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Lorraine C
@ellecee.bsky.social
640 followers 1.1K following 33 posts
Trainee retiree, wife, parent & grandparent.
Left of centre and fully woke - concerned about climate change, education, equity and fairness.
Loves walking and travel, gardening and food and chasing sunsets to photograph.
No DMs please - I will unfollow
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martinmbauer.bsky.social
What would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously?

It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus

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December 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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paddyopatrick.bsky.social
Far Right chant “protect our women and children” from migrants

Over 80% of those convicted for sex offences in UK are White

2025 National Police Chiefs Council showed 85% of suspects in group-based child sexual exploitation cases are White

Farage etc never let truth get in the way of their lies🤷🏼‍♂️
Philip Young in court charged with drugging and raping ex-wife
Ex-councillor Philip Young is one of six men accused of more than 60 offences against Joanne Young.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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em-westlondon.bsky.social
The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership.

Quite simply, the elephant in the room is now being addressed - and Labour Wes Streeting has lambasted the impact of #Brexit.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails 'enormous benefits' of EU membership
Quite simply, the elephant in the room is now being addressed - and Labour Wes Streeting has lambasted the impact of Brexit.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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dailyherald.bsky.social
Reform UK Controlled Councils Council Tax hikes

Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 2.99%*
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Labour calls to rejoin EU customs union will become harder for Starmer to resist

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour calls to rejoin EU customs union will become harder for Starmer to resist
Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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edwinhayward.com
U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, just another in the long list of u-turns Labour have seen fit to embark on since the 2024 GE.

But their Brexit red lines? Those remain nice and solid for some mysterious reason.

Anyone would think they don't want a second term.
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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markcunliffe.bsky.social
Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’

Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain | Sue Wilson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk @suewilson91.bsky.social
Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’
Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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bobhudson.bsky.social
Wise words from Neil Kinnock here - worth ten minutes of your day.
open.substack.com/pub/alanrusb...
Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ on Reform
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ response to Nigel Farage, and what Rachel Reeves must do next
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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dailyherald.bsky.social
Leading minister slams Reform UK for 'blaming' parents over special needs

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Leading minister slams Reform UK for 'blaming' parents over special needs
Schools standards minister Georgia Gould slapped down comments about SEND from Reform figures, which have included claims of children being 'naughty' and bad parenting
www.mirror.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
"We have to have it", says Trump about Greenland.

The felon has attacked Syria and Iran; threatened Nigeria and South Africa; wants to annex Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Gaza; started tariff wars

Trump stupidity will erode US power, encourage more states to go nuclear & build alternative alliances.
Trump says US needs Greenland after naming special envoy
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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antoniabance.bsky.social
Now we hear that the same Reform mayoral candidate is making frankly unacceptable comments about forcing people to eat bacon

In this country we have freedom of belief and worship

When will Reform get the memo and throw this racist out?
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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redpeter99.bsky.social
Labour has put countless small progressive policies into action. Today's include help for young people leaving care and a huge increase in retired miner's pensions.
Just wish the bright young things at Labour HQ could come up with a narrative not chase Reform votes.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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theipaper.com
Opinion | "Every time we follow him down this path, we become poorer and more miserable, tarnishing our own well-being through our devotion to his political goal," writes Ian Dunt trib.al/y34X1tr
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
True.

Why won't people blame outrageous greed as THE problem?
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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politicsintheuk.bsky.social
The ‘People’s Reform Party’ pissed £16k up the wall on helicopter joyrides and £5k on a chauffeur for Anne Widdecombe in 2024. 2025’ll be worse. Donate if you like being mugged off by posh hate tourists from Dubai cosplaying as “working people."
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Elon Musk now has so much money he could pay all 73.9m Americans Social Security for 6 months.

This wealth isn't earned, it is taken, it is why everything else is so bad and there is 'no money' to fix it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.

It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.

And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
Screenshot from project 2025 that says By statute or regulation, CDC guidance must be prohibited from taking on a prescriptive character. For example, never again should CDC officials be allowed to say in their official capacity that school children "should be" masked or vaccinated (through a schedule or otherwise) or prohibited from learning in a school building. Such decisions should be left to parents and medical providers. We have learned that when CDC says what people "should" do, it readily becomes a "must" backed by severe punishments, including criminal penalties. CDC should report on the risks and effectiveness of all infectious disease-mitigation measures dispassionately and leave the "should" and "must" policy calls to politically accountable parties. Conflicts of Interest. There was a time when the CDC could not take money
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist.
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
David Maddox Political Editor 18 hours ago - Saturday 20 December 2025 15:04 Nigel Farage is under pressure to sack the former Royal Navy rear admiral that Reform UK picked as its candidate for mayor of Hampshire after he doubled down on remarks about the "loyalties" of David Lammy. Mr Farage has stood by Chris Parry, 72, after he suggested that deputy prime minister Mr Lammy, who was born and brought up in London, should "go home" to the Caribbean where his "loyalties lie". Despite being widely condemned, Mr Parry has now defended his original comment, posting on X (Twitter): "Well, home is where the heart is. That's the point." Labour chair Anna Turley told The Independent that Mr Farage now needs to ditch the candidate for the postponed Hampshire mayoral election in 2028. She said: "How big does the mountain of racist and grossly offensive comments Chris Parry has made have to get before Nigel Farage throws him out of Reform? It's disgraceful. "Farage's refusal to take action against racism in his party shows what a dark place he's dragging politics to. He should finally drop Chris Parry as a candidate, kick him out of his party, and apologise for failing to take action sooner."
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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antoniabance.bsky.social
You don’t have more than 25 teachers and pupils talk about your racist conduct if there isn’t something to it

Time for Farage to clean house - get rid of the racists and the Russian money
'Nigel Farage needs to take a long, hard look at himself'
'Nigel Farage needs to decide whether he’s prepared to be a responsible party leader, or drag his party further into the gutter', the Labour Party Chair Anna Turley writes
www.mirror.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Wes Streeting has suggested Britain should join a customs union with Europe, as a poll for The Times shows eight out of ten Labour voters support the move 👏

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU
The health secretary’s remarks are being seen as a direct challenge to Sir Keir Starmer, who has repeatedly ruled out a policy favoured by many Labour voters
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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mrrobertbob.bsky.social
Brexit is destroying Britain bit by bit.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
London’s loss is Madrid’s gain as global tourism body abandons UK due to Brexit
Exclusive: World Travel and Tourism Council blames ‘challenges linked to Brexit, such as constraints on talent mobility’ for exit
www.independent.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.

Who saw that coming?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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fucktheracists.bsky.social
Tommy Robinson Right Wing hate monger deported from Dubai over insults towards Muslims after Dubais authorities were alerted to his hate filled tweets.

Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM