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Cathy Dean

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Psychology PhD student at University of Gloucestershire looking at traumatisation of unpaid carers through institutional violence. Lover of cats, dogs, babies, cake and 🌈 she/her.

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& later in the evening and excellent speech.

18.09.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

18.09.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 67146 πŸ” 16101 πŸ’¬ 1181 πŸ“Œ 534
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Are you comfortable with the worlds most powerful man on earth banning books, militarising the police, damaging women's reproductive rights"

Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."

18.09.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 716 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 78

If you don't know what's going on with anti-trans stuff in the UK, read this.

If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.

They won't stop with us.

18.09.2025 07:06 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Carers UK responds to Guardian article reporting that the Government is considering compensation for carers hit by the Carer’s Allowance scandal | Carers UK

Carers UK is encouraged to hear that the Government is considering compensation for Carer’s Allowance overpayments - in today's @theguardian.com. Read our full reaction here: http://bit.ly/4psh7dS?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_hpmt34rhxv

14.09.2025 07:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a lesson in there somewhere

14.09.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photos of Yaxley Lennon/Robinson and Musk talking on video link and a bloodied protester. 

…murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly.
"The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that's who we're dealing with here."
He said that the British public were
"scared to exercise their [right to] free speech" and claimed the BBC was "com-plicit in the destruction of Britain".
When they finished their conversa-tion, Robinson said: "Not only are we in the fight right now, but we're on advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk."
By about 4pm riot police, backed by mounted patrols and dog units, were struggling to protect a group of masked antifascists hemmed in at the top of Whitehall. Missiles and flares were thrown by Robinson supporters, with some hitting officers.
Many chanted
abuse at the police, mocked officers and spat at them.
The Met said on X: "Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups. A number of officers have been assaulted."
It later added: "The turnout for the Unite the Kingdom protest was too big to fit into Whitehall. Protesters left the route on to Victoria Embankment and sought to access Whitehall from multiple directions ... When officers moved in to stop them, they faced unacceptable violence.
They were assaulted with kicks and punches. Bottles, flares and other projectiles were thrown."
More than
1,600
officers
were
deployed to deal with the demonstrations as well as several football fixtures in the capital. At least 500 police had been drafted in from forces outside London, including the Merseyside, Humberside

Photos of Yaxley Lennon/Robinson and Musk talking on video link and a bloodied protester. …murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly. "The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that's who we're dealing with here." He said that the British public were "scared to exercise their [right to] free speech" and claimed the BBC was "com-plicit in the destruction of Britain". When they finished their conversa-tion, Robinson said: "Not only are we in the fight right now, but we're on advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk." By about 4pm riot police, backed by mounted patrols and dog units, were struggling to protect a group of masked antifascists hemmed in at the top of Whitehall. Missiles and flares were thrown by Robinson supporters, with some hitting officers. Many chanted abuse at the police, mocked officers and spat at them. The Met said on X: "Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups. A number of officers have been assaulted." It later added: "The turnout for the Unite the Kingdom protest was too big to fit into Whitehall. Protesters left the route on to Victoria Embankment and sought to access Whitehall from multiple directions ... When officers moved in to stop them, they faced unacceptable violence. They were assaulted with kicks and punches. Bottles, flares and other projectiles were thrown." More than 1,600 officers were deployed to deal with the demonstrations as well as several football fixtures in the capital. At least 500 police had been drafted in from forces outside London, including the Merseyside, Humberside

Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone.
No more appeasement.
No more β€˜legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.

(Sunday Times)

14.09.2025 07:49 πŸ‘ 1008 πŸ” 325 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 17

Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.

Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.

14.09.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 2401 πŸ” 1012 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 46

You are lucky you live in an area that has Admiral Nurses, I was unpleasantly surprised to learn they ate not nationwide

26.08.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good advice

26.08.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A purple speech bubble with a quote from Grace: "Carers do an incredible job, saving governments millions - they deserve to be supported."

A purple speech bubble with a quote from Grace: "Carers do an incredible job, saving governments millions - they deserve to be supported."

#UnpaidCarers contribute so much to our society & the global economy, yet, many receive little to no support in return.

This needs to change.

Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today πŸ‘‡πŸ½

carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...

#CommitToCarers

25.08.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.

Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.

buff.ly/i4kBpfF

25.08.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth

ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"

24.08.2025 08:56 πŸ‘ 846 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 27
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β€˜Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an β€œarmy of patriots.”

But the truth is very different.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

22.08.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 26

I am in love. There is a certain come hither look in that chicken's eye...

22.08.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ageing and Care Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges - KZfSS KΓΆlner Zeitschrift fΓΌr Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie In this article, the authors articulate care poverty as a new theoretical lens through which we might understand the challenges people face as they age and need help and support in their daily lives. ...

A very interesting article drawing out the concept of care poverty from my colleague @profkirstein.bsky.social and collaborators.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

22.08.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah. You have made assumptions that suit your own biases. Thanks for clarifying. You're still a racist.

22.08.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you also currently doing a PhD or working in academia? Just wondering how you know what my experience is

22.08.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm doing a PhD which, ego aside, seems to mean I am intelligent. I therefore feel qualified to confidently describe you as a racist

22.08.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Media here too, seems like there's a lot of us about!

22.08.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aussie unions don’t beat around the bush.

22.08.2025 09:28 πŸ‘ 1543 πŸ” 605 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 36

Was it the right way up? Maybe someone needs help...

22.08.2025 20:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You make an excellent point! The mini roundabout ones baffled me. Why would you want the flag you're so proud of to be driven over multiple times a day? You'd get arrested for doing that in many countries!

22.08.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FBI on corruption

FBI on corruption

Counterpoint: The Trump administration is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.

22.08.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 426 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 5

I'm afraid they are convincing increasing numbers of people, egged on by far too much of the mainstream media and evil-minded public figures. It's not the flag itself I'm ashamed of, it's the message it's being used to send

22.08.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone, and I do mean anyone, who calls for leaving the ECHR is doing so because they want to deny Human Rights to as many people are possible and should be immediately ignored and shunned. And, because I am a rational person, that includes Labour MPs.

22.08.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ flag and saying Free Palestine

Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal

Up the Mary Wallopers πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ§‘

Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!

22.08.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1316 πŸ” 480 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 28

I have got to the point of feeling ashamed whenever I see the flag of St George. Someone has painted them onto the mini roundabouts near us, and there are lots on the bridges over the M4 and M5. #Notinmyname is how I feel when I see my country's flag now

22.08.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Couldn't agree more.

22.08.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent!! Every child should have the opportunity to get the shivers like that!

22.08.2025 08:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0