@terryweldon
S African/British LibDem councillor (Waverley, Surrey) Gay, married, practicing Catholic 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST); Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher
We are a country of light and (very) dark animal stories: Black Beauty (a harder read than many will recall); Wind in the Willows and Beatrix Potter; Watership Down and Plague Dogs (gulp); Tarka (by a fascist) and Animal Farm (by an anti-Fascist); Kes.
I think we can cope with animals on banknotes.
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US inews.co.uk/opinion/hegs...
Mamdani is considering ending free street parking in NYC. This would be another huge boost to NYC residents' quality of life, reducing traffic in ways that would be comparable to congestion pricing. And it would be another step in ending suburban free-riding on NYC.
It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.
So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to destroy nuclear material. You failed to eradicate Iran's retaliatory capacity. You brought chaos to the Middle East. You killed god knows how many people. You destabilised your own economy. All for nothing, but the ego of madman.
Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."
Iran has officially pulled out of the World Cup, stating that conditions in the US are not safe for players or fans.
More countries must follow suit.
The US will only respond to public pressure and financial retaliation.
Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott America.
“She’s the exception, I am the rule.”
Such articulate cutting through of the nonsense around puberty blockers and eg Keira Bell’s detransitioning from Stephanie Lynnette on GMB this morning. It is also a refreshing relief to see a trans person actually being allowed to speak for once!
£0 debt
£0 dividends
Water companies before privatisation
£60 billion debt
£85 billion dividends
Water companies after privatisation
The British public has been robbed - and our waters polluted to an extreme - and STILL Labour are refusing to renationalise water, disgraceful
Given the current UK government's apparent desire to entrench transphobic gender critical beliefs into UK law and healthcare it is urgent that we fight for the trans-inclusive pluralism that we all want to see.
rejserin.medium.com/systemic-tra...
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch endorses Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
Which is enough to know which party Mahmood is batting for
Hint: it's not the traditional Labour vote
NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.
It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.
Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.
175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.
Not an issue that bothers me.
There are far more important issues to be concerned about.
Once again, Ed Davey shows that he is better at questioning the Prime Minister with his two questions than Kemi Badenoch is with her six questions. #PMQs
Telling how confident Starmer now feels in owning his Iran decision. His best outing against Badenoch at PMQs in months. KB not alone in shifting her position. Many of those in the press and politics demanding war and condemning Starmer loudest have been far quieter since the inevitable chaos began.
The best case against Farage is the things Farage has said.
No principles, no morality, no information, no expertise, just endlessly appeasing Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and assorted billionaires and foreign oligarchs or chasing the next headline, until suddenly colliding with reality. Bang, oof.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Just do it! This country needs an end to the mess that Johnson and Farage have got us into.
A private jet used for Farage’s Chagos stunt is reportedly linked to a billionaire donor who has given £12m to Reform
Huge money can buy political influence.
The #ElectionsBill must go further. Democracy shld be shaped by voters not the biggest cheque.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How can you tell if Farage is lying?
Same as with Johnson: check if his mouth is open.
Flip flop Farage:
“Most likely is an in-between scenario in which the U.S. largely clears the Gulf but the current regime survives....solving nothing fundamental but preserving a fragile balance of power in a vital part of the world.”
As before, except for vast expense and disruption.
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Britons tend to think that King Charles's planned state visit to the US should be cancelled, as Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls on the government to call the trip off in response the US-Iran conflict
Should be cancelled: 46%
Should go ahead: 36%
yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
🏳️🌈At the very end of last year we looked again at voting intention by sexual orientation
➡️Reform led 🌹Labour by 11 with straight men
➡️Reform led 🌳Tories by 6 with straight women
➡️Reform led 💚Greens by 6 with gay & bisexual men
💚Greens led 🌹Labour by 16 (!) among gay & bisexual women
Am going to keep posting the gif until war is over.
