Charlotte
@charlottel.bsky.social
🐾🐦⬛🌻👩🌾🐝 Northern. Political. Curious. Wish I was swimming.
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Charlotte
@charlottel.bsky.social
· Jun 26
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
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A close up of a puffin flying towards me from the Farne Islands, Northumberland, in June this year. This is the 128th and final #DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A close up of a puffin flying towards me from the Farne Islands, Northumberland, in June this year. This is the 128th and final #DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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An erythristic badger from a private hide in the West Midlands on Sunday evening, one of two erythristic badgers seen
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
An erythristic badger from a private hide in the West Midlands on Sunday evening, one of two erythristic badgers seen
Do we think Reform are worried Boris Johnson will come back to ‘save’ the Tory Party? That’s the vibe I’m getting.
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Do we think Reform are worried Boris Johnson will come back to ‘save’ the Tory Party? That’s the vibe I’m getting.
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I always listen to The News Agents but my favourite episodes are when Luke Tryl is on! I absolutely love hearing about polling results and what people have said in focus group. It’s absolutely fascinating!
“When I ask about how Starmer is doing, it's not just anger, you get some people 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Can Starmer survive if the dire local election poll predictions prove right?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/some...
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com | @luketryl.bsky.social
Can Starmer survive if the dire local election poll predictions prove right?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/some...
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com | @luketryl.bsky.social
‘Some people are angry at Starmer, some are just laughing at him’ | The News Agents
Polls predict that Labour could face a heavy blow in the 2026 by-elections, with polling at Wales giving Labour only a 14% vote share. If the results don’t go Keir Starmer’s way, could it be the begin...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I always listen to The News Agents but my favourite episodes are when Luke Tryl is on! I absolutely love hearing about polling results and what people have said in focus group. It’s absolutely fascinating!
So beautiful. What a talented poet.
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So beautiful. What a talented poet.
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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A curlew sandpiper at North Gare this evening
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
September 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A curlew sandpiper at North Gare this evening
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
Labour don’t know how to talk to people. Look at some MPs social media. For most, it is clearly not them writing posts. That is pretty obvious but even if it’s on an unconscious level voters know. In these uncertain times you can’t afford this level of disconnection. Find the time to communicate.
August 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Labour don’t know how to talk to people. Look at some MPs social media. For most, it is clearly not them writing posts. That is pretty obvious but even if it’s on an unconscious level voters know. In these uncertain times you can’t afford this level of disconnection. Find the time to communicate.
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A Greenshank (left) and the Pectoral Sandpiper (right) at Margrove Ponds Nature Reserve this afternoon
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
August 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A Greenshank (left) and the Pectoral Sandpiper (right) at Margrove Ponds Nature Reserve this afternoon
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
😂😂😂
July 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
😂😂😂
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A puffin with a beak full of sand eels
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A puffin with a beak full of sand eels
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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A puffin going for a little walk
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
July 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A puffin going for a little walk
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Aclose up of a puffin from the Farne islands earlier this week
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
June 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Aclose up of a puffin from the Farne islands earlier this week
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#DailyPuffin
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Ditching this patronising "You should have looked after yourself better" attitude would also be a start.
Disability can hit anyone at any time. It's as much bad luck as bad habits.
Disability can hit anyone at any time. It's as much bad luck as bad habits.
Avoid sugar, junk food, don't get fat, smoke or vape would be a start. So it comes back to education and heath. it all about "Change".
June 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ditching this patronising "You should have looked after yourself better" attitude would also be a start.
Disability can hit anyone at any time. It's as much bad luck as bad habits.
Disability can hit anyone at any time. It's as much bad luck as bad habits.
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
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We will be judged on how we treat the people who find themselves in difficult circumstances.
And that's why there's so much opposition to this bill.
- I spoke to @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social about the Welfare Bill today.
#TakingThePIP #WelfareBill
And that's why there's so much opposition to this bill.
- I spoke to @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social about the Welfare Bill today.
#TakingThePIP #WelfareBill
June 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We will be judged on how we treat the people who find themselves in difficult circumstances.
And that's why there's so much opposition to this bill.
- I spoke to @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social about the Welfare Bill today.
#TakingThePIP #WelfareBill
And that's why there's so much opposition to this bill.
- I spoke to @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social about the Welfare Bill today.
#TakingThePIP #WelfareBill
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Today with @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social I heard such powerful testimony from Viv.
I didn't come into the Labour Party to inflict the sort of misery that she was talking about.
That's why I've signed the Amendment to the Welfare Bill and believe this bill shouldn't proceed.
I didn't come into the Labour Party to inflict the sort of misery that she was talking about.
That's why I've signed the Amendment to the Welfare Bill and believe this bill shouldn't proceed.
June 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today with @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social I heard such powerful testimony from Viv.
I didn't come into the Labour Party to inflict the sort of misery that she was talking about.
That's why I've signed the Amendment to the Welfare Bill and believe this bill shouldn't proceed.
I didn't come into the Labour Party to inflict the sort of misery that she was talking about.
That's why I've signed the Amendment to the Welfare Bill and believe this bill shouldn't proceed.
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I seem to remember my son's "signing on" process took about 2 years, a massive paper form + supporting documents, an interview, a refusal, a "mandatory reconsideration", another refusal, and - finally - a positive tribunal outcome.
PIP is already designed to exclude and hope people don't appeal
PIP is already designed to exclude and hope people don't appeal
That cabinet minister Pat McFadden has done the morning broadcast rounds claiming huge numbers are “signing on” to PIP daily demonstrates why the government has a rebellion on its hands: the disability benefits cuts are not simply immoral - they are based on blatant lies few MPs wish to repeat.
June 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I seem to remember my son's "signing on" process took about 2 years, a massive paper form + supporting documents, an interview, a refusal, a "mandatory reconsideration", another refusal, and - finally - a positive tribunal outcome.
PIP is already designed to exclude and hope people don't appeal
PIP is already designed to exclude and hope people don't appeal
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This can be achieved through improvements in the Labour market, along side increases in NHS and employment support. Not by impoverishing disabled people and their families further from next April by cutting their benefits before all these measures are in place.
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This can be achieved through improvements in the Labour market, along side increases in NHS and employment support. Not by impoverishing disabled people and their families further from next April by cutting their benefits before all these measures are in place.
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I've signed this as I believe there are alternative ways we can achieve the Government's goals of increasing employment while reducing sickness and disability cases, therefore reducing overall disability benefits spending.
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I've signed this as I believe there are alternative ways we can achieve the Government's goals of increasing employment while reducing sickness and disability cases, therefore reducing overall disability benefits spending.
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I am one of the 108 signatories on the Reasoned Amendment to the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I am one of the 108 signatories on the Reasoned Amendment to the Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill.
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A puffin flying towards me on the Farne islands this afternoon, I took quite a few puffin pictures so I will be posting a #DailyPuffin until I run out.
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
June 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A puffin flying towards me on the Farne islands this afternoon, I took quite a few puffin pictures so I will be posting a #DailyPuffin until I run out.
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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A shag staring right at me from the Farne islands this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
June 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A shag staring right at me from the Farne islands this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography