@athenarees.bsky.social
Work in UK Parliament. BRANCH-Kinder Fellow ‘22-‘23. Views own.
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Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nourishing meals and vital connection to 22,000 homebound older New Yorkers. Working in partnership with community-based organizations and the Cit...
fundraisers.nyrr.org
I’m running the NYC marathon this November for City Meals NYC 🏃♀️
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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⬇️ Brexit has led to 1.8 million fewer jobs in the UK.
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
⬇️ Brexit has led to 1.8 million fewer jobs in the UK.
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
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Feels like the right moment to re-up my research, which demonstrates that successful federal governance in the United States has always relied upon negotiation with state leadership: muse.jhu.edu/pub/275/arti...
June 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Feels like the right moment to re-up my research, which demonstrates that successful federal governance in the United States has always relied upon negotiation with state leadership: muse.jhu.edu/pub/275/arti...
I’m running the NYC marathon this November for City Meals NYC 🏃♀️
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
TCS New York Marathon
Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nourishing meals and vital connection to 22,000 homebound older New Yorkers. Working in partnership with community-based organizations and the Cit...
fundraisers.nyrr.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I’m running the NYC marathon this November for City Meals NYC 🏃♀️
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
If you can, please consider donating to help my get over the finishing line!
fundraisers.nyrr.org/athena-rees
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WH Auden
Born 21st February 1907
Born 21st February 1907
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
WH Auden
Born 21st February 1907
Born 21st February 1907
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As the situation in #Gaza & the Middle East escalates further, I continue to press the Govt on these essential questions:
1. When will we impose an arms embargo on Israel?
2. When will ban goods from settlements?
3. When will the UK Govt commit to recognising #Palestinian statehood?
1. When will we impose an arms embargo on Israel?
2. When will ban goods from settlements?
3. When will the UK Govt commit to recognising #Palestinian statehood?
June 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As the situation in #Gaza & the Middle East escalates further, I continue to press the Govt on these essential questions:
1. When will we impose an arms embargo on Israel?
2. When will ban goods from settlements?
3. When will the UK Govt commit to recognising #Palestinian statehood?
1. When will we impose an arms embargo on Israel?
2. When will ban goods from settlements?
3. When will the UK Govt commit to recognising #Palestinian statehood?
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Today I’ve signed the amendment opposing the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
This Bill will devastate the lives of many disabled people, pushing more into poverty & doing little to help disabled people into work.
It is the wrong choice - morally, politically and economically
This Bill will devastate the lives of many disabled people, pushing more into poverty & doing little to help disabled people into work.
It is the wrong choice - morally, politically and economically
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today I’ve signed the amendment opposing the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
This Bill will devastate the lives of many disabled people, pushing more into poverty & doing little to help disabled people into work.
It is the wrong choice - morally, politically and economically
This Bill will devastate the lives of many disabled people, pushing more into poverty & doing little to help disabled people into work.
It is the wrong choice - morally, politically and economically
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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Not just headline writers. Reporter, too, using "pro-vaccine groups" - and she should know better.
What, like, "pro-knowledge groups"
"pro-truth groups"
"pro-history groups"
"pro-reality groups"
[I'd say "pro-life," but the nuts have hijacked that one]
This is shameful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
What, like, "pro-knowledge groups"
"pro-truth groups"
"pro-history groups"
"pro-reality groups"
[I'd say "pro-life," but the nuts have hijacked that one]
This is shameful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Not just headline writers. Reporter, too, using "pro-vaccine groups" - and she should know better.
What, like, "pro-knowledge groups"
"pro-truth groups"
"pro-history groups"
"pro-reality groups"
[I'd say "pro-life," but the nuts have hijacked that one]
This is shameful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
What, like, "pro-knowledge groups"
"pro-truth groups"
"pro-history groups"
"pro-reality groups"
[I'd say "pro-life," but the nuts have hijacked that one]
This is shameful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
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This is one of the most powerful things you’ll watch online or TV. It puts the Tories, and in particular Kemi Badenoch, to shame.
Not to mention anyone else who has tried to use the horror of the grooming gangs for political point-scoring.
Not to mention anyone else who has tried to use the horror of the grooming gangs for political point-scoring.
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is one of the most powerful things you’ll watch online or TV. It puts the Tories, and in particular Kemi Badenoch, to shame.
Not to mention anyone else who has tried to use the horror of the grooming gangs for political point-scoring.
Not to mention anyone else who has tried to use the horror of the grooming gangs for political point-scoring.
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🎺🎸 The UK-EU Summit underscored the huge value of travel & of cultural exchange to touring artists.
It's essential we keep up this momentum to break down the barriers to touring & allow our creatives to thrive.
