Kurt
@kurtdr.bsky.social
Proud Lancastrian 🌹and European 🇪🇺
📍West Midlands UK.
📍West Midlands UK.
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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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When I first heard about Project 2025, I thought it was conspiracy nonsense - too brazen, too cartoonishly evil to be real.
Then Trump called it “severe right”… and started enacting it.
Part One of my two-part deep dive into the authoritarian playbook now shaping the United States.
Then Trump called it “severe right”… and started enacting it.
Part One of my two-part deep dive into the authoritarian playbook now shaping the United States.
Project 2025: The Manual for Making America Obey Again (Part 1)
Heritage Foundation’s playbook for Trump 2.0 shows what happens when authoritarian ambition meets bureaucratic precision.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When I first heard about Project 2025, I thought it was conspiracy nonsense - too brazen, too cartoonishly evil to be real.
Then Trump called it “severe right”… and started enacting it.
Part One of my two-part deep dive into the authoritarian playbook now shaping the United States.
Then Trump called it “severe right”… and started enacting it.
Part One of my two-part deep dive into the authoritarian playbook now shaping the United States.
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
nyer.cm
July 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
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New paper in @rmets.org Weather from Gillian Kay & Met Office colleagues finds the max possible UK temperature in the *current* climate is a staggering 46.6°C. That's 6.3°C above the current record!
We're not prepared for today's extremes, let alone those of the future.
doi.org/10.1002/wea....
We're not prepared for today's extremes, let alone those of the future.
doi.org/10.1002/wea....
Rapidly increasing chance of record UK summer temperatures
The UK recorded its first exceedance of 40°C in July 2022. To assess the current chance of recurrence, we use a large climate model ensemble approach and find the 2023 return period to be 1-in-24 yea....
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New paper in @rmets.org Weather from Gillian Kay & Met Office colleagues finds the max possible UK temperature in the *current* climate is a staggering 46.6°C. That's 6.3°C above the current record!
We're not prepared for today's extremes, let alone those of the future.
doi.org/10.1002/wea....
We're not prepared for today's extremes, let alone those of the future.
doi.org/10.1002/wea....
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Let's check in and see how European Dec-Feb snowfall has changed over the last 50 years. Other than Scandinavia, it looks awful.
March 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Let's check in and see how European Dec-Feb snowfall has changed over the last 50 years. Other than Scandinavia, it looks awful.
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If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.
March 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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🇺🇸 LATEST: America Set To Crown Its First King. All Hail King Elon!
👇🏻 Please like and share this morning’s #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/FtdC5-JDMPM?...
👇🏻 Please like and share this morning’s #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/FtdC5-JDMPM?...
All Hail King Elon! - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🇺🇸 LATEST: America Set To Crown Its First King. All Hail King Elon!
👇🏻 Please like and share this morning’s #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/FtdC5-JDMPM?...
👇🏻 Please like and share this morning’s #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/FtdC5-JDMPM?...
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The vile, sadistic crimes of this rape gang will not make national headlines, or trend on twitter for days. Govt will not have to account for failures to protect its victims.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
Grooming gangs and csa are weaponised as part of certain bad faith actors attempts to make them seem race, religion or "integration" based. They aren't. Main offenders are actually white anyway. When you make them about race you risk ignoring other abusers like these.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The vile, sadistic crimes of this rape gang will not make national headlines, or trend on twitter for days. Govt will not have to account for failures to protect its victims.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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Lisa Farrell, a lifelong Rovers fan, died on Sunday (December 29) after a battle with cancer. She was 42-years-old.
Minute of applause planned after death of 'warm and caring' Blackburn Rovers fan
Lisa Farrell, a lifelong Rovers fan, died on Sunday (December 29) after a battle with cancer. She was 42-years-old.
dlvr.it
January 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Lisa Farrell, a lifelong Rovers fan, died on Sunday (December 29) after a battle with cancer. She was 42-years-old.
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Signs are, it will be a very anticyclonic Christmas for western & central Europe.
Mild or very mild on the north-western flank, increasingly chilly as you look south-eastward from there.
Some wet weather in the southeast, perhaps snow on mountains.
Mild or very mild on the north-western flank, increasingly chilly as you look south-eastward from there.
Some wet weather in the southeast, perhaps snow on mountains.
December 17, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Signs are, it will be a very anticyclonic Christmas for western & central Europe.
Mild or very mild on the north-western flank, increasingly chilly as you look south-eastward from there.
Some wet weather in the southeast, perhaps snow on mountains.
Mild or very mild on the north-western flank, increasingly chilly as you look south-eastward from there.
Some wet weather in the southeast, perhaps snow on mountains.
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⚠️⚠️🔴 Red weather warning issued 🔴⚠️⚠️
Strong and damaging winds across parts of Wales and southwest England
Saturday 0300 – 1100
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Strong and damaging winds across parts of Wales and southwest England
Saturday 0300 – 1100
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
December 6, 2024 at 10:29 AM
⚠️⚠️🔴 Red weather warning issued 🔴⚠️⚠️
Strong and damaging winds across parts of Wales and southwest England
Saturday 0300 – 1100
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Strong and damaging winds across parts of Wales and southwest England
Saturday 0300 – 1100
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
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Storm Bert could bring disruption from snow, rain and wind to parts of the UK this weekend
Stay up-to-date across our web, app and social channels (links in bio)
More from Aidan here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBal...
Stay up-to-date across our web, app and social channels (links in bio)
More from Aidan here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBal...
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Storm Bert could bring disruption from snow, rain and wind to parts of the UK this weekend
Stay up-to-date across our web, app and social channels (links in bio)
More from Aidan here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBal...
Stay up-to-date across our web, app and social channels (links in bio)
More from Aidan here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBal...
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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For my first thread on Bluesky I’m delving into the not-always-sexy world of local government finance
Stay with me though, because it will show how local councils and the communities that they serve have been decimated over recent years and why change is so badly needed
🧵
Stay with me though, because it will show how local councils and the communities that they serve have been decimated over recent years and why change is so badly needed
🧵
November 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
For my first thread on Bluesky I’m delving into the not-always-sexy world of local government finance
Stay with me though, because it will show how local councils and the communities that they serve have been decimated over recent years and why change is so badly needed
🧵
Stay with me though, because it will show how local councils and the communities that they serve have been decimated over recent years and why change is so badly needed
🧵
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The super rich would still be super rich even if we taxed them properly.
#TaxTheSuperRich join the campaign @patmillsuk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich join the campaign @patmillsuk.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The super rich would still be super rich even if we taxed them properly.
#TaxTheSuperRich join the campaign @patmillsuk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich join the campaign @patmillsuk.bsky.social
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OVERVIEW | SUNDAY - THURSDAY
Here's a very broad-brush overview of areas that are most likely to see falling snow during this cold spell based on current model guidance.
It's possible small disturbances will develop in the flow bringing more widespread snow risks.
Here's a very broad-brush overview of areas that are most likely to see falling snow during this cold spell based on current model guidance.
It's possible small disturbances will develop in the flow bringing more widespread snow risks.
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
OVERVIEW | SUNDAY - THURSDAY
Here's a very broad-brush overview of areas that are most likely to see falling snow during this cold spell based on current model guidance.
It's possible small disturbances will develop in the flow bringing more widespread snow risks.
Here's a very broad-brush overview of areas that are most likely to see falling snow during this cold spell based on current model guidance.
It's possible small disturbances will develop in the flow bringing more widespread snow risks.
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November is about to change gears...
Colder, windier and wetter weather will move in through the weekend and into the beginning of next week, with the potential for some snow in places too ❄️
Colder, windier and wetter weather will move in through the weekend and into the beginning of next week, with the potential for some snow in places too ❄️
November 13, 2024 at 4:04 PM
November is about to change gears...
Colder, windier and wetter weather will move in through the weekend and into the beginning of next week, with the potential for some snow in places too ❄️
Colder, windier and wetter weather will move in through the weekend and into the beginning of next week, with the potential for some snow in places too ❄️