redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's a beautiful morning. Sun's out. Still sleeping half in and half out of the summer lightweight duvet. House is still too warm come evening... Now this I can get behind. But not over 30C in summer. I hated that. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And another useful thing that needs your signature. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Go add a vote. Only Takes a moment. 000
Reposted by @redballoonsue.bsky.socialBenedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 14/09/202694% of what the RNLI do is rescue British sailors and crew. So fuck you racists. 02212
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America really has gone backwards in time. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It was the best political speech I’ve ever watched. It was even better because this man means it. He is actually on our side. We need to stop the political fight and work together to make things better. In my lifetime it’s only ever been Labour governments that made things better for us. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today I’ve been so focused on the needs of mum that I forgot to take a large part of my thyroid medication. I am finding caring for a suddenly depleted almost 92 year old very hard. 110
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A man whose name we should all know but don’t. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Friday night. Guinness 0.0 It’s very good. Only bested so far by Old Hooky Zero. But I can’t get that from Ocado. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good work Banksy! And of course he was able to do a Banksy on it. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m sick to death of my mum asking if I have to go out today, and why and sounding disappointed when I say I am going to work or errands. I’m desperate to get out right now. To get away. I didn’t tell anyone where I was going, why or when I’d be back for decades. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Remember those Clacton folks who said the "trusted" this hateful grifter? 000
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Time to try watching Bake Off again then. I couldn't stand Pru Leith and her Brexit principles. Nigella on the other hand is perfection in front of a camera and will be lovely to the contestants. Pity the presenters haven't had a revamp too. 000
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BBC News web site today has 5 headlines about Trump on it. 5! Get him out of our daily news feeds for goodness sake. Who cares what the nasty narcissistic fool is doing. 000
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I put the weight of the world aside for a couple of hours and watched the mesmerising Ralph Feinnes being mesmerising in The End of the Affair. A film I’d wanted to rewatch for years. 111
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Will someone put this idiot in a dungeon and loose the key please? Go ahead, tariff the hell out of us. We don't care! Your citizens will suffer even more and we will have Canada. That's more than a fair trade. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Guess who I am not going to believe when I hear that Reform's record breaking donations are all entirely above board? Robert Jenrick. Farage Tice Zia Yusuf 020
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why is this dreadful man, the one who caused tens of thousands of us to die, and who started the ruination of our country, doing in Ukraine with the EU reps? Why is he not irrelevant? What on earth can he be doing that is even half useful? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRussia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave stationThe former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning". 054
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There have been a number of really moving documentaries about 9/11 on this momentous anniversary. But I had never heard of the man in the red bandana before. This is a wonderful story of bravery and courage and beauty in the face of horror. youtu.be/Hrg_VCjCWu4?...youtu.beMan in Red Bandana: The 9/11 Hero Who Saved Lives | Narrated by Gwyneth PaltrowYouTube video by Great Documentaries 020
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A poignant day. And then, just before bed, I discover that another stinking rich white guy with no morals has donated £36 million pounds to Reform UK. We are well and truly fcuked. Our democracy has just been bought out from under us. 111
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I remember standing on one side of the office looking back towards my desk and my friend's PC screen. A couple of people were looking. Then he said a plane has flown into the WTC. We were a small UK IT company. About 15 of us spent the rest of the afternoon watching in horror. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Andy Burnham is making a real difference at PMQs now. Working hard to lower the heat, to cut the baying mob, to invite cross party talks to solve problems. The Cons., especially Badenoch, need to realise they are looking small and petty by keeping up the methods that Johnson so loved. 040
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You know what to do. Donate. Show our support. No way should a charity that saves lives have to put this message out. rnli.org/news-and-med...rnli.orgStatement from RNLI Chief Executive Peter SparkesWatch a video message from the RNLI's Chief Executive Peter Sparkes on our work in the Channel and our commitment to save lives 000
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I don't give a damn about Reform's internal investigation into the sting. I am 100% interested in what the police and legal system are going to do about it. And they need to do it fast. 010
Reposted by @redballoonsue.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836001429
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Why on earth would Reform UK think promising £80 billion pounds of cuts in public spending would be appealing to anyone other than literal drooling idiots! We have had austerity and it's skinned this country. We need to spend money to save our souls right now. They are the stupid party. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026According to BBC News web site, The Netherlands has removed most of its gold reserves from USA and Canada and it's now stored in the Bank of England! Apparently it's easier to trade here in a crisis. They cite Geopolitical uncertainty. I'm not sure if I should worry about what this means or not? 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The sound isn't working on this. But just what the **** is Trump doing threatening Britain over the Falklands? Why does he think he has a say in everything? It's time Europe did a Canada! Elbows up!! Tell him to stuff his threats Andy! 020
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 29/08/2026These 2 clips of Graham Norton with Dolly Parton are just a joy to watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXVi...youtube.comRemembering Dolly Parton - Forever An Icon! | The Graham Norton ShowYouTube video by The Graham Norton Show 000
Reposted by @redballoonsue.bsky.socialCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #politics 1344
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Such a shock. I haven't been into my unit during office hours for 2 weeks due to other stuff. I've been here evenings. I just came in around 5pm. Drove into the yard and there were no lorries. It's Friday, they should all have been here. Walked round and found the manager of Watson's Transport ... 110
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Oh my goodness! The Marsh family lyrics have outshone themselves this time. Brilliant parody. youtu.be/o9l1xArp2RM?...youtu.be"Thank You for the Bullsh!t" - Marsh Family parody of ABBA (on Karoline Leavitt leaving White House)YouTube video by Marsh Family 042
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I have been clenching my teeth in my sleep due to stress I suppose. I have a new night guard but I've managed to over ride that and clench the guard instead. Today my left jaw muscle has gone into a spasm. It's really painful. I can't open my mouth far. I have eaten a cheese omelette. So fed up. 000
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I'm so tired today. Turns out that 3 days of loud music and intense sunshine and heat really does knock the stuffing out of me. 020
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There should be blanket outrage at this. I'm not seeing it? Why? This is sub-human policy. And the people of Clacton endorsed it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system PipThe party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip. 120
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Looks like Karoline Leavitt didn't like being left on the decoy Airforce One. Now she thinks of her kids? She was happy to leave kid 1 behind and go lie her ass off for Trump. It's probably got nothing to do with kid 2. She's just learned, the hard way. that everyone is expendable to Trump. 152
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So, what insanity is the forecast for tomorrow where I am? 37C!!! This is not right. 110
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Pencils at the ready Clacton. Get yourself a better MP than you have had for the past 2 years. The costume is unusual, but the intent is genuine. 030
Reposted by @redballoonsue.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton 19972941572
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is a really good support song for @countbinface.bsky.social Well worth a listen and a share. 010
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is an excellent way to demonstrate to people who think we are being over run by asylum seekers etc. Visual is way better than quoting numbers at people. 021
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This time an almost 100% serious video from Count Binface, with just a little joke here and there. He's already put Clacton on the map this summer. People the other side of the world now know about Clacton. That's what an MP is for. youtu.be/9lRA0r2G4BI?...youtu.beCount Binface Travels... to Naze Tower!YouTube video by Count Binface 030
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is inspired. I love everything about this character. youtu.be/ujHphnnDaGg?...youtu.beClacton Express: Binface 2026YouTube video by Count Binface 040
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I SOOOO want Count Binface to win and put Farage out with the rest go the garbage. I know he probably won't, but it would be wonderful if he did. I'm sure the Count's alter ego Jonathan Harvey would make a better MP than anyone else in the running. It would be a real success for democracy in action. 050
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 05/08/2026We really can't call this summer am anomaly. This is global warming effects working it's horrors around the world all at the same time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukSouth Korea hit by record breaking heatwaveAccording to authorities, at least 19 people have died related to the heatwave as the country has had its hottest day since records began over the weekend. 020
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is just how I am feeling about Andy Burnham's premiership right now. Hope is a strange thing. I'd forgotten what it feels like. Jenrick is an idiot sandwich open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...open.substack.comJenrick is an idiot sandwichHe was asked to discuss policy like an adult and - surprise! - proved incapable of doing so. 130
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's absolutely disgusting that the American courts are allowing Dr Anthony Fauci to be dragged through the mud by Republicans looking to smear his name and much worse. All because he was brilliant during Covid but dared to snigger at stupid Trump after one of his idiotic outbreaks. 030
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Bluesky attracted nice people at the start. Now all the angry politically inept armchair warriors are here shouting insults at us again. It’s so BORING! The Left are almost worse than the right. Almost. 110
redballoonsue.bsky.social @redballoonsue.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I want to be hopeful, but I’m totally underwhelmed by an average saving of £45 a year on electricity. That’s not breathing space. And the providers loose nothing. How about a significant cut to standing charges which are money for old rope? 210
