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Tracey L

@bluenotgrey.bsky.social
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Retired teacher, Lesbian, Green and politically active and trying hard not to rant Live near the sea, love reading, films and theatre. Always meaning to stretch my legs outdoors more...

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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There is a lot one can do with the "fuck you, make me" approach when the government is trying to do bad public policy. Keep resisting!
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So pleased that nuclear weapons can support our economic growth... That purpose seems equal to defence purpose. Feels like we are back in the 80s ... Next step invite US to put nuclear missiles back on UK bases www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham
Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacement
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Anyone else thinking that Burnham is " all over the place" ?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Everytime I get on a bus now I will remember that someone in the developing world is subsidising me!
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Funding bus fare cap from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham told
Proposal ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK directorr
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Badenochs 5C qualities for Conservative MPs not rocket science (charismatic, clever, communication skills, conservative and committed) and all but 1 desirable for all MPs? Green Party 5Gs harder to fashion? Suggestions?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social A fragrant orchid on Kent downs chalk
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Screamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 11/06/2026
Excellent letter to the new health sec.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
BREAKING: Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive (CW: transphobic language) "biological and trans women will continue to use the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond, and biological and trans men will continue to use the Highgate Men’s Pond. The Hampstead Mixed Pond is open to everyone"
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Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive spaces as City Corporation agrees future access policy
Kenwood Ladies’ Pond and Highgate Men’s Pond to remain trans inclusiveCity of London Corporation committees take decision on future access policy for Hampstead Heath’s Bathing PondsUpgrades to toilets...
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Elon Musk funded a far right rally in London and this government still uses his social media network lol. Beyond laughable
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Guess what?Burnham going to campaign on " change". Even if a good strategy based on his mayor record, maybe needs to find another word?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Increasingly Burnham is Starmer Mk2 with a tiny bit more personality. Time for Green Party to unequivocally replace this version of Labour. Much talk of progressive alliance but who could GP ally with?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Dear Mr.Starmer I have an interesting life. Can I have job please?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
3 1/2 weeks till local elections in Hastings, my lovely home town. Green led council at stake. So much vileness around, inc visit from Braverman. (Farage anticipated.) My 1st Vote Green stake board stolen and 2nd smashed to pieces. Makes me more determined to get this thing won.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Looking good for Greens in London, incl Lewisham my old patch. Says Greens might struggle to find enough candidates - I dont think so..Not my experience in my local party. Affording to campaign may be an issue so pleeeese donate to local crowdfunders! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London
Exclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 27/02/2026
The Greens are offering a different kind of politics – one that offers a sense of solidarity, camaraderie, and agency in an age of individualism. Contests like this don’t just give us hope. They make us feel we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ground...
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The Ground Game is Back
In an era of fractured politics and collapsing trust, grassroots organising offers the left a path to victory.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Like the bit that says women mps calling for woman deputy doesn't go far enough - Labour needs a woman PM! ( PS I am Green so on one hand shouldn't care. But my sense of where the left still is in 2026 runs deep...)
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Union chief calls for Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer or risk Labour defeat to Reform UK
Exclusive: TSSA general secretary wants Rayner to take charge after Gorton byelection which she expects party to lose
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Starter looking stupid. The continued contact with Epstein after conviction should have been enough. Toast. How ironical if Starmer forced to resign (sooner or ) later when he blocked Burnham.
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PM says he knew when giving Mandelson US job he had kept ties with Epstein after conviction
Starmer defends ambassador appointment, saying he was lied to ‘repeatedly’ about extent of contact between pair
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-... This expresses so well the increduluty that so many have felt over the years. And in Times interview with Katy Ball Mandelson is again talking about returning to public life in some capacity. A narcissist & megalomaniac.
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Peter Mandelson will haunt Labour
The mere mention of his name will be a gift to Starmer’s opponents
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
BBC News - Gorton and Denton by-election: Charlotte Cadden chosen as Tory candidate - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Increasingly diff to tell diff between Tory and Reform! (& another thing, bearing in mind she is member of Sex Matters, with that look, bet she gets challenged in loos)
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Gorton and Denton by-election: Charlotte Cadden chosen as Tory candidate
The retired detective says she wants
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Redkite Traveller @redkite-traveller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is spectacular.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Please defect Liz. Way to seriously damage Reform. Line up the lettuces.
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Red meat, no lettuce: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend private lunch after week of Tory defections
Meal at Mayfair club took place on day Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised former PM’s mini-budget
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Carole Cadwalladr, "He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure" "He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right" "What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/01/2026
URGENT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. We must stop them. Use our tool and tell the MPs to stand up for what's right ✊ goodlaw.social/945cd5
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Martin Farley 🔰 @martinfarley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people 🟢Grn - 20.5% 🔴Lab - 20.3% ⚫Ref - 20.1% 🔵Con - 15.5% baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
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Siobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Labour Delenda Est Most transphobic party and PM I've experienced, and I was alive for Thatcher "bUt ReFoRm" i don't care lol. You're worse than them, because you are doing this to us NOW, for no reason.
Tweet from Joani Reid, Labour MP for East Kilbride:

