Reposted by HilaryPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 1hMatthew Syed says we need more bankruptcies and unemployment; unclear if this extends to Sunday Times columnists. 96316
Reposted by HilaryTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1h2000+ Americans have bought this book on import from the UK. Many of them have told me they love it. Meanwhile, the UK publishing industry: "I am sorry. We can't sell this book to an American audience. They will find it too British." FREE worldwide delivery here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... 2469
Reposted by HilaryClaire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 2hwww.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... We must return what is not ours.theguardian.comGreece returns priceless relics – and suggests UK should follow suit with Parthenon marblesGreek PM hopes handover of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria will persuade Britain that time has come for ‘truth, reason, justice and morality’ 2177
Reposted by HilarySupertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 3hA second Brexit referendum is a truly stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. No fucking about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. The British electorate has proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference. 3439070
Reposted by HilaryGhislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 13hSarah Pochin, Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, asked Parliament about the impact of second home ownership on housing availability in coastal and rural communities. Two days later, her parliamentary Register of Interests records a residential property in Anglesey. 0116
Reposted by Hilaryfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 3hLeaked comments from shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith show the Tories planning cuts beyond their £47bn target. Austerity caused today’s public service crisis, yet their fix is even deeper cuts. Why repeat a strategy that already broke the country? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPEtheguardian.comTories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak revealsExclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election 2149
Reposted by HilaryAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 4h"The only effective, lasting, far-reaching solution is the political, legal, economic and cultural equality of women."theguardian.comWe live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca SolnitPublic outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women 0114
Reposted by HilaryBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 4hSound familiar? Social media is corrupting our democracy “What we see is that it is big accounts operating in a migration-critical environment and with millions of followers that are driving this traffic”swedenherald.comSwedish election fraud claims spread abroad, driven by anti-immigration accounts | Sweden HeraldThe discussion about Sweden abroad after the parliamentary election has largely been about election fraud, and has been driven by large accounts critical o 085
Reposted by HilaryKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 4hThis is the lesson that the Biden admin failed to learn and that UK Labour is also flailing about horribly at: 423371
Reposted by HilaryJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 3hMore interesting is that British journalism is so distrusted and degraded for understandable reasons that… rather than doing oppo research and laundering it by giving it as an “exclusive” to a friendly newspaper, you just release it yourself through your in-house “news outlet”. 4409
Reposted by HilaryCharlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 3hNew book innit. Coming in the spring from Head of Zeus. 7228
Reposted by HilaryGiada #FBPE #TheResistance @girlgiada.bsky.social · 3hEven if you hate Jeff Bezos, just know that you can find the flu + Covid combined lateral flu test kits that are sold out in pharmacies on Amazon. I ordered one just for flu, but just in case you want the combination one, you can get it. 152
Reposted by Hilarymarybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 5hHave some fun with the Latin on the Bayeux Tapestry here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yjW... It's dead easy.... and gives an extra dimension to the pics!youtube.comThe Bayeux Tapestry: Britain’s lost Latin masterpieceYouTube video by Instant Classics 1438
Reposted by HilaryMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 7hBritish Paytriotts hold a “mass rally” in Southampton 11121
Reposted by HilaryLeg Spinner🏏 @judeet44.bsky.social · 6h"If you think any man or teenage boy on the fucking planet doesn’t understand consent, try touching his car, phone or wallet without it …" posted by MFWitches. Yeh, that's it. (posted again for you Allison) 210522
Reposted by HilaryJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 5h“Sir, a second girls’ chess championship scandal has hit the Palace of Westminster” 4627
Reposted by HilaryThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 5hThe head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike.bit.lyGovernor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa PikeThe head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike. The announcement was made by Gov. Bill Lee on Saturday. 911328
Reposted by HilaryEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 6hSolar panels above crops. Solar panels above car parks. Reader Sarah Mould asks why we aren’t making more use of spaces that can serve two purposes at once. 12714
Reposted by HilaryThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 6hAutumn is essentially a gothic spring. 432948
Reposted by HilaryJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 7hOMG! A piece that engages with some of the substance of Burnham's speech www.ft.com/content/0889...ft.comHow to meet Burnham’s ambitions on social careA radical change in culture and systems will be as important as funding 033
Reposted by HilaryRoni @roni49.bsky.social · 7hNo one should be making profits from vulnerable children. Yet £1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit. Time to end this scam! Add your name now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...weownit.org.ukEnd profit in children’s social care£1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit. 011
Reposted by HilaryLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 7hTruly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low. 82357135
Reposted by HilaryLittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 7hVoters lead the way over Labour cabinet ministers in a funk: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/… 022
Reposted by HilaryHilary @hilarym.bsky.social · 14h#Caturday Autumn is time to curl up in a chair with (or without) a good book 7473
Reposted by HilaryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23hCEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 315105614096
