Rachel
@rappinrach.bsky.social
Love learning, nature, being inspired. Hate prejudice & injustice. Work for a trade union. Norwich, UK
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The “Labour” Party finds itself arguing ordinary workers, carers and others are “takers”.
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The “Labour” Party finds itself arguing ordinary workers, carers and others are “takers”.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Ive spent I reckon about 3 years peering under Holly bushes optimistically hoping to find this beauty. Then when I finally do there's loads of them!
- Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)
- Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ive spent I reckon about 3 years peering under Holly bushes optimistically hoping to find this beauty. Then when I finally do there's loads of them!
- Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)
- Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)
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RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
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"Why are out hotels used for immigrants not the homeless?"
"Oh, no, we didn't mean those homeless people."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Oh, no, we didn't mean those homeless people."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Packed meeting hears worries about Dereham hotel housing homeless
A council and the police explain how they are tackling concerns raised by local people.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Why are out hotels used for immigrants not the homeless?"
"Oh, no, we didn't mean those homeless people."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Oh, no, we didn't mean those homeless people."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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To be fair it is tough for Wes Streeting.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
To be fair it is tough for Wes Streeting.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
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Yes, white people were more openly racist when Farage was young. But Farage stood out for his racism. Second, the fact that more people were racist in the 1970s doesn’t make it OK. Plenty of people back then were able to recognise that racism was wrong. Third, Farage doesn’t seem to have changed.
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Yes, white people were more openly racist when Farage was young. But Farage stood out for his racism. Second, the fact that more people were racist in the 1970s doesn’t make it OK. Plenty of people back then were able to recognise that racism was wrong. Third, Farage doesn’t seem to have changed.
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Guess what..... Those immigrants contribute to society, Pay taxes, educate our children, make scientific breakthroughs, bring students to UK Universities etc etc etc........
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Guess what..... Those immigrants contribute to society, Pay taxes, educate our children, make scientific breakthroughs, bring students to UK Universities etc etc etc........
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our political parties have become on a super-rich few," says Transparency International
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our political parties have become on a super-rich few," says Transparency International
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right.
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds
As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right.
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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“Union-Busting Tactic”
The University of Sheffield argues staff who do not replace missed teaching due to strike action are in breach of contract, and so should forfeit an *additional* two weeks of pay.
#UKHE #AcademicSky
The University of Sheffield argues staff who do not replace missed teaching due to strike action are in breach of contract, and so should forfeit an *additional* two weeks of pay.
#UKHE #AcademicSky
University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Union-Busting Tactic”
The University of Sheffield argues staff who do not replace missed teaching due to strike action are in breach of contract, and so should forfeit an *additional* two weeks of pay.
#UKHE #AcademicSky
The University of Sheffield argues staff who do not replace missed teaching due to strike action are in breach of contract, and so should forfeit an *additional* two weeks of pay.
#UKHE #AcademicSky
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Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Thursday's #fullmoon is the Moon Before Yule or Long Nights Moon in honor of Yuletide and celebrating the return of the sun at the Winter Solstice. It's commonly referred to as the Cold Moon.
#ColdMoon #SuperMoon
📷 Magnus Winbjork
#ColdMoon #SuperMoon
📷 Magnus Winbjork
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thursday's #fullmoon is the Moon Before Yule or Long Nights Moon in honor of Yuletide and celebrating the return of the sun at the Winter Solstice. It's commonly referred to as the Cold Moon.
#ColdMoon #SuperMoon
📷 Magnus Winbjork
#ColdMoon #SuperMoon
📷 Magnus Winbjork
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This bears repeating daily: We have been indoctrinated into believing that capitalism is inherently rational, when it is not. Homo economicus never existed.
There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This bears repeating daily: We have been indoctrinated into believing that capitalism is inherently rational, when it is not. Homo economicus never existed.
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'“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp'
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data management company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
'“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp'
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
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BBC policy of presenter scripts saying “biological males who identify as women” as an addendum to every mention of “trans women” really is sickening
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
BBC policy of presenter scripts saying “biological males who identify as women” as an addendum to every mention of “trans women” really is sickening
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On electoral pacts, 'just for fun' I asked this recently: what if the choice in your area was a candidate from a left alliance (Labour/Green/LD/Plaid/SNP) or a candidate from a right alliance? (Con/Reform)?
+10 lead for prog alliance, narrow margin even in Red Wall.
Via @yougov.co.uk
+10 lead for prog alliance, narrow margin even in Red Wall.
Via @yougov.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On electoral pacts, 'just for fun' I asked this recently: what if the choice in your area was a candidate from a left alliance (Labour/Green/LD/Plaid/SNP) or a candidate from a right alliance? (Con/Reform)?
+10 lead for prog alliance, narrow margin even in Red Wall.
Via @yougov.co.uk
+10 lead for prog alliance, narrow margin even in Red Wall.
Via @yougov.co.uk
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"JK commune for traumatised terfs"
June 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"JK commune for traumatised terfs"
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
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December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
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The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
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Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A rusting shipwreck that’s part of the family | Nick Acheson
Blakeney Point, Norfolk: The old steamer, called Yankee, has long been abandoned on the shingle, dwindling in the elements. I take the four-mile walk to visit
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting