Pat Richens
@patrichens.bsky.social
Socialist. Cornwall.
Favourite quotation:
“If God wanted us to believe in Him, He’d exist.”
(From the late, wonderful Linda Smith.)
Favourite quotation:
“If God wanted us to believe in Him, He’d exist.”
(From the late, wonderful Linda Smith.)
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Once a carer, always a carer.
Care is vital - yet not paid or valued.
Disabled people are disproportionately vulnerable in hospitals.
It's scandalous that carers allowance is withdrawn after 28 days in hospital.
As if we haven't got enough on our plates.
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Care is vital - yet not paid or valued.
Disabled people are disproportionately vulnerable in hospitals.
It's scandalous that carers allowance is withdrawn after 28 days in hospital.
As if we haven't got enough on our plates.
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Petition: Amend the 28-day rule for the Carer’s Allowance for carers giving hospital care
Amend the Carer’s Allowance rules so unpaid carers continue to be paid their allowance after 28 days if they are still providing essential care in the hospital and require NHS trusts to confirm in wri...
petition.parliament.uk
January 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Once a carer, always a carer.
Care is vital - yet not paid or valued.
Disabled people are disproportionately vulnerable in hospitals.
It's scandalous that carers allowance is withdrawn after 28 days in hospital.
As if we haven't got enough on our plates.
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Care is vital - yet not paid or valued.
Disabled people are disproportionately vulnerable in hospitals.
It's scandalous that carers allowance is withdrawn after 28 days in hospital.
As if we haven't got enough on our plates.
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Nigel Farage, "Robert Jenrick.. This man is a fraud, this man is not to be trusted"
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Nigel Farage, "Robert Jenrick.. This man is a fraud, this man is not to be trusted"
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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When did it become OK
for a British PM & Cabinet
to continue selling arms
to a regime which
targets the killing of children
and which is thus by definition
a terrorist state ...
meme via Anthony Corella
for a British PM & Cabinet
to continue selling arms
to a regime which
targets the killing of children
and which is thus by definition
a terrorist state ...
meme via Anthony Corella
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
When did it become OK
for a British PM & Cabinet
to continue selling arms
to a regime which
targets the killing of children
and which is thus by definition
a terrorist state ...
meme via Anthony Corella
for a British PM & Cabinet
to continue selling arms
to a regime which
targets the killing of children
and which is thus by definition
a terrorist state ...
meme via Anthony Corella
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"No wonder Musk, Farage & Robinson are outraged about a ban!"
via Gaz Pattison
via Gaz Pattison
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"No wonder Musk, Farage & Robinson are outraged about a ban!"
via Gaz Pattison
via Gaz Pattison
Why tf is the BBC @bbclaurak.bsky.social allowing itself to be used in yet another rehabilitation of Mandelson? The man has shown himself unfit for public office and should be kept out of public life.
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Why tf is the BBC @bbclaurak.bsky.social allowing itself to be used in yet another rehabilitation of Mandelson? The man has shown himself unfit for public office and should be kept out of public life.
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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Trump is a power plant. He is the ultimate fall guy. Put in place to distract and create mass disturbance so others can fulfill their agendas, too stupid, illiterate and crooked to know he is being used. As we are. Why education is important.
January 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Trump is a power plant. He is the ultimate fall guy. Put in place to distract and create mass disturbance so others can fulfill their agendas, too stupid, illiterate and crooked to know he is being used. As we are. Why education is important.
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We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
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This is truly brilliant!👏👏✨
I wondered why I disliked Trump so much……🤭
londondaily.com/british-writ...
I wondered why I disliked Trump so much……🤭
londondaily.com/british-writ...
British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read - London Daily
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
londondaily.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This is truly brilliant!👏👏✨
I wondered why I disliked Trump so much……🤭
londondaily.com/british-writ...
I wondered why I disliked Trump so much……🤭
londondaily.com/british-writ...
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For shame Zack, don’t you know that’s the job of politics pundits
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
For shame Zack, don’t you know that’s the job of politics pundits
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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"Subtract 480,000, though, Lee, as 80% have been found to be bot accounts set up by your own party."
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"Subtract 480,000, though, Lee, as 80% have been found to be bot accounts set up by your own party."
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
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Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
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The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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The US may be about to launch an operation from its bases on UK soil against an oil tanker.
I ask what and when the UK government will be informed about the operation. Will we have any say on its nature?
No answer
#Sovereignty?
I ask what and when the UK government will be informed about the operation. Will we have any say on its nature?
No answer
#Sovereignty?
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The US may be about to launch an operation from its bases on UK soil against an oil tanker.
I ask what and when the UK government will be informed about the operation. Will we have any say on its nature?
No answer
#Sovereignty?
I ask what and when the UK government will be informed about the operation. Will we have any say on its nature?
No answer
#Sovereignty?
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not the most important thing. But this contract was - probably unlawfully - awarded without competition. But the Court of Appeal, under pressure from the Tories over our VIP lane judicial reviews, said there was no public interest in who Government awards contracts to so there can be no challenge.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Not the most important thing. But this contract was - probably unlawfully - awarded without competition. But the Court of Appeal, under pressure from the Tories over our VIP lane judicial reviews, said there was no public interest in who Government awards contracts to so there can be no challenge.
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He's violating international law. He's committing mass murder. These are crimes against humanity, for God's sake!!
STOP trying to normalize a murderous moron. Stop pretending that he's anything even resembling a POTUS!
25th or 11th amendment NOW!!
Whatever gets him in front of the Hague court first!
STOP trying to normalize a murderous moron. Stop pretending that he's anything even resembling a POTUS!
25th or 11th amendment NOW!!
Whatever gets him in front of the Hague court first!
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
He's violating international law. He's committing mass murder. These are crimes against humanity, for God's sake!!
STOP trying to normalize a murderous moron. Stop pretending that he's anything even resembling a POTUS!
25th or 11th amendment NOW!!
Whatever gets him in front of the Hague court first!
STOP trying to normalize a murderous moron. Stop pretending that he's anything even resembling a POTUS!
25th or 11th amendment NOW!!
Whatever gets him in front of the Hague court first!