Catherine Danaher
@cdanaher.bsky.social
Just here listening and learning, following interesting conversations: expanding my knowledge until I forget it again 💃🤷🏼♀️
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There are 30 days to go until Ash Wednesday and the next edition of the #BigLentWalk. 👣
We want to make it the biggest yet as we raise funds for life-saving water.
Sign up now. ⤵️
https://walk.cafod.org.uk/
We want to make it the biggest yet as we raise funds for life-saving water.
Sign up now. ⤵️
https://walk.cafod.org.uk/
January 19, 2026 at 4:05 PM
There are 30 days to go until Ash Wednesday and the next edition of the #BigLentWalk. 👣
We want to make it the biggest yet as we raise funds for life-saving water.
Sign up now. ⤵️
https://walk.cafod.org.uk/
We want to make it the biggest yet as we raise funds for life-saving water.
Sign up now. ⤵️
https://walk.cafod.org.uk/
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This is why I wrote my report w @anothereurope.bsky.social
Evidence based solutions for a decent asylum system, empowering work visa process, & integration policies that support strong communities
Labour needs desperately to stop driving in the wrong direction www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Evidence based solutions for a decent asylum system, empowering work visa process, & integration policies that support strong communities
Labour needs desperately to stop driving in the wrong direction www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
January 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This is why I wrote my report w @anothereurope.bsky.social
Evidence based solutions for a decent asylum system, empowering work visa process, & integration policies that support strong communities
Labour needs desperately to stop driving in the wrong direction www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Evidence based solutions for a decent asylum system, empowering work visa process, & integration policies that support strong communities
Labour needs desperately to stop driving in the wrong direction www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
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“I urge UK settled residents, and citizens in particular, to respond thoughtfully to the government’s consultation survey … We are teaching your children, caring for your relatives, ensuring clean hospitals, providing medical care, bringing world-class research to your universities, and more.”
Visas leave migrants anything but settled | Letters
Letters: Rev Dr Rebekah E Sims urges Britons to respond to the government consultation on ‘earned settlement’ in support of workers like her, while another reader describes prolonged years of uncertai...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“I urge UK settled residents, and citizens in particular, to respond thoughtfully to the government’s consultation survey … We are teaching your children, caring for your relatives, ensuring clean hospitals, providing medical care, bringing world-class research to your universities, and more.”
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British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
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One of these countries is scarier than the other
January 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
One of these countries is scarier than the other
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Sorry, I was wrong. Paul's Christmassy tribute to Stevie Wonder – which I INEXPLICABLY FORGOT ABOUT – is even better. It's worth waiting for the chorus.
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sorry, I was wrong. Paul's Christmassy tribute to Stevie Wonder – which I INEXPLICABLY FORGOT ABOUT – is even better. It's worth waiting for the chorus.
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And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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#Oddsock Today would like everyone in the UK to know whilst deaf children get access to sign language through LAs. We don't universally give sign language training to PARENTS and often they pay out of pocket to communicate with kids.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#Oddsock Today would like everyone in the UK to know whilst deaf children get access to sign language through LAs. We don't universally give sign language training to PARENTS and often they pay out of pocket to communicate with kids.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
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Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?
We dig into the numbers⤵️
We dig into the numbers⤵️
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?
We dig into the numbers⤵️
We dig into the numbers⤵️
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Read this. Please.
I wrote a piece about Movember and how I'm not a mental health advocate.
www.threeredkings.com/when-novembe...
www.threeredkings.com/when-novembe...
When November Ends – Three Red Kings
www.threeredkings.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Read this. Please.
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
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The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
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Sometimes a statistic is counterintuitive. This is not one: every adult in Britain has experienced greater interaction with people of different ethnic backgrounds over their lifetime
As I say in this thread, this statistical fact is obvious in every aspect of our lives, & all of us know/feel it
As I say in this thread, this statistical fact is obvious in every aspect of our lives, & all of us know/feel it
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sometimes a statistic is counterintuitive. This is not one: every adult in Britain has experienced greater interaction with people of different ethnic backgrounds over their lifetime
As I say in this thread, this statistical fact is obvious in every aspect of our lives, & all of us know/feel it
As I say in this thread, this statistical fact is obvious in every aspect of our lives, & all of us know/feel it
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A 🧵on living in love. We are living in challenging and disturbing times. All around us the structures and customs we relied on to hold our world steady seem to be under threat. Many of our values are being called into question and we are compelled to live with a great degree of uncertainty.
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A 🧵on living in love. We are living in challenging and disturbing times. All around us the structures and customs we relied on to hold our world steady seem to be under threat. Many of our values are being called into question and we are compelled to live with a great degree of uncertainty.
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Note this also applies to Conservative Party policy, which again would hit non-EU nationals with ILR but not those with EU settled status.
Its wrong & un-British to strip from people the promise that this was their permanent home
Is it racist too? Farage is now exempting 4m European nationals with settled status, 9/10 white, but threatening half a million non-Europeans, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Africa in a similar ethical position
Is it racist too? Farage is now exempting 4m European nationals with settled status, 9/10 white, but threatening half a million non-Europeans, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Africa in a similar ethical position
September 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Note this also applies to Conservative Party policy, which again would hit non-EU nationals with ILR but not those with EU settled status.
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There’s so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin. But you can start by reading Angie’s brilliant book and giving it to every teen you know. Nothing like a fragile middle aged white man to point you inadvertently to quality literature.
James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’
School removes ‘divisive’ BLM book The Hate U Give after complaints
James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’
www.thetimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There’s so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin. But you can start by reading Angie’s brilliant book and giving it to every teen you know. Nothing like a fragile middle aged white man to point you inadvertently to quality literature.
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Before politicians and media get themselves into a mess. Let me clarify. For most Muslims, Sharia means living ethically, praying, and giving to charity. Any councils are advisory and are not above the law and are no different to Jewish Beth Din courts that have existed in the UK since the 1800s.
September 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Before politicians and media get themselves into a mess. Let me clarify. For most Muslims, Sharia means living ethically, praying, and giving to charity. Any councils are advisory and are not above the law and are no different to Jewish Beth Din courts that have existed in the UK since the 1800s.
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Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
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NOT pro-life, folks
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NOT pro-life, folks
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Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism
President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Reform Party policy of abolition of indefinite leave to remain is supported by 3% of the public
I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
September 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Reform Party policy of abolition of indefinite leave to remain is supported by 3% of the public