John Goddard
@johngoddard1962.bsky.social
Care leaver. PhD. History from below. Second language German speaker. Dysgu Cymraeg. Punk etc. #TRFC #Fussball #Porajmos
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https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471579/
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https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471579/
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#Germany
The Green Party will not support the government’s state pension proposals. Instead, they wish to restrict the option to retire early at 63 on a reduced pension only to the medically unfit while maintaining the 48% of average earnings lock. Work past 67 years should be supported. #diegrünen
The Green Party will not support the government’s state pension proposals. Instead, they wish to restrict the option to retire early at 63 on a reduced pension only to the medically unfit while maintaining the 48% of average earnings lock. Work past 67 years should be supported. #diegrünen
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#Germany
The Green Party will not support the government’s state pension proposals. Instead, they wish to restrict the option to retire early at 63 on a reduced pension only to the medically unfit while maintaining the 48% of average earnings lock. Work past 67 years should be supported. #diegrünen
The Green Party will not support the government’s state pension proposals. Instead, they wish to restrict the option to retire early at 63 on a reduced pension only to the medically unfit while maintaining the 48% of average earnings lock. Work past 67 years should be supported. #diegrünen
#Germany
Who wants what in the pensions argument?
The German government remains paralysed with the conservative “Young Union” and #SPD Social Democrats on opposite sides in the dispute around future funding of one of the pillars of the state pension lock - namely that of 48% of average earnings.
Who wants what in the pensions argument?
The German government remains paralysed with the conservative “Young Union” and #SPD Social Democrats on opposite sides in the dispute around future funding of one of the pillars of the state pension lock - namely that of 48% of average earnings.
Wer will was im Rentenstreit?
Die Debatte um das Rentenniveau nach 2031 lähmt derzeit die Regierung. Weshalb weder Junge Union noch SPD derzeit ihre Positionen verlassen - und wie ein möglicher Ausweg aussehen könnte. Von Corinna ...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
FT 2-2
MK did come back - after 77 minutes. That mad minute with first goal back then the sending off should have been it. At least we didn’t lose this time to an added time goal, but for Murphy’s save we would have lost. We lost our scoring boots after they rediscovered theirs.
#TRFC #SWA
MK did come back - after 77 minutes. That mad minute with first goal back then the sending off should have been it. At least we didn’t lose this time to an added time goal, but for Murphy’s save we would have lost. We lost our scoring boots after they rediscovered theirs.
#TRFC #SWA
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
HT: Rovers 2 MK 0
Nifty cut in from the attacking left for Whitaker’s first. Nice run past the last defender and chip for his second.
MK at 6’s and 7’s , the pitch looking heavy. Might have something to do with it.
“On our way” but they are better than that so we’ll have to be ready.
#SWA #TRFC
Nifty cut in from the attacking left for Whitaker’s first. Nice run past the last defender and chip for his second.
MK at 6’s and 7’s , the pitch looking heavy. Might have something to do with it.
“On our way” but they are better than that so we’ll have to be ready.
#SWA #TRFC
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Chancellor without a majority.
The current dispute between the leadership of the conservative #CDU party and its younger members angered at what they see as over generous proposed old age pensions financing is threatening to overturn the coalition government’s fragile Bundestag majority. #Germany
The current dispute between the leadership of the conservative #CDU party and its younger members angered at what they see as over generous proposed old age pensions financing is threatening to overturn the coalition government’s fragile Bundestag majority. #Germany
Schwarz-Rot im Rentenstreit: Ein Kanzler ohne Mehrheit
Nach dem Wochenende stehen Bundeskanzler Merz und sein Fraktionschef Spahn vor einem Scherbenhaufen. Die Parteijugend will den Rentenkompromiss seines Kabinetts nicht mittragen. Wie geht es jetzt weit...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Corporate funded think-tanks urge govt to cut benefits, pensions, schools meals, public spending; charge for seeing GPs.
Oppose taxes on the rich.
Support subsidies for auto, steel, film, shipbuilding, oil, gas, biomass, semiconductor, internet and other companies.
It is class war.
Oppose taxes on the rich.
Support subsidies for auto, steel, film, shipbuilding, oil, gas, biomass, semiconductor, internet and other companies.
It is class war.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Corporate funded think-tanks urge govt to cut benefits, pensions, schools meals, public spending; charge for seeing GPs.
Oppose taxes on the rich.
Support subsidies for auto, steel, film, shipbuilding, oil, gas, biomass, semiconductor, internet and other companies.
It is class war.
Oppose taxes on the rich.
