@soharani.bsky.social
Retired librarian trying to live each day appreciating the small things.
Books, libraries, wildlife, art, gardening, cooking and politics (and CATS) keep me tethered.
North East, UK 🇬🇧
European (rejoiner) 🇪🇺
#NorwichCityFC ⚽️
She/her
Books, libraries, wildlife, art, gardening, cooking and politics (and CATS) keep me tethered.
North East, UK 🇬🇧
European (rejoiner) 🇪🇺
#NorwichCityFC ⚽️
She/her
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Christopher Harborne, who is bankrolling Farage, holds around 12% of Tether, the very crypto Farage was hyping up on LBC Ferrari’s show. Harborne also paid for Farage’s little pilgrimage to see Trump a few months back, and then jetted off to the States himself to cosy up to the Trump at a rally.
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Christopher Harborne, who is bankrolling Farage, holds around 12% of Tether, the very crypto Farage was hyping up on LBC Ferrari’s show. Harborne also paid for Farage’s little pilgrimage to see Trump a few months back, and then jetted off to the States himself to cosy up to the Trump at a rally.
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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Harborne, who lives in Thailand, makes largest ever political donation
Reform is a party of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy
We need to spread the word and change electoral law so that such vast donations by people who don't even live here are no longer possible
bit.ly/4pHwaj0
Reform is a party of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy
We need to spread the word and change electoral law so that such vast donations by people who don't even live here are no longer possible
bit.ly/4pHwaj0
Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Harborne, who lives in Thailand, makes largest ever political donation
Reform is a party of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy
We need to spread the word and change electoral law so that such vast donations by people who don't even live here are no longer possible
bit.ly/4pHwaj0
Reform is a party of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy
We need to spread the word and change electoral law so that such vast donations by people who don't even live here are no longer possible
bit.ly/4pHwaj0
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I don't even know what "native british" ancestry means. I can trace a couple of lines of my english ancestry back to the first parish registers in 1538, but beyond that who knows, probably german, french or danish? The point is, who cares? I am a glorious amalgam of me!
GB News has published a YouTube video in which a contributor rails against MPs whose parents were born in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, contrasting them with “the native population”.
On Twitter he goes even further, demanding that "those without native British ancestry” be banned from being MPs
On Twitter he goes even further, demanding that "those without native British ancestry” be banned from being MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I don't even know what "native british" ancestry means. I can trace a couple of lines of my english ancestry back to the first parish registers in 1538, but beyond that who knows, probably german, french or danish? The point is, who cares? I am a glorious amalgam of me!
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Frustration on sixth day of Kent water crisis - the CEO of the Water Co should be sacked❗️
Days of no water to wash, flush toilets, cook, clean, never mind businesses unable to function is totally unacceptable!..
We had four days in the middle of a heat wave, of no water and it was grim ..
Days of no water to wash, flush toilets, cook, clean, never mind businesses unable to function is totally unacceptable!..
We had four days in the middle of a heat wave, of no water and it was grim ..
No water for sixth day in Tunbridge Wells and East Sussex
Households in areas of Kent and East Sussex have been told to boil water by South East Water.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Frustration on sixth day of Kent water crisis - the CEO of the Water Co should be sacked❗️
Days of no water to wash, flush toilets, cook, clean, never mind businesses unable to function is totally unacceptable!..
We had four days in the middle of a heat wave, of no water and it was grim ..
Days of no water to wash, flush toilets, cook, clean, never mind businesses unable to function is totally unacceptable!..
We had four days in the middle of a heat wave, of no water and it was grim ..
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You know what? I really don't think it is. Great domestic political posturing, but Labour have no plans to go beyond the 'reset' agenda, certainly none the EU are likely to accept. This will be talk to little if any action.
Starmer declaring “we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU” is a significant moment.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
You know what? I really don't think it is. Great domestic political posturing, but Labour have no plans to go beyond the 'reset' agenda, certainly none the EU are likely to accept. This will be talk to little if any action.
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This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
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If you're not German, you may have missed this:
1934: Nazi "archaeologists" prepping for a rally find a skeleton,
declare it to be the uber-male ur-arian;
2019: Archaeologists revisit finds;
evidence implies she was a powerful female shaman of color.
🙃😊😂
www.deutschlandfunk.de/schamanin-ba...
1934: Nazi "archaeologists" prepping for a rally find a skeleton,
declare it to be the uber-male ur-arian;
2019: Archaeologists revisit finds;
evidence implies she was a powerful female shaman of color.
🙃😊😂
www.deutschlandfunk.de/schamanin-ba...
