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Dottoressa Maggie

@lesserspottedh

Global issues, nature, gardens, lover of books, music and films, foodie, servant to two cats. Forever European. I don’t hold with religion but David Lynch is God. RIP. #VoteGreen #ClimateCatastrophe #LongCovid

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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

09.03.2026 12:13 👍 15737 🔁 5427 💬 652 📌 359

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

09.03.2026 15:30 👍 9165 🔁 3519 💬 452 📌 181

There are parallels with British politics here.

09.03.2026 17:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, I remember Habeck being undermined and slaughtered! I haven‘t checked what he‘s up to now. He said something about quitting politics. Or is he back in Schleswig-Holstein?

09.03.2026 17:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦‍♂️
thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...

09.03.2026 08:07 👍 885 🔁 331 💬 53 📌 24
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Labour in ‘deep trouble’ with Black voters, Operation Black Vote chair warns David Weaver says proposed jury reforms and slow progress on equality risk eroding support in marginal seats

Black people are disproportionately stopped and searched, arrested, charged and remanded, we are given longer sentences. Only 1% of judges in England and Wales are Black. So if juries are replaced with judge-only trials, then what happens is overwhelmingly white.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

09.03.2026 08:40 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social

Brexit

a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)

www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

09.03.2026 07:29 👍 458 🔁 239 💬 33 📌 33

This is an aspect of the Kushner and Witless negotiating team that needs more exposure.
These two incompetents link trade deals with peace negotiations all the time.
And the trade deals always seem to benefit the same group of people, them or their families.
But mostly tRump.

09.03.2026 06:29 👍 95 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
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The money behind the new Iran War In private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Trump to attack Iran.

So Donald Trump and Jared Kushner are getting Billions from Saudi Arabia to use the U.S. Military to attack Iran?

popular.info/p/the-money-...

09.03.2026 05:59 👍 115 🔁 50 💬 13 📌 5
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09.03.2026 03:56 👍 244 🔁 73 💬 2 📌 2
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It is in this house.😽

09.03.2026 08:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great shame that Greens lost out in federal election.

09.03.2026 08:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What a hero Cem Özdemir is. What a long-lived politician!

08.03.2026 21:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Coalition?

08.03.2026 21:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The SPD in Baden-Württemberg (basically the German Labour Party) has fallen to around 5.5%, only just managing to get returned to the state's parliament. There's a 5% hurdle in Germany to ensure parties who get less than that don't enter parliament.

08.03.2026 19:00 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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ARD-Hochrechnung zur Wahl: Grüne in Baden-Württemberg vor CDU Bei der Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg liegen die Grünen laut erster ARD-Hochrechnung vor der CDU. Die AfD holt ihr bisher bestes Ergebnis. Die SPD fällt auf ein historisches Tief, FDP und Linke ba...

🌻 German Greens have won the election in Baden-Württemberg! – holding the state and making Cem Özdemir the first Minister President in Germany with a so-called "migration background" (his parents were both Türkish immigrants). Özdemir describes himself as an "Anatolian Swabian" and "secular Muslim".

08.03.2026 18:27 👍 69 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 3
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Ticey cosplaying a UK government minister.

08.03.2026 21:06 👍 219 🔁 31 💬 29 📌 1

🤞indeed.

08.03.2026 08:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A bit like liberating Gazans from Hamas by withholding food and medicine…

07.03.2026 21:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Food Prices Tracker: February 2026 The Food Foundation Food Prices Tracker: February 2026 shows families are cutting back on fresh food and reducing the size of their shopping baskets

The @foodfoundation.bsky.social says climate-driven events like drought, wildfire & floods, along with post-Brexit admin costs on imported foods are already pushing up UK food prices:

foodfoundation.org.uk/news/food-pr...
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07.03.2026 17:44 👍 38 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

The UK relies heavily on imports of food. Recent events have shown, in an increasingly volatile world, you can't always count on ships being able to move about.

Some countries are stockpiling food to prepare for climate shocks, the UK should too, says Prof Lang:

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07.03.2026 17:44 👍 123 🔁 46 💬 5 📌 2
£40,000 Russian Bribe: Reform’s Shame Exposed
£40,000 Russian Bribe: Reform’s Shame Exposed YouTube video by Ben Goldsborough MP for South Norfolk

£40,000 in Russian bribes.

Reform’s former leader in Wales is now serving ten and a half years in prison.

Foreign interference in UK politics is not theory. It is fact. We must defend our democracy.

youtube.com/shorts/3hd17...

07.03.2026 18:58 👍 374 🔁 173 💬 24 📌 5
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I’ve been waiting and expecting this so here it comes!! In some respects I’ll be surprised if this moron makes it 3 more years. The bigger question is can America and its citizens make it?

07.03.2026 07:52 👍 1603 🔁 609 💬 779 📌 163

How long should it take to confirm whether the US bombed and killed over 170 people, mainly girls in an Iranian school? It can’t be that difficult. And why isn’t this leading every news outlet in the country? It’s utterly shameful.

07.03.2026 20:34 👍 350 🔁 82 💬 17 📌 2

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

07.03.2026 19:01 👍 21021 🔁 6979 💬 560 📌 253
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I adopted Gomie & Morticia from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) three & a half years ago (9.17.22); ACC's new rescue shelter is now full & there are thousands of stray cats & dogs in NYC who need a home so #AdoptDontShop~! #Caturday

www.nycacc.org

07.03.2026 20:42 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

What wonderful names!
I adopted my girls five years ago. It took them a while to show their true personalities, but now they are the happiest cats in town.🐈🐈‍⬛

07.03.2026 20:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken | Zack Polanski Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Every word = spot on.
Ppl are struggling and in despair; there are many with impressive qualifications who have no jobs - and privileged, entitled, out of touch Lab (apparently🤷‍♀️) politicians are happy to demonise them. There are THOUSANDS applying for every job!

07.03.2026 18:32 👍 35 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 1

Thanks! Obviously nobody thought of potential traitors. In fact, if EU was a united states Orban would be committing something akin to treason.

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