KayeMac04
@kayemac.bsky.social
Disabled and partially sighted. Atheist since 1977. Not a monarchist. Antifa in a RefUK dominated County Durham, UK. Looking at events across the pond and in Europe.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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RW put me on to Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Ageing societies are less restless, take fewer risks and end up significantly less innovative. Median age in 1970s UK was 35. It is over 40 now. Will be 45 by 2050. Catastrophic to forward-propulsion. 2/2
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
50th Anniversary Edition
uk.bookshop.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
RW put me on to Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Ageing societies are less restless, take fewer risks and end up significantly less innovative. Median age in 1970s UK was 35. It is over 40 now. Will be 45 by 2050. Catastrophic to forward-propulsion. 2/2
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
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Almost a year ago to the day, I spoke to highly respected scenario planning expert and futurist Richard Watson. He told me that due to demographic trends "the war to attract and retain talent will intensify". And this is not just about numbers. It goes deeper. 1/2
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December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Almost a year ago to the day, I spoke to highly respected scenario planning expert and futurist Richard Watson. He told me that due to demographic trends "the war to attract and retain talent will intensify". And this is not just about numbers. It goes deeper. 1/2
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The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.
The US used the Alien Enemies Act to detain their families. Now, they are watching history repeat.
The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.
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Here's Trump giving more credence to the fear that Israel plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza and ship them to Somaliland, a self-declared country in the Horn of Africa that no UN member state recognizes – except for Israel.
Trump: "I heard that number today -- half of Gaza would leave. I've always said it. I said if they were given the opportunity to live in a better climate, they would move. We're helping the people of Gaza a lot. So is Israel, by the way."
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Here's Trump giving more credence to the fear that Israel plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza and ship them to Somaliland, a self-declared country in the Horn of Africa that no UN member state recognizes – except for Israel.
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The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
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Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal.
and so it begins
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
and so it begins
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal.
and so it begins
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
and so it begins
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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I advise you never to make these. Or at the very least go into making them with your eyes wide open. Because they are basically the biscuit equivalent of crack.
Parmesan shortbreads are the perfect accompaniment to any festive fizz you may be uncorking to celebrate the New Year. They’re #RecipeOfTheDay now in case you want a get a head start on them, but they’re neither difficult nor time-consuming to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
Parmesan Shortbreads
This is an Italian-inspired recipe that comes to me from Australia via Brazil. To explain: a Brazilian friend, and the best cook I know, Helio Fenerich made it for me, and I had to keep (rudely) askin...
www.nigella.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I advise you never to make these. Or at the very least go into making them with your eyes wide open. Because they are basically the biscuit equivalent of crack.
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Britons living in rural areas support banning trail hunting by 50% to 35%
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Britons living in rural areas support banning trail hunting by 50% to 35%
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Public support for keeping the fox hunting ban in place stands at 81%, a figure which has been consistent for at least the last six years
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Public support for keeping the fox hunting ban in place stands at 81%, a figure which has been consistent for at least the last six years
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Britons support a ban on trail hunting by 50% to 29%
Support by 2024 vote
Green: 64%
Labour: 62%
Lib Dem: 50% (net +22)
Reform UK: 45% (net +5)
Con: 34% (net -13)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support by 2024 vote
Green: 64%
Labour: 62%
Lib Dem: 50% (net +22)
Reform UK: 45% (net +5)
Con: 34% (net -13)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Britons support a ban on trail hunting by 50% to 29%
Support by 2024 vote
Green: 64%
Labour: 62%
Lib Dem: 50% (net +22)
Reform UK: 45% (net +5)
Con: 34% (net -13)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support by 2024 vote
Green: 64%
Labour: 62%
Lib Dem: 50% (net +22)
Reform UK: 45% (net +5)
Con: 34% (net -13)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Reform are calling for someone with historic anti Jewish comments to have their a British citizenship removed.
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Reform are calling for someone with historic anti Jewish comments to have their a British citizenship removed.
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NEW: Critics have likened the lung float test to a witch trial.
