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Ann Harries

@annharries.bsky.social
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Dog lover, crisp aficionada, sometime French teacher and proud European living in SW🇫🇷.Labour voter who is beginning to despair of her country s lurch to the right. 🍉🇪🇺DMs blocked

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 20h
The 'triple lock' would be these three in prison
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@newsagents.co.uk Not quite sure why you think that you can't remove VAT in the EU • Spain: Cut fuel VAT from 21% down to 10%. • Poland: Reduced fuel VAT from 23% down to 8%. • EU Rules: Allowed minimum rates down to 5%. So you might not be able to remove it entirely, but you can certainly drop it
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You should prosecute politicians when they break the small laws, because you won’t have the chance later, when they break the big ones.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... And only last week he was shaking hands with that other antisemite Nigel Farage and planning to repatriate asylum seekers. C'est un branleur de première catégorie
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National Rally’s Jordan Bardella rails at ‘war’ on party after antisemitism claims
President of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party faces calls to resign over comments he allegedly wrote as a teenager
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today’s speech at Labour conference by Andy Burnham sets a direction and plan of action that is true Labour.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay, I want to say that Andy Burnham has more about him than I gave him credit for. He feels like my kind of labour politician and I feel enfranchised again.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So so sick of hearing pensioners my age complaining about the idea of altering the triple lock. I don't even live in the UK and I think we need to do something with social care. Why are people so fucking selfish?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If I never hear from Sharon Graham, ever again, it will be several months too soon. She is typical of the intellectual dishonesty plaguing this country, which demands radical change, but objects to anything actually changing.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Israel does not have right to close UK consulate in Jerusalem, Foreign Office advised
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says Israel is not entitled to shut mission in occupied Palestinian territory
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mstblue⭐️⭐️ @mstblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No threat but masked men in black get a pass. The Labour Party & Andy Burnham need to sort this out.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just when you think Netanyahu has plumbed the depths, he manages to find a trap door to an even lower level.
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drekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Who ok’d helping fund hamas? We could define that as a “buddy”
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drekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll shows
The Associated Press survey found growing dissatisfaction with Israel's wartime leadership, even as the New York mayor remains divisive over his views on Israel
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Israel are biggest child killers in the world for the 4th year in a row. But still some people don't know it's a genocide. (They claim)
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well done Macron for talking about double standards when it kind of countries in the Middle East, and sticking up for Lebanon and Palestine in Syria. Netanyahu s ears must’ve been burning.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a very alarming 🧵
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
U.N. Live Updates: Trump Says He Faces Choice to Make a Deal or ‘Annihilate’ Iran www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... So well said King Abdullah. Contrasts rather sharply with the American president threatening to annihilate another country which is a war crime in itself.
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U.N. Live Updates: Trump Says He Faces Choice to Make a Deal or ‘Annihilate’ Iran
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
substack.com/@marqvee/not... Dear God what has Israel become?
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Marquee™️ (@marqvee)
Israeli Terrorist Cops “arrest” a 13 year old Palestinian girl. Beat her up and drag her viciously. According to Israeli law she can be detained without charges indefinitely. As per the newest Isr...
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Morning Kitten
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Holy shit I just saw a post about a company that is making washers and dryers with knobs and buttons. No screens, no shitzillion settings, no annoying little electronic song when it’s done. Could it be? They’re realizing we don’t need our laundry machines to post to Twitter or send faxes?
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still RAPTORfan @stillraptor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason | Editorial
Editorial: Politicians who threaten filmmakers rather than investigate alleged military crimes expose not strength but a leadership frightened of the evidence
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In the last decade, the IDF prosecuted one (1) soldier for unlawfully killing a Palestinian in the occupied territories. Elor Azaria served 9 months in prison. Today Israel's president, Yitzhak Herzog, pardoned him and expunged his criminal record. A clear message of 100% impunity.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The fascists have been successful in getting Portsmouth lifeboat station closed down because they hate brown people being saved from dying.
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are thugs being thugs, not legitimate protests
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s... We will be poorer without her
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on current affairs shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are the Tories making plans for the dead to keep working?
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... Well in that case we’re definitely fucked
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Trump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEO (Gift Article)
The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I may have received £72 million, but at least I wasn't given a pair of glasses and some football tickets.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LEFT: Donald Trump today, dozing off as the names of those who died on 9/11 are read. RIGHT: Joe Biden today, paying respects to those lost on 9/11. Who's "sleepy" now, loser?
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
thelefthook.substack.com/p/breaking-n... They kept saying that they wouldn’t end the war until they got their hostages back and Hamas offered unconditionally on day one to return all the civilian hostages it’s just fucking unbelievable
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Breaking: Netanyahu Ignored Warnings of Oct 7 Attack!
A bombshell report alleges Netanyahu deliberately ignored repeated warnings of the October 7th attack and rebuffed Hamas’s offer to release civilian hostages.
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ben Jennings on the Bayeux tapestry – cartoon
The medieval artefact, currently on loan from France, has gone on display at the British Museum in London
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... I hope the Israelis themselves put Netanyahu in prison. He knew about the attack before it happened and he rejected an offer to release all of the hostages an utter bastard if not of course the Hague beckons
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What’s on earth is going on at The i Paper? They have articles about the Sussex’s every single bloody day. They’re not particularly hatchet jobs but it’s just weird given that it’s supposed to be a sensible paper not a tabloid.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As if we are in 1880 Plonsk. Eretz Israel is a mythical legendary land. There's a rumour that some Arabs, god forbid, live there, but that can't be true, and we don't have to worry about that. Acknowledgment that 50% of people under Israeli rule are Palestinians (and not Jews) would be welcome.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/09/2026
Well, look at that.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They say that the best lies are always built around a kernel of truth. In this case, the fact that it will eventually take two strong uniformed men, to drag Trump away kicking and screaming, while everything around him is on the brink of collapse.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of those two looks like an invasion to me.
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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Andy Burnham has said funding national security 'can’t come at the expense of social security' at his second appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions
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Burnham suggests he won't slash benefits to fund defence in PMQs clash
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Really important from Ed Miliband. The Chief Rabbi’s position essentially means there can never be any criticism of Israeli government actions.
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Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live
UK foreign secretary ‘regrets’ Israel’s response to ban on trade with illegal settlements but ‘proud’ of his actions
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