Daisy
@daisymplewis.bsky.social
Resist and rejoin for future generations. Too irritated by X. Liberal left 🏴+🇬🇧+🇪🇺+🌍+🔶+🌱
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The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
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7yo gave me an unpleasant shock y’day by chiming in on Greenland saying “Donald Trump didn’t actually use violence and he only wants to protect it from Russia & China” - after I’d calmed down I tried to work out where he’s been hearing this bullshit. Turns out it’s bloody BBC Newsround!
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 PM
7yo gave me an unpleasant shock y’day by chiming in on Greenland saying “Donald Trump didn’t actually use violence and he only wants to protect it from Russia & China” - after I’d calmed down I tried to work out where he’s been hearing this bullshit. Turns out it’s bloody BBC Newsround!
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Another chilling shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, this time of a nurse. My heart goes out to Alex Pretti's family.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Another chilling shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, this time of a nurse. My heart goes out to Alex Pretti's family.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
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"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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I’ve signed a cross-party letter urging the Government to reconsider compensation for WASPI women.
The Liberal Democrats have stood with WASPI women from the start — and I’ll keep pushing for justice.
More: buff.ly/1WS0Err
The Liberal Democrats have stood with WASPI women from the start — and I’ll keep pushing for justice.
More: buff.ly/1WS0Err
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I’ve signed a cross-party letter urging the Government to reconsider compensation for WASPI women.
The Liberal Democrats have stood with WASPI women from the start — and I’ll keep pushing for justice.
More: buff.ly/1WS0Err
The Liberal Democrats have stood with WASPI women from the start — and I’ll keep pushing for justice.
More: buff.ly/1WS0Err
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Polly Mackenzie, "I think we have to prepare for integration with Europe as much as we can"
"The reality is, this is the end to 70 years of pax Americana"
"We cannot be complacent about the extent to which we can no longer rely on the United States"
"The reality is, this is the end to 70 years of pax Americana"
"We cannot be complacent about the extent to which we can no longer rely on the United States"
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Polly Mackenzie, "I think we have to prepare for integration with Europe as much as we can"
"The reality is, this is the end to 70 years of pax Americana"
"We cannot be complacent about the extent to which we can no longer rely on the United States"
"The reality is, this is the end to 70 years of pax Americana"
"We cannot be complacent about the extent to which we can no longer rely on the United States"
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The top down, Westminster-centric approach to how we build houses is not the answer.
The Liberal Democrats will always favour a bottom up approach, working with communities, like we did in the Vale of White Horse.
Neighbourhood planning is the way forward.
The Liberal Democrats will always favour a bottom up approach, working with communities, like we did in the Vale of White Horse.
Neighbourhood planning is the way forward.
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The top down, Westminster-centric approach to how we build houses is not the answer.
The Liberal Democrats will always favour a bottom up approach, working with communities, like we did in the Vale of White Horse.
Neighbourhood planning is the way forward.
The Liberal Democrats will always favour a bottom up approach, working with communities, like we did in the Vale of White Horse.
Neighbourhood planning is the way forward.
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The ‘Board of Peace’ is a protection racket on an international scale that would impress Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn.
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The ‘Board of Peace’ is a protection racket on an international scale that would impress Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn.
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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“Trump is acting like an international gangster”
Ed Davey
Ed Davey
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“Trump is acting like an international gangster”
Ed Davey
Ed Davey
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Andrew Neil, "Under Trump, America is on the brink of becoming the enemy, not our most important ally"
"For all my life Russia has tried to decouple Europe from America and break the north Atlantic alliance, it never succeeded"
"Success is staring the Kremlin in the face, all thanks to Trump"
"For all my life Russia has tried to decouple Europe from America and break the north Atlantic alliance, it never succeeded"
"Success is staring the Kremlin in the face, all thanks to Trump"
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Andrew Neil, "Under Trump, America is on the brink of becoming the enemy, not our most important ally"
"For all my life Russia has tried to decouple Europe from America and break the north Atlantic alliance, it never succeeded"
"Success is staring the Kremlin in the face, all thanks to Trump"
"For all my life Russia has tried to decouple Europe from America and break the north Atlantic alliance, it never succeeded"
"Success is staring the Kremlin in the face, all thanks to Trump"
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Trump’s Greenland rhetoric risks an economic war and threatens NATO which has kept us safe for 75 years.
The Prime Minister must stand firm.
The Prime Minister must stand firm.
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Trump’s Greenland rhetoric risks an economic war and threatens NATO which has kept us safe for 75 years.
The Prime Minister must stand firm.
The Prime Minister must stand firm.
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We cannot allow Donald Trump to undermine NATO. He seeks to shift the focus away from Ukraine and takes us back to a world where 'might makes right'. I welcome the UK Government standing up to Trump over Greenland.
January 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
We cannot allow Donald Trump to undermine NATO. He seeks to shift the focus away from Ukraine and takes us back to a world where 'might makes right'. I welcome the UK Government standing up to Trump over Greenland.
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
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A political system that is structurally unable to contain the risks generated by a mentally ill president will not be able to sustain the stability needed for great power status
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
A political system that is structurally unable to contain the risks generated by a mentally ill president will not be able to sustain the stability needed for great power status
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Trump's obsession with Greenland and erratic interventionism towards Venezuela are almost textbook case studies of a declining great power externalising its growing domestic instability into external imperial quagmires
January 19, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Trump's obsession with Greenland and erratic interventionism towards Venezuela are almost textbook case studies of a declining great power externalising its growing domestic instability into external imperial quagmires
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Yes, there are two Nobel Committees. The one in Norway awards the Peace Prize. The one in Sweden awards the other prizes.
Neither have anything to do with Denmark, let alone Greenland.
Neither have anything to do with Denmark, let alone Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Yes, there are two Nobel Committees. The one in Norway awards the Peace Prize. The one in Sweden awards the other prizes.
Neither have anything to do with Denmark, let alone Greenland.
Neither have anything to do with Denmark, let alone Greenland.
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