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Irene Wise

@irenejuliawise.bsky.social
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Artist, writer, educator, European. #FBPE #NHS Be curious, be kind. #art & info: irenejuliawise.com #FRSA. Imperial War Museum Fellow in #Holocaust Ed #Theatre #Film #Art #books #cats #gardening #hedgehog #vegetarian #StrongerTogether #RejoinEU

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Resisters to connect with tonight! Say Hi 👋, Vet, F&R. Ty! 💙 @corgmom.bsky.social @obimomknobi.bsky.social @patricemarg4.bsky.social @9kittens.bsky.social @darbyct.bsky.social @desertscribe.bsky.social @grandpapat1964.bsky.social @okayaboutthat.bsky.social @hellohoney01.bsky.social 🚫Add-Ons
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Ian Williamson @clockwatcher01.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You could never accuse the Tories of original thinking when it comes to their policy platform. Tax cuts on inherited, unearned income affecting 5% of the population, but costing £6bn and paid for by welfare cuts and reduced public spending. #tories #badenoch www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Conservative leader bets the house on middle class vote – while closing door on any deal with Nigel Farage and Reform UK
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth the US defense secretary, a ‘committed Christian’ who hates 'beardos, weirdos and wimps' recently announced an Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon. & now, public execution. At a tv near you. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thanks to Peter J. King @rock-rex.bsky.social for posting this fair review by www.snopes.com ‘Despite the above image of Hitler being heavily manipulated, Hegseth's backdrop still has loose similarities to other real photographs of Hitler speaking in front of an eagle emblem.’
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The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
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David @zero-4.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the worst things to have sustained itself after the Brexit vote is pompous right wing “journalists” still constantly invited into public discourse to provide hot takes on why the country is still shit but take zero responsibility for their influence in making it so #bbcqt
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LillianDCA @lillianorlando.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reminder to anyone in California worried about inflation and the economy, Republican Candidate and Pedo Protector Steve Hilton helped usher in BREXIT If you are an idiot, go look that up and see how well it helped the price of everything. It was so bad he LEFT THE UK to come and do it here Threads
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes please!! 🇪🇺
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Still need to deal with £15 billion Covid corruption deals involving sharks in previous Tory government. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Tory Covid contracts worth £15bn had corruption ‘red flags’, study finds
Findings by Transparency International UK point to ‘more than coincidence or incompetence’, says chief executive
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A violinist performing in the metro station turns a cute little girl’s tip into an unforgettable experience she’ll carry for life. [📹 margarita_runina] Original post
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes sick of hearing #BBCradio4 positive comments about #TPC all day - but at least they pointed out that inheritance tax change would only benefit 5% of population. Didn’t remind us that it was #Tories who crashed our economy (#Brexit & #corruption) & haven’t paid us back. #ToryPartyConference
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No cuts for the bosses though. The boss of Royal Mail’s parent company received almost £7m in pay and bonuses last year – Group chief executive of International Distribution Services (IDS), took home £6.9m in pay, bonus & long-term incentive scheme awards. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
Postal service says cuts will focus on on head office and ‘support function roles’
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A superb debut novel: Jean, by Madeleine Dunnigan. Highly recommended. #adolescence #1970s #GaySex #ComingOfAge #bildungsroman www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan review – sex and teenage secrets
Queer self-discovery drives this powerful coming-of-age debut set in a bohemian 1970s school
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another example of #Reform bullshit #hypocrisy. Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000 Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert died. Who's that? He was the longest serving Republican Speaker in history, a registered sex offender and a serial child molester. But somehow most Americans don't know about him. Anyway, he's in hell now.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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mikefa.bsky.social @mikefa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A millionaire whinger (nett worth £50 to £ 60 million ) a Brexiteer who would have been better placed without Brexit as he would be wallowing in EU subsidies now 😩
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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#KeirStarmer didn't have the guts to tackle #Brexit even though a majority in Britain now believe it was a mistake; will #AndyBurnham tackle the issue & reverse the UK's exit from the #EuropeanUnion...? (Observer, 10.4.26)
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Onwards and Upwards. @pompiebean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not convinced that Daily Mail readers are convinced that Brexit is the roaring success that the Daily Mail told them that it would be.
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Rovers and Politics @slice404.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So they’re desperate to stop Burnham initiating any improvement in the shit deal their leader Johnson signed, but they can’t tell us what those benefits are they don’t want to lose. And they also refuse to answer what they’d do to bridge the huge gap left by the economic damage of the Brexit deal
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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tonight’s Panorama strongly suggests Brexit has increased the UK population’s chances of getting cancer. Whereas the EU is working to reduce cancer causing nitrates and nitrites in processed meat, the UK is less concerned. Why, I wonder? #panorama #cancer #brexit
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth on stage yesterday went full Hitler. This is a real screenshot* from the government website video Department of War event. Trump’s Secretary of ‘War’ is emulating one of the worst mass murderers in history. Be afraid, be very afraid … #Fascist *Photo - (thanks God on bsky & substack.)
