Lets make it even harder to assimilate. Then, perhaps they'll go away."
Genius.... ffs....
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"They're saying that the trouble with these people is that they don't assimilate into our culture"
"I know! Lets make it even harder to assimilate. Then, perhaps they'll go away."
Genius.... ffs....
"I know! Lets make it even harder to assimilate. Then, perhaps they'll go away."
Genius.... ffs....
So that's it. That's the alleged 'peace plan'.
If Starmer commits British troops to facilitate the implementation of this clusterfuck of a 'plan', we need a new Prime Minister and a new Government
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
If Starmer commits British troops to facilitate the implementation of this clusterfuck of a 'plan', we need a new Prime Minister and a new Government
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So that's it. That's the alleged 'peace plan'.
If Starmer commits British troops to facilitate the implementation of this clusterfuck of a 'plan', we need a new Prime Minister and a new Government
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
If Starmer commits British troops to facilitate the implementation of this clusterfuck of a 'plan', we need a new Prime Minister and a new Government
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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We've been in court all day at the hearing for our case against the EHRC's interim guidance.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've been in court all day at the hearing for our case against the EHRC's interim guidance.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
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Thank you for remembering to thank the families President Obama. All too often we are forgotten. From grandparents, parents and siblings, to aunts, uncles, cousins, and spouses, we serve as well and often in silence.
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thank you for remembering to thank the families President Obama. All too often we are forgotten. From grandparents, parents and siblings, to aunts, uncles, cousins, and spouses, we serve as well and often in silence.
So much for the BBC bending over backwards to support the trans community (as alleged by the Telegraph 'report').
Sadly, also so much for the BBC being impartial on the matter.
Also - fuck these people.
Sadly, also so much for the BBC being impartial on the matter.
Also - fuck these people.
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So much for the BBC bending over backwards to support the trans community (as alleged by the Telegraph 'report').
Sadly, also so much for the BBC being impartial on the matter.
Also - fuck these people.
Sadly, also so much for the BBC being impartial on the matter.
Also - fuck these people.
Surprise, surprise... Rightwing influence, who'd have thought it?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Surprise, surprise... Rightwing influence, who'd have thought it?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Nothing is sacred.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nothing is sacred.
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Absolutely brilliant 😂😂
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Absolutely brilliant 😂😂
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Pah. Leeds. Bloody Metropolitan elite. Try coming from Brighouse, then you'll know gloomy.
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I am not a goth.
Okay, so I wear only black clothes, listen to The Sisters of Mercy and other goth bands a lot, and am generally gloomy, but I am not a goth!
I'm just from Leeds.
Okay, so I wear only black clothes, listen to The Sisters of Mercy and other goth bands a lot, and am generally gloomy, but I am not a goth!
I'm just from Leeds.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Pah. Leeds. Bloody Metropolitan elite. Try coming from Brighouse, then you'll know gloomy.
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(We now need two more Yorkshirepersons to continue this)
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😂😂👏👏
Shitler Youth gobshite 'Young Bob' is a journalist in much the way that a gerbil is a wardrobe.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
😂😂👏👏
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Oh come on people he’s 79 years old, you can’t spend that long being a total cunt without it tiring you out a bit.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Oh come on people he’s 79 years old, you can’t spend that long being a total cunt without it tiring you out a bit.
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"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
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Absolutely hilarious. This is an all-timer.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Absolutely hilarious. This is an all-timer.