Support subsidies for auto, steel, film, shipbuilding, oil, gas, biomass, semiconductor, internet and other companies.
It is class war.
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Well another depressingly dull and grey rainy day, so here's a few more photos from a few weeks back, of autumn colours at Sefton Park, Liverpool. 🍁🍃🍂
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Well another depressingly dull and grey rainy day, so here's a few more photos from a few weeks back, of autumn colours at Sefton Park, Liverpool. 🍁🍃🍂
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Samantha Morton responds to Sky News report into death of child in care
Samantha Morton responds to Sky News report into death of child in care
Samantha Morton says councils who fail to prevent the deaths of children in care should face manslaughter charges.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Samantha Morton responds to Sky News report into death of child in care
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Football commentator Steve Bower and Tranmere Rovers star Connor Jennings announced as new patrons of I Am Phab Wirral www.birkenhead.news/football-com...
Football commentator Steve Bower and Tranmere Rovers star Connor Jennings announced as new patrons of I Am Phab Wirral
Disability support and social inclusion charity I Am Phab Wirral has announced the appointment of two new patrons, BBC and international football commentator Steve Bower and Tranmere Rovers legend Con...
www.birkenhead.news
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Football commentator Steve Bower and Tranmere Rovers star Connor Jennings announced as new patrons of I Am Phab Wirral www.birkenhead.news/football-com...
“For children in care, turning 18 isn't a milestone of independence - it's often the moment when the scaffolding around them collapses. Social workers step back. Placements change. Funding disappears. Services designed for "children" stop overnight.”
Thank you @NickMartinSKY
#careleavers
Thank you @NickMartinSKY
#careleavers
Why Nonita's story could be a turning point for children in care
Why Nonita's story could be a turning point for children in care
When the state becomes your parent, it promises to protect you. It promises to care, to keep you safe, and to guide you towards a future that's better than your past. But for 18-year-old Nonita Grabovskyte, that promise was broken.
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“For children in care, turning 18 isn't a milestone of independence - it's often the moment when the scaffolding around them collapses. Social workers step back. Placements change. Funding disappears. Services designed for "children" stop overnight.”
Thank you @NickMartinSKY
#careleavers
Thank you @NickMartinSKY
#careleavers
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All cat servants know this to be true...
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
All cat servants know this to be true...
A knife grinder on the street - the children watching in wonderment.
Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A knife grinder on the street - the children watching in wonderment.
#OTD 9th Nov., 1938: #Kristallnacht
Following the assassination in Paris of a German diplomat, Nazi paramilitaries and civilian supporters burnt down 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms during an anti-Jewish pogrom which also saw at least 91 murdered and widespread beatings and rapes. #germanhistory
Following the assassination in Paris of a German diplomat, Nazi paramilitaries and civilian supporters burnt down 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms during an anti-Jewish pogrom which also saw at least 91 murdered and widespread beatings and rapes. #germanhistory
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#OTD 9th Nov., 1938: #Kristallnacht
Following the assassination in Paris of a German diplomat, Nazi paramilitaries and civilian supporters burnt down 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms during an anti-Jewish pogrom which also saw at least 91 murdered and widespread beatings and rapes. #germanhistory
Following the assassination in Paris of a German diplomat, Nazi paramilitaries and civilian supporters burnt down 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms during an anti-Jewish pogrom which also saw at least 91 murdered and widespread beatings and rapes. #germanhistory
"People like Laurence Fox complaining that it's unfair, I never heard them complain when you never saw a black face, never once did they say anything. Now that people are trying to address it, they think it's unfair…because they're scared of a level playing field."
#workingclass #DEI
#workingclass #DEI
'Posh boys' playing gangsters: Eddie Marsan on TV and film industry's obsession with upper-class actors
"If you want to be an actor in this country, and you come from a disadvantaged background, you have to be exceptional," says Marsan, who argues people like Laurence Fox fear greater representation on ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"People like Laurence Fox complaining that it's unfair, I never heard them complain when you never saw a black face, never once did they say anything. Now that people are trying to address it, they think it's unfair…because they're scared of a level playing field."
#workingclass #DEI
#workingclass #DEI
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🎉 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!
Today marks the start of the first ever National Care Leavers Month, formerly National Care Leavers Week.
This month we have loads of content created by the incredible #SettleAdvocates – watch this space!
Today marks the start of the first ever National Care Leavers Month, formerly National Care Leavers Week.
This month we have loads of content created by the incredible #SettleAdvocates – watch this space!
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🎉 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!
Today marks the start of the first ever National Care Leavers Month, formerly National Care Leavers Week.