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Gailey C @gaileyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My dear Grandma was there. A nurse working at the 'spike' in Poplar, she stood against the fascists then and would have done it again today. Ordered in her memory.
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Bern @bravebern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I cleaned a car when I was a kid for an old boy called Jack. He also took me to Arsenal (1980’s) and spoke of the 30’s. He was at Cable Street. East End Jew. I salute you Jack!
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TensegrityFan🐝🍯 @tensegrityfan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Worth sharing bsky.app/profile/hope...
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Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Great anniversary to remember, thank you. Marked by Stand Up to Racism in Bournemouth yesterday.
People marching behind a banner that reads 'Bournemouth is for everyone'People walking behind a banner ('Bournemouth is for everyone') and marching band
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
90 years ago, Jewish and Irish East Enders, together with other working Class folk, came together to resist the Fascists. My Dad was one of the young resisters. #CableStreet #TheyShallNotPass #StandTogether #StrongerTogether #FightFacism #Resist #FarageIsAFascist #ReformIsFascist
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Coxy @collyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform. They are all crooks!
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God @thegodshow.com · 03/10/2026
“The most ordinary man imaginable” will go down as one of the most memorable putdowns of all time.
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Bless Angie Nixon For Torching JD Vance
Burn it down.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth on stage yesterday went full Hitler. This is a real screenshot from Department of War event. God pulled it directly from government website video. If the Secretary of ‘War’ is emulating one of the worst mass murderers in history, what do you think he’ll do to YOU? To all of us? #Fascist
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brexit has been a disaster. Plaid Cymru isn’t afraid to be bold if it means improving the lives of people in Wales. For a better, brighter future for our nation, we must rejoin the EU.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bearing in mind they’ve almost tanked both Durham and Kent in 100 days, the chances aren’t looking good.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you see it yet? #StopReform #StopFarage
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brianev @brianev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Brexit The #danger signs are showing - already! Thanks to: Politics In The U.K. 🚨 #BADENOCH VOWS TO #REVERSE #moves taking Britain closer to the #EU if the #Tories return to #power. She says agreements covering EU food standards, youth mobility and Erasmus+ would be targeted. Source: The Times
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder... #BrexitFail #RejoinEU
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The UK doesn't need to downgrade the triple lock, or cut benefits like PIP for disabled people because a #WealthTaxNow HMRC funded to catch all millionaire tax evaders and 1950s style progressive #TaxTheRich could end all poverty, homelessness, NHS underfunding ... meme via Left Wing UK II
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
37,000 people arrive on small boats. 4,000,000 kids are in poverty. 4,500,000 can't get a dentists. But they will blame these vast problems on a tiny one. They think you are too stupid to know the problem, is them, the greedy billionaires.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As in all communities, there are individuals with many different opinions, preferences, and friendships, so we can’t generalise. The Battle of Cable Street brought people together against a fascist mob that sought to divide people. What’s important is what binds us together: human values we share.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fire and rehire should be illegal, no ifs, no buts. A disgusting practice that belongs back in the Tory government's 15 yrs of misrule.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Leaving waterways full of shit is quite a good metaphor for what the Tories did to the country and how they left it. They've never looked more irrelevant and it's unsurprising to see them racing Reform to the bottom.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m not sure that’s really the case? People often identify with others who share their roots, but that doesn’t have to exclude other groups.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
15 years of arrogant lies, greed & corruption. 15 years and what did they bring us? Brexit. Used Covid to line their own pockets. £Billions lost from the public purse. Left a mess of starved & stripped services, closed police & fire stations. The state we’re in? Blame the Tories, not immigrants.
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
90 years ago today, Jewish and Irish East Enders, together with other working Class folk, came together to resist the Fascists. My Dad was one of the young resisters. #CableStreet #TheyShallNotPass #StandTogether #StrongerTogether
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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The striking #Kosmaj monument Commemorates the WWII Kosmaj-Posavina #Partisan detachment that resisted Axis occupation from 1941 to 1944. #Freedom #Liberty
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge Britain to rejoin bloc www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge UK to rejoin EU
Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, Spain’s prime minister says
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... “A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And #Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake. It made us poorer and lonelier. It robbed us of a global role” #Rejoin
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The Brexit years were grim and hateful - it's time to rejoin
Ian Dunt: Leaving the EU was a terrible, terrible mistake
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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh look! A letter in the Telegraph in support of Brexit. (The only post-Burnham-speech letter in the Telegraph in support of Brexit.) Look where they live 😂😂😂
Pro Brexit letter.
From Vienna.
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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Well done Andy, at last a Prime Minister who has the courage to reverse the evils of Brexit
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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