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Suzi

@henwraigaffon.bsky.social
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Parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, politics left of centre, pro Green policies, pro EU membership.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent. Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
BREAKING 📰 More than 130 scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges composed of only six words – “We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action” Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno are among the signatories www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges
Exclusive: Prominent figures risk arrest with message of support for proscribed group before next week’s appeal hearing
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/04/2026
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'm Jewish. I condemn genocide. I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide. The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
Starmer slams Polanski over "disgraceful" Antisemitism comments.
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The UK will never be able to claim to be a genuine democracy while an unelected 2nd chamber remains to undermine its most fundamental principle. A corrupt absurdity, rewarding far too many people who deserve public opprobrium, not a taxpayer funded lifetime sinecure.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The unelected Lords has a history of doing this sort of thing. A stain on democracy. humanists.uk/2026/04/24/a...
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Assisted Dying Bill falls in the House of Lords
The Assisted Dying Bill has failed in the House of Lords due to a deliberate filibuster by a small number of peers opposed to the principle of assisted dying. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision de...
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Of course, if you are that self serving Farage person travelling to Europe as an MEP is fine for a huge salary and pension.
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Funny cartoon from Australia, click on it to see the whole thing
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Nuclear power! Have we finally found a useful use for it? Let’s ask a wolf | First Dog on the Moon
The huge area around Chernobyl has become an enormous wildlife reserve! And many creatures are thriving
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
So despite a strong & consistent majority of the British publc supporting assisted dying for the terminally ill, a 'tiny handful' of unelected peers has sabotaged it. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Not democratic’: opponents and backers of assisted dying bill remain divided
Recriminations continue over failure to bring in new laws allowing assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Whoops… i wonder how on earth that could possibly happen!!!? Ask Wes Streeting or better still Palantir!! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website
Technology minister tells Commons ‘de-identified’ information from UK Biobank advertised for sale on Alibaba
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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"So why is this not all over the news? Why is it not the top priority for the governments that claim to protect us from harm? Well, in large part because oligarchic power has championed a model of climate impact that bears little relation to reality"
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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"Policies matter more than headlines. Make your decision on facts, not noise Voting is a choice. Make it an informed one." via The Daily Scar
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patinate.bsky.social @patinate.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Prime Minister’s plan to offer rapid routes to settlement for those earning six-figure salaries whilst punishing and making lower-paid workers wait appears to be based on the notion that care workers are “low-skilled” because they are low-paid - its an absolute disgrace youtu.be/DI1arGGNP50?...
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THE PRIME MINISTERS SHOCKING & SHAMEFUL IMMIGRATION PLAN AND WHY WE MUST OPPOSE IT
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS Nothing to see or everything to see Palantir must be removed from the NHS
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A quote I found on Facebook, from the ancient Greek philosopher. Diogenes: “Beating your chest in blind pride for the dirt you happen to be born on makes you a parasite. Nationalism is the pathetic vanity of a tick bragging about the dog it infests”
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For the love of God, could the "common sense" brigade PLEASE develop some actual COMMON SENSE?! No, the NHS has not ordered staff not to use the term "it's raining cats and dogs" for fear of either upsetting or offending anyone... Please engage your brains for a minute🙏 🧵1/15
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God Save Great Britain &
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WOW: The NHS has ordered staff not to use the phrase 'It's raining cats & dogs' in fear of upsetting people from other cultures and religion.
Britain has gone absolutelyScreenshot of a tweet:
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The NHS has ordered staff not to use the term "It's raining cats & dogs" as it may offend foreigners.
Tough
If you don't like it jog on is what I think
The NHS needs to get back to concentrating on making people better & not being more concerned about offending
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The USA is trying to run a 21st century economy by returning to the 20th century because of ideology (ludicrous climate change / global warming denialism) and the lobbying (sponsorship / bribery) by the fossil fuels industry
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The report in the Independent that Mandelson had failed security vetting was actually raised in the Commons by Lib Dem MP Rachel Gilmour on 16 September 2025 “a source from MI6 has reportedly claimed that they failed to clear Mandelson” The Prime Minister says he found out on Tuesday
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
THE PRIME MINISTERS SHAMEFUL IMMIGRATION PLAN WILL KEEP PEOPLE WORKING IN KEY INDUSTRIES LIKE CARE IN TEMPORARY STATUS FOR A DECADE OR MORE. It will keep people in insecure work, make them more easily exploitable, poorer and marginalised - WHEN DID THAT BECOME THE POLICY OF A LABOUR GOVERNMENT?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 18/04/2026
Green Party wins Clifton by-election Green Party's Rob Yates takes the previously Reform seat in Thanet, after the arrest of Daniel Taylor | Richard Styles @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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Green Party wins Clifton by-election
Green Party's Rob Yates takes the previously Reform seat in Thanet, after the arrest of Daniel Taylor
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should be learning from other countries...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Nigel Farage has said that he wants to move towards an insurance based healthcare system. The NHS wasn’t built in Wales just to be a destroyed by Reform UK. A vote for Plaid Cymru is a vote to protect and strengthen our NHS.