Proud to meet four heroes in Parliament today.
Sandie Peggie, the Darlington Nurses and Jennifer Melle.
They have shown tremendous courage and bravery in challenging a warped ideology and a culture of virtue signalling that rewards institutional cowardice.
Thankfully, the tide is turning and they are being vindicated. Solidarity. ✊🏻

Then a photo of her meeting the Darlington Nurses
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Ah thanks to Scottish sec on Newsnight I now know that Trump's crazy declarations are just his negotiating style. That's a relief..
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Behind a pay wall but you get the gist.
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How to Understand Trump’s Obsession With Greenland
Erratic though the president may sound, the Trumpian worldview is comprehensible.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 17/01/2026
“Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address,”
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Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Well there's a surprise. We kept telling you Kier that it would end in tears! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We need Zack in parliament ASAP. Let's hope the next by election is not one engineered to get Andy Burnham into parliament.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Starmer facing fresh challenge as Labour MPs condemn asylum plans
Significant divisions exposed within party as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This is Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales. Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage. Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence. Repost and make him famous.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/education/20... These parents, apart from behaving ridiculously, can't possibly be paying enough tax. 180 000 pounds pa would pay for 4 or 5 experienced teachers. Madness
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Smart money: family offers £180,000 a year for tutor to get one-year-old into Eton
Family seeks tutor from ‘socially appropriate background’ who can provide infant with ‘comprehensive British cultural environment’
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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it.
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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Pretty evident that this is already happening. Surrounded by three hard right wingers on tonight’s #bbcqt the Labour guy was basically invisible, he let Zack do all the work of standing up against bigotry - well, Zack and a hearteningly decent Shrewsbury audience.
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I'm sorry to harp on, but how can Kemi Badenoch *possibly exist* in a party alongside a guy who complains about not seeing enough white faces. How is that possible?
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RN Mahli @rafiamahli.com · 01/10/2025
Any countries with their people just abducted by Israel should do this also. Come on, people, this isn’t hard!
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Please share
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is so chilling. Mass intimidation of public employees to make them quit. Gov says it wants them to wake up not wanting to go to work and feel trauma! Thought I was reading extract from dystopian novel
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US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
In case you LGB without the T types are still under any illusions, the right are coming for you too in entirely predictable news
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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Particularly insane right now that almost every MP and journalist has an active X account when musk is very deliberately trying to undermine U.K. democracy. It’s like saying you’re only a member of the KKK for the networking opportunities. This has to stop - they must close their accounts now.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... In case there is any doubt that Charlie Kirk was FAR right!
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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Obv don't condone shooting or celebration of shooting, but the houndingand arrest of protestors dissenting from Trump's agenda chilling. And of course this president acting like a dictator visiting next week...
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US officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk death
Deputy secretary of state says ‘foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors’
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 10/09/2025
Cannot be stressed enough that there is a crucial and fundamental aspect of the Jeffrey Epstein story that directly corresponds with the Jimmy Savile story, to wit: Everybody knew.
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Can Mandelson break records for number of times one man can be sacked or resign?
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Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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CBI boss calls for Rachel Reeves to tear up Labour’s manifesto pledge on tax
Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people
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