Reposted by Kathy TEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 27/06/2025I don't want to hear "we can't afford it" one more time from Labour. Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines. The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering. The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed. 521236403
Kathy T @ktrev.bsky.social · 27/06/2025www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comGreenham Common women urge new generation to ‘rise up’ against nuclear threatThose who set up protest camp in 1980s hope its spirit can be revived to oppose UK’s plan to buy nuclear-carrying jets 020
Reposted by Kathy TMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election? A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”yorkshirebylines.co.ukDid Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation” 29376168
Reposted by Kathy TWarren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The latest data shows a 6,700 increase of mental health workers, which marks significant progress towards the government's target of 8,500. We are also told the 10 Year Health Plan will have ambition plans to boost mental health support. This will include 1) support services on the NHS app. 1/2gov.ukBoost to mental health services from thousands of extra staffLatest data shows 6,700 more mental health workers have been recruited towards government’s 8,500 target. 35317
Reposted by Kathy TNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The extraordinary moment at the NATO press conference when Trump admits he gave a foreign enemy (Iran) permission to attack a US military base. “They said is one o’clock ok? I said it’s fine.” He even says soldiers were still on site. I’m not a constitutional lawyer, but that’s treason, right? 921093457
Reposted by Kathy TWarren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025A warning I think many need to listen to! 79114
Reposted by Kathy TDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Full explainer here, with interactive charts for the bored, and footnotes for the truly committed: buff.ly/AUgCtc9buff.lyAre UK workers over-taxed? The answer in three infographicsExplore OECD data on wage taxes: how UK workers rank internationally, how the tax wedge has shifted since 1979, and why many still feel over-taxed. 1102
Reposted by Kathy TJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 27/06/2025🚨🚨 Late at night, the European Union’s leadership excitedly revealed a new plan to combat the hell-raising American president’s #tradewar: Take him on at his own wild game. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...politico.euEU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without USUrsula von der Leyen suggests EU could join forces with the Asian-Pacific trade bloc as Europe tries to up its game. 1616580
Reposted by Kathy TMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million. If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000. Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild. 17388942496
Reposted by Kathy T🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Pam Bondi is denying she knows ICE agents wore masks during raids despite copious video evidence. If she truly didn't know, she should be fired for incompetence. If she does know (she absolutely does) then she should be fired for ordering or allowing it on her watch. 14251135
Reposted by Kathy TRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Why do UK media outlets- in particular the Times, Mail and Telegraph - let Trump get away with appalling loutish behaviour which they’d condemn in anyone else? Like trying to get a journalist sacked for writing the truth or calling them scum or dropping the F-bomb in public 881096225
Reposted by Kathy TJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 26/06/2025This is a level of control freakery to which even the Blair government didn’t aspire. And it’s clearly terrible for good governance – connection is vital, and this severs that at all but ministerial levels. 28419
Reposted by Kathy TRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Watching Truth Social posts by Trump every hour, each more insane & unhinged than the previous one as he circles the drain of a malignant narcissist’s descent into dementia, makes it that much more ridiculous that media just spent a month on Biden while pretending Trump is sane. 32276271894
Reposted by Kathy TFull Bird Private @brandenjones.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I see no real difference between ICE and the early SA/SS in Nazi Germany. A secret police force implementing the mass incarceration of social and political “enemies” in centers and camps. Maybe only a matter of time before they get confident enough in their power to impose actual genocide. 1143
Reposted by Kathy TMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/06/2025A U.S. citizen on their way to work abducted by ICE then locked in a basement, with federal government employees refusing to consider indisputable proof of citizenship. Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it. What more is there to say? We live under fascism now. 5930521324
Reposted by Kathy TFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 26/06/2025An absolute scorcher from @johnjcrace. Do read! “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be Dan was very heaven! O wondrous day. One of which dreams are made. Especially if you’ve been taking large quantities of hallucinogenics.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comDaniel Hannan celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold | John CraceBack in 2016, Dan prophesied about what the post-EU sunlit uplands would be like on this very day – no spoiler alert needed 1622791
Reposted by Kathy TaidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Friendly reminder that under Morgan McSweeney's direction, Labour have lost the public's support in record time yielding a 10pt lead to the party he claims he's trying to "head off". By any metric his appointment in-Govt has been a total fucking disaster for Keir Starmer. Why is he still there? 87514
Reposted by Kathy TChipper60🏴🏴🏴🏴 @chipper60.bsky.social · 25/06/2025IF there was a god.. America is the very last place on earth he would bless,no offence,but you are absolutely nuts 2103
Reposted by Kathy TMrs. West : Do Not DM Me @mrswest.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I can imagine the testimony in traffic court: Cop: He was threatening us. Court: In what way? Cop: He crossed the street at an angle. Court: How was that threatening? Cop: His skin was dark. Court: Guilty. 231
Reposted by Kathy TEuropean Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 25/06/2025Brexit was a disaster. Most people know it now. We gave up frictionless trade, freedom of movement, and economic stability, all for lies sold by snake oil salesmen. Leaving didn’t free us, it cost us. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. 14425114
Reposted by Kathy TRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025For those with a hangover from yesterday's Hannan Day celebrations. Good Morning. 1234436761
Reposted by Kathy TPaul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 25/06/2025UK - a founding member of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty - buys jets that can carry nuclear bombs. We buy the jets - estimated £60m each just to buy the basics - the USA provides the bombs and tells us what we can do with them bit.ly/3GdJPNFbit.lyUK to expand nuclear deterrent with jets carrying tactical weaponsStarmer announces Britain will purchase a new squadron of nuclear-capable fighters as Trump joins leaders at Nato summit in the Hague 165829
