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Claire Tee

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Exiled doomster in the North currently between hounds 😢

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Next Sunday (20th) at 2.30 pm I'm talking to Rob Newman at the Bedford Lit Fest about My Name is MacKenzie Bly, ("more good jokes than any novel I've read in years" The Times). I knew Rob way back in radio comedy, so there may be the odd squib of reminiscence… writebytheriver.org
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not bad for a blogger ;) (™ Reform UK)
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More evidence of fighting age men swarming uninvited into our towns.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Channel 4 exposé "will make it even harder for Reform to attract donors, legal or otherwise. And it has given the Labour government the best excuse it ever needed to take money out of British politics." New by me on @zeteo.com UK zeteo.uk/p/anti-forei...
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Anti-Foreigner Reform UK’s Shocking Foreign-Funding Scandal Is a Wake-Up Call
‘We just don’t have British-resident donors,’ a top Nigel Farage ally told an undercover US reporter on camera. Isn’t now a good time to get big money out of UK politics?
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Tamara Bumps in the night @moiness.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Rather than the usual red faced piss heads they now have young, fit men who are training and being disciplined under local leadership. The flag movement was named after the lyrics if the Horst Wessel song. They are dressing all in black (exactly the same as your local disaffected youth).
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘Yet the emergence of Patriot Platform is not necessarily a sign that the far right is getting its way.’ This from @trillingual.bsky.social in @lrb.co.uk is really worth a read www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Daniel Trilling | Masks Off
The emergence of Patriot Platform is not necessarily a sign that the far right is getting its way. Radical right-wing...
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Claire Tee @clairetc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking forward to this. Really enjoyed previous JTs with very credible characterizations of Margery Allingham and Daphne du Maurier, so high expectations. Margaret Rutherford also a wonderful material to work with.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking forward to reading The Nuance Drought by Natasha Devon, which is out on Thursday. She's a force for good. It's about how living in a world of binary choices and polarising narratives affects communities, society, our physical and mental health. Crucial stuff. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Nuance Drought: Reclaiming Truth and Complexity in a Polarised World
The nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives. It dictates the way our politics is done and how the media reports, it affects our physical and mental health, and it impa...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve. It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives It will make us worse off and remove our rights. Just like Brexit. The ECHR belongs to us all. It’s not theirs to take. Please sign www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
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Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.
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Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services
Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — The Dark Money Questions Surrounding Kemi Badenoch’s Net Zero Attacks — Donnachadh McCarthy Onward, whose report underpinned Claire Coutinho's speech tearing up the 2050 target, has taken money from National Grid, Equinor, Shell and BP
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The Dark Money Questions Surrounding Kemi Badenoch's Net Zero Attacks
Onward, whose report underpinned Claire Coutinho's speech tearing up the 2050 target, has taken money from National Grid, Equinor, Shell and BP
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Fireworks are terrifying pets and vulnerable people. Protect the Wild believes they should be restricted to licensed displays.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Say NO to mutualisation of water in England. Under this, shareholders & creditors would become interest-bearing bondholders. New entity would be hobbled by interest payments. Its cost of borrowing be higher than that for the govt. Welsh Water was mutualised, uses 41% of revenue to service debt.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Former director of neoliberal Institute for Fiscal Studies urges disability benefit cuts. Disabled scapegoated for economic problems. Silence on major causes. Wait for 7.3m hospital appointments. Hard to see GP, dentist. Low wages, poor food/housing, economic insecurity. archive.ph/lZEx2
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Cut PIP benefits, top UK economist tells Burnham
Chancellor could also raise capital gains tax and abolish stamp duty, Paul Johnson says
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Sweeping Off the Male Gaze" by illustrator Yuko Shimizu.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do.
An illustration of Lord Chesterfield.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From now on, Canadians will refer to the United States as Epstein Island.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pigeons are among the animals most targeted by catapult attacks. Help protect them by signing below!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK household energy debts hit £6bn, expected to hit £7bn by the end of the year Energy companies making record profits. Disposable incomes eroded, leaving less for essentials. 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. Can't rebuild economy on poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.
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Households in Great Britain ‘could owe energy suppliers £7bn by end of year’
After higher prices for winter kick in, energy debt unpaid for more than 30 days likely to rise, says Energy UK
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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I know I should meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same, but even so I am UTTERLY THRILLED SURPRISED and DELIGHTED with the review of my new book in today’s Sunday Times 😍 I’m taking it very calmly, it’s just low-key business-as-usual chez moi bio.to/QueensAndKings
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
‘Trump has shown how this can be done. And we are already following the US in many respects. Huge political donations. Oligarchic capture. ‘But Britain is not inevitably destined to become the United States’ New by me democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dont-eat-t...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Every year, up to 2,000 young gannet chicks can be killed on Sula Sgeir in the name of tradition. There is no justification for this cruelty. It’s time for the Scottish Government to end the Guga Hunt for good.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The number of known UK enablers of tax avoidance schemes up by 34%. HMRC didn't collect £59bn last yr, £500bn since 2010. 5 enablers prosecuted in 2023-24. In 2025, one firm charged with failing to prevent facilitation of tax evasion, result awaited. Make enablers personally liable for lost taxes
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The number of promoters of tax avoidance schemes in the UK jumps by 34% in a year to 183 - IFA Magazine
The number of known promoters and suppliers of tax avoidance schemes in the UK has increased by 34% in the last year from 137 businesses to 183* (as of June
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Very excited about this!
