Angie and the Westies 🏴
@angieandwesties.bsky.social
Happily retired and living in the Scottish Borders. I love art, nature, gardening, flower arranging, trying out new recipes, and spending time with my husband and our Westies (Henry and Lily).
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Scotland’s fishing industry delivers over 60% of the UK’s catch - but Labour thinks we should settle for just 7.78% of funding. 🐟🏴
There’s a vote in Parliament today.
Will Labour stand up for Scotland’s fisheries, or just stand up for Keir Starmer?
news.stv.tv/scotland/uk-...
There’s a vote in Parliament today.
Will Labour stand up for Scotland’s fisheries, or just stand up for Keir Starmer?
news.stv.tv/scotland/uk-...
UK Government funding for Scotland’s fishing is an ‘insult’, says minister
Mairi Gougeon’s comments come ahead of a vote in Holyrood on Tuesday to agree that Scotland should receive more cash.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Scotland’s fishing industry delivers over 60% of the UK’s catch - but Labour thinks we should settle for just 7.78% of funding. 🐟🏴
There’s a vote in Parliament today.
Will Labour stand up for Scotland’s fisheries, or just stand up for Keir Starmer?
news.stv.tv/scotland/uk-...
There’s a vote in Parliament today.
Will Labour stand up for Scotland’s fisheries, or just stand up for Keir Starmer?
news.stv.tv/scotland/uk-...
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Post Office has agreed to pay Fujitsu £41 million to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. A slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join me and 280,000 others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Post Office has agreed to pay Fujitsu £41 million to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. A slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join me and 280,000 others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
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I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
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Have you voted yet?
Please help us win £1000 in the #MovementForGood awards.
The more nominations, the better the chance of winning 🙏
Hit the link:
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Please help us win £1000 in the #MovementForGood awards.
The more nominations, the better the chance of winning 🙏
Hit the link:
buff.ly/n9jWZls
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Have you voted yet?
Please help us win £1000 in the #MovementForGood awards.
The more nominations, the better the chance of winning 🙏
Hit the link:
buff.ly/n9jWZls
Please help us win £1000 in the #MovementForGood awards.
The more nominations, the better the chance of winning 🙏
Hit the link:
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Meet Arthur, in the loving care of Northumberland Dog Rescue 🧡 His background isn’t known and he isn’t yet ready to receive any adoption inquiries, he needs some time and understanding.
Supporting rescues to do their vital, life saving work is what your donations do. THANK you Schnauzerfesters.
Supporting rescues to do their vital, life saving work is what your donations do. THANK you Schnauzerfesters.
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Meet Arthur, in the loving care of Northumberland Dog Rescue 🧡 His background isn’t known and he isn’t yet ready to receive any adoption inquiries, he needs some time and understanding.
Supporting rescues to do their vital, life saving work is what your donations do. THANK you Schnauzerfesters.
Supporting rescues to do their vital, life saving work is what your donations do. THANK you Schnauzerfesters.
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Christmas at P&C.
New, vintage, cards, ephemera, ornaments www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.
New, vintage, cards, ephemera, ornaments www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Christmas at P&C.
New, vintage, cards, ephemera, ornaments www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.
New, vintage, cards, ephemera, ornaments www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.
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People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion. The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion. The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
Have any of you been watching Sullivan's Crossing?
It's making me want to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. It looks so gorgeous.
It's making me want to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. It looks so gorgeous.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Have any of you been watching Sullivan's Crossing?
It's making me want to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. It looks so gorgeous.
It's making me want to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. It looks so gorgeous.
Good morning one and all,
What's on the agenda today?
What's on the agenda today?
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Good morning one and all,
What's on the agenda today?
What's on the agenda today?
What a great afternoon for wildlife-spotting.
After lunch, I took Henry and Lily for a walk and I saw two deer, over a hundred fieldfare, a buzzard, two kestrels, and a hare!
After lunch, I took Henry and Lily for a walk and I saw two deer, over a hundred fieldfare, a buzzard, two kestrels, and a hare!
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What a great afternoon for wildlife-spotting.
After lunch, I took Henry and Lily for a walk and I saw two deer, over a hundred fieldfare, a buzzard, two kestrels, and a hare!
After lunch, I took Henry and Lily for a walk and I saw two deer, over a hundred fieldfare, a buzzard, two kestrels, and a hare!
My friend's asked me to go to a Christmas Market with her this morning, so I guess I should get out of bed. But, my snoozing Westie besties make it so hard! Henry's under the duvet on my left. Lily's on top of the duvet on my right. I'm the filling in a Westie sandwich - and it's so cosy and warm.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My friend's asked me to go to a Christmas Market with her this morning, so I guess I should get out of bed. But, my snoozing Westie besties make it so hard! Henry's under the duvet on my left. Lily's on top of the duvet on my right. I'm the filling in a Westie sandwich - and it's so cosy and warm.
