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Annie Holland

@annierholland.bsky.social
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Dual national(European/Aus). SRN/LLB, spent a lot of time on my feet in both jobs. Wanna die an European, try to keep up to date, always looking for hope in things. FFP3s always. Flags in my window = 🇦🇺🇪🇺 + St. Piran’s

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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Brexit is not too toxic to be reopened”. Get reading people. Bang on point as always.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not before time. Could be interesting……
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“And there is no obvious sign that rain is imminent.” @chrisgrey.bsky.social he’s back blogging. Hurrah.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Few regs are perfect imo but regulation protects us……..get reading. The Bear sets this out so well.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Refuk with no corporate brain just idiot bait
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
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Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
More costs, no additional funding into the NHS, no gvmt assessments (or those they’re prep’d to publish and it makes the UK a less attractive venue for……. In this instance drug trials but hey, just add that to the the list…. @chrisgrey.bsky.social
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi Reform UK "While we're on the topic and producing leaflets for men in order to help reduce crime - let's not forget the quickest way to reach criminals & reduce crime in the UK would be to produce a leaflet for wh|te Br|t|sh men reminding them of their civil responsibilities" via Expose Racism
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If this is so, it surely follows that X should now be considered a threat to national security.
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Evening Possums 😂
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The usual superb commentary on the past 2 weeks. Read it for that and because it’s the last we’re likely to see before September. (Until then and have a great break)
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My money’s on Count Binface. For something much more erudite, get tucked in to the latest from @chrisgrey.bsky.social
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Conservatives are for "the super rich" says Robert Jenrick, whose own campaigns have been funded by a billionaire Israeli mining heir and a firm controlled by a sanctioned oligarch
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
There's been lots on the 10th anniversary of the referendum, but this by @zoegrunewald.bsky.social is especially good
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/06/2026
A brilliant read for anyone still in any doubt about the impact of Brexit - and how we’re still not facing it head on.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
LOL……..well I did 😂
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Spot on as always. Despair covers it.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Exactly this
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Another example of this government & this PM having disconnected from the populace. Why don’t they get it ie allowing X to exist is not compatible with democracy. Promote safety ffs
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am old enough to remember the Ian Huntley riots when people went out in fury at a White man who raped and murdered two schoolgirls. Except of course nobody did, and if it happened now nobody would. The outrage is selective to their racism, and everybody sees it.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Don't look away from this. Fascists setting neighborhoods on fire. Dragging people out of their houses. We need to recognize that this isn't just something happening elsewhere, this is what the future looks like if we don't change it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteI...
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Fires started in Belfast as suspect charged over knife attack | The UK Tonight
YouTube video by Sky News
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A wholly realistic appraisal, as always and therefore, read on…..
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Funny and true! www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain
Whether it’s the traditional boiled diet, a dental epidemic or white-winged extremism, Patrick Gathara explains why political turmoil is engulfing the UK
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“The debate which has never really gone away” continues……. @chrisgrey.bsky.social in Byline Times
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Chris Grey (@chrisgrey.bsky.social)
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I’ll take us back in (Tory boy Wes) I won’t take us back in (Manchester mayor). The sensationalist media (all media)are all over it like it’s a reality soap opera, will be for months or more and that troubles me deeply. Sigh
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Much to think about here……read on
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Exactly
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Well well. That biased…..
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Red Cross volunteer…….
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Exactly this….
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hope. I’m very keen on that……read on folks, it’s Brexitblog day. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-pr...
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A pregnant pause
<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Where we are in a nutshell: shrinking and further to go. Truly, a “must read”.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Grrrrrrr
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It’s an inside job
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I suppose there's no point looking for logic, but (assuming it even happens) this simply adds to the economic damage of Iran's blockade, effectively making it a joint Iran-US operation. So another masterpiece of Generalship from Trump. edition.cnn.com/2026/04/12/w...
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Live updates: Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks end without deal | CNN
President Donald Trump said the US Navy will start preventing ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, after US-Iran peace talks ended without agreement. Follow for live updates.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Yes please
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catsinfrance @catsinfrance.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
How very dare forrins dictate that we must identify what type of marmalade we have! We British don't need... Oh...
Orange marmalade labelled as such. Lemon and lime marmalade labelled as such Orange, lemon and grapefruit marmalade labelled as such.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This pulls so much together…..
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
In a blatant act of provocation yesterday, Sadiq Khan allowed Christians to perform the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square - a disgraceful show of dominance by a religion from the middle east.
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Go on, smile
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Annie Holland @annierholland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I remain of the view that Cameron was a closet brexiter.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
according two other EU diplomats. The aim, they said, was to coordinate action. /ends
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
renewables and nuclear power to boost energy security, and support for COM's proposal to boost biofuels, according to one person involved in the talks who spoke about the closed-door discussions on condition of anonymity. Expectations of concrete action going into the meeting were low,
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Since the U.S. and Israel launched the first attacks on Iran over a month ago, oil and gas prices have soared as much as 70 % as a 1/5 of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas supply has been stuck in the Persian Gulf. Talks included discussion of the need for state aid, increased
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
a package of EU-level measures in the near future. His comments come as fears grow that the world faces a major energy crisis exceeding even the 1970s oil shock that could have global economic ramifications comparable to the #coronavirus #pandemic. /6
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Longer term, he urged EU MS to double down on building more renewables, saying "this must be the time we finally turn the tide and truly become energy independent." Tuesday's talks between ministers ended with no concrete proposals, although Jørgensen promised @ec.europa.eu would be announcing
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