Pauline
@fossil13.bsky.social
Geology, history, travel, genealogy, fountain pens and tea. Hate what the Tories have done to the country. #FBPE #RejoinEU
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Disastrous, shortsighted decision to end funding for scheme to get bright graduates into mental health social work. We set this up when I was minister. Mental health social work had been a neglected area. Mental health social workers play a vital role. www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/04/30/f...
Fast-track social work scheme to end in 2027 after government decides to withdraw funding - Community Care
Department of Health and Social Care will not renew Think Ahead's contract to deliver fast-track mental health social work scheme
www.communitycare.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Disastrous, shortsighted decision to end funding for scheme to get bright graduates into mental health social work. We set this up when I was minister. Mental health social work had been a neglected area. Mental health social workers play a vital role. www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/04/30/f...
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Billionaires are a burden on society, they don't work, they spread hate, and despite being 0.00005% of the population they cost as much as the poorest 80% of the planet.
Get rid of them.
Get rid of them.
March 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Billionaires are a burden on society, they don't work, they spread hate, and despite being 0.00005% of the population they cost as much as the poorest 80% of the planet.
Get rid of them.
Get rid of them.
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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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Whats a 'special relationship' for if you can't be a critical friend Keir starmer?
Most Brits do not want to be associated with Trumps evil.
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
@ any labour politician who can be bothered to listen
Most Brits do not want to be associated with Trumps evil.
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
@ any labour politician who can be bothered to listen
Workplace raids have begun—none of these people were rapists or criminals.
Even if you’re not a US citizen, you still have due process in this country. 3 workers in Newark were taken into custody by ICE w/out a warrant. One, a veteran, endured the humiliation of having his military docs questioned.
Even if you’re not a US citizen, you still have due process in this country. 3 workers in Newark were taken into custody by ICE w/out a warrant. One, a veteran, endured the humiliation of having his military docs questioned.
January 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Whats a 'special relationship' for if you can't be a critical friend Keir starmer?
Most Brits do not want to be associated with Trumps evil.
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
@ any labour politician who can be bothered to listen
Most Brits do not want to be associated with Trumps evil.
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
@ any labour politician who can be bothered to listen
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Sangita is here!
As for Bluesky, at this point, it seems plain rude not to…
November 28, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Sangita is here!
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An example of the right wing actively encouraging foreign interference in our democratic processes ... Such patriots 🙄
Nothing says legitimate organic Right Wing uprising in the UK like a meaningless petition that gets retweeted by a foreign billionaire with 200 million followers on the platform he controls.
But wait til you hear where the signatures are coming from!
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But wait til you hear where the signatures are coming from!
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Foreign Billionaire tweets about a pointless UK petition to his 200 million followers, twice in 3 hours and the Right Wing get super excited that the signups are an organic show the “will of the people”🙄
November 24, 2024 at 10:07 PM
An example of the right wing actively encouraging foreign interference in our democratic processes ... Such patriots 🙄
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Seems the terrified silent majority don't have the numbers for the petition so they utilise a platform that allows manipulation and misinformation to promote a cause
November 24, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Seems the terrified silent majority don't have the numbers for the petition so they utilise a platform that allows manipulation and misinformation to promote a cause
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“Most surveys now find that majority of regard Brexit as a serious mistake and would like to rejoin the EU …
but given what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic, and Ukraine war, Europe needs desperately to hang together, and we are European!”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
but given what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic, and Ukraine war, Europe needs desperately to hang together, and we are European!”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs | William Keegan
Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
“Most surveys now find that majority of regard Brexit as a serious mistake and would like to rejoin the EU …
but given what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic, and Ukraine war, Europe needs desperately to hang together, and we are European!”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
but given what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic, and Ukraine war, Europe needs desperately to hang together, and we are European!”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Worth noting…
That the next most signed petition after asking for a 2nd EU referendum (4.1m)
Was when 1.8m Brits petitioned to stop Trump making a state visit to the UK
And that was prior to the 34 felonies, fascism and sexual assault liabilities
Possibly needs a re-run…
That the next most signed petition after asking for a 2nd EU referendum (4.1m)
Was when 1.8m Brits petitioned to stop Trump making a state visit to the UK
And that was prior to the 34 felonies, fascism and sexual assault liabilities
Possibly needs a re-run…
November 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Worth noting…
That the next most signed petition after asking for a 2nd EU referendum (4.1m)
Was when 1.8m Brits petitioned to stop Trump making a state visit to the UK
And that was prior to the 34 felonies, fascism and sexual assault liabilities
Possibly needs a re-run…
That the next most signed petition after asking for a 2nd EU referendum (4.1m)
Was when 1.8m Brits petitioned to stop Trump making a state visit to the UK
And that was prior to the 34 felonies, fascism and sexual assault liabilities
Possibly needs a re-run…
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November 22, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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As long as everyone washes their hands, I’m good.