Reposted by HilaryMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 9hYears of extremist media using phrases like 'Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ cameras' in their headlines surely contributes to people like this becoming radicalised to commit terrorist acts? 40494111
Reposted by HilaryAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 15hIt’s astounding this isn’t the only thing people are talking about. It shows how much power mainstream news, who are blacking out the climate element of this El Niño, still holds. #ClimateCrisis 4234107
Reposted by HilaryPaula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 9hI consider Stephen a trustworthy source ( and others who have posted this) but I still can't believe this isn't a stunt from Led by donkeys, The last leg or some other political satire. 2371
Reposted by HilaryThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 9hThe pension conversation has turned, yet again, into Netflix and avocados. A quick thing though. Netflix: £20.99pm / £251.88pa Avo: 0.69p an avo - so £251pa if you had an avo every day. So, just over £500 a year Average 10% deposit? £27,300. So just 54 years to save there FFS. 1316238
Reposted by HilaryChris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 9hThis conversation is a proxy for "Why doesn't the UK and Western Europe just accept being ruled by Putinist fascists? ". Carlson is not talking about the 1930's, he is talking about now. 105323
Reposted by HilaryJames Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 10hRui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threatstheguardian.comManchester City whistleblower ready to help UK authorities in return for protectionRui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for pr... 094
Reposted by HilaryOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 9hIt’s 186 years to the day since a man called Thomas O’Conor wrote a report about a stone figure on a church in Kiltinane, County Tipperary. This would be unremarkable were it not for what the statue looked like, because this was the first written use of the term Sheela-na-gig 424081
Reposted by HilaryParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10h"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are." 431935578
Reposted by HilaryOwls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 10h3rd of Owltober! An Australian Boobook at South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter fell victim to an attack from a mob of Magpies. A reminder to take care around nesting Magpies this season, be you feathered or not! Want to donate to SOWS? sows.org.au/donate via: fb.com/833886482101... #owlsintowels 💛🦉 016133
Reposted by HilaryEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10hWould voters accept changes to the pension triple lock? Early polling suggests there may be more appetite for reform than politicians assume. But what exactly is Andy Burnham proposing? Stephen McNair writes of seven things you need to know.eastangliabylines.co.ukThe triple lock: seven things you need to know about Burnham’s plan for pensionersAndy Burnham has radical plans. But he is not ‘abolishing’ the triple lock on state pensions. What are the facts? 154
Reposted by HilaryNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 10hA cosy favourite, One-Pan Chicken and Sausage Traybake is #RecipeOfTheDay! I keep this in the oven until it’s slightly scorched (too scorched for some tastes) as you can see, but that’s certainly not obligatory. www.nigella.com/recipes/one-...nigella.comOne Pan Sage and Onion Chicken and SausageI took it into my head one day that I wanted to marinate and cook some chicken with the flavours of a traditional sage-and-onion stuffing. So onion, mustard, sage and lemon infuse the jointed bird, an... 1535033
Reposted by HilaryMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 10hA very creepy man who was enabled by the local diocesan authorities. For people who don't know Sheffield Crookes has a high percentage of students, who are vulnerable to this kind of emotional con 244
Reposted by HilaryGuyD @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social · 10hAgain, “terrorists” don’t get bail UK-Iranian national arrested in RAF Fairford investigation released on bail news.sky.com/share/13594647news.sky.comUK-Iranian national arrested in RAF Fairford investigation released on bailA UK-Iranian national arrested in connection with a suspected terror incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail, police have said. 3249
Reposted by HilaryRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 11hThis is what happens when you start excusing things under the banner of “legitimate concerns” 1325067
Reposted by HilaryTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 12hHonestly guys isn’t this a bit weird? This is a bit weird 10035983
Reposted by HilaryCaptain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 11hBadenoch’s arrogance knows no limits 94311
Reposted by HilaryCentral Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11hLet Manchester City have the two full barrels A passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that? | Mark Cunliffecentralbylines.co.ukLet Manchester City have the two full barrelsA passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that? 2153
Reposted by HilarySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11hPolls have shifted so much in the Democrats favour that they're marginally ahead in Kansas (where they haven't won a Senate seat since 1932). And only 1 point behind in South Carolina where Lindsay Graham's sister Darline is running for the GOP to be his permanent replacement. 1110922
Reposted by HilaryReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11hReform MP buys £800k second home in Wales two days after questioning their impact willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...willhaywardwales.substack.comReform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impactIs this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’? 59552
Reposted by HilaryJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 11hGeorge Smiley, as portrayed by Sir Alec Guinness, Gary Oldman, and now Matthew Macfadyen, in a series later this year. 251
Reposted by HilaryBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11hEach Saturday, the Weekend Wire brings you the most important updates from the world of politics, diplomacy, and current affairs. And most importantly, the cheerful news of the week. Read here: bestforbritain.substack.com/s/weeke… 59123
Reposted by HilaryBob Hitchcock 〓〓 @tamarphotography.bsky.social · 13hWatch this film and weep... #film #movie #neoliberalism #Conservatives ‘It’s not about a brass band in Grimley, it’s about the universal subject of being downtrodden’ It may be 30 years old - but this film of the Conservative attack on mining communities tells the story of Britain todaytheguardian.com‘I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley’: the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30 year anniversaryAhead of a live performance in the Royal Albert Hall, the writer Mark Herman explains why he’s not surprised it’s one of the new Prime Minister’s favourites and a why film like this wouldn’t get made ... 42712