Amanda
@amandam44.bsky.social
Oldie, Social Media Newbie, Gardener, Traveler and Nature Lover, increasing politically aware (since Brexit 🙄)
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Scientists found a link between a chemical found in dark chocolate and signs of slower biological ageing.
Could dark chocolate be the key to slower ageing? New study weighs in
Scientists found a link between a chemical found in dark chocolate and signs of slower biological ageing.
l.euronews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Scientists found a link between a chemical found in dark chocolate and signs of slower biological ageing.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
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John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
John Major labels Brexit an 'act of collective folly'
John Major has launched a devastating attack on Brexit, branding it an "act of collective folly."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
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Norman Ebbutt, Berlin correspondent for the Times, interviewed Hitler on 14 October 1930, soon after the Nazis had their first big breakthrough in the Reichstag elections.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Patrick Cockburn · Diary: Interviewing Hitler
In August 1937, three German journalists were expelled from Britain for suspected espionage. Retaliation was a...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Norman Ebbutt, Berlin correspondent for the Times, interviewed Hitler on 14 October 1930, soon after the Nazis had their first big breakthrough in the Reichstag elections.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Shocking losses all thanks to Brexit! Hundreds of bankers & billions of pounds of assets moved to Frankfurt to sidestep Britain’s shock EU departure
440+ other City companies followed suit, moving almost £1tn between them – roughly 10% of the entire UK banking system to financial hubs across the EU
440+ other City companies followed suit, moving almost £1tn between them – roughly 10% of the entire UK banking system to financial hubs across the EU
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Shocking losses all thanks to Brexit! Hundreds of bankers & billions of pounds of assets moved to Frankfurt to sidestep Britain’s shock EU departure
440+ other City companies followed suit, moving almost £1tn between them – roughly 10% of the entire UK banking system to financial hubs across the EU
440+ other City companies followed suit, moving almost £1tn between them – roughly 10% of the entire UK banking system to financial hubs across the EU
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This deserves more attention than it has received.
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This deserves more attention than it has received.
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
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“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Harold Wilson in 1968:
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harold Wilson in 1968:
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The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution.
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
Fomenting Antisemitism
Not Combating It
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution.
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
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Our media & social media reform petition has reached the 2500 milestone! Thanks to everyone who is supporting it.
But we need more support. We are only a quarter of the way to get a government response & need 40 times the support to have a chance of a debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
But we need more support. We are only a quarter of the way to get a government response & need 40 times the support to have a chance of a debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Our media & social media reform petition has reached the 2500 milestone! Thanks to everyone who is supporting it.
But we need more support. We are only a quarter of the way to get a government response & need 40 times the support to have a chance of a debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
But we need more support. We are only a quarter of the way to get a government response & need 40 times the support to have a chance of a debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
wrd.cm
April 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
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Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
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MAGA freak on #r4today defending JD Vance by echoing far right talking points from the UK - calling migrants an invasion.
Are we joining the dots yet?
They want our anger directed at homeless foreigners instead of the billionaire bully boys who are looting the whole world.
Are we joining the dots yet?
They want our anger directed at homeless foreigners instead of the billionaire bully boys who are looting the whole world.
March 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
MAGA freak on #r4today defending JD Vance by echoing far right talking points from the UK - calling migrants an invasion.
Are we joining the dots yet?
They want our anger directed at homeless foreigners instead of the billionaire bully boys who are looting the whole world.
Are we joining the dots yet?
They want our anger directed at homeless foreigners instead of the billionaire bully boys who are looting the whole world.
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If Trump was President in 1940
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If Trump was President in 1940
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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The “West” is over — it’s only Europe and a few allies now. Time to get real and start to see dependence on the US as a fifth column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst
Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic values, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The “West” is over — it’s only Europe and a few allies now. Time to get real and start to see dependence on the US as a fifth column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
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The “growth plan” for Brexit was that it would “unleash” UK from the “shackles” of EU.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The “growth plan” for Brexit was that it would “unleash” UK from the “shackles” of EU.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
And therein is the clue why there has been no growth.
The plan was no more substantial than vivid words deployed in some newspaper column or political speech.
Flimsy boosterish rhetoric, and nothing more.
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Weaker, poorer, unhappier, more divided and with an emboldened and radicalised loud minority who champion overt racism and selling out to Musk and Trump…
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Weaker, poorer, unhappier, more divided and with an emboldened and radicalised loud minority who champion overt racism and selling out to Musk and Trump…
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
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This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.
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Where's Nigel?
Today's the THIRD meeting of the Long Term Plan for Towns (Clacton) Board. Nigel Farage hasn't attended ANY since being elected. Clacton's 1 of 55 towns to benefit from levelling up investment.
He's been in the USA for 2 of them. Guess where he is this weekend?
Today's the THIRD meeting of the Long Term Plan for Towns (Clacton) Board. Nigel Farage hasn't attended ANY since being elected. Clacton's 1 of 55 towns to benefit from levelling up investment.
He's been in the USA for 2 of them. Guess where he is this weekend?
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Where's Nigel?
Today's the THIRD meeting of the Long Term Plan for Towns (Clacton) Board. Nigel Farage hasn't attended ANY since being elected. Clacton's 1 of 55 towns to benefit from levelling up investment.
He's been in the USA for 2 of them. Guess where he is this weekend?
Today's the THIRD meeting of the Long Term Plan for Towns (Clacton) Board. Nigel Farage hasn't attended ANY since being elected. Clacton's 1 of 55 towns to benefit from levelling up investment.
He's been in the USA for 2 of them. Guess where he is this weekend?