Gillian Trickey
@gilliantrickey.bsky.social
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As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.
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A very accurate description of how the UK's voting system works, by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social in the Guardian today.
If we wouldn't accept this way of making decisions when going out with friends, why do we tolerate it when so much more is at stake?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If we wouldn't accept this way of making decisions when going out with friends, why do we tolerate it when so much more is at stake?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A very accurate description of how the UK's voting system works, by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social in the Guardian today.
If we wouldn't accept this way of making decisions when going out with friends, why do we tolerate it when so much more is at stake?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If we wouldn't accept this way of making decisions when going out with friends, why do we tolerate it when so much more is at stake?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action does not belong to the RAF. ultimately owned by Polygon Global Partners LLP, a Hedge Fund.
How much of the RAF is owned by hedge funds, private equity?
Finance sector benefiting from wars?
A nation's defence outsourced without any debate.
How much of the RAF is owned by hedge funds, private equity?
Finance sector benefiting from wars?
A nation's defence outsourced without any debate.
Dystopia UK: Genocidal RAF Squadron Targeted by Palestine Action is Owned by a Hedge Fund - Craig Murray
If you thought RAF jets were owned by the RAF, think again. The RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action due to its involvement in supplying Israel’s genocide, does not in fact belong t...
www.craigmurray.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action does not belong to the RAF. ultimately owned by Polygon Global Partners LLP, a Hedge Fund.
How much of the RAF is owned by hedge funds, private equity?
Finance sector benefiting from wars?
A nation's defence outsourced without any debate.
How much of the RAF is owned by hedge funds, private equity?
Finance sector benefiting from wars?
A nation's defence outsourced without any debate.
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Here's a regular reminder that 6 in 10 people in the UK are represented by an MP they didn't vote for.
That's not counting the people who didn't feel inspired to vote at all.
Or those who voted tactically but would've preferred someone else.
We deserve better. #PRnow.
That's not counting the people who didn't feel inspired to vote at all.
Or those who voted tactically but would've preferred someone else.
We deserve better. #PRnow.
May 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's a regular reminder that 6 in 10 people in the UK are represented by an MP they didn't vote for.
That's not counting the people who didn't feel inspired to vote at all.
Or those who voted tactically but would've preferred someone else.
We deserve better. #PRnow.
That's not counting the people who didn't feel inspired to vote at all.
Or those who voted tactically but would've preferred someone else.
We deserve better. #PRnow.
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Keir Starmer denies pushing anti-migrant policies in order to chase Reform, saying that "I'm doing this because it is right, because it is fair and because it is what I believe".
A reminder of what he said he believed when he was running for Labour leader.
A reminder of what he said he believed when he was running for Labour leader.
May 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Keir Starmer denies pushing anti-migrant policies in order to chase Reform, saying that "I'm doing this because it is right, because it is fair and because it is what I believe".
A reminder of what he said he believed when he was running for Labour leader.
A reminder of what he said he believed when he was running for Labour leader.
This is what the UK government is doing to the NHS.
The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
March 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is what the UK government is doing to the NHS.
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This was Winston Churchill when he came to the White House in 1942. Did he wear a suit? No, because his country was at war.
March 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This was Winston Churchill when he came to the White House in 1942. Did he wear a suit? No, because his country was at war.
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Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
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The entire world especially the UK 🇬🇧 whose pot is huge, needs to do this:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada, among other assistance, will transfer to Ukraine the first installment of $5 billion in aid funded through revenues from frozen Russian assets, along with a grant to help Ukraine maintain energy security after Russian attacks
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire world especially the UK 🇬🇧 whose pot is huge, needs to do this:
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February 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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For months I’ve been hearing behind the scenes that Labour won’t act on money in politics because donors oppose it (I wrote this in @londonreview.bsky.social)
Now we can see the full scale of what’s happened. Big money Labour donors changing party policy. This is incredibly serious
Now we can see the full scale of what’s happened. Big money Labour donors changing party policy. This is incredibly serious
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Lord Alli blocked plan by Angela Rayner to ban foreign cash from British politics
She had to scrap December 2023 announcement with Gordon Brown at Chatham House
We obtained papers for policy that would have stopped Musk donations
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Lord Alli blocked plan by Angela Rayner to ban foreign cash from British politics
She had to scrap December 2023 announcement with Gordon Brown at Chatham House
We obtained papers for policy that would have stopped Musk donations
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour dropped plan to ban foreign donors after Lord Alli intervened
The party’s fundraising chief, is said to have scuppered the proposal, due to have been announced while it was in opposition
www.thetimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For months I’ve been hearing behind the scenes that Labour won’t act on money in politics because donors oppose it (I wrote this in @londonreview.bsky.social)
Now we can see the full scale of what’s happened. Big money Labour donors changing party policy. This is incredibly serious
Now we can see the full scale of what’s happened. Big money Labour donors changing party policy. This is incredibly serious
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UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves call for Heathrow Airport expansion is based on report ordered by Heathrow owners.
