Jay Kennedy
@jjkennedy.bsky.social
Regularly publish articles on #Policy #Charity #Philanthropy at www.dsc.org.uk. Author of DSC's Speed Read: Campaigning - an accessible and brief campaigning guide for charities.
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Jay Kennedy
@jjkennedy.bsky.social
· Dec 18
In keeping with the 'blue sky' vibe, my new profile pic is of #CraterLake in #Oregon - taken from the top of Mt Scott, which is the highest point along the crater rim. Good times.
Believe me we ‘love’ them maybe even more 🤦♂️
Would you like to guess how much I love charity annual reports which are published (even by the regulator) as scanned PDFs so you can't search in them?
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Believe me we ‘love’ them maybe even more 🤦♂️
I just can’t. It’s no wonder the party brand is in the toilet. They shouldn’t be surprised when they start getting primaried… 🤯
". . . Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said. "I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I just can’t. It’s no wonder the party brand is in the toilet. They shouldn’t be surprised when they start getting primaried… 🤯
‘We’ll see’. That’s the strategy? Are you kidding me? Is this for real? I really don’t understand. Are our Senators that unaware of or insulated from the seething fury from the Democratic Party base they’re about to be on the receiving end of? Do they not care, or do they just not get it?
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
‘We’ll see’. That’s the strategy? Are you kidding me? Is this for real? I really don’t understand. Are our Senators that unaware of or insulated from the seething fury from the Democratic Party base they’re about to be on the receiving end of? Do they not care, or do they just not get it?
Absolutely. US media still haven’t learned this lesson. Presumably his claim has zero regulatory jurisdiction here? If the BBC caves it will only make their PR problems worse. And why should license payers pay for such a settlement?
Trump makes these threats because it leads to organisations making the risk-based calculation that settling for, say, $30m is better than the very small risk that he actually wins a $1bn payout in court.
Under no circumstances should the BBC cave on this.
Under no circumstances should the BBC cave on this.
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely. US media still haven’t learned this lesson. Presumably his claim has zero regulatory jurisdiction here? If the BBC caves it will only make their PR problems worse. And why should license payers pay for such a settlement?
BBC reporting on Trump isn’t that it’s biased against him. He incited an insurrection and is now trying to rewrite history, pardoning the violent criminals who took part. He’s bullying and extorting money from US media firms and now is trying it on here. British politicians shouldn’t stand for this.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
BBC reporting on Trump isn’t that it’s biased against him. He incited an insurrection and is now trying to rewrite history, pardoning the violent criminals who took part. He’s bullying and extorting money from US media firms and now is trying it on here. British politicians shouldn’t stand for this.
Hmmm I thought there was a word for this… starts with a P… perj….
In a humiliating ruling, a court found that Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino repeatedly lied about his actions during an anti-immigrant sweep in Chicago.
Judge Officially Declares Trump’s Top Immigration Goon a Liar
In a humiliating ruling, a court finds Gregory Bovino repeatedly lied about his actions during an anti-immigrant sweep in Chicago.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hmmm I thought there was a word for this… starts with a P… perj….
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The Directory of Social Change (@dsc-charity.bsky.social) has published a handbook offering advice to charities on how to respond to incidents of racism and xenophobia
Anti-racism toolkit for charities published following reports of staff abuse
www.civilsociety.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Directory of Social Change (@dsc-charity.bsky.social) has published a handbook offering advice to charities on how to respond to incidents of racism and xenophobia
“Call it the budget performed in interpretative dance.” This readout was 1000x more interesting than the original which was like watching paint dry on a cardboard box
Reeves wants to talk about the budget, but she’s taken a vow of white noise | John Crace
Reeves wants to talk about the budget, but she’s taken a vow of white noise | John Crace
It must be tough overseeing Schrödinger’s economy, fixing the foundations while also failing to fix them
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Call it the budget performed in interpretative dance.” This readout was 1000x more interesting than the original which was like watching paint dry on a cardboard box
Excellent
At once sobering, hopeful, and defiant...
Possibly the best among many excellent recent essays by @radiofreetom.bsky.social...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Possibly the best among many excellent recent essays by @radiofreetom.bsky.social...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Excellent
It’s a shopping mall more than an airport. And I’m not sure who the shopping mall is for.
If LHR T5 dedicated 1/10th of the space it uses for retail and actually thought about passagers…
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s a shopping mall more than an airport. And I’m not sure who the shopping mall is for.
JFC. This will not help anything, it will make it much worse.
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
JFC. This will not help anything, it will make it much worse.
