Maggie Duarte #fbpe
@maggiedu.bsky.social
Londoner, living in the South West. Music . Dog lover, actually all animals. Spurs supporter. NHS. Narrow the wealth gap. Never a Tory. Hate Brexit. No DMs please
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My question is:WHY oh why is any MP, public or civil servant still using X??!🤬
Just what will it take for them to accept the damage Musk is inflicting on this country & our communities?😳☹️
Any reasonable PM would’ve either shut down X or imposed a £1m fine for every published hate filled fake post!🤔
Just what will it take for them to accept the damage Musk is inflicting on this country & our communities?😳☹️
Any reasonable PM would’ve either shut down X or imposed a £1m fine for every published hate filled fake post!🤔
The credulity that some MPs - and some journalists - display in engaging on X is most worrying
Most think they’re ‘not vacating the public square’
In reality their brains are being fired and their idea of what ‘the public thinks’ completely manipulated - which has massive potential consequences
Most think they’re ‘not vacating the public square’
In reality their brains are being fired and their idea of what ‘the public thinks’ completely manipulated - which has massive potential consequences
There are MPs still interacting with the far right on X. A platform designed and run to undermine the UK and to shatter its values with hatred and violence. They're talking to people who want to deport them and who despise every word they say - and let's face it, don't believe they have any rights.
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My question is:WHY oh why is any MP, public or civil servant still using X??!🤬
Just what will it take for them to accept the damage Musk is inflicting on this country & our communities?😳☹️
Any reasonable PM would’ve either shut down X or imposed a £1m fine for every published hate filled fake post!🤔
Just what will it take for them to accept the damage Musk is inflicting on this country & our communities?😳☹️
Any reasonable PM would’ve either shut down X or imposed a £1m fine for every published hate filled fake post!🤔
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YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos have amassed more than a billion views this year, as opportunists attempt to use AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos have amassed more than a billion views this year, as opportunists attempt to use AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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“In the last five years alone, the wealthiest 20 Americans increased their net worth from $1.3 trillion to $3 trillion…
It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have No One to Blame but Themselves
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“In the last five years alone, the wealthiest 20 Americans increased their net worth from $1.3 trillion to $3 trillion…
It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
It’s as if the sheer scale of this wealth, which beggars even the riches of the Gilded Age, has induced a kind of class sociopathy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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I had my fun (they write themselves) but also outline how Bonnie Blue and Reform only succeed due to the outrage economy, how politics is a money racket, why Reform voters buy this shit and how we’ll end up screwed on the Bang Bus of failed capitalism whether we like it or not. youtu.be/TVyEI3V5Sw4
Farage & Bonnie Plan to Give Britain a Weak Pound
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I had my fun (they write themselves) but also outline how Bonnie Blue and Reform only succeed due to the outrage economy, how politics is a money racket, why Reform voters buy this shit and how we’ll end up screwed on the Bang Bus of failed capitalism whether we like it or not. youtu.be/TVyEI3V5Sw4
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The normalisation of overt racism by right wing hacks who devoted thousands of column inches to Labour anti-Semitism just shows how uninterested in racism these hacks ever were. They did not care about it at all. It was all about the politics. Hence, their total silence on Farage, of course.
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The normalisation of overt racism by right wing hacks who devoted thousands of column inches to Labour anti-Semitism just shows how uninterested in racism these hacks ever were. They did not care about it at all. It was all about the politics. Hence, their total silence on Farage, of course.
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COMMENTARY: If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia, its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe only has itself to rely on
If the continent is to survive a future attack by Russia, its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip.
www.politico.eu
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
COMMENTARY: If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia, its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Some good news at least
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Some good news at least
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Now that's people power America.
Bulgaria had the largest anti-impunity protest in 30 years and after a couple of days the government resigned. #3E
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Now that's people power America.
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Happy Sunday lovely phone family. What's everyone up to today? I'm back at the piggies, so a perfect weekend for me 🐷 Here's 3 of the cheeky boys from yesterday, eagerly awaiting a treat and a fuss. Interactions with animals are so good for the soul 🥰
Have an amazing day ☕️🍂
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️
Have an amazing day ☕️🍂
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Happy Sunday lovely phone family. What's everyone up to today? I'm back at the piggies, so a perfect weekend for me 🐷 Here's 3 of the cheeky boys from yesterday, eagerly awaiting a treat and a fuss. Interactions with animals are so good for the soul 🥰
Have an amazing day ☕️🍂
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️
Have an amazing day ☕️🍂
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️
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Chief executives are now paid hundreds of times more than the people who actually create value in their companies. This is not innovation or entrepreneurship – it is extraction.
In this video, I explain how fair pay ratios could be enforced through the tax system.
youtu.be/X5jvx5ytcuE?...
In this video, I explain how fair pay ratios could be enforced through the tax system.
youtu.be/X5jvx5ytcuE?...