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
More than one report of this. aircargoweek.com/arms-shipmen....
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Arms shipments intercepted in Belgium - Air Cargo Week
Belgian authorities have intercepted consignments of military-related components originating in the UK and destined for Israel, prompting an investigation
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hoping that there may be ways to save this company, which has been going for over 200 years, www.denbypottery.com/pages/save-d...
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#SaveDenby
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Very sad to see what's happening to this company. There may be ways to save it. Click find out www.denbypottery.com/pages/save-d...
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#SaveDenby
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Not so long ago most of Britain cheered a British runner called Mohamed and voted for him to become BBC Sports Personality of the Year but no doubt patriotic Farage was sitting on his sofa fuming ...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Illegal illegal illegal illegal illegal It is beyond tragic irony that in Great Britain we have an ex-lawyer as P.M. who turns a blind eye to his paymasters' genocide, war crimes, settler atrocities and modern day Lebensraum. No wonder people are going Green" via Danny Brittain
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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Denmark ran their entire country on renewables for all of March, just Wind and Solar. If the UK can't manage full renewables by the end of this parliament, it will be a catastrophic failure caused entirely by corruption.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is awful
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵
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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting open.substack.com/pub/councile...
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Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days.
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Pope is speaking up for what's right and for the Christian values he represents. Shame Trump doesn't like it.... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’
President says US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’ in unprecedented assault on leader of Catholic church
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pcoordinator.bsky.social @pcoordinator.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
John Lennon with a guitar - text: imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Victory rally in Margate this evening *and* an announcement! @greenparty.org.uk now has 225,000 members! That's an extra 25,000 since Hannah Spencer won last month and 2000 new members in the last 10 days. Join the movement! Join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack smiling at the crowd The crowd in Margate
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🚨 So on one hand we’re told there’s a Brexit reset. BUT on the other, EU citizens are facing crackdowns on their right to live here. Closer ties with Europe are about people, trust, reciprocity. Tightening screws on EU citizens, undermines relations! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Home Office starts crackdown on EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights to live in UK
Concerns raised over use of travel data in determining whether people are ‘continuously’ in UK, after HMRC fiasco
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... These people are not Christians as I understand it.
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Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran
The Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"In 2023, pesticide use reached 3.73 million tons globally, roughly twice the amount used in 1990." "Pesticides appear to drive not just population shifts in the microbes, but also changes in their activity." #PoisonedPlanet - #PublicHealth concern mounting www.science.org/content/arti...
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Pesticides may wreak havoc on the gut microbiome
Disruption of intestinal ecosystem could contribute to diabetes and other health issues, scientists say
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Glyphosate: “The government urgently needs to commit to phase out – and ultimately ban – glyphosate and support farmers and local councils to adopt safe and sustainable alternatives.” Yes, yes and yes www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides
Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public health
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Just as there were people who resisted the introduction of inside toilets, seatbelts, women’s votes, lead free toys etc Tice & his party are similarly reluctant to embrace what most people can clearly see is needed. Unimaginative, regressive, fact averse idiots. Let’s never let them run our country.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/04/2026
Is this the message the government wants to go into the local elections with?
Graphic that says "‘there are few things that you can imagine that are politically less advisable than saying to 16 million voters, I’m sorry your water bills are going to have to keep going up, and your rivers are going to be full of shit, because we have to keep allowing an American hedge fund to keep extracting money from this company that you used to own'
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
image from inside Artemis II

text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
When will this evil man and his regime be stopped ?
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Suzi @henwraigaffon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I remember the Cuban Missile crisis & how we all thought we were going to die. This has been the closest to that feeling since then. Agreement was reached, but then both Kennedy & Kruschev were reasonably sane. You can't say the same about Trump. Please seize the chance to impeach him now.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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