@aineob.bsky.social
Bookworm, politics nerd, mammy / teen taxi driver/ short order cook, would quite like to help save the world one little piece at a time
Reposted
Premium social media content
STOP.
We have a major news story in our house. It's been building up for a few days and this afternoon came the denouement.
It's the story of a banana.
We have a major news story in our house. It's been building up for a few days and this afternoon came the denouement.
It's the story of a banana.
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Premium social media content
Reposted
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Reposted
Column on.ft.com/4nXfXWA No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
Letter on.ft.com/4hlzYUm Letter: Only a strong economy can address Britain’s worklessness crisis
You decide
Letter on.ft.com/4hlzYUm Letter: Only a strong economy can address Britain’s worklessness crisis
You decide
No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
[FREE TO READ] It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high
on.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Column on.ft.com/4nXfXWA No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
Letter on.ft.com/4hlzYUm Letter: Only a strong economy can address Britain’s worklessness crisis
You decide
Letter on.ft.com/4hlzYUm Letter: Only a strong economy can address Britain’s worklessness crisis
You decide
Reposted
Well said Ed @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - like Zack @zackpolanski.bsky.social - saying the right things.
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Well said Ed @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - like Zack @zackpolanski.bsky.social - saying the right things.
Reposted
‘How easily the disproportion of consequence is forgotten when a high-status professional is involved. For the consultant, at worst, “embarrassment”; for Martha ...’
@paullaity.bsky.social on the search for accountability after his daughter’s preventable death: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@paullaity.bsky.social on the search for accountability after his daughter’s preventable death: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Paul Laity · After Martha
For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
‘How easily the disproportion of consequence is forgotten when a high-status professional is involved. For the consultant, at worst, “embarrassment”; for Martha ...’
@paullaity.bsky.social on the search for accountability after his daughter’s preventable death: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@paullaity.bsky.social on the search for accountability after his daughter’s preventable death: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted
Peter Mandelson can sit as a Labour Lord while my colleagues have lost the whip for opposing disability benefits cuts and the two-child benefit cap.
Such draconian, politically-motivated suspensions undermine democracy and make a mockery of our party. They should have the whip restored immediately.
Such draconian, politically-motivated suspensions undermine democracy and make a mockery of our party. They should have the whip restored immediately.
September 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Peter Mandelson can sit as a Labour Lord while my colleagues have lost the whip for opposing disability benefits cuts and the two-child benefit cap.
Such draconian, politically-motivated suspensions undermine democracy and make a mockery of our party. They should have the whip restored immediately.
Such draconian, politically-motivated suspensions undermine democracy and make a mockery of our party. They should have the whip restored immediately.
Reposted
Full length video here, 9:01 minutes long - amazing work @ledbydonkeys.org.
Trump & Epstein on Windsor castle #fyp
TikTok video by Led By Donkeys
www.tiktok.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Full length video here, 9:01 minutes long - amazing work @ledbydonkeys.org.
Reposted
Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Reposted
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
Reposted
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
Reposted
The irony is that PIP is NOT AN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. Many disabled people can and do work BUT only because PIP covers just some of the extra expense involved in being disabled. Labour has already cut Access to Work, now it will drive even more people OUT of work and further into poverty.
June 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The irony is that PIP is NOT AN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. Many disabled people can and do work BUT only because PIP covers just some of the extra expense involved in being disabled. Labour has already cut Access to Work, now it will drive even more people OUT of work and further into poverty.
Reposted
The best way to not be an "island of strangers" is to welcome people in rather than spend time denigrating and reviling anyone from anywhere else. It's not hard and a far better use of time and energy than hate.
May 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The best way to not be an "island of strangers" is to welcome people in rather than spend time denigrating and reviling anyone from anywhere else. It's not hard and a far better use of time and energy than hate.
Reposted
Great 🧵 on the path to the discovery and lifesaving uses of adrenaline…
On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
May 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Great 🧵 on the path to the discovery and lifesaving uses of adrenaline…
Reposted
WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
Reposted
It’s not too late Labour.
Sack McSweeney
Reverse WFA and some benefit cuts.
Move toward centre left ground.
Genuine change and ground breaking policies.
Concentrate on big infrastructure projects.
Move toward EU and announce huge EU comprehensive deal.
Take over the narrative of change.
Sack McSweeney
Reverse WFA and some benefit cuts.
Move toward centre left ground.
Genuine change and ground breaking policies.
Concentrate on big infrastructure projects.
Move toward EU and announce huge EU comprehensive deal.
Take over the narrative of change.
May 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It’s not too late Labour.
Sack McSweeney
Reverse WFA and some benefit cuts.
Move toward centre left ground.
Genuine change and ground breaking policies.
Concentrate on big infrastructure projects.
Move toward EU and announce huge EU comprehensive deal.
Take over the narrative of change.
Sack McSweeney
Reverse WFA and some benefit cuts.
Move toward centre left ground.
Genuine change and ground breaking policies.
Concentrate on big infrastructure projects.
Move toward EU and announce huge EU comprehensive deal.
Take over the narrative of change.
Reposted
"This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with," reports @elizashapiro.bsky.social "These are the people who help make New York run, now shut out of the city’s rental market." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/n...
They Work All Day and Go Home to Shelters (Gift Article)
Thousands of working people in New York City now live in shelters, unable to afford apartments despite holding down jobs that pay them $50,000 or more.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with," reports @elizashapiro.bsky.social "These are the people who help make New York run, now shut out of the city’s rental market." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/n...
Reposted
Reposted
Donald Trump said that any President who lost 1000 from the Stockmarket in 48 hours had to go.
He has lost 1000 in the last 90 minutes.
He has lost 1000 in the last 90 minutes.
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Donald Trump said that any President who lost 1000 from the Stockmarket in 48 hours had to go.
He has lost 1000 in the last 90 minutes.
He has lost 1000 in the last 90 minutes.
Reposted
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
Reposted
Want to know how Trump gets in? Just look at the coverage of Le Pen iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
Want to know how Trump gets in? Just look at the coverage of Le Pen
The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law
iandunt.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Want to know how Trump gets in? Just look at the coverage of Le Pen iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
Reposted
“I had a look at the news
I shouldn’t look at the news”
Susannah: “Why did you look at the news
You mustn’t look at the news”
Me: “But I thought I’d look at the news
To see what was in the news
And now I’ve looked at the news”
Together: “You must never look at the news”
2/2
I shouldn’t look at the news”
Susannah: “Why did you look at the news
You mustn’t look at the news”
Me: “But I thought I’d look at the news
To see what was in the news
And now I’ve looked at the news”
Together: “You must never look at the news”
2/2
March 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“I had a look at the news
I shouldn’t look at the news”
Susannah: “Why did you look at the news
You mustn’t look at the news”
Me: “But I thought I’d look at the news
To see what was in the news
And now I’ve looked at the news”
Together: “You must never look at the news”
2/2
I shouldn’t look at the news”
Susannah: “Why did you look at the news
You mustn’t look at the news”
Me: “But I thought I’d look at the news
To see what was in the news
And now I’ve looked at the news”
Together: “You must never look at the news”
2/2
Reposted
Haven’t seen this level of consensus across the UK media about who the bad guy was since the Handforth Parish Council meeting.
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Haven’t seen this level of consensus across the UK media about who the bad guy was since the Handforth Parish Council meeting.
Reposted
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Reposted
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.