Ming Ho
@minghowriter.bsky.social
Writer, walker, Europhile. https://mbalit.co.uk/client/ming-ho-2/ A Many-Splendoured Thing, BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001str6 & https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t3b2 Former dementia carer: http://dementiajustaintsexy.blogspot.com
I’ve lost my dog, Nico. She is very dear to me and I am absolutely heartbroken. She was last seen in Silkstream park in Colindale London. If you see her, can you let me know? I realise she could be anywhere in the country now if she got into someone’s car...
it is *outrageous* that this has now become accepted as fact, and is endlessly rolled out on any social platform you care to mention despite corrections. who you can actually bring if you're on a visa: your spouse and kid(s). that's it
Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social · last wk.False reports about migrant care workers came from Conservative party 'research' The Times was forced to issue a correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 dependants to UK
Thorough write-up of the Times/Chris Philp migrants stat fabrication story by @garethtbij.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
False migrant care worker data came from Conservative Party
The Times is forced to issue correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 family members to UK
thebureauinvestigates.com
The stranglehold the rightwing and far right have on our politics is absurd. Not a single policy or idea that benefits the country. A wild aversion to tax, immigration, NetZero, the EU.. trapping us in a dismal dead-end, unable to make progress for fear of the DailyMail demographic losing its shit.
When people call for the deportation on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, it's not mere coarsening of discourse, it is real-life fascists setting out what they'll do given half a chance and our real-life friends and family will do the real-life suffering if we don't start real-life fighting this.
A British Gainsborough Pictures Classic! THE WICKED LADY (1945) 11:40am #TPTVsubtitles Starring #MargaretLockwood #GriffithJones #JamesMason
New PM, same old media: Burnham is now simultaneously being accused of spending money he hasn't got on the policies he announces *and* not spending enough money on the policies he announces.
Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to public safety & wildlife. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs
We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...
petition.parliament.uk
Listen, I agree there’s loads of good signs re Burnham, but taking a firm pro-immigration stance should be a basic requirement for an ostensibly progressive politician. And sorry for being biased here as an immigrant myself. Mahmood made me want to leave the UK and keeping her is incredibly hurtful.
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
It's fascinating to watch commentators who sat completely silently for a decade as the Conservative Government changed its leader four times in a row mid-term, now suddenly discover such a keen interest in the concepts of 'mandates' and 'legitimacy'
Resister to join us tomorrow at 2.00pm. I’m the “TBC Lived Experience Advocate”! #joindementiaresearch
Dementia Community@dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 3w ago📢 Last day to book our next free webinar! 🪧 Help change the future: Join Dementia Research 🗓 Monday 20th July 2026 ⏰ 2–3pm (UK time) 💷 Free to attend 👉 Register here: buff.ly/F00HGnU 💙 Support us: buff.ly/xKGZ6GE #dementia #webinar @beatdementia @minghowriter.bsky.social
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🟡 MAGAZINE: The News No Longer Exists By @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Twenty-four-hour news channels killed The News. They turned it from something to be compiled and considered into a constant stream of events. Nothing ever happens; now it is happening. Read the full story below.
The News No Longer Exists – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Twenty-four-hour news channels killed The News. They turned it from something to be compiled and considered into a constant stream of events. Nothing ever happens; now it is happening.
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A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
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The Trump administration decides to directly fund a whole host of UK right-wing groups to the tune of $12 million. This is US direct interference in UK politics & public life. There are laws against this but will the UK govt dare to act? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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£10bn wasted. A 'VIP lane' for well-connected firms. The Covid inquiry's verdict on the Johnson government is in. They "undermined public trust when the country needed it most". https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/14/boris-johnson-government-wasted-vast-sums-on-ppe-covid-inquiry-finds
Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
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Johnson, Sunak, Hancock, Gove, Williamson et al should be serving prison sentences for what they did (and failed to do) at the most challenging time the country faced since WW2. Spivs, gangsters, profiteers and charlatans. The lot of them.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 3w agoAlmost £10 billion of the £15 billion that Boris Johnson's Government spent on PPE during the pandemic was wasted, the Covid Inquiry has concluded. The Inquiry found money was wasted on a "vast" scale, with companies with "connections to government" given first preference for contracts
Will be sharing my journey with my late mum’s dementia & involvement in #JoinDementiaResearch…
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At a press conference on Thursday, the head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said the threat from extreme-right wing terrorism was rising and had been a key driver of the decision to raise the national terror threat level from substantial to “severe” in May
The arrests were made in London, Surrey, Manchester, Essex and Ipswich and searches are ongoing 3 of the suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and 8 other men was detained under the Terrorism Act. A woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender
12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday
Absolutely loved this deeply moving film today at @thegardencinema.bsky.social: youtu.be/qIjOCYltUqA?is. Don’t look up any detailed synopsis beforehand, it will spoil it; just find a screening at your local pronto, before it disappears… #DearYou #Teochew #Chinese #cinema
Dear You 給阿嬤的情書 UK & IE Official Trailer | In Cinemas 26 June
YouTube video by Trinity CineAsia
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80 backbenchers have signed what was intended to be a private letter to Burnham [which has leaked] about the need for significant changes to the settlement & asylum reforms. There is a fair amount of frontbench sympathy for this inews.co.uk/news/politic...
In amidst of all the ridicule, the corruption, the dishonesty and deception, let’s not forget that Farage is a vicious, far-right racist.
The Chancellor has the power to stop Farage's cynical ploy. I've written to her this morning urging her to act. Farage should not be allowed to resign until the investigation into his dodgy dealings has concluded. The people of Clacton deserve the facts first.
