@iomcarolb.bsky.social
Old lefty northerner living in the Isle of Man. Please note am mainly here to read and learn.
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"I think they're outrageous & its worth saying Jillian Segal.. is one of the former leaders of the pro Israel lobby.. what is happening here.. a deliberate conflation between criticism of Israel.. & antisemitism"
Antony Loewenstein on comments by Australia's antisemitism envoy
Antony Loewenstein on comments by Australia's antisemitism envoy
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"I think they're outrageous & its worth saying Jillian Segal.. is one of the former leaders of the pro Israel lobby.. what is happening here.. a deliberate conflation between criticism of Israel.. & antisemitism"
Antony Loewenstein on comments by Australia's antisemitism envoy
Antony Loewenstein on comments by Australia's antisemitism envoy
A pink rosebud in the Isle of Man on 15th December 2025.
Tell me again there is no global warming!
Tell me again there is no global warming!
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A pink rosebud in the Isle of Man on 15th December 2025.
Tell me again there is no global warming!
Tell me again there is no global warming!
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Tory legacy
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds
Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Tory legacy
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Anyone & everyone needs help at least once in their life.
All socialism really says is take when you need to; give when you can.
All socialism really says is take when you need to; give when you can.
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Anyone & everyone needs help at least once in their life.
All socialism really says is take when you need to; give when you can.
All socialism really says is take when you need to; give when you can.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Donna
Donna who?
Donna step on my blue suede shoes 😂
(An oldie from the Beano, amused my children years ago)
Who’s there?
Donna
Donna who?
Donna step on my blue suede shoes 😂
(An oldie from the Beano, amused my children years ago)
December 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Donna
Donna who?
Donna step on my blue suede shoes 😂
(An oldie from the Beano, amused my children years ago)
Who’s there?
Donna
Donna who?
Donna step on my blue suede shoes 😂
(An oldie from the Beano, amused my children years ago)
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UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
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Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland, which is vital to America’s national security
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
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Jeremy Corbyn suffered attacks for imaginary #ItWasAScam antisemitism for months across every newspaper & TV Channel
Nigel Farage's actual, real, proven antisemitism appears in a couple of newspapers, one or two news programmes, for a day or 2, then vanishes
If we let it
meme via Huddersfield TUC
Nigel Farage's actual, real, proven antisemitism appears in a couple of newspapers, one or two news programmes, for a day or 2, then vanishes
If we let it
meme via Huddersfield TUC
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Jeremy Corbyn suffered attacks for imaginary #ItWasAScam antisemitism for months across every newspaper & TV Channel
Nigel Farage's actual, real, proven antisemitism appears in a couple of newspapers, one or two news programmes, for a day or 2, then vanishes
If we let it
meme via Huddersfield TUC
Nigel Farage's actual, real, proven antisemitism appears in a couple of newspapers, one or two news programmes, for a day or 2, then vanishes
If we let it
meme via Huddersfield TUC
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It’s not him being a teenage Nazi that’s the issue here: it’s that he’s still one now, he has been throughout and his politics are those of the racist, fascist far right. The difference between him and e.g. Griffin is that Farage knows where the line is and that he should push at it, not cross it.
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It’s not him being a teenage Nazi that’s the issue here: it’s that he’s still one now, he has been throughout and his politics are those of the racist, fascist far right. The difference between him and e.g. Griffin is that Farage knows where the line is and that he should push at it, not cross it.
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Nativity plays have been a much-loved part of the school year in infant and junior schools across the UK for many years. These performances brought the Christmas story to life with a mix of earnestness and unintentional comedy. Classrooms buzzed with excitement as tea towels and
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Nativity plays have been a much-loved part of the school year in infant and junior schools across the UK for many years. These performances brought the Christmas story to life with a mix of earnestness and unintentional comedy. Classrooms buzzed with excitement as tea towels and
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US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says.
Prelude to a full scale invasion.
When dictators become unpopular they divert attention by starting wars.
What will he seize next?
Prelude to a full scale invasion.
When dictators become unpopular they divert attention by starting wars.
What will he seize next?
US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says.
Prelude to a full scale invasion.
When dictators become unpopular they divert attention by starting wars.
What will he seize next?
Prelude to a full scale invasion.
When dictators become unpopular they divert attention by starting wars.
What will he seize next?
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Britain is so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mother attempted to pull her own teeth out with pliers.
Lack of planning, education and training
Obstacles put in the way of foreign educated/trained dentists, improves private profits.
archive.ph/6VqEq
Lack of planning, education and training
Obstacles put in the way of foreign educated/trained dentists, improves private profits.
archive.ph/6VqEq
Why Britain doesn’t have enough dentists
Plenty of trained foreigners want to work, but slots for the qualification exam seem as hard to get as Glastonbury tickets
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Britain is so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mother attempted to pull her own teeth out with pliers.
Lack of planning, education and training
Obstacles put in the way of foreign educated/trained dentists, improves private profits.
archive.ph/6VqEq
Lack of planning, education and training
Obstacles put in the way of foreign educated/trained dentists, improves private profits.
archive.ph/6VqEq
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"A history of the US blocking UN resolutions against Israel"
'Over the past five decades, the United States has vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/...
meme via Sally Gwynne
'Over the past five decades, the United States has vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/...
meme via Sally Gwynne
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"A history of the US blocking UN resolutions against Israel"
'Over the past five decades, the United States has vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/...
meme via Sally Gwynne
'Over the past five decades, the United States has vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/...
meme via Sally Gwynne
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A ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces, there is stability back in Gaza, people can go in and out, which is not the case today.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces, there is stability back in Gaza, people can go in and out, which is not the case today.”
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Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
archive.ph
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
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Murdered on 6th December 2023
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Murdered on 6th December 2023
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It’s 2025 and we’re still living as subjects, not citizens.
It’s time for a referendum on the monarchy.
It’s time for a referendum on the monarchy.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It’s 2025 and we’re still living as subjects, not citizens.
It’s time for a referendum on the monarchy.
It’s time for a referendum on the monarchy.
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'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
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Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters & raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters & raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Can we please stop calling these people “settlers”? They’re terrorist colonisers.
youtube.com/post/UgkxA3j...
youtube.com/post/UgkxA3j...
Post from Novara Media - YouTube
Settlers repeatedly punched female activists in the head and beat a man in the genitals, causing testicular haemorrhaging, during an attack in the West Bank....
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can we please stop calling these people “settlers”? They’re terrorist colonisers.
youtube.com/post/UgkxA3j...
youtube.com/post/UgkxA3j...
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A ceasefire means you stop the bombing and killing. But not when you're Israel.
Hani Mahmoud reporting
Hani Mahmoud reporting
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A ceasefire means you stop the bombing and killing. But not when you're Israel.
Hani Mahmoud reporting
Hani Mahmoud reporting
Just so you know - JK Rowling and her ilk do not speak for me.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Just so you know - JK Rowling and her ilk do not speak for me.