Reposted by Kathy TTwitterTakedown @twittertakedown.org · 25/06/2025“In 2018, Elon Musk … paid no federal income taxes.” 0165
Reposted by Kathy TMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Amnesty International UK said it was “deeply concerned at the use of counter-terrorism powers to target protest groups”. Unless @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social has something serious on Palestine Action beyond vandalism (you cannot “terrorise” inanimate objects) then this is looney tunes stuff.theguardian.comRAF base vandalism not enough to justify Palestine Action ban, says ex-ministerLord Falconer says protest group ‘may have done other things’ to warrant expected proscription by home secretary 12346135
Reposted by Kathy TOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Since it's #DanHannanDay let's run through the "brain of Brexit's" 5 greatest moments since 2016. First up The One Where Dan Predicted Independence Day in 2025 40581228
Reposted by Kathy TGrahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Donald Trump has accused Israel and Iran of violating a US-brokered ceasefire, according to the FT. The two countries “don’t know what the fuck they’re doing”, he said, adding: “I’m going to see if I can stop it.” The question is whether Trump knows what tfh’s doing after opening Pandora’s box 041
Reposted by Kathy TChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2025I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers. Easy money, no risk. Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words. 12472741010629
Reposted by Kathy TClint Sp♾️n @clintspoon.eurosky.social · 20/06/2025🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...you.38degrees.org.ukBring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantationsAncient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th... 02916
Reposted by Kathy TAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/06/2025This is exactly what could happen. Rowling will be directly responsible for inciting violence against people. bsky.app/profile/esqu... 18942157
Reposted by Kathy TaltNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Oliver North on Fox News complaining that Iran has missiles is... I mean, do they even know who the fuck he is and what he did? He sold Iran missiles! 30067741825
Reposted by Kathy TRachel Coates @coatescan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Sure as eggs, up she flails… 2113
Reposted by Kathy TRachel Coates @coatescan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Excellent, clear list of American brands by @seayou.bsky.social 1913555
Reposted by Kathy TGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I stand with #PalestineAction. Lock me up as a terrorist, Yvette Cooper. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comYvette Cooper vows to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism lawsHome secretary to ignore warning from group’s lawyers that doing so would be ‘unlawful, dangerous and ill thought out’ 751441400
Reposted by Kathy TBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/06/2025Foreign Affairs C'tee chair, @emilythornberry.bsky.social, gets to the absolute heart of the issue. "The only way to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb is a deal. There cannot be a deal without negotiations and there cannot be negotiations without trust." ~AA 1627549
Reposted by Kathy TAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/06/2025Confirmation they did not destroy the uranium stockpiles. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...nytimes.comOfficials Concede They Don’t Know the Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile 870129284288
Reposted by Kathy TMalcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 23/06/2025DHS CONTRACTORS FOR KIDNAPPING: These job adverts confirm that DHS-ICE is hiring people off the streets with as little as 2 years military service. Plus CBP is hiring former War on Terror analysts to hunt Americans and migrants alike. Straight up Secret Police shit. These were on LinkedIn. 33033172269
Kathy T @ktrev.bsky.social · 23/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIsrael kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally RooneyIf Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney 051
Reposted by Kathy TAndrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 23/06/2025And for all the people taken in by the Brexit lies here's more of the same brought to by the chief grifter himself which inevitably they'll swallow happily: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...taxpolicy.org.ukThe £34bn cost of Reform UK’s “Britannia card” proposalReform UK’s Britannia Card would let wealthy foreigners pay £250,000 to avoid UK tax — but would likely cost £34bn and reduce skilled migration. 3239
Reposted by Kathy TGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it 40681793027
Reposted by Kathy TGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025As english politics leans even further to the right, with LAB now questioning the EHCR, alongside "Island of Strangers" & pro brexit rhetoric, here's a quick thread on how the Far Right utterly collapsed in Finland. TL;DR: "r/w voters: I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face". 🧵 68960
Reposted by Kathy TLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2025Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇) 14937231936
Reposted by Kathy TJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote. Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment. consoc.org.uk/publications...consoc.org.ukThe Economic Impact of Brexit, Nine Years On: Was the Consensus Right? - The Constitution SocietyJohn Springford analyses the economic consequences of Brexit and compares this predictions made at the time of the Leave vote. 712978
Reposted by Kathy TSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Happy “Make yourselves poorer and more isolated” day… £40Bn ongoing hit to economy and 10% inward investment drop confirmed… But hey ho… Who needs economic strength or strategic clout when you have super-special-sovereignty? 9 years on. And stupider every year. www.thetimes.com/business-mon...thetimes.comPredictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist 39910349
Reposted by Kathy TMsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Or it’s cost: “£140bn so far, according to new analysis, and could see the nation £311bn worse off by the middle of the next decade, according to a new report.” Based on data modelled on how the UK's economy would have acted were it still in the European Union #Rejoin news.sky.com/story/brexit...news.sky.comBrexit: New report suggests UK £311bn worse off by 2035 due to leaving EUThe report came up with a scenario for growth if the UK had stayed inside the EU, and compared it to forecasts the Office for Budget Responsibility made in March last year. 23112
Reposted by Kathy TLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 23/06/20259 years on from the Brexit vote, the verdict is in and predictions correct: 🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances 📉4% hit to UK productivity 📦15% drop in trade 💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉 www.thetimes.com/article/346e...thetimes.comPredictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist 32659308