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Debbie Eade

@debbieeade.bsky.social
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Happily retired journalist & translator, Andalucía. Flâneuse 🙂. Travel, Nature, Cats, Politics, Languages, Books, Wine (not necessarily in that order 😉). Activist in Spain's Historical Memory movement.

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Casa de la Memoria La Sauceda @casadelamemoria.bsky.social · 6h
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Una movilización popular para bajar el precio del alquiler de viviendas hace 90 años – Casa de la Memoria La Sauceda
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 8h
This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
My photo shows detail from an ancient Greek red-figure kylix (drinking cup) of a young man shown in profile seated on a stool facing right. He wears a knee length cloak (himation) over his left shoulder, which is shown in folds around his waist and upper legs. His right shoulder, chest, and arms are bare. His dark hair is short, and he wears a band around his head. He is looking down at an open rectangular wax writing tablet which he is supporting in his left hand above his lap. In his right hand he holds a metal stylus pen poised over the writing tablet. The wooden writing tablet is hinged like a book and, from this angle, resembles a modern laptop. The figure is part of a scene depicting school lessons in ancient Athens, painted by Douris around 480 BC. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 9h
I'm not a member of the Green Party 🤷‍♀️ Just a bystander interested in politics. You'd be better off complaining to someone in the Greens...
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 12h
You might want the party to move national politics to safer ground but it has just opened up a minefield, and ignoring that is not going to make it go away.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15h
"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace
The Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know 😳
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"how hard he fights for humanity" 🤔😳 Seriously??? 🤣
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, I only just made it, too!
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
According to Cruella's definition I am as English as it is possible to be, but...yeh...not thrilled about it...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 02/10/2026
Before people learned music with 'do re mi', the sequence once began with 'ut' as the lowest note. The absolute lowest note recognised in medieval music was 'Γ ut', with the Greek letter gamma, and 'Γ ut' came to refer to the full range of possible notes. This is behind the phrase 'run the gamut'.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do people really not get quite how pernicious this ethno-nationalism is? I mean, this is *evil* stuff.
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And so should the 3 million Brits abroad, including nearly two-thirds of us in EU27, who were deliberately denied a vote last time but have Votes For Life now....
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A 2,000 year-old bottle with a skirt...beautiful 😍
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
3 million of the 5 million Brits abroad, including nearly two-thirds of us in EU27, were denied a vote in the referendum but we have Votes For Life now. Many will scream that we shouldn't be allowed to vote in a second referendum, so that's an interesting conundrum....
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
Shocking.
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their confer
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Clown Makeup Transformation
ALT: Clown Makeup Transformation
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meanwhile, the hare is up and running, in both the US & UK, that 'terrorists have been released on bail' (with a side order of 'two-tier justice, what about 'Tommo'?' nonsense) and will no doubt lodge in section of public memory (along with e.g. 'cat prevents deportation' that still does the rounds)
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must admit I am having a very English chortle in anticipation of Farage's reaction if that does turn out to be the case...!
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Oakeshott has joined the chat. I’m assuming that there will now be requests for the Domesday book to be brought out for a search. I can’t imagine what she’s going to do when she realises they’re out on bail.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 28/09/2026
This is…very much not in line with Donald Trump's comments last night. Which could get interesting later. The investigation is still ongoing, of course. But the fact police have given bail does seriously change things.
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It appears to be so, and is extremely annoying to read!
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How very weird....
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Even worse, it's now being claimed that it's the hallmark of the superiority of "our race" to make such speculations. Beyond belief.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Farage (et al) literally panting for Fairford to be linked to asylum seekers and, as usual, the ludicrous demand for immediate information with totally irresponsible implication that the absence of such information is suspect.
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😡😡😡
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Memorial in Oxford to the 31 volunteers from Oxfordshire who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, 6 of whom were killed:. In stone, the clenched fist crushing a scorpion, symbolising the poison of fascism and the 3-point star of th International Brigades 📷 BulgeUwU (Wiki)
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm reading it at the moment. I have to keep putting it down to assimilate what I have just read, and keep muttering OMG in a shocked voice...
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thread:
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I agree with this about Trump. But not just Trump. His whole corrupt, wicked administration. Because they know that it is when they lose power they will then face the reckoning they deserve & they will do everything they can to prevent that loss of power. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The MAGA US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has blurted out how America interferes in European politics. At a private dinner in Athens in March 2026, Guilfoyle said of the collapse of the Romanian government: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”, the WSJ reports.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reform UK's new 'Small Boats Watch' app is not only cruel, it is in clear violation of Apple and Google’s rules and must be removed immediately. You can take action now: bestforbritain.org/take-action/...
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Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tice isn't as clever as Farage, who understands that he has to at least pretend not to support these thugs
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lethargy in place of strategy. New post on my fortnightly Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at the urgent lessons from the Reform mega-donations, Piddington, and the growth of the far right; reset inertia; and the real lessons from Canada & Carney: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/leth...
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why did she make a video from the café at Auschwitz anyway? Who was it for? Does she think she's an influencer? 🤭🤣
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 25/09/2026
You may have seen social media posts misrepresenting the Labour candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, Sagal Abdi-Wali, as an asylum seeker. Ms Abdi-Wali came to the UK as a child refugee in the 1990s, and is now listed as a British citizen. fullfact.org/politics/Sag...
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WTF? 🤷‍♂️
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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bless their little cotton socks, as my Mum used to say - at the end of their puny little white legs, in this case 🤣 Prats 🙄
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I mean I know it's bad and the govt should say more about it. But god it's also pathetic. 100 twats in their crappy homemade outfits.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So they're now talking about attacking the system of policing and law. Arrest these f*ckers. Stop bowing down to them and dancing around them.
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