Kate Edmonds
@kateedmonds.bsky.social
Cares about democracy, truth, decency, animals, the climate and biodiversity emergency, walking, tennis, yoga. Melanoma IIIc survivor, so far.
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Reform councillors in Kent told the FT that they were surprised not to find lavish spending on wokeness from their predecessors
Another councillor has resigned from his role lesding "DOGE", regretting his comments to the newspaper acknowledging the challenges
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
Another councillor has resigned from his role lesding "DOGE", regretting his comments to the newspaper acknowledging the challenges
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Reform councillors in Kent told the FT that they were surprised not to find lavish spending on wokeness from their predecessors
Another councillor has resigned from his role lesding "DOGE", regretting his comments to the newspaper acknowledging the challenges
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
Another councillor has resigned from his role lesding "DOGE", regretting his comments to the newspaper acknowledging the challenges
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
PLEASE!! Let’s kick out the lot of them! There must be a better way than this bunch of anti-democratic ideologues.
Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones
The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer
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February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
PLEASE!! Let’s kick out the lot of them! There must be a better way than this bunch of anti-democratic ideologues.
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Here’s a perfect example of the rich mix of nationalities, colours & cultures of #NHS that the Far Right so hate
I see their colleagues each year for surgery, they do an outstanding job with compassion, world class professionalism & often a smile
Yet Reform racists want to kick non white’s out 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
I see their colleagues each year for surgery, they do an outstanding job with compassion, world class professionalism & often a smile
Yet Reform racists want to kick non white’s out 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
February 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a perfect example of the rich mix of nationalities, colours & cultures of #NHS that the Far Right so hate
I see their colleagues each year for surgery, they do an outstanding job with compassion, world class professionalism & often a smile
Yet Reform racists want to kick non white’s out 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
I see their colleagues each year for surgery, they do an outstanding job with compassion, world class professionalism & often a smile
Yet Reform racists want to kick non white’s out 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
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That would make him the main character.
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
That would make him the main character.
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“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
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February 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
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I think this skit should be deemed historically important. It captures something significant.
Mom Confession - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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February 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I think this skit should be deemed historically important. It captures something significant.
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NEW: Huge moment in the Epstein story in the US. Bill and Hillary Clinton give into Congressional pressure to testify before the House Oversight Committee Epstein investigation
Will be the first time a former president has appeared before Congress in nearly half a century.
Will be the first time a former president has appeared before Congress in nearly half a century.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
NEW: Huge moment in the Epstein story in the US. Bill and Hillary Clinton give into Congressional pressure to testify before the House Oversight Committee Epstein investigation
Will be the first time a former president has appeared before Congress in nearly half a century.
Will be the first time a former president has appeared before Congress in nearly half a century.
Our PCC here in Sussex, Katy Bourne, has stood at the front of an anti-immigrant march in Crowborough. This is completely unacceptable as an office-holder supposedly working for all citizens. Please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/su...
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne must resign
This is a time of high levels of racial and religious hate crimes. (4) (5) This is also a time of polarisation, with over half of Britons believing that differences in people’s political views are so ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Our PCC here in Sussex, Katy Bourne, has stood at the front of an anti-immigrant march in Crowborough. This is completely unacceptable as an office-holder supposedly working for all citizens. Please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/su...
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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This was a Trump +17 district where the dem was outspent by a Trump maga candidate 10 to 1
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This was a Trump +17 district where the dem was outspent by a Trump maga candidate 10 to 1
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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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Here’s the problem…
Feelings started trumping facts
Stewart Lee put it perfectly when we met him…
Feelings started trumping facts
Stewart Lee put it perfectly when we met him…
January 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Here’s the problem…
Feelings started trumping facts
Stewart Lee put it perfectly when we met him…
Feelings started trumping facts
Stewart Lee put it perfectly when we met him…
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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They arrested the wrong Don.
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
They arrested the wrong Don.
