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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 2d

I can't really tell you how much the music of Malcolm Middleton has meant to me over the years. Safe to say he's a sweetie and an emotional force of nature for me.
He remembered my name which was so lovely. Thank you Malcy for another wonderful gig - on a fucking pirate ship no less! ❤️

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 4d

Havering kids deserve better, and @mumsforlungs.bsky.social are fighting for the rights of kids everywhere.
It's absolutely disgusting that car manufacturers are playing Russian roulette with children's health for profit.

Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 9d

Our #Dieselgate petition is growing. Let's get this even higher, before the trial begins on October 13th. Have you signed yet? #AirPollution #DitchDiesel

Make polluters pay for poisoning our children

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 4d

@cassetteboy.bsky.social strikes again 👏🏻
youtube.com/watch?v=C8uO...

Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer

YouTube video by cassetteboy

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 8d

If we must have one it definitely should be her so fair play 👏🏻

#ArchbishopOfCanterbury

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 12d

...It's a miserable political landscape where Labour, Tories and Reform are concerned, which is why I will be voting for a better society; a better life.
The wealthiest few are driving this nonsense. Make no mistake, none of these parties work for us which is why I'm voting Green.

Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 12d

We have seen Labour's dog whistles, the Tory Rwanda policy attempt and...well...Reform... that they all want the same thing.
None of these parties care about uniting and strengthening us for peace, joy and social justice...

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 13d

The arson attack targeted at human beings forced to be temporarily housed at the Barbican Thistle Hotel saddens and sickens me.
The most vulnerable in our communities are treated with contempt by the state, just to be kicked when they're down by the far right #RefugeesWelcome

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 15d

Alright whoever did this in Hornchurch: to respond to your pathetic little stunt:
Don't tell me this lazy graffiti has anything to do with pride in anything, let alone our green & pleasant land.
Say it like it is: you're just vandalising public infrastructure to communicate hate

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 15d

Beautiful gig with my good friends Lettuce and Paul #Clayhill
Done Gavin Clark proud 👏🏻

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 19d

The TUC, Fire Brigades Union, NEU, Unison, Unite and CWU all back #ZanesLaw.

Because contaminated land is a hidden danger, exposed by flooding and climate breakdown. We must act so no family suffers like Zane’s.

#ClimateJustice | @TruthAboutZane

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 24d

We need the Government to sanction car manufacturers; these #Diesel cars need to go.

Sign our petition to get the Government to make the polluters pay 👇.

And get in touch if you want to campaign on this with us 💚.
#Dieselgate #AirPollution

Make polluters pay for poisoning our children

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow marks the ten year anniversary of #Dieselgate. It is unbelievable that, ten years after this scandal broke, we are still breathing in excess emissions from diesel cars, and nothing has been done about it in the UK. #AirPollution

A group of campaigners stand outside the Royal Courts of Justice holding a banner that says Diesel Makes Kids Sick.

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 25d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...

Make polluters pay for poisoning our children

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Hillsborough Law Now campaign @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social · 25d

Statement from the Hillsborough Law Now campaugn regarding the news that the Hillsborough Law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 16 September.

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 29d

I have to say, I'm genuinely really disappointed to see the Mayor of London employing slippery ad hominem tactics to evade this important question.
Keep going @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🍉 ✊🏻🧡

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sadiq Khan calling out Zack's use of "social media" instead of calling out the genocide in Mayor's Question Time really is the perfect analogy for why Labour are quite so astoundingly unpopular.

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm glad this actor is sorry - it sounds like there's scope for learning and growing. ❤️
But of course he should've been sacked. These abusive, dehumanising, disableist terms are utterly unacceptable, and should not be tolerated in civilised society.

The Standard @thelondonstandard.bsky.social · Sep 7

A BBC source confirmed Jamie Borthwick will not be returning to EastEnders

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick axed after 19 years over disabled slur

www.standard.co.uk

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Sep 2

We backed him and we got him!
Proud to have @zackpolanski.bsky.social as Green Party leader, with such a progressive team ❤️
The times they are a changin'
@mothinali.bsky.social, @fezminty.bsky.social & Faaiz Hasan will fight the good fight ✊🏻
Hilarious to see Labour's NATO posts, they're terrified!

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 31

Still so relevant!
youtube.com/watch?v=uWbY...

BBC presenter slips up over Jeremy Hunt's name

YouTube video by Guardian News

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · Aug 29

An important read about the "smouldering mystery" in #Rainham, where @ruthyphro.bsky.social took her council to court and won. As Ruth says here, it's "the tip of the iceberg of a broader health & contamination crisis". We hope to see the landfill site designated as contaminated. #AirPollution

A humanmade ‘volcano’ ignites every summer and sends choking pollution into nearby neighborhoods | CNN

Nobody knows exactly what lies beneath this London landfill, nor how deep the waste goes, but local residents say the toxic-smelling smoke that pours off it is a dangerous health hazard — and no one…

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oh my goodness, the misinformation about refugees is mind-boggling!
Where to begin? We really don't need people with platforms hammering this utter twaddle... Are there no public media standards?
There are opinions and then there is straight up prejudice #Refugees #AsylumSeekers

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 24

Havering Council are not the cause of this public health emergency, but they have an important role to play.
By signing this, we implore them to do the right thing for Rainham children and designate the land as contaminated. #LaundersLane

www.change.org/p/stop-the-l...

Sign the Petition

Stop the Launders Lane Fires: Justice for Rainham Children

www.change.org

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · Aug 16

Brilliant work by Ruth who has taken her council to court and won 👏👏
Please have a read 👇

Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Really important piece about #LaundersLane, over which I took my council to court and won.

During another blistering summer, I implore Havering Council to do the right thing and designate this vast illegal landfill as contaminated.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/c...

A humanmade ‘volcano’ ignites every summer and sends choking pollution into nearby neighborhoods | CNN

Nobody knows exactly what lies beneath this London landfill, nor how deep the waste goes, but local residents say the toxic-smelling smoke that pours off it is a dangerous health hazard — and no one s...

www.cnn.com

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Really important piece about #LaundersLane, over which I took my council to court and won.

During another blistering summer, I implore Havering Council to do the right thing and designate this vast illegal landfill as contaminated.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/c...

A humanmade ‘volcano’ ignites every summer and sends choking pollution into nearby neighborhoods | CNN

Nobody knows exactly what lies beneath this London landfill, nor how deep the waste goes, but local residents say the toxic-smelling smoke that pours off it is a dangerous health hazard — and no one s...

www.cnn.com

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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · Aug 13

Me: If you were offered a FREE photo of the king, would you take it.
R (5-yrs): no.
Me: well 46,000 others agree with you...
R: that's good!
Me: Not your school though...
R: yes it's hangin up...
Me: yeah 😕
Me: But 46,000 didn't!
R: 😊
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Over 46,000 public bodies spurned offer of free King Charles portrait

Exclusive: Cabinet Office refusing FoI request to disclose exactly where the pictures did end up amid falling public support for monarchy

www.theguardian.com