Reposted by Virginia TatliogluT @reading-woman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Esther Rantzen was such a key figure in a very different world of media and below is one of the most incredible and impactful uses of television: Sir Nicholas Winton surrounded by so many he saved. But Childline is her best legacy which will continue to do immeasurable good long after she has gone. 05310
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is generally unwise to go back to a nostalgic place from our past as it will no longer be as we recall and will have changed with the times. Brexit was chosen by those wanting to recapture a UK that could no longer be that idealised place in a world that had changed. 001
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We do need to protect our parliamentary democracy. 000
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comKremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banksFT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7 2234131
Reposted by Virginia Tatliogluwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) & her sculpture Après la tempête (After the Storm), ca. 1876. As well as sculpting, the artist was also a late 19thc stage actress #WomensArt 9463107
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo… 16531223
Reposted by Virginia Tatliogluironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is a good idea. 2323
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluMarc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We're one tweet away from the Reflecting Pool getting sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. 2520734
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🚨 WRITE TO YOUR MP! On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, Rejoin polling at 61%, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign & share everywhere please. 👇europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to stand up for our future in EuropeOn 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate? 17329185
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026Nigel Farage wants you to think he is a man of the people. He is not. It is as simple as that.independent.co.ukReform UK’s crypto policies are making the party look out of touch Editorial: Nigel Farage needs to end the impression that his party is the political wing of the crypto industry 44526149
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluPiero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 16/09/2026I remember the times when the possible loss of the ozone layer threatened life on Earth, and governments took it seriously, acted and solved it. 022
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#rachel #piddington Huge respect and empathy for this lady who speaks so eloquently. And bravo for pointing out it would be any men in that number being housed there, not just asylum seeker men. Othering is abhorrent and just demonstrates ignorance. 000
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If enough people resist the use of AI would it slow the progress or just leave them behind and more vulnerable? 000
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluRV 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 @rave74.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@harryeccles.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 14245100
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Nigel Farage is posting this morning “More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them” Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...youtu.beIt’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 971209420
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026How is this bully able to just act like this with free rein? 110784249
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry. 343109784
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061845816
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluAndrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reform UK says it would declare 'national emergency' on day one in power, not letting judges or officials 'get in our way' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 379957
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluCheshire Dog Lady (thoroughly irritated since 2010). @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What Mike said... 04315
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/08/2026Great letter in The Yorkshire Post from Peter Packham @leedseurope.bsky.social. 'The Brexit elite didn't "take back control" of our borders; they undermined our ability to manage them and incentivised criminal gangs behind the trafficking of desperate, vulnerable migrants.' 8649280
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Does this not beg the question, if universities were properly funded and had not been deprived of foreign student income because of government policy, would they be still attracted by such options? Government defence policy also encouraging the direction? 000
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world. 211121561
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opiniontheguardian.comTwo planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis findsExclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running 36658317
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluNed Wilcox @nedwilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Fantastic. I couldn't get this one to play, but here's a link. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zysN...m.youtube.comBritish Royals Honour Dolly Parton as Military Band Performs Her Classic ‘9 to 5’ | AA1GYouTube video by DRM News 0155
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 37709269
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’ 6126801064
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026For years, London's children’s lungs lagged behind. Now they’re catching up. A major new study shows the ULEZ cut exposure to toxic NO₂ and reduced impaired lung function from 14% to 9%.theguardian.comIntroducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq KhanCritics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 29799177
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 17/08/2026One of the single most toxic thought biases is "I suffered so now you get to suffer just like I did." It's grotesque, inhumane, and depressingly omnipresent. 2258
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2026So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he's in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen Jonestheguardian.comSo Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he's in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen JonesThe Reform leader claims vindication from the people, and it’s too early to write him off. But the problems he now faces may be more than he can bear, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 810121
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/08/2026⚠️ Acting on climate change is not just a moral imperative, it is the only fiscally sensible option available to governments across Europe and the rest of the world. 📉 Estimates from Allianz suggest that the two-week's of high temperatures in June alone will cut Europe's GDP by 0.3%.reuters.com 15423
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/08/2026It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record. For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.theguardian.comThis burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq KhanLook at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 731533486
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluNOYJ @noyj.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sadiq Khan: consistently The Man ✅ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThis burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq KhanLook at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 193
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This is appalling and the government should be ashamed. 000
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluRoz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026RAF Fairford doesn’t have a Military Aviation Noise Contour (MANC), while many local residents are having their lives negatively affected everyday. That isn’t fair. Now that bombers have operated out of the base for nearly 5 months, it’s time to carry out a MANC. 0104
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade 6224941145
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Andy Burnham says he wants hope back. If he appoints SM as Chancellor then I will lose all hope. There will be no change and they will hand Farage his lifeline. 160
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I reckon he still has few more reincarnations in him. 000
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Correction - freedom of English/Welsh speech not plain freedom of speech. 000
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/07/2026As the Smiths didn’t quite say: 🎵Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop🎵 1323557
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🧵 So Farage is preemptively attacking the Commons standards committee in what's a great example of the weaponisation of the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt against institutional authority to avoid accountability. The sort of thing Russia did against the OPCW, or Trump does with "fake news media" 26555216
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluSonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society. 778220954691
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Count Binface has got them worried - Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contest www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contestExclusive: Party hoped to mount serious challenge in mayoral race but attention has been diverted to Essex 2723967
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Nigel Farage has built a personal-political fiefdom where positions of power are seemingly handed out to those who give him and his party the most money. That’s ultimately why he’s being hammered by the media and why his support is cratering…writesbright.substack.comNigel Farage: the fall of a mob bossWhy he’s imploding... 1627088
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluSharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I’m glad there are journalists like those at @bylinetimes.bsky.social actually investigating the dark web of money, racism, and right-wing Christian nationalism. There are so many bad actors pulling strings behind the scenes and shaping society darkly. Sad times. 17726
Reposted by Virginia TatliogluThe Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 03/07/2026North Sea has elevated sulphur dioxide emissions due to the high use of non-compliant fuel in Russia's shadow fleet.brusselstimes.comRussian ‘shadow fleet’ is violating ship emissions rules in the North SeaRussian 'shadow fleet' is violating ship emissions rules in the North Sea 011
Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“In our dystopian world, it is a privilege to have the space to mourn when so many others cannot exercise what should be a basic and fundamental human right. Grief is universal. But the ability to grieve is not.” 110