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It’s unacceptable that House of Lords seem to be filibustering this critical Bill. HoC debated & took decision to pass it
We need robust scrutiny but talking it out or disingenuous amendments like “an individual cannot travel abroad in the 12m before an application” are designed to wreck.
We need robust scrutiny but talking it out or disingenuous amendments like “an individual cannot travel abroad in the 12m before an application” are designed to wreck.
The assisted dying Bill is receiving its 8th day of scrutiny in the House of Lords today.
After 7 days, Peers are continuing to consider Clause 1 of a 59 clause Bill.
This is running down the clock.
We must stop it. Join the fightback 👉 www.dignityindying.org.uk/petition
After 7 days, Peers are continuing to consider Clause 1 of a 59 clause Bill.
This is running down the clock.
We must stop it. Join the fightback 👉 www.dignityindying.org.uk/petition
“No Dying Person Should Be Made To Suffer.” Add Your Name >>
Join the public record of support for legalising assisted dying.
action.dignityindying.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
It’s unacceptable that House of Lords seem to be filibustering this critical Bill. HoC debated & took decision to pass it
We need robust scrutiny but talking it out or disingenuous amendments like “an individual cannot travel abroad in the 12m before an application” are designed to wreck.
We need robust scrutiny but talking it out or disingenuous amendments like “an individual cannot travel abroad in the 12m before an application” are designed to wreck.
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🚨Call To Action!! Friday January 30th! To stop ICE's reign of terror, we need to take the power that is in our hands. We make the economy run, and we can make it stop. #GeneralStrike #IceOut #3E
No Work
No School
No Spending
#JusticeForGood
#JusticeForPretti
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No Work
No School
No Spending
#JusticeForGood
#JusticeForPretti
nationalshutdown.us
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 PM
🚨Call To Action!! Friday January 30th! To stop ICE's reign of terror, we need to take the power that is in our hands. We make the economy run, and we can make it stop. #GeneralStrike #IceOut #3E
No Work
No School
No Spending
#JusticeForGood
#JusticeForPretti
nationalshutdown.us
No Work
No School
No Spending
#JusticeForGood
#JusticeForPretti
nationalshutdown.us
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Costco, (the world's third largest retailer) is suing Trump for a full refund of his tariffs. Importers like Costco have already paid about $90 billion in IEEPA-related tariffs as of late September.
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
Costco sues Trump administration for 'full refund' of tariffs
Two lower courts have already ruled against President Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Costco, (the world's third largest retailer) is suing Trump for a full refund of his tariffs. Importers like Costco have already paid about $90 billion in IEEPA-related tariffs as of late September.
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
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What's happening in the US right now can, and if these people are elected will, happen here.
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
What's happening in the US right now can, and if these people are elected will, happen here.
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When you think of health and safety laws and human rights laws as “obstructive bureaucracy”, stopping you being as vicious and damaging as you want to be to immigrants - who you encourage voters to blame for your own abject failures - you’ve become a monster. Let’s hope it ends up devouring itself.
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM
When you think of health and safety laws and human rights laws as “obstructive bureaucracy”, stopping you being as vicious and damaging as you want to be to immigrants - who you encourage voters to blame for your own abject failures - you’ve become a monster. Let’s hope it ends up devouring itself.
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I love it when stuff you didn't know was happening, suddenly happens.
'A hillside "battery" outside Plymouth has begun generating electricity. The pioneering technology means hydropower can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes.'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
'A hillside "battery" outside Plymouth has begun generating electricity. The pioneering technology means hydropower can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes.'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon
Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I love it when stuff you didn't know was happening, suddenly happens.
'A hillside "battery" outside Plymouth has begun generating electricity. The pioneering technology means hydropower can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes.'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
'A hillside "battery" outside Plymouth has begun generating electricity. The pioneering technology means hydropower can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes.'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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BBC New's BBC Verify with Ros Atkins
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
BBC New's BBC Verify with Ros Atkins
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise