JeanneDawn
@jeannedawn.bsky.social
Looking for humour, News, current affairs, honesty and kindness. No DMs, please.
Now early retired and loving my adopted dog Winston. Novice allotment owner - approaching my second growing season with gusto, and optimism for a good English summer.
Now early retired and loving my adopted dog Winston. Novice allotment owner - approaching my second growing season with gusto, and optimism for a good English summer.
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First class response, Mr Mayor!
First class response, Mr Mayor!
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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First class response, Mr Mayor!
First class response, Mr Mayor!
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1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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“This is what Keir Starmer has done for you so far” - have a read and judge for yourself
whathaskeirdone.co.uk/results
whathaskeirdone.co.uk/results
This is what Keir Starmer has done for you so far
The Tories presided over 14 years of decline, undermined our public services, and wrecked our economy. Keir Starmer's Labour Government is getting on with the job, fixing the foundations of our countr...
whathaskeirdone.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
“This is what Keir Starmer has done for you so far” - have a read and judge for yourself
whathaskeirdone.co.uk/results
whathaskeirdone.co.uk/results
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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⚠️Farage in 2022: "It is a complete insult to voters for MPs to have the arrogance to think that it's them they voted for. You, the voters are just useful to them once every few years."
❓Jenrick in 2026: "I don't intend to call a by-election. I believe my constituents knew that I stood up for them."
❓Jenrick in 2026: "I don't intend to call a by-election. I believe my constituents knew that I stood up for them."
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
⚠️Farage in 2022: "It is a complete insult to voters for MPs to have the arrogance to think that it's them they voted for. You, the voters are just useful to them once every few years."
❓Jenrick in 2026: "I don't intend to call a by-election. I believe my constituents knew that I stood up for them."
❓Jenrick in 2026: "I don't intend to call a by-election. I believe my constituents knew that I stood up for them."
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A (locally) crucial Lab hold last night.
Labour retain control of City of York Council
Labour's Anna Perrett takes the Heworth seat in the City of York Council by-election.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
A (locally) crucial Lab hold last night.
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If Farage is to be believed and he's declined applications from ex Tory MPs but let in Gullis, Jenkyns and others, it begs the question - who the hell was unsuitable?
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
If Farage is to be believed and he's declined applications from ex Tory MPs but let in Gullis, Jenkyns and others, it begs the question - who the hell was unsuitable?
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A £400,000 bonus still planned for South East Water boss after 30,000 homes and businesses left without water ⁉️
If you're angry about this, channel it into the real solution: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
It's time to take back South East Water 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...
If you're angry about this, channel it into the real solution: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
It's time to take back South East Water 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...
Take South East Water into public ownership NOW
South East Water has failed households in Kent and Sussex. It is time to bring it into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A £400,000 bonus still planned for South East Water boss after 30,000 homes and businesses left without water ⁉️
If you're angry about this, channel it into the real solution: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
It's time to take back South East Water 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...
If you're angry about this, channel it into the real solution: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
It's time to take back South East Water 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...
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Robert Jenrick just last year: "Nigel Farage can't even run a 5-a-side team, so he's not going to be able to run a country."
"They're not a serious party... they are not the answer."
The wonders of opportunism...
📸 Photo credit: PA Images/Jordan Pettitt
"They're not a serious party... they are not the answer."
The wonders of opportunism...
📸 Photo credit: PA Images/Jordan Pettitt
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Robert Jenrick just last year: "Nigel Farage can't even run a 5-a-side team, so he's not going to be able to run a country."
"They're not a serious party... they are not the answer."
The wonders of opportunism...
📸 Photo credit: PA Images/Jordan Pettitt
"They're not a serious party... they are not the answer."
The wonders of opportunism...
📸 Photo credit: PA Images/Jordan Pettitt
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PETITION: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
PETITION: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary.
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary.
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A small number of senior barristers are enabling large-scale tax fraud.
They issue opinions saying tax schemes will work. They know they won't.
The point of the opinion isn't to be right. It's to protect the shadowy individuals running the schemes from prosecution.
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They issue opinions saying tax schemes will work. They know they won't.
The point of the opinion isn't to be right. It's to protect the shadowy individuals running the schemes from prosecution.
🧵
January 16, 2026 at 9:51 AM
A small number of senior barristers are enabling large-scale tax fraud.
They issue opinions saying tax schemes will work. They know they won't.
The point of the opinion isn't to be right. It's to protect the shadowy individuals running the schemes from prosecution.
🧵
They issue opinions saying tax schemes will work. They know they won't.
The point of the opinion isn't to be right. It's to protect the shadowy individuals running the schemes from prosecution.
🧵
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What kind of person endures 14 yrs of Tory incompetence & corruption, votes to oust them, & is then hoodwinked by a master grifter to vote the very worst of them back in again for more of the same.
It’d be lunacy on a grand scale.
Turquoise Tories.
Careful what you wish for.
