Jill
@gingerjill.bsky.social
Recovering people-pleaser, hoping for benevolent government. Far too optimistic. Gardening and painting allows me to find the strength to follow the politics 🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Jill
@gingerjill.bsky.social
· Aug 28
I suppose as people are following me I should say something. I live in Northumberland. It’s beautiful and wild but only 15 minutes from a M &S food hall, living the dream
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I have had the winter blues this week, so I threw for paint down while the sun shone and now I feel better.
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I have had the winter blues this week, so I threw for paint down while the sun shone and now I feel better.
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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Literally we're at the banging head against wall stage of things here. What is wrong with this government?
If you want more significant numbers of asylum seekers to work and find their own housing, rather than rely on statutory asylum provision, then you presumably need to…allow them to work? What am I missing
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Literally we're at the banging head against wall stage of things here. What is wrong with this government?
I have had the winter blues this week, so I threw for paint down while the sun shone and now I feel better.
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I have had the winter blues this week, so I threw for paint down while the sun shone and now I feel better.
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If you’re feeling a bit sad it might help a little to know that this painting exists. It’s called Dynamism of a dog on a leash, by Giacomo Galla, 1912:
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you’re feeling a bit sad it might help a little to know that this painting exists. It’s called Dynamism of a dog on a leash, by Giacomo Galla, 1912:
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Night night sweet dreamies
One day you will find all the answers.
But for now, focus on enjoying the present, trusting your choices, and believing in yourself.
You’re exactly where you need to be.
One day you will find all the answers.
But for now, focus on enjoying the present, trusting your choices, and believing in yourself.
You’re exactly where you need to be.
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
One day you will find all the answers.
But for now, focus on enjoying the present, trusting your choices, and believing in yourself.
You’re exactly where you need to be.
One day you will find all the answers.
But for now, focus on enjoying the present, trusting your choices, and believing in yourself.
You’re exactly where you need to be.
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This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
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you will not be disappointed
Jason Atherton’s restaurant is promoting its Sunday lunch using guess which song #AccidentalPartridge www.instagram.com/reel/DP1AqRH...
Sael on Instagram: "£27 per head for our classic Sunday Roast！
Includes one cauliflower cheese.
Sharing platter for 2/4/6, plus unlimited trimmings.
🥕🥔🥦
A British tradition dating back to the 15th...
3,230 likes, 93 comments - sael_london on October 15, 2025: "£27 per head for our classic Sunday Roast！
Includes one cauliflower cheese.
Sharing platter for 2/4/6, plus unlimited trimmings.
🥕🥔🥦
A ...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you will not be disappointed
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Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
You don’t need perfection to move forward, just one steady step and a bit of belief in yourself
Choose lightness where you can, strength where you need it, and hope in the unsure spaces.
You’re doing better than you think.
You don’t need perfection to move forward, just one steady step and a bit of belief in yourself
Choose lightness where you can, strength where you need it, and hope in the unsure spaces.
You’re doing better than you think.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
You don’t need perfection to move forward, just one steady step and a bit of belief in yourself
Choose lightness where you can, strength where you need it, and hope in the unsure spaces.
You’re doing better than you think.
You don’t need perfection to move forward, just one steady step and a bit of belief in yourself
Choose lightness where you can, strength where you need it, and hope in the unsure spaces.
You’re doing better than you think.
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Night night sweet dreamies
As the day folds into night, let kindness be the last thing you carry.
A soft word, a small gesture, a quiet thought of hope, these are the moments that make the world gentler
Sleep well, knowing even the smallest kindness can echo far beyond today.
As the day folds into night, let kindness be the last thing you carry.
A soft word, a small gesture, a quiet thought of hope, these are the moments that make the world gentler
Sleep well, knowing even the smallest kindness can echo far beyond today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
As the day folds into night, let kindness be the last thing you carry.
A soft word, a small gesture, a quiet thought of hope, these are the moments that make the world gentler
Sleep well, knowing even the smallest kindness can echo far beyond today.
As the day folds into night, let kindness be the last thing you carry.
A soft word, a small gesture, a quiet thought of hope, these are the moments that make the world gentler
Sleep well, knowing even the smallest kindness can echo far beyond today.
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Genuinely shocked by this story
If you needed a heart op, would it ever enter your mind that your cardiologist might be in hock to a (substandard) manufacturer?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you needed a heart op, would it ever enter your mind that your cardiologist might be in hock to a (substandard) manufacturer?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Genuinely shocked by this story
If you needed a heart op, would it ever enter your mind that your cardiologist might be in hock to a (substandard) manufacturer?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you needed a heart op, would it ever enter your mind that your cardiologist might be in hock to a (substandard) manufacturer?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
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Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
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I know of at least 8 US Democrats who should pay attention to the first one and a half minutes of this interview.
#situationalethics
#situationalethics
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I know of at least 8 US Democrats who should pay attention to the first one and a half minutes of this interview.
#situationalethics
#situationalethics
Great series of books, and not as cozy as people might imagine.
I know of at least 8 US Democrats who should pay attention to the first one and a half minutes of this interview.
#situationalethics
#situationalethics
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great series of books, and not as cozy as people might imagine.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
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I looked up “patriot” in a couple of dictionaries and no definition said “an ideology of racism, misogyny and homophobia poorly concealed in a flag” - time for an update, Oxford
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I looked up “patriot” in a couple of dictionaries and no definition said “an ideology of racism, misogyny and homophobia poorly concealed in a flag” - time for an update, Oxford
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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He should speak like this more often …
Mark Carney was talking about attracting foreign investment to Canada and listed reasons Canada is a good place to invest. A reporter pointed out that the U.S. has those things, too. What sets Canada apart? Carney responded, "Well, we have rule of law."
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
He should speak like this more often …