Rebecca Gatward

Our water bill in Devon has just come through today. It's doubled.

Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.

We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.

And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

The White House. The actual White House.

This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

Had a fab first week working with the best cast and crew. Grateful to be making this beautiful show.

Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.

Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)

Oil painting of Tobias Menzies by Rebecca Foster

My painting of the actor Tobias Menzies. Oil on linen. I love this photo of it framed by my studio which also appears in the painting. This portrait is currently available. Best to contact me on my website if interested. I also have space open for new commissions.
#portraitpainting #art #portraiture

Period

A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest

BREAKING: The vast majority of farms will not be affected” says Environment Secretary Steve Reed adding it's only right the wealthiest landowners "pay their fair share”

Do you remember these same people’s reaction any time a Labour shadow minister supported a junior doctors’ picket?

“When WE do it, it’s patriotic…”

The always terrific @vicderbyshire.bsky.social puts Jeremy Clarkson firmly in his place

Oh god.

It's my opinion that Victoria Derbyshire should replace Laura Kuenssberg on every single BBC show she is on, and she should do it right now.

I'm sure you agree.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer? Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government's inheritance tax reforms

The campaign against Labour’s planned changes to inheritance tax for wealthy farmers and landowners risks backfiring, amid a deluge of statistical manipulation and unsympathetic spokespeople

My latest on the farming row for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...

It’s happening

Please spare a thought for James Dyson, the Brexit-voting billionaire who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax then moved his business to Singapore. He's the real victim here.

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.

That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

Happy Birthday!

The protestors want to call it "the tractor tax" because calling it "the inheritance tax protest" would turn off public opinion.

The tractors coming into London today, in fact, pay no road tax, no congestion charge, and no ULEZ.

Exempt from all.

Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve join forces as new European Movement Co-Presidents Caroline Lucas and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC have been unveiled as the new Co-Presidents of European Movement UK, the country’s fastest-growing pro-European organisation

💥 NEWS! 💥

Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK:

Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve

Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend.

Onwards and definitely upwards!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...

It’s good here isn’t it?

Excellent advice

The other thing (I’ve said it 1000 times) is that X is a business & our attention/content is currency. If I learned that eg a clothing brand I’d always liked was now using slave labour & dumping toxic waste in the sea, I wouldn’t continue to buy their product. We have that choice.

I’m leading five workshops (four days each) for actors in 2025 - clown, mask, impro, Commedia www.tickettailor.com/events/runat...

Me too. I’ll bring the biscuits.