I've been waiting all day for it to be time to get ready for going out, but now it's nearly time, it all seems a bit of an effort.
I wish we'd planned to go out for lunch instead.
I wish we'd planned to go out for lunch instead.
November 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've been waiting all day for it to be time to get ready for going out, but now it's nearly time, it all seems a bit of an effort.
I wish we'd planned to go out for lunch instead.
I wish we'd planned to go out for lunch instead.
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🥳 COME AND SHOP 🥳
You’ll find 🎄lots and lots of gifts and help us to pay vet bills this winter. Nothing will cost more than £30. Open for one week only.
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You’ll find 🎄lots and lots of gifts and help us to pay vet bills this winter. Nothing will cost more than £30. Open for one week only.
➡️ hit the link to find us
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November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🥳 COME AND SHOP 🥳
You’ll find 🎄lots and lots of gifts and help us to pay vet bills this winter. Nothing will cost more than £30. Open for one week only.
➡️ hit the link to find us
buff.ly/3snOLbT
You’ll find 🎄lots and lots of gifts and help us to pay vet bills this winter. Nothing will cost more than £30. Open for one week only.
➡️ hit the link to find us
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If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
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Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
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Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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And this is one of Labour's problems. Such a relatively easy win, especially given the gains the Green party have made under Polanski.
Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
And this is one of Labour's problems. Such a relatively easy win, especially given the gains the Green party have made under Polanski.
Just had a get a tick off Henry the Westie's head. 🤢 It's November for goodness sake. I for one welcome the cold weather!
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just had a get a tick off Henry the Westie's head. 🤢 It's November for goodness sake. I for one welcome the cold weather!
'Nine bodies in a Mexican Morgue' is an intriguing title.
The TV show does not live up to it.
You can thank me now or later.
The TV show does not live up to it.
You can thank me now or later.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
'Nine bodies in a Mexican Morgue' is an intriguing title.
The TV show does not live up to it.
You can thank me now or later.
The TV show does not live up to it.
You can thank me now or later.
I'm going to watch Palm Royale (Season 2) in the hope that watching the sunshine might warm me up. 😎
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm going to watch Palm Royale (Season 2) in the hope that watching the sunshine might warm me up. 😎
Our walk was abandoned due to rain and sleet.
Got home, and it brightened up. 🙄
Got home, and it brightened up. 🙄
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our walk was abandoned due to rain and sleet.
Got home, and it brightened up. 🙄
Got home, and it brightened up. 🙄
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Would anyone like 2 Adult tickets for Lumière this evening? 5pm-6pm entry. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to return them and I don’t want them going to waste. xx
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Would anyone like 2 Adult tickets for Lumière this evening? 5pm-6pm entry. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to return them and I don’t want them going to waste. xx
I've got a friend coming for lunch.
It feels like a soup day.
It feels like a soup day.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I've got a friend coming for lunch.
It feels like a soup day.
It feels like a soup day.
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I'm getting reports that a firm is cold calling people "offering grants for renewables and quoting that MARTIN LEWIS had encouraged people to engage with the company."
The call is UTTER BOLLOCKS! This is not true. Don't trust them. Politely disengage and don't speak to them.
The call is UTTER BOLLOCKS! This is not true. Don't trust them. Politely disengage and don't speak to them.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm getting reports that a firm is cold calling people "offering grants for renewables and quoting that MARTIN LEWIS had encouraged people to engage with the company."
The call is UTTER BOLLOCKS! This is not true. Don't trust them. Politely disengage and don't speak to them.
The call is UTTER BOLLOCKS! This is not true. Don't trust them. Politely disengage and don't speak to them.
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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Outrageous that Live Facial Recognition is being used on local people in Crawley today.
I have warned ministers that police are acting unlawfully by deploying this intrusive technology with no approval from Parliament.
I have warned ministers that police are acting unlawfully by deploying this intrusive technology with no approval from Parliament.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Outrageous that Live Facial Recognition is being used on local people in Crawley today.
I have warned ministers that police are acting unlawfully by deploying this intrusive technology with no approval from Parliament.
I have warned ministers that police are acting unlawfully by deploying this intrusive technology with no approval from Parliament.
After my last hairdresser got distracted and gave me an Amelie fringe 😱, I've been trimming my hair myself for most of the year.
I'm trying a new salon today. Wish me luck.
I'm trying a new salon today. Wish me luck.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
After my last hairdresser got distracted and gave me an Amelie fringe 😱, I've been trimming my hair myself for most of the year.
I'm trying a new salon today. Wish me luck.
I'm trying a new salon today. Wish me luck.