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We’ve moved from ‘social security’ to ‘welfare’; from minimum entitlements to food banks; and now reducing child poverty is rebadged as a ‘benefit street’ budget. What have we become?
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We’ve moved from ‘social security’ to ‘welfare’; from minimum entitlements to food banks; and now reducing child poverty is rebadged as a ‘benefit street’ budget. What have we become?
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Tremendous tribute by John Carvel to my late Guardian colleague Malcom Dean
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Malcolm Dean obituary
Founder of the Guardian’s Society section who stood for the SDP/Liberal Alliance in the 1983 and 1987 general elections
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tremendous tribute by John Carvel to my late Guardian colleague Malcom Dean
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Bad Friday.
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I Can't Stand My Baby
YouTube video by The Rezillos - Topic
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April 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Bad Friday.
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Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
April 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
Italy is what it feels like to be in love.
April 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Italy is what it feels like to be in love.
You know there is a god when the radio in a cafe in Puglia gives you Young Americans.
April 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You know there is a god when the radio in a cafe in Puglia gives you Young Americans.
For ever daughter & every son
without their mum to ask them
"Why don't you go for a run?"
without their mum to ask them
"Why don't you go for a run?"
March 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For ever daughter & every son
without their mum to ask them
"Why don't you go for a run?"
without their mum to ask them
"Why don't you go for a run?"
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This👇is my own MP, @marykfoymp.bsky.social. Hard to disagree…and kudos for using the term ‘social security’, not the loaded ‘welfare’.
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This👇is my own MP, @marykfoymp.bsky.social. Hard to disagree…and kudos for using the term ‘social security’, not the loaded ‘welfare’.
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Remembering the great Billy Mackenzie on his birthday. NME cover shot from April 1982 by Anton Corbijn
March 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Remembering the great Billy Mackenzie on his birthday. NME cover shot from April 1982 by Anton Corbijn
The Clash - I'm so Bored with the U.S.A. (Official Audio)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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March 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
When Friday night was Friday night.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ7V-LGib1M
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March 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When Friday night was Friday night.
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Andrew Neil a lickspittle to any rich rightwing paymaster he can find, spewing his hatred for the poor. Despicable.
March 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Andrew Neil a lickspittle to any rich rightwing paymaster he can find, spewing his hatred for the poor. Despicable.
The UK's major political parties have all truly swallowed Morrissey's "the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy' line #r4today. Shame on all of you.
March 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The UK's major political parties have all truly swallowed Morrissey's "the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy' line #r4today. Shame on all of you.
Some of us are young enough to remember #r4today when those who used to be called Directors of Social Services would have been in the vanguard of the opposition to measures which further eroded social security benefits for sick & disabled people.
March 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Some of us are young enough to remember #r4today when those who used to be called Directors of Social Services would have been in the vanguard of the opposition to measures which further eroded social security benefits for sick & disabled people.
Absolutely tragic. How many more families and loved ones will have to read the words 'care coordinator did not meet her as planned' before something is done about so called 'mental health services' @sussexpartnership.bsky.social ?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Deaf TikTok star who took poison ‘failed’ by NHS services, inquest hears
Imogen Nunn told support worker she had ‘bought something online’ before she died in Brighton, mother says
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Absolutely tragic. How many more families and loved ones will have to read the words 'care coordinator did not meet her as planned' before something is done about so called 'mental health services' @sussexpartnership.bsky.social ?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A free bench and a ray of sunshine.
March 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A free bench and a ray of sunshine.