Reposted by ktkFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/10/20262026: Labour MP Jonathan Hinder says 'nobody thinks that was going to happen,' that Brexit would mean, instead of migrants from the EU, we'd get migrants from outside the EU 2016: Labour's Heidi Alexander explained exactly that; one of many politicians and commentators to do so 19270101
Reposted by ktkBríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @brid.bsky.social · 4hThe whole discourse about Glasgow city centre being unsafe in 2026 genuinely feels like a psyop at this point because it is so completely at odds with observable reality. 36917
Reposted by ktkPickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Well said. How many of Tommy Robinson’s Sport’s Direct paramilitary division go and help or worship at the churches they claim they want to protect. It’s much easier to don a balaclava and shout at the RNLI. #HopeNotHate 21689288
Reposted by ktkLuke @helloitsluke.bsky.social · 16hI simply don't think people should be able to throw around the word "inquiry" to strengthen what is essentially just a media campaign 0132
Reposted by ktkPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22hWe need to be clear. This isn’t about shooting small boats. It’s about shooting people. Probably shooting small children. 1513450
Reposted by ktkMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Speaking of voting, if you're a member and you'd like to keep the National Trust's Council free from interference from Britain (and the US's) richest financiers, don't forget to vote before the end of the month. Quick-vote takes moments and avoids the Restore Trust slate of candidates. 48764
Reposted by ktkEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust. 721048302
Reposted by ktkColin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot · 12/10/2026So, the treasurer of a party that hasn’t won an election in Scotland since the 1950s wants to build enormous data centres here. Conveniently far away from Tory voters in the south of England. 13255143
Reposted by ktkCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take offtheguardian.comMinisters preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spendingExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say 21568197
Reposted by ktkSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/04/2026It is illegal. The police want to prosecute. X are refusing to give the user data to the police. That is their routine practice for racist hate crimes. (They cooperate on child sexual abuse and some forms of terrorism; they impede the policing of racist/ misogynistic hate crimes on their platform) 052
Reposted by ktkLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 62105133082
Reposted by ktkMedia Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 10/10/2026On 7 October, a video shared by Stand Up to Racism Scotland, with the caption This is what happens when you keep telling racists that they have "legitimate concerns"... appeared to show a group of black-clad men ‘patrolling’ the streets of Glasgow while making racist threats. 17546
Reposted by ktkmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A pilot programme that saw four local authorities routinely gather the views of care-experienced children on issues related to their wellbeing has been shown to build relationships and help practitioners understand what makes a difference. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...cypnow.co.ukCouncils listen and act on care-experienced young people’s views - CYP NowA pilot programme that saw four local authorities routinely gather the views of care-experienced children on issues related to their wellbeing has been shown... 042
Reposted by ktkRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I just noticed that the website for the UK Gov Sovereign AI Fund looks a bit like it's promoting either a video game or a new Star Wars movie www.sovereignai.gov.uksovereignai.gov.ukUK Sovereign AI Fund | Backing British AI StartupsBritain's sovereign venture fund investing £1M-£20M in AI startups. Get capital, compute (1M GPU hours), fast-track visas, and strategic assets. 14294
Reposted by ktkMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96115092673
Reposted by ktkMaria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026You *know* he's convicted of stalking women. You've *read* the deranged letters you add as attachments. And you still think you're doing the right thing in sending them on his behalf to a woman you don't know? Two now from the same clergyman. I have gone fucking nuclear. Go White Knight elsewhere. 55413
Reposted by ktkrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3256271950
Reposted by ktkLaura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We introduced 20mph zones in Oxfordshire and the numbers of people killed and injured on our roads has gone down even as the same figures in surrounding areas have gone up. Sorry to be a soggy liberal but I think that's a good thing. 613226
Reposted by ktkPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The land is Israel to some, Palestine to some, and you can either merge them properly, split them for good, or destroy one. I am categorically against destroying one because I know 100% certainly that those of you who think there is a humane way to do this are delusional. 11298
Reposted by ktkHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10135033787
Reposted by ktkBrendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism. 18636255
Reposted by ktkMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The idea of being ‘proud’ of being English is barking to me. It’s the very definition of an accident of birth. I had no choice or role in it. I’m proud of things I’ve actually achieved. 2122415
Reposted by ktkNika @nikavia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Transphobes have been very open about the fact that they view sports as a wedge issue; if they can get people to agree that trans women aren't *really* women in the context of sports, it's much easier for them to extend that to toilets and other public services. 0537
Reposted by ktkJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do? 15469103
Reposted by ktkJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I really hope people understand that stories like this are not anomalies or “mistakes.” They’re not the result of hospitals misunderstanding the law or legislative growing pains. This is simply what happens when you allow the government to interfere in pregnancy. 238969
Reposted by ktkmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Newcastle City Council bosses have warned of an influx of children's home providers seeking financial gain from the care sector, despite having little to no experience www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...chroniclelive.co.uk'Risk' to vulnerable kids as Airbnb owners turn to 'lucrative' children's homesNewcastle City Council bosses have warned of an influx of children's home providers seeking financial gain from the care sector, despite having little to no experience 287