👇My question to the Prime Minister
It's essential we keep up this momentum to break down the barriers to touring & allow our creatives to thrive.
👇My question to the Prime Minister
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎺🎸 The UK-EU Summit underscored the huge value of travel & of cultural exchange to touring artists.
It's essential we keep up this momentum to break down the barriers to touring & allow our creatives to thrive.
👇My question to the Prime Minister
It's essential we keep up this momentum to break down the barriers to touring & allow our creatives to thrive.
👇My question to the Prime Minister
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The UK-EU Summit marked the start of a new beginning, one that looks ahead to achieving a better, shared future.
Read my and Sandro Gozi response the UK-EU Summit, as Co-Chairs of the UK-EU PPA: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
Read my and Sandro Gozi response the UK-EU Summit, as Co-Chairs of the UK-EU PPA: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
May 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The UK-EU Summit marked the start of a new beginning, one that looks ahead to achieving a better, shared future.
Read my and Sandro Gozi response the UK-EU Summit, as Co-Chairs of the UK-EU PPA: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
Read my and Sandro Gozi response the UK-EU Summit, as Co-Chairs of the UK-EU PPA: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-an...
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🚨NEW SHOW
@marshadecordova.bsky.social joins us for:
🇬🇧🇪🇺 the importance of the summit now delivering tangible change
✂️ why the Welfare cuts need a rethink
💛💚 why Labour is losing more voters to left wing parties than right
open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@marshadecordova.bsky.social joins us for:
🇬🇧🇪🇺 the importance of the summit now delivering tangible change
✂️ why the Welfare cuts need a rethink
💛💚 why Labour is losing more voters to left wing parties than right
open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Lost in Triangulation
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨NEW SHOW
@marshadecordova.bsky.social joins us for:
🇬🇧🇪🇺 the importance of the summit now delivering tangible change
✂️ why the Welfare cuts need a rethink
💛💚 why Labour is losing more voters to left wing parties than right
open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@marshadecordova.bsky.social joins us for:
🇬🇧🇪🇺 the importance of the summit now delivering tangible change
✂️ why the Welfare cuts need a rethink
💛💚 why Labour is losing more voters to left wing parties than right
open.spotify.com/episode/4j9J...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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🎙Good to join @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social to chat all things UK-EU Summit, disability support reform - & more!
Listen on Spotify or Apple now.
Listen on Spotify or Apple now.
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎙Good to join @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social to chat all things UK-EU Summit, disability support reform - & more!
Listen on Spotify or Apple now.
Listen on Spotify or Apple now.
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To meet the global tests of today, we must work collectively to create a future defined by what we have in common rather than that which divides us.
My thoughts in @brusselstimes.com on how we build a stronger, more productive UK-EU relationship 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/opinions/149...
My thoughts in @brusselstimes.com on how we build a stronger, more productive UK-EU relationship 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/opinions/149...
March 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
To meet the global tests of today, we must work collectively to create a future defined by what we have in common rather than that which divides us.
My thoughts in @brusselstimes.com on how we build a stronger, more productive UK-EU relationship 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/opinions/149...
My thoughts in @brusselstimes.com on how we build a stronger, more productive UK-EU relationship 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/opinions/149...
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Now what his numbers say either
February 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Now what his numbers say either
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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MORE On Canada's Shocking Decision To Apply For EU Membership HERE Via The @brusselstimes.com
www.brusselstimes.com/column/14249...
www.brusselstimes.com/column/14249...
Le Chou: Canada Applies For EU Membership
Canada would rather be the EU's 28th member than Trump's 51st state
www.brusselstimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
MORE On Canada's Shocking Decision To Apply For EU Membership HERE Via The @brusselstimes.com
www.brusselstimes.com/column/14249...
www.brusselstimes.com/column/14249...
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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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I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear Keir Starmer about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.
January 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear Keir Starmer about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.
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Invade Panama
Annex Canada
Buy Greenland
Annex Canada
Buy Greenland
December 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Invade Panama
Annex Canada
Buy Greenland
Annex Canada
Buy Greenland
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The ancients gazed upon the stars and named them. Americans are looking up at the sky and concocting drone conspiracy theories to explain Orion.
December 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM
The ancients gazed upon the stars and named them. Americans are looking up at the sky and concocting drone conspiracy theories to explain Orion.
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My Telegraph peice on the developments in Syria www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
No paywall link www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
No paywall link www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Assad’s old allies can’t ride to the rescue this time
Moscow is bogged down in Ukraine, while Iran is grappling with a relentless Israeli campaign
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
My Telegraph peice on the developments in Syria www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
No paywall link www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
No paywall link www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...