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Permanently inquisitive student of Social Policy,
Desperate for engaging repartee and thought provoking ideas to mull over. 😁
Desperate for engaging repartee and thought provoking ideas to mull over. 😁
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It's interesting, reading an article about people possibly lying to gain some personal advantage, written by a man sacked from every job he has ever had, for lying!
I suppose they do say 'write about what you know'.
I suppose they do say 'write about what you know'.
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's interesting, reading an article about people possibly lying to gain some personal advantage, written by a man sacked from every job he has ever had, for lying!
I suppose they do say 'write about what you know'.
I suppose they do say 'write about what you know'.
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48 hours left to raise £10,934 in the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge! 🎄
All donations doubled until Tuesday or until we hit £50k.
Funds will train 2,000 education staff to support bereaved children across the UK
Please donate (if you can):
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
All donations doubled until Tuesday or until we hit £50k.
Funds will train 2,000 education staff to support bereaved children across the UK
Please donate (if you can):
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
48 hours left to raise £10,934 in the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge! 🎄
All donations doubled until Tuesday or until we hit £50k.
Funds will train 2,000 education staff to support bereaved children across the UK
Please donate (if you can):
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
All donations doubled until Tuesday or until we hit £50k.
Funds will train 2,000 education staff to support bereaved children across the UK
Please donate (if you can):
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Needy & Greedy as he grabbed that fake medal like he was Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory grabbing all the candy
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Needy & Greedy as he grabbed that fake medal like he was Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory grabbing all the candy
I do think poor public understanding of government lies with the distortion of 'News' by the media and an education system lacking compulsory financial literacy.
Not sure shaky economics will be a huge problem (although it should be).
Any belief that the general public can follow economic arguments should have been put to bed by the brexit referendum. (The "350m a week" argument showed how people get confused by big numbers)
Any belief that the general public can follow economic arguments should have been put to bed by the brexit referendum. (The "350m a week" argument showed how people get confused by big numbers)
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I do think poor public understanding of government lies with the distortion of 'News' by the media and an education system lacking compulsory financial literacy.
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Take a look kids, the world’s biggest and most expensive participation trophy ever.
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Take a look kids, the world’s biggest and most expensive participation trophy ever.
There's a reason we vote people in to manage the complex functions of government, but if you want to make an informed vote, you're going to have to do some research. Either you want to understand or you don't. But don't be offended when you are challenged on your ignorance.
(Follow the 🧵)
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Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget?
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
There's a reason we vote people in to manage the complex functions of government, but if you want to make an informed vote, you're going to have to do some research. Either you want to understand or you don't. But don't be offended when you are challenged on your ignorance.
(Follow the 🧵)
(Follow the 🧵)
Who doesn't love a good spreadsheet?
Of the 400k households affected by the UC 2-child limit, almost 70% were in work!
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Of the 400k households affected by the UC 2-child limit, almost 70% were in work!
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Universal Credit claimants statistics on the two child limit policy, April 2025
Households on Universal Credit and the two-child policy, with additional data on benefit cap, disability benefits and demographics.
www.gov.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Who doesn't love a good spreadsheet?
Of the 400k households affected by the UC 2-child limit, almost 70% were in work!
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Of the 400k households affected by the UC 2-child limit, almost 70% were in work!
www.gov.uk/government/s...
The media speculates on what the budget will contain and then demands an explanation for why it was different on the actual budget day...what house of mirrors have we entered??
It doesn't matter what his politics are, it is just poor journalism and it is not just confined to him.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The media speculates on what the budget will contain and then demands an explanation for why it was different on the actual budget day...what house of mirrors have we entered??
For all of those complaining about the cost of lifting the two child limit, understand the long term impacts of entrenched poverty on educational attainment, health inequalities, employment access etc. By preventing child poverty we are building citizens of the future who will pay for the retirees!
