Reposted by RachelEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 3hDespite appearances, the Conservative Party is not a cult. Cults are good at recruiting new members. 1132
Reposted by RachelIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 3hHaving now had twenty-odd years of social media depleting our stocks of sanity, like overfishing North Sea cod, I think now might be a good time for a strict social media quota for about 20 years or so, to let stocks recover. 511122
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 4hFinally someone with the guts to acknowledge the problem and welcome a mitigation, rather than just championing the status quo in order to protect their own role (see article for two examples of the latter). 110
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 12hPQ leader Plamondon using post-Brexit UK growth as a justification for promising yet another independence referendum. #québec #partiquébecois 🇨🇦 100
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Anyone who has ever complained about French people speaking to them in English instead of French, just come to northern Quebec… 000
Reposted by RachelLindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today’s Canadian painting is “Austin, Eastern Townships, PQ” painted by Nora Collyer in 1976. 18615
Reposted by RachelDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/09/2026It seems like the police are assuming the far-right losers are 'looking for an excuse' to do more damage and so must be given maximum space. In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences. 25469122
Reposted by RachelJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A job is only a job if it involves physical objects, preferably turning one into another or changing its location. 6194
Reposted by RachelDom Weldon @domweldon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026On at least the fourth here. My favourite thing about the new turn to vote for them to avoid "a Labour government with no Green MP" is how it conveniently/willfully ignores their entire existing parliamentary party of five MPs. Shortened argument on a leaflet? Sure. But also screams of his ego. 0112
Reposted by RachelJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428091169
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And international shoppers at nearby Bicester Village. 010
Reposted by RachelRichard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026quite something this paragraph. 631140523
Reposted by RachelBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The merits or demerits of the asylum seeker base aside, you might imagine from listening to the BBC that Piddington was an isolated rural village as opposed to already right next to HMP Bullingdon and a bunch of army bases. 931791
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Nandy pandering to people who would ‘repatriate’ her in the blink of an eye. 020
Reposted by RachelLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I agree. Pathetic, also stupid. It’s endorsing a propaganda stunt from people who will always be your political enemies. 45711
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As someone* write many moons ago, it might not be such a great idea for ex-police officers to become Police and Crime Commissioners… wp.me/p3frNz-em www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... *coughs #caveatelector #notpolicebbc.co.ukNorfolk PCC reveals priority pledges despite tour backlashColin Sutton says he is not under house arrest and can fulfil his role during the 127-date tour. 000
Reposted by RachelDavid Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026static.klipy.comYou're Joking, Not Another One!ALT: You're Joking, Not Another One! 141
Reposted by RachelOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Irish came out in their thousands in Dublin today, to welcome Trump to Ireland in their own idiosyncratic fashion. #SpeirGorm 1026281
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Jeez, looks like I’m going to have to rewrite my will to include a share for HMT. 000
Reposted by RachelChris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Photographs of the Port Meadow Bailey bridge at different seasons. 3122
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Gen X vaguely watching Party in the Park. Mr DR: Crikey, Jim Kerr looks a lot older. Me: And do you know why that is? *stares into mirror* 021
Reposted by RachelRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 371010469
Reposted by RachelWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Activists? Activists? 60941179
Reposted by RachelGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"will you have a cup of tea before you go Mr President?"static.klipy.comWoman Holding 'Keep Going' SignALT: Woman Holding 'Keep Going' Sign 3966
Reposted by RachelKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/09/2026"protestors" scumbags www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPoole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteersThe museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop. 310910
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Missing the ‘both’, the ‘dramatic’ and the ‘revolutionary’ options. 010
Reposted by RachelRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI 531278313
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026People who say that seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in London is a ‘dream come true’ should really have made the modest effort to see it in Bayeux with far fewer people & for much less money. (The last time I saw it, in early 2018, we were the only two people in the viewing chamber). #newsnight 110
Reposted by RachelSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Famously, women in burqas block ports and roads, and right wing folks would be very relaxed about it if they did 210831
Reposted by RachelJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 07/09/2026If only there were some legal term for where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety. 16361115
Reposted by RachelJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We have a government too terrified to call violent criminals violent criminals. 181
Reposted by RachelSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals. 401643616
Reposted by RachelChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I gotta say, I'm increasingly not fond of Tommy Robinson's best bud, Danny Tommo and I didn't even know who he was until yesterday 3958
Reposted by RachelChris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Keep pre-AI books. If you don't need them, the next generation surely will 1118
Reposted by RachelJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026There's a lot of people, from the parliamentary party downwards who have just not clocked how radical Farage is, and how that is accelerating, and think a Reform government will essentially be rebadged bog standard Toryism. 2231980
Reposted by RachelChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One thing Labour really needs to get through its head is that government has huge agenda setting capability. If the prime minister or home secretary calls these people what they are that will form parts of headlines and the like. We saw this under Starmer when the correct response finally came 625564
Rachel @dorsetrachel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Old enough to remember when this was an ambition not a curse. 042