November 22, 2024 at 1:48 PM
As long as everyone washes their hands, I’m good.
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"Water firms stopped from using customer money for bonuses"
About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙
www.bbc.com/news/article...
About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ofwat rules out customers paying £195,000 Thames Water boss bonus
The regulator uses new powers to prevent bonuses being funded from customer bills.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
"Water firms stopped from using customer money for bonuses"
About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙
www.bbc.com/news/article...
About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Victoria über-privileged Atkins is “not accepting” that her govt made a mess of post-Brexit agricultural policy. How very childish of her.
She should read this then…
And feel very ashamed at the damage she’s helped to do.
www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
She should read this then…
And feel very ashamed at the damage she’s helped to do.
www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Analysis: 7 years after Brexit, farmers count the cost - Farmers Weekly
Increased red tape, a worsening economic situation, damaging free-trade deals, a trail of broken promises – it seems that farmers and those working in the
www.fwi.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Victoria über-privileged Atkins is “not accepting” that her govt made a mess of post-Brexit agricultural policy. How very childish of her.
She should read this then…
And feel very ashamed at the damage she’s helped to do.
www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
She should read this then…
And feel very ashamed at the damage she’s helped to do.
www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
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21% of the UK population or 14.3 million people live in relative poverty. Maybe we should talk about them for a change rather than the tax concerns of Jeremy Clarkson's wealthy children
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 AM
21% of the UK population or 14.3 million people live in relative poverty. Maybe we should talk about them for a change rather than the tax concerns of Jeremy Clarkson's wealthy children
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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Never let facts get in the way of a good media hysteria about #InheritanceTax on #Farmers
A few facts about Labour's Budget and farmers.
November 20, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Never let facts get in the way of a good media hysteria about #InheritanceTax on #Farmers
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There is a very simple reason why the UK government refuses to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza.
If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
There is a very simple reason why the UK government refuses to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza.
If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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Labour source: "For someone who’s not doing it to avoid inheritance tax, he seems to have an intimate knowledge of the next step he’s going to take to avoid inheritance tax."
Jeremy Clarkson on the inheritance tax changes: "People like me will simply put it in a trust, and so long as I live for seven years, that’s fine ... but it’s incredibly time consuming to have to do that, and why should all these people have to do that?”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/victor...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/victor...
Victoria Derbyshire Clashes With Jeremy Clarkson As Farmers Protest Over Budget
Thousands turned up to oppose changes to inheritance tax rules.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Labour source: "For someone who’s not doing it to avoid inheritance tax, he seems to have an intimate knowledge of the next step he’s going to take to avoid inheritance tax."
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I follow back, have 4000 followers and would like more and reply to responses to the thread below.
I was invited here by @ellzsummary.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social and @alecsandiford.bsky.social on 3rd Dec and welcomed by @stevepeers.bsky.social
I follow and read @helentbracken.bsky.social.
I was invited here by @ellzsummary.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social and @alecsandiford.bsky.social on 3rd Dec and welcomed by @stevepeers.bsky.social
I follow and read @helentbracken.bsky.social.
✍️ SIGN: "Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible"
We are supporting this #RejoinEU petition on the official Parliament e-petitions website. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We are supporting this #RejoinEU petition on the official Parliament e-petitions website. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
November 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I follow back, have 4000 followers and would like more and reply to responses to the thread below.
I was invited here by @ellzsummary.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social and @alecsandiford.bsky.social on 3rd Dec and welcomed by @stevepeers.bsky.social
I follow and read @helentbracken.bsky.social.
I was invited here by @ellzsummary.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social and @alecsandiford.bsky.social on 3rd Dec and welcomed by @stevepeers.bsky.social
I follow and read @helentbracken.bsky.social.
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I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
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Welcome
Here's a Gaby Hinsliff article to help you confirm you've made the right choice :)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's a Gaby Hinsliff article to help you confirm you've made the right choice :)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The exodus from X to Bluesky has happened – the era of mass social media platforms is over | Gaby Hinsliff
There’s comfort in being surrounded by like-minded people, but challenge is important, and we may have to look for it elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Welcome
Here's a Gaby Hinsliff article to help you confirm you've made the right choice :)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's a Gaby Hinsliff article to help you confirm you've made the right choice :)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...