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Gannet chicks are being killed for nothing more than a delicacy and that is disgusting and unacceptable. It's time for the Scottish Government to permanently outlaw the Guga hunt.
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A perfect puddle on a chair made by overnight rain.
A circle of water (on a grey chair) with some plants and the sky reflected in it.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick has launched an immersive exhibit on puffins and gannets, complete with live cameras on the Bass Rock and Craigleith colonies. PETA has responded, pointing out that the Centre shouldn't celebrate seabirds and serve chicken in the same building.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Remembering that time we catalogued a book about birds and found all the new insults we could ever need.
Entries from Collins Nature Guide to Birds. The entries are:
Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Little Bittern, Rough-legged Buzzard, Great Reed Warbler, Ferruginous Duck, Little Bustard, Red-necked Phalarope, Shoveler, Bearded Tit and Short-toed Treecreeper.
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Angel Poppet and Bertie Race @mrmooandmammykay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to invest in climate resilience, treat nature as essential infrastructure & properly back our fire services! Add your name to the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes. We need the UK Government to invest in climate resilience, treat nature as essential infrastructure, and properly back our ...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Take action: ask the Scottish Government to permanently outlaw the cruel Guga hunt where months-old Gannet seabird chicks are killed for a local delicacy.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
They're not. They are banned in Scotland and Wales, though. Defra has promised to deliver on its commitment to ban snares, but no legislative timeline has been announced. Every month Labour delays, more animals will suffer and die in snares.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/08/2026
Their assets are frozen, construction is suspended, and their deal is under investigation for fraud. SMITE!
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Bless The Albanians Who Stopped Jared And Ivanka
Dear Humans,
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From the 12th of August, they'll be driven into the air, terrified, straight into a line of guns. Beautiful grouse, shot from the sky. For 'sport.' For 'fun.' We call it the Inglorious Twelfth.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Can you believe 254,038 badgers were killed during the badger cull? It's horrific.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat. Is UK ever prepared for emergencies? Covid Flu epidemics Annual water shortages Floods Policing Self-imposed fiscal rules, austerity and inadequate spending has consequences.
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‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Despair is not just wrong. It's irrational. Things can change, at astonishing speed. In fact, the flip might be happening already. My article for the Guardian's climate support campaign. www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 05/08/2026
The We Society podcast is brought to you by @acadsocsciences.bsky.social in association with @nuffieldfoundation.org and the Leverhulme Trust. 🔗 Listen, subscribe & find out more: podfollow.com/the-we-socie...
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The We Society
Beyond the politics, beyond our geography are the intangible connections that hold us together – The We Society.   The We Society podcast is here to tell you about the thousands of ways the Social…
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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's 19 days until the publication of 'My Name is MacKenzie Bly'. There's enough misery in the world, so I wanted to write something purely funny, for the 14 year old who lives in your grown-up heart (or in your actual house). The cover & end-papers are by the incomparable Jim Kay....
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanksi, "We need to look at the £2.7 billion in tax breaks that is given to fossil fuel companies, that should go into jobs in renewables, in nature, in care"
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Evonomics: The Next Evolution of Economics @evonomics.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Author @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: "Their massive tax cuts for the rich, crushing of trade unions, reduction in public housing, deregulation, privatisation, outsourcing and competition in public services were all proposed by Hayek and his disciples." Read more: evonomics.com/ruthless-net...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Healey profiteering warning on food/uel risks row with retailers. Profiteering everywhere: Water, energy, oil, gas, rents, banks, airports, NHS drugs ... Private ownership of essentials leaves govt fewer economic levers. Regulators required to promote growth of their sectors, don't protect people
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Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel risks row with retailers
Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or till
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Devon Docherty, Scottish campaigns manager at Protect the Wild, said refusing a licence was a "victory for compassion, for science and for common sense".
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Scottish islanders refused permission to stage annual guga hunt
Each year hundreds of gannet chicks are killed for their meat on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Tomorrow is decision day on whether the Guga hunt will go ahead - the shocking archaic tradition of beating baby Gannets to death on the Scottish island of Sula Sgeir. We've given everything we can to stop it, and now we can only hope NatureScot make the right choice.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/07/2026
"The Trump regime is trying to usher in a 'Golden Age in Science' where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps." — @snipy.bsky.social
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The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift
Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A major wildfire is tearing through Dunwich Heath, a protected National Trust reserve and vital home to ground-nesting birds and rare reptiles. At the height of summer, its wildlife is in grave danger. The Heath is home to species such as the Dartford warbler, nightjar, woodlark, and adders.
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