Seriously fu@k all the way off
Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of serving a third presidential term. Can he? We consider the legal arguments econ.st/4hJPcCM
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seriously fu@k all the way off
Ok good to know. Can I have that in writing?
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ok good to know. Can I have that in writing?
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Over 5% of the Reform councillors elected in May have now either resigned or been fired.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Five Reform UK councillors booted out of party in Kent
It comes after a damaging video leak of the Kent County Council leader shouting and swearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Preach
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Preach
Reposted by Jay Kennedy
Labour humiliation as Plaid Cymru win by-election in former stronghold – latest
Labour humiliation as Plaid Cymru win by-election in former stronghold – latest
Labour humiliation as Plaid Cymru win by-election in former stronghold – latest
www.independent.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Labour humiliation as Plaid Cymru win by-election in former stronghold – latest
Reposted by Jay Kennedy
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
This guy is really auditioning to be on the front bench at the mass trials we are going to need when this is all over.
Hegseth: "Our generation spent the better part of two decades hunting Al Qaeda & ISIS. As the president said, this is the ISIS & Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere ... our message to these foreign terrorist organizations is that we will treat you like we treated Al Qaeda ... We will kill you."
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This guy is really auditioning to be on the front bench at the mass trials we are going to need when this is all over.
Somehow it’s adding an icing of vulgar vandalism and tacky dictator chic to the shit cake of much more serious abuses, lies, corruption and criminality
The destruction of the East Wing really bums me out in a way that I wasn't expecting.
I guess some of it is about the destruction of history. But I think it's mostly about the feeling of helplessness. There's nothing we can do to stop him.
Nobody is coming to save us. And it's going to get worse.
I guess some of it is about the destruction of history. But I think it's mostly about the feeling of helplessness. There's nothing we can do to stop him.
Nobody is coming to save us. And it's going to get worse.
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Somehow it’s adding an icing of vulgar vandalism and tacky dictator chic to the shit cake of much more serious abuses, lies, corruption and criminality
Why is this coming from the party chair and not N10 or the PM?
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Why is this coming from the party chair and not N10 or the PM?
I have 0.0000000% confidence that any of this would be implemented ‘fairly’ and ‘sensibly’. I’m not alone. The effect will basically be ‘hostile environment’ for anybody not born here, regardless of ‘net contribution’.
Here this all is as a story. The Conservatives said they would provide clarity, but they have not as yet.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office
Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefits
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have 0.0000000% confidence that any of this would be implemented ‘fairly’ and ‘sensibly’. I’m not alone. The effect will basically be ‘hostile environment’ for anybody not born here, regardless of ‘net contribution’.
“Let’s call this turn what it is: racist. This is racism of a type that mainstream politicians have not encouraged since the early 1980s. Politicians seem to be fuelling the debate rather than calling it out.” > yup
Who’s “white British”? Who cares? Well, an increasing number of right-wing politicians and commentators, it turns out.
And as the summer wore on, what began as ethno-curious wonkery seems to have gone beyond online right-wing circles, writes @benansell.bsky.social: www.prospectmagazine...
And as the summer wore on, what began as ethno-curious wonkery seems to have gone beyond online right-wing circles, writes @benansell.bsky.social: www.prospectmagazine...
October 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“Let’s call this turn what it is: racist. This is racism of a type that mainstream politicians have not encouraged since the early 1980s. Politicians seem to be fuelling the debate rather than calling it out.” > yup
Also they just have no idea what they are talking about. It would be hundreds of thousands of gainfully employed people who are contributing a net positive to society - sometimes for decades. It would profoundly damage the country - including the health services.
Lam has heard the charge that retrospective breaches of past promises to deport those who played by the rules are unfair.
She accepts it is unfair & has "great personal sympathy" for those she will unfairly deport.
She says she believes that fairness should apply to British citizens "alone"
She accepts it is unfair & has "great personal sympathy" for those she will unfairly deport.
She says she believes that fairness should apply to British citizens "alone"
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Also they just have no idea what they are talking about. It would be hundreds of thousands of gainfully employed people who are contributing a net positive to society - sometimes for decades. It would profoundly damage the country - including the health services.
The home office will of course be fully prepared for the deluge of citizenship applications from people who’ve been here for years … amirite? 🤦♂️🫠
Your regular reminder that scrapping ILR for people who have come here and played by the rules, which is what Lam proposes here, is a position supported by 3% of the public
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The home office will of course be fully prepared for the deluge of citizenship applications from people who’ve been here for years … amirite? 🤦♂️🫠
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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.