Dennis Patton
@dennispatton.bsky.social
Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
No go area for wildlife. 'Pocket park' looks like lots of hard surfaces and no plants. Not a park at all.
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New Crewe pocket parks open to boost community wellbeing - BBC News
The new sites form part of a £1.3m investment in facilities in Crewe.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
No go area for wildlife. 'Pocket park' looks like lots of hard surfaces and no plants. Not a park at all.
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Source: BBC
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Lack of vital healthcare equipment after NRS Healthcare collapse
Patients and carers are suffering from a lack of vital equipment after the collapse NRS Healthcare.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Source: BBC
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Source: Financial Times
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Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks
Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Source: Financial Times
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Source: BBC
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Hospital staff get four years back pay and promotions in new deal
Trade union Unison says workers were carrying out tasks that should have been paid at a higher rate.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Source: BBC
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BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders search.app/4X3Hr
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders search.app/4X3Hr
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It’s so blatantly obvious the agenda on BBC Scotland news is biased towards the union and anti independence but it’s controlled in London by gov appointees,because Westminster will stop at nothing to avert independence!
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It’s so blatantly obvious the agenda on BBC Scotland news is biased towards the union and anti independence but it’s controlled in London by gov appointees,because Westminster will stop at nothing to avert independence!
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"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
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As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
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Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
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The BBCs news bias is that it follows the Mail news leads and even its values. The Trump video was an aberration and sloppy but not part of a ‘lefty’ trend. Farage has appeared 27 times on Question Time FFS!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The BBCs news bias is that it follows the Mail news leads and even its values. The Trump video was an aberration and sloppy but not part of a ‘lefty’ trend. Farage has appeared 27 times on Question Time FFS!
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
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New piece from me.
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
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The oxygen creators are disappearing
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
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Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
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‘Not good’: Ocean losing its greenness, threatening food webs
The consequences of global warming, caused mainly by burning fossil fuels, are varied and many. Now scientists have documented yet another one: The ocean is losing its “greenness.” The ocean’s chlorop...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The oxygen creators are disappearing
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
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FELON RAPIST TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND BARS ON JANUARY 7th.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
FELON RAPIST TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND BARS ON JANUARY 7th.
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Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
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“Trump has managed to cow huge swathes of America’s institutional media, despite the supposed protections the First Amendment offers. Thanks to his friendly relationship with tech CEOs, he has huge sway over online media, too. The bully pulpit has never been more powerful than under Trump.”
Win or lose, Trump's $1bn lawsuit would be a disaster for the BBC
Trump does not want fair and independent media. He wants cheerleaders
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“Trump has managed to cow huge swathes of America’s institutional media, despite the supposed protections the First Amendment offers. Thanks to his friendly relationship with tech CEOs, he has huge sway over online media, too. The bully pulpit has never been more powerful than under Trump.”
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“Globally, despite extreme heat, floods and devastating wildfires, populist leaders, some sceptical but others in outright denial about the science, are talking up the costs of action rather than the consequences of inaction.”
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
“Globally, despite extreme heat, floods and devastating wildfires, populist leaders, some sceptical but others in outright denial about the science, are talking up the costs of action rather than the consequences of inaction.”
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
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Ffs!
Scottish Labour leader Sarwar backs North Sea drilling #energysky
Scottish Labour leader Sarwar backs North Sea drilling
The statements put him at odds with energy secretary Ed Miliband who has maintained a ban on new exploration.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ffs!
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Some more awkwardness from Reform at local level:
Six months ago, Farage described doubling council tax on second homes as “madness”
North Northamptonshire, won by Reform in May, is now planning to do just that, say plans seen by @cjayanetti.bsky.social for PolHome
Six months ago, Farage described doubling council tax on second homes as “madness”
North Northamptonshire, won by Reform in May, is now planning to do just that, say plans seen by @cjayanetti.bsky.social for PolHome
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced the idea as “madness” and “extortion”
North Northamptonshire is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday, in plans seen by PolHome
@cjayanetti.bsky.social reports
North Northamptonshire is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday, in plans seen by PolHome
@cjayanetti.bsky.social reports
Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness'
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Some more awkwardness from Reform at local level:
Six months ago, Farage described doubling council tax on second homes as “madness”
North Northamptonshire, won by Reform in May, is now planning to do just that, say plans seen by @cjayanetti.bsky.social for PolHome
Six months ago, Farage described doubling council tax on second homes as “madness”
North Northamptonshire, won by Reform in May, is now planning to do just that, say plans seen by @cjayanetti.bsky.social for PolHome
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The United States has the most expensive health care un the world with some of the poorest results.
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Infographic: The U.S. Has the Most Expensive Healthcare in the World
This chart shows per-capita health expenditure in selected countries in 2021.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The United States has the most expensive health care un the world with some of the poorest results.
www.statista.com/chart/8658/h...
www.statista.com/chart/8658/h...
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
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A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
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Unite union boss slammed again for alleged abuse of workers...
Unite union boss slammed for alleged abuse of workers
Unite the Union general secretary Sharon Graham has, again, been accused of being anti-worker as allegations intensify
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Unite union boss slammed again for alleged abuse of workers...
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Trump pardons Giuliani and allies accused of trying to subvert 2020 election – latest updates
Trump pardons Giuliani and allies accused of trying to subvert 2020 election – latest updates
Directive could prevent future administrations from prosecuting more than 70 people named
There’s been massive disruption to air travel in and out of the US due to the shutdown, where staff like air traffic controllers have been working without pay.
According to trackers, thousands of flights were cancelled on the weekend, with more than 10,000 delayed. Continue reading...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trump pardons Giuliani and allies accused of trying to subvert 2020 election – latest updates