Liz
@meejahoar.bsky.social
Yanq-Aussie | longtime UK resident | recovering lawyer | anti-Brexit | pro-EU | liberal progressive | Harris-Welz 2024 | ally | GSOH
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Really useful update from Bob Hawkins on Long Covid in England from the annual GP survey
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September 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Really useful update from Bob Hawkins on Long Covid in England from the annual GP survey
bhawkins3.substack.com/p/long-covid...
bhawkins3.substack.com/p/long-covid...
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"In England, all key indicators increased this week indicating a low but increasing risk of Covid. Test positivity rates are continue to remain highest in London, the West Mids, and Yorkshire & Humberside. Whilst Flu activity is low it is rising earlier than previous years."
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October 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"In England, all key indicators increased this week indicating a low but increasing risk of Covid. Test positivity rates are continue to remain highest in London, the West Mids, and Yorkshire & Humberside. Whilst Flu activity is low it is rising earlier than previous years."
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@pimlicat.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org I’m a week behind catching up with @mrjamesob.bsky.social but just checking you spotted Best for Britain got a shout out on James’ show last Thursday 1 Oct, in the first ten or so minutes, as his favourite!!! think youtu.be/LtZNIKX9UJQ?... is the right show
'Andy Burnham recognises how foolish Brexit was' | James O’Brien - The Whole Show
YouTube video by LBC
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October 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
@pimlicat.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org I’m a week behind catching up with @mrjamesob.bsky.social but just checking you spotted Best for Britain got a shout out on James’ show last Thursday 1 Oct, in the first ten or so minutes, as his favourite!!! think youtu.be/LtZNIKX9UJQ?... is the right show
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September 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Chris Wright now says there may be no deal with Iran after all: "There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it. An agreement may await the next administration in Iran. We simply don't know that."
September 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Chris Wright now says there may be no deal with Iran after all: "There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it. An agreement may await the next administration in Iran. We simply don't know that."
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off” – the late Gloria Steinem RIP
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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September 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off” – the late Gloria Steinem RIP
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It seems odd that law enforcement appears to be unaware of this guy's activities
Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, leader of the blackshirted balaclava-ed paramilitary Patriot Platform gang of ethno-nationalists terrorising Dover, was in court last week on 6 charges including trespass after breaking into Port of Dover to film and shout at boat arrivals in March and April 2026
Anti-migrant activist charged after ‘breaking into port to shout at boat arrivals’
Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, is charged with trespass at Dover port to ‘film and shout at vessels arriving’
www.independent.co.uk
September 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It seems odd that law enforcement appears to be unaware of this guy's activities
soooooooo hope this is true
Current Pope Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, sent out 300 dead rats, after sealing each one in a bag filled with formaldehyde, to DJs around the US as a publicity stunt for the first US release by the Boomtown Rats. He had a summer job in the record company where his aunt worked.
Tell me a fun fact.
September 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
soooooooo hope this is true
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I'm generally happy to give someone like Burnham a bit of time to get things in order but I'm already pretty impatient for an explanation why an octogenarian holding a small protest placard gets a criminal record but 200 people dressed as paramilitaries blockading Dover can just get the train home.
September 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
I'm generally happy to give someone like Burnham a bit of time to get things in order but I'm already pretty impatient for an explanation why an octogenarian holding a small protest placard gets a criminal record but 200 people dressed as paramilitaries blockading Dover can just get the train home.
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2) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything.
The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.
The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.
So in one week:
1) Reform get stung for dodgy finances, and the regulators play pass the parcel about enforcement
2) Farage announces plans to largely dismantle independent scrutiny of govt, and barely any press discussion of it
3) Masked thugs blockade a port, with narry a word from senior govt
1) Reform get stung for dodgy finances, and the regulators play pass the parcel about enforcement
2) Farage announces plans to largely dismantle independent scrutiny of govt, and barely any press discussion of it
3) Masked thugs blockade a port, with narry a word from senior govt
September 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
2) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything.
The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.
The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.
@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social love Vince Cable & edited his Demos pamphlet “The World’s New Fissures” in 1993 but did giggle uncontrollably when he rode straight over your comparing UK membership of TTIP with Australia competing in Eurovision
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“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus
Podcast Episode · Oh God, What Now? · 6 September · 53min
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September 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social love Vince Cable & edited his Demos pamphlet “The World’s New Fissures” in 1993 but did giggle uncontrollably when he rode straight over your comparing UK membership of TTIP with Australia competing in Eurovision
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💥 Yes it’s been one of those highly entertaining days but you don’t want to miss our regular edition with the amazing Baroness Beeban Kidron on her fight to protect kids from big tech.
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💥 With @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @nndroid.bsky.social & @jamesrball.com
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September 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
💥 Yes it’s been one of those highly entertaining days but you don’t want to miss our regular edition with the amazing Baroness Beeban Kidron on her fight to protect kids from big tech.
💥 With @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @nndroid.bsky.social & @jamesrball.com
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💥 With @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @nndroid.bsky.social & @jamesrball.com
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🩵 YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS KLAXON 🩵 Guess who’s been taped by C4 agreeing to donations that break the law? WE KNOW, RIGHT??
🩵 @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are shocked, SHOCKED on our Emergencycast… OUT NOW
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🩵 @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are shocked, SHOCKED on our Emergencycast… OUT NOW
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September 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
🩵 YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS KLAXON 🩵 Guess who’s been taped by C4 agreeing to donations that break the law? WE KNOW, RIGHT??
🩵 @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are shocked, SHOCKED on our Emergencycast… OUT NOW
🩵 Listen now – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🩵 @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are shocked, SHOCKED on our Emergencycast… OUT NOW
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dear Political Fixers, they’re Waspi Women – they may or may not also be ladies but best not to assume
FAO, from a loyal longtime listener @lucyfisher.ft.com @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social #PoliticalFix
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FAO, from a loyal longtime listener @lucyfisher.ft.com @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social #PoliticalFix
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Burnham vs Badenoch: Commons showdown
Podcast Episode · Political Fix · 4 September · 34min
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September 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
dear Political Fixers, they’re Waspi Women – they may or may not also be ladies but best not to assume
FAO, from a loyal longtime listener @lucyfisher.ft.com @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social #PoliticalFix
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there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK
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The five financing scandals facing Reform
Nigel Farage and his party are facing growing scrutiny over transparency and the source of donations
www.ft.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK
www.ft.com/content/0426...
www.ft.com/content/0426...
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Susan Sontag wrote “Notes on ‘Camp’” in 1964 -- the year Dolly Parton graduated high school and moved from the hills of East Tennessee to Nashville. Today, the essay reads as an homage:
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September 2, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Susan Sontag wrote “Notes on ‘Camp’” in 1964 -- the year Dolly Parton graduated high school and moved from the hills of East Tennessee to Nashville. Today, the essay reads as an homage:
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Bring back proper political journalism at the BBC, like this spectacular example from 1975 youtu.be/Sad7CoNTzjE?...
The Goodies- Puppet Government
YouTube video by RandomNostalgicTeenager
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May 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Bring back proper political journalism at the BBC, like this spectacular example from 1975 youtu.be/Sad7CoNTzjE?...
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‘Clear’ breaches of rules by Reform UK pollster, says industry body ft.trib.al/qb4g6fY
‘Clear’ breaches of rules by Reform UK pollster, says industry body
British Polling Council seeking further information from JL Partners following Channel Four News investigation
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September 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
‘Clear’ breaches of rules by Reform UK pollster, says industry body ft.trib.al/qb4g6fY
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Some good news.
Government announcement today: "[We will] now allow victims who entered the UK legally and [who] have been recognised as victims of modern slavery, to undertake work in any occupation for the remaining duration of the visa validity." Aim is to reduce exploitation from rogue bosses
Government announcement today: "[We will] now allow victims who entered the UK legally and [who] have been recognised as victims of modern slavery, to undertake work in any occupation for the remaining duration of the visa validity." Aim is to reduce exploitation from rogue bosses
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
September 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Some good news.
Government announcement today: "[We will] now allow victims who entered the UK legally and [who] have been recognised as victims of modern slavery, to undertake work in any occupation for the remaining duration of the visa validity." Aim is to reduce exploitation from rogue bosses
Government announcement today: "[We will] now allow victims who entered the UK legally and [who] have been recognised as victims of modern slavery, to undertake work in any occupation for the remaining duration of the visa validity." Aim is to reduce exploitation from rogue bosses
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
August 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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Parliamentary motion against Mahmood's vicious immigration reforms gathering further signatures. Think it's pretty clear there's going to be concessions but they'd need to go very far indeed for the plan to be even halfway acceptable
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Mahmood's 'hardline' immigration reforms hit by growing rebellion
More Labour MPs to publicly oppose Home Secretary's changes to indefinite leave to remain
inews.co.uk
September 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Parliamentary motion against Mahmood's vicious immigration reforms gathering further signatures. Think it's pretty clear there's going to be concessions but they'd need to go very far indeed for the plan to be even halfway acceptable
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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I can't quite believe I'm saying this but PMQs just became appointment viewing. It's basically a parable about whether one man can change the system or whether the system will change him
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Hopeless Badenoch is a terrible leader – but she got one thing right about Burnham
Ian Dunt: Andy Burnham promised to change PMQs. Then reality bit
inews.co.uk
September 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I can't quite believe I'm saying this but PMQs just became appointment viewing. It's basically a parable about whether one man can change the system or whether the system will change him
inews.co.uk/opinion/hope...
inews.co.uk/opinion/hope...
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intriguing… “Bayeux Tapestry deal could pave way for Parthenon marbles loan, says British Museum head”
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Bayeux Tapestry deal could pave way for Parthenon marbles loan, says British Museum head
Institution will ‘always remain open for dialogue’ around contested artworks, says Nicholas Cullinan
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August 29, 2026 at 11:50 PM
intriguing… “Bayeux Tapestry deal could pave way for Parthenon marbles loan, says British Museum head”
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