It’d be lunacy on a grand scale.
Turquoise Tories.
Careful what you wish for.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
What kind of person endures 14 yrs of Tory incompetence & corruption, votes to oust them, & is then hoodwinked by a master grifter to vote the very worst of them back in again for more of the same.
It’d be lunacy on a grand scale.
Turquoise Tories.
Careful what you wish for.
It’d be lunacy on a grand scale.
Turquoise Tories.
Careful what you wish for.
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Reformer Conservatives
Leader: Nigel Farage (former Conservative)
Deputy Leader: Richard Tice (former Conservative)
Chair: Dr David Bull (former Conservative)
Deputy Chair: Paul Nuttalls (former Conservative)
Leader in Scotland: Malcolm Offord (former Conservative Life Peer)
Leader: Nigel Farage (former Conservative)
Deputy Leader: Richard Tice (former Conservative)
Chair: Dr David Bull (former Conservative)
Deputy Chair: Paul Nuttalls (former Conservative)
Leader in Scotland: Malcolm Offord (former Conservative Life Peer)
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Reformer Conservatives
Leader: Nigel Farage (former Conservative)
Deputy Leader: Richard Tice (former Conservative)
Chair: Dr David Bull (former Conservative)
Deputy Chair: Paul Nuttalls (former Conservative)
Leader in Scotland: Malcolm Offord (former Conservative Life Peer)
Leader: Nigel Farage (former Conservative)
Deputy Leader: Richard Tice (former Conservative)
Chair: Dr David Bull (former Conservative)
Deputy Chair: Paul Nuttalls (former Conservative)
Leader in Scotland: Malcolm Offord (former Conservative Life Peer)
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"The flag acts as a warning sign: a silent message. It makes you more vigilant…you go into a house with a flag, you have to prepare emotionally for the possibility of racism or rejection”
This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 AM
"The flag acts as a warning sign: a silent message. It makes you more vigilant…you go into a house with a flag, you have to prepare emotionally for the possibility of racism or rejection”
This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
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The remaining three hunger strikers have ended their strike. A good moment to reflect on how falsely labelling them as terrorists dehumanises the prisoners. Thought-provoking piece for the Nerve by @natashawalter.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
'The word terrorism is being used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers
Hunger striker Heba Muraisi has never been charged, tried or convicted of terrorism. But she and the other strikers have been stripped of humanity by how the government has labelled them. The repercus...
www.thenerve.news
January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The remaining three hunger strikers have ended their strike. A good moment to reflect on how falsely labelling them as terrorists dehumanises the prisoners. Thought-provoking piece for the Nerve by @natashawalter.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
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Strong moment during PMQs.
"Anyone who defends platforms linked to sexual exploitation of children forfeits any right to give lectures about protecting women and girls."
"Anyone who defends platforms linked to sexual exploitation of children forfeits any right to give lectures about protecting women and girls."
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Strong moment during PMQs.
"Anyone who defends platforms linked to sexual exploitation of children forfeits any right to give lectures about protecting women and girls."
"Anyone who defends platforms linked to sexual exploitation of children forfeits any right to give lectures about protecting women and girls."
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Utterly outrageous situation with South East Water
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘It’s a shambles’: Anger grows as thousands still without water in mass shortage
‘Not only is the infrastructure depleted, but the leadership is rubbish,’ local MP says
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Utterly outrageous situation with South East Water
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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More fantastic action from Animal Rising and the most brilliant result in court, not sure if David Lammy’s plan to remove trial by Juries would extend this far - seems clear to me that Juries are the weak link in an otherwise oppressive approach to protest and criminal conviction attempts.
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
More fantastic action from Animal Rising and the most brilliant result in court, not sure if David Lammy’s plan to remove trial by Juries would extend this far - seems clear to me that Juries are the weak link in an otherwise oppressive approach to protest and criminal conviction attempts.
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“Martin angrily challenges Sir Keir Starmer to clear up social media scam adverts cess pit”
Courtesy of @thismorningitv.bsky.social
Courtesy of @thismorningitv.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“Martin angrily challenges Sir Keir Starmer to clear up social media scam adverts cess pit”
Courtesy of @thismorningitv.bsky.social
Courtesy of @thismorningitv.bsky.social
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If you don’t want politicians re-writing history for political gain please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call out this absolute rubbish with the actual facts. If UK news shows are not up to the job let’s do it ourselves
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
If you don’t want politicians re-writing history for political gain please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call out this absolute rubbish with the actual facts. If UK news shows are not up to the job let’s do it ourselves
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Really positive to see. Will almost certainly need to be backed up by action
BREAKING: Strong words from Keir Starmer to Parliamentary Labour Party on X and Grok: “If X cannot control Grok, we will - and we'll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate”
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Really positive to see. Will almost certainly need to be backed up by action
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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The video clip that Nigel Farage doesn't want you to watch….
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The video clip that Nigel Farage doesn't want you to watch….
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“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”