Reposted by ktkKim Leadbeater MBE MP @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have reflected at length about what happened in Parliament on Friday. Thank you to everyone who has contacted me with their heartbreaking personal stories and campaigned on this issue for far too long. I am so sorry. Please see my statement below. Many thanks, Kim 129525
Reposted by ktkelizabeth says ‘Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor’ @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A no go area, aye?thenational.scotGlasgow’s Govanhill named fifth coolest neighbourhood in the worldGlasgow’s Govanhill named world’s fifth coolest neighbourhood by Time Out 2026, after Reform MSP Thomas Kerr called the diverse Scottish area a… 1326
Reposted by ktkJune 8 @junayt.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Your grandchildren are reasonably going to ask why everybody pissed away the gains of the 20th century and you're going to have to explain how the hypocrites running the world's only hyperpower decided they weren't benefiting enough from a system they built and broke the entire goddamn thing 312214
Reposted by ktkTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 15/09/2026The TUC, congress of all the UK's trade unions, have voted to condemn the EHRC guidance and backed self-ID. Good luck finding reporting on it, you'll struggle to find it, even as the papers report on plenty of other things the TUC has voted on, and speeches. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/tuc-...leftfootforward.orgTUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans peopleDelegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable' 3424189
Reposted by ktkDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026But maybe ‘actually youth services are good and we should fund them’ is a tougher argument than ‘these spending cuts will weaken the economy and increase unemployment’? 7155
Reposted by ktkHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/09/2026🧵 Peter Keeley, a former MI5 agent who spent 15 years undercover in the IRA, now works for Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson. He’s supplying covertly-procured information while being supported by the British taxpayer. hopenothate.org.uk/lennons-secr...hopenothate.org.ukLennon's Secret AgentA former MI5 agent who operated as an IRA bomb maker is now working for Stephen Lennon. Despite still being supported by the British taxpayer, Peter Keeley appears to have broken the law by supplying ... 13421331
Reposted by ktkPodcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The real problem Britain faces is unlicensed fades - this is a true social crisis that must be stopped. Unlike, say, UNLICENSED CHILD SOCIAL CARE WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND IS BANKRUPTING COUNCILS AND DOING *THIS* TO VULNERABLE KIDS: 39033
Reposted by ktkEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Last weekend Kent police described a far-right protest in Dover as "spontaneous". They've now admitted they were warned the night before - likely by a resident of the small village were several hundred men dumped their cars, camped out then boarded vans to Dover: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comHow balaclava-clad activists swarmed a quiet Kentish villagePolice failed to follow up on a tip-off before hundreds descended on Preston, using it as a staging post for anti-immigration protests across the south 411557
Reposted by ktkRobert 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 371012469
Reposted by ktkToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026restore's platform is infinitely more extreme than the bnp's ever was 28411
Reposted by ktkAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom. 13750931540
Reposted by ktkTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g... 27834393
Reposted by ktkJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10/09/2026What is this comment from the Labour MP? No, the issue here isn't that the attempted pogrom had the wrong targets! 44850303
Reposted by ktkIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10/09/2026People get confused about the trans sports thing because at a glance it seems like a small issue that impacts a very small number of people and thus makes sense as a "reasonable" concession. But it isn't, because conceding that is accepting that a kid's trans identity is on some level fraudulent 422804745
Reposted by ktkWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We are now in a society where flash mobs can turn up anywhere and police will simply stand back. Misinformation is enough to fuel it. At some point people will start using social media to dox people or organisations. It's a huge civil order threat that government and police aren't taking seriously. 936489
Reposted by ktkSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The focus on *misinformation* after the terrible Southport murders did risk the unwitting inference that the mob should have found a church with Rwandan parishioners instead, or that the mob attack would have been justified if the perpetrator had been a co-religionist of those at the mosque. 312939
Reposted by ktkPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026According to a column in the Times, gangs of masked vigilantes blocking roads have demands which "represent a consensus view across the country". This is very patently utter bollocks. Daniel Thomas, the organiser, is a far-right racist thug. His views are not in any way mainstream. 2130485
Reposted by ktkmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Creditors owed millions of pounds by Great Minds Together, a company that ran illegal children’s homes, have been told they won’t see a penny of their money. Report by @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comIllegal children’s home company leaves taxpayers and funders £3m out…Great Minds Together went bust owing millions. Yet its name continues to be associated with publicly-funded care 154
Reposted by ktkJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"? 5133631130
Reposted by ktkJames Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026And this strikes me as absolutely central to the situation we find ourselves in 13813
Reposted by ktkmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Lancashire now has around 500 per cent more places in children’s homes than is needed to meet local demand. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2651443...lancashiretelegraph.co.ukChildren’s home in Burnley rejected after county council shares stark warningAn attempt to convert a family home into a residential care facility for kids with behavioural issues has been thrown out 011
Reposted by ktkRuns with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Created by photographer and creator Marcel Clemens ["Pendulum Wave"]. 23911
Reposted by ktkElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways. 22680982174