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For all of those complaining about the cost of lifting the two child limit, understand the long term impacts of entrenched poverty on educational attainment, health inequalities, employment access etc. By preventing child poverty we are building citizens of the future who will pay for the retirees!
Seeing where we rank on the measures makes me realise how unremarkable the UK is...
We have ranked members of the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, according to their closeness to Britain on ten chosen indicators.
This is who comes out top:
This is who comes out top:
Which country is most similar to Britain?
Clue: none of the ones its politicians obsess over
econ.st
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Seeing where we rank on the measures makes me realise how unremarkable the UK is...
While this is indeed a welcome announcement, let us not forget the government which brought in the policy and drove child poverty rates sky high!
Never again!
Never again!
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
While this is indeed a welcome announcement, let us not forget the government which brought in the policy and drove child poverty rates sky high!
Never again!
Never again!
It's an interesting argument about the minimum wage; in 2019 NMW paid an annual salary of £6926 while the median was £17740. Now it's £23492 and the median is £37856. Does NMW stifle living standards?
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Why governments should stop raising the minimum wage
After a decade of rises, there are now far better tools for fighting poverty
www.economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's an interesting argument about the minimum wage; in 2019 NMW paid an annual salary of £6926 while the median was £17740. Now it's £23492 and the median is £37856. Does NMW stifle living standards?
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Please take the time to read the article in full, to really understand what removing stability from refugees do to them...
Arjeta is a victim of human trafficking. The way she is now being treated by the Home Office is totally unacceptable.
I was released from detention and now I am homeless in Liverpool
Everton fan Arjeta Folla has been through hell in her life - now she is facing a new challenge
liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Please take the time to read the article in full, to really understand what removing stability from refugees do to them...
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One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
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As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
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If you think about the saying "where there is smoke there is fire" this guy is a volcanic ash cloud covering the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If you think about the saying "where there is smoke there is fire" this guy is a volcanic ash cloud covering the earth.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Refuge isn’t weakness. It’s an investment. And the returns are human, immeasurable, and generational.
Britain once understood that. It can again.
8/8
Britain once understood that. It can again.
8/8
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Refuge isn’t weakness. It’s an investment. And the returns are human, immeasurable, and generational.
Britain once understood that. It can again.
8/8
Britain once understood that. It can again.
8/8
This is the official account of the USA government...
Tell me again why we want their special relationship??
Tell me again why we want their special relationship??
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is the official account of the USA government...
Tell me again why we want their special relationship??
Tell me again why we want their special relationship??
Immigration supports not hinders the NHS..
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Immigration supports not hinders the NHS..
'Barely legal' would be on her 18th birthday...15 is plain illegal!
Quite a hill to die on.
Wtf
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
'Barely legal' would be on her 18th birthday...15 is plain illegal!
Oh the irony!!
Pro flag-shagging Reform at Kent CC have ordered the removal of flags and missed the deadline for Christmas lights...they'll be after your Easter eggs next! 🤣
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights - BBC News share.google/E6x2wfAUQ8Ic...
Pro flag-shagging Reform at Kent CC have ordered the removal of flags and missed the deadline for Christmas lights...they'll be after your Easter eggs next! 🤣
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights - BBC News share.google/E6x2wfAUQ8Ic...
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights - BBC News
Harrietsham Parish Council says the county council condition means the lights may not be installed.
share.google
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Oh the irony!!
Pro flag-shagging Reform at Kent CC have ordered the removal of flags and missed the deadline for Christmas lights...they'll be after your Easter eggs next! 🤣
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights - BBC News share.google/E6x2wfAUQ8Ic...
Pro flag-shagging Reform at Kent CC have ordered the removal of flags and missed the deadline for Christmas lights...they'll be after your Easter eggs next! 🤣
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights - BBC News share.google/E6x2wfAUQ8Ic...
"I wish we didn't have to touch the stove to prove that it's hot!"
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"I wish we didn't have to touch the stove to prove that it's hot!"