The premise: If a baby was born alive and then died, air from its first breaths would cause the lungs to float in water.
If the baby was stillborn, lack of air would cause the lungs to sink.
The premise: If a baby was born alive and then died, air from its first breaths would cause the lungs to float in water.
If the baby was stillborn, lack of air would cause the lungs to sink.
Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous
An exam meant to determine whether a baby was born dead or alive is of “questionable value,” the National Association of Medical Examiners cautions. The paper follows a ProPublica report on how the test had been used against women accused of murder.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Critics have likened the lung float test to a witch trial.
The premise: If a baby was born alive and then died, air from its first breaths would cause the lungs to float in water.
If the baby was stillborn, lack of air would cause the lungs to sink.
The premise: If a baby was born alive and then died, air from its first breaths would cause the lungs to float in water.
If the baby was stillborn, lack of air would cause the lungs to sink.
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A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...
What voters in every state think about Trump and prices
Using MRP on our 2025 polling, Trump’s overall approval is weak—and his inflation numbers are catastrophic.
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...
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And, because I know money is tight after Christmas, I want you not to worry if you have no accessories. Just go for a cream sweatercoat and grab a nearby live hen.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And, because I know money is tight after Christmas, I want you not to worry if you have no accessories. Just go for a cream sweatercoat and grab a nearby live hen.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Her case instantly made 1 in 6 Britons 2nd-class citizens including not only me, a naturalised citizen with a British grandmother, but my son, the British born child of a British born father – because theoretically he has access to Australian citizenship via me.
The Begum case MUST be overturned.
The Begum case MUST be overturned.
December 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Her case instantly made 1 in 6 Britons 2nd-class citizens including not only me, a naturalised citizen with a British grandmother, but my son, the British born child of a British born father – because theoretically he has access to Australian citizenship via me.
The Begum case MUST be overturned.
The Begum case MUST be overturned.
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We commissioned lengthy legal advice on the history, effect and legitimacy of provisions which made it easier to remove the contingent citizenship held by large numbers of Black and Brown people. goodlawproject.org/nationality-...
The Nationality and Borders Bill is racist - we want Government to think again | Good Law Project
Today, we are publishing advice about the extension to the powers to strip Britons of their citizenship in the Nationality and Borders Bill. The advice was commissioned from some of the country’s lead...
goodlawproject.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We commissioned lengthy legal advice on the history, effect and legitimacy of provisions which made it easier to remove the contingent citizenship held by large numbers of Black and Brown people. goodlawproject.org/nationality-...
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Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
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2025: Robert Jenrick criticising Labour PM Keir Starmer for expending political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
2022: Former PM Boris Johnson explained that he repeatedly expended political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
2022: Former PM Boris Johnson explained that he repeatedly expended political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
December 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
2025: Robert Jenrick criticising Labour PM Keir Starmer for expending political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
2022: Former PM Boris Johnson explained that he repeatedly expended political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
2022: Former PM Boris Johnson explained that he repeatedly expended political capital for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
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From Nigel Farage to this caricature, it's been striking to see how little of a shit the right now gives about antisemitism.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From Nigel Farage to this caricature, it's been striking to see how little of a shit the right now gives about antisemitism.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
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No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
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So now we’ll see JD Vance and Stephen Miller denounce violence on the right, eh?
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021 told investigators someone needed to "speak up" for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen, prosecutors said Sunday. n.pr/45ij2ZU
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted U.S. political parties, memo says
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021 told investigators someone needed to "speak up" for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen, prosecutors said Sunday.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
So now we’ll see JD Vance and Stephen Miller denounce violence on the right, eh?
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#PlasticPollution - concerns about #PublicHealth impacts just keep growing
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Microplastics Burrow Into Blood Vessels and Fuel Heart Disease
Microplastics may be quietly invading arteries and accelerating heart disease, especially in males.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#PlasticPollution - concerns about #PublicHealth impacts just keep growing
scitechdaily.com/microplastic...
scitechdaily.com/microplastic...
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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.