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Alison White

@alisonwhite.bsky.social
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Natural dyer and textile crafter. Home baker. Gardener. Supporter of small & local. Re-user & recycler of things. Mother to teenage twins. Cockerpoo slave. Bee keeper.

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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It doesn’t matter what he says, he will be engulfed by calls from the press for an election immediately and constantly if he should become PM. No matter the Tories didn’t have one on their recent many changes of leader. He’ll never be away from that pressure
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The tie knot is twice the size of his collar
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Mr Ethical @ketsudo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
An example of my findings - the Guardian ran an article of a company that had donated £100k to Reform (more than its book value). I suspected money laundering, as I did with the Frinton house purchase. I discovered a director of the company was also director of a company than managed 46a Bishops
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Mr Ethical @ketsudo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Whoops, dodgy sponsors of Reform conference.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/08/2025
‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
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‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
A quarter of a century after our first visit, the Guardian returns to Guédelon to find old-fashioned toil has built “thoroughly modern” architectural laboratory
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Kate @katebattrick.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Dear @thetimes.com Firstly, he’s making it all up on the back of a fag packet. Secondly, he caused (well Johnson et al) all this with Brexit. Thirdly, start being journalists again.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
One significant difference between the fascists of today and those of the 1930s is their use of flags. Whereas the old fascists invented new flags for their cause, the modern fascists follow Putin's example by usirping their existing national flags and abusing them for fascist propaganda.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months 8% of people think it fell Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023 [It is falling further in 2025] Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I’m wondering whether this was gonna be a stitch up job from Vance but the WH found out about it and insisted it was moved to neutralise it.
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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This Saturday, make a difference! Donations get through to Medical Aid Palestine! Directly known organisation! gofund.me/7d16d04d
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
About a 10 yrs ago my husband bought me an overlocker for Christmas from Amazon. Nobody (except maybe sewing school teachers) needs to buy more than one overlocker in their lifetime. Throughout those 10 years, and still now, he regularly receives “overlocker suggestions for you” emails from Amazon
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It’s been a while since I was here but I’ve got a new laying queen following a split, which is always a cause for a small celebration. She’s on this frame. Can you spot her?
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#RecipeOfTheDay is Hot Cross Buns! Admittedly, they’re rather ramshackle Hot Cross Buns – but I really think homemade ones, however inelegant, taste so much lovelier than impeccably shaped shop-bought www.nigella.com/recipes/hot-...
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Hot Cross Buns
I make my hot cross buns slightly smaller than is traditional. Don't know why, just like them that way, but you form them the size you want, please. Just one thing I must be strict about: you do need ...
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If no classified war plans why classified war plan shaped?
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
For such a long time, all we’ve had is windsocks
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Did you eat them one at a time sandwiched between Doritos?
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Of course 🙄
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Listening to this now. How is that Badenock clip you played re strengthening our supply lines, not a call to rejoin (at least some parts of) the EU?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
💥 Well how about that. After years of Brexiteers saying we had to leave the EU to avoid being forced into a European army… … it turns out that Brits are fine with the idea. With the UK explicitly included. A plurality of Tory voters support it - and even a fair chunk of Reform. How times change…
Poll of YouGov data on European army with UK included.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support
Exclusive: Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
You can be sure that if he’d paid anything approaching a reasonable amount, he would have disclosed it and all UK news outlets would have surrounded it in great fanfare. The fact that he has kept quiet speaks volumes
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
GB news shocked that Brits treated exactly the same as other non EU residents
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Say NO to Shein
Ultra-fast fashion brand Shein stands accused of exploiting workers, damaging the environment, and avoiding tax. Yet it is currently ramping up plans to sell its shares on the London Stock Exchange. ...
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 06/02/2025
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will tomorrow permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid. Russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Redefining tantalising as being absolutely unhinged bat shit crazy nonsense
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Appeasement didn’t work in the 1930s and it won’t work now
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I listened to this yesterday. You might find it interesting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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How high can birds fly?
Podcast Episode · CrowdScience · 24/01/2025 · 27m
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Do. Not. Comply.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Uh oh
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Many moons ago, I volunteered with Kid’s Company. It is such a shame their good work was brought to an end by scurrilous false accusations.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
We should say that, thanks to weather warnings, only 2 people died
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
What a ridiculously petty baby he is
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“self-centred obsessives have no concern for the interests of others… …but they apparently understand each other enough to defend their shared privilege.”
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Greedocracy
The malign influence of “the 1%”: what can society or government do to counter the power of excessive wealth?
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Same
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’ve been woken by the wind in the chimney and we are only in the Uk yellow zone. I can’t imagine what you are going through
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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Getting Thames Water ads on YouTube. Can I stupid question. What they actually advertising? I have to use Thames Water. I live in freaking London.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
What a ghoul she is
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Excellent news
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Rob Wood @robwoodecon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
30y gilt yields the lowest, or least high, since January 3. Not sure if I missed the headlines saying a chunk of fiscal credibility had been restored?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Yes I wonder if the guy who's spent the last three months supporting far-right groups was doing a fascist salute it seems so unlike him.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it. Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was. Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
A screenshot of the Die Zeit website. It is a photo of Musk in black and white doing the Hitler “seig heil” salute - but the actual salute is blocked out by blue material on the left hand side of the photo. The headline is underneath.
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Murray Tiptop @murray-tiptop.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
If you're disturbed by what's happening in the USA right now, and in particular, how it's being reported so blandly and unquestioningly here in the UK, this is essential listening. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on point, again. open.spotify.com/episode/0edO...
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Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism yet? – Plus exclusive audiobook excerpt
Origin Story · Episode
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/01/2025
The rules, if you are keeping track: If a single left activist anywhere in the world says "defund the police," it becomes the official position of the Democratic Party, now and forever. If the president's top surrogate repeatedly sieg-heils on stage, it's ambiguous, impossible to interpret.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
He gives them plenty to write about
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I see Melania’s hat brim is wide enough to stop him actually making contact when they kiss
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Alison White @alisonwhite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Cringe
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