Die Steinzeit-Schamanin von Bad Dürrenberg - mächtige "Urarierin" mit dunkler Hautfarbe
Vor etwa 9.000 Jahren lebte die Schamanin von Bad Dürrenberg. Neue Forschung zu ihrem Skelett und Grab mit vielen Beigaben brachte Überraschungen.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
If you're not German, you may have missed this:
1934: Nazi "archaeologists" prepping for a rally find a skeleton,
declare it to be the uber-male ur-arian;
2019: Archaeologists revisit finds;
evidence implies she was a powerful female shaman of color.
🙃😊😂
www.deutschlandfunk.de/schamanin-ba...
1934: Nazi "archaeologists" prepping for a rally find a skeleton,
declare it to be the uber-male ur-arian;
2019: Archaeologists revisit finds;
evidence implies she was a powerful female shaman of color.
🙃😊😂
www.deutschlandfunk.de/schamanin-ba...
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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If you're after a Christmas picturebook that will be adored from Reception to Year 6, you can't go wrong with How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Funny, surreal and extremely entertaining.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you're after a Christmas picturebook that will be adored from Reception to Year 6, you can't go wrong with How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Funny, surreal and extremely entertaining.
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Part of a grim 🧵and a Politico article on the US-UK "deal".
Basically, the orange wants a "special relationship" to ride roughshod over UK pharma standards and adopt the new, slipshod, unscientific, FDA standards pushed by his incompetent administration.
That's just for starters
Basically, the orange wants a "special relationship" to ride roughshod over UK pharma standards and adopt the new, slipshod, unscientific, FDA standards pushed by his incompetent administration.
That's just for starters
Politico literally spells it out: this locks the UK into “a U.S.-centric life sciences model.”
3️⃣ The US wants the UK 🇬🇧 to open procurement and the NHS supply chain to American 🇺🇸 companies.
3️⃣ The US wants the UK 🇬🇧 to open procurement and the NHS supply chain to American 🇺🇸 companies.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Part of a grim 🧵and a Politico article on the US-UK "deal".
Basically, the orange wants a "special relationship" to ride roughshod over UK pharma standards and adopt the new, slipshod, unscientific, FDA standards pushed by his incompetent administration.
That's just for starters
Basically, the orange wants a "special relationship" to ride roughshod over UK pharma standards and adopt the new, slipshod, unscientific, FDA standards pushed by his incompetent administration.
That's just for starters
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Before 1965 companies in the UK paid Income Tax, just like a person.
That would mean they would all now be paying 47% tax, not the 25% Corporation Tax they pay now.
On top of that they paid an extra 10% profit tax.
So they'd be paying 52.3% tax instead of 25% if it was 1960.
That would mean they would all now be paying 47% tax, not the 25% Corporation Tax they pay now.
On top of that they paid an extra 10% profit tax.
So they'd be paying 52.3% tax instead of 25% if it was 1960.
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Before 1965 companies in the UK paid Income Tax, just like a person.
That would mean they would all now be paying 47% tax, not the 25% Corporation Tax they pay now.
On top of that they paid an extra 10% profit tax.
So they'd be paying 52.3% tax instead of 25% if it was 1960.
That would mean they would all now be paying 47% tax, not the 25% Corporation Tax they pay now.
On top of that they paid an extra 10% profit tax.
So they'd be paying 52.3% tax instead of 25% if it was 1960.
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Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Reform UK's Staffordshire council leader made series of racist posts including telling British academic to "f*** off back to Nigeria" and liking white supremacist posts saying "White Men Have The Best Lives Because We Are White & Better Than The Rest Of the World" hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reform UK's Staffordshire council leader made series of racist posts including telling British academic to "f*** off back to Nigeria" and liking white supremacist posts saying "White Men Have The Best Lives Because We Are White & Better Than The Rest Of the World" hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
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Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, the Cambridge Analytica co-founder doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
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This 🔽 is the sort of vital work that the @equalitytrust.bsky.social does as they work to highlight the harm of excessive #inequality in the UK today... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This 🔽 is the sort of vital work that the @equalitytrust.bsky.social does as they work to highlight the harm of excessive #inequality in the UK today... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Coverage of migration last week repeatedly referenced people emigrating – implying either white flight, that young people were heading overseas, or the rich were in mass exodus.
The reality: emigration of British citizens is flat. Non-EU citizens are leaving.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The reality: emigration of British citizens is flat. Non-EU citizens are leaving.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Coverage of migration last week repeatedly referenced people emigrating – implying either white flight, that young people were heading overseas, or the rich were in mass exodus.
The reality: emigration of British citizens is flat. Non-EU citizens are leaving.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The reality: emigration of British citizens is flat. Non-EU citizens are leaving.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...