Why Are CEOs Paid So Much More Than You?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Chief executives are now paid hundreds of times more than the people who actually create value in their companies. This is not innovation or entrepreneurship – it is extraction.
In this video, I explain how fair pay ratios could be enforced through the tax system.
youtu.be/X5jvx5ytcuE?...
In this video, I explain how fair pay ratios could be enforced through the tax system.
youtu.be/X5jvx5ytcuE?...
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We've had Carl Heneghan spouting unscientific rubbish about masks on Radio 5's @NickyAACampbell show, then psychiatrist Raj Persaud popping up to say masks don't work on @StephenNolan, also spouting unscientific rubbish. Why is @bbc5live platforming this disinformation?
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
We've had Carl Heneghan spouting unscientific rubbish about masks on Radio 5's @NickyAACampbell show, then psychiatrist Raj Persaud popping up to say masks don't work on @StephenNolan, also spouting unscientific rubbish. Why is @bbc5live platforming this disinformation?
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A bloke who should never have to buy another drink in his life ...
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A bloke who should never have to buy another drink in his life ...
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Don't forget about Georgia.
Day 381 of nonstop protests in Georgia. The Russia backed Georgian Dream introduced a new law to curb unsanctioned protests.
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Don't forget about Georgia.
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A fair society should be the first & primary goal of all govts not just on a wish list that never gets looked at. Trickle down economics clearly doesn’t work. It’s taken Thatcher’s legacy to drive that truth home!😔
#BritishTaxpayersWantJustice
#BritishTaxpayersWantJustice
In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
State pension age to increase to new threshold for millions of people
An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A fair society should be the first & primary goal of all govts not just on a wish list that never gets looked at. Trickle down economics clearly doesn’t work. It’s taken Thatcher’s legacy to drive that truth home!😔
#BritishTaxpayersWantJustice
#BritishTaxpayersWantJustice
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This from Fox News. The cracks begin to appear.
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This from Fox News. The cracks begin to appear.
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I wish PM Starmer would choose Canada🇨🇦 over the sadly broken country next door!🤔🥺
Canada is a reliable partner that has what the world wants — and the world wants to do a lot more business with us.
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I wish PM Starmer would choose Canada🇨🇦 over the sadly broken country next door!🤔🥺
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
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A winter flu surge.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
Saturday Long Read: The NHS is Collapsing and Labour is Running out of Excuses
A system shaved to the bone, a winter crisis already unfolding, and a government furious because the arithmetic no longer works.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A winter flu surge.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
A looming doctors’ strike.
A health system with no slack left.
This is neither bad luck nor a “perfect storm” - it’s exactly what will happen when resilience is treated as optional and difficult decisions are used to excuse incompetent ones.
A Saturday long read.
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Drives her mad that the fighting age Magi always have to come from the ‘East’…
What’s wrong with white wise men? Why are we being cancelled?
What’s wrong with white wise men? Why are we being cancelled?
The UK far right is increasingly infiltrating the Anglican church so this is bang on trend.
December 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Drives her mad that the fighting age Magi always have to come from the ‘East’…
What’s wrong with white wise men? Why are we being cancelled?
What’s wrong with white wise men? Why are we being cancelled?
This this this
“The democratic threat is terrifying. The time for timidity is over, for appeasing the US, for pretending Brexit can ever work – and for allowing big money into politics. For a government so low in the polls, boldness is the only way up.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donations, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This this this
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Hear, hear!🤝🇬🇧🇪🇺🇩🇰
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland, which is vital to America’s national security
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hear, hear!🤝🇬🇧🇪🇺🇩🇰
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Final tickets for London’s iconic NYE firework display are on sale now! 🎇
Don’t miss out on the chance to welcome the new year in style.
Book your tickets via Ticketmaster, our official ticket partner, before they sell out: ⤵
www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/350063...
Don’t miss out on the chance to welcome the new year in style.
Book your tickets via Ticketmaster, our official ticket partner, before they sell out: ⤵
www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/350063...
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Final tickets for London’s iconic NYE firework display are on sale now! 🎇
Don’t miss out on the chance to welcome the new year in style.
Book your tickets via Ticketmaster, our official ticket partner, before they sell out: ⤵
www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/350063...
Don’t miss out on the chance to welcome the new year in style.
Book your tickets via Ticketmaster, our official ticket partner, before they sell out: ⤵
www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/350063...
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Rejoin majority hits 8m – still no sign of a spine in No10 * Labour Together secretly polls for Starmer’s successor * Lib Dems’ customs union gambit rattles 100 Brexit diehards * Farage bunks off Parliament for F1 paddock.
This and more from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
This and more from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Pecksniff: Majority opposing Brexit reaches eight million: when will ministers find a backbone?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Rejoin majority hits 8m – still no sign of a spine in No10 * Labour Together secretly polls for Starmer’s successor * Lib Dems’ customs union gambit rattles 100 Brexit diehards * Farage bunks off Parliament for F1 paddock.
This and more from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
This and more from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.