This month we have loads of content created by the incredible #SettleAdvocates – watch this space!
Today marks the start of the first ever National Care Leavers Month, formerly National Care Leavers Week.
This month we have loads of content created by the incredible #SettleAdvocates – watch this space!
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And here are The Saints blasting out This Perfect Day live in Australia in 1977
youtu.be/X5YP_tsPzmg
youtu.be/X5YP_tsPzmg
The Saints ( 73-78) Live at Paddington Town Hall April 1977 Highest Quality
YouTube video by Ed Kuepper
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November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
And here are The Saints blasting out This Perfect Day live in Australia in 1977
youtu.be/X5YP_tsPzmg
youtu.be/X5YP_tsPzmg
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Good question 🤔
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Good question 🤔
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The "ordinary people" behind the cheapo plastic flags now stained, mouldy and littering our country in a patriotic kind of way.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The "ordinary people" behind the cheapo plastic flags now stained, mouldy and littering our country in a patriotic kind of way.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
A week to forget
With respect to Germany’s economic situation, to quote public broadcaster ARD, noting that dependence on Russian gas has been replaced with that on China for rare metals and semiconductors while open markets fall before Trump’s tolls. #Germany
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
With respect to Germany’s economic situation, to quote public broadcaster ARD, noting that dependence on Russian gas has been replaced with that on China for rare metals and semiconductors while open markets fall before Trump’s tolls. #Germany
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Eine Woche zum Vergessen für die deutsche Wirtschaft
Vor knapp einem Jahr zerbrach die Ampel wegen der schlechten Wirtschaftslage und dem Streit über Gegenmittel. Heute ringt die neue Regierung mit denselben Problemen - und das Umfeld ist noch schwierig...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A week to forget
With respect to Germany’s economic situation, to quote public broadcaster ARD, noting that dependence on Russian gas has been replaced with that on China for rare metals and semiconductors while open markets fall before Trump’s tolls. #Germany
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
With respect to Germany’s economic situation, to quote public broadcaster ARD, noting that dependence on Russian gas has been replaced with that on China for rare metals and semiconductors while open markets fall before Trump’s tolls. #Germany
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
70,000+ have no health cover.
In #Germany, health insurance is compulsory. Results of the most recent annual mini census (1% of population) indicate 75% of uninsured are pensioners or students, 61% male. Experts estimate a higher figure of up to 1 million. Asylum seekers and soldiers need no cover.
In #Germany, health insurance is compulsory. Results of the most recent annual mini census (1% of population) indicate 75% of uninsured are pensioners or students, 61% male. Experts estimate a higher figure of up to 1 million. Asylum seekers and soldiers need no cover.
Mehr als 70.000 Menschen in Deutschland ohne Krankenversorgung
Eine Krankenversicherung ist eigentlich Pflicht in Deutschland. Trotzdem stehen Zehntausende ohne jegliche Absicherung da. Das Statistische Bundesamt hat dazu Zahlen ausgewertet. Die Dunkelziffer dürf...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
70,000+ have no health cover.
In #Germany, health insurance is compulsory. Results of the most recent annual mini census (1% of population) indicate 75% of uninsured are pensioners or students, 61% male. Experts estimate a higher figure of up to 1 million. Asylum seekers and soldiers need no cover.
In #Germany, health insurance is compulsory. Results of the most recent annual mini census (1% of population) indicate 75% of uninsured are pensioners or students, 61% male. Experts estimate a higher figure of up to 1 million. Asylum seekers and soldiers need no cover.
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Oranienbrücke over the Luisenstädtischer Kanal at Oranienplatz .
Photo by Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, 1925 (public domain).
Photo by Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, 1925 (public domain).
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Oranienbrücke over the Luisenstädtischer Kanal at Oranienplatz .
Photo by Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, 1925 (public domain).
Photo by Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, 1925 (public domain).
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Fahrgäste in der U-Bahn, um 1930.
(Foto: Landesarchiv Berlin, F Rep 290 Nr. 0214800, Fotograf: Hans Casparius)
(Foto: Landesarchiv Berlin, F Rep 290 Nr. 0214800, Fotograf: Hans Casparius)
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fahrgäste in der U-Bahn, um 1930.
(Foto: Landesarchiv Berlin, F Rep 290 Nr. 0214800, Fotograf: Hans Casparius)
(Foto: Landesarchiv Berlin, F Rep 290 Nr. 0214800, Fotograf: Hans Casparius)
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Leipziger Straße 1929, Berlin #mokaefti #babylonberlin
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Leipziger Straße 1929, Berlin #mokaefti #babylonberlin