Data supplied by the airport itself. Independence?
Methodology previously rejected by Transport Dept as not fit for purpose.
Govt policy based on report not publicly available.
Data supplied by the airport itself. Independence?
Methodology previously rejected by Transport Dept as not fit for purpose.
Govt policy based on report not publicly available.
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves call for Heathrow Airport expansion is based on report ordered by Heathrow owners.
Data supplied by the airport itself. Independence?
Methodology previously rejected by Transport Dept as not fit for purpose.
Govt policy based on report not publicly available.
Data supplied by the airport itself. Independence?
Methodology previously rejected by Transport Dept as not fit for purpose.
Govt policy based on report not publicly available.
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Labour's simplemindedness will be its downfall - and ours. You can't build and bulldoze your way out of the housing crisis. Unless you also change the system, you'll still leave millions without decent homes. My column today explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Labour's simplemindedness will be its downfall - and ours. You can't build and bulldoze your way out of the housing crisis. Unless you also change the system, you'll still leave millions without decent homes. My column today explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Almost 5 years since I started asking about air quality in relation to covid. Fewer people now tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about.
When a team of doctors, scientists and engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University of Cambridge placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards, they found that it removed almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2.
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/air-f...
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/air-f...
January 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Almost 5 years since I started asking about air quality in relation to covid. Fewer people now tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Today Christians celebrate the Epiphany, when the three wise men visited the Baby Jesus. You can tell they were wise because they knew to wait until after Christmas to travel...
January 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today Christians celebrate the Epiphany, when the three wise men visited the Baby Jesus. You can tell they were wise because they knew to wait until after Christmas to travel...
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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Yesterday, Wonderful Wind saved Britain:
£107,801,496
That's the kind of big number that we should be shouting about instead!
32.45 GW : demand
£10.29/MWh : market price yesterday, UK wind was main supply
£148.71/MWh : price we pay if import gas were the main supply (see 11 Dec)
£107,801,496
That's the kind of big number that we should be shouting about instead!
32.45 GW : demand
£10.29/MWh : market price yesterday, UK wind was main supply
£148.71/MWh : price we pay if import gas were the main supply (see 11 Dec)
December 22, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Yesterday, Wonderful Wind saved Britain:
£107,801,496
That's the kind of big number that we should be shouting about instead!
32.45 GW : demand
£10.29/MWh : market price yesterday, UK wind was main supply
£148.71/MWh : price we pay if import gas were the main supply (see 11 Dec)
£107,801,496
That's the kind of big number that we should be shouting about instead!
32.45 GW : demand
£10.29/MWh : market price yesterday, UK wind was main supply
£148.71/MWh : price we pay if import gas were the main supply (see 11 Dec)
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Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm
December 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm
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Another reminder:
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Another reminder:
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 331.
# 330 contd.
Research found that below temperatures of 15°C bees seemed demotivated to fly - often not flying beyond 100m. Only larger sized #bees flew at these low temperatures suggesting smaller #bumblebees struggle in colder conditions.
🌍🐝
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 331.
# 330 contd.
Research found that below temperatures of 15°C bees seemed demotivated to fly - often not flying beyond 100m. Only larger sized #bees flew at these low temperatures suggesting smaller #bumblebees struggle in colder conditions.
🌍🐝
December 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 331.
# 330 contd.
Research found that below temperatures of 15°C bees seemed demotivated to fly - often not flying beyond 100m. Only larger sized #bees flew at these low temperatures suggesting smaller #bumblebees struggle in colder conditions.
🌍🐝
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 331.
# 330 contd.
Research found that below temperatures of 15°C bees seemed demotivated to fly - often not flying beyond 100m. Only larger sized #bees flew at these low temperatures suggesting smaller #bumblebees struggle in colder conditions.
🌍🐝