Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16hSocial Care is affordable in the UK. Just not Privatised Social Care. Currently a Social Care Worker is paid £12.60 an hour. The Council is charged £33.20 an hour. A huge amount of this is profit which goes completely untaxed. As you can see this will NEVER be affordable. 1212762
Reposted by CaitHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15hThe Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor US midterms fuels fears of serious election-related human rights concerns. This is the first time the US has declined to invite in OSCE monitors since they began observing US elections.hrw.orgUS: Trump Administration Rejects External Election ObserversThe Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi... 43327
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend. 1418672
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable? 1313773
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Labour Party is supposed to be a PROGRESSIVE Government, things are supposed to get better. Saying there is "no money" for an minor increase to one of the worst pensions in Europe because you refuse to stand up to billionaire donors makes your party pointless. 49731
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All medical staff have been forced to withdraw from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as Israeli tanks move towards the facility. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza, but War Criminal Israel will level one of the last hospitals with its tanks and no one will even say anything 23595382
Reposted by CaitNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the dead Seven people - three men, one woman & three children - were killed by loyalist terrorists because of Drumcree in the 1990s. I covered the terrible events. Is this forgotten? What’s happening now mocks their loss. In @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.comShame on them: Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the deadOur Writer at Large covered the Northern Ireland Troubles extensively. Here, he remembers the lives lost over Drumcree and says Loyalist protestors… 414375
Reposted by CaitRose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Poland had some wise words, for Russia. They can puff out their chests all they like, they can keep killing... But this Polish Foreign Minister is 💯 correct. They will never win. 51519609
Reposted by CaitNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As Andy Burnham decides to make pensioners poorer instead of taxing the mega-rich or rejoining the EU, a reminder of how the UK compares with the rest of Western Europe on pensions. 148154
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026National Grid is a company listed on the stock exchange. No mention of Gov getting shares, just of giving money to speed up expansion & connections. more public purse support for failed privatisation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAndy Burnham to unveil public body to invest in electricity gridThe prime minister will say he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader. 000
Reposted by CaitEstel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026History lesson— for those who need it: In August, 1974, Republican leaders told Nixon they wouldn’t protect him from impeachment, and advised him to resign. He complied, two days later. The system worked because the GOP wasn’t entirely corrupt. That could never happen today. 0134
Reposted by Caitbaconspecial.bsky.social @baconspecial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Add, Trump fired the entire election committee. 011
Reposted by Caitrobertnm.bsky.social @robertnm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They paid billions into Social Security they'll never collect. 001
Reposted by CaitDataFire @datafire.social.pcpulse.us · 28/09/2026Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic resigns to run for prime minister, triggering a snap parliamentary election.aljazeera.comSerbia’s president resigns to run for prime ministerSerbia’s Aleksandar Vucic has resigned as president and will lead his ruling party into a snap parliamentary election. 001
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Explains why he and his compqnies have been investing in munnitions firms 000
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Reform has shut 10 Public Nurseries to replace them with Private ones. They have stopped Public Catering to schools to replace them with Private Catering They have shut Public Care Homes to replace them with Private ones Reform serves billionaires, more even than everyone else 7245116
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When Israel spoke at the UN 75 countries walked out. When Iran spoke just 1 country walked out. Iran has won, Israel has lost. Time for Donald Trump to surrender and stop fixing gas prices for his and his billionaire donors profits. 35820271
Reposted by CaitPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...democracyforsale.substack.comBREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates. 78894435
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ireland is facing pressure for not cancelling their match with Israel. They shouldn't have to face this pressure, Israel should be banned, Russia have been banned for 4.5 years. Why aren't Israel banned? 521654278
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fance, Italy, etc. need to step up with sanctions and import bans. 010
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a picture of the biggest benefits claimant in the UK. They claim an eye watering £17,500,000,000 a year. The same as 4.4m people on benefits. How? Because they claim ALL their costs, every wage, every oil rig, every tanker. Completely nationalised, but the profits are Privatised. 612475
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026gloves to hide the bruises (he was at Camp David again over the weekend), big coat to hide whatever box-shaped thing he has strapped to his waist, red carpet to give him strong visual clues of where to walk #trump #unfit. Will there be any photos of him later today indoors without gloves? 020
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump doesn't write or even practice his speeches. If it was on the teleprompter it is because other people put it there - so yes, other people are trying to future proof themselves. 011
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Five Police Forces have stopped using Palantir after the found its software made no improvements at all. In fact it was often worse than useless flagging false positives. Get Palantir out of the UK and out of the NHS. It is fascist AI slop. 112242
Reposted by CaitSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768262250
Reposted by Caitwaxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026what an incredibly fucked up thing to say to the UN 881654318
Reposted by CaitAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026Shaheen: "He seemed to say Russian children have also been displaced & kidnapped, & that's just not true. It's Ukrainian children the Russians have taken back to Russia. They've taken them from their families, thousands of them. It is very clear who is violating intl law here, & it's not Ukraine." 11547641538
Cait @wisecelticlass.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The worrying side is that someone other than Trump wrote all this - incriminating facts included - and allowed it to be passed for external hearing. 000
Reposted by CaitA. Elizabeth West @damewritesalot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Never forget that they enabled ALL of this. Even cowering behind their seats on January 6 wasn't enough to make them pivot, though they could have ended it at any time. Vote accordingly. 001
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You should look at this shit and think WTF? WTF indeed, what kind of an army can't build anything, can't even repair things, RENTS Nuclear Weapons, from Donald Trump of all people. It is a joke, a massive scam, with billionaires taking almost all the money in profit. 12611
Reposted by Caittaormint.bsky.social @taormint.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bill Lee leaving the state to future environmental disaster. www.propublica.org/article/elon...propublica.orgElon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas ProjectNevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.” 011
Reposted by Cait@nanoatl @nanoatl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What a pleasant surprise. WTG, networks! Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...nytimes.comNetworks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN (Gift Article)The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico. 001
Reposted by CaitLauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in. 8827091120
Reposted by CaitAshok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jewish voices are speaking out too. In New York, anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews are protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza and Netanyahu’s UN visit. Jewish identity does not mean unquestioning support for any government. Human rights belong to everyone. #Gaza #HumanRights 182
Reposted by CaitGod @thegodshow.com · 19/09/2026Bless these folks!thegodshow.comBless The Americans Who Formed A Human Chain Around The Kennedy CenterDear Humans, 375195993746
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Cuba has better Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Lower Crime, Lower Murder than the USA. Even with their 60 year trade embargo from the USA. The only disaster is the USA. 48419
Reposted by CaitJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I printed this and posted it above my desk. I'd change only the last line to "I am the FUCK YOUR FEELINGS - EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE left". 21368372454
Reposted by CaitUK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tories and Reform want to turn Britain into a ‘Trump satellite state’, Ed Davey says The Liberal Democrat leader declared his party’s ‘orange wall’ will stop Reform UK’s rise to power www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukTories and Reform want to turn Britain into a ‘Trump satellite state’, Ed Davey saysThe Liberal Democrat leader declared his party’s ‘orange wall’ will stop Reform UK’s rise to power 021
Reposted by CaitMr @missedmycue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026PALANTIR, the firm that are trying to worm their way into every part of the NHS and the UK government, seem to be behind the murder of these school children in Iran. 022
Reposted by CaitDemocratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The United States has only had full suffrage since 1965. After a recent Supreme Court decision effectively disenfranchised millions of Black voters across the American South, the country can no longer pretend it’s a democracy. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/millions-o... 133
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased? 6246123
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The act was hurriedly waved through by a Conservative Government before Labour came back in at the end of 1964. It should have been ripped up as soon as they did. 1299
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You probably don't know but before 1964 nobody owned the seas surrounding the UK. They were common land. In 1964 they were all given to the King, so now all the Wind Turbines and Oil Rigs in the UK pay rent to him. They should all be placed back under Government control. It's a scam. 1518061
Reposted by CaitCassandra 🏴🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🇮🇪🇪🇺 Ireland confirms that it will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and will not broadcast the contest. 0124
Reposted by CaitBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Palestine isn't allowed to go to the UN Convention in New York because the USA and Israel are blocking them. The UN has become a joke organization a pointless puppet, now it is blocking 1 member state from even attending because just 2 other states out of 193 don't want them there. The UN is dead. 85710247
Reposted by CaitScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The lust for Cuba apparently has nothing to do with a desire to liberate the people of Cuba and introduce democracy—it's all about late-19th century style imperialism and longing for the island's assets. Gaming casino and resort hotel rights to the Trump and Kushner families, of course.theguardian.comTrump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime fallsWashington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions 43931
Reposted by CaitNews From The Left @newsfromtheleft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Speaker Johnson just sent congress on another vacation to avoid Massie's impeachment of Hegseth. Congress will of course continue to get paid by us the taxpayer. Kinda sounds like socialism doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/thet... 022
Reposted by CaitMichael @mikins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran's position is that he's not political so can't take a side. So why did he back black lives matter? Why did he perform Ukrainian support gigs? Why did he support Jeremy Corbyn and then Keir Starmer? Why did he then lobby the labour party? Seems pretty political when it costs him nothing. 183
Reposted by CaitLead Stories @leadstories.com · 15/09/2026Fact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly -- NOT Real Photoleadstories.comFact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly -- NOT Real PhotoIs an image of President Donald Trump appearing to have wetted himself after meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly a real photo? No, that's not true: It's from an AI-generated meme. No officially released images showed such a scene. The... 021