Anne H
@amokura13.bsky.social
Retired, love travelling. Aged 50 started living on a sailing boat for 10 years, sailed across the Atlantic both ways. Returned to UK, moved into a caravan for 3 years and toured Europe. Then Covid hit...
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wonder how much the careless attitude to language learning in schools has played a part in negativity towards Europe.? The embarrassment of not being confident in another language turned us towards America? We need to make it normal to speak another European language. @theniceman.bsky.social
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
wonder how much the careless attitude to language learning in schools has played a part in negativity towards Europe.? The embarrassment of not being confident in another language turned us towards America? We need to make it normal to speak another European language. @theniceman.bsky.social
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If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review?
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
🔹 KEMI-DETACHED 🔹
New show:
🍸 Badenoch goes back to the 80s
🤷♀️ But to whom will it appeal?
⏰ Timely god less America
With @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social !
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New show:
🍸 Badenoch goes back to the 80s
🤷♀️ But to whom will it appeal?
⏰ Timely god less America
With @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social !
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Kemi-detached
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 8 October · 1hr 4min
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October 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review?
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
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Russia is pursuing a deliberate strategy of terror.
Trying to make daily life impossible for Ukrainians who want to live in peace.
To protect people and infrastructure, Europe is stepping up.
Others must step up their support too.
link.europa.eu/wVRbcN
Trying to make daily life impossible for Ukrainians who want to live in peace.
To protect people and infrastructure, Europe is stepping up.
Others must step up their support too.
link.europa.eu/wVRbcN
October 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Russia is pursuing a deliberate strategy of terror.
Trying to make daily life impossible for Ukrainians who want to live in peace.
To protect people and infrastructure, Europe is stepping up.
Others must step up their support too.
link.europa.eu/wVRbcN
Trying to make daily life impossible for Ukrainians who want to live in peace.
To protect people and infrastructure, Europe is stepping up.
Others must step up their support too.
link.europa.eu/wVRbcN
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🚨 In case you hadn’t noticed…
…mainstream media is rapidly getting replaced by alternative and grassroots news efforts.
That’s a combination of citizen frustration with mainstream media - an increased ability to DIY in digital media.
So where is it all going? And how do we ensure standards?
…mainstream media is rapidly getting replaced by alternative and grassroots news efforts.
That’s a combination of citizen frustration with mainstream media - an increased ability to DIY in digital media.
So where is it all going? And how do we ensure standards?
October 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM
🚨 In case you hadn’t noticed…
…mainstream media is rapidly getting replaced by alternative and grassroots news efforts.
That’s a combination of citizen frustration with mainstream media - an increased ability to DIY in digital media.
So where is it all going? And how do we ensure standards?
…mainstream media is rapidly getting replaced by alternative and grassroots news efforts.
That’s a combination of citizen frustration with mainstream media - an increased ability to DIY in digital media.
So where is it all going? And how do we ensure standards?
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“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
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As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
October 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
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The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
October 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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There was no way a pol like Burnham would get on the wrong side of public opinion.
Important however to focus on what was said: the only action was to lay out options in a couple of months.
A lot of questions occur like: why not now?
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Important however to focus on what was said: the only action was to lay out options in a couple of months.
A lot of questions occur like: why not now?
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October 5, 2026 at 6:51 AM
There was no way a pol like Burnham would get on the wrong side of public opinion.
Important however to focus on what was said: the only action was to lay out options in a couple of months.
A lot of questions occur like: why not now?
2
Important however to focus on what was said: the only action was to lay out options in a couple of months.
A lot of questions occur like: why not now?
2
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As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party.
Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power.
(Letter, Times)
Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power.
(Letter, Times)
October 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party.
Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power.
(Letter, Times)
Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power.
(Letter, Times)
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Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵
He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
October 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵
He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
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Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal.
We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
October 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal.
We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
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Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean?
World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
October 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean?
World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements…
Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
October 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements…
Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
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A man builds an IED.
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
October 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
A man builds an IED.
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
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I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press."
Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
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Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
October 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
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Fascinating chat with a diplomat from a major European country this wee.
In short, Burnham's speech has not had a big impact.
The position, they say, is that UKG wants broadly speaking full access to the European single market. However:
A 🧵
In short, Burnham's speech has not had a big impact.
The position, they say, is that UKG wants broadly speaking full access to the European single market. However:
A 🧵
October 2, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Fascinating chat with a diplomat from a major European country this wee.
In short, Burnham's speech has not had a big impact.
The position, they say, is that UKG wants broadly speaking full access to the European single market. However:
A 🧵
In short, Burnham's speech has not had a big impact.
The position, they say, is that UKG wants broadly speaking full access to the European single market. However:
A 🧵
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Much of the cheaper foods are ultraprocessed. Therefore before we urge everyone to avoid them we must advocate for an economic system that makes the non processed foods more affordable and/or increase the average person’s affordability. We can’t call the first public health and the second political.
October 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Much of the cheaper foods are ultraprocessed. Therefore before we urge everyone to avoid them we must advocate for an economic system that makes the non processed foods more affordable and/or increase the average person’s affordability. We can’t call the first public health and the second political.
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I have no words🤬🤬
This is what russia is doing to Kyiv.
The moment of a direct strike on the Northern Bridge.
Cars were driving across it at the exact moment of impact. There may be casualties.
This is a bridge full of civilians.
This is what russia is doing to Kyiv.
The moment of a direct strike on the Northern Bridge.
Cars were driving across it at the exact moment of impact. There may be casualties.
This is a bridge full of civilians.
October 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I have no words🤬🤬
This is what russia is doing to Kyiv.
The moment of a direct strike on the Northern Bridge.
Cars were driving across it at the exact moment of impact. There may be casualties.
This is a bridge full of civilians.
This is what russia is doing to Kyiv.
The moment of a direct strike on the Northern Bridge.
Cars were driving across it at the exact moment of impact. There may be casualties.
This is a bridge full of civilians.
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Labour once more attacking the vulnerable and already marginalized. Yes, more needs to be done to help young people, along with others, find employment, but not at expense of disabled people's lives. It's irrelevant someone's age if they need disability support 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Labour once more attacking the vulnerable and already marginalized. Yes, more needs to be done to help young people, along with others, find employment, but not at expense of disabled people's lives. It's irrelevant someone's age if they need disability support 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM.
They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war."
www.politico.eu/article/esto...
They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war."
www.politico.eu/article/esto...
It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister
Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front against Moscow.
www.politico.eu
October 2, 2026 at 7:58 AM
🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM.
They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war."
www.politico.eu/article/esto...
They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war."
www.politico.eu/article/esto...
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Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money.
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
giftarticle.ft.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The United Nation’s supposedly “Independent” AI Panel has financial and personnel ties to Big AI firms, Byline Times has revealed.
In response to this publication's enquiries, the UN has acknowledged possible 'conflicts' of interest.
bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
In response to this publication's enquiries, the UN has acknowledged possible 'conflicts' of interest.
bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
UN Acknowledges 'Conflicts' of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders
The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
bylinetimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The United Nation’s supposedly “Independent” AI Panel has financial and personnel ties to Big AI firms, Byline Times has revealed.
In response to this publication's enquiries, the UN has acknowledged possible 'conflicts' of interest.
bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
In response to this publication's enquiries, the UN has acknowledged possible 'conflicts' of interest.
bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Social Care is affordable in the UK.
Just not Privatised Social Care.
Currently a Social Care Worker is paid £12.60 an hour.
The Council is charged £33.20 an hour.
A huge amount of this is profit which goes completely untaxed.
As you can see this will NEVER be affordable.
Just not Privatised Social Care.
Currently a Social Care Worker is paid £12.60 an hour.
The Council is charged £33.20 an hour.
A huge amount of this is profit which goes completely untaxed.
As you can see this will NEVER be affordable.
September 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Social Care is affordable in the UK.
Just not Privatised Social Care.
Currently a Social Care Worker is paid £12.60 an hour.
The Council is charged £33.20 an hour.
A huge amount of this is profit which goes completely untaxed.
As you can see this will NEVER be affordable.
Just not Privatised Social Care.
Currently a Social Care Worker is paid £12.60 an hour.
The Council is charged £33.20 an hour.
A huge amount of this is profit which goes completely untaxed.
As you can see this will NEVER be affordable.
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My God.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
September 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
My God.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.