Laura Wooster-Hoare
@laura12.bsky.social
Rescue Frenchie dog mama, book fanatic, with a serious podcast habit, particularly if they get political.
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i dont understand why so many of these guys wanna live forever when it's clear they don't actually enjoy being alive
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
i dont understand why so many of these guys wanna live forever when it's clear they don't actually enjoy being alive
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A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱
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🧐 NBER study may have overestimated Brexit hit, apparently, because "a good deal of this effect will have been due not so much to Brexit as such, but the long period of uncertainty after the vote". 🤣
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧐 NBER study may have overestimated Brexit hit, apparently, because "a good deal of this effect will have been due not so much to Brexit as such, but the long period of uncertainty after the vote". 🤣
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
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"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."
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My parent’s local A&E doesn’t have pillows, time, beds, capacity. The GP doesn’t have emergency appointments for emergencies, services with capacity to refer people to.
Caring like this about nomenclature and pronouns seems to me a luxury pursuit, frankly.
Caring like this about nomenclature and pronouns seems to me a luxury pursuit, frankly.
Susan Hall's condition has now reached the 'shouting at biscuits' stage.
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My parent’s local A&E doesn’t have pillows, time, beds, capacity. The GP doesn’t have emergency appointments for emergencies, services with capacity to refer people to.
Caring like this about nomenclature and pronouns seems to me a luxury pursuit, frankly.
Caring like this about nomenclature and pronouns seems to me a luxury pursuit, frankly.
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UK will ramp up clampdown on ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says
UK will ramp up clampdown on ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says
The justice secretary says the government wants to protect journalists and activists who ‘shine a light on corruption’
David Lammy has said the UK will go further to tackle abusive and spurious lawsuits aimed at silencing whistleblowers and journalists, raising the prospect of further legislation next year.
The deputy prime minister told campaigners and officials at the launch of the government’s anti-corruption strategy that he was determined to crack down on the practice known as Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
UK will ramp up clampdown on ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says
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'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford
michaelalford.co.uk
michaelalford.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford
michaelalford.co.uk
michaelalford.co.uk
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New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
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This is simply gobsmacking in the impenetrability and immensity of its dumbness. ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This is simply gobsmacking in the impenetrability and immensity of its dumbness. ~AA
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One feels that the far right are simply trying to find what question to ask in order to get the answer they want.
Sky News: You just said you don't want to leave any 'stone unturned'. Those words were used by Sajid Javid in 2018 when he ordered what you are calling for. Are you saying you failed and did leave 'stones unturned' when you were in government?
Badenoch: I'm not here to build a time machine. ~AA
Badenoch: I'm not here to build a time machine. ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
One feels that the far right are simply trying to find what question to ask in order to get the answer they want.
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Still Life,1923 by Ethel Sands, US-born painter who co-founded the London Group of artists and later lived with her life partner, fellow artist Anna Hope #WomensArt
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Still Life,1923 by Ethel Sands, US-born painter who co-founded the London Group of artists and later lived with her life partner, fellow artist Anna Hope #WomensArt
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I have been thinking about this... Is it possible that Nigel Farage doesn't even realise that characters like Alf Garnett were meant to satirize and lampoon bigots? ~AA
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I have been thinking about this... Is it possible that Nigel Farage doesn't even realise that characters like Alf Garnett were meant to satirize and lampoon bigots? ~AA
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Water Lilies - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11196
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11196
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Water Lilies - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11196
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11196
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Former Conservative MP, Tobias Ellwood: "The more we bow to Trump, the more we are taken for granted and the more he wields American power to divide us. Yet so normalised has our behaviour become, state visits to the Oval Office now resemble scenes from The Godfather." ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Former Conservative MP, Tobias Ellwood: "The more we bow to Trump, the more we are taken for granted and the more he wields American power to divide us. Yet so normalised has our behaviour become, state visits to the Oval Office now resemble scenes from The Godfather." ~AA
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'London, Houses in Snow' (1920s) by Janet Cumbrae Stewart
(National Gallery of Victoria)
(National Gallery of Victoria)
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
'London, Houses in Snow' (1920s) by Janet Cumbrae Stewart
(National Gallery of Victoria)
(National Gallery of Victoria)
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
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I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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Reform UK are running a “cash for access scheme in all but name”, a senior SNP MP has alleged after they launched a £10,000-per-year membership which comes with exclusive access to party leadership.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
'Cash for access' row as Reform UK open 'exclusive' £10k membership club
REFORM UK are running a “cash for access scheme in all but name”, a senior SNP MP has alleged ...
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Reform UK are running a “cash for access scheme in all but name”, a senior SNP MP has alleged after they launched a £10,000-per-year membership which comes with exclusive access to party leadership.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
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Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Strip residency of migrants who are a net financial drain, urges Tory MP
Ministers should withdraw permanent residency from those who draw more in welfare than they contribute, a former No 10 adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
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Thank goodness Trump didn’t call half of Somalis something like “deplorable” else it would have been the biggest scandal ever
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thank goodness Trump didn’t call half of Somalis something like “deplorable” else it would have been the biggest scandal ever
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Nigel Farage reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’
Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Nigel Farage reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
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I'm old enough to remember when Gordon Brown was forced to apologise to a woman for calling her a bigot.
The very least we should expect is that Nigel Farage apologises for being one.
The very least we should expect is that Nigel Farage apologises for being one.
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Gordon Brown was forced to apologise to a woman for calling her a bigot.
The very least we should expect is that Nigel Farage apologises for being one.
The very least we should expect is that Nigel Farage apologises for being one.