Ella
Ella
@ruffled.bsky.social
Londoner, European
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Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Mischievous and glorious, David Attenborough brings his lifelong sense of wonder to the city’s wildlife, from foxes to peregrine falcons, in this exquisite and endlessly moving special
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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If you’re not doing anything at 8.40, you should join a chunk of Irish people as we watch the solstice online.

RTÉ radio news just made a point of saying that there is no cloud cover over Newgrange today.

bsky.app/profile/bike...
8 hours twenty minutes to go before #newgrangesolstice 2025, folks!

The good doctors Clare and Frank will be back again to accompany the winter light slowly illuminating Newgrange’s burial chamber.

Go here for details of where you can watch. www.gov.ie/en/office-of...
December 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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I keep coming back to this bizarre claim. What do they think the Labour Party is? When was at it best? When it couldn’t win a majority or hold power for more than a couple of years? When it was torn apart and almost wiped out? Deeply weird stuff
One interesting nugget in this piece could explain the (otherwise baffling) appearance of Ramsay MacDonald in a 2024 Labour Party Election Broadcast
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Musician Kirsty MacColl died #onthisday in 2000. It's difficult to believe it's been 25 years. We were proud to conduct her humanist funeral, in accordance with her wishes. This Christmas marks the third year without Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl, but still, their voices live on❤️
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.

A pissed off thread using data.

Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Lord Offord has become Reform's first member of the House of Lords. He was Scottish Office minister, becoming a peer after donating £147,500 to the Conservatives, for whom he was an unsuccessful Scottish parliament candidate in 2021. He intends to stand for Reform for Holyrood 2026
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Misleading write-up - it's true that there is a crisis in A&E, but this is not because of "soaring demand".

The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years
Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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500,000 violations.
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!

gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.

Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
Fast-track court scandal: Pensioner with dementia convicted over £43 car bill
The pensioner’s conviction is the latest scandal to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Bury council approved a policy whereby they can enforce the sale of an empty property when homeowners owe a debt to the authority
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hom...
Homeowners could be forced to sell long empty properties in Bury
Bury council approved a policy whereby they can enforce the sale of an empty property when homeowners owe a debt to the authority
northwestbylines.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins.

My @guardian piece on the erasure of Gaza's past. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins
The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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The most interesting vote of the night imho and one that foretells a potential apocalypse in the suburbs of the south-east for the Conservatives. More liberal Tories go LD, more reactionary ones go to Reform.
Camberley West (Surrey) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 49.5% (+16.6)
➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 20.4% (-28.8)
🌹 LAB: 4.3% (-11.4)

No WPB (-2.3) as previous.

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2021.
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation
John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM