Kate Edmonds

Kate Edmonds

@kateedmonds.bsky.social

Cares about democracy, truth, decency, animals, the climate and biodiversity emergency, walking, tennis, yoga. Melanoma IIIc survivor, so far. Blocking followers who have no posts.

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BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours is a lifeline for consumers facing scams, rising bills, and bad service. Now it's under threat. We can't let them axe this vital public service or hide it online where vulnerable people lose access. Please add your name to save it: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave BBC Radio 4's You and YoursFor over 50 years, this show has been a vital voice for consumers taking on scams and rising bills. Now the BBC is threatening its future. Add your name to help protect it.

💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave swift nests before building work blocks or obstructs themSwifts are in trouble. Their UK breeding population fell by 70% between 1995 and 2024, and they are now on the UK Red List of birds of conservation concern. When a swift's nest entrance is blocked, e...

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How odd that so many Reform UK policies are just like those of the Nazis in the 1930s as they vied for popularity, before revealing their true vicious, brutal, genocidal selves ... meme via Lily Rose

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The number of times I've seen calling an unnecessary early election backfire at this point has gotten me all

James Ball@jamesrball.com

1. Call an early election because the opposition is in chaos 2. Early election causes opposition to stop being in chaos 3. Polls move against you 4. Oh. *Really* against you (Conservatives will be majority government). 5. Resign

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According to Carbon Brief, wind and solar power has saved the UK £5.9bn in gas import costs during the Strait of Hormuz crisis. You'd think that's something our sovereignty obsessed right-wing mefia would celebrate but funnily enough, they never mention it. In fact, they actively downplay it... 🤔

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This story went up late on Friday and got less attention than it otherwise might have done. A sentencing hearing on Friday was told three participants in the Tory election-betting scandal - dismissed at the time as "a flutter" - would have made nearly £50,000 if undetected www.ft.com/content/510e...

ft.comTory gamblers stood to make nearly £50,000 from insider information, court toldFormer Conservative director of campaigning and two others made scores of bets on date of 2024 general election

Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...

you.38degrees.org.ukProtect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priorityEnough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...

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How a country is unable to get rid of someone like this 👇 is beyond me.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 Trump loses it and SNAPS at a string of reporters, says Ilhan Omar might "go to jail," calls Somalia "a shit house," and boasts that thanks to a new program he announced today Americans "will make millions of dollars by turning others in" during absolutely deranged Oval Office event Supercut:

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THANK YOU to everyone who has signed the government petition to make catapult crime on wildlife a standalone criminal offence. But we can't stop here! If we get 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

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In 2016 the Conservative Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, "The only country that would like us to leave the EU is Russia" In 2026 the former Head of MI6 Sir John Sawers, "Because that would marginalise Britain as a global player and weaken Europe in general"

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Bannon 🤝 Farage

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social

Another rich old white man funding Farage's bigot show

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Mr Farage wants to prosecute the journalists who've revealed the rot at the heart of his party. If he cared about that at all he'd be thanking them instead.

Ukraine is facing it's 5th winter of war, butTrump is making threats, cosying up to Russia and telling Zelensky he should step down. It's a new low, and we need our PM to stand up for Ukraine, and up to Trump. Sign the open letter now: 38d.gs/0nlt

38d.gsSign the open letter: Stand with Ukraine. Stand up to Trump.Ukraine is facing it's 5th winter of war, and Trump is making threats, cosying up to Russia and telling Zelensky he should step down. It's a new low, and we need our PM to stand up for Ukraine, and up...

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Andy Burnham is right to say that the majority of Brits want closer ties with Europe. You know what most Brits also want? EU membership.

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“We know that hostile actors have been seeking to interfere in our democratic process. That is a matter of fact. We need to call that out” Prime Minister Andy Burnham #PMQs

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After just two minutes on TikTok, Protect the Wild found posts and reels of kids using catapults to shoot down wildlife, despite TikTok saying it cracks down on accounts. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION, demanding that the government changes legislation and makes catapult crime a criminal offence.

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Our "independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation" would seemingly be happier in North Korea

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Here’s some helpful background on him, just to help with understanding where we are in the “anti-extremism” game